>> hey, i think we are out of time folks. have a great day. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com good morning. road to recovery, congresswoman gabrielle giffords set to undergo surgery later today to repair part of her skull, four months after being shot in the head and days after watching her husband's successful space shuttle watch. under pressure, suicide watch for dominique strauss-kahn as he is called to resign. his accuser's attorney sits down with cbs news. >> did she have any idea when she did come forward that this would cause this international incident? >> not only did she not have that idea, she didn't know who this man was until much later. and schwarzenegger's secret, new details emerging about the lovechild that led to the split between the former governor and maria shriver. what shriver and her children

are now saying about that break-up, "early" wednesday morning, may 18th, 2011. "early" wednesday morning, may 18th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >> good wednesday to you. i'm erica hill. nice to have you with us on the early. show. >> and i'm chris wragge. trouble for newt gingrich already. look at this. a gay rights protester throws glitter all over newt at an event last night. gingrich has had a lot of things go wrong since kicking off his presidential campaign. less than a week ago. many republicans saying he's in big trouble so we'll have the latest on newt gingrich's situation coming up. >> some wondering if this campaign can last based on everything that's happened. we begin with congresswoman gabrielle giffords. two days ago she watched her husband launch the space shuttle "endeavour." it docked at the international

space station this morning. today back in houston giffords is having surgery on her wounded skull. dr. jennifer ashton is here with the latest on that. >> good morning, erica. today marks a milestone on what's already been a remarkable recovery. doctors at this houston hospital will use a plastic implant to replace a piece of congresswoman gabrielle giffords' skull. >> they've decided to use a fabricated segment as opposed to her original. they feel it's a better piece fitting in there. >> reporter: in january surgeons removed a section of bone to remove brain swelling after she was shot in the head. since then she's been wearing a protective helmet. >> liftoff for the final launch of "endeavour." >> reporter: today's surgery comes just days after giffords traveled to the kennedy space center to watch her husband, commander mark kelly, blast off on the shuttle "endeavour." ♪ it's a beautiful day >> reporter: the crew's first

day in space began with a song chosen by giffords and kelly's two daughters. >> i want to thank gabby, claudy and claire for the great wake-up song. >> reporter: he was confident his wife would continue making strides when he was gone. >> when i get back in a few weeks, she's going to be noticeably different than when i left. i mean i know that's the case. >> reporter: giffords' surgery is expected to last anywhere from one and a half to two hours. if all goes well, she'll be back to rehab in a few days. >> when you look at the surgery, one and a half to two hours, what are the risks associated with it? >> the main risk is infection. i spoke to a reconstructive plastic surgeon who explained to us the actual piece of plastic they're using to replace that missing part of her skull with has been custom molded using ct scans to conform to the exact shape of her skull and brain, more accurate than the bone fragment removed and much better shape than the bone fragment removed in january.

>> if all portends well, why now? for the surgery? is this the normal timeline of events? >> it's roughly within the normal time window, gets replaced about three months after it was removed but more likely here, erica, there was no pressing medical urgency to replace this. they didn't just decide to do this yesterday. likely more the case of a wife who didn't want to distract her husband from a task at hand and just wanted to quietly undergo this yet critical piece of her recovery. >> all right, and we'll be watching and listening for that outcome, jen, thanks. >> you bet. >> here's chris. this morning, growing pressure on dominique strauss-kahn to resign as head of the international monetary fund as he faces charges in new york. michelle miller is outside rikers island. >> reporter: good morning, chris. since his arrival he's on suicide watch restricted to a

13 by 11 foot jail cell by himself. the suicide watch for dominique strauss-kahn began after a mental health evaluation and not because of an actual suicide attempt. the evaluation is standard procedure for first-time offenders facing serious charges. the 62-year-old banker is in isolation with his own guard and 24-hour monitoring. strauss-kahn has had one personal visit and will be allowed tomorrow. it's a stunning fall for a man who ran the international monetary fund and was a possible candidate for president of france. of france. his accusers is a maid in the hotel who told she was assaulted in his suite. she is an african immigrant with a teenage daughter who came here about seven years ago. to protect her privacy she's in hiding from the intense media attention.

in 2008 he admitted to an affair with the staffer who wrote to the imf board that strauss-kahn was a man with a problem that may make him ill equipped to work at an institution where women work. a woman says strauss-kahn sexually assaulted her in 2002 may now file charges. there's growing pressure for him to resign, among those calling for him to resign is treasury secretary tim geithner. >> he's obviously not in the position to run the imf and it's important for the board to put in place someone to act as director. >> reporter: there are interesting poll numbers. opinion poll numbers out of france since strauss-kahn's arrest, the first shows that 54% believe that strauss-kahn's socialist party could get elected in next year's presidential election. the second shows 57% think that

strauss-kahn was set up by his political enemies. chris? >> cbs's michelle miller outside rikers island jail. the 32-year-old woman is not identified but her attorney, jeffrey shapiro is discussing the case and we spoke with him last night. did she have any idea when she did come forward that this would cause this international incident? >> not only did she not have that idea she didn't know who this man was until later. what she did was escape from this, report it to security, who then called the police and all of the events took place after that. >> now that she sees some of the ramifications of coming forward with something like this against someone who is this powerful as mr. kahn will she on it press forward? has there been any apprehension on her behalf saying this is not what i want? >> it's her word against a man as powerful and rich in the world and she is grateful to be

in a country where her rights are equal to his source is she reluctant to go forward? no, she will do what she's asked to do and she will tell her story and happy to do that because she's telling the truth. >> when you open the papers and you see his attorneys have mentioned this was consensual, how do you respond? >> there was nothing by any aspect of this encounter between this young woman, the defendant, which was remotely consensual or could be construed as consensual, either physical contact or sexual contact. >> if this does become a case of he said/she said how much does a disadvantages does your client have? >> none. because she's telling the truth and she can take the stand and testify to the truth. >> i know these questions have already come up and they'll continue to come up, mr. kahn because of the powerful position he's been in, talked about before this incident happened,

can you say unequivocally there's no setup, no impropriety here. >> absolutely. what is extraordinarily fair, he can start spinning a defense but his defense amounts to attempt to accuse the victim and so she can't step forward. she's the victim of a sex crime. she can't take the public stage and talk about this, nor would she want to do that. essentially she has to sit and remain where she is, cooperating with the authorities until such time she has an opportunity to step forth in court on the record before a jury and tell her story. >> here's erica. one week ago former house speaker newt gingrich announced he's running for president and already some critics say his candidacy is dead in the water. jan crawford is in washington with the latest on the race for the republican nomination. never a dull moment in this one.

