guide, mike cost stella costello. >> she released that fish! >> you're just jealous. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com . . good morning. wheels down. the space shuttle "endeavour" finishes its final mission with a fer effect landing overnight. next up for commander, mark kelly, eye reunion with his wife, congresswoman, gabrielle giffords. political theater, sarah palin's traveling show stops in times square for a visit with donald trump. this as declared gop candidates vie for the media spotlight with the former alaska governor, while the race for the republican nomination heats up. and cancer concerns, the largest study yet finds that heavy cell phone use could increase the risk of brain cancer. we will tell you what you need to know and what you need to avoid "early" this wednesday morning, june 1st, 2011. you need to avoid, "early" this morning, wednesday, june 1st, 2011.

captioning funded by cbs welcome to the "early" show. good morning. i'm chris wragge. i'm rebecca jarvis. it is the 1st of june. that means hurricane season is officially under way. forecasters predict 3-6 major hurricanes. we will visit galveston, texas after hurricane ike did $30 billion in damage three years ago. mary so marysol castro is there. the shuttle landed at kennedy space center overnight, closing another chapter in nasa's long running program. michelle miller is here. good morning. good morning, chris. this was the last trip into space for "endeavour," which is being retired. the final shuttle mission aboard "atlantis" is set to lift off next month.

the shuttle program has only done half the flights na 23sa intended when it began three decades ago. >> space shuttle "endeavour" is coming in for a landing. >> reporter: when "endeavour" touched down it was its 25th and final landing. >> touchdown. >> the program that has been through 134 missions, built the international space station and delivered the hubbell tell scone into orbit ends this summer. >> it is going to be probably five or six years, maybe seven before we have a new u.s. spacecraft. >> it is sad to see her land for the last time. >> reporter: this morning "atlantis" marked the end of an era, now the only american spacecraft to mission for human flight, with its final set for july 8th. >> there's a certain irony that 50 years later that after the americans supposedly won the space race the only way for u.s. astronauts to get to and from earth orbit is aboard russian rocketships that, sticks in the

craw of a lot who work at the space center. >> reporter: "atlantis'" final mission is to prepare for the future. >> they're trying to get the space station stocked up with enough on-board supplies to make it for a year so they think this is critical to help with the space station. >> reporter: the hope is in the next decade to replace the shuttle with a multipurpose vehicle that can transport crews even further into space. a reboot says four-time shuttle astronaut scott altman that will bring nasa full circle. >> we went from barn stormers to getting on a shuttle and nol thinking about it. it was a brunlg for us to making space flight appear to the public to be almost routine. >> "endeavour" commander mark kelly's next step is a reunion with his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords, in houston still recovering from her january gunshot wound.

>> cbs's michelle miller here in the studio. thank you. thanks, chris. now, to washington and the noisy debate over our federal debt. president obama meets with dozens of house republicans who voted to stop the government from boroughing more money. cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill. good morning, nancy. >> good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: republicans held a vote to prove that any attempt to raise the debt ceiling without cutting spending is doomed to fail. democrats called it a stunt with the potential to harm the markets. >> this is like a dance today. >> reporter: what democrats call political theater, republicans described as an important political statement, holding a vote on a bill they unanimously oppose. to raise the debt ceiling with no strings attached. >> this vote, a vote based on legislation i have introduced, will and must fail. >> reporter: and fail it did. >> and the bill is not passed. >> reporter: by a wide margin,

with every single republican voting no. >> this wild spending spree the press has been on the last two years has to come to an end. >> reporter: 82 democrats also voted no while their leadership continued to blame republicans for driving up the debt in the bush years by lowering taxes and going to war with iraq. >> they ran up the debt and now they don't want to pay their bills. >> reporter: the nation actually hit its $14.3 trillion debt ceiling two weeks ago and since then has been taking emergency measures such as liquidating some investments which the treasury secretary says will keep the government defaulting on its debts until august. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is not an honest debate, this is not an honest proposal. this is a serious issue. >> reporter: behind closed doors a small group of republicans and democrats led by vice president biden are taking it seriously, trying to come up with cuts worth more than $1 trillion, in order to offset an increase in

the debt ceiling but freshmen republicans who campaigned on fiscal discipline are pushing for larger cuts. >> we've seen what has happened in greece and ireland and i reject that future for the united states. >> reporter: this vote took place after the markets closed yesterday, so it's unclear what, if any, impact it will have today. republican leaders privately assured leaders on wall street that this was just a symbolic vote and they would vote to raise the debt limit once the conditions were met. >> they have a little time before the august 2 deadline. wall street will be watching with the biden group. does it look like there is going to be some consensus in this bipartisan group before that deadline? >> reporter: both sides say that's what they're committed to. there is disagreement between the two sides about how much time they have. the administration says august 2 is the drop dead date. that's when the u.s. could start to default on its loans but republicans many freshman

republicans in particular say there's no reason why we can't continue to go on past august 2nd. they would like to hold out for a better deal. >> cbs's nancy cordes on capitol hill. thank you. here is chris. >> rebecca, thank you. this morning as former, alaskan governor continues her bus tour, others are trying to get the press to focus on them. jan crawford has the latest from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. sarah palin is making her way up the east coast in that bus, there is a lot going on elsewhere like in iowa and new hampshire. the republican presidential hopefuls hit the trail this week. former minnesota governor, tim pawlenty was in iowa taking on president obama. >> fluffy promises don't buy gas and pay the mortgage and make a paycheck.

