>> elizabeth, kristy, thank you. thanks for watching cbs 5 "early edition." see you tomorrow. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com good morning. deadly storms, tornadoes and flooding kill at least seven people in arkansas where a small town is nearly wiped off of the map. meantime in missouri, thousands are evacuated. the national guard called in as a levee threatens to burst. we have the very latest on the massive storm system threatening to impact as many as 150 million people across 30 states. syria crackdown -- as the violence escalates and pro democracy protesters are targeted, the state department tells americans to get out before things get worse. we're live in washington with the latest on the turmoil in the middle east and what the president plans to do about it. and the royal treatment -- with just three days to go, british authorities step up security procedures while the first fan gets in line to secure his place in history.

we'll hear from prince harry this morning. and also tell you why the weather is an increasingly important factor on the big day. as we continue our countdown to the royal wedding, "early" this tuesday morning, april 26th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs and good tuesday morning to you from here in london. you can see the beautiful shot of the river thames, the tower bridge. we're here at our adopted home for the week at the tower of london where they're treating us like royalty which is fitting given this is one of the historic palaces you can visit here in london. if you were with us on monday morning, you may notice a bit of a change in the weather, a bit more gray, a little chilly, a bit more breezy. that has many people concerned as to what the weather will be on the big day this coming friday, which is, of course, the

royal wedding. lots of talk about the possibility of rain and how they will prepare for it. we will let you know what the preparations. and there's encouragement from the folks here in london that for the more than 1 million people who are expected to fill in the city here that they should make it a major party for themselves. there's even talk of cake and champagne being served in hyde park. we'll hear from prince harry this morning. a lot to get to in terms of details here in london. i know it's an important news day back in the u.s. i know you're standing by with the top stories concerning millions of folks back in the states this morning. good morning to you. weather, a major issue stateside. we begin with storm damage in arkansas where tornadoes and flooding are blamed for seven deaths this morning. ashley black stone of our little rock affiliate, khhv is in vinonia, arkansas, destroyed by a tornado last night. good morning to you, chris. a sad day here in the state of

arkansas. seven people dead. here in faulkner county, we have confirmed four fatalities here. power out throughout the whole town. we've been told by the mayor that many parts of the downtown area completely wiped out. now, starting here in the next few minutes, search crews are going to go door-to-door. there are 14 to 16 homes that are leveled, 12 people unaccounted for this morning. so they are going to go door to door and check on these people to see if they are okay or to see if there are more deaths to report. but, again, damage extensive here in faulkner county this morning. of course, as daylight begins to come, we will be able to see a lot more of the extent of the damage. we're told that a tornado likely 3 1/2 miles wide. chris? >> to make matters worse, you're also battling heavy rains and flooding. is that correct? >> yes, correct. we have reports of three deaths in the state, from flooding there, people trying to cross the flood-covered roads.

their cars swept away. three fatalities reported in northwest arkansas. chris? >> ashley blackstone for us this morning. thank you. north to missouri where the rain won't stop there either. floodwaters are rising and many residents are worried about water-logged levees that threaten to fail. cynthia bowers in poplar bluff, missouri with the latest there for us this morning. good morning, cynthia. >> reporter: good morning, chris. when you wake up to catastrophic brief of levee imminent, that's not good. that's what peopler hearing. you can see behind me, more than three dozen places this levee has been overrun, 1,000 people had to leave their homes, more evacuations are planned today. three inches of rain in three hours yesterday, further exacerbating the problem. the governor has called out the national guard to help, but the thing is it's too late to sandbag because the levee is so vulnerable, they don't want anybody near it. they have set up shelters and

they're worried about this levee. that breach in 2008 and it could breach again in the next few days. >> any relief in sight for the community there is? what does the long-range forecast look like in the short term? >> well, this is just amazing how the storms keep building up in texas and just blasting across the same area one avenue the other. we got through this storm okay in this area. other than the fact that the river is still rising. but thaers they're's another storm on the way that could dump as much as six inches of rain in the next three days. chris? >> cynthia bowers in poplar bluff, missouri this morning. thank you very much. jay nixon joins us from jefferson city, the state capital. governor, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we saw the report a second ago, poplar bluff, the black river, air an ya where the levee has increased in several spots. how series a threat is that levee and those breaches? >> it's a serious threat. we've reopened up a shelter. we have 200 families in the

shelter. birds point levee down where the rivers come together that the corps of engineers may want to breach by blowing up by the next day or two. >> the upside is you'll save homes and lives there. the downside is you have to flood about 130,000 acres of farm land. is that what you see that you may have to do as a preemptive strike in the next day or so? >> we don't see it yet. record heights at the missouri river. where they come together at the ohio. it is a lot of water and a lot of action. we've been up most of the night measuring what the levels are. we don't think blowing that levee is the thing to do yet today, that's for sure. the bottom line is, there are towns down there. we want to study that very, very closely. i was on the phone late last night with the corps of engineers. they have the move out of memphis at 1:00 today if they're going to move up our way. the bottom line is it's a busy day. hopefully we'll get a little respite in the weather. >> governor, we thank you for taking a couple of minutes to

join us this morning. we know you have a whole lot going on down there. we wish you the best. >> thank you. that's what's going on here stateside for the moment. let's head back to erica in london. erica? chris, thanks. this morning, the obama administration is recommending all americans leave syria and it's condemning monday's deadly attack by government forces on prodemocracy protesters. barry peterson has the latest here in london. are there any efforts to get the violence against the protesters to stop? >> yes, there's talk of doing something in the u.n. and in the foreign office. they said syria should stop the violence and respect basic and universal civil rights. this comes because for the first time syria is using army tanks against its own people, a well coordinated at daraa that started monday. eyewitnesses said soldiers

sometimes went house to house shooting anyone they found inside. dem stray tors across the country face what are clearly forces with orders to shoot to kill and they're doing just that. the regime has decided it will quash the protest no matter what. demonstrators are calling it an act of desperation. the question now is will the crackdown stop the uprising against the authoritarian government. in some cases, attacks on protesters have drawn thousands more on to the streets demanding an end to decades of repression. erica? >> you mentioned the military involvement now. in egypt, we saw some of the military side with protesters in cairo. is there any chance of a similar situation like that happening in syria? >> it seems less likely in syria because many in the syrian military are members of the same shiah sect as the president, bashir al assad. they're fighting not just for him, but to keep themselves in power. erica?