>> gingrich is one of the best known conservatives in the country, considered one of the intellectual leaders of the republican party, but he's also got a reputation for being a little undisciplined, talking before he thinks, and it seems like this week he's lived up to that reputation. >> i'm newt gingrich and i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: newt gingrich had just started his campaign for president when conservatives, people from his own party were saying he was finished. >> he didn't have a big chance from the beginning but now it's over. >> folks don't ask me to explain this. there is no explanation. >> reporter: it started with his appearance on a sunday talk show when gingrich suddenly took aim at republicans, specifically congressman paul ryan's budget plan which all but four house republicans support. >> i don't think right wing social engineering is any more desirable than left wing social engineering. i don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for free society to operate. >> ryan shot back. >> with allies like that who needs the left.

>> gingrich called to apologize after getting an earful from iowa. >> what you just did to paul ryan is unforgivable. >> i didn't do anything. >> you called his allies in the house. you are an embarrassment to our party. >> sorry you feel that way. >> his wife's financial disclosure form shows in the recent past he owed up to half a million dollars to the fancy jewelry store tiffany's, not exactly a good message when voters are worried most about the economy. more embarrassment tuesday in minneapolis and a gay rights activist glittered him at a book signing. >> stop the hate! stop antigay politics! >> the backlash comes less than a week after mitt romney stumbled with the right. the missteps are helping tim pawlenty, taking a slow and

steady approach to the race, increasing the pressure for someone else to join in, especially minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann and indiana governor mitch daniels. >> jen, excuse me, i got something caught in my throat, as you take a look at this from everyone you've spoken with out there in the political arena is gingrich's candidacy hanging on by a thread at this point? >> top republicans told me he is in serious trouble, his campaign in severe jeopardy. the big question is the bottom line, money, whether he can hang on to some of the big donors that lined up to support him or whether this is too much for them and they're just going to peel away and go with someone else. >> i have a feeling we'll be hearing more in the not too distant future jim, thanks. now to the latest on the schwarzenegger saga. maria shriver is speaking out about her husband's bombshell announcement that he fathered a child of the woman who worked in their home. ben tracy is here this morning.

good morning. >> good morning, chris. her husband's revelation is not forcing maria shriver into hiding. last night she was in chicago for a taping of one of the final oprah winfrey shows. despite her marriage falling apart, she seems determined to carry on. >> my partner, my best friend, welcome my wife, maria shriver. >> reporter: after years of support she is walking away, reportedly known about her husband's secret child since january, when she moved out of the couple's los angeles mansion. these headlines tuesday forced her to break her silence n a statement shriver said "this is a painful and heartbreaking time. as a mother, my concern is for the children. i ask for compassion, respect and privacy, as my children and i try to rebuild our lives and heal." the couple's 17-year-old son, patrick tweeted "some days you want to quit and just be normal for a bit, yet i love my family,

'til death do us apart." he signed it patrick shriver. his sister, katherine, who is 21, also twittered, this is definitely not easy but i appreciate your love and support as i begin to heal and move forward. according to published reports, schwarzenegger may have fathered the boy 14 years ago, approximately the same time maria shriver was pregnant with their youngest son, christopher. >> i'm a little disappointed because our governor is supposed to be upstanding and basically deceived us all these years. >> reporter: had the secret gone public back in 2003 it could have derailed his run for governor, after allegations of womanizing it was shriver who stood up for him. >> he is an extraordinary father. he's an extraordinary husband. >> you've gone on record saying you would vouch for his record, he's that good of a man, everything you believe in, your marriage, character of your husband falls down around you. if that's not the worst sense of

betrayal, i don't know what is. >> certainly this news has taken a toll on the former governor's family but it also comes at a time when he's trying to reboot his movie career here in hollywood. so far it's not clear what impact it could have on that. >> cbs's ben tracy in los angeles, thank you. we want to check in with jeff glor for a check of some of the other headlines on this wednesday. good morning. >> good morning to you and everyone at home as well. river traffic on the mississippi is moving again. for most of yesterday, shipping was stopped in natches and morgan city in an effort to ease pressure on levees along the mississippi. dean reynolds is in baton rouge with the latest. dean, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. the concern all along of officials on the river has been the strength of the floodwalls, whether they could withstand the wakes of the big barge traffic going through at places like baton rouge where an

unintentional breach could be catastrophic because of the heavy industrialized nature of this city. the decision to reopen the river at two critical spots yesterday was heavily conditioned. the barge traffic can go through one barge at a time. they have to go as slowly as possible, and they have to have 1,200 feet of separation between them. all of that is designed to prevent the kind of flooding that occurred in vicksburg, mississippi, upriver earlier this week, and the flooding there is inundated casinos, farms, businesses, forced 5,000 people to flee their homes. so the crest is at vicksburg tomorrow, meaning more water is on its way to baton rouge here in louisiana. jeff? >> all right, dean reynolds, thank you this morning. in the senate a procedural vote has blocked a democratic bid to cut $2 billion a year in tax breaks for big oil companies.

democrats say they'll try again. in britain, queen elizabeth is on the second day of her trip to ireland. this morning she placed a wreath at a war memorial that honors more than 49,000 soldiers who died in world war i. during a tour of a guinness storehouse she was offered what some call a perfect pint but the queen looked at it and politely declined. yes. 17 minutes past the hour.

thanks so much. that's your latest weather and now over to chris and erica. >> good morning. thanks. just ahead this morning, treasury secretary tim geithner tells congress raise the debt ceiling or else. >> we'll be right back. stay with us. e the debt ceiling or else. >> we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day

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we are learning more about the mother of arnold sc a good morning, everybody. 7:25. let's get some news headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. we are learning more about the mother of schwarzenegger's child by a former household staff member. celebrity websites say her name is mildred baena and that she had a son who is now a teenager. she is reported to be living in bakersfield with her husband and children with a house schwarzenegger bought for her. oakland will keep supporting injunction against gang members. most of the $760,000 price tag is for staff time. the program will not be expanded until the current injunctions are evaluated. and downtown livermore is getting ready for the morning start of the stage 4 in the tour of california. today's stage of the amgen bike race is the only one in the bay