>> reporter: michele bachmann was making changes at the white house. and herman cain who will likely find himself second in a gop contender release a new have you had yoi. >> put your hands together for the next president of the united states. >> reporter: in it, he makes a staunch defense of the tea party. >> to all of those people that say the tea party is a racist organization, eat your words. >> reporter: for the third straight day over the one nation tour, most of the attention was on non-candidate sarah palin, the media chased her by air and on the ground, and even got in the occasional question. >> reporter: do you think you can beat president obama? >> to put it concisely, yes, i do, thank you for asking. >> reporter: palin did down sit down for one interview with her employer, fox news. >> it's not pictures of sarah palin out on this bus. this isn't about me. it is about our charters of

liberty. >> reporter: and off to new york for a pizza dinner with donald trump who not too long ago was being chased by the media himself as he also flirted with the presidential run. the two of them together, a match made in media heaven. a trump spokesman said he and palin are friends and that they talked about having dinner whenever she and her husband were in new york. he of course decided not to run for president and to keep that television show "celebrity apprentice" but whether palin will take a similar path and stay with her television commitment and speaking engagements and remain a celebrity and not a candidate that is anyone's guess. >> this has been quite the clandestine bus tour. following it everywhere, meeting with donald trump. does all this attention on people that aren't running right now like sarah palin who has not officially announced her candidacy or chris christie, the governor of the state of new jersey, does this reflect real

dissaturdays fak among republicans with the current field? >> sarah palin is a phenomenon all unto herself but there is unhappiness among the current candidates, among republicans and we've seen top republicans try to persuade other people to jump in. yesterday, for example, a group of big time iowa businessmen flew to new jersey for a meeting . so far, he is saying he won't run. this, we've got to look back. in many ways this really is like 1992. then it was the democrats who were complaining about their candidates and they were begging other people to get in like mario cuomo. when everyone in 1992 was looking for all those big names, begging people to get in, there was this obscure governor from arkansas who was out there, on the campaign trail, meeting voters named bill clinton, so today, i mean, many republicans

think their next nominee is already in the race and this is just a distraction in this effort to recruit somebody else to get in. >> jan crawford, for us in d.c. this morning. thanks so much. >> now, we turn to jeff glor standing by at the news desk with a check of today's other headlines. good morning, jeff. good morning to you and everyone at home. a bigger problem than ever. the faa is targeting those lasers that some people point at planes. the faa is announcing this morning it's imposing big fines again anyone caught aiming laser beams into the cockpit of a plane. the maximum civil penalty is $11,000. right now, there is no federal law to prosecute in court. lasers can temporarily blind a pilot. offenders will now be considered to be interfering with a flight crew. the same statute that protects them from hijackers. there have been 1100 reported incidents this year. ratko mladic will be aryaned by the tribunal on

friday. they want to now how he evaded capture for 16 years. he spent the night in isolation and faces 11 charges including genocide for his alleged roll in the killing of 8,000 muslims during the bosnian war. nato will extend its air campaign in libya for another 90 days. officials say that decision sends a clear message to moammar gadhafi that nato is determined to protect the libyan people. more violence in yemen and syria. >> in yemen's capital, 41 people died in fighting this morning between government forces and rebel trinsmen and near duraa in southern syria, shelling by army troops have killed at least eight including an 11 years girl. new information about the arrest of two terror suspects who appeared in court in louisville, kentucky, yesterday, an unusual case connected back to iraq. bob orr is in washington with more on this story.

bob, good morning to you. exactly who are these men and what are they charged with right now? >> very interesting case. both suspects are from iraq originally and the past two years lived in bowling green, kentucky. prosecutors say for eight years, they have supported al qaeda's insurgency against u.s. soldiers in iraq. alwan is specifically accused of making and placing roadside bombs while in iraq in 2003 and 2006. both have been charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. >> bob, how did they make the case? >> well it's interesting there, the men moved to the u.s. two years ago. the fbi got some tip and began watching them and used an informant to record the conversations. alwan said he had been involved in attacks. this is really great. an fbi was able to match alwan's fingerprints lifted from a bomb

found in iraq in 2005. also, the informants has helped alwan and they helped collect cash and weapons. we thought it would be sent to iraqi fighters. but we know it was government-supplied material under strict control of the fbi. >> bob i think a lot of people might be wondering why these two men were in the u.s. in the first place. >> they shouldn't have been here. they came here with iraqis who were seeking safe harbor. 50,000 iraqis have come to the u.s. over the past five years since 2006. the refugee screening should have been tighter than it was. the men never should have been told here. the screening gaps which caused this problem have been closed. >> bob orr, thanks for your reporting. after one final sweep to look for tornado survivors, cleanup will officially begin in joplin, missouri. the national guard will lead the

effort to remove the mountain of debris. more than 8,000 buildings and homes were damaged or destroyed by that tornado more than a week ago. 120 people were killed and ten people are still missing. it is 15 minutes past the hour. chris, you saw the damage down there. it will take awhile. >> a long, long time, thank you. marysol castro is in galveston, texas, this morning, for the official start of hurricane season with our first check of the weather on the morning. marysol, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris and rebecca. good morning, everyone at home. the sun has just started to rise over galveston, bay. this very tranquil scene is a stark contrast to just three years ago, september 13th, 2008

>> thanks so much. i'll have more on your outlook later on in the show. back up to new york for chris and rebecca. >> thanks, see you in a bit. >> these storms they have a massive impact not only on the humans locally but the whole economy, but we'll watch that. >> down in houston, texas, in that area. >> exactly. coming up ahead this morning, we have new concerns about cell phone use raising the

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still to come here on "the early show" the black boxes from air france's flight 447 are yielding new clues about that tragedy two years ago today. coming up reaction from cbs news aviation and safety expert captain sully sullenberg enand how pilots should prepare for danger. plus a new report on cell phone use that connects it to brain cancer. we'll look at the evidence and help you protect yourself here on "the early show" on cbs. this portion sponsored by the home depot, more saving,

