have 100 cars you can park every one right on your property. >> we have to move. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com good morning. huma is home. democrats say embattled congressman anthony weiner could soon resign after his wife has returned home after an overseas trip. pressure on him to step down coming up. rescuers try to save an iowa family after a levee gives way and a giant fire out west is set to become the largest in arizona history. police are close to finding out what caused that massive blaze. the latest bad economic news. a drop in retail sales and falling consumer confidence. we will tell you why americans are suddenly buying less and what is feeding our fears of recovery. "early" this wednesday morning, june 15th, 2011.

captioning funded by cbs good morning. welcome to "the early show" on a wednesday morning. i'm chris wragge. >> i'm erica hill. ahead this morning. incredible story a lot of people are talking. new sunscreen rules. the fda is trying to clooer up confusi clear up confusion and help you ward off skin damage and even cancer. it turns out they may not have been working. >> on the can on the bottle the words can be fusing and important story coming up. opening night on broadway. a lot of people never expected to see the 70 million dollar spider-man musical rolling out the red carpet after, what, seven months of previews? usually a broadway show only needs a few weeks to prepare for

opening night. the reviews not all great this morning. >> 183 previews. that's a run for some shows. >> that's a run. this could be the deciding day for congressman anthony weiner facing growing calls to resign over a sexting scandal. his wife returned a few hours ago from an overseas tree. a colleague says weiner has told friends he will not make any decisions until he speaks with her. nancy cordes is in washington with the latest on this for us this morning. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, chris. the congressman's wife arrived around 3:00 a.m. at andrews air force base after an extended trip with the secretary of state in africa and middle east and she is now at their home in washington, d.c. democrats who have spoken to the embattled congressman tell us that he was waiting to decide what to do until he speaks with her. they have only been married for a year. she is pregnant with their first child. he has said publicly that she is

standing by him. we haven't gotten any word from her on that front. but he, of course, is on a two-week leave of absence at an undisclosed treatment center. we don't know where that is and we don't know whether she will be traveling to meet up with him or whether they will be talking by phone. democrats on capitol hill aren't waiting to see what he wants to do. they are already in talks behind closed doors about what they should do if he decides not to leave. take a listen. >> with the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents, and the need for help that congressman weiner should resign from the congress. >> do you think congressman weiner should resign? >> it's up to him. we can't do anything about it, to be very honest with you. hopefully, he is getting the help he needs and he'll make the right decision. >> reporter: and, chris, members on capitol hill are still very divided over just how much pressure to put on him to resign, forcing him out would be

a long and painful process that would not be easy for anyone. chris? >> nancy cordes on capitol hill for us, thank you very much. joining us now is john avalon, senior political columnist for "newsweek" own "the daily beast. to be a fly on the wall between the conversation between anthony and his wife morning. how do we think this will play out? >> nobody goes on what goes in a relationship except the two people about it but we know way too much about anthony weiner's hobbies. this is a long conversation. his wife quite frankly, has been spared the spectacle the last few weeks of the constant stream of photographs that come out and maintain the ability to shock. this is clearly what he needs to take the step, not only to get the help needs, but also resign from congress. >> how much pressure is he getting from the democratic party right now? we hear what we hear on the outside but on the inside, how much pressure is he getting? >> huge amounts of pressure. look. nobody defending him at this point. i think anthony weiner is a fighter and wanted to stay in

there. his colleague from the new york delegation charlie wrangle was reelected after a physical scandal. no base of support is left in the congressional leadership. a deep distraction for the democrats for three weeks. a poll found it occupied a fifth of all news coverage last week. not getting better because more photographs out there. >> not easy to remove him if he chooses not to resign as nancy said. does it come down to the fact he has no one in his corner and no one come to his defense? >> there is no one in his corner. all of the leadership, even the president of the united states have said do the right thing, you need to resign. the reality if he tries to stick this out his district will likely be redistrict out of existence. if he wants the loyalty of his constituents, which polls show he has, get help and run again in the future. >> do you think this happens today? once the president enters the fray, it's one thing for nancy pelosi and harry reid to chime in but now the president has come out and said if i were in

his shoes, i would resign. do we think today is the day now that his wife is back and we mentioned he has really no leg to stand on here? >> this comes down to a family conversation with his wife. he has a lot of amends to make and healing to do but no one is left in his corner. everyone has come out and said he should resign. the right thing to do for the party, for the party, for his constituents. >> if had you to make a prediction do you think it's a quick process and is it likely today or the next couple of days or is he the type of guy would drag this out? >> i think the next few days. nothing quick will this process. it's been three weeks. we are closer to the end of this than the beginning certainly. >> talk about the congressional poll, cbs poll showed 16% approval for congress right now. . when we talk about this a bit after than embarrassment and black eye on congress as a whole and democratic party, i think a lot of people one of the reasons they have stayed far from coming to his defense this is such a black eye. >> look. it compounds the crisis of trust we have in national institutions. i mean, the steady drip of

scandal, especially sex scandals out of our politicians further erodes the faith and confidence we have in them. they are on defense' they can't do anything else and they want to clearly turn the page. >> john avalon, thanks. >> good to see you. >> erica, back over to you. on capitol hill on tuesday, one federal agent stated simply someone was going to die. and a federal agent did. from guns supplied in the so-called gun walking scandal that was first brought to you by cbs news. those hearings resume today involving the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. we are joined by sharyl attkisson this morning in washington. >> coming up is three special agents who helped blow the whistle on the controversial operation. >> reporter: it's been three months since atf special agent john doddson first told cbs that his own agency let thousands of weapons walk onto the streets,