>> barry petersen for us this morning. thanks. we want to go to washington to senior white house correspondent, bill plante. good morning. the white house is speaking out on this, being very direct on a statement calling the violence, and i'm quoting here, completely deplorable. and as we just heard from barry, the uk outraged at this. there are no plans at this point it seems for more than this statement. has that changed overnight? are we hearing more from the white house? >> erica, no, and here's why. it's a question of geography. excuse me. but syria sits on a border with israel and jordan on one side and iraq on the other. there's huge concern here about destabilizing syria and what would happen if that were to take place. that's one reason you're not hearing calls from other arab nations to intervene in syria, the way we heard them when the uprising start in libya. the only thing the u.s. has done is to move to consider further sanctions.

there eve been sanctions on syria since 2004. the white house is now talking about putting new sanctions on members of the assad family, travel bans and asset freezes. and they say they're doing this with a great sense of urgency. but at the moment, that's all they're doing, erica. >> bill, you touched on this a little bit. but give us more detail if you could in terms of the effect of the instability of syria, not only on the region, but on u.s. policy in the middle east. >> well, president obama has made it a point in his administration to try and make some kind of an agreement with syria in order to get them to make peace with israel and stop providing haven for terrorists in syria. that has not worked. all of this fighting in syria makes any kind of agreement with them even less likely. the big fear then is that syria could degenerate into the kind of sectarian fighting that's

happened in other places of the middle east. you heard barry mention that it's governed by one small sect. if the governing family falls, the country is in an uproar. erica? >> bill plante at the white house this morning. bill, thanks. i want to head back to new york now to check in with jeff glor at the newsdesk for a look at some of the morning's other headlines. good morning, jeff. hey, erica, good morning to you, good morning to everyone at home as well. your grocery bill is going up. food prices are rising right now. the agriculture department reports the price for beef is expected to rise 8% this year. pork prices are predicted to rise 7.5%. the price of food overall predicted to increase 3% to 4%, the most since 2008. there's news on the presidential campaign front this morning. ron paul will announce today he's forming a presidential exploratory committee. paul, a texas congressman, libertarian, and tea party favorite finished fifth in the 2008 iowa caucuses. also, yesterday, mississippi

governor haley barbour said he will not run. political correspondent jan crawford is in washington with more on these stories. jan, talking about barbour. why did the barbour team decide this is not the rear? >> well, haley barbour, obviously, is a successful popular governor. but he concluded he couldn't win it. he knew he had some baggage, he was a lobbyist. he represented business interests. and friends of him told me he also knew it would be hard for an old governor from the deep south to take on the nation's first black president. he's a shrewd politician and if he couldn't win it, he decided he just wasn't going to be in it. >> realizing many potential candidates have not declared yet. from who we know is running, who does this benefit right now? >> of all of the people who signaled they're running, this most benefits tim pawlenty, former minnesota governor. let's take a look at the race right now. obviously, jeff, it is very early. but right now mitt romney, the

former massachusetts governor, is considered the front-runner if we have one at this point. all of the other names most people have never even heard of outside of their home state. but if the race goes on, it's going to shake down to really the top two or three. so these other candidates out there are duking it out to be right up there at the alternative. barbour could have been in the top tier. pawlenty can. barbour's decision to drop out gives pawlenty some breathing room to be the alternative to romney and help him tap in to some of the big money donors that were planning to give to haley barbour. >> jan crawford in washington this morning. jan, thank you very much. cbs news is getting more details about gabrielle giffords's recovery. husband mark kelly talked with katie couric. >> her personality is 100% there. it's difficult for her to walk and her communication skills are difficult at this point. >> but she is still gabby? >> yeah, absolutely. 100%. >> in our next half-hour, we'll have more on katie's interview

with mark kelly. coming up, it's 14 minutes past the hour. we go to marisol castro and the wild, dangerous weather continues, mari. >> correct, jeff. good morning to you, good morning everyone. april is not even the peak of the severe weather

thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to erica in london. thank you, mari. and good morning to you. with three days to go now before the royal wedding, people are gathering around westminster abbey staking their claim on a prime spot. police are talking about their plans to keep everyone safe on the big day. correspondent mark phillip was

at westminster abbey with the latest. mark, good morning. police have just wrapped a briefing looking at the security situation. what was the very latest? >> well, good morning, erica. yes. it's t-minus 3 days and counting ands and the preparations are well underway at the abbey and on the street. we have news this morning from the people responsible for policing, for security, and they promised that the security at this wedding be in their words, robust and flexible and decisive. and there's reason here. this is a time of celebration, but also a time of considerable nervousness. they're concerned about the general terrorism threat, of course. they're concerned about threats from british anarchists who have promised or threatened to hold the demonstration at the time of the wedding as well. and worrying signs as well from northern ireland over the past day where the group, the real ira, versus the old ira, part of

the peace process, the real ira showing a demonstration and showing the support of 300 people, something else for them to be concerned about here. erica? >> they are keeping tabs on everything. a little lighter note. you were able to talk to outside westminster abbey, a man who is calling himself the biggest royal fan there. he has staked out a spot ready to go for the big day. tell us a little bit about him. >> all right, he's a famous royal groupie here, perhaps among the more famous in the country. a 56-year-old man named john lockry. and he's come to stake out his spot on the wedding procession here beside the abbey. he's brought his sleeping bag. he'll be staying here in the next three days. he's the first of many. a well-established tradition here that people camp out before the wedding. even david cameron claims he camped out three decades ago for charles and diana's wedding. he won't be alone. he's just the first.

erica? >> mark phillips at westminster. mark, we are not going to make you camp out, don't worry. still ahead, the obsession with william and kate has not let up since the announcement of the engagement. the media circus surrounding the royal company and see if it's more distraction or pleasant diversion. stay with us, you're watching "the early show" on cbs. and we will show you a few of our friends from the states who have joined us here in london for the festivities here at the "early" show. we'll be right back. just a few shakes stops weeds before they start. plants grow twice as big. with almost no weeds. even in your vegetable garden. . monwithout all the weeding? ♪ all you need... is shake 'n feed plus weed preventer. - will you marry me?

