tomorrow morning bright at early at 4:30. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com good morning. breaking news. obama's birth certificate. the president reveals his full birth certificate, releasing it to address persistent charges that he was not born in the united states. why now? will it kill off the controversy once and for all. we are live in washington with the very latest. u.s. casualties, eight nato troops killed in a fire fight at an airbase in afghanistan. reports say some of the dead are americans. we have the very latest on the incident. royal rehearsal. large parts of london shut down as rehearsals get underway for the royal wedding just 48 hours away. the queen meets with some of her loyal subjects "early" this wednesday morning, april 27th, 2011.

>> and good wednesday morning to you. beautiful shot of the tower bridge. 7:00 a.m. on the west coast, 3:00 p.m. here in london where the city is in full preparation mode for the royal wedding, less than two days away now. there is breaking news to get to back at home. for that, my colleague, chris wragge standing by. we will get back to you. the president speaking moments ago. for that and the rest of the breaking headlines, jeff glor at the news desk. good morning. good morning to everyone at home. president obama made it as clear as he can, he was born in the united states. for the if irs time this morning, the white house released a long-form cope of mr. obama's birth certificate showing he was born in honolulu in august, 1961. for years, some have questioned

that. cbs news senior white house correspondent, bill plante, has more from the white house where the president just finished speaking. kind of an extraordinary news conference here this morning. >> it was preceded by a white house briefing with are officials brought out this letter they had received a certified cope of the long-form birth certificate. they said they had regarded the issue asset ld even though they knew there were people who doubted it. our polls showed that 25% of all people doubt that the president was born in the u.s. and 45% of republicans doubt it. yet, the white house said they were ready to ignore this until in recent weeks and they didn't mention donald trump's name, it began to overshadow the debate about what they considered the important things, the debate over the finances of the nation to come. the debt and the deficit. the white house put it out and they said, they put it this way. here is their spin. this he said, look, this would have played out to the president's advantage if we had

let it stay out there. the president thought it was more important to bring the debate around to what's really, really important. the president came out and here is how he put it? >> i know that there is going to be a segment of people for which no matter what we put out, this issue will not be put to rest. but i'm speaking to the vast majority of the american people as well as to the press. we do not have time for this kind of silliness. we got better stuff to do. i've got better stuff to do. we have got big problems to solve. i am confident we can solve them. we are going to have to focus on them, no the on this. >> those big problems he is talking about solving have to do with the economy, with the debate over the republican budget versus the president's budget. that's what he wants to concentrate on and they move to get the birther thing behind him. there is no question, i think,

that this was generated by donald trump over the last couple of weeks. >> yet shall the president specifically did not mention trump at all in this news conference this morning. >> no, he didn't. white house officials who spoke about it earlier didn't mention trump either. they won't dignify him by mentioning his name. it seemed quite clear that without trump driving this over the past couple of weeks, the issue wouldn't have exploded to the point where they felt that they had to do something about it. >> bill plante at the white house. thank you very much. we are also learning more this morning about president obama's plans for national security. he is going to announce a couple of big changes. >> c.i.a. director, leon panetta is expected to be nominated as the new defense secretary to replace gates. general petraeus is pekts td to be nominated to head the cia. >> in afghanistan, eight nato

troops, some americans, have been killed by an attack by an afghan officer. david martin has the latest this morning on that from the pentagon. david, good morning to you. >> good morning, jeff. >> you have got it right. eight nato troops at least some, if not all of them, americans, killed when an afghan army air force officer got in some sort of argument and opened fire. we don't know the substance of the argument or why so many soldiers from nato were hit. aparnltly, no afghan soldiebega soldiers were killed. this undermines the whole strategy in afghanistan, to build up the afghan national security forces so that u.s. troops no longer have to do the fighting. here, we have the people we are counting on as our exit strategy suddenly opening fire on nato troops. >> david, incidents like this have been a continuing problem,

right? >> well, there have been. sometimes, it is as a result of an argument. other times, it is as a red light of infiltral traitors, taliban infiltrators who go there to get a chance to kill an american. >> david martin, appreciate your reporting. in syria, witnesses say more tanks and troops rolled into the southern town of daraa, syria. protesters took to the streets again today. more than 450 civilians have been killed in demonstrations since last month. nato released video of the air strike on moammar gadhafi's compound in tripoli. monday war planes took out vehicles and flattened buildings. gadhafi was not there and survived. house republicans are back home for the first time since passing a deficit budget plan.

paul ryan, the reception he got was less than friendly. representative ryan attended four town hall meetings in wisconsin yesterday where he heard from voters about his budget plan, which includes major changes to medicare. >> you are screwing our generation and the next generation. >> so the alternative is, this is a debt crisis. is that your point? are you saying cut spending faster and deeper. >> i am saying your plan screws the next two generations. >> representative ryan has four more town hall meetings. a court appearance for earl moore, the suspect in the attempted bombing of a littleton shopping mall. he was arrested yesterday. police do not think that incident was coincided to go along with the come um bin shootings. they are investigating an accident at midway airport as a plane skidded off the runway. 139 people were on board that

southwest airlines plane coming in from denver. it stopped 150 feet from a wall between the airport and a busy street. there were no injuries. it is coming up on 8 minutes past the hour now. back over to chris. >> jeff, thank you. millions of americans are dealing with severe weather. more tornadoes in the state of arkansas where 11 people have been killed. in missouri, concerns over flooding are starting to east. we will here in cynthia bauers. we will begin with don teague in arkansas this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. it has been a terrible couple of days here in arkansas, severe thunderstorms, baseball-size hail, flooding and tornadoes. another round of tornadoes last night. that makes two nights in a row where there were tornadoes sweeping across this state. the worst still remains the one

that came through velonia here on monday night. >> it used to sit on a foundation some 60 yards from here and destroyed some 60 homes and caused widespread damage. this tornado was between half a mile and a mile wide. it was on the ground from 11-13 miles when it went over the most populated parts of the city. the death toll stands at 11:00 across the state of arkansas. four of those are from tornado deaths that we are certain of. the other seven -- >> that was don teague reporting for us in balonia, arkansas. having some signal issues. >> we will move into southeast missouri where waterlogged levees have been under pressure for days. cbs news correspondent, cynthia bauers is in poplar bluff with the latest.