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looking for suspects in two car theft cases that became o, time for some news headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. police are looking for two suspects in a car theft case that became a kidnapping in vallejo. two men stopped a car last night, stolen at gunpoint. there was 2.5-year-old girl that was in the back seat of that car. she managed to get out and look for some help after the robber abandon that car. and in morgan hill a 1- month-old is back with her parents this morning. her mother left the girl in the car when she went into a food bank. she left the keys in the car. the stolen car was found near salinas later. the mother and daughter are back together. lawyers for the l.a. assault suspect giovanni ramirez say they have several people prepared to testify that ramirez was not at dodger stadium at the time bryan stow was beaten. ramirez is planning to take a

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two years ago today, air france flight 447 disappeared en route from rio de janeiro to paris. captain sully sullenberger tells us what happened in the cockpit will resonate for generations of flyers. he'll join with us his advice for pilots to head off similar accidents and keep the public safe. welcome back to the early show. i'm chris wragge along with rebecca jarvis. erica hill is off today. good morning, we're looking at our cell phones. this morning, red flags for callers over brain cancer, a new world health organization study warns of a possible increased risk for heavy cell phone users. we'll look at that new report

and ask dr. jennifer ashton if it is time for us to hang up our cell phone habit. first jeff glor has another look at the top

two years ago today air france flight 447 headed from ri joe dejanuary row to paris, crashed into the atlantaic ocean killing all 228 people on board. using new clues from the black boxes, experts say pilot error may have played a major role in the disaster. elaine quijano has the story.

>> reporter: data from the black box recorder shows air france flight 447 took a terrifying plunge calling 11,000 pete per minute. now it's asked whether better pilot training could have prevented the disaster. it was the 32-year-old co-pilot who announced "i have the controls" who announced the autopilot disengaged. the 58-year-old captain was on a break and not in the cockpit. the co-pilot initially pointed the nose down as pilots are trained to do to pick up speed and lift but when he levelled off and the second stall warning sounded he pointed the nose up, and one minute before the plane hit the water he handed responsibility to the other co-pilot saying "you have the controls," but it was too late,

the captain eventually entered the cockpit but never took the controls. an air france official defended the pilot said we had an optimal level of competency in this air france plane's cockpit. recently the faa announced recommendations to overhaul pilot training in response to the crash of colgan air flight 3407 near buffalo, new york, in 20 2009. >> the reality is that the training must change so that in fact they are getting back to the basics of being a pilot, and that means they've got to train to proficiency, being able to do the kinds of things that in fact pilots must do in emergencies. >> reporter: but even with the recommendations it could take months for airlines to upgrade their training program. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. >> joining us is captain chesley sullenberg sullenberger, making his first

cbs news appearance. could this disaster have been averted with better training by these pilots? >> it's important that we design our air flight and procedures and train our pilots in such a way that they can solve whatever problem they may face. what the industry is going to do is look at these questions and answer them well. i think we need to give our pilots more challenging training more often and give them a chance to practice these important fundamental skills the ability to quickly demonstrate mastery of the airplane itself and systems and whatever situation they may face. >> how do you train pilots for the unexpected like this? is there a specific drill that works hand in hand with a problem experienced on flight 447? >> as aircraft accidents become more rare, their causes may

become more unique. we have to have this well intentionized set of fundamental skills we can bring to bear very quickly. one of the things we need to do is give them more exposure. i can tell you from firsthand experience after many years of thousands of routine flights how sudden emergencies have a very huge startle effect and it takes a lot of discipline to be able to focus clearly on the task at hand in spite of that. one of the things we could do and the ability for over a half a century is to provide and display directly in the cockpit this critical angle of attack information, this angle of the air flow over the wing information that the airplane already measures but not displayed to the pilot. had they had the information displayed directly into the cockpit it would have helped them. >> you can speak to this from personal experience, hours and hours and hours of being in a

plane, you rely on instincts and worked very well for you when you needed it to rely on all of that time you spent in the cockpit. the french official felt there was an adequate level of competency on 447. with just the anlz of the pilots being so young, do you think there was an adequate level of competency in the cockpit? >> we have to make sure that our procedures are designed, that our airplanes are designed to keep pilots clearly in the loop so that they are ready and able to intervene when things suddenly go wrong, and that's an issue now these highly automated airplanes. we have to design our airplanes and our procedures to keep pilots engaged and involved so they're able to very quickly intervene when necessary. >> what technical changes in airplanes need to be made in order to keep them more engaged like you mentioned? >> i think our procedures have to be designed to take into account that we have a human

technology system and in this case this system failed us. the airplanes and the people have to be able to work together very effectively in a collaborative way and the people have to be able to very instantly respond to whatever situation they might face, whatever challenges they might face. >> captain thank you for speaking to us, good to have you on board. >> thank you, good to be with you. >> good to see you as well. up to 5 billion of us use cell phones. new evidence says we might be raising our risk of getting brain cancer. we'll have advice when we come back. this is the early show here on cbs. [ female announcer ] we asked coffee lovers