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good morning. back out to pacifica, southbound highway 1 north of devil's slide. we had an accident involving an

overturned pickup truck. chp is directing one way traffic control. traffic is stacking up in the area. all right. new accident as well southbound 880 approaching winton. you can see speeds are slow right there all the way down towards highway 92. looks like a little breezy out there, as well. here's live look at 880 through oakland. starting to get crowded northbound. as you pass the coliseum, plenty of sunshine, high wind advisory in effect right now across the span of the bay bridge and traffic is stacked up just beyond the 880 overcrossing. that's your traffic. here's kristy with a check. forecast. >> thanks a lot, elizabeth. it is breezy out there today but sunny, as well. as you can see here it's beautiful a live shot from our room cam this is a preview of what's in store for the entire week, beautiful forecast for the next several days. we'll be flirting with 80 by this weekend but the next couple of days taking a look at the extended forecast, you can see our highs will be in the low 70s inland, thursday and friday dropping down a few degrees but saturday and sunday looking beautiful by the time we hit sunday hitting the high

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♪ welcome back to the er "ear show" live. as if you were here with us. prince william and kate middleton have been engaged for five months. the world has been clammering for the wedding. we will be looking at the wedding and our love affair with the royal wedding. >> we will be getting the latest on congresswoman gabrielle giffords recovery. >> he talks about her rehab

schedule and how it has paid off. and how doctors are letting her watch the shuttle launch on friday. and first jeff glor has a look at the headlines. good morning everyone. a deadly storm system produced flooding in arkansas friday night. one resident said quote, the town is gone. seven people confirmed dead in arkansas. italy will take part in nato bombing raids in libya. moammar gadhafi made a brief public appearance

this morning with three days to go until mark kelly goes into space. we have more on the shuttle commander discussing the mission and his wife's reyucovery. >> when gabrielle giffords set her sights on being at the launch of the shuttle to watch her husband's final mission. few thought it was possible. >> we talked about the possibility of her not going and she didn't like that. >> now almost four months after a bullet tore through the left side of her brain, she has reached her goal and will watch the launch live on friday. >> i think so, she knows where the date is. she is working hard all day long and she is tired. and she needs a break. so the other thing that she sees, this is a couple days off. >> the break will be a brief

respit from therapy in houston. >> she does a couple hours of speech therapy every day. as well as physical therapy and occupation al therapy. >> and she does music therapy as well helping her to recall and express different words right? >> what they have seen with people perform or sing. parts of the brain light up. it activates the entire brain. >> she is able to read songs and she can write? >> see she is righthanded now she is writing with her left-hand. >> she continues to reach milestones. >> her communication improves every day or week. >> it is more complex all the

time. >> we were sitting there last night playing scrabble. >> who won? >> we were on a team that won. >> her mobility is improving and her determination to get better is undeterred. >> her personality is there. >> it is difficult to walk and communication skills are difficult. >> but she is still gabby. >> 100%. >> i think i'm an optimist. >> i have an expectation that she will be better than she is today. but if she is not, that is okay. >> joins us with more is medical director of rehabilitation from new jersey. the doctors in houston describe her as medically able to attend on friday. what does that say about her? >> it means that her blood

pressure is stable and she is not in danger of a seizure and she is able to attend the event. >> watching her husband on his law launch will be emotional. the one thing we have heard is that she exhibits the emotions that were there before the injuries. how he motion al will this be for her? >> this is a big day. it will be emotional no matter what. for her, it will be a big day out of the hospital. and people with brain injury have problems controlling emotions. there is a medication to treat it. it will be a challenge for her to keep those in check i think. how difficult will it be for her? her husband will not be there to see her two times a day since

the injury. >> it is clear she is focused and motivated. she will focus on the job at hand. she knows that she wants to get better. i don't think she will have a problem focusing on the rehabilitation. you keep hearing doctors say she is in the top 5% of patients with an injury like this. you hear doctors saying she was playing scrabble is there anything that can be done to accelerate her recovery? >> it is a marathon. it is how far you have come and how far you have to go. replacement of the piece of skull is something that may accelerate her recovery and may be a setback. there are medications that may help her recover faster. it is a pleasure to work with

her. in terms of goals, at this point what is to say she won't continue to exceed expectations? >> i think we will see more recovery of her language and abilities. i think we will see her walking improve and she will become more independent how much of her arm comes back is difficult to say. >> okay. john thank you very much doctor, good to see you this morning. >> coming up next, two billion people are expected to watch coverage of the wedding. how come two thirds of brittans say they won't be tuning in?

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ben, good morning. >> it is hard to believe it has been 23 weeks since william and kate got engaged. with three days until the big day. there are a lot of people that can't get enough and others saying enough already. >> with so much speculation about when william would tie the windsor knot, the prince of wales is delighted to announce the engagement to miss katherine middleton. >> they have announced their engagement. >> journalists were on london's doorstep within hour. >> on the cover of nearly every newspaper around the globe this morn. >> online 9,000 new posts about the wedding every day.

>> daily dose of details about the cake to the carriage. >> they have initiated a youtube channel, the queen herself has a facebook page. >> and now 7,000 strong media mob will catch the storybook ending here at westminister abbey. >> if you log on you would swear this wedding is the biggest thing that ever happened on planet earth or in the solar system. >> in the middle east people are fighting for freedom and in japan recovering from a disas r disaster. william and kate may be a diversion. for some the coverage is never ending. >> i have watched it all again and again. >> for others insufferable.