>> reporter: good morning, chris. you can see in the house behind me, the water, the river has started to go down a little bit. this despite more than an inch of rain last night and 15 inches of rain over the last few days. that same storm system that has been moving through, bringing tornadic activity to the south has been dumping a lot of rain here. the levee runs on both sides of the black river through town. it is the south levee that has been problematic. more than three dozen overruns, the water spilling over the levee as well as several holes busted in the levee. 1,100 people have been evacuated. they have been putting people up at a coliseum. >> what is that going to mean for the levees today? yesterday, when we spoke with the governor, there was talk that one of the levees may need to be breached to free things

up. >> the governor of missouri is fighting the governors and leaders in other states. it would happen along the mississippi river and would flood 130,000 acres of prime missouri farmland and that land would be lost for about a decade. missouri says no. the army core of engineers and other states say yes. the news here is the river is starting to go down. the levee, it looks like, might hold. we are getting more rain today. it depends on how much rain we get and how much more pressure the levee is

tlangs so much. that's your latest weather. no you, back to erica in london. >> mary, thanks. >> london is one busy place today. preparations everywhere in advance of the royal wedding which is now less than 48 hours away. among the preparations, a full dress rehearsal that shut down parts of london earlier this morning. ben tracy is outside buckingham palace. how did it go? >> reporter: lots of sprucing up

going on around this town. the flowers at the palace, they have gotten a pruning recently. the big show was early this morning at about 5:00 this morning. hundreds of u.k. troops parading through london, timing this profession down to the second. there was an empty carriage at one point that the mount td calvary was escorting through the street. it will take them after they say their "i-dos." they need to spruce that up too. a lot of work going on all around london getting ready for the big day. erica? >> in terms of the sprucing up of the abbey, that's one of the things we are going to be showing later in the show. they actually brought in a bunch of live trees. we look forward to seeing more on that. how are the crowds out there?

they seem to be everywhere. i even saw on the news this morning, there were plenty of people up for that pre-dawn rehearsal. . >> reporter: there are some die-hard folks. a lot of people live in the streets watching the rehearsal. there are real die-hard people camping out in tents. you see them there outside westminster abbey. they want a front row street for this piece of history that's going to pass them by on friday. for about 24 hours, these people have been sitting in tents on the sidewalk. they still have a good day and a half to go before any real action slows up on the doorstep there. so these are people who really, really are committed to seeing this event firsthand. hopefully, their patients will pay off and they will have a front row seat, erica? >> you have met a number of people from the states and you are going to introduce us to some of them later, correct? >> we did. with he met five women outside

westminster abbey from texas, louisiana, new orleans. these are die-hard folks. this he were wearing these bedazzled crown shirts and they have fake engagement rings. we rode a tour bus with them. they are having a blast. you will hear all about their plans for the big day, what they plan to do, where they plan to camp out and what they have seen so far here in london. erica? >> well, we look forward to seeing that in just a little bit. before we let you go, some people did get a chance to see the queen today. she was out in cambridge. what was she doing there? >> reporter: the queen was up in cambridge visiting st. john's college with her husband, prince philip, who is nearly 90 years old now and the queen, who just turned 85 looking pretty smashing in that blue coat and that blue hat. that ir is some royal rumor going on that perhaps on the morning of the wedding, the queen will actually name prince william and catherine middleton, the duke and dutchess of cambridge. perhaps that's why she was there or perhaps the rumor exists because she was there.

we will find out on friday. erica? >> so much speculation. then, that is typically almost a wedding gift, correct, that the queen would bestow upon the royal couple. that title and perhaps it may be a duke dom of some sort. >> reporter: exactly. the queen is the only one that can do that. there is some precedent that on the morning of the wedding, usually, she gives out a new title. cambridge, a city to the north, that would be quite an honor for her grandson and new granddaughter in law. erica? >> indeed. now, we have two surprises waiting for us on friday morning. what the title will be, and, of course, the dress. ben tracy at buckingham palace, thanks. still ahead on "the early show," we continue our coverage of the royal wedding with the latest pictures of the bride and a peek at that garden we mentioned that is now growing inside the abbey. pictures you will not want to miss. stay with us. you are watching "the early

