don't miss the series premiere of "same name," sunday only on cbs. good morning, terror in norway. a 32-year-old man described as a white wing extremist is accused of blowing up buildings in downtown oslo and opening up fire in a youth camp. 91 people are dead in the worst violence in that country since world war ii. historic heat, 108 in newark, new jersey, 103 in hartford, connecticut, a heat index of 122 degrees in washington. more than 1,000 temperature records were broken. the latest on the heat wave and when it's expected to break. dc fury, ten days until the

deadline and angry obama orders the lawmakers back to the white house today as john boehner walks out of the negotiations. independent voters on who's to blame for the washington grid lock. the royal dress. the magnificent gown kate middleton wore when she became the wife of britain's prince william. now record-setting crowds are taking a peek early this saturday morning, july 23, 2011. captioning funded by cbs welcome to an already steaming new york city this saturday morning. 108 degrees today. ugh. i'm russ mitchell. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. it hits you like a brick wall out there. we're going to be joined by new york mayor bloomberg. he will be with us to discuss the first gay marriages to take place here in new york tomorrow. for him, it's personal.

he'll be officiating two of his top aides who are getting married tomorrow. all three will be joining us coming up a little later in the program. >> we're going to begin with fire in a youth camp, killing at least 84 people. cbs news correspondent jeff glor is in oslo with the latest. jeff, good morning. russ, good morning to you. norway woke to the full scope of this tragedy. today as the death toll rose dramatically overnight. many of the deaths as you mention at a campground 60 miles north of here. >> 600 kids on this small island. and police now confirm that of the 84 people killed, some are as young as 16. they say 32-year-old anders

bravic was dressed as a police officer. he told police he tried to gather a large group, telling them it was a routine terror check before they opened fire. >> it had a bag with many weapons and such and i'm -- he had a lot of ammo, yeah. yeah. >> reporter: visitors could be seen trying to swim for safety, the shore three quarters of a mile away as witnesses say he kept shooting into the water. only two hours earlier, police believe he was the same man who set off the bomb in downtown oslo, an explosion that left at least seven dead. authorities say the toll could have been much worse had many people not already left for the weekend. today blocks near the site are guarded by the norwegian army, the city still sedate, but not without visitors. >> couldn't help you're down here with your daughter today. >> yeah. >>. >> reporter: why? >> we think it's a sad but

important day for norway. >> it's okay to see it. i'm not -- i can't express it. >> reporter: to give you an idea of the power of this explosion, we're a couple hundred yards away now, more than two football fields away from the actual blast site. you can see it behind buildings, by the way, and windows are still blown out here. police say he had register add farm-related business in eastern norway which allowed him to buy large quantities of ammonium unite ra nitrate fertilizer. he opened a twitter account with one message, one person with the belief is the equal to the force of 100,000 with only interest. you can see, norwegian flags are at half staff today. he's been arrested. he's in custody in oslo. and police say he is cooperating. he posted many messages on-line critical of norway's ruling liberal party. but so far, police have not commented on a motive.

russ? jeff glor in oslo, see you later in the broadcast. thanks a lot. the blast in the attack shook the center of oslo. later i spoke with the young man who survived the two-hour rampage at the youth camp north of oslo. he was lying on the shore when the gun fire broke out. he was shot. he stayed alive. he's in the hospital this morning. he stayed alive by playing dead and grabbing on to bodies around him. aidy yach y adrian, where wen the shootings began? >> the top of the hill by the coffee shop. >> what was the first thing you did when you heard the gunshot? >> to be honest, i really didn't care, because i was sure that they were gunshots. i thought that maybe somebody hammered something or maybe it was a toy gun. >> i understand. when you did realize something was going on, what was the first

thing that did? >> we saw people running uphill and just falling on the way because they got shot in the back or the head or got shot -- then i realized, okay, this is -- this is not right. but i still am in denial of that this was real. because it was so -- so real. >> you're seeing people being shot and falling down. what did you do to survive? >> one of my colleagues that i was working with in the information fell right in front of me. from getting shot of this gunman. and people started to approach him because they thought maybe this was a game or a training. but they started to talk to him and he pulled out the gun and shot everybody down. that's when people started

