4:30. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com . good morning. going rogue. while on her east coast bus tour, sarah palin stops in gettysburg and speaks out about a possibly presidential bid. >> i honestly don't know. it's still a matter we're considering much. there's truly a lot to consider before you throw yourself out there in the name of service to the public because it is so all-consuming. >> and with other gop hopefuls expected to enter the race this week, all eyes remain on the wide open republican field. changing command, president obama makes major changes to his defense team appointing an army general as america's top man in uniform. so, will this impact the timetable for bringing our troops home? we'll go live to the white house for the very latest.

and early summer -- a heat wave blankets much of the nation as temperatures rise to records from near texas all the way to new england. we will tell you how long it is expected tos la the early this tuesday morning, may 31st, 2011. good morning. welcome to "the early show" here on a tuesday morning. everybody back from the long weekend. i'm chris wragge. >> i'm erica hill. good to be back with you and you this morning. also ahead this morning, the justice department could, in fact, file charges against john edwards this week, perhaps even tomorrow, accusing him of breaking campaign finance laos. cbs news learned last week edwards met with a campaign donor suspected of funding a coverup of his affair with rielle hunter. we'll take a closer look this morning. president obama announced a new lineup of the top military brass.

do the changes signal a shift in policy? chip reid has the latest for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, chris. this is all part of a familiar pattern from president obama promoting from within rewarding competence and loyalty. with nearly 150,000 u.s. troops fighting in afghanistan and iraq and u.s. support of the nato-led mission in libya, president obama moved to put the finishing touches on the overhaul to his national security team announcing his picks for the new joint chiefs of staff, a 40-year army veteran. >> martin dempsey is one of our neigh's most respected and combat-tested generals. >> reporter: army general martin dempsey who had only served one month as army chief of staff will replace admiral mike mullen who retired this fall. obama picked new picks for top

military advisors which is musical chairs in his administration. leon panetta replaces robert gates as secretary of defense and the current leader of the afghanistan war effort david patreaus will take over the head post for cia. >> we have to have that vision for transition in 2014. >> if confirmed by the senate, general dempsey will take over at joint chiefs chair in the early stages of the troop withdrawal from afghanistan slated to begin in july and be completed by 2014. and the final faces of the iraq war. with the killing of osama bin laden last month and the drawdown of the troops on the battlefield, general dempsey will face different kinds of challenges than mullen. earlier this month, he testified about the role of the army moving forward. >> we recognize our responsibility to prevail in the wars that we're fighting, prepare for the challenges of an uncertain future, prevent and deter threats against the united states it's interests our allies and partners. >> reporter: with so many of

these promotions coming from within, it does not appear to signal any major change in policy. these are people the president trusts to implement his policies. chris? >> chip reid at the white house for us this morning. chip, thank you. as chip mentioned, the war in afghanistan will be one of the new chairman's top issues. this morning, afghanistan's president said nato air strikes on private homes will no longer be allowed after an attack killed several civilians over the weekend. mandy clark is in the paktika cbs news correspondent, mandy clark is in the paktika province in eastern afghanistan for us this morning. >> reporter: civilian casualties are a major cause of problem with the afghan forces. afghan president, hamid karzai made husband furry over the incident very public. >> the afghan people can no longer tolerate these atox on their homes. >> reporter: karzai warned that the afghan government might take unilateral action to prevent future attacks. he then went further issuing this thinly veiled threat.

>> afghanistan is an ally, not an occupied country. if it turns to the other, to the behavior of the occupation, then of course the afghan people know how to deal with that. >> reporter: nato insists that air strikes are only conducted in self-defense. with the approval of the afghan government and it has apologized for the death of women and children in saturday's attacks saying that insurgents were hiding in their homes. the majority of civilian deaths are the result of insurgent attacks. yesterday a truck bomb left dozens of afghans dead. the taliban claims the truck was headed to an italian base that was attacking and exploded prematurely. civilian deaths are a source of that is considered a safe place. it is about to be handed over to the afghan forces but the attacks like the one yesterday really call into question the wisdom of that timeline. mandy clark, cbs news, paktika, afghanistan.

joining us now, retired general wesley clark, former supreme commander of nato. good morning. >> good morning. big change for the white house, secretary of defense, joint chiefs, cia director, army chief to name a few. in your estimations, do these changes signal any change in policy at all? >> i think they signal continuity. i think they indicate that president obama is very comfortable with his national security team. he wants to keep them in play. he wants to take advantage of their skills. general dempsey is an outstanding officer. he has had a chance in his last assignment, a really good chance to look at the future of the army. he is now the chief of staff. he is going to move into position and be able to help guide the armed forces through the transition as we come out of afghanistan. i think he is an ideal pick. >> let's talk about afghanistan now that osama bin laden is dead. is general dempsey's top priority to orchestrate a more

effective expeditious way to bring the troops back home? and does it present any danger to try to expedite that process? >> well, his top priority is going to be to give advice and support to the president and the secretary of defense. so, really, this kind of guidance will come from the president of the united states and the national security council. general dempsey is the principal military adviser and will do his best to shape, influence and support the top civilian leadership. >> the next big fight in washington is the debt ceiling. the d.o.d.'s budget is massive as we know. could general dempsey and the d.o.d. be asked to absorb significant cuts while still fighting two wars? >> i believe they will have to answer the heavy ke questions about why the defense budget cannot be cut. how they cut that budget is going to be -- it's going to be a work of art. because our troops are overseas, the pace of the withdrawal really cannot be driven by the

defense budget. i hope it will be driven by our strategy and the circumstances on the ground. but then the temptation will be to cut back the troops and cut back the support for the troops. we have to be careful and keep the strategy in mind as we address these budget questions. >> general, what are the different challenges that general dempsey is now going to face that admiral mullen did not? i think what you are going to see is first that al qaeda has meta more fa sized. they are in other countries, countries like yemen are a principal danger. he is going to have to oversee the transition of the armed forces away from war, the recovery. a lot more dealing with the veterans administration as we pass soldiers and marines and sailors and airmen back from active forces, medical records, working with people with traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stris disorder.

