comments@captioncolorado.com good morning. a responsibility to act. president obama addresses the nation. saying u.s. role in attacking moammar gadhafi forces is limited, but necessary. >> i refuse to wait for the images of slaughter in mass graves before taking action. >> gadhafi is still clinging to power and many question whether the u.s. and its allies are doing enough to push him out. we will talk with tu.s. baee ambassador to the u.n. and john mccain. the snake hunt. the venomous cobra that escaped

from the bronx zoo remains on loose this morning creating a media frenzy and inspiring a legion of twitter followers "early" this tuesday morning, march 29th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good tuesday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm chris wragge. welcome back to the country. the time zone, the program. >> nice to be back sitting next to you, chris. things were busy while i was away. more on the president speech's last night and that ongoing battle for libya. this morning, rebel forces are macing more resistance from gadhafi militias. a state department diplomat is going to benghazi and meet with rebel leaders for the first time. in the meantime, secretary of state hillary clinton meets with diplomats in london to discuss the next steps in libya,

including possible exile for gadhafi and follow president obama's speech for his reasons for taking out the gadhafi regime. senior white house correspondents bill plante joins us with more. >> reporter: the president defended his decision to use military force in libya. he said that when the interests and values of the u.s. are at stake, he has a moral obligation to act. and he said that he sent military force into libya to stop a massacre. >> we struck regime forces approaching benghazi to save that city and the people within it. we hit gadhafi's air defenses. which waipaved the way for a noy zone and i can report tonight we have stopped gadhafi's advance. >> reporter: mr. obama spoke from the university of washington rather than the oval office. he said the nato alliance would take over leadership of the coalition and the united states would play a supporting role.

lowering the risk and cost of the mission to the american military and taxpayers. >> i said that america's role would be limited and that we would not put ground troops into libya. and we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners. tonight, we are fulfilling that pledge. >> reporter: president justified the mission by stating horrific violence in libya to escalate would be betrayal of who we are as a nation. >> some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to other atrocities in the country. united states of america is different and, as president, i refuse to wait for the images of slaughter in mass graves before taking action. >> reporter: mr. obama says he continues to believe that gadhafi must go. >> there is no question that libya world would be better off with gadhafi out of power. i, along with many other world

leaders, have embrace thad goal. and will actively pursue it through nonmilitary means. >> reporter: but pursuing gadhafi's ouster by military means, the president argued, would be a mistake. >> the dangers faced by our men and women in uniform would be far greater. so would the costs and our share of the responsibility for what comes next. to be blunt, we went down that road in iraq. >> reporter: so that leaves open the question of just how to get rid of gadhafi and to the president's critics, the end game here is still unclear. chris? >> bill plante at the white house for us this morning, thank you. joining us now here in new york is susan rice, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. good morning. >> good morning irks the president made it clear he wants gadhafi out and will not use force to remove him. as long as he is in power, how do we deem this mission a success and aren't the libyan people still in danger? >> the mission, chris, was very clear.

and it was and is to protect civilians and to establish a no-fly zone. that's what the libyan people asked for, that's what the arab league pressed the security council to agree to, that's what we have an international mandate to do, and that is what we have done with great success so far. tomorrow, we will transition lead responsibility for maintaining that no-fly zone and protection of civilians to nato and to arab partners. that is the goal and that is where we are in accomplishing that goal. now, the president also said that from a national point of view, from the u.s. point of view, we and others have said that we believe gadhafi needs to go and that the libyan people need the opportunity to determine their own future. there are nonmilitary means at our disposal to pursue that goal and we will use them. we are using sanctions. we have imposed an arms i am bargain owe and cutting off the flow of mercenaries and providing assistance and will continue to provide assistance to the opposition.

>> so let me ask you -- >> political solution so all of these are important elements. >> could you ven envision a successful mission with gadhafi still in power? >> the president was clear last night, chris, that the purpose and the aim was to protect civilians. that is the what we were aiming to do. over the long term as the president said, there are other things at our disposal that will perhaps assist in speeding gadhafi's exit. that's important from a national point of view. those means that i just described that we will pursue but it may not happen overnight. recall in the balkans after we fought ma lla lomilosevic many before he stepped down from power. that mission was a success. to establish a no-fly zone has gone as we intended and tens of thousands of people that would have been overrun by a brutal

dictator have been saved and the region that is fragile and more stable as a result. >> ambassador, excuse me for stepping in. things i would like to get to. the president has talked and you mentioned this morning protecting civilian lives was the narrow focus of this mission. through u.s. efforts right now, attacking libyan ground forces and ruining their supply chains, chains of communications there effectively clearing a path for rebel forces. is that not proof this mission is expanding? >> no. chris, it's important to understand and when we got and sought the international approval for this we were very clear that to protect civilians from gadhafi's air power, from gadhafi's tanks, from his artillery, from his forces would require action on the ground. would require not only the establishment of an air base no-fly zone, but would require stopping those forces, moving on cities that continue to attack

civilians, as we speak. we have made enormous progress in that regard and many cities that were under threat just a week ago are now safe. but we will need to continue and our allies will do so in the lead in protecting those civilians. >> ambassador susan rice, thank you for your time and joining us this morning. >> thank you. also with us this morning with his reaction is arizona senator and former presidential candidate john mccain. he is the ranking republican on the senate armed services committee. senator, good morning. good to have you back with us today. >> good morning. >> we heard a little bit there from ambassador rice. i know you had said that you found the president did a good job, a successful job of laying out his case, but you still have some trouble when it comes to the fact that gadhafi is in p power the president said the ousting would be done through nonmilitary means. is that something you feel is possible? >> i don't think it's possible in the short term and i respect and add dire the job that