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in this morning's "health watch" cell phones and cancer. the woerld health organization finds evidence of a new possible connection. >> reporter: it's easy for consumers to be confused about cell phone safety. studies have looked at whether radio waves transmitted by cell

phones can lead to brain tumors with conflicting results. >> the problem we have, there hasn't been any perfect study. >> reporter: now a group of international scientists completed a more comprehensive review concluding cell phones are possibly carcinogenic. >> to put it in perspective it doesn't mean we'll see an epidemic of brain cancer. when the scientists look at the data in total the conclusion is yes there is a possible risk, particularly when you begin to have long-term exposure. >> reporter: the new study by the world health organization looked at cell phone use of 30 minutes a day over ten years. neurologist dr. keith black says in effect it's like a microwave next to your brain. >> it could potentially be heating, cooking the brain over time. >> it will definitely be of concern, there's no question about it. >> it makes sense because it hurts when you talk on the phone for awhile. >> reporter: the cell phone industry is downplaying the results citing the fda which

found the weight of scientific evidence has not linked cell phones with any health problems. still, nearly 5 billion mobile users worldwide are being urged to use their cell phones less. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> joining us is medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton. >> good morning, rebecca. >> we've so many conflicting reports along this analysis i should say that the world health organization has done. what does it mean? >> this is the latest chapter, at this point there remain more unanswered questions than real answers at this point. basically the world health organization has evaluated the existing evidence on cell phones and they're erring on the side of caution. they're saying we just don't know so we are going to be overly cautious. there could be a link when they put this in the category of possibly carcinogenic or cancer

causing they're saying there is limited evidence existing in human beings, the animal studies might be limited or insufficient to make a judgment and therefore they're erring on the side of caution. >> they're showing this possible link with brain cancer. >> correct. >> what does the connection mean between phones and brain cancer? >> we have to remember that cell phones emit radio frequency energy. it's like a microwave basically. when you're talking about that, recent studies have shown that cell phone use can change the way the brain cells use sugar or glucose, it can affect that type of metabolism if it's prolonged use and high frequency use, pardon the pun, there can potentially be cellular changes. when you look at brain cancer, you have to understand that the cell phone use in the world has gone up dramatically over the past decade. brain tumor rates have remain unchanged so this will be an area of ongoing research. >> what it about child's exposure here?

>> when it you talk about children over three-quarters of children aged 12 and under in that age group already have use of a cell phone. they're using it longer and we don't know what the effects are on the developing brain. we do know their skull is a little bit thinner than the adult skull so there are zero data looking at cell phone use in kids. those studies will be ongoing. >> what can they change? >> a couple of things you want to limit your use if you can use a hands free device or speakerphone you want to do that, the further away you keep the cell phone from your head the better, that's a basic principle when you talk about radiation exposure. as long as you're not driving, texting might be better, writing a letter, using hands free twices might be better. >> snail mail and land line. thank you as always. we'll be right back. this is "the early show" on cbs.

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the city of capitola it is 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. the city of capitola will not be getting any disaster funds from the state to recover from the march floods. damage is estimated at more than $1.5 million. the city has already burned through its reserves. it's waiting on a request for federal disaster money. former bart police officer johannes mehserle expected to be released from jail in a couple of weeks. the "oakland tribune" says mehserle will be freed after serving about eleven months of a two-year sentence. he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the 2009 death of oscar grant iii. the hayward man was shot to death as mehserle tried to detain him at the fruitvale bart station in oakland. we'll take a look at traffic and our everchanging weather in just a moment. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. i'm gianna franco in the traffic center. 580/680 toward pleasanton near the dublin interchange. traffic sluggish with extra volume out of the altamont pass. jumping to the maps, also a little slow and go southbound 101 past paradise. got a stalled vehicle stuck in the road, traffic is backed up

as a result. south of there, extra volume approaching the golden gate bridge. 19 minutes south 101 from 37 to 580. in the south bay, north 101 business as usual, through san jose, also taking 280 through downtown san jose we are seeing traffic really stacked up through that area. so give yourself some extra time. that's a look at your morning drive. lawrence has the forecast. >> here come the storm clouds and yes, we have seen scattered showers around the bay area already today but look at that band of moisture that's pushing onshore. already showing up in parts of the north bay towards point reyes, inverness. you have rainfall moving in, moderate to heavy amounts of rainfall. could see some thunderstorms embedded in this line. looks like it will drive down across the rest of the bay area, too. so prepare, folks. we are going to see heavier rainfall this morning. more showers in the afternoon with a possibility of some isolated thunderstorms. tomorrow, should be a break with some partly cloudy skies. but by friday, those clouds move in again late in the day. chance of rain becoming heavy at times overnight friday night

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welcome back to "the early show" here on cbs. i'm chris wragge with rebecca jarvis who's filling in today for erica hill. >> good morning. good to be here. >> coming up, the economy is improving but home prices and home sales are dropping like a rock. >> and according to a key housing index, only one major city in th >> only one major city has seen prices rise. everywhere else prices are down and it is dragging down the economic recovery. we are going to look at why many people would rather rent rather than buy. and that makes financial sense. >> it has been a big story all

year. and now it is time for weather watchers to turn towards hurricanes. today is the first day of the hurricane season. we have more on that. good morning again. >> good morning, chris. well galveston knows devastation all too well. this city bore witness to the first and deadliest storm ever. it was known as the storm of 1900. 6 tho,000 people died. more than a century later, the city was tested yet again. hurricane ike back in 2008 and despite the devastation, they know here that back then and today, they will forever be resilient. it was a storm the size of the very state it hit. hurricane ike made landfall as a strong category two hurricane in 2008.

packing 110 mile per hour winds and a 15 foot surge of water. it was the third costliest hurricane in history. >> it is going to come back. >> for natalie, she owned his restaurant and had been open for one year when ike hit. she never lost hope in her city or community. >> how many? >> you make two choices i think. you pick up and do or you don't. and we just started working right away. >> three years later, business is booming and natalie is proof positive that galveston has made a come back. 2008 was the first time that it made a come back. this year an active season is predicted. >> it is going to continue this season as well.

that means above average hurricane activity. >> hi, mrs. thomas, how are you? >> lida an thomas was the mayor when ike made land fall. >> we have been through a lot of bad times and a lot of good times. >> after the hurricane of 1900, the deadliest natural disaster in u.s. history. more than 6,000 lives were lost. we didn't have bonds, fema, insurance, the city had no money. the mayor saw the city through the darkest hours. and now the city's wounds are still healing. if 2011 marks the return of another active hurricane season, at least one survivor is prepared to stay. >> family and memories and you know, tears. yeah. too much.