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welcome back to "the early show" here on a wednesday morning. beautiful start of the day here on the east coast. we reached 80 degrees in new york yesterday. the flowers as you can see are blooming. welcome back. i'm chris wragge. erica hill is in london. we'll join her in a couple of moments. coming up, mark kelly has spent two years getting ready for the shuttle launch and his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords recovers from a gunshot wound to the head. kelly talks with preparations for "endeavour's" final preparation so we'll have much more from katie couric and mark

kelly. erica hill, another lovely scene in london as we count down to the royal wedding, days away, friday morning. first jeff glor is

on tuesday, astronaut mark kelly and his five crew mates flew to the kennedy center, before they head on their final space mission on "endeavour." this morning, katie couric and the shuttle commander talk about the mission as he juggles very important family matters as well. >> for astronaut mark kelly,

friday's "endeavour" flight will be his fourth mission into space and second as shuttle commander. a responsibility he does not take lightly. this requires a lot of focus, correct? >> absolutely. a lot of focus, a lot of preparation. we've been preparing, my crew and i have been preparing for this flight for nearly two years now. >> reporter: some wonder how the 15-year space veteran can put his entire focus on the mission at hand as his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords still recovers from a gunshot wound to the head, suffered nearly four months ago. this would be an emotional event for you, under any circumstances, but under these circumstances, tell me what you're feeling in advance of this mission. >> i've been really, really busy, and certainly what's going on in my personal life has made it a lot busier than it normally would be, but i've got a good support system. i've got -- gabby's staff is

here part of the time to help with her, and her parents are here, my brother. we have family and friends here. that makes it a little bit more manageable. >> how do you cope with this enormous responsibility, not only to your crew and to the shuttle mission, as commander, but also to your wife? >> i work really hard. you know, i'm here in the morning, so i'm, you know, i bring her coffee in the morning, and her newspaper, and then i'm here at the end of the day to spend some time with her so i have a lot less free time. as far as my trainings go, and i haven't been late to something, and you know, we've done, my crew has done a really great job handling this and we'll be ready on friday the 29th. >> reporter: come friday, giffords will be there, but shielded from the crowd. did you guys talk about it? i mean, was she able to express sort of her support for this? >> i know her very well, and i know that she would not have

been happy if i would have given up something that i really loved to do. >> reporter: the mission will last two weeks, and despite being 220 miles above planet earth, kelly says he'll still be able to keep gabby close to his heart. how will you do that? >> well, a few different ways. we have e-mail. she has, we recently got her a new blackberry so i can send her an e-mail. we'll also do one video teleconference so i'll be able to see her and talk to her towards the end of the flight. i'll try to call her once a day. >> so with everything that's going on in mark kelly's life is he really prepared to command the space mission? joining us is captain mark altman, flown on four missions. good morning. >> good morning. >> you are very close with captain kelly and his wife congress gwoman gabrielle giffords. >> a big part of that shuttle mission is spending that time

with the family, having the support of the family members while getting ready. i know during my last mission you get to spend just a little slice of time with your spouse before launch and it's really a special experience as you get ready to leave the planet. >> from a distraction standpoint he's got to be so focused, his men, his view. it's his responsibility, this mission as the commander of this mission. does it take away from what he needs to really be prepared for this mission with what's going on in his personal life? >> there's no doubt it's an extra challenge. you know, i've laid a lot of the admin work of a launch on my family to have them take care of those things for me which i know mark can't do as much, but i think that he can keep his focus on the mission as it comes to him, and be able to overcome that distraction. >> do you think the crew, there's you know doubts with the crew or anybody even in nasa, this is too big a challenge or if they felt, if this posed any risk they would have removed him from the mission without letting him decide? >> i think it's something that

nasa leadership thought very carefully about and talked with mark and his crew, and came to that decision together, that if anything were to happen, mark would have a focus on the issue at hand and be able to deal with it. >> you've been in mark's shoes before, most recently in 2009 with the shuttle "atlantis." what exactly is he doing right now? >> this is what we call l minus two, two days before launch. you have a chance to fly the shuttle train aircraft, do some practice dives before you launch and then there's some time in the evening tonight for a family barbecue, where just a few guests get to come and go out to the beach house with the crew, and the last chance to sort of have a social experience and say good-bye for a little while. >> then it's all straight down to business. a little bittersweet for you to see this, too, the end of an era, the shuttle missions. >> it is. it's hard to see them being retired. the shuttle was a great program. i loved every minute i had on board. i'd be ready to go down and jump

on it friday morning, if mark decided he wanted to stay home after all. >> you said you guys are very close friends but if he had decided he wanted to step down you would have been right there at a moment's notice. we appreciate you taking the time and thank you for your service. captain, thank you. >> thanks. also ahead this morning, the bride and groom making one last visit to her parents before the wedding. all the royal scoop, when we come back. we'll go back out live to london and join erica hill when we come back. this is the early show, here on cbs. as part of my daily routine anymore. my doctor showed me the novolog mix 70/30 flexpen. flexpen is discreet and comes pre-filled with my insulin. flexpen goes with me and doesn't need refrigeration. and it's covered by most insurance. if you're still using a vial and syringe, ask your healthcare provider about the benefits of flexpen. flexpen is a discreet, pre-filled, dial-a-dose insulin pen. you can dial the exact dose of insulin you need. and inject insulin by pressing a button. novolog mix 70/30 is an insulin used to control high blood sugar

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♪ welcome back. you can see the white tower there, the tower of london, the tower that started it all back in 1078, it has grown since then. great place to visit and a w wonderful home for us this week as we bring you "the early show" live from london. it is a busy week for kate middleton. this morning, new pictures of the bride on the cover of "the daily mirror" and just about every other paper. there are a lot of them in the uk this morning, the close-up of

her but in the car with her, her sister pippa, doing their last-minute errands and even perhaps off to see officials at westminster abbey last night to begin transforming the abbey into a spectacular lush english garden. here with us victoria arbiter. pictures of kate looking fairly relaxed when there's a photographer shooting. >> there were a slew of paparazzi outside the house, she was looking relaxed. great to see. they went to newbury for facials and william rolled into bucklebury. it's nice to escape london and have a respite from country air before the madness of the next couple of days and the last time they'll spend quality time with kate's family, the wedding, honeymoon and expected to be back for william to go to work. it was a nice to have quality time all together. >> the royal duties kick in for