running, and me as well. it's time to dodge the bullets that were just passing our hands because it was a blood open field. just shot at people like they were sitting ducks. >> how do you do to survive the gunshots? >> the first i did was to run and of course no one was alone. we were all as a team. we were supporting each other. i have believe that did actually save me. because if someone didn't push me to run faster and keep lower, i would be dead. also, by jumping in the water and trying to swim, that saved me. and playing dead among dead bodies at the end of the shooting spree did also help. he just tried to see if i was

dead or alive. he shot me in the shoulder and now i'm alive. that's so tragic that so many people aren't. >> of course. adrian, give me an idea of what was going through your mind while all of this was going on? >> it was actually the feeling i had inside was to -- i was sure about this, about this joke with this training. it couldn't be real. it couldn't be real. why should someone do that in an island in norway with youth. it's just so weird. but facing the gun barrel and also drowning once. i did lower my expectations for survival for myself from this island. i posted on facebook and twitter that was shooting spree at i

love you all. >> adrian, we're so glad that you're alive and we appreciate you speaking to us this morning. all the best to you this morning. >> thank you very much. >> friday's attacks were the deadliest day of terror in western europe since the 2004 madrid bombings that killed 191 people. norwegian police described the suspect as a right winger with anti-muslim views and no known links to hard core extremists. for a deeper look into the attack, we turn to our national security analyst juan zuerte. he's in our national bureau. welcome. thanks for joining us. >> good morning, rebecca. >> police arrested the man for the bombings and the shootings. what do we know about the individual at this point? >> police are not saying much, but they are indicating this is

a white ring extremist, someone who had internet postings and activity online that suggest political views right of center and potentially tied to a militant extremist groups. i think we'll learn more in the coming days as authorities learn more about not only is it internet postings or is it association. too early to tell exactly what those motivations were. >> those associations will be a question. that leads to the question of is this a lone wolf attack? >> it's appearing that's the case. although authorities are not making any conclusive judgments about that. we look to see if we have any support, any associates, any conspirators. this is an individual who appears to have acted on his own. you have the reality that a capable, willing individual who has motivation is willing -- is able to do a lot of destruction on his own. this is perhaps the 21st century version of a lone wolf attack

that is quite disruptive. >> viewers are looking at images of both of attack sites, one at the center of town, then the youth camp. what is the significance of the two sites. >> they have political significance in the first instance. sites that are associated with the government of norway and also the future of the labor party, which is also the youth camp. if it's a politically motivated attack, which it appears to be, those are significant sites he's trying to make a political statement that attacks the status quo and the party that is in power. but i think this is in some ways for americans reminiscent of both oklahoma city and virginia tech. and i think in a country like norway, quite a shocking and horrific set of attacks. >> absolutely shocking, absolutely horrific. juan zuerte, thanks for joining us. we appreciate your insight. >> thanks, rebecca. >> now russ. to the stalled talks.

the talks collapsed on friday when john boehner walked out. the first debt default is ten days away. johnson is at the white house with the latest on the debt showdown. good morning. good morning to you. well, this is a major breakdown. president obama and house speaker john boehner have been discussing a large scale deal for weeks. the talks fell apart over issues that have long divided the two parties. entitlement programs and taxes. >> i've been left at the altar now for a couple of times. can they say yes to anything? >> a clearly fed up president obama chastised john boehner from walking away from a deficit reduction deal worth nearly $3 trillion in the next decade. it included $1 trillion in cuts to discretionary spending, $650 billion in cuts to entitlement programs. but it's $1.2 trillion in additional revenue that killed the deal for republicans. >> the white house moved the