ambassador rice and secretary clinton and others have done. the president made a strong case for our intervention last night and a convincing one, but when the president says that we are not going to use force, that is really, first of all, contradictory to the facts on the ground. we are supporting anti-gadhafi forces and the reason why they are succeeding is because of our air power and we just proved outside of sirte that without that, they are still not able to match up against gadhafi. if gadhafi remains in power, you will see a stalemate and along the lines that we like to harken back to previous experience, the same kind of thing we saw with saddam hussein when we established a no-fly zone, sanctions, et cetera, and it lasted for ten years. we have seen that movie before. gadhafi, in power, will continue to commit acts of terror against his own people and, of course, he is guilty of war crimes and should be brought to -- i

believe to the international criminal court. he may be taken down by his own people in the meantime but we have to continue to tripoli and helping the anti-gadhafi forces and bring him down as soon as possible. >> do you feel that should in fact, be part of the mission for the u.s. and allies going in and effectively saying we are removing gadhafi from power? >> that is basically what we are doing on the ground now. >> but by saying it, by making that an official part -- by any means necessary, would that be acceptable? >> i think it's absolutely acceptable. gadhafi in power is unacceptable, according to the president's own words. so we should use any means to bring him down and we could do that, i think, without too much difficulty. nobody wants to die for gadhafi. >> what about the fact that you mentioned facing the international criminal court. there is some word today, as we know, secretary clinton, along with a number of other allied leaders, are meeting in london today and word that italy with

backing by germany is pushing perhaps for exile for gadhafi and some talk this could be an exile in the country he would not be unds the ream-of-reach of the criminal court and not potentially held accountable for these crimes. do you see that as an actual possibility? >> i think it's a possibility and i would not reject it. the object is to get him out of power and get the libyan people under a regime that they have a chance for freedom and democracy and it will be difficult to carry that out, but with gadhafi in power, it's impossible. >> you would be okay for him not held accountable for these creams? >> i'd love to see him held accountable but the object is to get him out. >> senator john mccain, a pleasure to have you with us. thank you. >> thank you. later today, i will ask president obama about libya and other topics. you can sew my international tonight and tomorrow morning on "the early show." >> you will have shortage of

topics to discuss with the president. >> the only shortage is the amount of time. a lot of topics to discuss. jeff glor is here with other headlines. more demonstrations and more promises of change in syria today. in damascus this morning thousands gathered for a so-called loyalty to the nation march supporting embattled president bashar assad and calling for him to leave. assad will form a new cabinet within 24 hours and believed he will lift syria's 50-year state of emergency. in japan more evidence that seems to point to a core meltdown at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power. highly toxic plutonium discovered outside the plant. lucy craft is in tokyo this morning with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the discovery of plutonium has further complicated the struggle to stabilize the damage in the power plant. workers have two tough tasks right now. they have to keep those reactors from overheating while, at the

same time, draining away that dangerously radioactive water that is pooled at the facility. japanese officials say traces of highly toxic plutonium were found in the soil in five places at the fukushima daiichi power plant. three samples are from nuclear weapons testing decades ago and unrelated to the nuclear plant. safety officials insist the plutonium poses no immediate threat to humans. >> it's hard to imagine there would be serious health consequences from. >> reporter: the discovery supports suspicions that it is leaking from damaged fuel rods. together with the fact the water found outside is highly radioactive, i think it can be said this is proof that the fuel rod has melted a bit and this is a very serious thing. in japan's parliament, the prime minister faced a grilling by opposition party members for lack of leadership in moments following the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis. liberty cal democratic party member said you are the prime

minister. what were you thinking when you ran out of the prime minister's office leaving it empty? meanwhile, this elementary school in northeast japan reopened for the first time since the tsunami. teachers, students and their families gathered as they came to group losing 70% of their students. school principal says i told the children today that although many of their friends have lost their lives or are missing, everyone here should work together and do their best. well, the talk today in tokyo is that t it epco, the owner of the damaged plant, may be temporarily nationalized. the company is facing tens of billions of dollars in liability so the government may take a majority stake. it should be noted that chief cabinet secretary o'donnell did deny those reports. jeff? >> thank you, lucy. egyptian cobra snake has now been missing four days so the reptile house at the bronx zoo will remain closed today.

the poisonous snake disappeared on friday. has not been seen since. it does have a twitter account, i know, by the way. online spoof but one tweet from the snake joked, it's getting pretty cold outside. i'm it's time to probably crash. an apartment window someone left open just a crack. perfect. 15 minutes past the hour. not the most settling thing in the world having a poisonous cobra wandering around in your neighborhood. >> actually, the cobra would like you to know. he tweeted. he tweeted venomous. >> where is samuel l. jackson when you need him? >> yes. snakes on a plane. >> don't state the obvious! you know? i helped that cobra out. he was looking for a vegan restaurant in times square. >> come into the studio and we can get it all in nicely. >> welcome back. >> nice to be back. >> i'm glad you hopped the pond. >> i did.

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thanks so much. that is your latest weather. happy to have you two back. >> thanks. still ahead this hour, walmart's day with the supreme court. we're going to take a look at a huge sex discrimination lawsuit that could cost the retailer potentially billions of dollars, that is if the high court allows it to proceed. also coming up this morning, are we turning the corner on the housing slump? we're going to look at the latest numbers and how they may impact the busy spring selling season. this is "the early show" on cbs.