>> a lot of noise. >> but in the end, with an estimated audience of more than two billion tuning in. >> as you heard, some of the british themselves aren't that interested. in a recent poll, a third of the population plans to watch the wedding live and half say they are actively uninterested. erica? >> cbs' ben tracy. thank you. >> we want to put it into perspective. by looking at the other major live television events like this one. the first place to start diana's wedding in 1981. 600,000 people lined the streets of london that day and 750 million watched worldwide. that was 30 years ago.

before there were hundreds of cable channels and before the internet. we called up the inauguration of the first african-american u.s. president barack obama in january of 2009. 1.8 people lined the streets and 38 million people watched it on tv. there were 4,000 facebook status updates per minute. but the most watched event in the history of television so far the opening ceremonies of the 2008 summer olympics in beijing. a number that could be dwarfed on friday. you are watching the "early show" live from london on cbs. r. trees and shrubs to give us depth.

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much more to come from here live in london this morning, including we're going to hear from prince harry who will be speaking. he, of course, is the best man. he'll be giving the speech which we're told he's doing his very best to make sure it's funny but also sincere. and there will be a little treat. a lot of people in the states, a lot of times they show pictures of themselves when they're little, the bride and groom. new pictures released from the palace this morning as william as a little guy, chris, we can look forward to those too. >> he's not going to drink until after he gives the speech at the reception. that's a great sign as well. erica the grounds look magnificent. more from london when we come back. this is "the early show" here on cbs. [ thinking ] oh, gourmet deliciousness...

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antioch police are investigating a deadly shooting. a man it is 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. antioch police investigating a deadly shooting. a man was shot and killed last night inside his home on pinenut way. neighbors say he was trying to protect his roommate from her ex-boyfriend. police arrested the suspect early this morning. there should be more specific guidelines soon on what medical marijuana clubs can and cannot do in santa clara county. district attorney jeff rosen is expected to release a list to clear up a lot of legal issues. and san jose's stanley cup run will go on. the sharks sealing the deal last night winning the opening round play-off series 4-2 games. a limited number of second round play-off tickets going on

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[ no audio ] please stand by. metering lights so unfortunately that's not helping our backup here. it extends almost to the macarthur maze. and a lot of slow traffic as well coming down the eastshore freeway. 37 minutes now is your drive from the carquinez bridge to the maze. new accident just reported southbound 680 approaching north main. and 880 through oakland, live look just kind of sluggish past the coliseum. that's your traffic. here's kristy with a check of your forecast. >> thanks a lot, elizabeth. you can see in those shots from the traffic camera, plenty of sunshine out there this morning. beautiful shot here from our roof cam showing clear blue skies. this is the story for today and we'll continue to see this kind of weather for the next several days as we take a look at our extended forecast. you will be able to see nice warm weather for the next several days. highs in the low 70s for today and tomorrow. then a slight cooling for thursday and friday. saturday looking great with highs in the inland spots in the low 70s. sunday flirting with the 80s and monday looking beautiful, as well. ,,,,,,,,

good morning live from london. you're looking at live pictures of prince harry. a lot of anticipation this morning. we'll be hearing from prince harry in just a few moments and a lot of people wondering if we will be hearing more perhaps about the big day on friday. he is, of course, his brother's best man. he'll be giving an important speech and toast at the reception. he's probably going to have a drink before that. but since then, all eyes have looked to see what harry will have to say. we join you from the tower of london. here on a bridge where many of the tourists start, from the

middle of the middle tower and the one behind me is an incredible, beautiful, massive place to be, chris, and historical significance. 1,000 years of history. we're right in the middle of it this morning. a beautiful place to be. 1000 years of history and we are in the middle of it this morning. >> yes, you are. what a great location. erica, get back to you in a couple of moments. also ahead, the electric car is back with sky-high prices. there's tremendous demand for the nissan leaf and the chevy volt. this morning, they're getting a big thumbs up after the crash test. what's it like to drive these cars. we'll talk to the editor of "popular mechanics" who's been driving one for the last two months. but first, jeff glor with a check of the headlines this morning. good morning again. >> we saw harry again. i love the survivor's breakfast he's holding at 6:00 a.m. after the wedding. survivor's breakfast. good morning to you, good morning, everyone. a deadly mix of flooding in arkansas overnight. hardist hit is the town of vilonia where a massive tornado destroyed most of that town.

crews are searching for people. 50 homes were destroyed. statewide, seven people were killed by severe weather in arkansas. more rain forecast in missouri today. that's not good news there. days of rain flooded the part of the state including poplar bluff where a levee is going to burst. the flooding is so bad, sandbagging is not an option right now. and this morning, missouri governor jay nixon told chris the situation is very serious. >> that's why we evacuated about 1,000 people. we opened up a shelter. we've got 200 families in that shelter. we're deeply worried about where the ohio and the mississippi come together. bird's point levee down there where the corps of engineers indicated they may want to breach by blowing up sometime in the next day or two. >> breaching that levee would reduce the flow of water down river and possibly save lives. the state department is telling american citizens to

leave syria as fast as they can. 400 people have been killed in government forces in recent anti-government demonstrations in syria. today it's reported that syrian forces arrested some 500 pro democracy sympathizers, nonessential u.s. embassy staff and their families have been ordered out. today marks the 25th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident. the disaster at chernobyl. hundreds of people gathered for a memorial service held earlier this morning at the ukrainian town near the now abandoned power plant. taking a nap cost another air traffic controller his job. yesterday the faa fired a controller that worked at boeing field in seattle and allegedly fell asleep on the job on april 6 and april 11. two other controllers have been fired stemming from sleeping incidents since march. an update in the investigation of the five-foot hole that peeled open in a southwest airlines jet this month. the national transportation safety board says some of the rivet holes are too wide for the rivets that held the plane's skin together that might have been done when the boeing 737 was built 15 years ago.