there's going to be a new orientation of the armed forces in the next four or five years to deal with other challenges in other areas. some of them may be just the same as we faced in afghanistan. others may be more high technology. >> general wesley clark, thank you for taking the time. good to talk with you this morning. now, here's erica. the race to the white house and the most high-profile noncandidate for president right now. sarah palin is on an east coast bus tour stopping in gettysburg on memorial day. she addressed the question, everyone is asking, is she really considering taking the plunge? >> i honestly don't know. it is still a matter of looking at it and considering much. there truly is a lot to consider before you throw yourself out there in the name of service to the public because it is so all-consuming. >> joining us now from washington, republican strategist, kevin madden, former mitt rommy campaign aide and democratic strategist, joe

lockhart, former white house press secretary under president clinton. i want to start with you on the sarah palin question. it's an extended flirtation, you might call it, with running. the only media she wants to speak to is fox news. does any of this risk rubbing voters the wrong way? >> well, it does if it seems like you are not running because you want to be president and you're not running because you really want to be a serious candidate. instead, you are using a presidential campaign as a vehicle to build a little bit more of a profile as a celebrity or somebody who is going to be on tv and going to be selling books an giving speeches. that toends rub voters the wrong way. they feel there are very bill challenges. the candidates they want to see are ones that are dealing and acutely focused on the substance of problems and challenges that we face as americans. so it could turn off a lot of voters who are looking at this race that's framed around the big issues. >> joe, kevin laid out some of the challenges from the republican standpoint there. from the democratic standpoint,

if sarah palin jumped into the race, how do you think that will work out for president obama? >> well, i think from a democratic point of view, it's the best thing that could happen. the problem is that sarah palin sucks up all the energy and the coverage. she's irresistible. she's like a walking reality tv show. it's crazy, it's colorful. and the rest of the field, they're pretty serious men and women. and they, just like donald trump did for the first of of this, as we go into the second phase, they are going to struggle. we are not talking about tim pawlenty, mitt romney, john huntsman, the people who fight out this nomination. that's a problem and the white house has to sit back and watch. >> throwing out a few names there, including mitt romney, who as we mentioned you worked for in the last campaign, who should we be paying attention to this morning in the republican field? >> i think those top three are the ones that have the

organization. they seem to have the compelling argument for many of the voters in the early primary states. governor romney, tim pawlenty, john huntsman, those are the folks who seem to be taking concrete steps toward building real serious campaigns and candidacies in the early states like iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and john ward. then, you have another group of folks that have national name recognition like newt gingrich, also serious with voters and taking the right organization steps to compete in the early primary states. >> they may be more serious that romney has that massive war chest he's been amassing as we know, joe. but john huntman appeals to independents. is he the biggest threat to the white house? >> it's hard to know. all of this is on paper now. if you look at the last couple of primaries, it's the person who got hot at the end to use a sports metaphor. john kerry in 2004, john mccain in 2008, who both rebuilt from disastrous starts. i wouldn't count anybody out.

huntsman is not well known. if he keeps a low profile between now and post-thanksgiving, could be the hot ticket. you want to be the hot candidate, the "it" candidate as you go into iowa and new hampshire and not the one talked about six months earlier. >> given that and how difficult it can be to upset any incumbent, who do you think has the best chance of being the hot, it candidate? >> i think the fundamentals of this election are already framed around the economy. governor romney has had the best record, i think, on the issue of the economy, given that he has had private sector experience and he turned around massachusetts when they were struggle with their economy. but that doesn't mean there's not going to be another event that can shift this back to national security or foreign policy where another candidate may be able to show case their profile. and these candidates have enough and then, also, i think these candidates have enough time to build up, you know, an argument in the early primary states with

republican voters that they can also be a very serious nominee and they could win and take the nomination in the end. i will say the one thing that's defined in this elec terror rat right now is its volatility. 20-point swings on issues and 20-point swings on candidates. that's why we have the primaries. that's the process that really starts to produce the best nominee. >> so what you are saying is no name is appearing in your crystal ball this morning? >> no, no. it is -- it is not -- it is definitely this field is very unsettled right now. >> the good news, lots to talk about in the coming weeks. kevin madden and joe lockhart. thank you both this morning. >> nice to be with you. >> a few more months to go. >> is that all? >> who's counting? >> jeff glor at the newsdesk for a check of the headline this is morning. good morning. good morning, chris. in our news here this morning, another prominent international bank of japaner is under arrest in new york charged with sexually abusing a hotel maid. 74-year-old mahmoud abdel-salam omar is scheduled to be

arraigned today. he is the former chair of egypt's bank of alexandria. he called for a maid, locked her in his room and abused her. the allegations come 17 days after dominique strauss kahn the head of the imf was accused of sexual assaulting a maid in new york. home values are falling again. this morning's kate shiler housing index measuring 20 major cities shows prices of existing homes fell for the eighth month in a row. in 12 cities, prices are the lowest in nearly four years. new figures show 66.4% of americans own their homes. down from 69.2% seven years ago. the ownership rate is back to lower since 1998. ratko mladic was allowed out of jail to visit his daughter's grave. he placed flowers on his

daughter's tombstone. she committed suicide in 1994 during the bosnian war using his gun. he was arrested on thursday on charges of genocide. his appeal against extradition was rejected today. no relief at the beach in chicago yesterday. several beachgoers were taken to the hospital for heat stroke. the officials first used fire hoses to cool people off. but eventually decided to close beaches for everyone's safety. it is 16 minutes past the hour right now. a very hot in the midwest. a tale of two seasons really, marysol castro has m

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lakes. over to erica and chris. welcome back. >> thank you. nice to be back with you. still to come here this morning, john edwards could be indicted as early as tomorrow for using campaign money to hide an affair. this past week, he went to see the woman who may have provided that money. detroit on the rebound, thanks to smaller cars. find out what's behind the major refocus for u.s. automakers and consumers and why it may be be working for those businesses. this is "the early show" on cbs. ♪