>> and chris, i have to tell you, there is a bit of a contrast. where you saw all that, the streets are bustling with folks. businesses are expected to come back. but closer to the sea wall you can see one rebuilt house and two empty lots. one house in the process of being constructed and then four empty lots. galveston lost 10 to 12% of the population and they are working to bring folks back. we will see you ain i couple of minutes. >> joins us now, fema administrator. how are you? >> good. >> forecasters are calling for a very active hurricane season what you want to hear after a very active tornado season. what is fema doing to prepare for this new hurricane season? >> what we do every year. that is to get ready.

the forecast won't tell us how many will make landfall. the other part is making sure people on the coast have gotten their plans ready for the season. >> you guys are in missouri and the other areas devastated buy these deadly tornados. as far as fema's ability to respond, where do you stand right now? >> well, we are in good shape. if you look at search and rescue teams, and the response capabilities, they are set for the next disaster. we are set for the hurricane season and we don't have limits factors other than making sure the public is ready. >> what is your biggest concern for areas along the mississippi that were subject to massive flooding here. what is your biggest concern in that area? >> it is going to come back to evacuations?

along the coast, people in the jo zones need to he'd those. we'll deal with damages but life safety becomes the priority. >> i want to go back to joplin for a second. we had a chance to talk for a number of times. you had the chance to speak with the president on sunday. what update will you give him today? >> again, what he wants to know is are we doi ining everything get ready with the federal agencies. again, with the storms, i want people to understand, as much as we have been focused on this, we have been focused on other disasters. this is something we need to be aware of. >> if you had to give people two or three top tips out there, as the hurricane season approaches for the people that are in the hurricane regions across this

country, what advice would you give them? >> the first thing is find out if you live in a evacuation zone, if you plan to evacuate when the order is given and don't wait. get one now and go to ready.gov and get started today. it is never too late. >> thank you again. good to speak with you as always. >> that is one of the things that marysol mentioned. they were asked to evacuate and a lot of people didn't he'd that warning. >> yeah, you got to get out. always listen and do what they tell you. jeff gloris at the news desk. >> good morning. not complicated stuff. right? good morning. shuttle endeavor is back on earth this morning. its career now complete. ending a 16 day mission to the international space station and

mark kelly spoke on the runway. >> it is great to be back here. it is great to bring endeavor back in great shape. looks like it is ready to do another mission. but this is going to be the last flight. >> kelly a's wife gabrielle giffords, followed the mission from a hospital room. >> atlantis is due to make the final flight from the shuttle program in july. president and house republicans discussed the nation's debt limit this morning. republicans want any increase to be tied to spending cuts. yesterday the borrowing limit was defeated. they voted against their own bill so they could force the president's hand. sarah palin brought her one-nation bus tour to new york yesterday in a meeting with donald trump. trump did give her some

encouragement. >> she's a terrific woman. but i will tell you, she is a great woman and a good friend. >> i love eher to run. >> after their meeting, they shared pizza for dinner but using forks not their hands, come on. a flight from washington to ghana on sunday sent fighter jets scrambling. great story. the washington post reports a scuffle started after a man reclined his seat and smacked him in the head. fighter jets ended up es skocor the flight back to washington airport and no charges were filed. the great debate, should you recline or not. >> yeah, right?

>> not if you are going to get smacked in the head. maybe a little bit. >> air travel. >> make sure there is nothing on the reclined seat. >> relax, right? >> back with another check of the weather for us. >> good morning again. >> good morning. i have to tell you guys, i recline and i hope that no one ever smacks me in the back of my head. let's take a look at the maps and show you what is in store for your weather. the heat continues and now we are looking at

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week two of the casey anthony murder trial, interest industrial intense. this morning spectators rushing to claim a seat in court. look at this scene, in the courtroom on tue i swore at her and hit the bed. and ran out and called the police again. >> reporter: when prosecutors

played the recording of that 911 call, cindy anthony slumped on the witness stand as she relived the horror of that day. >> reporter: prosecutors say they could never confirm the existence of the babysitter that casey anthony blamed for her daughter's disappearance. much of tuesday's testimony involved casey's white pontiac sunfire, a car she had abandoned. >> there's something wrong. i found my daughter's car today. it smells like there's been a dead body in the car. >> reporter: but on the stand, casey's mother denied whether she ever said it smelled like a dead body in the car. >> the person that you dropped caylee with doesn't even exist.

>> because they can't find her in the florida database. >> reporter: anthony goes on to complain that everyone is abandoning her. >> nobody in my own family is on my side. >> yes, they are. >> they just want caylee back. that's all they're worried about is getting caylee back. >> reporter: anthony could face the death penalty if she's convicted. the trial is expected to take up to eight weeks. coming up next here on "the early show," home sales hit a new low. we'll see if buying a home right now is actually right for you. but you may not know it can also mean destruction. not just of your joints, but of the things you love to do. and the longer you live with the aching, swelling, and stiffness, the closer you may be to having your favorite things... taken away from you.