the end of an era. the last company to make mechanical typewriters has closed its doors. that company which is based in india used to make 50,000 typewriters a year. but then computers came along. now they have 500 left and we're told they're selling them at a discount. it is four minutes past the hour. a little sad to see. marisol castro over there. with weather now. remember typing away mari? >> to think our children will only know touch screens. by the way, jeff glor texts about 110 words per minute. lightning speed. good morning to you at home. take a look at the national picture. the clicker doesn't want to work. here we go. 24 states you remembered some severe weather risk that goes through thursday. the east coast is looking

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it's unlikely that the chevy volt will be on this lot for very long. the company is having a hard time keeping up with demand. they're expecting to sell around 10,000 volts this year. there are 20,000 people on the waiting list for the nissan leaf. this is a time when the average price of gasoline is $3.86, a full dollar than what it was this time last year. and now this morning, the insurance institute for highway safety is releasing the first ever crash test results for main stream electric cars. both the volt and the leaf earned the highest safety rating possible, earning the top rating for front, side, rear, and rollover crash protection. chris? >> that is definitely a good sign. give me a little bit of insight -- how do they work? are you talking about plugging these in. no gas backup or anything. what's the deal with these, seth? >> i got to drive one of the chevy volts right off of the production line in detroit last summer. it was incredibly quiet.

they call it a hybrid gasoline electric plug-in. it gets about 35 miles to the average charge, which is about how much the distance the average american drives. if you drive more than that, the gasoline-powered engine kicks in. you don't have to stop the car or change anything to automatic switchover to gasoline takes place. the nissan leaf receives about 73 miles to a charge, chris? >> they're not cheap either, right? what are the prices on these? >> they're not cheap. the chevy volt is $40,000. the nissan leaf is $30,000. there's a tax credit for these cars. one thing you have to factor in is the cost of electricity which varies widely by state and by time of day. it can be cheaper to charge your car in the middle of the night, for instance, than it would be for the middle of the afternoon. >> what do i got to do to get you in one of these cars?

>> you sound like -- sounds like a tough pitch in there. >> all right. >> just -- well, one other quick note that i think is interesting. it's the heavy batteries that are playing a big role in the safety behind the cars. heavier cars do a better job in protecting passengers. and these heavy vehicles in this car are allowing the vehicles to operate like a much heavier vehicle. so what can i do to get you into one of these. >> you stay right there. i'm going go inside, talk to my manager, and i'll be right back. but don't you move a muscle. >> i'll be waiting. >> cbs's seth doane in lakewood, new jersey. thanks. the editor and chief of "popular mechanics" magazine been driving these for the last month. you've been driving one of these for the last couple of weeks, what's it like? >> it's interesting.

it's kind of like you get this musical tone. i turn on the computer. silent as you pull away. i've been driving the leaf for so is the volt. >> it's not new. been around for 50, 60 years. why not? is it because of the price of gas? we want to be a greener society? >> that's part of it. two main things. the battery technology has gotten to the point where it's becoming practical. they have the necessary range. the other is political. the federal government is really mind the technology in offering the hefty tax rebates. >> i read that a single charge can get up to 73 miles. what type of consumer is this car for? you're not going to go take family. and drive to maine in something like this. >> the volt with the gasoline engine, once you use up the battery charge, you can go as long as you want. the leaf pure electric, about 80 miles in our test at "popular mechanics." that's a second car. it's your around town car, your commuting car. >> do you plug it to the wall? >> simplest way to charge it,

plug it in to 120 volt house outlet. pfsh there are other stepped up quicker charge modes as well. >> does it surprise you at all. we hear from seth, the popularity, the wait list for these cars. they've done so well with the safety tests, it's going to add to the demand. >> no surprise that they're safe, i don't think. you're not carrying around a big tank of gas in your back seat either. but this is a car that appeals to the early one. the person who wants to be on the cutting edge. there's a premium in terms of price, it's for the person who's interest in the new technology and wants to be part of the future, they're very appealing. >> let's talk about it from the financial standpoint on how long you have to be in one of these to make the money back. the sticker price is a little high. but you know, like you said -- >> well, for the leaf, you've got a $4,000 premium roughly compared to a comparable car. you can pay that back in 2 1/2 years according to our calculations with the huge savings you get over using gasoline for fuel. with the tax rebate. >> yeah.

as far as the environment, how much of an advantage is this? i know you talked about the federal government. >> it's a dramatic advantage. you're burning coal somewhere to make electricity. you think you're moving the problem. they're more efficient than burning gasoline. a huge savings in terms of pollution and co-2 going to the atmosphere. >> all right, we appreciate it, jim. thank you very much. good to see you this morning. coming up next, more from london including a roundup from the royal watchers. this is "the early show" on cbs. we'll be right back. royals news roundup from our royal watchers. we'l b countdown to the royal wedding sponsored by restasis. talk to restasis 0.05%. wedding brought to you by restasis. restasis 0.05%. breakfast!

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beautiful shot there of big b ben as we join you once again from london on the "early show." we're learning more details about what will happen in the daytime, but also what will happen in the effect. ingrid stewart, editor of magazine will join us with the latest. details of the parties that will follow the wedding. we'll chat with ingrid in a second. newly released photos of prince william as a baby, six months old. pictures of him with his parents. going to check in on those with our royal contributor, victoria arbitor sitting there with us. this is my favorite of the three. i have to admit. a lovely plump healthy baby prince william, victoria. he's being tickled by his -- i think that's diana's hand there. having a good chuckle. diana holding him in the air. a shot of him with both of his parents as well. what a nice time to release the pictures. a lot of times we talk about in

the states at a wedding reception, the bride and groom will show pictures of themselves as babies. >> it's lovely to have the pictures newly released. having pictures of william over the years, never seen these ones. a lovely family portrait, diana and charles were both wonderful parents. charles still is a wonderful parent. it's great to see a family unit clearly enjoying their baby. he was 6 months old taken in december of 1982. >> he's cute and chub bi. i love a chub bibaby. we're learning more about the day. here everybody who is coming to enjoy the festivities encouraged to dress up to wear a hat. you and i were trying on hats yesterday. but there's going to be food and beverage being served in hyde park. >> a lot of things added to the day for people making the trek to london. the weather could be inclement. but also to dress for the occasion. have the nice hat like we had our hats on yesterday. it's taken 200,000 people in