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good morning. let's go towards the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights have been on now for more than an hour and we are stacked up just beyond that first overcrossing almost to the 880 overcrossing. pretty slow ride though all across the upper deck. an earlier wind advisory has now expired. san mateo bridge we are doing well here. no big issues right now in the commute direction. and we'll show you one more traffic camera. 880 through oakland, easy ride so far as well as you pass the coliseum. again, no big hot spots out there. but still a little slick in spots. so take it a little extra slow on the roads. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> elizabeth, we're watching those clouds parting around the bay area just a bit. still looking ominous in parts of the bay area overlooking san jose. there is a slight chance we could see a few more showers this morning but decreasing toward the afternoon. i think as we head toward the latter part of the day you will sneak in some sunshine between the clouds, breezy at the coast, temperatures only in the 50s and 60s. dry though tomorrow and friday. more clouds cooler temperatures over the weekend. ,,,,,,,,

welcome back to "the early show." carbon copy, the same picture we showed you monday, tuesday, and now wednesday morning. >> it is live. >> it is live sadly. welcome back to "the early show." i'm chris wragge along with erica hill. this morning tim geithner sounding the debt ceiling alarm. we're going to hear more and ask rebecca jarvis if that's bad for the country when the government can't borrow any more money. also last night oprah winfrey saw the biggest sendoff from the biggest a-list celebrities. chances are you'll recognize

them, tom hanks, tom cruise, who famously jumped on the couch. she prepares to say good-bye to 25 years on daytime tv. >> jeff glor. the chicago bulls had to reschedule their game because of oprah. another big step for congresswoman gabrielle giffords. doctors will replace a piece of her skull removed to relieve pressure after she was shot in january. a plastic insert will be placed maneuver, inspection of heat shield tiles before docking with the international space station. a journalist who spent more than two weeks in custody and syria, dorothy parvaz is

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the middle east was already changing rapidly before the raid that killed osama bin laden and now, though, president obama sees an opportunity here to perhaps redefine america's relations with the arab world and he's going to describe his vision in a major policy speech tomorrow. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has a preview of that this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. it didn't take long for the paradoxes of the middle east to catch up and frustrate president obama. last september he set an israeli

road map of one year. the president cited the push for freedom in the arab world as a reason to reopen the peace talks. >> despite the many changes or perhaps because of the many changes that are taking place in the region it's more vital than ever that both israelis and p palestinians find a way to get back to the table. >> robert dennin says there's only one way that can happen. >> only the united states can bring them to the table. >> reporter: mr. obama meets with prime minister netanyahu friday. polls show arab and muslim views of the u.s. are negative more than a year ago. the view is that they have turned away from bahrain where it has an interest in the status quo. >> i think there's a great deal of disappointment in the region right now among arabs and

israelis because the united states has espoused a number of principles. >> reporter: the marches on israel's border over the weekend remains the palestinian issue. the two factions are united and may ask them to recognize them as a state, making negotiations with israel less likely. but officials here say the speech tomorrow is not just about the peace process, though it certainly will touch it but that it's a broader view of what we can do to help the changes in the arab world. >> bill plante in the white house this morning, thanks. joining us is vali nasr, key adviser to president obama on the complicated structure of relations in the middle east. he left the state department last month, now a professor at tufts university. good to have you with us this morning, sir. >> good to be with you. >> there are two audiences for the president's speech tomorrow afternoon, there is of course the u.s. audience and then the

middle east audience. touching first on the americans, what do americans both want and need to hear from the president tomorrow? >> well, the american public would like to know what is the importance of what's happening in the middle east and this is an opportunity for the president to help redefine the way in which americans look at the middle east, since 9/11, americans have looked at the middle east through the prism of al qaeda and extremism. there is a lot happening in terms of democratic uprisings and bin laden has been killed. the president can change in the way in which americans see the region. >> that's the goal for the americans. when it comes to speaking to the arab world, obviously we just heard from bill there, the arab and muslim view increasingly negative and a lot of that has to do with the way the united states has intervened or not intervened in the middle east over the last couple of months. what does he need to say in that regard? >> well first of all, he's speaking to the arab world at a time when the arab spring is

stalling. it's very clear the dictatorial governments are getting the upper hand, libya, syria, bahrain, none of them have gone the way of egypt and the arabs would like to see whether the united states is going to push the arab spring to fruition. the president needs to set the right expectation to tell them where do we stand on the process of change, where we can help and what are our abilities to help push the process forward. the arabs would like to hear the from the president the arab/israeli issue building on his cairo speech of 2009. >> quickly, because we only have 30 seconds although it's a complicated topic. what would you advise, what is the most important thing you would advise the president to say tomorrow? >> the president has to reassert america's commitment to democracy in the middle east but also make it clear that we are not able to intervene as we did in libya, in every case, that we also will be working hard on the

ar arab/israeli peace process but this might be a complicated process going forward. >> good to have you with us this morning, vali nasr, thank you. >> thank you. the treasury secretary says the u.s. could default for the first time ever. we'll look at what that means, not only for this economy but for your wallet. this is "the early show" on cbs. trying to stay on track? [ female announcer ] start the day off right with a protein-packed breakfast like the sunrise subway melt. try it with juicy tomatoes for a breakfast that stands out from the pack.