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welcome back to "the early show" here on a tuesday morning. another within of those days city looks good, sun starting to come up. still cold. >> hopefully you're waking up, on to cup of coffee number tw her that lawsuit can go ahead. one of the women will join us along with a

this morning the supreme court takes on a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against walmart. jan crawford is at the supreme

court this morning with more on this for us. jan, with a little bit of wind it looks like. >> reporter: it's very cold out here and that's why this line of people is quite remarkable. they got in line as early as 2:00 a.m. to hear the arguments in this case. it's against the nation's largest employer and could end up being the biggest discrimination case in the nation's history. it started ten years ago when betty dukes complained that walmart was giving men bigger salaries and better promotions than women. >> it was very dishearteningening to know that you could barely put food on your and i believe, there's no opportunities for you to really move ahead. >> reporter: dukes was hired in 1994 as a cashier and said she repeatedly saw less experienced male co-workers beat her out of jobs or get more money for doing the same work. so she and six other women sued walmart for sex discrimination.

and their lawyers upped the ante. they said the complaints were part of a company-wide system of discrimination against women, so they asked on turn the case into a massive class action lawsuit involving upwards of a million current and former female employees. >> just one woman suing walmart cannot possibly have the resources and make the difference that having the women stand together can. when the women stand together, you can see the patterns of discrimination that are would holding so many of them back. >> reporter: walmart says it doesn't discriminate and that these women don't represent all the other female employees working in 3400 stores across the country. now, walmart says the case would just be too big. remember, it's not an issue at this point whether or not walmart actually discriminated. all the supreme court will be deciding is whether these women can come together as a group and take walmart into court. erica? >> jan crawford in washington.

thanks. and joining us also from washington one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, christine kwapnoski and the lead attorney. good morning to all of you. christine, i'd like to start with you. we know this involves so many women. every situation is going to be different. but describe for us how you feel you were discriminated against. >> for me, it was more along promotion and the wage discrimination. i trained many, many men over the years that managed to get into management and ask how i was supposed to do it, and i never had a solid answer of how i was supposed to get promoted. >> gisel, it would seem that you're more the exception than the rule here being an executive within the company. being a female. the lawsuit claims that there

are more men than women in management. you can give us an idea of what the ratio is? >> you know, we have a long history of providing advancement opportunities for women at walmart. and in 2001, we looked at our numbers and two-thirds of the associates that were represented were women. and in fact two-thirds of our managers were women, also. last year alone, of the hourly associates that were promoted, over 55% of those promotions were women. >> so you're saying you don't see that discrepancy. what about at an executive level? >> i'll talk about my personal experience first. walmart has strong policies against discrimination and they have bean in place long before the lawsuit was filed. we have a long history of providing advancement opportunities for women. i started with the company in 1992 and in less than four year, i was selected to be a store manager and i'm standing here today as the executive vice president over human resources.

my story is not unique. i represent thousands of women who have very positive experiences at walmart. >> brad, that is obviously one side of it. the women that are you working with, though, say that they have had a different experience.you with, though, say that they have had a different experience. one problem is that there are so many different story, so many women involved. if the supreme court decides you can't go ahead with this lawsuit, what is your next plan? >> our plan is to win this case. and i have to take issue with what miss ruiz said. s salary management jobs are two-thirds male. one out of seven managers is a female at walmart. but more importantly, walmart's own records show there is not thousands of stories. there is one story. in every region, women get paid

less than men in every single job even though they have more seniority and they're better performers. that's what the record shows. walmart's argument is that it's too big to sue, that no matter how much discrimination there is, because it's a big company, it gets off scot-free. >> if the supreme court decided you can't go forward with this as a class action fight, is this something could you fight individually on behalf of all of these women? >> that's the problem. walmart would like to fight these one by one. but walmart with their $450 billion of revenue, you know, challenging an $8 an hour sales worker, that's a class action case and you need a class action case because that's how you get the evidence. women like ms. ruiz who may be the exception, they don't actually know what their pay is. walmart offered declarations for women who said they were having a great time at women. when we looked at walmart's own records, those very women railroad getting paid less than the men they were working

alongside with. >> as a female walmart employee, you were in effect be a part of this lawsuit if it is approved to go forward. if you feel the case is about merit, though, why even fight letting it go forward, why not just let it go to court and everyone can have their day in court? >> walmart isn't saying that we don't believe in class action lawsuits. that's in the case. but in this particular case, three plaintiffs are trying to represent the experiences of over 1.5 million women, women including myself who have had a very positive experience with walmart. and, again, like i said, it are thousands of other women who have had positive experiences with walmart and as it stands today, we don't have a choice in the matter. we're part of the class members and that's just wrong. >> we'll all be following it today. we appreciate you all joining us this morning. >> thank you. just ahead, the housing market has been on a bit of ale roller coaster ride. maybe putting it mildly. so what is the latest? some information that could perhaps help you decide when

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in "moneywatch," the latest on the housing market. a new survey of home sales finds in 19 of 20 cities prices fell at the beginning of this year. what does this mean for anyone looking to buy or sell this spring? cbs news business reporter rebecca jarvis is here. what does this mean? >> everyone is looking for recovery in the housing market. so far the numbers aren't showing a major appetite among people who want to buy homes in this country. there's so much supply and not a lot of demand. >> we search for glimmers of hope. yesterday we saw pending home sales go up 2.1% in february meaning more people were signing contracts to buy homes than in the month before. could that have been seen as a good sign for some people? >> on the one hand it is a positive sign in that more people are potentially in the future going to be buying homes. the other issue with the pending

home sales numbers is it shows the number of people who signed contracts to buy homes but doesn't show the number who completed contracts to buy homes. and what we've been seeing is the number of cancellations month to month of the people going out and buying homes because people's financial circumstances do change. >> let's talk about the numbers we just brought a second ago, though. in what cities were hit the hardest and are there any glimmers of hope? >> there are four cities where prices have returned to 11-year lows. las vegas, atlanta, detroit and cleveland are the places that have been hardest hit in the housing market according to the case-shiller data. one city where there is a glimmer of hope, the one where prices did increase, was washington, d.c. year over year prices are up 3.6%. while it's a small amount it's one of the glimmers of hope in the survey. >> you look for positives somewhere. what does this say about where i guess the housing recovery is in relation to the economic recovery? is it a far lag behind? >> it is a very far lag behind