hyde park to watch on the big screen. hyde park is special. and 20,000 people in trafford square are going to serve champagne and fruit cake so people can toast the happy couple. >> how about that. you mentioned the weather is inclement. this is the talk of every breakfast show and newspaper here. >> we're expecting a little drizzle and now we're expecting full-on thunderstorms which is going to be disappointing. if it can hold out until later in the day, so much the better. the crowds will still come. british people are stoic. umbrellas will add chaos. it becomes a problem if they have to be in the glass coach which has been put on standby just in case. i know william and kate are made of hardy stock. but if it's pouring rain, kate wants to be covered. the biggest problem will be the house hold cavalry. the uniforms take up to 12 hours to prepare for ceremonies like this. they paint white on the white parts of the uniforms. if that starts to run as well as the speckles on their armor,

it's not great. >> fingers crossed the rain holds off until everybody goes inside. we're learning that there will be one private moment for the newlyweds. >> tradition for the cup toll go in to the back in a private area to sign the registry. william and kate will go to a confessor behind the altar. their immediate families and no cameras. a private moment. >> learn more about that one moment. ingrid stewart, the parties, there are three receptions in all after the ceremony. tell us a little bit more about what you learned as to what will happen at those parties. >> well, the one after the ceremony, the reception, will be just like any other waiting reception, except on a much larger scale. and what the royals do is instead of throwing con fete i they throw rose pedals. that will be fun, if we're lucky enough to see the bride and groom leaving the pa lace, they'll be cover in rose pedals.

but the party in the evening is going to be an absolute raucous. because antoine muscleman is doing the food for 300 people for dinner. and michael forsett, prince charles' sort of closest aide has a party company. and he's brilliant at deck rating. he'll do wild decorations in the palace. william is brilliant on music. so there's going to be a d.j. and probably going to be live performances. and the queen kindly is going to leave with prince philip and go back to windsor castle where the easter court is in place and let the young people rock on. >> she'll let them have their fun without feeling intimidated by having the queen around to watch them. great details i understand that harry will throw what's called a survivors' breakfast for everyone still standing at 6:00

a.m. with bacon sandwiches. there's still much more to come here on "the early show." taking a tour of london.,,,,,,,,

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down its array of radiotelescopes because of budget shortfalls. the group that searches for alien life hopes to restart operations when funding is available again. traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,

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bay bridge toll plaza. that earlier accident right past the metering lights has been cleared. so now we are just left with a high wind advisory and traffic stacked up just about to the macarthur maze. 880 through oakland bad, northbound traffic a lot of brake lights past the coliseum. this camera is jerking back and forth a little bit so obviously pretty breezy in the east bay. and to the south bay we go now a little hard to see this camera but northbound traffic on 280 just a typical bottleneck there approaching the 880 interchange. that's your traffic. here's kristy with a check of your forecast. >> thanks a lot, elizabeth. we are seeing breezy conditions out there along the bay shores and at the coastline but we are also seeing plenty of sunshine and you can see that here in our live shot outside of coit tower blue skies not a cloud in the sky in this shot and we'll see plenty of sunshine over the next several days. today's the start of a warming trend where we're also seeing sunnier skies. so today and tomorrow low 70s. the next couple of days a few degrees cooler. beautiful sunny skies, highs in

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good morning, half past the hour now. welcome back to our broadcast home here for the week. we're here live for the tower of london. a little behind the scenes of the tower yesterday. we'll give you more behind the scenes ahead. we're going to let you know we'll hear from prince harry coming up. he just spoke about his charity,

"walking with the wounded." michelle miller is there. the prince and the best man had to say. you mentioned the tour -- we'll take a tour of london both old and new ahead this hour. in terms of the new part of that, have a look where kate middleton has been doing her honeymoon shopping. also this hour, medieval food with a modern twist. heston blumenthal is a world renowned chef. he'll put a modern twist on the medieval recipes on something called "meat fruit." it sounds a little weird. i've tasted it, it's delicious. it's not made with bacon but it's good anyway. >> oh, man. >> a little mince pie. >> the tower looks epic there. >> you should scale it. we'll get you a rope. we'll get back to you in a moment. erica who's in london all week

doing a superb job out there. when i was a kid, i used to love salt and vinegar crisps. >> i love them as well. >> turkey and cheese sandwich with salt and vinegar potato chips. >> folks used to take me to the pub. talk about the weather issue out there. >> it's -- >> getting a lot of issues here. but really bad weather for friday. >> they say it's good luck if it rains on your wedding. they just say that so that the bride feels good. trust me. take a look at the high temperat

thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now back to erica in london. marisol, thanks. prince harry just finished speaking about his charity, walking with the wounded. he's the best man at the royal wedding on friday which is bringing him added attention these days.

news correspondent michelle miller was there as they were speaking at the british academy in london. michelle, good morning. >> good morning to you. the prince started his celebrations early. and the reasons had nothing to do with the royal wedding. in a building just to my left, here at a press conference for a charity that he's been working called wthe last year, it's after returning from the north pole about two weeks ago, he now joins his expedition team as they announce that they are in the record books now. as injured veterans, they became the first unassisted group of amputees to reach the geographic north pole. they beared minus 40-degree temperatures trekking 190 miles across the polar icecap. and raised more than $800,000 for charity. all of that money will go to injured vets in a way to try to help them assimilate back to society. >> i think for me personally,