princess or whatever title she has. we saw new video from william of 2008, when it was released. >> it was fantastic video. this is his time with the royal navy in 2008, as you mentioned he loved his work, he loves the adventure and really loves learning about what everyone does and clearly so much so he invited one of his colleagues to stand at the door at westminster abbey, along with two other members of the armed forces to greet them at the abbey on the day. >> wonderful. i've been reading about harry. everyone needs a little harry in their life. he's going to take his brother out on the town thursday night. do you think charles said listen i don't want you blary eyed at the wedding. take it easy. >> we have a mixup on this last night. we heard harry mentioned taking william out on that night. there's talk charles is going to have to join a dinner hosted by

the european royals. it got eggy. i think he wants to spend the last night with his boys so it's one of the opportunities he may choose family over duty. harry will make sure william has fun first. >> i think he will. you saw all the flowers and the trees being loaded into the abbey last night. >> it was thrilling to see it going on. it is going to be a quintessential english guarden, we saw eight 20-foot trees going in, azaleas, lilacs, blossoms, it's going to be breathtaking and all of it has come from the royal estate. >> it's beautiful, green and whites. so glad you were there to see them loaded in. just ahead, david letterman it turns out is also pretty into the royal wedding, he's got it on his mind. you'll see why we're telling you that. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. we share.

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welcome back, yesterday here on "the early show" we introduced you to john penrose, minister for culture, media and sports here in england, basically the tourism minister, he gave us the inside scoop on all things london, a lot of talk of how great this wedding is for the country, and he probably is a good person to know, especially if you wanted the inside scoop on what is happening if you're thinking of coming here, so one might think that's perhaps why david letterman made sure to get him on the phone last night, on cbs's "late show with david letterman." letterman had a very specific question for john penrose. take a listen. >> why i'm calling is i understand there was some trouble with the guy from bahrain, the prince from bahrain. is he coming or not coming? >> as i know pretty much as you

do. he was originally invited but because they got a local difficulty there he decided he can't come. >> so now he's not coming, so he won't be here, the crowned prince of bahrain will not be there? >> that means there must be a spare seat somewhere. >> well, that's why i'm calling. >> ahh! >> i like that dave got right to the point there. the bad news is, i don't know that john penrose was able to pull any strings to get david letterman there. here's the deal, if any of that changes you can be sure that we will let you know right here on cbs, we're keeping tabs on it for "the early show" and david letterman, if you're watching, if you get the call from the queen, please, give me a call, let me know. we'll be back with more, call all of the latest royal wedding news live from london, you're watching "the early show" on cbs. our feet, and all we need to do is change the way we're thinking about them. a couple decades ago, we didn't even realize just how much natural gas was trapped in rocks thousands of feet below us.

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good morning. out to the east bay, first an accident northbound 238 before 580 and a problem crossing the richmond/san rafael bridge. two middle lanes blocked midspan. two lanes blocked not sure if it's an injury crash but delays are growing there. and westbound 580 approaching north flynn, a long line of brake lights from 205 through livermore. at the bay bridge, backed up to the 880 overcrossing. that's your traffic. here's lawrence with a check of your forecast. >> elizabeth, we have some of that great sunshine outside right now. a clear start to the day, looking good over mount vaca right now and all around the bay area. but we are going to see some cool breezes kicking in and a couple of clouds moving in as we head in toward the afternoon. still, we are going to see 60s and 70s and 60s inside the bay. and cooler coastside.

♪ top of the hour now. welcome back to the "early show" live from london. at the tower of london where we love being able to show you the different views of this historical palace. just ahead, what would a royal wedding be without a royal dress? over the years, so many brides have influenced gowns that we wanted to look at how kate is influencing this year's hottest designs. just because we haven't seen her dress doesn't mean she hasn't

inspired a number of dresses. we want to look at the dresses inspired by princess brides of days gone by. >> that dress we did see was beautiful. also ahead, a security breach for the popular sony playstation network. hackers have stolen information for 77 million users. we will tell you how to protect yourself. first, jeff glor is at the news desk with a check of the headlines. >> and we should mention she looks lovely in white. good morning everyone. it is believes that americans are among the cat wasualties. a total of eight nato troops were killed in kabul.

five afghan troops were wounded in that incident. for the first time, president obama has revealed his entire long form birth certificate today. he was born in honalulu. in a statement, the president rejected what he calls side shows and carnival barkers. we have better stuff to do. we have to focus not on this. >> donald trump has called for him to prove on what he has called for this morning and says he is proud of himself. don teague has more on that part

of the story, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. we had quite a bit of that lightening here as well. there were tornado warnings across arkansas. this damage is still from the storm here on monday night in velonia and destroyed 60 homes. this house where i'm standing used to be 50 yards from where i'm standing. it was thrown up the hill to land here. i want to give you a general idea of the damage in his area. the camera is going to pan over here. you should be able to see that the storm that came through here was half a mile wide. it was on the ground for 11 to 13 miles and went over some of the most populated areas of the city. this is a more rural area but you can see the extent of the

destruction when the storm came through here. on this hill top is where two of the deaths that came from this storm happened. the death toll up to 11. the weather is not great here again today. >> thank you for that inside look there this morning. those in southern missouri are fighting flood waters today. the flood levee has been breached in at least 30 spots now. cynthia bowers is there with more on that good morning to you. >> reporter: when you get 15 inches of rain over five days another inch of hard rain fell last night. the levee has had a lot of over runs. there have been three real big chunks taken out as well. it stands on either side to protect it and the farmland on either side of it.

we got to witness the water rescues yesterday. people forced to leave their homes. others had to leave because their homes were under water. more than 1,000 had been evacuated before yesterday. lot of them are staying at a coliseum that has been turned into a makeshift shelter. others are staying with hotels and family members. you can see behind me that the water seems to have receded. there is more rain in the forecast today. can the levee hold up until the water level goes down? jeff? >> singer fphoebie snow is bein remembered this morning.