at this point. we've seen unemployment improve. albeit slowly but we have seen it improve. we've seen manufacturing improve and seen corporations improve in their profitability in this country. what we have yet to see improve is the housing market. that's a major concern for economists because the housing market is really the thing that brought us into the recession in the first place through a combination of just too easy loans going out, people owning homes that shouldn't own them and wall street taking advantage of that explosion and everything together really is what pushed us into a recession. now we need to see a recovery there in order to say the recession is really over and complete and we've moved forward as a country. >> you look for these numbers to kind of be like a crystal ball to give us an indication of what the future will be for the housing market. you've got some positive. you've got some negatives. anything that tells us where we're headed? >> i think ultimately spring is the high season for home sales and everyone is hoping it improves but we have yet to see

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welcome back to "the early show." something we've been working on, a new survey out of how old men and women feel. wait until you hear the anyone that women start to feel old as opposed to the men start to feel old. >> it's kind of sad. >> it's terrible. >> women start to feel hold rather young. >> guess how old. >> is it really 30? >> yes, and that's half the age that men feel. we'll delve into it when we come back. these ladies have been exercising, watching their diets and enjoying activia light. well? i've lost a few pounds

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in about half an hour, the perjury tria it is 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. in about half hour, the perjury trial of barry bonds resumes. his mistress testified yesterday that changes in his body were result of steroid use. jason giambi is expected to testify along with jerry giambi and randy velarde. police in antioch may ask the justice department with help in getting a teacher hiding in mexico back to the u.s. charles redmond is accused of touching a boy inappropriately at park middle school and making lewd comments to other boys. a warrant is out for his arrest. the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments today on whether hundreds of thousands of female employees can sue wal-mart in a class action.

they say the store paid them less than men and gave them fewer promotion. this case began 10 years ago when six bay area women filed suit. traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,

let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. check out this camera, not too bad. minimal days towards the toll plaza. we did just get word of sounds like a smaller fender bender in one of the toll lanes. again, not really causing much of a dent at all in the morning

commute. in fremont, southbound 880 approaching fremont boulevard south close to auto mall parkway one of those exits there, just getting word of an accident. a pickup truck is on top of a car. doug with the kcbs phone force says traffic is backed up a quarter mile or so and growing. northbound 880, very slow in those northbound lanes past the coliseum. and this traffic alert remains in effect on the connector from southbound 880 to southbound 238. they continue to clean up the scene after an earlier big rig accident. only one lane is getting by until close to 9 a.m. here's julie with the forecast. >> we have some clouds out there increasing clouds today, elizabeth, and here's a look at ocean beach. you can see a hazy shot from the beach. we'll see increasing clouds throughout the day but temperatures mild. upper 50s by the coast, near 70 for the warmest spots inland. but that's just the beginning. the clouds clear, we warm up wednesday and thursday, low 80s, cool on friday, and a slight chance of showers on saturday. ,,,,,,,,

welcome back welcome back to "the early show" at the top of the hour on a tuesday. great to have you with us. i'm erica hill along with chris wragge. >> coming up, age may just be a state of mind, so a new study asked people how old they were when they started to feel old. the women said on average they felt old when they were 29 years old. >> come on. 29? it's just getting good at 29. >> men were twice that age. 58. >> huh. >> we're going it feigned out why -- don't laugh over there, glo wr. we'll find out why there was such a difference between the sexes and what you can do to feel young at any time in your life. >> i'm going to listen to that advice. forever young. or alphaville.

another version of "forever young." the average family spends nearly $2,000 a year on energy bills. right now home energy costs, as you have likely noticed, are rising, so we're going to help you stay warm and keep cool without breaking the bank. a little energy audit advice this morning with our good friend susan koeppen. >> first, jeff glor with another check of the headlines. >> i feel so young, energetic. >> that's what it's like for us in our 20s. >> good morning at home. dip low malgts for more than 40 nations are meeting this morning in london discussing the future of libya and muammar qadhafi. secretary of state hillary clinton is there. she met with representative of the libyan opposition today. last night president obama defended the u.s. intervention in libya arguing it prevent aid slaughter of libyan civilians. >> to brush aside america's responsibility as a leader and our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such

circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are. >> cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has more on the speech and the reaction to it. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jeff. the president is taking heat from some republicans who believe that because he so believes that muammar qadhafi has to go and he doesn't believe it's prudent to use military force to do that. now, earlier in the broadcast u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice told chris that there are other ways to accomplish that. >> over the long-term as the president said, there are other things that are at our disposal that will perhaps assist in speeding qadhafi's exit. that's important from a national point of view. those are the means that i just described that we will pursue, but it may not happen overnight. >> but senator john mccain told erica that it's important to force qadhafi out and that if he remains, there's likely to be a stalemate like the one in iraq.