many in the hands of mexican drug cartels. >> i'm boots on the ground in phoenix and we have been doing it every day since i've been here. here i am. tell me i didn't do the things that i did. tell me you didn't order me to do the things that i did. tell me it didn't happen. now you have a name on it and you have a face to put with it. here i am. someone, now, tell me it didn't happen. >> reporter: since then, congressional investigators have interviewed doddson and other atf agents and phoenix area gun dealers who claim atf urged them to sale to suspicious characters. a strategy that apparently aimed to get at cartel king pins behind escalating drug violence in mexico. >> the people you want to get to are able to coordinate and finance these types of organizations and they are the folks who will stay around. if you take them, then you disrupt. it's basically you want to talk out and agency? a terror agency? strike at the head of the snake. >> reporter: whatever the intentions, many insiders claim the gun walking was widely

dangerous and irresponsible. last night, congressional investigators released a lengthy narrative of the allegations pulling from documents and testimony collected behind closed doors since our first report. the congressional report claims there was a shift in strategy in the fall of 2009 that led to the gun walking. and was known and authorized at the highest levels of the justice department. cbs news has learned that one atf official told investigators the direction came in a memo issued by then deputy attorney general david ogden. but ogden told cbs news his memo made no specific mention of gun walking and that he didn't advocate or know about it. ogden left the department of justice in february of last year. just a few months into the controversial operation. president obama has said neither he nor his top justice official proofed it either. >> first of all, i did not authorize it. eric holder, the attorney general, did not authorize is. there maybe a situation here in which a serious mistake was made.

if that is the case, then we will find out and we will hold somebody accountable. >> reporter: the congressional report states that less than two months into the operation, agents believed there was already enough information to i arrest the purchasers and try to flip them and work up the chain with an eye toward the bigger fish in the cartels. but, instead, atf allowed suspects to continue buying and transferring those assault weapons, sometimes 40 at a time, for more than a year. all the while, atf collector reports of the guns turning up at cartel crime scenes in mexico and the u.s. >> sharyl attkisson, thanks. also joining us in the nation's capital this morning is california republican congressman darrell issa chairman of the committee holding today's hearings. good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me on. she has been on it not the start but the breaking of this story is sharyl attkisson. senator grassley has been

tenacious about getting to the bottom of this. >> you have been working hard to get to the bottom of this as well. how forthcoming have they been with you? >> not at all until recently. they have really stonewalled this. they used the minority on the committee to try to obstruct it. what is beginning to happen somebody must have figured out this investigation can't end until at the highest level, including the president, they say this is not a may have been. this was a failed program from the planning on. this is a bad practice. and we have to have assurances this will never happen again. >> the doj and atf it if they close information at this point in time it could compromise other investigations specifically perhaps even the trial of the trafficker who is accused of buying guns which were found at the site of the killing of agent terry and cummings saying in a letter you should hold off on the hearings until criminal prosecution is complete. are you concerned at all that

these hearings could, soin some way, compromise any of those dealings? >> that letter is sort of indicative of the obstruction the democrats on the committee has done on behest of the president and his administration. they may not realize how absurd it is to say we are obstructing. understand. a man was killed. ryan terry. he was killed with guns that were, in fact, supplied by the government. that doesn't change the trial of the murder or the trial of the murderer will have no bearing. doesn't matter where he got the gun from, he's a murderer. we have to ask why is it the president says something may have gone wrong and months go by and they are not saying somebody at the highest level, the levels in which this was funded, coordinated and authorized, nobody has lost their job. there has been no looking at justice. there has only been pushing it down and saying, well, you know, this was a rogue operation. it wasn't a rogue operation. the people they want to accuse of being rogues are the people who came forward, including

today's witnesses who are going to say this was wrong and we have got the proof that we kept saying it was wrong or the dag and others kept pushing this investigate. >> what is your ultimate goal here? you say you want to hear them say it was a failed program and the assurance it won't happen again. sounds like you want, for lack of a better term, you want heads to roll here and have someone take responsibility. is that correct? >> ryan terry's family deserves a full understanding of how their son, their family member was killed. beyond that, what we need to know and they need to know is that this won't happen again. if there has been judgment, this bad, this, obviously, bad, this is beyond iran contrastupid, because they didn't even have a safeguard planned in this. if they do not say these people had this bad judgment, they no longer work in an area in which they can apply that kind of bad judgment, then, no, we can't let go. this is one of those opportunities for the administration to lead and say,

look. we're going to get anyone who was involved in authorizing this, if their judgment was involved, which it would have been and it was bad judgment, they can't do this job any more. that's all we're asking. we are asking to make sure this doesn't happen again and the family deserves that, too. >> congressman darrell issa, thank you four time. >> thank you. here is jeff glor with more headlines. in news this morning, new violence overseas in greece today. police fired tear gas on angry crowds gathering around the parliament in athens. tens of thousands taking part in a strike and upset about deep government spending cuts and tax hikes. wisconsin supreme court held up controversial law that occur tails bargaining rights for many public union public workers. the debate sparked weeks of dem demonstrations and protests returned to the spk yesterday. the governor says it is needed to address the budget deficit in

the state. pakistan arrested five pakistanis who served as cia informants before the raid that killed osama bin laden. that's according to "the new york times" this morning. it is troubling that packeted would go after informants as opposed to pakistani officials who may have let bin laden live there for years. two people questioned about a campfire that may have triggered that massive arizona wildfire that has burned more than 700 qarp miles and about the largest wildfire in arizona history. 32 homes have been destroyed and the fire has now spread to new mexico. a temporary levee all that stands between a small iowa town and potentially devastating flood waters. this morning water from the missouri river is expected to reach the levee protecting hamburg, iowa, today. if the levee doesn't hold, hamburg could end up under ten feet of water. 7:15. back to i didn't say aover to c

>> here is marysol castro watching the weather. >> welcome back from the nation's capital. good morning to the two of you. straight to the area of severe weather. good morning, everyone. 13 states expected to see severe weather and a storm system inching across the country. started in the northern plains earlier this week. you can see the big area from little rock to

thanks so much. that's your latest weather. coming up, we will tell but the forecast for the area surrounding the missouri river, which, unfortunately, does not look that promising. >> thanks. still to come on "the early show." new challenges for the economy. we're not buying as much stuff and tell you why that is so important and why the stock market went up even after the bad news. how did that happen? plus, plenty of folks said it would never happen but it did. spider-man swooping in for the broadway opening last night. we were there checking in. asking the creators if it was all worth it! you're watching "the early show" on cbs. for everyone ?