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in this morning's "money watch" the federal government may be $14 trillion in debt but never had to juggle its bills until now. the u.s. treasury could no longer borrow any more money and that could sink the economy. rebecca jarvis is here on what all this means. . >> the treasury secretary tim geithner laid out a dire scenario. congress raises the debt ceiling by august or we could all pay a devastating price. with our nation's credit limit breached, treasury secretary tim

geithner warns a failure to act would result in disaster. >> we do not have the option of leaving this problem to another day, another congress or another president. >> reporter: since monday when we hit the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling and congress failed to raise it, geithner's had to shuffle costs to keep the country afloat. >> we were forced to deploy a series of extraordinary measures to prevent default. >> reporter: those measures include borrowing from two federal pensions and halting some state aid. >> we have hit the debt ceiling. the treasury can use accounting gimmickery and techniques but that can only go on for so long. >> reporter: for your home budget each month groceries and gas need to be paid and of course the mortgage. say you don't have the money to pay the bills and your credit cards are maxed out. you have to feed the family and get around, so you put off those mortgage payments, put them off for too long and you'll find yourself in foreclosure.

the government's version of a foreclosure happens august 2nd. >> the scenarios come august 2nd are so dire, the words being bandied about are catastrophic, doomsday. these are appropriate terms. >> reporter: the doomsday scenario means the u.s. would default on its debt for the first time in history, causing interest rates to soar, stocks to plummet and a global recession worse than 2008. the big question going forward is how do we get to that boat the republicans say they're not going to hike the debt limit without guarantees on future spending cuts. democrats are pushing for an increase in the debt ceiling first, followed by talks about cutting the deficit later. >> say the talks end up to the deadline. >> the more nervous the markets get over this the more likely the cost of borrowing is going to go up. the more expensive the mortgage gets the more expensive borrowing for a car or business.

stocks hate the uncertainty and we could see them bush lower as a result of it. >> quickly although the deficit reduction talk that keeps on going right now republicans say no new taxes not going to happen. did tim geithner say anything? >> he said we're kicking the can down the road. we're not going to touch them until after the deficit ceiling is done. >> rebecca jarvis, thank you. coming up next, entertainment's biggest names bowing to the queen of daytime tv, oprah. to stay healthy. but did you know fiber choice can help support your overall well-being? every tasty tablet has prebiotic fiber from fruits and veggies... that lets your good bacteria thrive and helps support your immune system. fiber choice. an easy way to defend your health everyday. learn more about prebiotics and get a free sample at fiberchoice.com. the frontline plus killing force is there

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chicago as the queen of daytime tv continued her long farewell to her legendary show. even the setting proved oprah gets what oprah wants. the producers convinced the nba to move a high stakes playoff game to transform the united center into a tv studio grand enough for her sendoff. her true power has always come from the people, 20,000 of them got free tickets to this taping, many of them arrived early. you came from amsterdam? >> yes, yes, we did. >> reporter: this seems more like a gala than good-bye. >> it's not a good-bye. it's see you later, alligator. >> reporter: after the show, fans were still basking in all things oprah. >> it was an experience of a lifetime. it's, i don't know, hard to put in words. >> reporter: once she signs off her last syndicated show next wednesday, oprah's future is less certain.

her new cable channel "own" is still struggling to connect with viewers, reportedly average 135,000 viewers an hour, a far cry from the 45 million who watched her show every week. earlier this month oprah brought in new leadership. >> i think they have to get more oprah into own. >> reporter: that's exactly what oprah plans to do, once her show goes off the air, the only place she' she'll, you'll be able to see her is on the network that bears her news. cynthia bowers, cbs news, chicago. >> man, got the nba to move the game. >> the playoff game none the less when the top seed is the bulls. the people there had to be saying to themselves she's got to be giving something away, last two shows. >> you would think, right? >> those episodes are off the charts. >> they are. >> going to miss her. >> a whole new era. >> we'll be back with more. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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b-s five... i'm sydnie kohara. the oakland ouncil will it is 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. the oakland city council will keep paying for injunctions against gang members in two parts of the city. the north side and fruitvale. the tribune reporting councilmembers voting last night to continue paying to keep gang members from associating with each other and from wearing gang colors. more than 100 of the world's top cyclists in the bay area this morning for the only local stage of this year's tour of california. stage 4 is one of the most grueling but scenic parts of the race. it starts at 11:45 in downtown livermore. the 82-mile route runs through the diablo range, top of mount hamilton ending on sierra road just east of san jose. and the sharks hoping to bounce back tonight in game 2 of their stanley cup play-off

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and it's picture-perfect this morning all across the span. it is slow though on southbound 101 between highway 37 and 580 in san rafael. just your usual congestion across that stretch. then speeds improve across the bridge. northbound traffic on 280 heavy as well out of downtown san jose. and if you can believe it, pack your chains if you are planning a trip up to the sierra! look at that winter wonderland, chains required on interstate 80. that's your traffic. for your forecast, what's going on, here's lawrence. >> that's what a lot of people are asking, what's going on with spring this year? just haven't had much spring sunshine. but we are starting to see some of that over the city of san francisco. still some passing clouds and a chance you could see a widely scattered shower this morning, even this afternoon about a 20% chance of a couple of raindrops. still, afternoon temperatures are going to be on the cool side especially coastal areas. 50s and 60s. winds kicking up here, 60s inside the bay, 60s at the valleys. next couple of days more sunshine returns, warmer temperatures on thursday and friday. ...and i just got myself a new bass boat...what's new with you?

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welcome back to "the early show" here on a wednesday morning. tough to put a positive spin on that. been raining the last three days. but the pollen count is way down. >> it will bring out the flowers and the leaves. >> welcome back to "the early show." i'm chris wragge along with erica hill. >> good to have you with us on this wednesday morning. we want to get to the latest on the mississippi river flooding. we've been following this for days. this morning we can tell you barges are moving again on a 15-mile stretch of water that was actually closed yesterday. that is good news for shipping. the river between mississippi and louisiana still hasn't crested. officials remain very concerned

about new flooding. cbs news national correspondent dean reynolds joins us from brurnlg, louisiana, this morning with more. that would you say the major concern is this morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. the major concern has been all along the condition of these flood walls, whether they can stand the sustained grinding pressure of the high river levels and the rapid pace of the current. that's why when they reopened those sections of the river yesterday, they did so heavily conditioned, that they could only move barge traffic through one barge at a time, that it had to be done as slowly as possible and that it had to be 1,200 feet of separation in between. the reason why they are doing it that way is they don't want those barges to kick up a big wake that might put further pressure on these flood walls or

even over top of them. >> when you look at that one issue, but there is the impact of all of this on louisiana and on mississippi. give us a seps nse of how that beginning to tally up. >> mississippi is getting the worst of it. it is further up river. you see casinos under water. you see businesses under water and farmlands are under water. there are all sorts of damage estimates right now that are being thrown out. it is clearly going to continue to mount. because the economic toll is basically a slow motion disaster that is tied to the fate of this river. >> erica? >> dean reynolds for us. and he is in jackson the state capitol, sir, good to have you with us. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> a bit of good news there that