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deo last night, af good morning. it's 7:25. let's get you caught up with some of the headlines. a man who was found shot to death in rodeo last night after contra costa county deputies were called about shots being fired at a housing complex. the victim, in his early 20s, was found in the street nearby. there is no suspect information at this time. family of a missing nursing student, michelle le, offering a $20,000 reward for information that may bring her home. the 26-year-old vanished during a class break in hayward friday evening. today hayward police will meet with fairfield police, who are investigating a similar case from a year ago. and lawyers for a suspect in the bryan stow beating case say they have evidence that proves his innocence. giovanni ramirez is under arrest since last week. today his attorneys will meet with lapd. they say they have evidence

that ramirez was not at dodger stadium on the date of the beating march 31. traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. metering lights are on at the bay bridge and traffic is backed up beyond 880 and building so give yourself some extra time. pretty busy off the eastshore freeway, as well. we have reports of a stalled

vehicle on the lower deck right around treasure island. if you're working your way on 80 eastbound near redwood parkway have a wreck cleared out of the road. also, heading along guadalupe parkway, we do have reports of an accident right at capitol expressway. the left lane blocked on that one. and a trouble spot northbound san tomas expressway at el camino real, lanes blocked for this wreck, as well. lawrence has the forecast. >> here comes more rain into the bay area just will not end this year. more showers showing up right now and yeah, the focus continues to be on the north bay. you can see that good line that's making its way into the north bay right now. moderate amounts of in yellow. this will sag south as we head throughout the day today. so scattered showers expected around the entire bay area. another chance of some rainfall as we head into tomorrow. the core of the low will spin off the coastline. thursday we may catch a little bit of a break but by friday a more impressive storm system moves in. more rainfall into the weekend. ,,,,,,,,

this is the motor city. and this is what we do. ♪ eminem to get you going on a tuesday morning. welcome back to "the early show." eminem not the only hit maker in detroit. two years after the big auto bailout, gm is doing great, chrysler is recovering. the talk of the auto industry could be the springboard for the entire economy. how detroit is now taking advantage for a rush for smaller, more fuel efficient cars. busy weekend for john edwards for all of the wrong reasons. tomorrow, prosecutors could charge him with breaking campaign finance laws and how the former candidate met last week with the campaign donor suspected of paying for a

cover-up with his affair with rielle hunter. but first, to jeff glor for the headlines. chris, good morning to you. good morning to ev followed sat nato attack that killed nine civilians. nato said it will review the procedures. president obama introduced the new national security team yesterday. army general martin dempsey will replace admiral mike mullen as the chairman of the joint chiefs. c irk a director leon panetta replaces robert gates as defense secretary and david patreaus in charge of the afghanistan war effort will take over at the t. casey anthony is accused of murdering her 2-year-old

daughter, caylee. memorial day is supposed to kick off the unofficial start to summer -- tell it to fresno where snow was falling yesterday. the cold weather -- yeah, interfered just a little bit with driving yesterday. it is 32 minutes past the hour. now time for more weather. here's what's happening outside of your window. this morning, the justice department may be ready to file charges against former senator john edwards for allegedly using campaign money to hide his

mistress. cbs news political correspondent jan crawford is in washington with more on this for us. jan, good morning. good morning, chris. it's been a two-year investigation and now the federal prosecutor could charge edwards this week with violating federal campaign laws when he ran for president in 2008. >> i will fight with everything i have. >> reporter: a federal grand jury has been investigating whether edwards misused up to $1 million in presidential campaign contributions to cover up his long-term affair with former aide, rielle hunter. cbs news has learned that last week edwards secretly met with reclusive heiress rachael bunny melon, the former donor to the candidate. she helped finance affairs to keep the affair quiet. >> the status quo is yesterday. >> reporter: edwards denies he violated campaign finance laws but prosecutors are closing in. >> they could conclude that was a misuse of campaign money for personal purposes which would

violate the campaign finance laws. >> let's make america stronger it home. >> reporter: it would be a steep fall for a man once so near the pinnacle of power. i don't know edwards lived on a public stage, a multimillionaire trial lawyer who was elected u.s. senator in his first campaign for the office. the democratic nominee for vice president in 2004, and then a contender for the white house in the 2008 election. >> the campaign goes on -- >> reporter: and all the while he was seen as a devoted father and loving husband of wife, elizabeth. but in 2006, edwards began an affair with hunter who produced videos for his campaign. >> id'd rather be successful or unsuccessful based on who i really am. >> a year later, the nation until enquirer announced the affair and the bombshell, she was pregnant with his child. he denied that it was his and concocted a story that his

assistant was the baby's father. it was a lie. edwards acknowledged he was the father of the baby. he and his wife elizabeth separated and she died of cancer last september. now almost six months after her death, john edwards faces a criminal indictment as early as this wednesday. now edwards hasn't spoken publicly about the investigation. but the federal grand jury in raleigh has spent the last two years listening to all of the testimony from the key players. the indictment could come this week unless there's some kind of plea deal. that, of course, is still a possibility. chris?ri what more can you tell us about this alleged meeting with miss melon who is one of the alleged financiers. >> there's nothing nefarious, it was a loyal supporter. a lunch between two old friends. but, it also could play to edwards' legal strategy, here's why. prosecutors say her money was used to support his campaign. so, therefore, it was a campaign contribution and you can't do that. but edwards says, no, that's not

true. all that money, which they call the bunny money, her name is bunny melon, was a gift from a friend. if she wasn't running for president, she would have given him that money in way. that is his defense. he said the lunch supports that. he's not running now and they're getting together. >> what's the holdup? why are investigators waiting to indict him? >> it's taken a while because the justice department wanted to look at this case and some of the witnesses who are going to be testifying against edwards before they signed off on a prosecution. this is not an easy case against john edwards. now they've done that. they've given the local u.s. attorney in north carolina the green light to go ahead and bring those charges. >> any idea what is next for john edwards. is he waiting for something to happen now? >> behind the scenes stuff going on quite frantically about a plea deal. is he going to be able to try to reach some kind of an agreement with the justice department that might mean lesser charges. i think the justice department based on what my sources are

telling me are standing on a hard line making a plea deal pretty difficult. not a lot of great options for john edwards. plea deal, indictment, he's looking for tough, tough times ahead. >> a massive fall from grace. jan crawford for us in washington. jan, thank you. coming up next, small cars. the top 40 executives if this is something big for car makers amend this is "the early show" . we'll be right back. with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem. today we have pradaxa to reduce the risk of a stroke caused by a clot. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs

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americans are buying smaller cars in bigger numbers. and for the first time in decades, the u.s. auto industry says it's ready. with gas prices up an average of $3.79 a gallon now, more car buyers are saying good-bye to their suvs and, of course, for the search for the more fuel efficient car, they're downsizing. rebecca jarvis joins us with more. good morning. >> good morning. we're seeing a big sea change here. car shoppers urinally hold off on buying a car until memorial day weekend. and this year especially, less is more. as the unofficial start of the summer driving season begins

to ramp up, more car buyers are thinking about going smaller to save bigger at the pump. >> i'll probably save about more than $1,000, $2,000 per year driving a smaller car. >> adam gonzalez is looking at a chevy cruz, the top-selling compact car. >> looking at an american car, good on gas and still sporty as well. >> being hip and sporty is all a part of detroit's new campaign to lure american car buyers pack to the big three. >> this is the motor city. this is what we do. >> i think that there's a new reality in detroit that says people do or will buy smaller cars and that they can make money on them. >> in fact, one in four cars sold in the u.s. in april was a compact or sub compact car. and in the past year, the share of compact american cars sold jumped from 20% to 27%. >> just got a new car. >> after turning in his

mid-sized mazda, adam gonzalez opted more american. in addition to capturing demand for smaller cars with models like the cruz, ford focus, and siesta, detroit's big three have capitalized on the shortage of the japanese cars left in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami. gm announced plans to invest $2 billion in its plants reopening this one in northtown, ohio which is creating jobs and employs 4,500 people making the chevy cruzes. they also serve the greter good for the dealership and the people who service that dealership. so there's a lot of good positive ripple effect where we're adding manufacturing jobs. giving hope that the auto industry can drive a recovery not just for detroit, but for the entire country. and auto analyst marianne keller said while interest in small cars diminishes when gas prices drop this time, she believes that fuel economy is going to remain a priority when people

search for the next car. fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice. we've seen gas prices get up to a $4 a gallon level, people say i'm changing my habits. >> no more big ones. >> exactly. joining us is mark field, the executive vice president with the ford motor company. good to have you this morning. >> good morning, america. >> as america is embracing smaller cars, america is following the lead here, does the auto industry believe that $3 plus gallon gas is here to stay? >> our point of view at ford is that gas prices are going to continue to stay high and trend higher over the next number of years. so our view is that the price of a gallon of gasoline is going to stay high and probably go higher on a trend basis going forward. >> so it's top priority for consumers. has this become a top priority in your design heading forward as a company? >> well, we took the point of view three or four years ago, we

made huge investments in small cars because right now consumers are embracing small cars in a big way. and it's really pleasing to see how consumers are rewarding us for that investment in terms of great designs, great fuel economy, and very importantly, great features, great comfort and ride and handle. and consumers are expecting in larger cars they can get in the ford small cars. >> that changed somewhat is a long time coming in this country, especially compared to the rest of the world. you think the lag of embracing the smaller vehicles was on the part of the american consumer or on the part of detroit not getting it? >> well, i think, you know, a combination of, you know, we took a point of view a couple of years ago to invest heavily in small cars because we looked at consumer trepds. took a point of view of what was happening with a gallon of gasoline. consumers may perhaps in the past had a perception that you had to compromise when you had to buy a smaller car. and the great news is when

consumers come to our show rooms, there's this aha moment where they say, you know, i can get the comfort, the ride and handling, the great design, and great fuel economy. so for a lot of consumers when they walk in the show room, the aha moment is turning into i want to buy that moment. which is a good sign for us and the industry going forward. >> looking at the auto industry globally, do you see america leading worldwide? >> i think here in the u.s., with the consumer movement towards smaller cars, that puts us on par for example on competitive markets like europe where the small car market is the biggest piece of the marketplace there. so i think it says here in the u.s. that it was a change in consumer preferences that the u.s. and particular lyfoly ford compete with the best in the world no matter what part of the world we're in. >> thanks. >> thank you. we'll be right back. this is "the early show" on cbs.

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coming up, how a concussion can really change your life, especially if you're a quarterback and you have dreams of playing in the nfl. >> stories of damaged people who play in to their 40s and 50s who play professional sports. how about kids in their early teen years who leave because of the effects of concussions or they're worried about concussions. >> hearing about concussions more and more. is it happening more often or is there more information out there? >> it's a good question. we'll talk to dr. ashton about it coming up. >> looking forward to seeing your piece. >> all of that coming up this morning as we return here on "the early show." at bayer, we've been relieving pain for over 100 years.

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[ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. b-s five... i'm sydnie kohara. a 22-year-old woman is dead... the victim of a cras in it is 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm elizabeth wenger. >> a 22-year-old woman is dead, the victim of a crash early this morning on u.s. 101 in marin county. it happened around 1 a.m. in the northbound lanes just south of san antonio road. officers say it appears the car crashed into the center divide then was struck by a van. the woman killed was in the car. the family of a missing student nurse is offering a $20,000 reward. michelle le was last seen leaving class in hayward friday evening. today, hayward police plan to talk with investigators in fairfield about a similar case from last year. faulty breathalyzers may not force santa clara county to drop too many drunk driving cases. prosecutors began reviewing

more than 800 cases earlier this month after learning of a manufacturers defect in breathalyzers used by san jose and palo alto police. the "mercury news" says so far prosecutors have found potential problems in 42 cases and have dropped charges in just one. traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

lots of company on the eastshore freeway. no accidents but a stalled vehicle westbound at san pablo dam roadblocking the road. traffic is backed up to highway 4. as you work your way west of there into berkeley emeryville, we are seeing some delays as well coming off the eastshore freeway and at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. you're backed up to the maze at this point. traffic slow and go across the upper deck into san francisco. and san francisco itself, lost our camera but we are seeing extra volume northbound. that's a look at traffic. lawrence has your rainy forecast. >> the rain moving further and further south now. starting to move in along the peninsula. light showers down toward the peninsula right now, pacifica in toward half moon bay. got some rain there. the heavier amounts confined to the north bay but on and off throughout the day going to see showers so prepare for that and it's not going to end there. more showers in the forecast for tomorrow with the possibility of some isolated thunderstorms. i think on thursday, partly cloudy and dry but as we head toward friday more impressive storm system drops into the bay area i think late in the day. rain could be heavy at times

