roof. take a look at that. are you ready for a walk on the embarcadero. >> we are leaving! >> have a good one. good morning. three miles wide as the rain swollen mississippi river hits its peek in memphis. concern grows for residents of cities and towns downstream. will the levees hold? we are live in tennessee with the late testify on the worst flooding there in nearly a century. interrogation, pack sfan gives the u.s. permission to speak with three of osama bin laden's wives as a report of a decade old deal allowing them to go after bin laden. live in islamabad. terminated. arnold schwarzenegger announces he and maria shriver have separated. months after their 25th

anniversary. "early" this tuesday morning, may 10th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good tuesday morning. i'm erica hill. >> sg good morning. i'm chris wragge. >> incredible, the pictures we have been seeing. the mississippi river in and around memphis, luckily, there is some good news here. as bad as this looks, the river is cresting here. further sousth it is going to gt much, much worse. >> it is awful, well into june. the mississippi river at this point, three miles wide in memphis where it is normally just about a half mile wide. it is cresting just below the record setback in 1937. flooding has covered pockets of homes but has spared the city's downtown and world famous musical landmarks including

beale street. even though some areas have been spared, it is not easy going for some people? >> reporter: it is not easy at all. it is going to be painful going. the mississippi has finally crested or at least it looks that way. a lot of water and a lot of worry. the hope is that this is the worst of it. if all the city's preparations pay off, it's levees will hold off the crested mississippi. >> we are going to rebuild again. >> reporter: but for pastor john jones, it is already too late. six feet of floodwater swamped his church. >> we don't want to go through this again. if he with have to move to higher ground, that's what we will do. >> reporter: a new high of 48 feet, the mississippi is at a level not seen since 1937, 14 feet above flood stage. it will stay that high for as long as another week. >> we will be okay but we won't be away from this for many, many weeks to come. >> reporter: the u.s. army corps of engineers have promised the

city 1200 miles of levees will hold off disaster but the surging river's pressure is unprecedented. inspectors walk the levees looking for troubled spots. >> the levees have held up very well. they are not showing signs of stress except for some seepage issues. and we're repairing those as they come up. >> reporter: people in 1300 homes have evacuated. but in his flooded house, denny lee mitchell is staying put. he is afraid of looters. >> we got two evacuation notices. you have to think for yourself, because there is no need to go because there is a concern about vandalism. >> reporter: there is some good news. the city's best known landmarks are all high and drirks the airport, graceland, sun studio, the heart of beale street and the lorraine motel, all high and dry. for hundreds of people here, a wet mess and a long recovery. erica? >> that's for sure.

mark strassmann for us this morning. thanks. joining us from memphis, the army corps of engineers commander, colonel vernie reich land jr. colonel, good morning, give us an idea. the situation as it stands this morning, what is your number one priority? >> our number one priority this morning is public safety. that's all we do is make sure we are providing safety too the public and ensuring that the people that live behind our levees are taken care of. >> we heard from a gentlemen in mark's piece who just said he had two evacuation orders and was staying put because he was concerned about looting. are people in general heeding the evacuation orders? >> that is the responsibility of local officials. we provide technical engineering information to shelby county and the city of memphis. they actually issue the evacuation orders. >> the river as we mentioned cresting at just below the historic levels. with the river cresting, this, of course, is really not the end but just beginning of the next

phase. we are told this could last even weeks at this point. as you look forward, who should be most concerned? >> well, i think at this point, people that live in unprotected areas should be most concerned. what we are seeing here in memphis right now is that the river is at historic levels. what we are seeing is back water flooding, the streams and tributaries that flow into the mississippi cannot release the water into the river. so those people in the unprotected areas are now most at risk. >> what about the levees, will they hold? >> the levees are performing as designed as well as the flood walls here in memphis. >> when will you feel you can breath a sigh of relief? >> i think we will breath a sigh of relief once this crest has passed and is in the gulf of mexico. >> all right. we will continue to follow t colonel, thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> here is chris. erika, thank you. the latest on osama bin laden and the u.s. dispute with

pakistan over the raid that killed him. a british newspaper is reporting that both countries made a secret deal ten years ago between then leaders george w. bush and musharraf allowing the u.s. to go after bin laden in pakistan. cbs news correspondent, elizabeth palmer is in islamabad with the latest. liz, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. the latest is that general musharraf has denied in the past few hours there was a secret deal. the guardian alleges that he and president bush had an understanding that if senior members of the al qaeda leadership were found in pakistan, the u.s. would come in and unilaterally take them out. pakistan would publicly react with outrage but in private would condone it. in the event, that's what we did see. the u.s. did come in unilaterally. i don't think anybody, not the government or the army or the intelligence anticipated the sheer fury has that greeted that

in the wake of the raid. >> how has the fallout from the raid on the bin laden compound, what has it done to endanger cooperation in the fight against terrorism in the region between pakistan and the u.s.? >> reporter: well, to say that relations are frosty now would be an understatement. the isi, especially, which to give it credit, has helped the u.s. capture some very high-value al qaeda targets, feels completely betrayed but in a good sign, late yesterday, they finally did say to the cia that cia agents would be given access to bin laden's wives who were taken into back stan any custody after the raid. chris? cbs's elizabeth palmer in s islamabad, back stan. juan zarate joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> there were reports that there was a long standing deal in place between the u.s. and pakistan that if bin laden was found inside pakistan, the u.s.

could go in and kill or capture him. is there potential there was a deal like that in place up to ten years ago? >> clearly, the united states and pakistan had talked for ten years about going after al qaeda leadership. what was better understood was that the u.s. would do everything possible to coordinate with the pakistanis but would likely execute targets if they had the opportunity. so i think this is probably a bit of an overstatement as to the conversations that were happening over the course of ten years where there was an understanding the u.s. would be aggressive about going after al qaeda leadership but the pakistanis would assume there would be some degree of cooperation. i'm not quite sure i buy the article out there today. >> how much of what we are seeing right now coming out of pakistan is more stage craft, this indig nation we are seeing on a daily basis? is it a lot to save safe with the people at home? >> clearly, they have to deal with the rage that is boiling

over in pakistan, concerns about the credibility of the intelligence and military services. they have to come out. there has to be a bit of bluster here. you cisee from the united state standpoint, giving them space to save face an behind the scenes, getting tougher and talking about cooperation moving forward. >> the pakistani prime minister spoke yesterday, intelligence failure, yes, collusion with al qaeda, emphatically, no. >> it is possible. we have had our own intelligence failures a lot of people don't believe. 9/11, weapons of mass destruction in iraq. it is possible. all of the facts and circumstantial case suggest some degree of collusion. it may not have been at the highest levels of government but there does seem to be some support there locally for bin laden in abbottabod. >> what do they expect to gain by interviewing the wives?