>> the same kind of thing when we established a no-fly zone, sanctions, et cetera, and it lasted for ten years. we've seen that movie bffre. we have to continue all the way to tripoli, helping the anti-qadhafi forces and bring him down as soon as possible. >> a stalemate is something the president hopes not to see, especially since the president is moving front line responsibility off the radar. jeff. >> okay, bill. thank you. the president, by the way, travels to new york city today, and erica will have a one-on-one interview with him. you can watch it tonight on the cbs evening news and tomorrow right here on "the early show". in libya the battle continues for control of misrata, the country's third largest city. cbs news krbt elizabeth palmer was allowed to get an up close look, and she joins us from tripoli this morning. liz, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. well, it was sort of up close, as you'll see.

we're not allowed to leave the hotel very often, so we were eager to accept this invitation from the government to go and have a look at the only city in western libya that is still at least partly under rebel control. >> on the road leading to the contested city of misrata signs of a violent civil war. tanks and trucks destroyed by coalition air strikes. qadhafi's government bussed in the foreign press to see this is a liberated city now firmly in its control, but the rebels speaking by phone say they control areas of misrata closer to the center and we were kept on the outskirts on tripoli street, scene of some of the heaviest fighting. >> we're on the outskirts here stopped by a crowd who are performing a little victory chant, which they think will help them get on television while we discover that we are on television too. libyan tv. the pictures of us inspecting the so-called liberated city

were broadcast on national tv by a government anxious to show a jittery nation that it is winning the war. they didn't show the next part. as gunfire echoed closer and closer, the government minders got nervous. then panicky, they herded us on to buses to get back to tripoli in case, they said, of nato air strikes, and the crowd having served its purpose, also loaded up in a hurry and roared away. >> now, another thing we noticed as we drove were endless cues outside gas stations. some people waiting for hours to fill up. it's quite clear that apart from the nato air strikes, the sanctions and the naval blockade are really starting to bite. jeff. >> liz palmer in tripoli. liz, thank you. japan's prime minister says his country is on maximum alert this morning to deal with the nuclear crisis. traces of toxic plutonium were found in soil in five places at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. it is feared radioactive water is leaking from damaged fuel

rods, but they say right now the trace levels of plutonium are not a risk to humans. it's coming up on six minutes past the hour. back over to erica, chris, and marysol.

thanks. that's your latest weather. now back over to you guys. >> all right. don't look a day over 21. >> thanks. >> men and women are different, especially when it comes to feeling old. we'll show you ways to feel young at any age.

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in this in this morning's health watch, feeling old. people say that age is just a number and that you're only as old as you feel, but a new study finds that women often feel older sooner. early show contributor has more. ♪ forever young ♪ i want to be >> it turns out feeling foreyoung is a lot easier if you're a man. according to a new study, women consider themselves old at age 29. >> oh, my god. they're in trouble. >> oh, that's so soon. okay. >> are you shocked? >> a little bit, yeah. >> if you live in that world that you feel old at 29, you've got much deeper issues, and you should find a therapist.

>> men, however, don't feel over the hill until 58. twice the age of their female counterparts. >> when men gray, it's sexy and distinguished, and when women gray, it's -- we run for the, you know, dye and coloring and all that. >> in fact, 25% of women thought they were old at the sight of their first gray hair, while 66% of men felt past their prime when they could no longer perform in the bedroom. >> what do you think? >> i don't know. i haven't felt that. >> there's more to life. you can't do it, take up needle point. >> and while some say age matters, others say it's simply a state of mind. >> as long as you feel young, you are young. >> i would love to be 29 again, but 50 is a great -- 50s have been great. >> years ago my age would be probably dead. >> how old are you? >> 80. >> what's your secret? >> good thoughts. good living. adventure.

♪ forever young >> he did look great for 80. leslie jane seymour, editor and chief of "more magazine" is here with tips for staying young inside and out at any age. >> i'm feeling -- >> he looked great for 80. he said the number, i couldn't believe it. i thought he was lying. >> 29, that's a little ridiculous. to start feeling -- >> highly newer on theic. i think -- >> why do women feel older sooner? >> we live in a society that is not as fair to women as it is to men, and it's been like that for a long, long time, but it's time to change that. >> yeah. >> women really -- a lot of it has to do with how you feel inside and how you project yourself to the world. you know, it's the same kind of thing with beauty when certain kind of woman walks into the room and you say, well, she's not really that pretty, but she has all that energy, she has all that verve, she comes and n and commands a room and you say who is that gorgeous woman? it's the same thing with age, and i have some great friends really who there's one friend who i talk about who lives out in l.a. and used to book my covers for me at another magazine, and i literally have

not seen her below this area, so i have no idea how old she is. she won't let me see anything below here. she is the most energetic person. she has the energy of a 12-year-old. >> is it kind of a along the lines of what we heard from the people in the piece. are the gray hairs what really make women feel older? >> that's what can make you feel older. there are many, many things that we get to use that men are just now getting used to, like hair color. there are celebrities i know who have their hair color done and things like that. there are tools of the trade that we get to use that men don't get to use, and, let's face, it our hair doesn't fall out, thank god. i don't know how you guys deal with that. that's a really tough one. >> with me it's my mother's father who died with a full head of hair. >> okay. >> well, hope for everybody. >> there are peep out there who do seem to say youthful no matter what age. some of them are celebrities because that's what people are confronted with magazines each and every day. they see the stars, julia roberts that just seem to kind of defy the odds. >> but you have to stay at it.

i just had dinner the other day with kate walsh, who is our cover girl, and she was going home after dinner and guess what she was doing? she had drum lessons. she's a single woman. she's not going to be a music star, but she loves to play the drums, and those are part of the strategies that you can use to actually make yourself feel younger. >> are there some disadvantages of feeling over the hill? >> well, yeah. >> besides just feeling over the hill. >> if you actually feel over the hill, you will act over the hill, and some of the things that you request do, for instance, if you want some tips, are stay on the internet. the internet is a great place to know what's going on in the world. you always want to be engaged. another thing to do is read extensively and to read internationally. for instance, there is a book i just read, which was called the girls of riad, which is the sex in the city of the arab world. very, very interesting. have friends -- well, the other thing is to go to the gym. obviously. you work out and look great. try new stuff. there's zoomba. you got the young people in there and older people in there.

then also have friends who are different ages. one of the things we tend to do is if we cluster with all our same old friends and we kind of lose our reference points about what's new, you want to have friends who are younger. you want to have friends who are older, and part of that keeps you feeling great and young as well. >> what we take away from the piece is the direct correlation women have to age as their looks fading, whereas men it's their -- >> sexuality. >> the bedroom performance. >> well, see, we have it up on you guys. we can have those sexuality keep going. you guys are going to have to deal with that down the road. >> leslie jane seymour, great to see. thank you. >> do you feel the draft? it could be air coming into your home, and it could be your money flying out of your home. that's next on cbs. back. cbs "health watch" sponsored by lyrica. that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain.