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there is more bad news for the housing market. index of home prices in 20 major cities hit its lowest level since 2002 and percentage of americans who own their own home

has fallen to just over 66%, the lowest in 13 years. none of this is good for the economic recovery. >> one next to me, foreclosure. >> calvin carr's street is the napshot of america, seven out of nine homes in foreclosure, a telltale sign the economy has a long way to go. >> houses are going for half price, that makes a drop in the property value period. >> reporter: in the enchanted forest subdivision, homes are selling for 70% less than they were eight years ago. >> this is a little discouraging, a lot discouraging really. >> reporter: he's hardly alone. what was once considered the american dream is for many a neverending financial nightmare. since this time last year home values have plunged 5.1%. >> what's happening is there's more supply than what can be absorbed, the prices are going down, and that's causing adverse feedback, because it's causing people to be more fearful of

buying. >> reporter: in san francisco the double dip crisis is a reality. mark and susan weiss have been renting in the bay area since 2003. they're afraid to buy because they don't know if the market has reached bottom yet. >> i don't have that much confidence the home prices are going to start soaring any time soon, so i really don't feel like we're missing out on anything. >> you could pay a lot on a mortgage but we don't pay that much for rent so gives us flexibility and the ability to vacation, shop, do whatever we want. >> reporter: back in the enchanted forest subdivision, 18 homes sold in the last year, 17 from foreclosure to short sale. anthony lane used to own one of the homes. now he has a job mowing lawns at the place next door but hoping to get his dream back. >> i hate this, take advantage of a foreclosure because i've been through it but right now you know, that's one of the ways we're going to go to try to get

back in a home. >> it is obviously troubling to see this taking place but there is some value out there right now. >> a lot of inventory for sure. the big question out there is to own or not to own, like we just saw by a number of the people here in the piece. is it really cheaper to rent than it is to buy? >> what's fascinating, 80% of the major cities in the country, it's a better deal to buy a home than it is to rent that very home and a lot of the places where we've seen foreclosures hit them the hardest from detroit to las vegas, phoenix, miami, these are places where it makes more sense to own on a month-to-month basis because you'll play less monthly than in rent. >> additional pros to owning? >> discount on prices, 31% since 2006, the value price of homes. decision to that, mortgage rates are near record lows, 4.6% for a 30-year fixed rate, hard to find a point in time to do better

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san francisco mayor ed lee will is first budget th it is 8:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. san francisco mayor ed lee will unveil his first budget this morning. better-than-expected tax revenues may help the city avoid mass layoffs. it's currently facing a $306 million deficit. today hayward officers expected to release more information in the case of a missing student. four different search warrants have been issued in the search for michelle le, a 26-year-old last seen friday night. she had just left a nursing class at kaiser permanente in hayward. and chp officers searching for the driver of an acura rsx that crashed into two cars and a big rig on interstate 880 in oakland. that crash shut down part of the freeway this morning, tying up traffic for about six hours. crews had to clean up about 200

gallons of december of fuel that was leaked -- of diesel fuel that was leaked by the rig. four people were injured. traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. i'm serious. mainly in traffic. we've been together, what, a super long time. true. and at first it was all business, yw, i'd take him here, i'd take him there. everywhere. and over the years, we've really bonded. sure. why else would you always buy me chevron with techron? 'cause we need gas. i think it's more than that. i think that you care about me. you're a good friend. best friends? um, uh, yes, best friends. yeah. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you. care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car.

good morning from the traffic center. if you are taking caltrain, heads up. we have delays to report. northbound train number 329 is

running about 12 minutes late. bart, ace and muni are all on time. also, capitol corridor delays for train number 518 between martinez and suisun. that's running about 18 minutes behind schedule. 880 sluggish northbound coming out of oakland. southbound doing okay as you work your way toward hayward. all lanes open northbound 880. delays heading into the maze. once you hit the bay bridge toll plaza business as usual, stop and go as you approach. looks like they are busy across the upper deck, as well. lawrence has the forecast. >> strong storms bringing heavy rainfall in parts of the north bay. look at this line here, folks. this is something else. it's moving onshore right now extending down now just off the coastline of the san francisco area. so we are expecting that to move onshore here in the very short future and that means we are going to see some heavy rainfall with the possibility of some embedded thunderstorms. so we may hear the rumble of thunder out there, as well. going to be unsettled throughout the day today a break in the storms for tomorrow but then looks like late in the day on friday the clouds return. here comes the rain, looks like

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welcome back to t"the early show" here on the corner of 59th and 5th in new york city. rebecca jarvis in for erica hill, good morning. nice to see you again. stirring up controversy, peter thiel, the co-founder of

paypal is paying students $100,000 giving up college for two years and two young men who caught his eye. >> also coming up ahead are women drowning in a sea of celebrity chitchat. lisa bloom says our obsession with the rich and famous is preventing us from leading rich and connected lives. how women can stay smart and doing it in this dumbed down world. >> the interest in sarah palin's bus tour is overshadowing candidates. including herman cain, joins us from atlanta his hometown. good morning to you. >> fine, thank you, chris, happy to be with you. >> we're not going to talk about sarah palin.