>> it could be a rich source of information about how he lived, who was visiting the compound and his state of mind. the kind of interrogation where analysts would use the data from the wives to understand and fill gaps that may not be evident from the electronic data or files. it could be very rich if we got access to the wives. >> juan zarate, thank you. >> thanks, chris. >> here is erika. another big name jumping into the presidential race, former house speak herb, newt gingrich, says as of tomorrow, he is officially a candidate for the republican nomination. jan crawford joins us from washington with the latest. jan, good to have you with us. how does newt gingrich stack up as a candidate? >> well, gingrich will be a player in this race, one of the best-known republicans in the country. he has a big following among conservative activists. he is considered a real intellectual leader of the party. he has two potential problems.

the first one that is the most significant, will people see him as the past. polls show voters want something new. is gingrich yesterday or can he be the future? he has personal baggage, twice divorced, now married to his third wife, since converted to catholicism. he says god has forgiven him. the question is, will voters forgive him or will they even care if they think he can solve america's problems? >> no one would jump into a race without taking a look at how all of those could affect their run. what is the campaign's plan for dealing with these things? >> that's a good question. people i spoke with yesterday who are close to gingrich say he can overcome the old news, been there, done that, stigma. he has accomplished this remarkable political comeback after he stepped out of office in 1998. he is not this washington

insider, not an establishment candidate. he is swin womeone who understa the plays and it is unclear how he will handle the personal questions. people xloes to gingrich are telling me, what he is going to stress is this overall message, a positive one, about the greatness and promise of america. >> looking down the line, there are so many people whose names have been bantered about in terms of whether or not they may be running for the republican nomination here to run for president. give us the latest tally, who is in and out and a maybe. >> several other people have signaled and made very clear they are going to run former massachusetts governor, mitt romney and former minnesota governor, tim pawlenty. those are the two that are the most serious. you are right, this field is still really unsettled. there are several people out there that could be a factor in the race if they decide to get in. the number one person could be that indiana governor, mitch

daniels if he decides to run. he is expected to decide in the next week or two. i think one of the reasons the field is really so unsettled right now is that a lot of prominent republican strategists, governors, some of those big-time donors are waiting to see if daniels is going to run before they commit to anybody else. then, there is mike huckabee, name recognition, popular with social conservatives. he could hit the ground running. last night, my sources say he is probably not going to run, which leaves space in the race for some other people. erica? >> it will keep you very busy. jan crawford in washington, thanks. one step closer, only 20 more to go. a few other things happening this morning as well. >> for that, let's get to jeff glor at the news desk. hi, jeff. >> good morning, guys. good morning to everyone at home. in libya, the heaviest nato bombing raids in weeks. nato targeted several low tations in tripoli, the capital of libya.

resz dents say that moammar gadhafi's compound was one of the targets. a building used by libyan intelligence was hit as was a parliament building. authorities in arizona say they discovered a highly sophisticated smuggling tunnel connecting the u.s. and mexico, 15 feet below ground, electricity and water pumps and ventilation. it began on the mexican side of the border in nogales, still being built on the arizona side. in japan, a first visit back inside the 12-mile evacuation zone around the crippled nuclear power plant. 100 residents donned protective clothing for their first two-hour visit to go into their homes and get personal belongings. the suits you are seeing. more visits are planned soon. a new national cell phone emergency alert system will be announced today. it will send warnings of terror attacks or natural disaster to cell phones. starting next year, all phones will be equipped with chips that

can receive these alerts. it should be operational later this year and nationwise by 2012. big business news. microsoft has confirmed it will buy skype, the internet telephone service. a cash deal that would be worth about $8.5 billion. confirmation coming from microsoft. after 25 years of marriage, arnold schwarzenegger and his wife, maria shriver, announced late last night, they are separating. on saturday, they celebrated the graduation of a nephew but shriver was not wearing her wedding ring at the time. on youtube back in march, she talked about transition. >> it is so stressful to not know what you are doing next. i would like to hear from other people who are in transition. how did you find your transition? >> the statement said, at this time, we are living apart while we work on the future of our relationship. divorce was not mentioned.

newlyweds, prince william and catherine middleton are off on their honeymoon. they say they started in the seychelles. they decided at the time against an immediate honeymoon. it is 16 past the hour. kind of surprising about arnold and maria. >> no doubt. 25 years of marriage. >> a long time. we want to get you a check of your weather on this tuesday morning. marysol castro sta

thanks so much. that's your latest weather ert. now back over to christie and erica. welcome back. we missed you. >> nice to be back. >> we did miss you. >> i feel it. i feel the love. >> we did, we did. there was a pause for effect.

>> thank you, thank you. >> still waking up. >> a possible serial killer case gets more complicated on long island. police believe they may have more than one killer on their hands. we'll update this story when we come back. home prices falling once again. fewer people are buying. are we officially in a double dip. what could that mean for openers and sellers? we've got those answers just ahead. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu.

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good morning. we have a new accident along the peninsula. it's in brisbane.

southbound 101 approaching sierra point parkway. traffic is at a stop southbound. a camera approaching third and bayshore this is an injury crash involving a couple of cars. two left lanes are getting by. it is going to be very slow ride right now out of san francisco until you get past the sierra point parkway. traffic alert in effect and fire department is on scene. in the south bay, just your usual slow stuff slow traffic heading out of downtown san jose. mass transit is on time. for your forecast, here's kristy. >> thanks a lot, elizabeth. already seeing sunshine pour into the bay area and that's the story all day long. gorgeous shot outside taken from our mount vaca cam. clear skies inland and along the bay shores. the extended forecast shows big changes in store. we cool down a little tomorrow and then more so thursday into friday. showers in the forecast starting late saturday and continuing into sunday. chance of showers for monday. i am a sneeze whisperer.