goal post. there was an agreement on some additional revenues until yesterday -- >> speaker boehner said that agreement was for $800 billion in additional revenue which is would come from rewriting the tax code. he argued the president's new proposal would weaken the economic recovery. >> the extra $400 billion would have had to have come from increasing taxes on the very people we expect to invest in our economy and to create jobs. >> reporter: this latest breakdown seriously dims it prospect that a large-scale deal to reduce deficit could be reached before the august 2 deadline. but both sides are adamant, default is not an option. >> at minimum, we've got to increase the debt ceiling. at minimum. i think we need to do more than that. >> president obama has called congressional leaders back here to the white house for another emergency meeting later this morning. speaker boehner said he will be here but he's focused on striking a deal with the senate,

russ? >> at the white house, thanks a lot. take a closer look at the chances of reaching a deal on the debt ceiling. ryan johnson of wisconsin is on capitol hill, good morning to you. >> thanks for having me on. >> it's a good idea for speaker boehner to walk out of the discussions yesterday? >> we need to understand who put us in this position and it wasn't the president and the democrats in the senate, they'd never presented a plan. i menial, the president did present a budget, but so unserious it would have added $12 trillion to the nation's debt over ten years. it lost 0-97 in the senate. the senate hasn't passed a budget in over two years. but my problem is we hear all of the numbers, we hear everything is on the table. but as a united states senator, i haven't seen any of the detail. i'll hear vague numbers and assurances this president is serious. but a serious individual would have put a serious budget on the table. he would have gotten engaged, you know, sooner, further in advance than a couple of weeks

ago. >> do you think it was a good idea for speaker boehner to walk out of the meeting ten days before the deadline? >> yeah. the house passed a bill on tuesday, cut, cap, and balance, which i really believe is the solution. but unfortunately, the senate wouldn't concede to a debate on that. i think that's the real solution. the american people support that as well. a recent poll shows that 66% like the concept of cutting spending now, capping the growth in spending over ten years, and then increasing the debt ceiling in exchange for passing a constitutional amendment which, by the way, the american people support by a margin of 74%. >> senator. >> that is a solution that should be debated. so if we've got to do some short-term deal so we have time to debate that concept, i'd welcome that. >> didn't answer my question. we'll move on. 71% of americans disapprove of how republicans are handling negotiations from a political standpoint. if no deal is made on this, who has the most to lose? >> well, simply i'm not happy with these secret negotiations.

and i think every time we entered those with something that's not serious. and i don't believe the president has been negotiating good faith, we give him credibility where he has no credibility. so from my standpoint right now, i'm kind of glad he stepped away from those talks and asked the president, now, put your plan on the table. let me see it in writing before we give him any further credibility. >> are you confident, senator, that a deal will get done in the next tendais? >> no. that's why back in may i sent a letter to senator obama to be irresponsib irresponsible, to be scaring the markets the way he has. and assume he's going to have an increase in the debt ceiling and irresponsible not to have a backup plan. he has no backup plan. that's not what you do in business. if your business was in trouble, you wouldn't be running to the banks and scaring them the way the president has done. he's totally mishandled this. he's not been operating or negotiating in good faith. it will be up to the speaker and the leaders in the senate to

hammer out something short term so we can start working toward a real solution. >> senator -- >> that's really what the markets are looking for. a solution, not some short term deal. >> very quickly, senator, raising taxes, a deal breaker for you? >> listen, we have to grow our economy. i don't want to enact any policies or any laws that would harm economic growth on all four structural tax reform. on all four closing specific special deal types of loopholes. but not generally increase tax rates that will harm our economy. we've got to get our economy to grow to create jobs. that's the number one component for a solution. >> senator ron johnson of wisconsin. we thank you so much for joining us this morning. you take care. >> thanks for having me on. >> looking at the extreme heat from the central to the southern plains and the northeast. across the southeast, the heat goes on and on. on friday, more than 1,000 temperature records were broken. a dozen deaths were blamed on the extraordinarily hot weather.