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> and welcome back to "the early show" here on a tuesday morning, may 31, the day before the start of the month of june. where is time going? good morning, once again. i'm chris wragge along with erica hill. >> crazy to think of, almost june. and this time tomorrow, weather permitting, the space shuttle "endeavour" will be on the ground in florida. earlier we spoke with the crew on the end of the six-day mission and asked mark kelly how he's kept in touch with gabrielle giffords. what they had to say coming up. a 20-year-old quarterback on the way to realizing an nfl dream walks away. a series of concussions has changed his life and he was

afraid it would ruin his health forever. the new awareness of sports-related brain injuries and how people are facing up to the danger from the football field to capitol hill. but first, we want to turn to one of the stories making headlines this morning, the ongoing battle for libya where hopes of a settlement are fading after the latest peace talks. allen pizzey is in tripoli this morning. allen, hello? good morning, erica. the view from the outside may be that muammar gadhafi's regime is crumbling around him. apart from the fact he lives like a fugitive in his own capital, the libyan leader is showing no signs of caving in. the images on libyan tv were meant to show two leaders engauged in the serious business of peacemaking, but south african president jacob zuma was offered nothing more than the repeat of the offer that when the last time he came. he's not going anywhere. the only news that gadhafi's appearance for the first time

since may 11 seemed to indicate he was healthy, in spite of rumors he had been wounded in a nato air strike. the visit was an occasion for more orchestrated shows of support for gadhafi. but an on-line video claimed to show angry mourners at a funeral at tripoli. it was given the restrictions on the foreign press here, but if it did take place in zum a's visit, it's an indication that opposition is growing. rebels are holding out in the mountains south of here in spite of fierce shelling that forced tribes people to seek shelter in caves without water or electricity. in another sign gadhafi is losing his underpinnings, eight senior military officers, including five generals, announced in rome that they had defected to the rebels. they claimed to be part of a group of 120 military men who had defected recently. the last nato air strike on tripoli was on saturday. conventional wisdom here is

glitch the gadhafi rejection to the latest peace deal, it won't stay quiet for much longer. erica? >> what are people on the streets saying about that? are they waiting for the next round of air strikes? >> it's interesting driving around the streets here, you see tremendously long lines at gas stations but otherwise people are going about their business. we were out at night last night driving around in a taxi. stores were open. people were in cafes, kids were in the streets playing football. i think once it gets closer to midnight, they all disappear again. this is a city that used to live at night. it's quiet here at night. they know it's coming and they hunker down and wait and hope. >> allen pizzey in tripoli this morning. thanks. now here's chris. erica, thank you. it will probably be years before joplin, mo move recovers from the tornado that destroyed large part of missouri. but in one week, the city

managed to restore one of the most important services ben tracy has the report. when this monster tornado slammed into joplin, one of the most shocking images was the destruction of st. johns mercy hospital. >> it was like a bomb went off inside almost on every floor. >> when they released these photos of the inside, everyone knew they could no longer rely on the one building they needed most. >> it was obvious that this facility was incapacitated. >> ron pace ran the medical helicopter program. this was what was left of it. but in 90 minutes, 183 patients were evacuated. six people died. >> this is the second floor of the building. when you look out here, all of the windows are blown out. this place is just frozen in time. you look in here, there's offices where computers and chairs are still at the desks. look back here, wheelchairs just stacked up here as people were evacuating. think of all of the medical

records in a hospital now that are lost. this is -- this is someone's radiology and oncology chart. >> this is all emergency room. we've got about 18 active beds running. >> now just one week later, st. john's has been resuscitated. this temporary tent hospital across the street is similar to what the military set sets up in battle. these trailers have mri and cath scan units and two helipads have been paved. >> doing what we do in a smaller scale and in the next few weeks, the scale will grow. >> most of the 900 injured in the tornado are treated in neighboring towns, but the mobile hospital can now handle up to 60 patients at a time. they plan to use it for at least six months. >> this is not ideal, but for gosh sakes, look what happened and to get to this point so quickly is amazing. >> a reflection of how far joplin has already come. ben tracy, cbs news, joplin, missouri. >> the hospital is such an icon

to that community. >> yeah. amazing. >> yeah. >> just incredible. i still mark the resilience of the folks in joplin. >> continue to follow it and see how they continue to rebuild. it will be a lengthy process. we'll be there for them. >> jeff glor has a check of the headlines for you. good morning once again. >> good morning once again to you. good morning to everyone at home as well. this morning in serbia, the appeal of ratko mladic to stop his extradition has been rejected. cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer is in london with more on that. hey, liz, good morning to you. >> yes, ratko mladic's lawyers had fought his extradition on the grounds that he was neither physically nor mentally fit to stand trial. they sent a request yesterday by mail. it was received by the serbian court. we just heard it's been rejected so he'll be on his way to the hague soon. jeff? >> but liz mladic briefly got out of jail this morning, right? >> yes, although it was in a heavily armored convoy. he feels allowed to go and visit the grave of his daughter. in belgrade in the cemetery.

she committed suicide in 1994 using his pistol. so he was allowed to go to the graveyard and light a candle, leave it on the grave, but he was rapidly brought back to jail. and now the government is preparing to extradite him. they want to do it discretely and do it fast. it's probably going to happen as soon as tonight. >> that sounds good. liz palmer, thank you very much. a deadly bus accident in eastern virginia this morning, a commercial tour bus traveling north on interstate 95 ran off of the road and overturned. 35 people were onboard, we're told, and at least four of them died. sarah palin is off and running in pennsylvania this morning on her one-nation bus tour. but so far, she's not releasing where she's going in advance and also not saying she's officially running for president in 2012. >> i don't know, i honestly don't know. it's still a matter that we're considering much.

there truly is a lot to consider before you throw yourself out there in the name of service to the public because it's so all consuming. >> palin said yesterday that her bus tour might stop in iowa at some point. president obama is making over his national security team. yesterday he nominated general martin dempsey for chairman of the join chiefs. in 2004, dempsey led the battle against the insurgency in baghdad in the iraq war. he has three masters degrees, including one in english in duke university and one from the national war college. his hobby is singing. ♪ start spreading the news ♪ i'm leaving today ♪ i'm going to be a part of it >> general dempsey apparently loves to sing and has been known to perform "new york, new york" frequently. ♪ new york, new york

♪ it's up to you new york, new york ♪ >> yea! >> not bad. holding that note reasonably well. nine minutes past 8:00. chris, you disagree? >> no, i like it. >> find a person that tells him he doesn't sound good. sounded great, sounded great. >> we should book him for a summer concert. i mean that seriously. >> why not? all of the sinatra hits. >> i'm in. "summer wind." ♪ >> can't even speak today let alone sing. marysol castro, i'm handing it over to you. >> i will take it from here. good morning everyone apt home. good morning, chris, erica. take a look at the national picture, the heat is the big story.

thanks so mu. >> that's your latest weather. here is chris. >> thank you very much. up next, a promising football player walks away from the career he'd always dreamed of because four concussions were just too many. jeff will have that story when we come back right here on "the early show." joy... pleasure. one square inch of extra smooth, rich chocolate. hershey's bliss.