♪ no, you don't have to go, no ♪ poetry man, you make things all right ♪ >> she continued to perform while devoting her life to care for her daughter who was deseverely brain damaged. she died from complications of a brain hemorrhage she suffered a year ago. she was 60 years old. quite a woman. we check in with a check on the weather. >> let's take a look at the national picture. you can see a nation divided in half. one third of

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the least important information is the credit card because it's easily replaced and you're indemnified against any loss. now people can e-mail you, do phishing atacks and try to get other information from you directly. >> identity theft is at risk. >> absolutely. >> say you are one of the people that uses sony playstation actively or one of the 77 million people. what do you have to be concerned about? >> you'll get e-mails pretending to be nice people, e-mails spoofing sony perhaps you've heard there's been a terrible break-in, click here and sort it out. people will get more e-mails now. >> what do you think the hackers are looking for when they do something like this, if credit card information is not -- >> it's valuable to them. i'm saying to you, it's not that big a deal because it's easily replaced. sometimes it's just sport and sometimes it is to get credit card information and to get the ingredients that you need to

create identity profiles. >> should you just go ahead and cancel? >> sony is already telling people when the system is back up, change your login, change your passwords, change all kinds of stuff, and start over again. >> that's a little inconvenient. if you are one of the people what would be tips you would have for people that are potentially exposed to this? >> as i said, you're going to be getting lots of e-mails now. they might just go to your spam filter but the basic rule is never click on a link in an e-mail from somebody that you don't know, if it's your mother, you do, maybe. >> this seems to be pretty popular now especially with a lot of the apps out there, because you have to provide so much personal information for so many things. as a consumer, should you take a step back and make sure you're not exposing yourself to too many potential problems? >> this is the world we live in now. if you want to be on itunes, if you want to do commerce, if you want to do business with big places, gaming systems they're going to ask you to store information to authenticate you as being not a minor and have a

recurring way of charging you as you go along. >> the real takeaway to protect yourself would be? >> be very, very wary about agreeing to store information on a site, unless you absolutely have to, unless you really trust the person. this sort of thing is going to happen anyway and then you have to get into your bunker mode and deal with the aftermath. >> the old bunker mode. john, thanks. good to see you this morning. coming up next on "the early show," the royals have been trendsetters for centuries. this morning no exception. we'll look at new gowns that have every bride looking like a princess. this is the early show here on cbs. back to london in just a moment. countdown to the royal wedding sponsored by nook color, the reader's tablet by barnes & noble. reader's tablet by barnes & noble.r's tablet by barnes & man: till the heroes retire and the monsters return to their dens... woman: and all the plots are wrapped up.

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abbey's aisles will become the center of the world. the future princess will join a list of royal trend gen setters who influenced brides for centuries. queen victoria wore white in 1840, setting the standard for every bride who followed. images of princess diana's 25-foot train inspired designers for decades. even now, before any of us have had a glimpse of kate on her big day, dresses influenced by the royal wedding and princesses are already being created and here to introduce us to some of the trends is julia raimondi, editor and chief of brides.com. great to have you with us in london. you just wrapped up the bridal show for 2012 basically. these are the latest trends for next year, we're seeing a princess inspiration. >> absolutely. so we have two bridal fashion weeks a couple times a year and this april, just a couple weeks ago we saw the royal wedding really influencing the drama and excitement on the runway.

>> which we love. we'll start off with our first example of that, a cinderella ball gown. >> it's literally called the cinderella ball gown by alfred ange angelo. this is the dress people think of when they hear the word princess. >> stunning. >> you know, toulle skirts are back in a big way, unlike the heavy satin in diana's time, things are more light and airy and what's cool about this dress is the angled tops of the tulle. >> it's modern, too. >> exactly. you can dance in that. >> with he love to dance. beth looks beautiful. we talked so much about hats, for americans it's fun to think about adding this to your wedding day. >> exactly. if there's one fashion takeaway from the royal wedding it's got to be the hats. women love wearing the hats, watching the british wedding guests and kate herself with the hats on reminded americans how

cool and fun they are. you've got to do it with a sleek, gorgeously structured gow gown. >> that is a beautiful dress and the a-line is more flattering. hats on the bride, too, not just on the guest. >> more bigger, more dramatic headwear in the last year as well, which has not been the case for a long time. but you have to pair that with something, this is by junk junko yoshikoba. >> we saw a little embellishments on the first ball gown but this is more. >> yes, oh, yes, the designers are doing all-out drama, i believe that's inspired by the royal wedding. that's what i think designers in america think of when they think of a royal wedding. there's not an inch without something going on, we have embroidery, a ruffled silk

organza bottom, that's glorious. you can still see her shape and that's important in a gown like this. i think some people like to see diana in the voluminous gown but it swallowed her up. we will be able to decipher human form i believe. >> what is excite being the embellishment, the beading, it creates this soft line on her, following the curves so gracefully, it's lovely. maya wearing the gorgeous dress. up next, bridgette is modeling sleeves. a lot of people expect to see sleeves on kate middleton, at least in the abbey. maybe they'll come off later, but because of the protocol. >> this gown by ramonea cervesa. we've not seen sleeves on a wedding gown in probably decades but kate has to have her shoulders covered inside westminster abbey and this is a great way of doing it with a chantilly laced sleeve >> brings to mind grace kelly.