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good morning, once again. bottom of the hour. chris wragge with erica hill. one thing we're working on, a possible serial murder case is more disturbing right now. the remains of ten people were found since december. now investigators say two killers may be at work. we look at new clues in the case and ask a profiler to see if there's any common thread to these murders. >> so many questions and concerns for the folks out in that area. very disconcerting. also ahead this morning, the housing market, could it be heading for another crash? new figures show prices are falling fast, that's having a ripple effect through the

economy. take a look at the numbers. how do you decide if this is the right time for you to buy or sell and what it could mean in terms of the ripple effect across the economy. >> first, jeff glor with the newsdesk with another look at the headlines. hey, jeff. good morning to you, good morning to you at home. in memphis, the mississippi river crested this morning at 47.8 feet, just shy of the 1937 record. low-lying neighborhoods are underwater as you can see, it will take weeks to dry out. hundreds are forced to evacuate. but the memphis city center and landmarks like graceland were spared. downriver, they're preparing for the worst right now. the spillway was opened to relieve pressure on the levees. texas can experience one of the worst droughts on record. since october, texas averaged less than half of the normal

police on new york's long island now say human remains discovered along an isolated stretch of beach may have been left there by more than one killer. lane kehano has the latest. >> reporter: in the underbrush on the beach of long island, new york, investigators have found ten sets of human remains and they now believe multiple killers could be responsible for the murders. >> what is clear is that the area in and around gilgo beach has been used to discard human remains for some period of time. >> reporter: while investigators once thought the murders were the work of a lone serial killer, police now say the isolated area appears to be the site of a dumping ground, spanning several years. >> as distasteful and disturbing as that is, there is no evidence that all of these remains are

that of a single killer. >> reporter: among the most recent set of remains discovered was the head and hands of a missing woman named jells can taylor. taylor had been working as a prostitute in new york city when she disappeared. her torso was found 40 miles away in 2003. police believe taylor's death and the man whose body are yet to be identified are unrelated to the other eight bodies found in the area. four of the women have been identified, all in their 20s, who advertised escort services on craig's list and had been listing from as far back as 2007. >> i know this is a very sick individual and he needs to be caught as soon as possible. >> reporter: one of the best leads continues to be the phone calls the man placed to the sister of one of the victims. but so far, investigators have not identified a suspect. elaine qihano, cbs news, new york. >> casey jordan criminologist joins us.

good morning. >> good morning. >> the police do not want to hear it's a series of depraved killers dumping bodies in the beachside area. >> the area is conducive to be a dumping ground, not just bodies but for all kinds of garbage. we don't doubt that the four women found at oak beach are the work of the same killer. every piece of human remains since then, it's open to questions as to who the culprit is. >> we're looking at multiples. if you look, you have the four original that were identified. that seems another grouping of bodies. then another grouping of bodies. could be three, four, who knows, right? >> exactly. remember, we don't know the identity of human remains number five, including eight, nine, ten, those found in nassau have not been identified. the police have cut their work cut out for them. jessica taylor as the woman in gilgo beach, in the proximity of the body of a child and an asian man who died, quote, a violent

death. and for police to say those three bodies are totally unrelated and jessica taylor's torso was found 40 miles away. >> back in '03. >> eight years ago. right, chris. raises the question all three of the bodies are with work of three different people. then the question remains with the dismemberment of jessica taylor, there are two other unsolved dismemberment cases. maybe you're dealing with an entirely separate serial killer there unrelated to the oak beach serial killer. >> this is troubling -- no clues left behind in any of the cases. if these are separate serial killers, they're thorough in covering their own tracks. >> that's what's so disturbing about jessica taylor. whoever killed her took the trouble to dismember her, leave her torso in manorville and dump her head and hands 40 miles away. there have been two other case, one from '97, one from 2007 where torsos were found in the water with legs and other body

parts found later. the dismemberment cases, two of whom are still unidentified may come together and link with jessica taylor. >> is there anything -- investigators are missing here? anything they can get a clue as to what's doing this? >> they have their work cut out for them with the forensics. they should never discount talking to the victims' families and using the public to get clues. you'd be amazed how many of the cases are solved because somebody call in with a clue that links everybody together. they did not go with voice samples of suspects to take to the younger sister who got the disturbing phone calls from the killer who killed her sister. there are going to be little things they should be doing to stitch these things together and figure out if some of the murders are related oo. >> voice recognition. thank you for being here. >> always good to be here. what the housing slump means

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new fears in the housing market this morning. a new report finds home sales fell 3% in the first quarter of this year. that hasn't happened since the height of the recession three years ago. understandably, people are a bit concerned this morning. rebecca jarvis to tell us what it means for homeowners, potential homeowners, and the overall health of the economy. as we look at this and these new numbers and that dip -- there had been warnings of a double dip in the housing market. it seems to be a reality. what does it mean? oh. >> it seems to be a reality. but what we're seeing here are average prices in this country falling 8.2% in the first quarter this year versus last year to $169,000. we expect they'll continue to drop through the rest of the year. zillo was reporting an 8% decline for the rest of the year and they won't bottom until 2012. one of the most significant parts of the report and one that's significant for the

prices going forward is that 28.4% of american families are underwater on their mortgage. which means they owe more on their mortgage than the value of their home. that's a significant downside for prices. so for continue to pay mortgages that are more than the value of their homes a very hard sale. and in this country, we've seen people walking away from their mortgage, we've seen layoffs, we've seen a huge disruption in terms of what's happening in the overall housing market. that's what many people will anticipate going forward. >> that's a depressing number. how does the market then recover. is it a matter of -- pardon me, is it a matter of time? >> this is the issue. the government has tried to step in and boost the market with $22 billion between 2008 and 2010 of tax credits for home buyers. that only panned out for a short period of time. it gave a temporary lift to the market. but what we're seeing now is the fact that basically we have to work ourselves away through this problem. americans have to get back to work. with unemployment of 9%, it's

hard to make that seller go out and buy a home. uncertainty in the job market. on top of that, there's so many foreclosures in the housing market that continues to break down the price. so many annual i wases are saying the other components of the economy have to recover. >> everything is connected in that -- especially in the picture that you paint. the housing crash was also a major factor in the 2008 stock market crash. so as we're seeing a double dip in the housing market, does it mean we're going to see another recession? >> this is what's very interesting? because if you take a look at the stock market right now, we basically recovered as far as stocks are considered. we've recovered all of the losses. the issue going forward for many economists is going to be jobs as well as the housing market. so it's not one single thing alone. it's a multitude of things from the jobs market to the housing market that really all have to come back in order for them to come back together in the economy to improve. >> real quickly if you can, 15 seconds or go.