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in this morning's ""healthwatch"," football and concussions, head injuries on the field are getting a lot of attention these days. we hear of possibility for serious long-term damage. one promising young player took the unusual step of ending his career himself long before he

even reached the pros. . steven threet is still on the field. he's just not in the game. threet, once the ninth best high school quarterback prospect in the country is now sending in signals for the arizona state football team. at their annual spring game. >> on a daily basis, are you still feeling the effects of the concussions? >> i have a headache every day. >> every day? >> every day. >> reporter: the reason he's on the sidelines is now he's officially retired. yes, at only 21 years old, far earlier than any big-time athlete wants to say good-bye. the decision he says was forced on him. after this play last november. his concussion symptoms linger, and to this day still haven't gone away. >> you're just not connecting

the dots the way you're used to. your thinking process isn't as sharp. and your short-term memory is not quite there. it's just -- couldn't get it together back to feeling normal. >> how much does that scare you? >> it didn't really ma much because i've had it happen a few times before. i thought, it's a concussion, i probably won't be able to play this game. recover and take my time. as days turned into weeks turned into months and the symptoms were still there, that's kind of when i started getting a little nervous about it. >> reporter: for threet, it wasn't his first concussion, but his fourth. there was this play in michigan three years ago. >> late hit on the quarterback. >> i got a concussion that day and i don't remember the entire day. >> reporter: the entire day gone? >> just saturday. woke up sunday morning looked at my phone and it said sunday. >> reporter: all of which helped

him to his retirement decision. coming in the middle of an ongoing national debate about concussions. >> it's reaching epidemic proportions of recognizing. i think the problem is out there in a way it's never been out there. i think a lot of that has been because the media has taken and run with it. >> reporter: each year in the u.s. an estimated 300,000 sports-related concussions are sustained. >> is there advise you can give right now to a young kid coming up? >> you need to listen to the information and what people are telling you. but at the same time, you've got to know your body and got to be honest about the symptoms and make the best decision for yourself. >> reporter: for steven, his choice to leave the huddle was an excruciating one. >> really just a combination of the information i got from the doctors and talking to my family that i arrived at the decision. >> reporter: it was something you had to come to terms with? >> definitely. football has been a big part of my life for a long time now.

and it still is. but it's definitely playing a different role now. i obviously enjoy playing. i love the game. but i understand that where i'm at, it's definitely the best decision for me. >> threet will work with the team as a coach through the fall. he'll graduate and still dealing with the headaches every day. dr. jennifer ashton is here now with more on the long-term damage from concussions. let's talk about this notion of sucking it up. just get back on the field. is that change? >> well, we want it to change. let me tell you why it has to change, otherwise it could actually be deadly. if you think of a concussion in terms of the brain injury, there's swelling on the brain, there's electrical changes in the brain, there's metabolic changes in the brain. all of that can take weeks or even months to heal. if an athlete goes back to play too soon, they're more susceptible for a second hit, a second injury. that injury called a second-impact syndrome, can actually be deadly. >> here is one question. how do you know if you have a

concussion? can you know exactly? >> any support that is done at high speed that generates enough force that can cause a brain injury can give you a variety of symptoms and they can be subtle. you can have anything from a headache to nausea or dizziness, confusion, a change in mental status, sensitivity to light or noise, undue fatigue or difficulty sleeping and even a change in you're motion. all of these symptoms can be difficult for both the athlete to recognize, their coaches, their parents, anyone around them. they're very subtle. >> it can be difficult to find out when it's time to go back? >> that's right. we need to remember you don't have to have a loss of consciousness to have a concussion or an abnormal cat scan. when you talk about returning to play it's based on a number of factors, by a physician or certified athletic trainer, physical exam, what symptoms the patient is having and something called impact testing which is a computer-based test ideally done at the beginning of the season and after a head injury to

follow how that person is doing on memory, short-term recall, reaction time, and that can be used to help assess is that athlete ready to go back to play. >> last but certainly not least, we should mention it's not just football. football is getting all the attention. >> it's not just football. it's not just boys. hockey, lacrosse, baseball, soccer. girls are more susceptible than boys to traumatic brain injury. it's not just your sport or your season, it could be your life. >> jen ashton, thank you very much. you're watching "the early show." we'll be right back. >> cbs healthwatch sponsored by lyrica. that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain.

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for the main suspect in the beating of bryan stow plan to meet with the district attorney good morning, it's 8:25. let's get you caught one some of the headlines. today lawyers for the main suspects in the beating of bryan stow plan to meet with the district attorney in los angeles. they say they have evidence that giovanni ramirez was not at dodger stadiu on the day of the meeting march 31. his mother says he is not a sports fan and has never been to dodger stadium. family and friends will hold a vigil for the san jose mother of five murdered over the weekend. melissa ross was shot and killed while driving near helyer park saturday night. her family says it was a case of mistaken identity. a verdict could be reached as early as today in the murder trial of yusef bey iv. the former "your black muslim bakery" leader and co-defendant antoine mackey are charged in the shooting death of oakland journalist chauncey bailey and

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shoulder. but 101 sluggish. 280 busy through downtown san jose. sluggish speeds through that portion. taking a look at our bay area bridges, golden gate bridge loaded upcoming out of marin county. southbound 101 slow and go from 37 to 580. san mateo bridge seeing extra volume. the metering lights are on at the bay bridge, looking better. that's a look at your drive. here's your forecast with lawrence. >> we have showers moving into the bay area through today. a good band making its way in along the peninsula right now. heavier stuff north near novato with good cells in this direction. continuing to see scattered showers throughout the day today so plan on that heading out. it's going to continue tomorrow as we expect more showers. the low moving off the coastline, the possibility of isolated thunderstorms. thursday we catch a break but late friday clouds gather, rain heavy overnight friday into saturday, rain on the weekend.