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two robbery victims did what they were told: they turned over o armed good morning. 7:25 your time. let's get you caught up with some headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. two robbery victims turned over a purse and a wallet to armed men near the hayward bart station late last night, but one of the robbers shot one of the victims anyway. the man is in stable condition this morning. his wife was not injured. and the suspects fled. today is the legal deadline for state lawmakers to send a balanced budget to governor brown and this year they will not get paid unless they do it by midnight. a vote is expected today on a new plan democrats think can pass without republican help. stay tuned. east bay municipal utilities district voters voted for a 6% rate increase on water and wastewater usage and another 6% next year. typical customer will pay about

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time to get to know the characters that people care about, peter parker, mary jane watson. it was always spectacular and magical and still a wild night out in the theater, even when it wasn't working but now it's both. >> bono there talking about the revamped "spider-man" musical. the edge did the music. the musical officially opened on broadway, seven months of previews, a few new actors, and a few million dollars. the opening night drew the celebrity packed crowds, former president clinton, matt damon and few members of u2. we'll look at the red carpet, check out the show and see how

"spider-man 2.0" did. >> bono is code saying it used to be a unmitigated disaster and now just not so bad. >> pretty much. >> luckily they're finally out of previews and opening for real. wish them the best of luck. first new economic numbers indicate a slowdown on several fronts and perhaps worse our confidence in a recovery is slipping. retail sales fell last month for the first time in nearly a year down 0.2%. experts blame high gas prices and fewer car sales. cbs news business and economics correspond ebt rebecca jarvis has the story behind the numbers. good morning. >> good morning, consumers the heart, the lifeblood of this recovery and consumer confidence a key influence of the economy since our spending drives 70% of economic growth is slipping with higher gas prices and the jobs market stalling, that confidence is beginning to dip. for americans like lois mcclennon wnyx, high gas prices

forced her to change her spending habits at the supermarket. >> we had a lot of brand loyalty and at this point some of those loyalties unfortunately we had to give up, loyalty of the own budget. >> reporter: cutting back on big ticket items like appliances down 1.3%. at gabowitz electronics in east brunswick in new jersey it hit their bottom line. >> they used to point to an item i'll take it. when can i have it. now they're asking, is this the best price you can sell it to them for. >> reporter: auto sales dropped 2.9% in may, the largest decline in 15 months. car companies say it's a combination of smaller inventory following the japanese earthquake and the high fuel costs. while they're down 30 cents in the last month, they're up $1 from this time last year.

and things may get worse before they get better, an associated press survey finds many economists predict a modest 2.3% growth for the second quarter of thisser yoo, far below what they hoped for and we want to see a robust recovery, that's not robust. >> given the bad retail sales number, the stock market goes up 100 points. >> they call it a relief rally on wall street. wall street was relieved the numbers were not worse than they actually turned out to be. we do see the economy right now. we see the consumer facing these headwinds. we see consumer confidence slipping because they're paying high prices on gasoline and yet they're still spending enough to get wall street excited. that's really all it takes. >> bad but not terrible day. let's talk about gas prices, below $4, which is i guess psychologically great for people not seeing the $4 benchmark but still $1 above where they were a year ago. are they going to continue to

fall? >> if the prices stay below the $100. they could fall by 25 cents over the rest of the summer. generally speaking that's what we see, a seasonal thing. if prices continue to fall that would help alleviate some of the pressure on the economy overall. >> rebecca jarvis thank you. jeff glor is at the news desk with a look at the top headlines. five smack standies who one of the informants owned the house the cia used to watch osama bin laden's compound. congressman anthony weiner's wife is back in the u.s. as calls for his resignation grow. huma abedin arrived at their home this morning. congressman weiner said he won't

resign until he speaks to her. most top democratic leaders are calling on weiner to step

president obama wrapped up a jobs and fund-raising trip with a quick visit to puerto rico yesterday. political watchers say it was all about his job and holding on to it for another four years. bill plante has more for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. the president's press secretary dodged a question about whether the trip was political. the stated reason was the president was keeping a campaign promise he made two years ago. he talked, though, about things that do matter to voters, and he made sure that his message got out. mr. obama approved in san juan on the first official presidential visit to puerto rico since john f. kennedy 50 years ago. >> puerto rico, i don't need to tell you that we're not there yet. we're not where we need to be, but in these challenging times,

people on this island don't quit. we don't turn back. >> reporter: in fact, puerto ricans who live on the island mr. obama toured for several hours can't vote for president, even though they're american citizens but puerto ricans who live in the 50 states can vote and the president needs those votes, particularly in florida. matt baredo follows the behavior. >> the population is becoming much more influential than it used to be. >> reporter: president obama got wide supports in 2008 but his failure to pass immigration reform and the struggling economy mean he has to work to get those votes again. >> i think the president has a lot of work to do to shore up the latino vote and it's no surprise he's been doing so much outreach in the last two months or so. >> reporter: democrats have reintroduced the dream act, a bill to provide citizenship to