cbs news correspondent michelle miller is in long beach, new york, 30 miles east of new york city, with more on that. michelle, good morning. good morning, rebecca. with the cool breeze out here, the coolest i've been out here all week, the beach is one of the best options to beat the heat. but for 148 million americans from texas to maine, sweltering under record-breaking temperatures, an escape is not easy to find. the unforgiving sun is putting the mercury in triple digits. in many parts of the nation, the heat index is higher. >> like an oven, a roasting oven. >> the mercury rose to 108 in newark, new jersey breaking the all-time record. 105 in baltimore and the nation's capital. 104 in atlantic city, philadelphia, and new york's central park. 103 in boston. 101 in providence. and 100 degrees in portland, maine and concord, new

hampshire. the punishing heat from the historic heat wave kept emergency rooms busy and is now blamed for at least 34 deaths. >> the most at-risk people are the extremes of age, the really young, the really old. they don't have the compensatory mechanisms that healthy middle aged people have to ward off the heat. >> reporter: with air conditioners on full blast it's straining power grids. con-ed which serves new york city broke the peak usage record at 4:00 p.m. friday. the crews laboring in the sweltering heat to fix scattered power outages. >> try not to use energy that you don't need. keep your homes and your apartments cool as best you can. but moderate the air conditioning usage. >> this painter in philadelphia had to cope with heat that hit 104 degrees, the hottest so far this year. >> it's really, really bad. i mean, i'm sweating. he's sweating bullets up there. just keeping hydrated. >> and there's something to be

said about getting out of the city, heading to the countryside, or spending a day at the beach. that's because cities with all of their asphalt, all of the concrete, trap the heat, making it even harder. rebecca? michelle miller in long beach. we hope you get to escape some of that yourself. all right, thank you. now let's get the latest on the sweltering heat wave from lonnie quinn. she's also out on long beach. he is standing by right there in the sweltering heat. a lovely shot there, lonnie. good morning. >> beautiful shot. look over me. the noise in the background is they are out there getting the beach ready for the this wrongs of new yorkers that will be heading out here today. surfers catching waves back there, hanging ten, my friend. lit be a sweltering day today. take a look at my weather headlines, there are 28 states across the country who are under some kind of a heat alert that will be more records that are shattered today. relief from the northeast arrive

by monday with temperatures dropping back down to the mid to upper 80s. not today. look at the temperatures, 100 degrees or more for every city on the map from new york city, charlotte, wichita. that's the temperature reading in the thermometer. feeling like 105 in new york city, 115 in charlotte. that's the heat index. if we can come back here live, i want to tell you what we say the feels like temperature is. the body cools off by sweating, right? a car when it overheats, it blows the steam off. your body sweats. the cooling takes place when the sweat evaporates. there's so much moisture, it can't evaporate, it's a cloak of moisture on top of your body making it feel a lot worse. that's a quick look at the country's weather. here's a close look at the weather in your area.

that's going to do it for weather. the other use of the water other than simulate sweat, you want to drink it today. drink lots of fluids. >> we love your moisture cloak. >> a cloak of moisture. a classic line. >> like you're a superhero or something. >> now for the rest of this morning's headlines. turn to cbs news correspondent and news anchor betty nguyen standing by at the newsdesk. >> sweat suit. thank you, guys. good morning, syrian state television is reporting that a clouded passenger train derailed and caught fire after saboteurs tore out a section of the track. the train was traveling between damascus and the capital. the derail was near homes, the city at the center of the government judge risi uprising. hundreds of thousands of people defied a ban and took to the streets to protest the regime of

president bashir assad. the uprising cost the lives of 1600 people. a powerful 6.4 earthquake rocked northern japan this morning. no reports of damage or significant injuries. it's the same area, though, that was devastated by a quake and tsunami last march that left 11,000 people dead or missing. a ban on gays in the military will be lifted within 60 days. friday, president obama formally ended the ruling after top military leaders say the repeal would not jeopardize the military's ability to fight. during his campaign for the white house, president obama said he would overturn the ban. it's about 23 minutes past the hour. let's go back to russ and rebecca. >> thank you. >> thanks a lot. coming up, gay marriage becomes legal tomorrow in new york state. mike bloomberg is taking this personally. >> he will officiate at one of the same sex weddings, two of his top aides. you're watching "the early show"