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goal here is to inspire some of them to go on to be vets themselves. our own resident veterinarian, dr. debbie bell sat down with the kids. she's going to share with us. my sister at that age would have been all over a program. >> never too early to start. never too early for a sequel. "the hangover" part two has hollywood feeling rae really good after a weekend box office bonanza. this morning, big summer movies from "horrible bosses" looks funny to "friends with benefits" expected to bring in big bucks this summer. jason baitman heatman has a stog out. the space shuttle "endeavour" is heading home for the last time. it lands early tomorrow morning at the kennedy space center after what's called a flawless 16-day mission. michelle miller spoke with the crew last night. late last night. >> it was late, good morning.

the commander is astronaut mark kelly whose wife congresswoman gabby giffords was shot and critically wounded february. she's undergone surgery and continued her recovery. the couple had to share it all by being worlds apart. >> reporter: aboard the endeavour, it's still day one of the mission that most resonates with mark kelly, because his wife, injured congresswoman gabrielle giffords was at the launch and made it there on her own two feet. >> it's a moment after what happened to her on january 8, the fact that she was able to recover to the point to walk on the airplane, walk off, make the trip to florida. >> reporter: during the mission, endeavour's last, kelly's crew made four space walks to update and perform maintenance on the international space station. >> it's really special to be up there on the space walk because there's a quarter inch of flex

si glass between you and the rest of the season. you can see the rest of the cosmos in front of you. >> and while the endeavour crew was walking in space, gabrielle giffords was making great strides on earth as doctors removed the stitches from an operation that closed up the hole in her skull with a plastic implant. there were developments in the case against jared loughner, the man accused of shooting giffords and injuring six others. the judge ruled he was up fit to stand trial. what makes the excitement and anxiety have you been dealing with on this mission being so far away from your wife at this time. >> being away from her, to be honest, it's difficult. fortunately, there's a phone on the space station, there's e-mail. we can communicate. and we're looking forward to getting back there tomorrow. >> the two shared a wakeup call on sunday. ♪ couldn't see a thing >> with a song called "slowness"

by an arizona band about two people reaching across from a distance. >> what a wakeup call you got sunday morning with that song from your wife. >> before this happened in january, i didn't listen to them a lot. she listens to them in the room. i really enjoy it now. and since it came up from gabby, it was really, really special. >> the shuttle is scheduled to land early tomorrow morning in florida and could mark the final time for commander kelly in space. he said he's sad to see the shuttles retired, but excited for the future, including the chance to see his wife again. and atlantis is due to launch july 8, the final mission for the space shuttle program. this is my first space talk. a lot of fun. >> look like it went well. what was the other discussion in months to the runup of the shuttle launch, whether mark should go on this mission because of what happened to his wife and with him being such a -- such a primary source of her recovery.

what would you say after the effect now in hindsight? >> a lot of water cooler criticism over his going up. he consulted with her doctors. felt very comfortable with her progress. he's very comfortable with the fact that she was comfortable with him going. and i really don't see or feel -- and he certainly said -- he has no regrets. >> i know she won't be there because they'll land because it's an odd time, 2:00 in the morning. >> 2:00 in the morning. >> land, be debriefed, as soon as he can be on his way? >> i said what's the first thing you're going to say to her, when you see her, when you hit the ground, he said, i'm back. he has quite a sense of humor about it and he's excited to get home. >> glad to see everything went so well. amazing that they've had 30 years the shuttle program is coming to an end. >> have you seen the launch? >> i have not. >> i have done that too. >> one more chance. >> one more shot. make it happen, chris. >> good to see you this morning. jeff at the newsdesk with a check of the headlines.

one more news block. good morning to you, good morning to you at home. a prominent international banker is accused of sexually abusing a hotel maid in new york. mahmoud abdel salaam omar is the former chair of an egyptian bank 22% and those sales are lower than at any time sin the data was kept in 1963. two more deaths are reported after an e. coli outbreak in

germany linked to tainted vegetables. the latest bacteria was found on cucumbers imported from spain. one victim died in sweden after taking a trip to germany. six people have died from e. coli, 373 are said to be sick. the death toll from last year's massive earthquake in haiti is far less than what the haitian government says. the u.s. now estimates between 46,000 and 85,000 people were killed. that is significantly lower than the haitian government's figure of 316,000. in northeast japan, towns hit by the march earthquake and tsunami are being hit by flooding from rabe and high tides. sea walls were damaged by the disaster. residents wade through streets in rubber boots. one woman says it's like our houses are in the middle of the ocean. an unusual sight in joplin, missouri where elephants helped clean up tornado damage.

the picadilly circus was in town but they had no place to perform so they helped residents in joplin. thousands of people floated lanterns in the ocean last night in honolulu, incredible pictures to remember loved ones. it's a japanese buddhist tradition to honor ancestors. 3,000 lanterns were launched last night. 38 minutes past the hour. marysol castro has a check of the weather. good morning. good morning. what a beautiful sea of tranquility. i like it a lot. good morning everyone at home. we take a final look at your weather. the big story is the heat. 20 states experiencing above average temperatures. right now we're looking at the north east. new york is about the line that's expected to be

thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to erica. >> mary, thanks. america has 700,000 doctors but fewer than 60,000

veterinarians even though 2/3 of the house holds have a pet. dr. debbye turner bell is here to tell us about a creative new program for children hoping to foster more interest in these kids to pick up on the number of vets. >> that's exactly right. veterinarians go to as much school as humans physicians. we dream of being a veterinarian since we were young. one new york city emergency veterinarian is giving a glimpse to our wonderful profession with a program he's called little vets making a big impact. >> red in this eye. >> these second and third graders haven't earned their doctors' degrees quite yet, be uh they may be part of the next generation of america's veterinarians caring for the 93 million cats and 77 million dogs in the u.s. >> like dry scalp. >> i like animals. i want to learn more. >> i wanted to be a horse vet but i didn't know that it was called an equine vet. >> but she does. >> you have to use a special

test. thanks to dr. david bessler and little vets, a program he started eight years ago in new york that teaches kids interested in animal care the basics of being a vet. >> my real goal is to get kids to not see the natural world as something scary, something they can approach, open their eyes, look at, and learn about. >> make sure there's no red. >> on the day we visited, they were learning how to conduct a examination, looking to the animal's eyes and ears and listening to the heart. >> why does an animal doctor do a physical examination. >> they need to see if anything is not normal so they can make it normal. >> ayes, ears, nose, mouth. >> are you trying to recruit veterinarians of the future? >> we are. i think earlier you can get these kids thinking about veterinarian medicine, they can plan their lives accordingly and take the experiences from their life and use them later on when they become vets. >> for dr. bessler, it's a

profession and passion he hopes to pass along to the little vets. >> i think you can't learn about the world without falling in love with it. the more these kids learn about animals, the more they'll learn to come to love it. >> absolutely. little vets is a ten-week program and it's the one and only of its kind in the country that we know of. but i know i would have loved it had i had something like this as a child. incidentally, erica, the parents sitting around the wall during vet school classes were just as enthralled and as enthusiastic as the kids. >> so many love animals and grow up saying i want to be a vet. but this is a hands-on approach. what does he expect the impact to be that it will interest them enough or make them realize how serious it is that they want to continue. >> he wants to make an impact. he chose this age specifically, 7 and 8-year-olds because they're young enough to be enthralled and mesmerized by things but old enough to understand complex concepts. so he really -- he teaches them