one positive could be for buyers. first-time buyers. >> you're seeing home retailers coming out and actually giving people money to buy the homes like klm homes, for example, in illinois, which is offering money for home buyers. >> there you go, there's the silver lining. thanks. reminder, thursday morning at 8:00 a.m., cbs news presents a town hall on the economy with president obama. we'll be hosting with harry smith. rebecca will be there as well reading questions from home. if you have a question on the economy and the latest news that rebecca brought us this morning, a question for the president, you can e-mail it to us. you can find all of the information on how to submit your question at cbsnews.com. just a reminder you'll find it all there. we'll be back with more. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. xpress yourself ♪ ♪ ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ oh, do it

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ben tracy has the story. arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver were all smiles as recently as saturday as they celebrated the graduation of their nephew. look closely, shriver is not wearing her wedding ring. she and her actor turned governor husband say they have separated after 25 year of marriage. >> they have been leading rather separate lives. one of the things maria has chosen to leave their brentwood home. >> the quintessential california power couple entered a new phase of their marriage when schwarzenegger was elected governor. since leaving office, the two have been apart more than they've been together. schwarzenegger has been making plans to restart his film career with another "terminator" movie. shriver worked as an editor at oprah winfrey's magazine while considering her future career options. >> it's so stressful to not know what you're doing next. i would like to hear from other people who are in transition.

personal, professional, emotional, spiritual, financial. how did you get through it. >> reporter: the couple issued a joint statement, this has been a time of personal and professional transition for both of us. we ask for respect for the media and the public. the couple has said nothing about divorce. only they're living apart while they work on the future of their relationship. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> marriages can be difficult if you have two high-profile careers like that. >> absolutely. it's extra difficult, too, i think they have to put out a statement about it. it's really nobody's business but your own. you have to address it when you're public figure lineback that. -- like that. >> in the public eye, your business is everybody's business. stay tuned, this is "the early business. stay tuned, this is "the early show" on cbs. our get a mortg. maybe that's why j.d. power and associates ranked us "highest in customer satisfaction in the united states." so, we thought we'd take a little time to celebrate. ♪

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nurses are back at work at it is 7:55. time for news head lines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. nurses back at work at children's hospital in oakland. they ended five-day strike about an hour ago. that strike was called to protest proposed changes in the nurses' health benefits. they have had no contract since last july and no new talks are scheduled. former governor arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver are separated. they confirmed the split in a statement last night. they have been married 25 years. they say they will continue to parent their four children together. and the sharks hope this is the night they can finally send the red wings on summer vacation. san jose needing to recover from sunday's devastating loss in the stanley cup play-offs. the sharks winning the first three games of the series. they need just one more to advance to the western

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emergency vehicles. it sounds like a person was struck. several cars are involved. and you can see from our live camera near third street that traffic is just stopped in those southbound lanes. so 101 you're going to want to avoid it now heading out of san francisco and commuting towards brisbane. southbound 280 use that, use 380 to connect back on to to 101 in there. let's check your forecast with kristy. >> thanks a lot, elizabeth. should be a beautiful one outside today. plenty of sunshine and blue skies too. looking a little overcast here in san jose right now but it's more of the camera shot. we should see plenty of clear skies today and warm temperatures about 5 degrees warmer in some spots. inland locations hitting the high 70s today. high 60s around the bay. we are going to cool off over the next several days dropping down to the low 70s and eventually the mid-60s by saturday. and rain is back into the forecast on saturday starting late in the afternoon continuing into sunday and maybe even some showers on monday.

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hope it's a beautiful start to your day wherever you're joining us this morning. welcome back to "the early show" at this hour, i'm erica hill with chris wragge. just ahead, the good old diet, ah, the diet. so many to choose from. there are more diets in this country than calories in a pizza. >> or just wear black. >> and let's not forget the slimming undergarments because a girl should never leave home without them. but if you're going for the diet, consumer reports is reporting that the ranking of the four most popular weight loss programs, one pulled away ahead of others. why? which one topped the list and decide if it's the right one for you. >> or you can wear black.

>> like chris wragge. also, coming up, can you imagine a ton of paper, okay, just envision a ton of paper. how about 5 million tons? that's how much junk mail americans receive each year. >> this is actual tons, this is not sort of hypothetical. >> we're not rounding it up. >> many of us want to stop it. susan copen is here to tell you how to make that happen and how congress may help you lighten the load in your mailbox. if you're in the city, we have small mailboxes, i check the mail once every three or four days. the only way i know to check the mail is there's a stack that's rubber banded outside of the mailbox. >> junk mail. i like catalogs in triplicate, all addressed to the same person. that's not a waste of trees. first, jeff glor is standing by at the newsdesk for some of the headlines we're watching this morning. good morning to you again. >> good morning, erica. good morning to everyone at home. the mississippi river crested in memphis 11 inches short of the record a set back in 1937.

the city center in memphis was spared. mark strassmann is in memphis this morning with the latest. hey, mark, good morning. hey, jeff, good morning to you. the fact that the river has crested is a milestone, more of a psychological one than anything else. day-to-day, you don't notice the difference in the mississippi. people know it's not going to get any higher. it's astounding how high it is, 14 feet above flood stage. but at the least, it will stay where it is and gradually go down. the good news -- the levee systems do seem to be working. they have had to evacuate several thousand folks here. there was another message of holdout today that they're making a mistake. >> what we're seeing here in memphis right now is that the river is historic levels and we're seeing back water flooding which the streams and the tributaries are flowing in to the mississippi cannot release the water into the river. so those people in the unprotected areas are now most at risk.