right now i want to talk about you. earlier our political jan crawford you're going to have a strong showing in a new poll released out of iowa. you visited that state 14 times. i'd like to ask you, why are you connecting so well with primary voters inowa do you think? >> i happen to think it's because of, one, my common sense solutions, two, i think i'm connecting because of my passion about my support and belief in the constitution, the free market system, and fiscal responsibility. i think it's the common sense principles that i bring to the party that's connecting with people and the passion that we can fix a lot of the problems that this country faces. >> you talk about the common sense solutions, a tea party favorite, flat tax guy. >> fair tax. >> if you were elected president how would you pay down this $14 trillion deficit the country faces? any specifics you can give us? >> i sure can. first we've got to get the economy growing at the rate that it could grow so i would support lowering corporate tax rates and

personal rates, taking capital gains tax to zero, and also providing a real payroll tax holiday for employees and employers and this is the most important thing, make them permanent, because then it will get this uncertainty that's holding this economy back so if we have the economy growing the right way we're going to have more tax revenue coming in and then as president, i'd do an across the board cut of all agencies of about 10%, and then look for overlapping inefficient, redundant programs in the government and get rid of them, and then when i put together the fiscal budget on proposed fiscal budget for the upcoming year spend within our means. this is how we get that debt coming down, increase revenue, at the same time getting serious about cutting. >> let's talk about name recognition, fund-raising, those are obviously both key in a presidential campaign. you've got an example, mitt romney, who raises $10 million in a one-daytime period. your political action committee

right now has a little over $16,000 in it. how do you compete with a guy like mitt romney or any of the other candidates on a national level? >> first of all, don't look at the political action committee, that account went dormant at the end of december. we have our actual account friends of herman cain, people can find at hermancain.com. i assure you we have more than that, cash on hand and we will be reporting in july. here is our strategy, my strategy. we don't have to raise the most amount of money. we just need to raise enough money to be competitive, because there's an element going on in this campaign that money can't buy. the fact that my message is resonating so well, our ground game, our grassroots development is far exceeding a lot of the other candidates. so we don't plan to try to raise $1 billion or outraise the other candidates. my mess annual of common sense solutions, my passion and connecting with the people who vote, that's what's going to

make the difference in this campaign long-term. >> mr. cain, can i get a one-word answer, seeing sarah palin on the bus tour with donald trump, does it frustrate you a little people that aren't candidates yet getting attention? >> nope, one word, nope. >> a man of your word, we thank you for that quick response. reverend cain we appreciate your time this morning. >> my pleasure thanks a lot. >> jeff glor at the news desk with us now and update of the headlines once again. >> good morning to you and everyone at home. the company that operated the bus involved in the fatal virginia crash yesterday has now been closed down by federal regulators. the sky express bus overturned about 30 miles north of richmond yesterday, four people died, more than 50 others were hurt. federal regulators say the company violated multiple safety regulations. nato is extending its air campaign in libya for another 90 days. nato secretary-general says the alliance will keep up the pressure on moammar gadhafi.

>> we send a clear message to the people of libya, nato, our partners, the whole international community stand with you, we stand united to make sure that you can shape your own future and that day is getting closer. >> the libya air campaign had been scheduled to end later this month. 365 new cases of a deadly strain of e. coli have been reported in germany this morning, that brings the total number of infected to over 1,500 now. so far it spread to nine countries, killing 15 people in germany, and one in sweden. all the victims traveled to northern germany, officials say the outbreak is not linked to vegetables from spain, as previously thought. they still do not know the source. a 16-year-old from britain has become the youngest person ever to climb the highest mountain on all seven continents. george atkinson made it to mt.

everest last week, three days shy of his 17th birthday. still 16 years old. the previous record

>> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now back over to chris in no, new york. >> thank you very much. a surprising idea, paying smart people a lot of money to stay out of college. it's the brainchild of one of the men who started paypal, he's giving some young people a chance to work on ideas that he believes can change the world.

imagine being 19 years old and getting $100,000 to start your own company. kiselov and 23 otha chance to do that when he was given a chance to realize dreams. >> i hope to see my equipment in a decade or two be the equipment to cure cancer or hiv/aids. >> alex dropped everything including college to reinvent the liquid chromatography mass spectrometer. kiselev believes he can change the world of medicine making the expensive devices more affordable. >> the cost is anywhere from $80,000 to $250,000. the cost i hope to achieve is $5,000 to $10,000. >> the ceo of open industrial incorporated, a high-tech startup. >> i'm taking what has already

been done and condensing it into cheap enough to sell to third world. >> he condensed gas powered porsche to electric. quit school two years before graduation. >> if i would have waited two years to start on this project the opportunity could have passed. >> under peter thiel's program the entrepreneurs must be committed to their field full time and give up college. they're given two years to prove their project will work. >> the beauty of the startup is this is not a 9:00 to 5:00 job. this is your future, this is your success or failure, everything rides on you doing well. >> joining us now are peter thiel, jim danielson and alex kiselev. peter, you give the kids $100,000 to drop out of school and work on their entrepreneurial dreams. what do you think about them staying in school, the tflipsid of that coin, wouldn't it be better for some to stay in and pursue higher education? >> we're not making any

categorical statements about education. it's good for some people, maybe most people to stay in school, but it is not good for everybody. there are people who are inventors, who are rent prenurs f are entrepreneurs and staying in school is not the right thing. people have a passionate, great idea that is going to change the world they should get started on it right away. >> what is so special about the kids you did choose, including the two sitting here? >> we had over 400 applicants. we've announced the program last september and it was an incredible caliber of people. it was really encouraging thing. there's so much pessimism about the future of the u.s. and looking at the amount of people who are passionate about creating great, new businesses gives one a real sense that the future of the u.s. is going to be a lot better. these two, as well as the other 22 that we ended up selecting

have been working on ideas for a number of years, typically they have mastered like an incredible expertise at these things and are all good reasons why they will be able to do more outside of college than in college. this is what the program is not about dropping out. dropping out has the connotation you stop education and do nothing. i think all of these people will do a lot more outside of college than they would have done in college. >> they're doing plenty just by looking at some of the ideas you guys have come up with, sounds as though you're way too smart to earn $100,000. does this sound like you're going to focus on the job at hand? >> i've only had two days in silicon valley but having 100% of my time to dedicate to the project i'll move forward a lot faster than spending a couple of hours a day after i finish classes. >> how about you, alex? with what it you're doing, trying to revolutionize the