>> absolutely, so grace kelly, it's timeless, it's classic. you'll look great in this now, your daughter will look great in it in 20 years. >> i wish that was around when i got married. not that i didn't like my dress. these are arms for women not comfortable showing their arms. finally we talked about diana's grand train. now we have a grand train here as well, although about half the length of diana's. >> this one is 12-foot, cathedral length train and this is all silk organza that's been hand, if you look closely you can see it's sewn in floral patterns, and she's got a sheer tulle top and it has a romantic feel but you have exposed seams on the corset, makes it more modern. >> they're all stunning and to see all five of you lined up you look buy tifl and incredible backdrop at one of the historic palaces in london. do you have a favorite trend out of all of these? >> i have to say sleeves.

sleeves. it's just been so long, and i think there are so many, mostly because there are so many brides that don't want strapless but have a hard time finding something they love that's not strapless. this was one of my favorite trends. >> i see one veil sort of on the back of our beautiful bride with sleeves but are veils still as popular as they were? >> yes, absolutely. i don't think that a bride really feels like a bride until they put that veil on. they might not keep it on the entire night but that's when they all cry. that's the moment when they go oh my god, i'm getting married! when you put on the veil, absolutely. >> i love the headpiece, we're fascinated by fascinators here on "the early show." do you think we'll see any more tiaras? the speculation is kate will have one on. >> whether she does or doesn't, designers are into tiaras, the anticipation of the new princess. >> thanks so much for bringing them to us. good to have them with us, julia raimondi from brides.com.

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good morning. let's start off with a look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. an injury accident, two lanes still blocked from the richmond/san rafael bridge midspan and it's sluggish approaching the scene. chp still out there now. the bay bridge, at the bay bridge toll plaza itself at the toll plaza, it's really backed

up to the end of the first overcrossing. but we are seeing a lot of slow traffic coming down the eastshore freeway. your drive is still almost 40 minutes, unfortunately. it is because of an earlier accident in el cerrito. it is still really backed up to hercules. and one more camera, here's live look at the nimitz freeway, 880 through oakland, where you're seeing your typical slower speeds there as you pass the coliseum. just in the northbound lanes. that's your traffic. here's lawrence with a check of your forecast. >> elizabeth, we are cruising along on a nice day around the bay area, starting out with mostly clear skies. how about that plenty of blue over san francisco. we are going to see a few clouds move in toward the middle of the day and the afternoon. but it still should be fantastic today. how about these temperatures? 60s and low 70s showing up in many spots inland, 60s inside the bay. at the coast, yeah, a bit breezy and a couple clouds moving in. temperatures mainly into the 50s. now, those winds pick up toward tomorrow. and friday warmer.

welcome back to the early show. we're here at the legendary tower of london, our home for our special coverage of the royal wedding. just ahead this half hour, it really wouldn't be london without high tea, would it? actually i've learned high tea is in the north of england. here in london we have afternoon tea. i learned about the british tradition at london's oldest hotel when i sat down for some

proper tea and traditions aside we are feeling very much at home here because so many americans are flocking to london this week for the wedding. i hear those american accents everywhere, more than a million visitors are expected here by friday to line the streets. just ahead, you're going to meet some of the most colorful visitors on the front lines of the american invasion. plus the immensely talented singer/song writer natasha bedingfield is here to perform one of her classic tunes and a new one off her latest cd, we have a jam-packed half hour. >> that is a lot, erica. a quick note. what happened with your security? looked as though you were being attacked by a type of shrub in for high tea. what was that on your head? >> that is called an exploding peacock and loned by victoria madur who you'll see in a moment. it was loaned to me. i can't bring it back, sorry. >> you looked great. the wedding dresses were a wonderful thing.

we'll get back to you in a couple of minutes. for a check of the weather we'll bring in marysol. >> i'm going to make

thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now back over to erica in london. i miss you. i can't wait 'til you come back. >> i miss you, too. i'm looking forward to seeing you. maybe you should come for the weekend. in the 17th century, the custom of drinking afternoon tea was brought to england from portugal by the wife of king charles ii. the daily ritual became a fixture throughout the empire and to this day everyone including queen elizabeth takes some time each day to enjoy afternoon tea and i took time in the afternoon to have a spot myself. ♪ in england, an ideal afternoon

involves conversation, sweets, and a spot of tea. combine all three with a bit of grandeur and you get a perfect afternoon tea. for my first experience with this english tradition, i decided to dress the part and headed to london's oldest hotel, the brown. hi. my host, victoria madur, former lady in waiting to the royal family. this is better than i expected. but it wouldn't be afternoon tea without its namesake. tea. maybe that's where i started out wrong. don't think of using tea bags. >> certainly you cannot have a tea bag. >> victoria schooled me in the pomp and circumstance of this age old custom. what should we be doing with our tea? so delicious you shouldn't put anything with it? >> not unless you're unsophisticated. >> she served up delicious

tidbits on another woman who knows a thing about tea. the queen. >> i'm on sensed with her handbag. >> handkerchief. >> right. >> there's nobody in the world who doesn't have dog biscuits with n their handbag. >> does the queen have tea every afternoon? >> she does and the courters have tea and she gives them the t dogs have biscuits in silver bowls. >> the age old tradition helps strengthen prince william's relationship with his grands. >> always, always. he would walk up the hill and have tea in windsor castle. she's been the most wonderful granny. >> you don't have to be royalty or english to enjoy a proper