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home energy costs are likely to rise 10% just by this summer. but there ways to keep those bills under control and who better to lay them out for us than susan koeppen because you always have these answers. >> i have some good nuggets of information this morning. here is the good news. nearly everyone can cut their utility costs and even better news? it doesn't have to take a lot of time or money to start saving. >> reporter: in every nook and cranny of a home, there are ways to save energy. and the chinman family is looking to save. when you look at that energy bill that comes every month, what do you think? >> i don't look at it. >> reporter: sarah and matthew spend about $4,000 a year on utilities. more than double the national average. we're going to take you for a walk around your house and show you some easy things that you can do to lower your energy use. >> great. >> reporter: the biggest energy expense if a home is heating and

cooling. so one of the easier things you can do is just turn down the temperature. or turn it up depending if you're heating or cooling. the next energy zapper is water heating. they had turned all the way up. you have it set at hot. that's way take high. so turn it down, that puts it at about 120 degrees which is a great spot to put your hot water heater. savings? up to 10% in energy costs. appliances and home electronics make up 20% of your energy bill. it's about $8.50 a month to run this fridge downstairs. if you switch this fridge to a new energy efficient model, you would pay about $4.50. lighting accounts for 10% of a home's energy use. do you have any idea what type of bulb that is? >> incandescent. >> reporter: yeah, it's old. so right now people are using

compact fluorescent bulbs which will save you -- an energy safer about 75%. upgrading just 15 bulbs can save you $50 a year. to find even bigger savings, we asked john that i nad dchlnatha the house. air is leaking in through cracks like this one under a window, a gap under the front door. and this 100-year-old home lacks insulation. >> if you insulate all the exterior wall, you'll typically 25% to 30% on your utility bills. >> reporter: total potential savings? more than $1,000 a year. >> i think we've been very surprised at how some of the little simple things we can do can make a big difference and save quite a bit of money. >> and according to the department of energy, only 20% of homes built before 1980 are

properly insulated. good insulation keeps it warmer in the winter, cooler in the summer. so always a good dwrideaed to m sure you have good insulation. >> another thing people look at, we hear you soo replashould rep your bwindow, but that is incredibly cost it. >> most of the experts that i talk to that do the energy audits, they said very, very rarely do they ever suggest that you replace your windows. if you buy new windows, it's very expensive and it can take decades before those windows pay off. so usually the problem in your home is the insulation and it's all those cracks around the windows. so just sealing those off can make a big difference. >> also, phantom power. leaving everything plugged in. >> that family we profiled, $6 a

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one person was injured and taken to the hospital this morning when a fire broke out at the evergreen oil refinery in rk. the fire was time for news headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. one person was injured and teen to the hospital when a fire broke -- taken to the hospital when a fire broke out at the evergreen refinery in newark. a "shelter in place" was not ordered. the cause is not determined. a long-time antioch middle school teacher believed to have fled to mexico after being accused of inappropriately touching some teenaged boys last week. a $100,000 warrant is issued for charles redmond's arrest. he has also allegedly made lewd comments to boys in the past. the stanford women's team is in the final four cruising past gonzaga. it was their 27th straight win. they will play baylor on texas

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the connector from southbound 880 to southbound 238 one lane was blocked since 2:30 this morning. they have all lanes re-opened after an earlier big rig accident overnight. at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is nice and light today. not very many commuters right now heading into san francisco. but the metering lights remain on. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's julie. >> thank you, elizabeth. we are talking partly to mostly cloudy skies later today. right now, we are seeing partly sunny skies depending where you are. a little bit of hazy sunshine from this perspective. we have a combination of high and mid-level clouds increasing throughout the day today. don't worry, temperatures stay mild, however. upper 50s for the coast and then 70 or near 70 for the warmest spots inland. this is just the beginning of a warming trend that continues for wednesday and thursday as highs reach the low 80s, flirting with some record temperatures there. we cool down on friday. chance of showers saturday and then drying things out sunday into early next week.

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time on pump up the volume a little bit here. welcome back to the program. erica is back from london. good to have you back. >> gets you going, that music. >> i was just going to say, and we are a band because we're all in blue. we did not plan this, i promise

you. >> whatever it takes. >> speaking of being back, because i was in london yesterday, and the time it took kn me to get back, another rush of royal wedding developments. we're learning that you're going to be able to download their vows. you can buy them for about a buck 25. that is not all. jeff glor does not look like he wants a copy. i do think it's a little odd. we'll take a look at the latest developments coming up. >> that's it? to other developments? >> i can't give everything away. >> also ahead, if you've ever visited meridian, mississippi,

you can drive down the see la wd parkway. sela is here to tell us about her new role on "csi: ny" and her own creative endeavors. did you know she's a painter? >> i do now. >> and a good painter. >> the royals need a painting. maybe we can commission a gift for will and kate. >> but charge more than 79 pence. >> absolutely. here's a weather forecast of the united states, not the