barges are moving again. a part of it has been opened. as deep mentioned, this is a slow-moving disaster. >> that is one of the problems about a flood. you see it comes for days. the crest will get to vicksburg tomorrow. it will be a long, flat crest. it won't start going down for days. there will be areas in the mississippi delta that will be started into late june. it will take that much time for the water to get out. eri erica, in our state the big problem is that the mississippi is so high. the levees are holding. the tributaries can't drain out. hundreds of thousands of aacres across the state and across the

board economically. >> that is right. roads are closed. your reporter noted that casinos are closed. proudly, i will tell you that at least one will open today. and farmland is under water. businesses are closed. manufacturing facilities are cut off from their employees and the economic damage will be very large. and then of course it is a gigantic mess. people's homes under water. we have 4,000 to 5,000 people who are out of their homes because of the flood waters. when they can get back, then they start cleaning up the mess. >> as you mentioned very long. this is lasting into the summer months. we do have to ask you quickly, you announced you would not be

running for the republican nomination for president. is there a certain name that you are looking at that would be the best name to have on the ticket in 2012? >> there are people that are running that i observed that were running. >> we will see who else is going to run. >> there are people like mitch daniels. and i am convinced that the field is not full. that is why i'm not in any hurry. there is plenty of time. >> you have plenty on your plate of course. >> thank you for your time this morning. >> now here is chris. not far away in texas. the lone star state. facing a terrible drought there. >> cbs news correspondent don teague has that story. just one state away, texas is

parched suffering its worst drought in history. 90% of the state is in drought. for now, farmers and ranchers s. crops have withered or not come up at all. there is not enough pasture grass to feed them. >> hope it rains. if not you have to sell them. >> he will sell the rest if the rains don't come soon. >> you can't afford to keep them. if you ain't going to make no hey, you can't afford to buy the hey. >> wildfires, 2.2 million acres that have burned so far. in houston, six inches of rain in six months.

animals are on the verge of dies from dehydration. >> they are starving to death. there is nothing to eat or drink out there. >> for now, no relief in sight. >> cbs news, dallas. >> tale of two weather systems there. >> jeff gloris standing by at the news desk right now. >> two days after watching her husband blast off in the space shuttle, gabrielle giffords is going to have a part of her skull replaced with a plastic insert. >> they have decided to use a fabricated segment. they feel it is safer, and cleaner and it is a better piece to fit in there. >> that is expected to last

about two hours and recovery is expect to take a couple of days. giffords husband and the crew arrived a short time ago after an early morning docking. do dominique strauss-kahn is being held. last night victim's lawyer said she did not know who he was. >> there was nothing about any aspect of this encounter between this young woman and the defendant which was remotely consensual or could be construed as consensual. >> treasury secretary tim

geithner would not comment on the specifics of the case. >> he is not in the position to run the ifmf. and i think it is important that the board put in place somebody to act as managing director. >> he is next scheduled to appear in court on friday. >> bipartisan group trying to come up with a group to trim the deficit. colleagues aren't trying to come up to chief financial officer has been moved to a half way house in houston this morning. houston kron kchronicle, plea b in connection to accounting scandal that brought enron down.

>> maria shriver released statement. it is reported she has known about the love child since january when she moved out of the la mansion. one of the couple's sons tweeted that he felt bad and some days you want to swit aquit and be n for a bit. he signed it patrick, shriver. >> good morning, it is a common medication you may give your children. so why is the fda considering changing how it is used. we'll explain tonight on the cbs evening news. now back to the "early show." >> now to marisol castro from sunshine to snow we see a little bit of everything. the southern tip of the united

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cancer. dr. jennifer ashton is back with more on this. how did the researchers make the correlation between drinking coffee and advanced forms of prostate cancer and the link between the two? >> chris this is a study that looked at lifestyle modification and prostate cancer risk of developing the most aggressive forms, a harvard study funded by the national cancer institute, they looked at about 48,000 men, followed them for 20 years and asked them a questionnaire about their coffee, both decaf and regular consumption and found a strong association between that consumption. what they found is men who drank one to three cups of coffee a day lowered their risk of developing the deadliest form of prostate cancer by 30%, those who drank six or more cups a day, chris, lowered the risk of the most lethal form of prostate cancer by 60%. >> this study is done over a long period of time. >> correct. >> caffeine, what are the keys? >> important limitations. this study was based on association. it did not show a biologic cause

and effect, but there are some theories. when you talk about caffeine or coffee, it is a powerful anti-oxidant, has powerful anti-inflammatory properties, can effect testosterone and glucose metabolism and a powerful diuretic. all of the factors may come into play and research will definitely be ongoing to see what is going on in terms of a mechanism. >> lately we've been hearing about the wonders of coffee. any other diseases that coffee can play a positive effect of preventing? >> we seem to hear about it all the time. there have been studies that show an association between caffeine consumption and reducing the risk of diabetes, of parkinson's disease, of liver cancer, of stroke. just last week we saw a study come out of sweden which showed women who drank five or more cups of coffee a day lowered their risk of a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer so again we keep on hearing about these associations but in terms of the mechanism that requires a lot more research.

>> personally i couldn't imagine drinking six cups of coffee a day. there's got to be downsides besides the jitters. >> you bet they are. remember caffeine is a drug, a powerful stimulant. it can increase anxiety, cause tremors, irregular heartbeats, dehydration so again we say in medicine, in moderation, probably not a bad idea, when you talk about consuming six or more cups a day you have to weigh the benefits of the risks and the potential benefits. >> if you're not a coffee fan and even if you hear the results of the study you cannot become a coffee fan, are there any other foods or paenbeverages that can reduce your risk of prostate cancer? >> again this association in reducing risk we've heard about lycopene, found in tomatoes, an anti-oxidant. the results and the data are a little conflicting, they're not conclusive. what is known to reduce the risk powerfully of prostate cancer don't smoke, quit if you do, and

exercise. >> got it, so you don't have to race out and start drinking six to eight cups of coffee a day. >> if you drink it, continue, but you don't necessarily have to start yet. >> dr. ashton thanks again. stay with us. we'll be right back. this is "the early show" here on cbs. >> "cbs health watch" sponsored by levemir flexpen. ask your doctor about the benefits of levemir flexpen today. a ,,,,

welcome back to the early show. chris wragge along with erica hill. erica, excuse me, look who is joining us. is this great or what? >> our new co-anchor, tom selleck. >> people would love if you would do this every day. >> and now for the news. >> you have the voice. >> i'm sure you know this, the general population doesn't until now, "blue bloods" very successful show -- >> how do you know?