tea. >> honestly my grandmother brought me to browns for tea when i was a little girl and i wanted them to have the same experience. >> ashley brought her daughters from nashville for their first afternoon tea and the chance to see a real princess bride. while they're happily soaking up their first afternoon tea and delicious sweets, it's the most familiar treat that made the biggest impression. >> what do you prefer? >> the coke. >> the coke? and we are back now victoria madu ru joining us for a spot of tea. nice to have you back. >> thank you, erica, nice to be here. drinking tea out of a royal cup. >> it looks rather royal. >> it is royal. >> custom china. >> it is as authorized by her majesty. >> if one were to have tea with her majesty the queen there must be added protocol when you sit

down to tea with the queen. what are the do's and don'ts? >> it's basically don'ts. don't drink before she drinks. >> okay. >> don't eat before she eats. >> um-hum. >> and don't eat after she's stopped eating and don't drink after she's stopped drinking. >> and if she leaves, you leave? >> if she leaves, you leave. that is protocol throughout, tea, breakfast, lunch, drinks, dinner party, whatever. >> follow the queen's leaving. >> follow the queen's leaving, but what was a nightmare for princess margaret, who liked to party all night, nobody could leave. you couldn't say, i say, princess margaret, i've got a babysitter problem. >> she wouldn't be concerned. you would stay. >> you would stay. >> we talked yesterday and touched on the lovely relationship william has with his grandmother, the queen. he used to go up the road when he was at boarding school to

visit her for tea every day. how importaschool, his prep school, one little boy said to him, "do you really know the queen?" and prince william said "do you mean granny?" >> very sweet. >> which is cool, isn't it? i think that, and he was the person who first presented catherine to the queen. >> it's a great story. we love it. thanks for sharing with us and coming back today. you know there's been a little bit you may have noticed out here on the program of an invasion of sorts here in london, the big event of course is just two days right now. tourists around the world are telling you more than 1 million people are expected to line the streets friday. helping to lead a lot of that invasion are many of us yankees. there are americans all over the

city, here to catch a glimpse, cbs news correspondent ben tracy, just happened to find a few who were ready and willing to talk to us about why they're here. he joins us from buckingham palace. hi, ben. >> reporter: how are you doing? the palace, the queen's home one of the top stops for all of the tourists. as you mentioned you walk around london these days, you can't help but run into people, so much so the british could probably use their own paul revere to warn "the americans are coming." ♪ in this city of majesty and monarchy, where the union jack flies high, a not so subtle american invasion is under way, marching towards the wedding day. >> we want to say congratulations from america, because we're very excited, too, for them. >> reporter: these five friends from texas, oklahoma, and louisiana are rolling through london, showing off their version of the crowned jewels. do you feel silly or do you feel fun? >> fun, and silly.

couldn't we be both? >> reporter: so what's it like to be here during the wedding? >> it's wonderful. you can feel the excitement everywhere. >> reporter: and americans are everywhere. >> if you do wish to film his majesty. >> reporter: mobbing this kate and william replica. >> what's in your bag? >> ornaments. >> reporter: little magnets, looking nice on your fridge. by friday millions of tourists are expected to crowd into a jam-packed london, 6z 00,000 more than are normally here, and those tourists will shed some pounds, 50 million of them, about $80 million, on the wedding day alone. >> i think it's a beautiful thing. i mean, whenever are you going to see such a thing as this? >> reporter: back on the bus, michelle bordelon said her friends talked to her after

this. you don't look happy. >> i am. i'll be happier with a drink this evening. >> it's exciting to watch and be a part of history and share this special day. >> very nice. >> reporter: some of that history is likely to take place here at buckingham palace after the wedding the royal family will come back here and on the balcony the royal also come out, the couple, prince william and kate hopefully will share a kiss for the crowd like his parents did back in 1981. erica? >> ben, thanks. i know you ladies will be watching for the kiss friday morning, coming on the balcony of buckingham palace. there was major planning that went into this trip. when did you start with the planning? >> right when they announced the wedding. we knew we were going to come over and as soon as they announced it, we had four hotels booked at strategic locations, we didn't know where they were getting married but we wanted to be close. >> you were covered from the beginning. what's the plan for the big day. have you staked out a spot?

>> we have. we actually have picked out a spot by the mall and horse barge where it comes together, right on the corner is where we're thinking. >> you're thinking. people are camping out here. there's a guy there about his sleeping back at westminster last night. >> we checked this morning. there's nobody by our spot. >> you're not going to leave anything out. when will you start camping out there? >> ben there's more people camping. >> okay, so until then, what are you ladies and your fabulous engagement rings you're all wearing, you have a couple of days to fill and lots of things you want to do there on the itinerary. >> we've done the big bus tour, we've done the london tower, kensington palace and the great sites, all the history. >> london is fabulous. >> it's more fabulous with you ladies in it. you look fantastic. are you wearing the same outfit every day so i can find you? >> the hats. >> wear that friday so we can pick you out of the the crowd. thank you for joining us and

enjoy the rest of your trip here. >> thank you. >> boy do we have a treat for you coming up right now, since 2004, singer/song writer natasha b bedingfield filled the air waves, "unwritten" earned her very first grammy nomination. in june she began a 29-day tour of the united states so support her third album entitled "strip me." today we're lucky she's joining us here at the tower of london to perform her new single "weightless." ladies and gentlemen please twl co welcome to "the early show" natasha bedingfield. >> thanks, guys. ♪ ♪ la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes ♪ i have to keep reminding myself i'm not like anyone else ♪ ♪ that's my face

er or my ichld d. ♪ that makes me vip no one exactly like this ♪ ♪ no one with my fingerprints no one can touch you like me ♪ ♪ i can't fake what you see they told me, girl ♪ ♪ to get your way you've got to be a they say the guy won't get the girl if he's not guilty rich ♪ ♪ you stop his little changes 'til you don't know who you are ♪ ♪ surround yourself with friends who only call you a superstar ♪ ♪ oh yeah, oh yeah oh, yeah, yeah, ready, set, ready let's go ♪ ♪ the sky is the limit and i just wanna flow ♪ ♪ free as a spirit on a journey i'll go cut the strings and let me go ♪ ♪ i'm weightless, i'm weightless a million dark balloons heading to the ground ♪ ♪ weight of the world tries to