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wow. it was hot this week in new york city and all across the country. >> yeah. yeah. >> lonnie is standing by in long beach, new york. lonnie, doing a great job of covering this. not only for us here on "the early show" but for the new york affiliate, wcbs. what is it like to cover it? what is it compared to other heat waves? >> this is an historic year. look at the things taking place between tornadoes -- the tornado outbreaks in the midwest. this is a heat wave of historical proportions. i'd never seen stuff like this before. actually, nobody watching right now has ever seen heat like this before around newark, new jersey yesterday, 108 degrees. they never hit that type of

temperature before. that goes back to temperature records kept going back to the late 1800s. this is unheard of stuff. it's coupled with bigtime activity that makes it feel worse. >> 103 in central park? >> new york city hit 104, the second hottest temperature in the history of keeping temperatures in central park. once before we hit 106 degrees. >> not just in new york. how many states are feeling this? it's a record number. >> 28 states right now are under some kind of a heat alert or heat advisory or heat warning. the new york city area under an extreme heat warning, let me tell you something, that's dangerous stuff. in terms of weather-related deaths, hurricanes, floods, and lightning, you combine all of the three people who died from those three things combine, it's heat. heat is the big weather killer. >> you're going to have a good point. stay hydrated. >> drink a lot of that.

>> yeah. >> no alcohol. stay away from that. >> especially not this early. ,,,

the empire state building in a hot day in new york city. welcome back to the show. i'm russ mitchell. the republican party is battling president obama over raising the debt ceiling. time is running out. congress is not seem to be closer to a deal. we put together a special panel of independent voters who will tackle the question of who's to blame? jim avalon and margaret hoover are helping our series come up with some answers. that's coming up in a few moment ms. you guys look ready to go. >> ready to go. >> but first up, it's rebecca. tomorrow, new york becomes it sixth state to make same-sex

marriage legal. this is a huge weekend for new york city mayor michael bloomberg. the mayor will officiate the top members of this staff who personalized this issue for him. commissioner of consumer affairs jonathan minsk and chief policy advisor, john finebeck. you've been officiating. you've only done this a couple of times before, your daughter and mayor giuliani, what does it mean for you? >> i thought i would go off of my exceptions of only my kids and former mayors because it sends a message to the world that new york was open to everyone. i thought america's great strengths the fact we include everybody equally and we don't impose our religion on everybody else. everybody should have the right to get married and every religion should decide what's right what's appropriate within their religion. i'm proud of the state. the state legislature, the governor, the speaker, the city

council got together and did what the people would want. it's not the government's business to get involve in your personal life unless there's some overriding compelling public policy purpose. and it's not. >> john, jonathan, you've been together now for 14 years, two young daughters. what does it mean to you? >> i think primarily what it means is it sends a massive signal to our children first and foremost that our family is equal to any other family. kids have a very -- a very clear sense of what's fair and what's just and what's different from one family to another. and they shouldn't feel second class. and i think some day we'll mark the first day in new york when they know that their family is like any other. and i think -- i think that's a very important message to send. >> yeah, i think we're really celeb rating three things on sunday. one is our relationship, our family and our kids. the third is we're celebrating with new york. and this is a great day for new

york. so we stood for freedom and i think this is -- this is what new york is all about. it's what makes new york, new york. it's a great privilege to be a part of it. >> you bring up an interesting point. if you wanted to at some earlier point, you could have gone to another state. why wait until new york? >> my step mother has a beautiful house in massachusetts overlooking the water. same-sex marriage has been legal in massachusetts for a number of years now. but we're new yorkers, we work for new york, we decided to raise our kids in new york. we're firmly sort of committed to the city. we didn't want to have to pack our bags and go somewhere else. we wanted to do it in new york where our kids are being raised and where our home is and where our kids can invite 15 of their friends to celebrate with us. it meant a lot for us to do it here and not have to go off somewhere else to do it. >> mayor bloomberg? >> i think it's great that they're doing it in new york. we want new york to be a destination for everyone, whether you're coming to get married or coming for a vacation, or you're coming to live or coming for education or