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after 183 preview performances and $70 million, plus a big rewrite, "spider-man: turn off the dark" finally opened on broadway. michelle miller was at the long awaited event and joins us from times square. >> reporter: good morning, the red carpet was full of celebrities last night, even an

ex-president, also to "spider-man: turn off the dark." despite the star power and deep pockets it was a rough journey to opening night, with plenty of bumps and bruises along the way. after months of uncertainty, "spider-man: turn off the dark" officially lit up broadway last night. opening night. >> here we are, opening night. finally i guess. >> reporter: with a budget that ballooned from $52 million to $70 million, it is new york's most expensive show ever, but no amount of money could keep bad luck at bay. >> accidents, mishaps, delays, postponements, there's been as much drama back stage as anything that's happened on stage. >> reporter: critics ripped apart the high concept rock musical, calling it bloated and pretencious, discouraging the composers, u2's bono and the edge. >> it's been a real learning experience and a humbling. it's much more difficult than we

thought. >> reporter: especially once the accidents started. in november, on the first night of previews, actress natalie mendoza suffered a concussion after being hit in the head by equipment. weeks later, lead stuntman christopher tierney plummeted 20 feet off stage when his harness snapped. >> most difficult moment when chris tierney got injured and that was a low point. >> reporter: concerns for safety raised calls for the show to shut down, and by february, investors began to rethink the production. director jewel ye taymore was replaced. the cast and crew put on a three-week hiatus. >> given the amount they have invested in it at that point, there was no way they were just going to shut down and walk away from it. >> reporter: with opening night pushed back six times, previews ran a record 183 performances, but script and song revisions offered new light. ♪ >> once we got the storytelling

to work, all the other things started to fall into place. >> reporter: despite the changes, "spider-man" remains the butt of all broadway jokes. >> that's not flying. you just fell on me. >> reporter: during sunday's tony awards, neil patrick harris couldn't help himself. >> no audience members were harmed in the making of this musical -- yet. >> reporter: even u2 joined in on the roast. >> it appears we missed the deadline. >> reporter: but at last night's opening, they were singing a different tune. would you ever do this again? >> oh, i think so. we've kind of fallen in love, not just with the process but actually the community. it's one of the reasons that we didn't want to surrender. >> reporter: also there, ousted director julie taymore. >> it's exciting. >> reporter: is it? >> yes. the whole point is without this cast and the belief in the show, it would have stopped. so i feel very proud about

what's up there. >> reporter: while the critics weren't thrilled saying "spider-man failed to soar" the audience was easier please. >> spectacular. >> very good. >> it was a great show. >> reporter: at curtain call the beleaguered cast received a standing ovation and probably more than a few sighs of relief. as far as producers are concerned, this production was a rousing success, no major hiccups, most importantly, no accidents. but with production costs running more than $1 million each week, it's going to take years of packed houses to break even. erica? >> michelle miller in times square this morning, thanks. people will go. that's the thing. >> it's been a great draw. >> the previews of the original one. >> not so great. >> i'd like to see the second one. everybody in the theater said we love it, we love spider-man.

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today is the legal deadline for state lawmakers to send a balanced budget to the this year, they good morning. let's get you caught up on your cbs 5 headlines. today is the deadline for the state lawmakers to send a balanced budget to the governor and this year they won't get paid if they don't. a vote is expected today on a new plan which democratic leaders can be passed without votes from their republican colleagues. san jose will lay off police officers for the very first time in its city's history after the council approved mayor chuck reed's budgeted plan. the vote came down yesterday just hours after the police officers association announced its members approved a 10% pay cut. under the deal, an arbitrator will decide whether those cuts will extend beyond one year. the agreement will save 156 officer jobs but more than 100 will still be laid off. lockheed martin says it has

to cut 1200 workers including an unknown number at its facilities in sunnyvale. those cuts will affect about 8% of employees in the company's space systems equipment division. traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. for silicon valley commuters, we have a new accident westbound 237 right before great america parkway. unfortunately, we are seeing a lot of traffic stacking up behind it. exiting milpitas, it sounds like once you get past great america parkway speeds improve. bay bridge has been a busy morning here. it's backed up into the macarthur maze. yeah, that traffic is not getting by quickly at all approaching the pay gates. we had an earlier accident and a stall that jammed things up. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> we have some great weather to talk about, elizabeth. sunshine around the bay area looking good even at the beach. not bad today if you want to keep cool. temperatures there planning on the mid-60s in many spots. you get inside the bay, we start to heat things up, 70s and 80s toward the santa clara valley. and 90s showing up in the interior so you get the idea it's going to be hot inland, if you like the cooler weather go to the coast. but we have cooler weather for everyone towards tomorrow, more of a sea breeze kicking in. those temperatures will cool down the fog and low clouds returning, cooling off the first part of the weekend. ,,,,,,,,

this bnd-new this brand new factory in south carolina cost boeing a billion dollar. its future under a cloud this morning. the national labor relations board is suing claiming boeing wants to use that nonunion plant to replace union jobs in washington state. the company says that's wrong. it's making more jobs for everyone. a judge in seattle is hearing that case right now. welcome back to the "early show." top of the morning. i'm erica hill here with chris wragge. >> we'll have a debate between two senators who are interested in the outcome of that boeg case. jim de minute says the company is right while tom harkin says the union members are getting

squeezed. >> new tensions to tl you about this morning after the u.s. and pakistan after the arrest of five pakistanis who gave information to the cia right before that raid that killed osama bin laden. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. pakistan today vehemently denying that it arrested a pakistani army major as it probes the u.s. raid which killed osama bin laden last month. for weeks leading up to the raid on bin laden's xaundcompound, a handful of pakistanis fed the cia information including the license plates of cars which came and went. "the new york times" reporting five of those informants were arrested by the isi, pakistan's intelligence agency, and at least one was an army major. the sensitive information surfaced last week when in a closed meeting of the senate intelligence committee director michael morel rated three out of ten pakistan's cooperation with