hold us down cut the strings and let me go ♪ ♪ i'm weightless, i'm weightless oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ oh ♪ all the things i hold in my fist, if i don't let go, i don't exist ♪ they've become the things that define me ♪ ♪ how i look and love, things can buy me that's not important anymore ♪ ♪ i feel me writing on the floor light as a feather, i'm carefree ♪ ♪ i'm weightless the sky is the limit ♪ ♪ and i just wanna flow free as a spirit on a journey i'll go ♪ ♪ cut the strings and let me go i'm weightless, i'm weightless ♪ ♪ a million dark balloons heading to the ground weight of the world tries to hold us down ♪

♪ cut the strings and let me go i'm weightless, i'm weightless ♪ ♪ oh, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, i'm free as a spirit, oh, yeah ♪ ♪ oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ i'm weightless, i'm weightless ♪ >> stay tuned for more natasha bedingfield returns when we return right here. you're watching "the early show" live from london on cbs.,,,,,,,,

welcome back to the early show, live from london with natasha bedingfield.

a treat to have you perform for us and all the folks here. you've actually performed as well for william and kate as i understand it back in 2007. >> i did, yeah, i was at the amazing tenth anniversary of diana's event that prince william did, and i met him there. >> what was he like? >> amazing. he's so sweet and charming. he definitely has, you could definitely understand why people are so captivated by him and kate. i met them both. they've got some kind of magic. >> they were going through a little bit of a split at that time. >> yes. >> she was at the concert with him. did you notice sparks between them because they were on a break? >> they were officially broken up there and everyone, there was all these rumors, every woman that he was, you know, in a picture with, suddenly people are like oh what's happening. what people didn't see, they actually i think they were closer together at that time, because i met her and i could see there was still a spark between them and how beautiful she was. she's very up close very stunning. >> gorgeous pictures, so one would imagine.

what do you think of, in terms of how london is handling the hoopla and the invasion of 1 million people plus. >> i think it's wonderful, it's a great city. it should be. it's wonderful and i feel flattered by all the attention. >> we are flattered you are joining us here especially as a london native. we'll let you get back to singing us off the air with her hit song "unwritten." have a great day everyone. stay tuned, everyone. after natasha, your local news is next. ♪ i am unwritten, can't read my mind, i'm undefined ♪ ♪ i'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned ♪ ♪ staring at the blank page

before you open up the dirty window ♪ ♪ let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find reaching for something in the distance ♪ ♪ so close you can almost taste it release your inhibitions ♪ ♪ feel the rain on your skin no one else can feel it for you ♪ ♪ only you can let it in no one else, no one else ♪ ♪ can speak the words on your lips drench yourself in words unspoken ♪ ♪ live your life with arms wide open today is where your book begins ♪ ♪ the rest is still unwritten owe broosh tra i break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines we've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but i can't live that way ♪

♪ staring at the blank page before you open up the dirty window ♪ ♪ let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find reaching for something in the distance ♪ ♪ so close you can almost taste it release your inhibitions ♪ ♪ feel the rain on your skin no one else can feel it for you ♪ ♪ only you can let it in no one else, no one else ♪ ♪ can speak the words on your lips drench yourself in words unspoken ♪ ♪ live your life with arms wide open today is where your book begins ♪ not the rest is still unwritten ♪ ♪ cbs, the rest is still unwritten ♪ ♪ there at the blank page before you, open up the dirty window ♪ ♪ let the sun illuminate the words that you cannot fine ♪ ♪ reaching for something in the

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your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. good morning. 8:55. i'm grace lee with your cbs 5 headlines. bryan stow remains sedated as he recovers from an attack outside dodger stadium. today, all chili's restaurants in california will help pay stow's medical bills. customers who bring in a flyer will have 15% of their bills go to stow's family. you can find a link to the flyer on the cbs 5 "early edition" facebook page. tonight, we'll get an update on pg&e's work following the san bruno explosion. utility executives will join congresswoman jackie speier as well as san bruno leaders at a town hall meeting. they are expected to discuss recovery efforts at tonight's meeting. it all starts at 6:30 p.m. at the san bruno senior center. san francisco's new police

chief is expected to be sworn in this morning. 52-year-old greg suhr is currently captain of the bayview station, where he is credited for a 50% drop in homicides. suhr was chosen by mayor ed lee. we'll have an update on your traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

busy out of downtown san jose. here's a live look at northbound traffic on 280. the problem is an accident, an earlier accident near bird. it is now cleared to the right shoulder. but unfortunately we're left -- there was an accident at bird and another one closer towards the 880 interchange. a couple of different accidents jamming up the works there. all right. to the bay bridge, not too bad. it's actually only backed up to the end of the first overcrossing and our drive time here is improving, as well. down the eastshore freeway, after a couple of earlier accidents including a bad one in el cerrito. that is your traffic. for your forecast,ers who lawrence. >> elizabeth, that sunshine looking great in those traffic shots. wheel a lot of that over the bay -- we have a whole lot of that over the bay right now as we start the day. clouds filtering into the skies through the day but these temperatures are going to stay very, very mild. how about some 60s low 70s inland? a lot of 60s inside the bay. breezy at the coast. 50s and low 60s.

winds kicking in tomorrow and friday. cooling down the temperatures. ,,,,,,,,