medical care, new york city has always been open to everyone. if you take a look at the history of civil rights in this country, you know, at the beginning, women couldn't vote or hold office. nonproperty holders couldn't vote. african-americans couldn't vote. and over the years, we have opened up and improved our democracy. and we haven't taken away the rights of individuals or individual religions to have whatever restrictions they want. if your religion says you should not drink alcohol, you don't have to drink alcohol. but you shouldn't prevent other people from drinking alcohol. the same thing is true when it comes to marriage and lots of other things in life. we respect the rights of people to practice their religions the way they want to do it. but in order to do that, you have to make sure that everybody has that right, including the people who want to do things outside of religion. and marriage is a civil ceremony and for some people, they add a religious ceremony. we forget the clergy people who have the right to marry you

perform a civil ceremony within the religious ceremony. but you can go to a judge or the city clerk or the mayor and get married without the religious component. it's up to individuals to choose. that's what it should be. >> one last question, is the wedding going to be outside in all of this extreme heat? >> i'm -- >> unless you put a pool in it when we weren't looking. >> we're not doing the pool. the ceremony inside and the reception outside. i think lit be a great day. people who want to get married in the day can come and go to city hall or the marriage bureaus in all five boroughs. >> thanks to all of you joining us. have a wonderful weekend. hope you enjoy it. >> thanks a million. >> now here's lonnie with a check of the weather. good morning, i'm live at long beach, new york. this beautiful beach over my shoulder, i mean, how pretty is that. and, yet, it's only about five miles outside of the city limits of new york city. it will be filled with new yorkers because of the heat and the humidity. speaking of the humidity, you

look down the beach here, see how you lose the horizon. it all sort of gets fuzzy out there. that's all of the humidity hanging in the air. it's going to make it a tough day. here are the weather headlines for today. this is a heat wave that a good portion of the country is experiencing of historic proportions. nothing like this. in the last 30 years, we will be rewriting the record books today, look at the record temperatures on the books as we speak for places like newark, new jersey. the record is 100. forecasting 103. the new record for you today. in new york city, the record is 99. you're going to be close. 97 to somewhere around 100 degrees? that record could fall as well. same situation in baltimore, maryland. a heat wave continues. relief monday. that's a quick look at the national picture. a closer look for your weather for the weekend.

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this morning, a special panel on the stalled negotiations to raise the nation's debt ceiling. so who is to blame? republicans accuse the democrats, democrats say, it's the gop's fault. but who do americans blame? joining us to answer questions from our group of independent voters is margaret hoover. she works in the white house for president george w. bush. she was the author of "american individualism," how a new generation of conservatives can help save the party. having a good time, she says. and the senior columnist for the daily beast, john avalon. for the interest of full disclosure, he's her husband. >> this is true.

>> good morning to both of you. >> thank you for coming as well. raise your hand -- how many of you are surprised that washington has taken so long it will come up with a deal on this. >> interesting. are you listening, washington? >> yeah. >> second question for you. raise your hand. do you think politicians are more concerned with the party's agenda than they are with the opinions of the american people? just about everybody. everybody. are you listening, washington. what's going on? why do you think people feel this way. >> there's a huge disconnect. the parties are polarizing. there's an increasing sense of frustration about people putting special interests in front of the national interest. the whole symbol of debate is a symbol on that. >> there are principle decisions in the two parties -- sorry, differences between the two parties on how to handle the fiscal future of the country. the republicans are saying we can't just raise the debt ceiling without making structural reforms.

some would argue that if republicans hasn't come to town, they would have raised the debt ceiling like we have time and time again. >> interrue in the last hour with senator ron johnson. i don't know if you saw that. he had his position, standing firm. on the other side, democrats are doing the same thing. will anything ever get done if both sides feel this way? >> you're exactly right -- to the whole point of who's to blame? we need to stop pointing fingers and get solutions. that's what we're here to talk about. >> see what we can find out. susan has a question. go ahead. >> we heard about the dire consequences that will ensue if they don't raise the debt ceiling. however, i'd like to know why at all are the politicians against reducing the debt while raising the debt ceiling. >> you want to hand that will one? >> sure. you're exactly right. two fundamental problems. this debt ceiling that we're rushing towards on august 2 with the nation's economy runs the risk of running off of the