i don't know. i'll know this afternoon when they tell me. >> we can tell you right now. >> i'm on? >> you're in. we've got a direct line. >> i'm still knocking on wood. >> it's a great show to watch. >> thank you. >> must be a fun show to do. >> it is a fun show to do. it's fun playing the boss. it's also kind of nice for me to play a patriarch, playing the father. i really like that. there's not enough good fathers around. i mean kind of -- no offense but homer simpson -- >> he doesn't do it for you? not a good role model? >> we had donnie wahlberg and he said a number of times on and off camera, how you do, you are a leader and how you have made the job so much easier for him being able to follow your leadership. >> oh, i paid him for that. >> you have the right amount, might want to up him for season two. more with tom sell electric here on "the early show." stay with us. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,

union city police are searching for the gunman in a deadly shooting. good morning, it is 8:25. time for news headlines on this wednesday. union city police are looking for a gunman in a deadly shooting. it happened at 600 block of whipple road last night. the victim is a 48-year-old union cit man. closing arguments in the murder trial of yusef bey iv will start in about an hour from now. he is accused of ordering the killing of three people including journalist chauncey bailey. and some of the unabomber's belongings will be auctioned off online starting today. there are about 60 items available including his old sunglasses and hoodie. ted kaczynski is serving a life sentence for killing three people and wounding 23 others in a string of bombings. the proceeds from the sale will

go to the victims and their families. traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,,

good morning. let's start off with a look at the south bay. coming out of downtown san jose right now, unfortunately it is really slow northbound 280 approaching de anza in cupertino. that's where we're seeing an accident. it sounds like at least one lane is blocked so we are left with a good sized backup. kcbs airborne flew over the

scene. it's jammed from wolf road. 880 the nimitz freeway better than usual, a little slow in the northbound past the coliseum. but overall, not too bad of a ride heading up towards downtown oakland, the bay bridge, this is really thinned out in the last half our or so, backed up to the end of the parking lot. the metering lights are on. and yes, we see sunshine, a little bit of it peeking out, right? lawrence is looking at me like i'm . >> you're doing pretty good. you want to go ahead, just keep going! [ laughter ] >> hey, folks. pretty good day coming our way. of course, we started out with some showers this morning. skies parting overlooking ocean beach right now. you can see some clouds there in the distance. still a chance we could see a few scattered showers around the bay area today. but those showers are are decreasing. numbers you have 50s and 60s, coastside, 60s inside the bay and the valleys. i think thursday and friday probably the best of the next seven. going to see a lot of sunshine and temperatures running up into the 70s in the warmest spots, but over the weekend here come the clouds once again. temperatures are going to be cooling down through sunday.

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welcome back to the early show. you're taking a look at a live picture of 59th and 5th. i'm julie chen. the time is 8:30. i'm here with erica hill, chris wragge, jeff glor, and marysol castro. >> i knew i liked her. >> did i say it okay? >> perfectly. >> blast from the past. >> right. >> you know it's so weird. >> isn't it nice to sit on the couch again. do you miss it? i miss you. >> i don't miss these hours. >> you were out and they bring you back. >> it's like just when i thought i was out, they bring me back in. >> they bring me back in. >> it's weird. this is the first time since

leaving the show as one of you guys, i'm here as a guest but as you can see i think i'm taking over the show because i keep talking. >> some things never change with julie. that's what we love about you. the good news is you're sticking around for awhile, you'll chitchat about "the talk" which you left us for out to sunny l.a. >> you know what? it was just the hours. it was better hours so i had to go out to the west coast. >> girl no one blames you for that. oh, my god. how are you guys doing? >> we're good. >> we love the hours. >> no, i have to tell you when i was young and your age i did love the hours. >> yeah. >> this is a very good gig to have when you're young and handsome like you. >> he doesn't need any more encouragement. >> really? >> we tell him that every day. >> thank you. >> when you're old and tired like you, it's a great gig to have, jeff, i got to tell you, you know? look what it does to you. you'll need pounds of makeup like me. >> you look amazing. >> marvelous, darling.

plus your little man is what, almost 2? >> charlie is 20 months. he keeps me young. you know how charlie is? in one gesture -- >> both of us we still haven't hit the terrible 2s so jack is 18 months. just coming up on -- >> i've heard -- >> mary and i can give you -- >> gavin is one week into his 2s. go figure. >> i've heard the terrible 2s don't really exist. >> no, it's the 3s, i'm telling you. >> toddlers, terrible toddlers. >> i heard it's all about communication, you know, if they know how to communicate they're not terrible. it's frustrating when they're 2 -- >> they can't get the words out. >> we hit you over the head with the thermos. >> whatever gets their point made. >> someone who is good at communicating the weather. >> ooh, there she is. >> get off the kid talk. go ahead. if you don't mind. go

thanks so much. that's your latest weather. over to erica. >> mary, thanks. just to have someone cheat on you, spouse cheat on is you devastating enough, couple that on being in the public eye as maria shriver is. she's facing trust issues as she transitions to this new life after her husband's bombshell announcement this week. >> your governor for the next four years, arnold schwarzenegger. >> reporter: it was a secret arnold schwarzenegger kept for more than a decade, and ultimately tore his 25-year marriage to maria shriver apart, when the actor and former governor confessed to fathering a child with a member of the family's household staff shriver pleaded for privacy in a statement saying "this is a painful and heartbreaking time. as a mother my concern is for the children, i ask for

compassion, respect and privacy." >> my partner, best friend, welcome my wife, maria shriver. >> reporter: the rumors plagued their marriage during a 2003 special election. >> i have behaved badly sometimes. >> reporter: shriver staunchly defended her husband from allegations of indiscretion. >> he is an extraordinary father. he's an extraordinary husband. >> reporter: schwarzenegger's recent admission and years of betrayal put shriver in territory familiar to many women in high-profile marriages. jenny sanford divorced former south carolina governor mark sanford after he confessed to carrying on an affair with a woman in argentina and hillary clinton famously stood by her man after his affair with white house intern monica lewinsky. >> maria is utterly devastated. she gave up her journalistic career when arnold became