proud to be a british soldier to walk alongside these guys and behind them and in front of them and, guys, for me personally, thank you very, very much. thanks for taking me along. i really enjoyed it. >> reporter: and i tell you something, with prince harry's help, they are still hoping to raise another $2 million. erica? and i'm guessing today's event will help bring a lot of attention to that goal. michelle, with so much talk of princes and here in london, what was the feeling like in the room? a lot of people referring to this prince as the world's most eligible bachelor these days. >> reporter: i'll have to tell you. he looks just as good m person as he does on camera. i snuck into the room. i was not supposed to be there. i had to be there. why come all the way across the pond not to be among royalty? i mean, erica, you'd do it,

wouldn't you? >> of course. thanks for taking one for the team. michelle miller, live at the british film academy for us this morning. by some estimates, more than a million people will be here to line the streets on friday preparing to watch every bit they can of the royal wedding. but until friday, there is plenty to see and do in this story. it's leaving with history. who better to show us the sights and the sounds than our own contributor, victoria arbitor. >> as anticipation builds for the royal wedding, so do the crowds in london. cbs news royal contributor, victoria arbiter and i, joined the masses to take on the excitement and the sights of the city. we began by boat. >> this is a lovely way to take in the city but in a relaxed fashion. >> riding along the river

thames, we passed old and new london. >> the building behind, which is still under construction, is about to become the tallest building in the united kingdom. >> london's tallest building from 1710 to 1962 is just across the river. >> here is st. paul's cathedral. >> with the dome? >> st. paul's cathedral is where prince charles wed diana in 1981. further along the river, we arrive at london's most iconic structure. >> it's not the clock itself that makes big ben, it's the ben inside the clock tower. >> big ben will ring for a full three hours following friday's wedding. >> they will not be rung by a computer. there will be ten bell ringers led by a conductor. that's quite a biceps workout. >> it is. >> good afternoon, ladies. >> good afternoon, sir. >> our tour continued in one of london's beloved taxis. >> the london cabs might be the best in the world? >> plus, there is just something rather smart about them.

>> you feel quite regal. >> you do. >> first stop, westminster abbey. >> this is the west gate tour? >> yes. >> we pull up to the very entrance where katherine middleton will be unveiled as a bride and billions will see her gown for the first time. >> this is where kate will come in? >> make her grand entrance. we can get a little sense of what that will feel like right now. the crowds will be going wild. >> after the ceremony, prince william and the bride will ride along here to buckingham palace. hundreds of thousands will fill this space creating a scene like this one from the queen's jub illy from 2002. >> i would love for you to point out where they'll come out and do that first kiss and greet the crowd. >> right here in the center where the pillars are, they will come out of the middle doors. >> appearing on the balcony at buckingham palace, may be a long

way from the life katherine middleton once letd. but a short drive from where she likes to shop. >> here is the king's road. >> king's road is where high-end and attainable fashion share the same street. >> it makes you want everything. >> where the future queen has been spotted shopping for her honeymoon. >> on the right is whistles where she was spotted buying some blue and white trousers. >> should we go in? >> yeah. >> few could argue against ending a long day at london at a traditional english pub. the city's gren adeer pub has been both a local and a traveler's favorite for a couple of centuries. like most pubs throughout this city, it will likely fill up quickly after the wedding. john penrose is the minister tore cultured media and sport. he joins us at the his store tower. good to have you with us. you recorded in the papers,

where you were quoted as saying that this event, the royal wedding, will put the u.k. in the spotlight like never before. >> a great opportunity to show the world all the stuff britain has to offer. >> we have been showing folks a little of wa we found. >> we are here at the beautiful and historic tower. it is one of your favorite. >> a king many, many centuries ago was given a polar bar and he used to let it swim in the river thames. >> i am guessing the polar bears didn't enjoy it quite as much as the people watching. there are so many sites to visit. people can actually visit the

palace. >> you can visit not the whole thing, obviously. the queen lives in part of it. but there are whole areas where you can see whole exhibitions there. >> one thing that's a must-do for anyone coming to visit in the royal wedding, what would it be? >> i would start off here. it has been an important royal palace since william the conquerer. 1060, soon after that, they started building this place. it has been a part of london's history ever since then. over a millennium. so, yeah, this is where i'd start. >> this is something new to see in london, very controversial put up for the millennium. it's a major tourist attraction. >> everything in between. there are other things you can do. if any of your viewers are fans of the beatles, you can go and pretend you are john and paul and ringo. >> there is plenty to do on the day of the wedding. there will be parties all over. parties are encouraged by the mayor. what are you going to do for the

wedding? >> going to be on a street of my own, on the pier, on the beach, i'm going to be at that. >> anything essential for someone at a street party? >> a silly hat and lots of bunting. >> we'll take both into account. thanks so much. >> thanks very much. >> thanks for being a wonderful host as we take over the city for a little while. >> you're welcome. >> back to you, chris, in new york. we will bring you back some treats as well. >> erica, thank you very much. i don't have much of a request. just a few, few items i would like you to bring back. erica, it looks great out there. i'm kidding. >> let me ask you this, aside from the thongs of media, how about all the tourists? is there a massive amount of people traffic? >> it is. what's interesting is the way this wedding falls, last weekend was easter weekend. it was a long weekend here in england. good friday was what they say a bank holiday, a day off. easter monday is also a bank

holiday. friday, they have another bank holiday. typically, easter is a huge travel weekend here. the folks in the tower told me it is one of their busiest, if not the busiest, weekend for them. a lot of those people who have come into town for the easter weekend decided to stay through the wedding. hey, why not? they took off the three days in the middle of the week. they are staying with their families the a ton of folks from the u.k. and you are hearing a number of different languages. a lot of americans who are here excited not only to be in london but really excited for the wedding. we have met a lot of people here. a lot of women sporting the case knockoff ring. >> i bet it is pretty popular. we have kind of mentioned the day in and day out safety measures that are taken. can you feel things are getting ratcheted up as we are days away from the royal wedding? >> you definitely see more of a police presence. we were hear, what, about three or four weeks ago. we had come out to shoot a couple of things in advance of being here this week. i definitely see more police

barricades, more police officers. so you can feel that things are tightening down. the roads will start to be closed down early friday morning. they are preparing for this major event.,,,,,,,,