>> at risk are not only here but down-river as well, which is where this crisis will now move in the next few days and the coming weeks, a small communities and large cities too like vicksburg and new orleans in particular, they are about to get their taste of the great floods of 2011. jeff? >> all right, mark strassmann in memphis, mark, thank you. a new cell phone based emergency alert system is being announced today. it will send warnings of terror attacks or natural disasters. starting next year, all new cell phones will be equipped to receive the alerts. the system will start up in new york and washington and go nationwide by the end of next year. speaking of cell phones, executives from google and apple are on the hot seat in capitol hill this morning to answer questions about cell phone tracking. correspondent nancy cordes joins us with more on that. good morning to you. >> jeff, good morning to you. researchers about a month ago revealed they had discovered that apple's iphone was storing data on your location for up to a year.

and google's android system was storing that data for about seven days. until the senators who are holding the hearing today want to know why that information is being stored. what it's being used for, and why on the iphone it's not even encrypted. so anyone who gets ahold of your phone could download that information and see where you fit. >> okay, nancy cordes on capitol hill. thank you very much. a mother hawk who attacked a man in massachusetts is being released back in the wild this morning north of boston. the red-tailed hawk was captured yesterday after she clawed a man near friday near a building at the university. she feels protecting two chicks in her nest. the man was knocked to the ground. >> had cuts and scratches on my head. and i was bleeding all over my head. >> that man needed 15 stitches near his eyes. the nest was removed and the chicks have been given to other hawks now. but experts say the mother hawk won't be too upset because she's expected to have forgotten about her young by the time she's released.

coming up on 8:05. marysol castro is here with a check of the weather. mary, good morning. >> good morning, jeff, good morning, everyone. we take a look at the national outlook, two or three other spots. severe weather in the northern plains, the mid atlantic, and the southern atlantic. in northern new england, you could see a few spotty showers in and around maine. we want to take a look at the northern plains. take a look at yellow stone.

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in in this morning's "healthwatch," the best diets. jenny craig is number one in the latest consumer reports rankings released this morning. that doesn't necessarily make it the best plan for you. medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton is here along with nancy metcalf from consumer reports. good to have you with us. >> good morning. >> this is so hard for people to figure out. if they want to lose a plan which one would be best. as we mentioned, consumer reports looked at the top diet plans here in the u.s. jenny craig came out on top. walk us through, the rankings here and how you came to that. >> we based them on published clinical studies of the diets.

we crunched the numbers on how much weight people lost n. the short term six months, and many throng term, a year, how many people stayed on the diet and annual liesed the nutritional content and gauged how well it matches with federal guidelineui >> you get the big rating. jenny craig came out on top, number one. what made it far and away number one? >> new studies came out last year of jenny craig which had great results. after the year, the average participant had taken off 8% of their weight which doesn't sound like a lot but which is kind of a home run. >> they kept it off? >> they kept it off for a year. >> slim-fast came in number two. that seemed surprising to me. this i would think would be more of a quick fix, not long term. >> it kind of is. they get good results at six months. what you see after a year is people just drop out because i think maybe they get tired of eating the same stuff all the time. >> that can be one of the

biggest challenges. weight watchers came in third, the zone plan came in fourth.ou which one actually has the best flexibility for folks? >> well, i would say by far the most flexible diet is weight watchers. as most people know, you get a point -- you get some points and you can really spend them anywhere you want, although the diet pushes you to eating really healthfully, lean protein, vegetables and that sort of thing. >> but it does help you make your own choices as opposed to pre packaged. when you're picking a diet plan, all these factors need to come into play. >> absolutely. we should mention that this report which consumer reports based their findings on which is so key, we haven't done medical comparisons about these diets head to head. the "journal of the american medical association," the study was funded by jenny craig. so we have to have that out there. it's important for people to know that. when you talk about how to pick, though, the best diet plan, a couple of medical caveats apply.

number one, is it safe? a lot of diets can effect weight loss but can be dangerous to your health. in terms of caloric cal lease, not below 1200 as a woman, below 1600 as a man. when you're picking, you want to ask, who is managing it? are they nutritionists, diations, physicians, social workers involved? we have to remember one of the goals with these commercial diets is weight loss. the other is making money. so you want to do your due diligence. >> it's also important when you're looking at this, one of the things you looked at was how long it was sustained, how long people stayed on the plan. that's a big part of these. >> yes. when you're looking at a diet, you really need to consider what your personal eating preferences are. if you're a person who really doesn't like pre packaged foods, something like a jenny craig,

although it has great results, might not be right for you. if you're a vegetarian, adkins is not going to be your diet. >> probably not going to work very well. adkins was innocent the top four. we heard so much about this low-carb craze. does that not work? >> the low-carb controversy continues to be a controversy. there are important medical and nutritional dietary facts you need to know. first of all, not every carbohydrate is equal and not every carb is evil. when you talk about the low-carb diets, they can be effective and safe if you're getting the healthy carbs, and if you're not substituting high fat in place of the carbs you're trying to avoid. when you're talking about eating lean protein and fruits and vegetables, it can be very, very effective. high carbohydrate diets stimulate our insulin production which stimulates our appetite and gets directly deposited into

fat. >> you mentioned as you're looking at these plans, who is involved, whether or not they're social workers or support groups. how important is a support group? >> it's a really important thing. i think it's underappreciated. jenny craig -- you pay for this, but you have an either in-person or phone support every single week to really keep it in your head that you're supposed to be on the diet. >> kind of like weight watchers has the meeting ef every week. most important, jen, the immediate benefits to weight loss. >> even 5% can pay off with a huge health benefit. long term, it has to be sustainable and work for you. >> dr. jennifer ashton and nancy met dafl, great to have you both with us. thank you. >> if i don't hate all the junk mail, you're in luck. we'll help you keep it from arriving.