governor of california. her friends don't doubt she'll emerge from this stronger because she's so resilient. >> reporter: how shriver will move forward remains to be seen but her candid comments reveal a woman seeking answers. >> is so stressful to not know what you're doing next, i'd like to hear from other people who are in transition, how did you find your transition. >> reporter: betty nguyen, cbs news, new york. >> of course you don't have to be rich or famous to feel the emotional impangt of betrayial, the heartbreak of divorce, it can happen to anyone. psychologist and "early show" contributor jennifer hartstein joins us with more. look at maria shriver, she learns about the infidelity issues and learns about a child, fathered with a woman part of their household for two decades. this all on the heels of losing her parents. when you put all that together, i mean how much more difficult is it to have all of this on your plate at once? >> one of those things is hard

enough, you keep piling it on and piling it on, many would crack under that pressure. what is amazing in watching maria shriver she doesn't seem to have outwardly cracked. hopefully we would think she's got some people she's leaning on. she's got to be so numb and trying to figure out what is happening and how to move forward. >> and who does she trust moving forward? of course because here her husband she couldn't trust, someone in her innersirk until her house for 20 years she couldn't trust. she has the benefit of having a close knit family she can rely on, probably has long-term friends that she can still trust but it's going to take some time and she's going to be questioning these relationships a lot and asking people and double asking people and triple checking so it's going to take the time for her to build that back up. >> she mentioned she's most concerned about her children. they have four children together, two of them have taken to twitter, talking about it on twitter, patrick schwarzenegger changed his name to patrick shriver. this is a whole new world with

social media, as people deal with things. does it help or does it hurt? >> it could go either way. it brings the public more into their space, which may not be what they want but this is how kids communicate. so they are reaching out for support. they are getting their allegiances out there, and that's how they're communicating. we have to expect that's going to happen. we have to question did he choose a side going to shriver and taking off the schwarzenegger. ? >> parents obviously look at this much differently than kids do. this is not how parents communicate. it might be worth saying you know what? you're hurting, we know it's rough on you but maybe best not to put it out there. >> the knee-jerk reaction to throw it on twitter, the post might come down or may be asked please don't do that anymore. this is a family matter. keep it in the family. >> how do the four children 14 to 21 deal with the issue of how they deal with their dad, whether they forgive him, whether they trust him again? >> it's all a process. they're all in the process

together. arnold has come out being contrite and apologetic. he'll have a lot of rebuilding to do, to show his kids he's still the same guy and has to communicate to them and deal with their anger, be able to handle that, not get defensive, deal with questions, be open to that and he's really going to have to be present and accountable for anything they throw at him. >> in the days leading up to this, we were talking about long-term marriages broken up, the gores, 40 years, schwarzenegger and shriver, 25 years. what is it that drives people to cheat? >> in these situations we are -- >> i didn't mean to imply, we were talking about long-term marriages -- >> the break-up of long-term marriages and a couple things. the cheating situation there's a power situation and we can't deny people in power tend to cheat more. there's been a lot of research studies supporting that. >> do they think they can get away with in. >> they think they can get away with it and above the rules. when you're out of the public

eye where you may have been, where your marriage developed you are stuck in your marriage and have to focus on that and don't know how to interact when maybe there was a political office or high-powered job and that often brings in all the problems that might have gotten overlooked before. we have to think about what the problems may be. >> it's fascinating and heartbreaking all at once. jen thanks as always. the first season of tom selleck's hit "blue bloods" may be over but you can get your fix of the tv icon this weekend on sunday night he returns as jesse stone in the movie series "innocents lost." >> so, how is the drinking thing going? >> i'm very fond of you, jesse. >> i don't like the train. makes me think too much. >> excuse me? >> you know that car you let me drive? >> test drive. >> can i drive it to boston?

>> you already test drove it. >> perhaps you could consider it a loaner. >> that would imply you have a car in here repair. it's a rusted halt. >> exactly. >> good to see you. >> you, too, chris. i'm not laughing. just he's got problems. >> when people say how is the drinking thing and you start laughing. >> that's jesse. >> you talk about they just keep going and keep going, this is the seventh. you're working on number eight soon which we'll talk about. let's talk about the seventh installment. you have to be surprised. >> i read "stone cold" from the late robert b. parker's novel. bob was a pal, he passed away in january and i just said i got to play this guy and i told my boss, when i pitched it to him, a series of books and i think they wanted one movie, so now i've grown my little jesse thing again and we're doing number seven which is "innocents lost" and people don't need to have seen the others, by the way.

jesse stands alone as a movie but i'm off to do number eight "benefit of the doubt" tomorrow. so go figure. >> so much for your break before "blue blood." >> i love jesse and i love "blue bloods." nice to be working. i got a mortgage so this is good. >> something tells me you got enough money socked away. >> i do not. >> you executive produce, writing part of the script, you have an active role in the jesse movies. do they just come? they come to you? you wrote them quick between "blue bloods." >> i did. i had to write during "blue bloods" which was hard because i dearly love frank. you don't completely become someone else when you're doing a role but you're pretty much into that character so it's hard to switch gears but jesse is also near and dear. it had to be gotten ready so we could do it in my window off, and we got it done. i never thought of myself as a

writer, even though my partner and i had written the last three jesses, so staring at a blank page is scary. >> additional ones, going up to halifax to do the eighth installment? >> "benefit of the doubt." we're doing 362 jesses if i last that long. no, i don't know. every one is new. pickup is new. we have to audition each time. we're the last of the movies of the week on network television. we're more of an event i'm happy and proud to say. we're holding up the banner for one of television's i think great art forms which is the movie of the week. >> you wouldn't be invited back to do it if they weren't popular and people weren't watching them. >> people love watching them. >> is it the selleck factor? >> i don't know what the selleck factor is. ooh, almost broke a rule, don't