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show. we sampled everything and it was delicious. we had things on the menu like pigeon, things we're not used to seeing. >> funny old british ingredients around and it's bringing those back that's so exciting. >> you work in a place that's really a recreation of a tudor palace. it's a tudor palace but set in historical context. >> we brought back the tudor kitchen. we brought in all of the equipment to make a 500-year-old kitchen and make it work. we used the same room, same ingredients, same tools and techniques to see what the food tastes like. >> the idea for me is i -- i had no idea that there was this wealth of recipes. and actually, you know, we got somma lined here from the '70s and '80s. if you go back in history, we had food -- cuisine was the envy of europe. my idea is to take some of the

old recipes as inspiration and use more technique and knowledge to produce something that's kind of a very -- it's an inspiration. >> inspired by -- >> there we go. so let's show this. this is called a pub. >> french word for apple. and this is one of the dishes that -- that relation bee is a good 500 years old. and people go, what is it? what's this gnarly fruit in a bowl. the whole point is to try to inspire the diener to something new. below that looks like some kind of gnarly baked fruit. when you cut in and open it, inside is a spiced pork meet ball. fruit, spices. >> a meat ball disguised as an apple. you've taken meat fruit, which is an interesting name. >> you basically -- >> i think it's fascinating. you go back in history. you think there's no creativity. hundreds of years ago, no television, no sound system, no

computer games, if you want to impress your friends, you create illusions with food. food is more theatrical. it looks like a mandarin. but actually a chicken liver parfait. if i cut through. >> there's the fruit. there's the meat. i'm going to try one little bite. really because i had it once before and it's delicious and i want to prove how good it is. >> mandarin jelly. sticks to the mandarin jelly. >> so good. >> refined, isn't it. >> there's a little bit of orange flavor which is lovely. up next you have a hay smoked mackerel. you're smoking the fish in hay? >> yes, this is a good example of what we do at the restaurant. it's taking just -- just taking ince federation from elements of dishes. the historical elements of this is the lemon salad here. and the gentleman's relish. the mackerel itself, the curre, brush that off. then in to one of these fish clams, put some hay. >> real hay.

>> you go and get this from the pet shop. >> yeah. >> put the fish fillet in to there. pack some more hay on top of it. there you go. it's on the grill. >> look at that. >> so it -- >> a fire extinguisher close by. >> do not do this indoors. >> maybe you could tell me. in about 30 seconds, tell us about the pineapple before we move on to ice cream. >> this is gentleman's relish. it's anguoey and it's light and clean. this is a cake with pineapple roasted on the spit. >> beautiful. >> to me, just to see pineapple on a rotisserie is fantastic. i've discovered with ash that the french had roast beef. i thought they had the meat from the british. but in the 1800s, we were the leading experts in europe in cooking meat over an open fire. any chance that the french have

to cook something from a brit's point of view. i'm onboard. >> good to see the rivalry is there. i'm going to take a quick bite as we move on to ice cream. >> mmm. >> how is that? >> rich and flavorful. we have a minute left. why is ice cream so important? >> now, this is based on -- this is basically a celebration historical victorian ice cream. >> liquid nitrogen there. >> there was a cooking school just down the road from the restaurant. she had seen some man demonstrate a floss -- thermos flask with liquid nitrogen. she thought you could use it to make ice cream. she wrote about it. i said let's have a liquid nitrogen oxygen, charlie. and this handle is a victorian invention as well. >> hence the inspiration. >> you do this at the table. it should take one minute. hopefully we've got just enough time. >> we may just get it in. >> okay. there we go.

>> ice cream cone. this same woman invented the ice cream cone five years before the americans thought -- in 1905. >> we don't do it? >> apparently not. >> that's all right. >> one-man liquid nitrogen frozen ice cream cone. >> i'm sold. it's fantastic. >> keeping you in england. >> you may be able to. ashley, heston, mark thank you for having us here. it's delicious. i wish i could send some back to you because you would all enjoy this back in new york. i would bring it home, but i don't think it would travel very well. >> bring back some of the meat fruit. >> not sold on the meat fruit. >> it's so good. >> all right. well, the ice cream looks good. nice to see that the sun has come out, erica. great job once again. check in with you tomorrow morning here on the live show from london. everything looks great. continue to have a good time. see you in 22 hours. erica hill in london.

everyone, have a great day out there. your local news is coming up next. we leave you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

in the wake of last year's explosion in san good morning, everyone. it is 8:55. i'm sydnie kohara with your cbs 5 news headlines. in the wake of last year's deadly explosion in san bruno, pg&e will test 150 miles of its natural gas pipelines, those test starting next month in mountain view. the pipes will be filled with pressurized water to detect any cracks or leaks. circumcision one step closer to being banned in san francisco. proponents say they have enough signatures to put it on the november ballot. the proposed law would keep males under the age of 18 from being circumcized. violators would face a fine and jail time. if et does ever decide to call earth, there might not be anyone listening. the mountain view based seti institute will have to shut down its telescopes due to budget problems. the group that searches for

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of congestion including right here. 880 through oakland. pretty busy right now as you pass the coliseum. doesn't start to clear up until you get past the downtown oakland exit. at the bay bridge toll plaza, still backed up here, as well. well into the macarthur maze maybe 15 to 20 minutes to get on the span. and westbound 237 very slow just our usual slow traffic heading out towards san jose. that's your traffic. here's tracy -- kristy with a check of your forecast. >> you can see from the live camera shots plenty of sunshine throughout the bay area and yet another beautiful shot for you from our roof cam. a shot of the golden gate bridge, sunshine filling in, not a cloud in the sky. this will be the story for most of the day although a few high clouds later on. beautiful weather later on. inland temperatures in the low 70s, then a few degrees lower for thursday and friday when we see another weak system. but no umbrella needed. saturday look at those numbers, low 70s in the inland spots and by sunday, high 70s almost making it to the 80s inland. ,,,,,,,