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are you tired of those cat logs and credit card offers? if you're drowning in junk mail, many of us are, we're going to tell you how to keep it out of your house. too much of it. >> i like it, i read it. you don't read it? >> no. >> i'm kidding, by the way. americans receive 90 billion pieces of advertising mail this year. but now, new efforts could give consumers more control of what comes in to their homes. when janet goes to the mailbox, this is what she finds -- junk mail. on this day, it was credit card offers and coupons. >> a ton of stuff. >> a ton of stuff. you don't want it. >> i don't want it. >> advertising mail accounts for 59% of all mail americans receive, but only half of that mail is ever read. >> all right. we're going out to get the mail. today's the first day to do the

project. >> we ask janet to shoot a video diary to document all of the junk mail she and her family received in a month. >> junk. junk. junk. >> and then she waited. >> we have about 15 pounds of junk mail. >> that's compared to only 3 1/2 pounds of mail she wanted or needed. and it doesn't include all of the free newspapers she received. >> how much time do you waste in your day sorting through all of this and taking care of it. >> too much time. >> if you ask anyone, do you get junk mail, they'll raise their hands and say yes. if you ask how to get rid of it. they don't know. >> chuck is president of catalog choice, a nonprofit group that's helped 1.3 million people opt out of junk mail. it's website streamlines it opt-out process, so you don't have to contact companies yourself. and, it's totally free. >> companies actually make it pretty complicated to opt out many times. we've taken a five-minute

process and made it about 10 seconds to make an opt out choice, record that choice, and if the mail comes back, comes back and file a formal complaint. >> new legislation called the commercial privacy bill of rights could reduce the junk mail clutter be i limiting the amount of information which is shared with marketing companies. but that's something opposed by the direct mail industry. the direct marketing association says consumers need and want those unsolicited advertisements. >> our surveys show that people do like to receive mail. they read the mail. the mail is a very important medium to try and reach them. >> but don't tell that to janet kovach. she watches the junk mail to stop. >> what would you say to the people sending you all of this stuff? >> i'm not going to be buying anything. you can save so much more money if you weren't sending this to me. >> all right, so she had 16 pounds of junk mail in one month according to the epa, americans

as a whole receive close to 5 million tons of junk mail every year, chris. >> how am i going to be able to order those "as seen on tv" items if i don't get the catalog. >> sometimes i flip through the catalogs. but the credit card offers i do this, i shred. >> how do you opt out. >> it's simple. go to websites like catalogchoice.org, dmachoice.org. you sign up, it's free. they will do the process for you, the opting out for you. >> we heard from the one gentleman who helped 1.3 million. >> higher than that? >> ten times higher. >> right. >> when you opt out, how long does it take for it to go into effect. it doesn't work? >> it can take a little bit of time. if it doesn't work, you can file a complaint against the company. catalog choice says 95% of the opt-outs are being honored by these companies. >> but one never knowles.

l -- knows. you have a relative that's passingpas passed away. >> you will get junk mail after you pass away. on the dma website, the direct marketing association website, they have a deceased, do not contact tabatha y that you can on and say this person has passed on, please don't send more junk mail to our house. >> okay. thank you. beth holloway has an update on her daughter's disappearance as she kicks off a new television program looking at cases just like it. this is "the early show" on cbs. the local news is coming up next. sizzler's fall-off-the-bone ribs are slow-cooked

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ago. this is a fatal accident just north again of that exit sierra point parkway. two lanes blocked with emergency vehicles. a person was hit by a vehicle. there is a gas spill in the area. let's go to the maps and show you how far the backup extends. it's all the way backed up to the central freeway on southbound 101. so use bayshore boulevard instead. that's a check of traffic. for an update on your forecast, here's kristy. >> thanks a lot, elizabeth. it's going to be gorgeous outside today, sunny skies, even a little bit warmer than where we were sitting yesterday. the shot outside of coit tower, you can see not a cloud in the sky just plenty of blue and that will be the story in our inland spots and around the bay. a little fog around the coast warm temperatures today hitting the high 70s but we'll cool off tomorrow a little bit and a real cooling trend continues thursday into friday. saturday hitting the mid-60s in our warmest spots by that time showers starting saturday evening, continuing through monday.

good-looking shot. great day here in new york city today. 78 degrees. one of the top tendais. love it. welcome back to the "erarly show." m co-up, natalee holloway's disappearance in aruba is a story with no final chapter. mother, beth, never stopped looking at what happened. she's looking at other serious abductions and disappearances in beth holloway will tell us about that in a moment. >> millions of women leave the workforce to raise their kids. what can be tough for them is

what happens when they want to return to the office. or what if, especially in this economy, they feel they have to to help support their families. it can be tough to get back out there. we're going to help you with that this morning, taking a look at the most effective ways to move from the mommy track back over to the career track. >> i think those swings we just showed are the ones that i take -- >> those look familiar. >> riverside. >> they are. yeah. >> he loves them now. >> he's at a perfect -- >> we need to have a play date. >> the top tendai. is it pretty accurate here in the northeast. >> it's gorgeous. >> at least in this part of the northeast. a few showers in northern new england, speaking of showers, take a final look at the weather forecast for today. the high temperatures across the land. if you look at the heat, the southern plains in the northeast is the place to go. the temperatures in the mid 90s. the cold responsibility, the northern rockies. tonawanda, 64. >> tonawanda. thank you, marysol. >> the storm seems to be meandering.

a low pressure system keeping that system stuck in northern new england. 50s in portland. the further inland, it starts to warm up the nation's capital where i hear it's going to be in thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now back to chris.

>> thank you. nearly six years ago, alabama teenager natalee holloway disappear in aruba. her mother, beth, has been in pursuit of the unsolved case. in a new tv series, "vanished with beth holloway," she examines other missing persons cases. she joins us here on the "early show." good morning. nice to see you. >> good morning. >> we saw a documentary, some video when you were in a prison in peru. you went to go see joran van der slo sloot. what was behind the decision to go see him. and, b, did you have it in your mind what you would say if you did in fact get a chance to see him? >> i never could have imagined that i was going to be face-to-face with joran in prison. opportunity presented himself. all parents missing a loved one will do anything and everything. and i decided, okay, i want to

be face-to-face with him again. >> how were you able to -- he's in a prison in peru from all reports is secluded, violence denizen where he's being left to wallow for his years. how did you get to this spot to be right in front of him? >> we had some communication and i entered the prison just like every other woman in the afternoon. wednesday afternoon, ladies' day, i went through the proper protocol and it just happened. >> were you able to glean anything from talking to him? did he -- >> no, really it's another -- there to get information from joran. we can't do that. we've known it's not going to happen. we're going to go there to get information. remind him, i'm still there. obviously, i'm not going to go anywhere. it showed how easy it was to walk in and be face-to-face with