one month to go until the royal wedding. seems like just yesterday i was

outside buckingham palace. oh, wait, i was. victoria arbiter was getting us a you will caugall caught up on plans. 24 hours later, she's back with even more news for us. good morning again. >> reporter: it's been so gloomy since you left. >> well, i'll be back soon and try to bring more sunshine. in the meantime, we're getting more and more news every day which is great for those of us who can't stand to wait between details. first of all, prince harry is off on his adventure today after the bachelor party over the weekend. he's headed to the north pole. >> reporter: that's right. he arrived in norway this morning where he's meeting four service men all injured in afghanistan. they are going to take part in three days of raining over the next couple days and then they leave on friday for the north pole where harry will stay with them for five days. they're all responsible for pull aboutingleds

weighing in excess of 220 pounds. but the goal is to try to harry walking with the winded. >> a very important claritir ch. we did learn yesterday that there are i think some 100,000 hotel rooms still available, but also another option which has popped up. you can camp out? >> reporter: you can. well, if you're on a budget, about 75 pounds per person, around $125, you can join camp royal which is being set up in one of london's most famous parks. it will be transformed into a campsite with giant screen, free cups of tea. but if you have got a little extra cash and want to really splash out, you can have a luxury bell tent complete with

inflatable mattress, a chandelier, even a disco ball. >> we may have to throw a party in one of those tents one night. meantime, there it are paare pa over london. the mayor is encouraging people to have street parties. >> reporter: no, well, boris johnson has said that london will be the scene of the biggest street party the world has ever seen and we learned yesterday that even the prime minister has applied for a permit for a street party. downing street was on the list and so it looks like they're planning to continue celebrations on into the night. and streets alive which is an organization here in london said they're expecting around 2 million people out celebrating on april 29th. >> i have a feeling it will be a party that goes late about to the new. also a new stamp was issued? >> reporter: that's right. this is his third time to be featured on the uk stamps. the first time was for the queen mother's 100th birthday, then

foris 21st birthday. so now he gets to have another stamp this i'm with his bride. so those are available as of april 7th. >> we talked about this off camera. i want to get your take, though. it seems that the paparazzi has laid off kate middleton. she e6ven drives herself places. is that lasting beyond the wedding? >> reporter: i'd be surprised about it does. they're also scared they'll get banned from photographing the royal wedding, so the sfeer that once they're married, once there's not such a restriction, it will be gloves off. however william has a real love/hate with the media. he does still blame them for his mother's death so he's going to be protective of kate. so there's a sense that behind palace walls, william's press office is sayinging we'll give you a little bit, you give us some space, they'll try to work

together much more closely. >> thanks for all the details. >> reporter: thank you, erica. this season "csi: ny" brought in a familiar face. sela ward joined the cast as a psychological profiler. >> you adopted me because you felt guilty? >> no, honey, no. she didn't have any family and nobody knew who your biological father was, so you would have ended up with child services and ultimately foster care. i adopted you because you needed me. and because i needed you. >> sela ward with us here this morning. get emotional just watching it. >> makes me cry every time i see that. >> getting to that, you run an

orphanage and helped develop an or fan imagiphanage in your hom meridian. >> i don't think they that knew that i had started that home for abused and neglected kids. it's called hope village for abused children. and when i read the script, i thought this is fabulous, this is just -- and it kills me that particular scene, you know, where she said you adopted me because you feel guilty. because i put her mother away. it's a fabulous story line. it airs this friday. watch. where i put her mother away in jail and i adopted her like at two years old. so it's very meaning pl to me because it's near and dear on my heart obviously. >> what's it been like joining this show, established show, been around a number of years. and now all of a sudden you're the new kid on the block. >> well, in terms of the cast embracing me, i did the show because i love gary sinise so

much. and they couldn't be more extraordinarily open and embracing with arms just wideout. they're the sweetest people. in terms of really understanding what i was getting myself into, that's whole other ball of wax. >> because this is a quick process. the character before decided she's not coming back. and then they had just a few days to basically sign you and get you on the set. >> i had these days to work on the script. and all these other shows i've been ork i un, i understood wha was all about and getting married and being a mama and all of a sudden i had to learn about gunshots and murder and bludgeoning. >> you've adjusted well, though. is it tougher than you expected? >> much tougher. i thought it would be a walk in the park and i was so wrong. >> we talked about you having

these roots in meridian, mississippi, that there is a highway named after you and you have like i said the orphanage there. how is a hollywood star able to stay so grounded and have that life back in mississippi? >> i guess it is my southern roots. just good old values and with a really matters in life. and giving back matters to me. i got so much from my hometown and that sense of community and sense of place and belonging and giving back to that community and the community at large in mississippi is really important to me. >> and they gave back to you by naming a parkway after you. he let's talk about your painting. we have some shots of some of your work. where do you draw your e inspiration for this? >> these are from my sketch back, my travel sketch book. i was in italy with this group of artists, maybe one of the most fun times of my life. and that particular one, all of these, you would be sitting out in a little piazza and you'd

have the italian dad come over with the sun and they would bring you a jug of wine. and it was one of the most extraordinary experiences ever. and i was reading this book, i don't know if you ever read oig new passages" about the deck asasd decades of your life. and he talks about trying to find in your second adulthood that thing at 12 years old that kept you occupied forever where time just flies. and for me it's painting. it's the passion of my life. >> that jug of wine helped because those are the some of the best i've ever seen by somebody under the influence. i know your son is off to visit colleges in coming week. >> he is. he wants to go in the east. and that's bitter sweet, isn't it? >> university of alabama, can't get him to stay? >> i can't get him to stay down south. >> thank you so much. and you can watch "csi: ny" bring nights at 9:00, 8:00