refer to yourself in the third person. i think it's the character. there's not enough character-driven stuff on tv except "blue blood" and i just think jesse is so flawed and he's such a mess and yet he's a good guy. i just think people root for him and he's funny. he doesn't feel sorry for himself. >> still the most famous mustache on television? >> i don't know. who is out there? people are going through puberty every day so i could be replaced. >> there are some big names. brad pitt, ryan -- >> he's out there. >> there are people starting to sport, giving you full credit. >> they get mustache questions? >> giving you full credit. >> i was born without it, and -- >> seems like you've had it. >> i can handle it. it's no, actually it's new all the time because it grows and you have to cut it off and stuff. it's not -- it's an affectation and now i have my jesse things

so all eyes will go down to my chin. >> do you have an actor thing in. >> i love the character "in and out." i love the character on "friends." i loved magnum, maybe one of the best i got to play. "quigley down under." i loved frank. francis reagan and jesse i dearly love. >> good to see the character coming back for season two. good to have you with us, big fan always and nice to talk with you again. >> and new saber picked up? >> go with it. buy that beach house and you can see jesse stone "innocents lost "sunday night at 9:00, 8:00 central here on cbs. erica? >> chris, thanks. julie chen for more than a decade woke up early as part of "the early show." last fall she ditched us, decided she wanted to sleep in, move to a more civilized time of

the day as host of "the talk" here on cbs. this morning she is back. >> i had to break up with you guys. i was here 11 years. i had to do it. sometimes you just got to walk away and see, you know. >> makes you realize what you're missing. >> i know. when my alarm went off this morning i was like oh, i do not miss that sound at that hour. >> yes, but we are very happy to have you back with us. >> thank you. >> you've had a lot of fun over the last few months. i have to, we have to play this for you, though. i know you enjoyed it. >> yes. >> the "snl" clip. >> okay. >> always keeping it real, am i right sister chicas. and just so you know, i'm kind of casual girlfriend language is as uncomfortable for me to use as it is for you to watch. >> like she side i'mea leah

reminiy from "the king of queens" hello. nine seasons. >> you can laugh at yourself? >> i do that in meetings now. i catch myself when someone walks in to my office at "the talk." i'm like hello. oh my god, i am her. when i watched the sketch, that's not really me, is it? now i own it. >> you do? >> yes. >> do you give her tips for the next time? >> not at all. she is a genius. whatever she wants to do she should run with it. my husband and i ran into lauren michaels, the executive producer at a party before the sketch aired. he said to me just so you know we're working on a sketch making fun of "the talk." he said we're not quite there but working it out. i said, "just do me one favor. please, please, please, whatever you do, do not have a man play me." okay? unless you bring back tracy

morgan, then i will think it's funny. i was like please, please, please. then he said kristin wiig plays you. i said do whatever you want. >> "the talk" for folks who haven't seen it, you should watch here on cbs at 2:00 in most places, what is the best thing about it? it's all about moms sitting around talking about things. >> you know it's not just moms sitting around talking about things. it's girlfriends. you don't have to be like a mom to relate to the show. and you don't have to be a woman to relate to the show. we talk about anything and everything that people are talking about in life. and it's so funny because i was thinking about all right, i used to get paid for a living to work on t"the early show" so people didn't know how i felt about any story i was covering. now i get paid for people at home watching me on "the talk" so they do know how i feel about anything and everything we're talking about. it's odd.

>> it's a big shift. are you comfortable with it yet or still finding your place. >> i'm comfortable. in the beginning i don't know, how do i do this? i said to myself, you no know w? just be you. if you get hate mail you deserve it. >> there are people who like you and people who hate you, you're doing something right. >> exactly. >> is there any topic that for you would be off limits? it can be a very revealing show. you talk about your husband, boss, you talk about your son charlie, 20 months. those are personal topics. >> i know. i have to say it's something in my head because i've been doing broadcasting for so long, i know when and where i can go into my personal stuff and not be in trouble with my husband when i get home. >> right. >> i have a pretty good gauge for that. i will say any time my co-hosts are talking about sex, i stay quiet. i just say, i pull the kristen wiig and say, hello, hello.

that's it. that's my go-to thing. what about you, julie? i'm like hello. that's it. it works. >> it does work. >> oh, this one works. oh, we got to go to break. we're out of time. i shuffle my papers. >> julie is doing the anchor shuffle which you brought from "the early show," saying we have to go to break or saying hello we'll know what's going on, cutting it off right there. >> i'm no dummy. we did get renewed for a new season. i know. >> we look forward to more of "the talk." i have to mm you because we have to go to a break and air some bills. "the talk" airs weekdays on cbs. we'll be back,,,,,,,,,,,,

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headlines... the it is 8:55. good morning, everyone. i'm sydnie kohara with your cbs 5 news headlines. the reward for the men who beat up bryan stow is $200,000. police are checking hundreds of tips. the giants and los angeles play tonight for the first time since the attack. stage 4 of the tour of california. today's stage of the amgen bike race is the only one in the bay area is this year, cyclists taking off at 11:45 from livermore. the stage ends in the east san jose foothills. catching a cab in san francisco about to get more expensive. the city approving raising fares by 50 cents a mile and 10 cents for time spent stuck in traffic. only boston and san diego will have higher cab fares. traffic and weather around

the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,

[ sea gull squawking ] [ waves crashing ] [ gasps ] brrrr! [ giggles ] [ sea gull squawking ] good morning. they just cleared an accident westbound 80. it was right there around richmond parkway. so you can see they got the tow crew symbol out there now. everything is on the right

shoulder. sluggish through berkeley. towards the bay bridge toll plaza, not too bad here at all. things are thinned out. the metering lights remain on. once you get past the pay gates it's still slow though from the incline towards the "s" curve. a little slow on the san francisco side of the tunnel. to the south bay now, it is really backed up in these new york lanes of 280. there was an accident -- in these northbound lanes of 280. an accident near cupertino at wolf road. you can see from the live traffic camera it is backed up beyond the highway 17 overcrossing. that is your traffic. for an update on your forecast, here's lawrence. >> elizabeth, we are getting a little more sunshine around the bay area. started out with scattered showers this morning. there is a chance we could see isolated showers roll through the bay area but more widely scattered throughout the day today. so skies parting a little bit becoming partly cloudy toward the afternoon. temperatures 50s and breezy out toward the coastline. 60s inside the bay. mid- to upper 60s inland. next couple of days high pressure will build in. temperatures will warm up very nicely many places into the 70s

by tomorrow afternoon. cooling off on the weekend. ,,,,,,