ameri america. in the past the pakistanis have tried to limit drone flights to rural areas. the drones have to be moved to bases in afghanistan. the pakistani army now says it has arrested 30 to 40 people. some have been released. but it says no army major or any army personnel were among the arrests. one of those arrested was the man who rented a safehouse to the cia to observe bin laden's compound before the raid and a western diplomatic source telling cbs news today there's a strong feeling in the isi that they have been, quote, stabbed in the back by the cia, which didn't trust them enough to tell them of the raid on bin laden ahead of time. >> now here's chris. >> now the latest on a government lawsuit over jobs and labor unions. a judge is holding hearings in seattle to determine if boeing can open a production line in south carolina not in washington state. boeing insists it has the right to do that, but the national

labor relations board called it illegal and at least 1,000 jobs depend on the outcome. 55-year-old lee gaylord never thought she'd be struggling just to survive. unemployed for a year she left tennessee to live in this trailer in south carolina and learn to build boeing's new 787 dreamliner in a new billion dollar plant in north charleston. >> i never thought i'd do something like this, but i can deal with it. >> reporter: but her job could be shut down before it even begins if the union representing boeing's washington state workers has its way. the hearings in seattle will settle whether the company violated labor loss by taking jobs away from union workers by bringing them to south carolina, a nonunion state. at our town hall meeting on tuesday, governor nikki haley made it clear that south carolina's position was good for business and creating jobs. >> we are fighting the unions every step of the way. we're a strong right-to-work state, we're going to stay that

way. that's what gives the company confidence to come and say this is a state where we can make money. >> the problem is those jobs would be taken out of everett, washington, where employees are currently working in those jobs and those employees need those jobs, too. >> reporter: union leaders say the company relocated the jobs to punish workers over a 58-day strike in 2008. as proof they point to what the executive vice president told the "seattle times" last year. >> the overriding factor was not the business climate and it was not the wages we're paying people today. it was that we can't afford to have a work stoppage every three years. >> reporter: boeing says south carolina has lower costs, a world class port and that the company can move where it chooses, but if the hearing finds that boeing relocated the jobs out of retaliation, it will have to move all the dreamliner jobs back to washington. >> i want to work.

those are not my problems. >> reporter: and this lawsuit has sparked a major political debate as well. joining us from cloil republican senator jim de minute amint and harkin. boeing, they have a right to remain competitive. the climate in south carolina suits their needs. jobs are being created. so in layman's term, what is the problem here? >> the problem is certainly a company can make a decision to locate wherever it wants. but it cannot retaliate against workers for exercising their legal rights. and i don't know whether they did or not. and that's the crux of this problem, that there's an administrative procedure, a judicial procedure to go through to determine whether or not that happened. and that is happening right now. i want to correct one other thing, chris, and that is that there are other remedies to this other than saying you've got to close the plant down in south

carolina and move all the jobs back. there are other remedies that could happen. the point being that a company should not be allowed to retaliate against people for exercising their legal rights, and then move jobs away because of that. they can do it for a lot of other reasons, but they can't do it because of an illegal reason. and that's what the court needs to find out, was that done or not. we don't know yet. >> senator demint, let me ask you to respond. just a case of retaliation? >> chris, hardly. this administration should be celebrating boeing. since boeing decided to build a new plant in south carolina, they've added 2,000 union jobs in washington state and more than a thousand jobs in south carolina at a time when we're begging for jobs, again, boeing has done the right thing. boeing made an economic decision. it was not retaliation. if you properly represent what they have said. they've talked to their union about the cost of stoppages.

they've got a great new airplane. they need two production lines. and they decided to build a second one in south carolina. no union jobs in washington state were affected. in fact, i think the profitability that will come from boeing will actually help increase union jobs in washington state. but chris, this is being done by an unelected bureaucrat here in washington. they allowed boeing to finish a billion dollar facility over two years, hire over a thousand workers and then they decided to come in and say, stop. what this is going to do to other companies who want to locate anywhere in our country, what that means is more jobs are going to locate overseas so they don't have to hassle with this kind of harkin, let me bring you in again. we're not positive it is retaliation. that's what will unfold throughout these hearings, but there is no net loss of jobs here. so why is there this debate,

especially at a time when this country needs jobs? >> obviously, this procedure should go forward. my good friend jim demint says it's elected bureaucrats that's like saying our district court judges are unelected. of course they are. that's why we have a judicial process. i don't know whether boeing violated the law or not, all i know is that the general council after investigating this for many, many months decided there was enough evidence to go to an administrative law judge to have this decided. now, again, after the administrative law judge makes his or her decision, it then goes to the national labor relations board, from there to the circuit court, from there to the supreme court. what mr. demint and some of these corporate powers are trying to do is to interfere with that and bully, bully these people into making a decision that may not be the right decision. they want to interfere politically in the judicial process and that's wrong. >> senator demint, let me bring

you in here for the final word. can you say that your state is not providing a way for companies to circumvent the unions. it sounds like from your governor who says they're fighting the unions every step of the way, there could be an element of that. >> there what we're fighting for is the workers' right to join a june or not join a union. there are 22 stateses that are right-to-work states. unfortunately what the senator has said is this is not a real judge. this is an acting general counsel appointed by obama who is appointed by the senate. this is intimidation and we've got to stop it. >> gentlemen, there's a whole lot that we can continue to talk about. this is not a debate -- i can hear you saying not true, not true. >> the general counsel was not appointed by president obama, he's been there for 30 years. okay? >> i thank you very much, senator demint, thank you. senator harkin, we do appreciate

it. jeff glor is at the newsdesk for a check of the other headlines for you this morning. but first, weather headlines. >> you guy just do your thing over there. >> we want you to know that jeff is there. jeff is there, but first -- >> see you in a half hour. >> a lot of news in terms of weather. good morning you guys at home. we want to look at the river forecast. those l