cliff. the underlying issues of debt and the two are being linked to create some urgency. president obama made a point -- independent voters voted for divided government. we like checks and balances. we didn't vote for dysfunction or default. we have to be able to reason together. >> handle some of that as well. >> i think you're right. there is a grid lock it seems to me. but it's because there's real differences. i agree with you. i don't think we should just continue to raise the debt ceiling without making some structural reforms, just like every american around the kitchen table has to pull back on some of the things that i ear spending, washington should have to pull back on some of the things they're spending as well. >> jack has a question for margaret. go ahead, jack. >> the debt ceiling has been raised consistently since 1939 with the exception to president truman. how is it that republicans can take such a hard line on opposing this now? >> well, it's -- i think that republicans will argue they're reflecting the will of the electorate. the republicans have been part

of the problem for a long time, just like democrats, they have consistently voted to raise the debt ceiling. there's a massive historical action in 2010 that sent 87 new republicans in the house of representatives on the tea party really infused the republican party with the message of urgent fiscal conservatism and fiscal responsibility. that's what republicans are reflecting. they're reflecting the love the electorate that sent them to washington. >> matt, a question for jenna? >> yeah. >> recent polls have expressed the public's deep frustration with both of the party and how they're handling the debate. my question is will the parties pick up on the mood of the nation and address the problems that are being caused by their par san sh partisanship? >> they haven't yet. independent voters are the fastest growing in the electorate. the two parties are not listening to some fundamental real really plurality of the american

people. they want to save our economy from a deeper problem to find a way to listen to indpependent voters and work together. everybody has to give something. we're not seeing that. the all or smog emphasis. the american people understand that's not how you solve a problem. >> which side has the most to lose if there's no deal? >> we all have a lot to lose? this did not -- >> the country has a lot to lose. >> politically. >> i think the republicans have a lot to lose. it's showing that public opinion is shifting against republicans unfortunately. they have but one leg in this stool of three legged stools. so republicans have a lot to lose. >> yeah, and ten people do support a more balanced approach, an aggressive plan, but a balanced plan. the republicans run a risk on this. >> more questns for the panel coming up in a bit. going to hear from the independent voters. coming back, you're watching "the early show" on cbs. [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil. here's one story. i'm sean. i switched to advil 10 months ago.

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angry debt negotiations from the nation's capitol. the answer is margaret hoover who works in the white house and senior political columnist for news week and "the daily beast," jeff avalon. do you have a question for jeff? yeah, from the beginning of the obama presidency, the republicans stated it was their mission to see him fail. how can we have faith that they're interested in constructive compromise or making progress? >> can i answer this? >> you go ahead. i figured you wanted to talk. go right ahead. >> here's the thing. it's true there were popular entertainers who have a republican audience who said we hope obama fails. but no republican elected leader in the house of representatives or the senate today has ever said that. not the speaker boehner, not the head of the senate, mitch mcconnell. republicans in responsibility have not said that. i believe our representatives even though they have different views on how to solve the debt crisis do have the best interest of the country at heart. >> i think there's a danger when

we startdemonizing people who disagree. our political debates have become that wittry oriole where it becomes more of a reason to stick together. we should answer that. >> did that answer the question, jeff? >> relatively. >> you want to follow me? >> it seems to me they don't have a vested interest in anything that's getting accomplished that's going to get him re-elected when good economies occur under a president, he gets re-elected. when they go bad, like carter, they get unelected. >> he raises a profound point. just because there's some hyper partisanship the worst things to get are better for them politically. if things go over the cliff in the debt ceiling, we'll benefit politically. that's a fundamentally sick way to view our politics and the failure to think about the national interest and instead of your respective special interest. >> thanks so much. you have a question for john? >> yes. should we be concerned that the