central right here on cbs. back in the 15th century, the borgiass were the original crime family. there is a series based on the legendary plan. >> are you ready to spill your blood in defense of the christian faith? i think you are. >> the defense of my family perhaps. >> that, too. >> todd english has teamed up with show time to create a meal inspired by the epic family. always a pleasure to have you back with us. >> always having, too, whenever there is an italian anything around, there's food. >> which we love. especially in this studio here. this is fascinating. so you actually all of these recipes you'll make for us this morning, they're inspired by 15th century cooking. >> right. i went back, looked new history, i love going back and finding old recipes. so we have a bunch of stuff here. he used to smhave artichokes an

eat them raw. put a little lemon juice in there. we have these beautiful baby articho artichokes. just peel these down. >> and these are truffles? >> truffle, yes. again, that's sort of an addition. but it would have been done in this era because it's very regal and very bourgeois. >> is this cooked or raw? >> that is raw. just shave it down like that. and you want to do it really thin because when you eat these, they're nice and tender. a little bit of olive oil. and we take them like that. perfect. shave them right into lemon juice. >> it smells wonderful.

the lemon juice, shallots and truffles all blending. >> so bright how beautiful it is. >> kind of springy. we all need a little bit of that. >> i think so. >> parsley. >> a little parmesan cheese. and i love the different textures and flavors. cut out the nice round -- i've receiv seared it eed in the pan. . basically the idea is that, again, the cooking was about not wasting anything.basically the again, the cooking was about not wasting anything. everything was coming in at the time, rice was just entering into italy, so they brought this here and they actually started

making making rissoto with it. a little black pepper. >> and then you made the parmesan cream? >> a little parmesan cheese, a little pepper. beautiful. and basically that on top of take. so we havehave a nice chilled r salad. >> with the rich sauce. >> withis era was very much abo the lavish cooking. >> excess lifestyle. i'd like to taste this as you tell us about what else you have here. i don't know if we're ready for this much 15th century cooking. >> maybe not. this is a dish that is a

fettichini made with every part of the rooster. >> that's really what i'm looking at, isn't it? can i pick it up? i don't know. you pick it up. you might recognize that part of the rooster. >> so again nothing wasted, nothing spared. and tomatoes weren't part of that -- >> because you think of them being so italian. >> they came in a little later. but i put a little roasted tomatoes on top. also a pea sauce. something very much about that era. the beautiful lavish cooking, rich husband issues. >> beautiful color, too. you call it a pudding? >> it's parmesan, wonderful amazing cheese.

i don't know if you've ever been to italy in the spring, it's all about the artichoke. >> i think it's time to go. i need to do some research. we're happy to have you here. i'm going to try this one next, i promise. but this one is so good. i'm not eating the -- i won't eat the feet that are right there. todd english, always good to have you here with us. we can find a little more information for these on our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. >> the perfect breakfast. >> it is. stay with us. we'll be back with more. ,,,,,,

if you were with us yesterday, i was in london and at the end of the show, i showed you things i found around up to

and i promised i was bringing things back. chris, since i know you are half engli english, i thought maybe a new pen. these are the fun gifts. there are real gifts coming. and god bless the royal couple. is this a piece of fine craftsmanship or what? a plate with their pictures. it looks so official. not. and it has a plate stand in it, so it will look really nice in your office. >> to be certain. >> jeff glor, a man who loves his beer, how about this. >> that's awesome. look at that. it's a telephone booth beer opener. >> and it also has a wine opener. >> very cool. >> and this is probably one of best things we found. i think everyone deserves a

pillow embroidered with the royal couple. >> gorgeous. >> i need on get the stamps. >> the stuff available was phenomenal. real beautiful items. i showed you the shot glass engraved with a lot of the official china which we bought some and we're having it september back because i don't like to check my luggage. we didn't want to get broken. so we are bringing some of those back. but down to some of the tackiest most fantastic things you've ever seen in your life. pictures on everything. >> i was hoping you'd bring back a piece of the cake, the biscuit. >> it looks great. >> the fruitcake. >> you can get it in the state, though that's the good news. i'll buy some for you today. >> thank you, queen. your local news coming up next. we'll see you tomorrow here on "the early show." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

headlines... baseball player jason giambi will take the stand today in barry bonds' ongoing perjury trial. b i'm sydnie kohara with your cbs 5 news headlines. baseball player jason giambi will testify today in barry bonds' perjury trial. kimberly bell testified yesterday. she claimed the former slugger cited steroids was the cause of one of his injuries years ago. a lot of pot clubs could go up in smoke in san jose. the city council measure would allow only 10 collectives to legally operate. it would set a deadline for the dozens of other clubs to cease operations. and the bay area's only privately owned island is on the market for a mere $22 million. red rock island can be yours. the six acre piece of land is south of the richmond/san rafael bridge. some hope the island will be bought and donated to the east bay regional park system. we'll take a look at

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we are dealing with a couple of areas of bad congestion. westbound 237 still a slow ride through milpitas. from 880 towards lafayette

street, stop and go there. and it is a slow crawl as well in those new york lanes of 880 past the coliseum. if you weren't watching about a half hour ago during our last traffic report that earlier traffic alert in san leandro has now been cleared. so that connector ramp from southbound 880 to southbound 238 has been completely re- opened after an overnight big rig accident damaged a guardrail. and at the bay bridge toll plaza, still looks great. metering lights remain on. but a heavy drive time down the eastshore freeway. that's because of an earlier accident near ashby now cleared but it's slow from richmond. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's julie. >> well, we have a mix of high and mid-level clouds. still plenty of sunshine getting through and that's going to allow many location to warm up near 70 degrees. today cooler spots by the bay and along the coast, could see temperatures closer to the upper 50s but it's all warming up come wednesday and thursday. temperatures in the low 80s with tons of son cooling friday chance of showers saturday

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