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jen crawford. good morning, especially after the debate. so much talk about how romney seemed to be the winner really. michele bachmann very positive reviews as she announced her candidacy on that night. tim pawlenty, however, a lot of questions about him after the debate. is the campaign thinking his campaign maybe they missed an opportunity there? >> ooh, how can i put this politely, erica? yes. not only was it a missed opportunity, but there are real concerns that it was a misstep. you and i talked the other day about how pawlenty was going after the front-runner mitt romney and how, remember, he'd made up that word obamney care about how romney's plan in massachusetts was like obama's plan. hes with going to go there and slug it out. but in te date, he blinked. even when john king pushed him to talk about romney's plan, he refused to engage. it was not a good moment for pawlenty. here he is out talking trash,

that's what it felt like in the debate. he's out talking trash behind romney behind his back but he won't say it to his face. >> that's been the big takeaway. some other news coming out yesterday, there have been rumors lingers around the edge of the campaign. yesterday he said it is true, i'll be a candidate. he did serve as the ambassador to china under president obama. how much of a hurdle could that be for him? >> that is a hurdle so high, erica. he may need a ladder to get up there to climb over it in the republican primary. here's what you do. if you're a republican candidate and you're running against john hudson, you pull out all the letters and all the glowing things he said about barack obama and you just turn that into one big campaign ad that says something like john huntsman admires barack obama's leadership. that is, i think, what we're going to see right away when they start turning on each other. huntsman, his challenge is to put distance between him and president obama and really start

to criticize him. but then that could also be a problem. here he is, this guy gave him a job, now he's turning on him. he's got a lot, i think of challenges ahead. we haven't talked about the issues. he's pretty moderate on some of the social issues. >> don't worry. we'll talk a lot about that in the coming days. there's chatter about who else may jump in. rick perry one of those names. >> right. rick perry, the governor of texas, people in the republican party who were lukewarm about the field are hoping that he'll get in. they're out there. people are kind of desperate for someone to get in. they think the field is weak. they think president obama is beatable. they want someone like superman who can fly in like the cape and take on the president and reclaim the white house for republicans. perry is saying publicly that he's thinking about it. a lot of people i talk to in texas they still at the end of the day don't think he's going to run. but we'll see.

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of bloop new documents show the san bruno pipeline explo good morning. 8:25 your time. let's get you caught up on some of the headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. >> new documents show the san bruno pipeline explosion is now the focus of a criminal investigation. analysts say pg&e could end up being fined more than $2 billion costs it won't be able to pass along to customers. state lawmakers are tackling the budget today thanks to a new law, they have to pass the budget today if they want to get paid tomorrow. that's the deal. should be motivation, too. democratic leaders trying to push through a new budget plan that includes higher vehicle registration fees and some cuts to education. got to get it done today. well, go bears! california golden bears are headed to the college world series today. they took off from the oakland airport a couple of hours ago, off to omaha, nebraska. this comes just months after uc official said the season would

be the final because of budget cuts but fundraising efforts managed to save the program. they will kick it off this weekend against virginia. traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,, [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it

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debris on lanes on westbound 237. it's still backed up from milpitas, eastbound traffic sluggish, as well. coming off the san mateo bridge we had a stall on the foster city side of the bridge, it's cleared and things are better across the span. and heading out of downtown san jose, slow in the northbound lanes of 280. that is your traffic. for your forecast, hi, lawrence. >> look at that sunshine, elizabeth! isn't that spectacular? >> look at that. >> that is gorgeous outside. we are going to see more of that throughout the afternoon, too, as high pressure is in control and it is going to get hot in spots like this. mount diablo is going to be cooking there today. temperatures soaring into the 80s, even 90s by the afternoon inland. 70s and 80s in and around the bay. and out toward the coast, we are planning on those numbers in the mid-60s into pacifica. still it looks like this will be the end of the heat as we'll watch those temperatures coming down quite a bit. going to see more of a sea breeze kicking in. cooler friday and saturday. warming up on sunday. ..wh

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welcome back to "the early show," half past the hour now. i'm erica hill along with chris wragge. beautiful day out there. >> hoe humidity on the east coast. pretty good so far. coming up, it is nearly impossible to survive rabies without getting the life-saving vaccine. the miraculous story of an 8-year-old who actually did, she

was scratched by a virile cat and didn't tell anyone until she got sick. how she beat the odds. mcdonald's sizzling with good reason. the victim of an internet hoax, a fake message on twitter about a new blatantly racist store policy, never came from mcdonald's but how did everybody get so upset about it and how did so many know about it and how it mcdonald's handling it? we'll look at that. >> a pr nightmare. plus some of us couldn't tie our shoe laces when we started kindergarten but these toddlers can read, write and do math problems thanks to private tutoring. we meet the kids and see what kind of parents send them there. first a historic vote last night the southern baptist annual meeting in arizona. ben tracy reports the denomination with a racist path now has an african-american pastor in line to be its leader. >> reporter: to become second in

command of the southern baptist convention even pastor fred luter junior thought it would take a miracle. >> i never thought i'd be elected to such a prominent position. >> reporter: he's the highest ranking african-american in the history of the church. >> i don't think it would be possible a generation ago. it didn't happen before but now is the time. >> reporter: the southern baptists have never been the most aggressive of face, in a 1998 convention amendment said a wife should submit himself graciously to the husband. >> nowhere does it say women are subservient to her husband. it says we have different roles one to another in the church. >> reporter: like many mainstream church the southern baptists are losing members, the faithful are aging and a number

of baptisms performed last year was the lowest since the 1950s. leaders acknowledge they have to attract a younger more diverse congregation. >> we're looking for good leadership, not colored leadership or ethnic leadership, looking for good leadership. >> reporter: which is why last night's election of new orleans pastor fred luter to the fronk ranks of the church hierarchy is to significant. >> with this election my position will do, it will allow other african-americans to say hey, if fred can be a part of this, then hopefully can be a part of this. >> reporter: all in all it's an extraordinary change for a church that once allowed some of its congregations to exclude blacks entirely. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> next year's meeting reverend luter will be a top candidate to be elected president. that meeting is in his hometown of new orleans. >> back over to jeff glor with another check of today's headlines.