whole medical industry. >> i've been programming since i was about 7, 8 years old. i've been doing everything outside of school and i think that i've learned everything i could through high school and college and now it's time to get out in the world and build things that will change it. >> obviously peter a very successful man, undergraduate degree and graduate degree from stamford. do you ever say to yourselves i'm going to do this for a little bit but then go back to school and finish my education or what you guys are dealing with, so far beyond that? >> well it is a little bit far beyond that, because i believe that you should learn everything you need to know in the world, just in the last week i've met so many entrepreneurs and learned so much that going back for example an mba wouldn't be the best use of my time. >> counterproductive. >> if i had to go back to college i might still finish college and go to law school, but i would do one thing differently, think about it a lot more. i think one of the challenges with our school system has become so much the default of what people do, you're a senior

in eye school, you go to college, senior in college, you go to grad school and education has become a way of not thinking about your future, and i think it is incredibly valuable and important thing to think about what great things you want to do in your life and not use education as a substitute for not thinking about the future. >> sounds like you got 24 kids that are already doing great things. we wish you the best. congratulations. >> thank you. >> probably be reading about you sooner than later. thanks. great idea. peter here to, jim danielson and alex kiselev, best of luck. speaking of thinking many in the u.s. are more aware of lindsay lohan's issues than the issues facing congress. according to new research as we become more and more obsessed with celebrity young women are the biggest losers. >> reporter: each week, millions of american women tune in to watch the inner workings of their favorite reality tv families. >> i know. >> reporter: while most can name at least one kardashian sister,

a new book says the majority can't name a single branch of the u.s. government. our federal government has three branches. can you name one? >> federal government. >> reporter: 8 million people follow kim kardashian's every move on twitter. how many of them follow national news headlines. can you name the american city where more than 100 people were recently killed in a tornado. >> i don't know, alabama? >> reporte >> i think that's tennessee. >> nothing. >> that's the state. >> reporter: joplin, missouri. close enough. >> "life and style." >> reporter: recent studies underscore the alarming impact. a quarter would rather win "america's next top model" than the nobel peace prize. half would rather get hit by a bus than get fat. and 51% would rather become

famous than become success envelope life. >> we've really lost our balance, we are focusing on the wrong things. >> reporter: at the news stand supply is driven by demand, gossin magazines like "us weekly" are thrivinging. the tabloid doubled circulation from 800,000 subscribers to nearly 2 million. >> it's more challenging to be a mainstream media outlet. many of them are turning more tabloid as they try in a desperate attempt to retain viewers and readers. >> reporter: those consumers of tabloid media are also flocking to the web, to sites offering up to the minute coverage of favorite celebrities. >> at hollywoodlife.com we have over 4 million unique visitors per month, and i would say close to 90% of them are female. young women have always looked to the celebrities of their time as role models. it used to be they were primarily interested in them as style and beauty role models but

they're also interested in the lifestyle choices that celebrities are making. >> reporter: experts worry, however, that this high level of interest is not without consequence. >> it's not creating meaning and allowing us to use our brains in a way that will ultimately make us more happy. >> cbs news legal analyst lisa bloom explores how we got this way and what women can do it "think: straight talk for women to stay sma are the in a dumbed down world." great to have you with us. obviously, troubling stuff to see. what inspired you to write this book? >> i've had the sense for some time that our culture is dumbing us down. 20% of americans think the sun revolves around the earth, interviews with young women couldn't say how many sides a triangle has, what country mexico city is in. i was shocked to discover college women could name more kardashians than wars we are in. i decided to write the book, the first is a wake-up call and the

second is a step by step guide to reclaim our brains and get us back on track. >> you urge the reader to think about the balance of power here in the united states, the fact that women here in this country don't hold the same level of power as they do elsewhere. >> there are a lot of widespread misperceptions in american culture. one is we're so far ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to women's right. we had hillary clinton and sarah palin in the last election. the bad news is of course that they lost and we never had a female president or vice president in this country, while many other countries in the world have. every other continent has had women as heads of state, presidents or prime ministers currently in australia, a female prime minister, the president of india, a country with 1 billion people is female, many countries in europe and south america have female heads of state. ireland has had presidents named mary for the last 20 years. >> it's such a good point. also students here in this country are spending fewer hours in school. >> that's something else that many americans don't know, that our kids have the shortest

school days in the first world, only about 32 hours a week, compared to europe, for example, where kids go to school 40, 45, even 60 hours a week in sweden and as a result our kids also have the shortest school year in the world, only about 180 days per year, other countries as many as 200, 250 tdays a year. so our kids are less competitive. >> we spend our time differently, more spent online and offer some solutions. tell us about those. >> for women the most important solution is to reclaim time to think. we've become distracted by the tabloid media culture. 20 times american women read tabloids. what do we do? i'm as guilty of this, online time, 28 hours a month for americans, the most in the first world, other countries spend significantly less time online, 19 hours, 17 hours, even 14 hours and by the way don't tell me you're reading serious news online, some of the top searches

were miley cyrus, kim kardash n kardashian. >> you're saying basically spend your time differently, use some of it just a thoughtful pursuit. >> read real books, look at real news online, connect, engage with the world. >> lisa bloom as always, thanks for being with us. read an excerpt from "think" on our ensite that's earlyshow.cbsnews.com. we'll be right back. this is "the early show" on [ male announcer ] hi lauren and greg, what's up?

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