how to use the ultra sound and x-rays. >> 7 and 8 years old. >> he does something called open fruit surgery where they practice doing sutures on a banana and things like this. i can tell you i wanted to be a veterinarian from the time i was that age. it will leave a lasting impact. when they make the real decisions 10 years from now, they'll have it to pull from to say i know what this is like, this is what i wanted to do. >> he started eight years from now. >> he started at a local museum and he expanded it and put his on fingerprint on it. the kids love it. when the program is over they don't want to leave. >> $700 for ten weeks. >> hopefully other veterinarians will replicate. it's great recruiting. >> interesting to see how many kids end up in vet school. >> do a follow-up report. >> very nice to see you. >> here''s chris. hollywood is smiling. the holiday weekend set a new record at the box office with theaters selling $280 million in

tickets thanks in large part to "the hangover part ii." >> so, i think it's happened again. >> so, what did you do? >> i didn't do anything, i swear to god. >> your hair is gone. >> no. no. up. >> movie watchers were expecting a hit, but "the hangover part ii" grossed more than $105 million in the opening weekend far above estimates. "us weekly" senior editor bradley jacobs is here with more on that and the rest of the summer outlook at the box office. good morning. >> good morning. we were talking in the commercial break. you want to go out on a limb and say this was an oscar-nominated film in the first time caught the look on your face. what this thing is making a killing? absolute fortune. but it's a sequel and let's be honest, it's not as good as the first. >> definitely not as good as the

first. i thought it was mediocre. i was not alone. the moviegoers didn't seem to care what the drcritics have to say. there was so much built-in love for the first movie that came out in july of 2005, it was the biggest comedy. this could beat its own record. >> this is a juggernaut. they may be looking to make "hangover part three" in a couple of months. can it stand up? will it continue the momentum or see a big dropoff in week two because people will be disappointed. >> it's the summer. what you see again and again is huge dropoffs. if you wanted to see the sequel, you were going to go this weekend. memorial day weekend, everyone had a lot of time on their hands, new, fresh. people came out saying it wasn't nearly as good as the first one but everyone had to see it for themselves. still, i think you're going to see it make $250 million or $300 million. >> lot of money. >> yes. >> lot of money because it cost only $80 million to make.

this and bridesmaids showed that comedies can be big in the summer. you don't have to spend $200 million on a transformers sequel or the green lantern or these quote/unquote tent pole movies that you think of as the summer movie else. comedy done well or not so well in the case of the hangover can do well in the box office. >> people want to see funnive in movies. from "bridesmaids" $90 million in three weeks. if you haven't seen it, here's a quick scene from it. take a look. >> i want you to know, protect and serve air martial style. >> i don't want to infringe on your privacy, i appreciate what you do for this country and i respect the hell out of you. >> that's great. not an air marshal. i'm going to take a nap. >> awesome. >> cool. >> i'll take the first watch. >> i'm not an air marshal. you don't have to take a watch. >> okay. i got the first watch.

>> just one of many funny scenes in that movie. there are laugh out loud funny scenes. >> melissa mccarthy are talking about "bridesmaids ii." her role will be expanded. she's the breakout star of the movie. christen whigs' writing partner who has a small role in that scene in the airplane be a bigger part of the sequel. >> how much will that snowball the money that will make. it's the female version of "the hangover." it does look like "the hangover" two years ago. >> months before, it was a female "hangover." the hype proved to be true. it had a nice opening weekend. it kept up in the second and third weekends because people want to see what all of the fun is about. this movie really delivers. >> yeah. >> the summer audience. >> talk about some of the movies that people can expect will be big at the box office. "horrible bosses" with jennifer aniston, jason bateman.

>> she's playing against type, a dentist who harasses her staffer. kevin spacey. three guys who make a pact over drinks to kill their bosses. one of the run a chi movies that's going to be r-rated. this summer might be the summer of the raunchy comedy. >> justin timberlake, friends with benefits. >> just like "no strings attached," the natalie portman-ashton kutcher movie from earlier this year. justin and mila make a pact they're going to sleep together but nothing more romantic than that. no relationship. you see what happens from there. >> the hillarity ensues. >> what about for kids? >> there's a movie called "super 8." it's not kid movie but kidlike. a j.j. abrams movie about a

group of kids in ohio 1979 who are making a movie at night on a super 8 camera where they see this train crash and it turns out the cargo on the train came from area 51 and like an alien gets on the loose. but it's much more kid friendly than a lot of the other summer b blockbusters. >> we'll be right back.,, [ jerry ] look at this! you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans check this out. [ beep ] oops, my bad. earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby!

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okay. welcome back to "the early show." before we say good-bye, we're talking movies a second ago. what's the big movie everyone is looking forward to. >> "bridesmaids." >> i'm with you. >> i'm with you on what you're dieing to see. >> "kung fu panda 2" and "cars 2". >> cannot wait. >> every single movie coming out

this summer is a sequel. >> just about. >> i do want to -- i know "hangover ii" has gotten mediocre reviews but it's a must see. >> a carbon copy of "hangover i." frame-to-frame. but there are laugh out loud funny moments in it and it's making an absolute killing. and you have to see "bridesmaids." it's good. >> yeah. yeah. >> we need to have the lunch date. >> we've been trying to get lunch and movie. >> i want a vat on popcorn filled up with peanutm&ms? >> inside the popcorn? >> yeah. >> local news coming up next. see you tomorrow. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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westbound side. busy coming away from the altamont pass. on the maps, busy along 101. that's because slick surfaces out there due to the wet weather that lawrence has been talking about. you can see traffic is busy both directions of 101. seeing some delays on 80 as well as you come away from the skyway. bay bridge, though, metering lights are on but look at that looking a lot better, lawrence. of course, slick surface. >> yeah. we have that rain out there and looks like it's going to continue on and off today so be prepared if you are headed out the door. we have some showers out there pretty good line along the peninsula. the heaviest amounts of rain confined to the north bay so watch out for that in that direction. but we are going to see showers today and tomorrow, as well. the core of the low will spin off the coast so unsettled tomorrow with the possibility of some thunderstorms. dry day it looks like on thursday, but boy, as we head in toward friday, things could get real interesting. we have this next storm dropping in bring with it rain in the latter part of the day on friday, becoming heavy at times overnight friday and looks like into saturday, a chance of more scattered showers ride on in through the

weekend.