>> this time i'm sure. >> this time i will be delivering the news. good morning to everyone at home. two people are being questioned this morning about an abandoned camp fire that may have started that giant arizona wildfire. the fire in eastern airz airs burned for more than two weeks, 32 homes more than 700 square miles, the fire is on the verng of becoming the largest ooild fire in arizona state history. unless a temporary levee holds a small town could be flooded by the missouri river. water might breach the levee protecting hamburg, iowa. most residents have been evacuate. if the levee fails hamburg might be under ten feet of water. the labor department released the latest consumer price index. cpi rose in may at 0.2% as consumers paid more for food, cars and clothing. take a look at this, at the top of the list, newport, beach,

california, the most expensive place in the country to buy a four-bedroom two-bathroom home for the second year in a row, the average price $2.5 million for a family home. yeah. the most afoefordable market is niagara falls, new york the average price is $61,000. a new survey shows the sluggish economy is having a big impact on americans' vacation plans this summer, almost 60% of people polled are unlikely to take any vacation time at all. among those who plan a vacation, more than half will stay with family or friends, not in hotels. in tokyo this morning, safety officials begin radiation checks in public places like play grounds and parks. they're responding in many cases to mothers worried about the safety of their children following the leaks at the fukushima nuclear plant. los angeles has become the largest school district in the country to ban flavored milk products. the board voted yesterday to ban chocolate and other flavored and sweetened milk in public schools

an effort to fight childhood obesity. kids can still get plain white milk. a study out counties in mississippi and oklahoma. 36 minutes past the hour right now. scott pelley has a preview of tonight's cbs news. should newborns be screened for a rare disease?

dr. something something finds out why some parents say the answer is yes. we'll have that story tonight on the "cbs evening news. "back to "the early show." >> now over to marysol castro with our final check of weather. good morning on this wednesday. >> good morning, jeff, good morning everyone at home. look at the high temperatures across the land. the bulk o

thanks so much. that's your latest weather. over to chris. >> marysol thank you very much. rabies is rare in the u.s. and anyone bitten by a rabid animal can recover if they're vaccinated. only two americans are known to have survived rabies without treatment until now. the third is an 8-year-old california girl and cbs news

correspondentent terry mccarthys her story. >> reporter: when precious reynolds was scratched by a cat she didn't tell her family. >> it was scary not knowing what it was or anything. it was real scary. >> reporter: doctors thought it was the flu or appendicitis, but things kept getting worse until -- >> she took a couple steps and then her legs just collapsed. >> reporter: precious was flown to this hospital near sacramento, and put in a medically induced coma. dr. theresa fa vlautin went through every possible scenario except one. >> rabies didn't cross my mind. >> reporter: doctors thought it was too late to save her, they were all but certain she would day. >> it's rare for a patient to survive from rabies and the mortality is greater than 95%. >> i went through hell.

i went through misery. i just sitting there seeing your granddaughter laying there, not being able to move, you know, not talking and there's nothing you can do. >> reporter: somehow precious became stronger, against all odds. >> i feel very good. >> reporter: she's taking lots of medication. >> is it yucky? >> reporter: in fact it was. and for now she still wears a brace. >> because i can't walk. >> reporter: the doctors say she'll soon be fine and as early as next week, precious could go home. and despite what happened to her -- >> i'm not going to be afraid of him. >> reporter: her recovery has inspired her nurses -- >> from not moving to walking, you are an amazing child. >> reporter: her doctor. >> amazing story of triumph. she's a fighter. >> reporter: and her family. >> she's my hero. gave her 5% chance to live.

>> um-hum. >> and she showed them she could do it, huh? >> yep. >> yep. >> reporter: terry mccarthy, cbs news, los angeles. >> strong little lady there. kids should avoid any contact with animals that appear sick and tell an adult immediately if they're scratched or bitten. rabies shots are only effective if started quickly. by the time symptoms appear, rabies is almost always fatal. this little girl obviously very, very lucky. but as you could see also, a tough little fighter and we wish her the best. here's erica. >> chris, thanks. an internet hoax tripped up mcdonald's over the weekend when a photo of an authentic looking let ear period on twitter. it reads "as an insurance measure due in part to a recent string of robberies, african-americans are required to pay an additional fee of $1.50 per transaction." mcdonald's released a statement on the official twitter page

"that picture is a senseless and ignorant hoax. diversity runs deep on both sides of the counter." how did we get to this point. katie linendoll, always good to have you here. one would hope it's a hoax. you can't manage any company having a statement like that especially mcdonald's but how did it grow so big since it's been around for awhile? >> social media sites like facebook and twitter are great resources for sending and sharing information quickly and rapidly, but at the same time on the flipside they can also send misinformation and spread it like wildfire. and this is a perfect example of something happening of that nature. i have so say this isn't the first or last time we'll see something false happen on twitter. we see celebrity and individual death hoaxes happening all the time but racial profiling for a big corporation is a huge scare for any anybody. >> basically, though, so you look at this, talked to us how information gets out there