him. what felt the best to me is when i walked out of there and left him in prison where he belongs. >> any doubts in your mind? i know you probably think about it every minute of every day. is there any doubt that potentially natalee is still alive? >> no, not after i discovered thor if osty in which he murdered stephanie floor relation. that put it in perspective to me about murdering natalee. >> did it take a long time to come to that realization after hearing that case with ms. flores? >> it did. to me, it was shocking news for me to hear that joran had murdered another young woman. that all came in to perspective to me that he's a violent -- he's a killer, you know? >> to do a show like this, some would think, why would you want to put yourself through that, you're hearing from all of the other people and the torment and the torture they would have to go through. and we would kind of surface

feelings that you would have. you didn't feel that way. this is something you embraced and wanted to do. >> it's interesting because to "vanish," now that i'm doing it with a huge platform with lifetime and reaching the people, i had been doing it quietly in the years before. five years i had gone in to the search of a missing loved one, working with law enforcement, helping to organize the search, connecting the family to resources. so now i feel like i had a larger platform, something i never imagined i would be able to help to the depths that we can now. >> is it therapeutic at all? >> this part is not therapeutic for me. what was therapeutic for me were the five years traveling from high schools to colleges talking to young sons and daughters talking about personal safety and travel safety. that's my experience. >> what's the message behind this show? behind it? the different things you do to speak to the schools. what are you doing to get across to the kids. >> it's interesting because

within every vanished episode, there's a message of travel safety, personal safety. whether it's something as simple as what we think is parents as the buddy system, or bringing your plans full circle, which is how you want to end your outing at night. so those messages are there. the ones we taught our children all their lives. but i think they're now in such a power fful format, it can ope up conversations with your young adults, the choices you make. those are delivered to the high school podium. >> we appreciate you coming in and talking to us. thank you. >> thank you. chris, thanks. there are 5 million stay at home moms in the u.s. and when it's time to return to work, it's not always easy to get back in the workforce. hannah gufferman is the author of "the best of everything after 50." tips on transitioning back to the office. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you, erica. good morning. >> in the past, my kids are

older, their days are occupied by school. i'm ready to go back to work. considering the difficult, the economic spot we're in, for a lot of women, this is coming up faster than they imagined. what are some of the biggest hurdles for women? >> absolutely. a lot of women who had taken off working to raise the children or to take care of an ailing part too. that's another component of this. people who take sabbaticals from work that we can't forget, especially in the sandwich generation. many of them had decided they would never go back to work. but now because of the economic climate, sometimes their spouses are losing their jobs or being downgraded in position and salary. they have to now supplement the income of the families. they are being -- some of them forced to go back to work. but some of them want to go back to work. many, many do. and it is a challenge. double whammy too. many of the women who took off to raise their children are now finding themselves in their late 40s, close to 50. and then a double whammy. a little older and they're also

not employed. and another challenge for them too is that corporations are not accepting the fact that women have a lot of value and allowed the companies they offered a number of years. the last 12 months of the jobs that became available, 90% went to men because corporations tend to be more sympathetic to men who are unemployed than women. >> that's a big issue. help women get back on the career track. you have a number of tips for us. the first one being making the transition, you have to create your own board of directors. what does that mean? >> this is an incredible idea. i was thinking what i was going to do when i hit 50. i had been out of work for a number of years taking my sabbatical. i thought, well, i'm going to write this book. i had doubts because that happens to women. they have doubts about their abilities. they have fear.

i decided to call a brand barbara meeting. i called together three women that i think are brilliant. i said i'm taking you to dinner and let's talk about me. brand barbara. here are my skills, what i'm thinking about doing, what is my next step. incredible. every woman should do that. do a brand judy meeting. and then from there, develop your own board of directors. gather a group of women, or men, or both, and them every week meet and spend 15 minutes talking about what your goals are and get feedback. you can practice interviewing skillings. >> very important. >> you can discuss it with your group and move on. >> get it on a weekly basis to keep it going. >> networking -- it's important to network. but beyond networking, you have your own business cards. what if i haven't been working, what information do you have? >> you have to have just a calling card. that's very much en vogue right

now. a simple card with your name, a contact phone number assuming your cell, and a website if you have one. and certainly your e-mail addres address no address else in. nice and tasteful. have them inexpensively made on-line. networking is much easier now. go on-line, lingedin, facebook, twitter. do you know people? if you know people, even your soccer coach, you can network with people they know. the whole point is don't be afra afraid. the power of asking for help is essential. >> great tips. more on our website. thanks for coming in this morning. >> thank you very much. >> chris, over to you. in 15 years of cbs news, jim ax axelrod has covered events all over the world, including in iraq. in his new memoir, "in the long run -- a father, son, and unintentional lessons in

happine happiness" tells the story of happiness and the 26.2 miles it took to get him there. jim is with us this morning. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> "in the long run," you talk about a title that fits with everything, from your personal relationships, your wife, relationships with people at your job, your dad, running this marathon. this is a personal look at your life. >> again, i had to get a few things unknotted. i had a giant knot between my ears and one between my ribs and i had to figure a few things out. believe me, fewer places any better than figuring things out than a long stretch of road. >> you said the genesis of all of this is the e-mail. the e-mail you got from a buddy while you were in hulse on the, t -- houston. >> i wanted to see what barack obama looked like in february of 20 2008. he feels about to go off.

my best friend sent me the records, the marathon records of my father he had run the new york marathon three times in early ' 80s. this is a point in my life where i had to get my arms around dissatisfaction, mid life ma lace. i was trying to figure out what was going on. the first reaction when i looked at my father's time was, i can beat those. i was 30 pounds overweight. i was drinking too much. i was estranged from everybody -- friends and family. i couldn't run around the block and i'm thinking of running the marathon. >> this is one of the things that you think, okay, this is time to change everything. time to lose that weight. trying to figure out what's going on professionally. this is where i want to be, whether i want to be somewhere else. reconnect and go do this with my dad. >> time to be happy. i had to figure out my personal journey started with untangling a few things with my dad. the problem was, he'd been dead for eight years, decided to do a lot of work and learn a lot of

lessons that only my father could teach me. but he was teaching me long after he was gone. he was a wonderful teacher through the whole process. it took me a while to become the kind of student who could get the lessons. >> did you have to in writing this book have to go back and see the mixed messages from both personal and professional relgships, what they really meant? >> yeah, you know, my dad was a fabulous guy. a loving man. and he just figured it out, a little overburdened, a little overstretched. he kind of figured it out a little too late. he got prostate cancer and the light went on before he had a chance to really look around. so figuring the lessons out for me was important. but i'm thinking as i'm going through this, hey, i'm not the only guy in the mid 40s who's 20, 25 years into a life and wondering what i am doing, the way i'm living what i intended. when i started the whole thing? i see me and women in the buses

and trains manhattan heading out to the suburbs every night. i'm not the only guy in the mid 40s trying to figure it out. >> you're watching "american idol," you said, you know this, is the moment right here. this is one of the moments -- this is why we're on earth, for things like this. not necessarily the rat race we're involved in each and every day. >> you have to make sure that the gap between how you want to live and how you are living is as narrow as possible. because in that gap is the potential for a lot of unhappiness. >> yeah. jim, thanks. great book. good to see you. enjoyed reading it. appreciate it. "in the long run." see excerpts on earlyshow.cbsnews.com. now erica. chris, thanks. last week, marie osmond remarried her ex-husband wearing the same dress from 19 2. can you imagine that? how about a prom dress? a growing number of women across the country are doing that and

doing it for charity. cbs news correspondent michelle miller is here to talk about the mom prom. >> can you believe it? >> you are afraid, my friend. >> normally, i can tell you, there's a nominal fee, $5 to $25. women are inviting their best friends, sisters, moms to enjoy a night out without their husbands and children. and they have a great time. take a look! >> some women are never too old to play dressup, especially for a good cause. >> hi, mom. >> betsy craft is one of them. >> this is where i keep my gowns. >> she is the founder of mom prom, a nationwide movement where women raise money for charities while wearing the clothes of their past -- the old prom dresses to bridal gowns.

>> so much fun. women have no responsibilities and have fun together. >> jody, how are the kids feeling? >> in her sister hood are raising money for the hht foundation, a charity close to jody nissan's heart because her husband and kids have hht -- a rare genetic blood disorder that can be fatal. >> it means everything. there's no funding now for hht. so the only money you get is through these efforts. >> you can make such a big difference. we're changing the world one prom at a time. >> with over 50 mom proms planned in 30 states, organizers have raised $30,000 this year. in places like bowling green, kentucky, i met up with another mom prom organizer, who greeted me with a fabulous dress from back in the day that didn't quite bring me back to my prom days. >> i can't turn around. >> but how could i resist a

bridesmaid dress from 1992. ♪ i'm too sexy for my shirt too sexy for my shirt ♪ ♪ so sexy it hurts >> what is it about women getting together for a cause. >> we always get together. ladies always get together. going out to eat, going to the movie, movies, we're doing something together. what other better way to have a prom. >> chasity and her family are raising money for the cancer relay for life. >> two of my aunts had cancer. it's very difficult to see someone you love in so much pain. and just to watch their life end. >> that's why they're partying for a cure. just like in high school, the night had its moments. from the crowning of a prom queen. to the fabulous walk down memory

lane. >> my dress was my mother's 25th wedding anniversary dress. >> this is my wedding dress that i made 38 years ago. ♪ see that girl watch that scene she's the dancing queen ♪ >> reliving the past can build a better future. ♪ she is a dancing queen >> what a doll. these mom proms have raised anywhere from $400 to just over $10,000. not a lot of money we're talking about. but every little bit counts. >> as we saw, you can tailor it to whatever you think is a good cause. the community and the family. you had a great time. you got to borrow this dress and you brought it here. >> looks better on the mannequin. >> you didn't steal it. sending it back? >> absolutely. are you kidding me? this isn't my prom dress, of course, and you didn't bring

yours. >> no, mine were burned, happily. along with any pictures -- you were great. did it bring you back? you look like you had fun. what was it look? >> it was like a party. the fashion brought me back. i went to my prom during the age of "dynasty" and prince and madonna. lots of flash, lots of craziness. >> hair spray. >> yeah. so -- no boys, though. >> no boys. >> that would be a big change from the first time around. that's a great,,,,,,

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all right, we're back. a beautiful day here like we mentioned. on your way to dc. too bad you'll be on a train for a couple of hours. >> it was nice to be back together. the four of us back together again. >> the gang is back. >> leaving you for dc. but i'll be back on friday. >> four on three. >> go, team! >> hold down the fort for you. local news is next. have a great day. see you tomorrow here on "the early show."

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headlines... a deadly crash on 101 this morning is slowing southbound traffic at this hour. c-h-p says your time now is 8:55. a deadly crash on 101 this morning is slowing southbound traffic at this hour. these are pictures from chopper 5. the chp says a driver pulled over on the shoulder in brisbane to check a mechanical problem with his truck. then a car apparently veered off the road and hit the truck throwing the victim 75 feet. officers say the driver of the car was reported missing and might be suicidal. it's unclear if this crash was intentional. again, live pictures from chopper 5 of this deadly 101 crash. in san bruno, for the first time since the deadly pipeline blast, a new home is going to be built in the neighborhood. a groundbreaking ceremony is set for 2:00 this afternoon. and former governor arnold schwarzenegger and his wife

maria have separated. last month was their 25th wedding anniversary. they have four children together. traffic and weather around the bay area coming right up. ,,,,,,,,,,

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good morning. a major traffic jam on the peninsula southbound 101 approaching sierra point park wait scene of a fatal crash this morning. these are live pictures from chopper 5 of the accident scene. two lanes still blocked southbound 101. they hope to clear the accident by 11:00. look at the backup on southbound 101. it's a slow ride out of san francisco. it is jammed solid from at least the central freeway. also northbound traffic pretty slow, as well. just north of burlingame, so in the meantime, use bayshore boulevard if you need to get out of the city. that's traffic. kristy has your forecast. >> thanks a lot, kristy. on a lighter note, weather is looking great today. it's going to be sunny and here's a shot from san jose showing those clear skies. plenty of blue out there today. and we are going to see temperatures in the high 70s inland. wednesday cooling down a little bit and continuing to cool into saturday by which point we'll have showers in the forecast

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