quickly but this has been out there a year actually, a whole year. >> yes. >> why now did it come out and make a fire storm? >> this is what's interesting. this particular photo this letter has been out there since july 17th of 2010, and you're seeing it now. so what happened was somebody basically saw this on an old blog site, reposted it on twitter, twitter is a resource for sharing information, what is happening right now so the immediacy of twitter, is kind of like spreading a rumor except when you use a social networking site, not like telling one person and you tell somebody else, it's magnifying by 10,000. it spreads so quickly, people thought it was happening in real time. >> got it. >> unfortunately it went viral so fast it got out of control. >> mcdonald's and this spread on twitter, they responded on twitter which seems like a smart way to do it. >> they handled it correctly. if you're a big corporation and something viral true or false happens against you, you have to formulate a plan and respond quickly. in this case mcdonald's handled

it correctly, they used the medium twitter they were accused on. time is of the essence. we're not going to the press in the morning. we're going to the press in real time when it comes to social networking. you have to respond and respond quickly. well handled. >> this is tough, though, moving forward for any company, whether it's good or bad as you pointed out to keep these things from happening. what do you do? is there anything you can do or when you look at something like this, if there's a little bit in your head, seems a little fishy, what can you do to keep the hoaxes from spreading? >> unfortunately this isn't the first or last time we see an instance like this. we have to be as our selves better challengers. just because it's out there, let's question it, challenge it and be better personal journalists ourselves. >> don't just send it. >> don't just send it. >> check it before you send it forward or retweet. katie, good to have you here. just ahead, how young is too young for a little tutoring? how about a program that accepts 2 years old? what are they getting out of it?

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most parents try to give their kids every advantage they can especially in education. for some families that means private tutors for toddlers as marysol tells us about. >> also investigating and being the mother of a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, this definitely piques my interest. i spent time at one private tutoring center in stamford, connecticut. what i found was interesting, children as young as 2 years old, 2 years old learning to read and write before they even reach kindergarten and while some think the programs are helpful, others aren't so sure. >> how old are you? >> 3. >> 4. >> rene chin sometimes forgets how old she is. >> one more time. >> 2. >> though she struggles with numbers she has no trouble with letters. let me she what you're doing.

>> writing my name. >> reporter: you're writing your name. you know how to write your name? >> yes. >> reporter: all this at the ripe old age of -- >> 3. >> reporter: 3? rene and her 4-year-old sister rebecca aren't ready for grade school but enhancing their abcs and 1, 2, 3, at this center which offers tutoring for children under a. 2-year-old luchme is on her way to reading. >> give me a five. that's awesome. >> the well. >> good. >> reporter: the garra sister, 5-year-old gabby and 4-year-old marley. their father brings them here twice a week for reading lessons. you feel you did this so they have an advantage in school? >> i didn't start out that way but now that i see, i definitely think they do have an advantage. >> reporter: students learn through repetition, complete worksheets in the classroom,

then at home the lessons continue with more worksheets every other day of the week. >> my 3 1/2-year-old is struggling? yongz. will she struggle if i didn't do this? i don't know. i don't know. >> want to help me? >> reporter: while daniel might sound unsure, the director here has no doubt, the sooner a child gets into the classroom the better. >> if a child is having fun while they're learning, if not do it? >> one, two, three. >> really, this program develops a love of learning, which we hope will last for a lifetime, and also self-confidence. >> awesome! >> reporter: but that confidence has a price. parents pay $130 a month per subject, that's more than $3,100 a year to enroll one child in both subjects. all before she's even reached elementary school. >> if she was willing to learn, i was willing to pay. >> reporter: not all agree it's money well spent. >> there is no proof that starting early on reading and

writing yields long-term effects. >> reporter: joan almon worked in child development for 40 years. she understands the anxiety of parents who want their children to succeed. >> the parents have a lot of fears and i would say to the parents, look at your whole child. is your child thriving in every area of development? don't push the head so far forward that the child doesn't know what to do with its body. >> reporter: she says the best way to prepare your preschoolers is simple. let them play. >> their forte in learning is through being experiential with the world and that's usually not the way they're being taught in a tutoring person, more cognitively oriented and much less hands on. >> you know what that tree is? >> maple tree. >> reporter: and some parents agree. >> my thought is it wouldn't be for me. >> reporter: rachel says her 4-year-old is learning enough on her own. >> in nature and see what their own limitations are with climbing trees and looking at

bugs. all of that is beneficial. >> what is this? read it? >> reporter: for at least one dad tutoring and play time aren't mutually exclusive. do you know what my name is? marysol. >> marysol. >> very good. >> reporter: spanish is next, sister. >> i'm tempted. >> and that's daniel garro even though his girls go twice a week and work sheets they get enough play time on their own. erica i remember when we first saw this, no way because we have 2 and 5-year-old boys. first of all it's expensive. >> it's expensive. >> i'm, we've enrolled our kids in kindergarten they'll get inundated with so much work. i want them to climb a tree. >> i know, we talked about this a lot and the mind-set we want our kids to be kids for as long as they can. there are great benefits for a lot of family it is works but

it's not -- i can't imagine sending my kid to a tutor when he's 2. >> these children it's not like they're lagging behind and not like they're prodigies. this is just the nature of competition. >> nevermind the price as you mentioned. >> yes. >> it adds up. you thought diapers were bad. >> kids go out and dig and climb. >> take to you the playground later today. >> see you tomorrow. local news is coming up next. ,,,,,,,,

an armed robbery near hayward bart sent one man to the hospital with gun shot wounds. the good morning. i'm guilty. 8:55. time for cbs headlines. an armed robbery sent one man to the hospital. a man was shot, the wife was not hurt. a deadly shooting is under investigation this morning in san leandro. it happened at the ashland village apartments last night. alameda county deputies say that some people were detained but they don't have any suspects in custody. and they don't know the motive for the shooting. today marks the deadline for a california budget. state lawmakers need to send a balanced budget to governor brown today or they won't get paid. the vote is expected later today on a new plan which democrats believe they will be

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