government will -- it will be harder and harder to work together in the years because of passionate politicians. >> politics follows the line of fizz inges. the more one side draws upon demonizing a president of the opposite party, not like it's going to happen when the next president of the opposite party comes in. there's a cycle of incitement. if you want to stop it, you have to stand up and say you have an obligation to work together and punish those folks who are trying to polarize. >> when there's a crisis six months from now, will they still be hanging over dc? >> i think they need to listen to people like you, independent voters who are talking about prague mattism and solutions in our politics, not partisanship. the leaders are trying to do that. >> candace, thanks a lot. >> you have a question. >> i'm not an expert on the economy. who's to blame. i'm a medical doctor. i'm an expert. for 25 years, i've been

practicing internal medicine and i recognize disease when it's systemic. the two parties are struggling. i believe we as a nation have to now turn our attention on reforming the political process to healing the political process and doing something about the partisanship. as independents, we support political reform. comprehensive, restructuring nonpartisanship of the parties. we think it's at the heart. we have a set of prescriptions for reform. >> what are your -- your thoughts, your ideas on how ordinary americans can open up the political process and change the gridlock in washington? >> i think the most important thing that individual citizens can do is talk to their representatives and talk to their members of congress. you can e-mail, call them, go to the town hall meetings. the blessing of america is that we live in the most open government in the world. and your representatives need to hear from you. it makes a difference. >> look, i appreciate the frustration because you're in a

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>> the top portion. they're keeping some of it too. >> you put it in the freezer. you eat it at your first anniversary. that's the way it's supposed to work. >> that's what they tell me. >> you should know. >> they tell me they're supposed to do that. i don't recall doing that. the royal family would know if that's protocol. >> right. >> it's like ham burger meat. put it in the freezer for a year. take it out. >> the dresses -- the two dresses, kate's and pippa's dress designed by the same person. >> sarah burton of alexander mcqueen and both replicated throughout the world. >> and in the magazine the other day, the royal dress has arrived. >> yeah. >> here's a replica, of course, but still, looked very much like it. >> well, you have family moving to london? are they going to go? >> they're going to go check it out for me. >> no. >> i have a sister moving to

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looking at oslo, the city of oslo. the flags at half staff this morning. we welcome you back to the early show, i'm russ mitchell. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. we want to get to the top story, the shooting spree in norway that left 91 people dead and a peaceful nation in shock. the suspected gunman in friday's attack is said to be cooperating with police. cbs news correspondent jeff glor is in oslo, the capital. jeff, good morning, tell us what is it like one day after this tragedy occurred in the streets of oslo today?

>> reporter: good morning to you. i think they're trying to think about the tragedy overnight. 80 people kill in a campground. 600 kids had gathered there. some were 16 years old and died. some tried to swim away as the shooter kept shooting. the suspected shooter, 32-year-old anders behring breivik was dressed as a police officer. he tried to lure a large group telling them he was performing a routine terror check. they were on edge at that campground because of what happened earlier here in downtown oslo. breivik bought six tons of ammonium nitrate from a farm supply company may 4. he's in police custody and he's talking to them openly trying to explain his story. he expressed many christian

fundamentalist views on line, many of them criticizing norway's ruling labour party. so we'll wait to hear more from police and wait to hear if breivik speaks more today. rebec rebecca? >> thank you for your reporting from oslo. joining us now, also from oslo, christian aglund, he was in the building next to the government building that was attacked. also laurus rotsal. you were both near the scene of the crime. christian, what did you see and hear from next door when the explosion occurred? >> thanks for being on your show. i was sitting in my office working. my building is next to the big building you can see behind me, that's the government building. suddenly i feel an intense shock. the entire building was shaking for a few seconds and immediately my first thinking is, my goodness this, is an earthquake. but then i realized, you know, we're not prone to earthquakes

in this part of the country, at least. that shaking subsided and i realized immediately, this has been an explosion. i looked outside my window, fortunately, my window stayed intact. but the windows and the nearby buildings were shattered. we tried to evacuate immediately. we tried to get through the main entrance and it was facing the government building. shattered glass everywhere. we couldn't go through there. i had to walk from behind. i went to the front of the building. i saw one person on the ground attended to by other people. and i was just taking photos and videos and sharing it on twitter and facebook. >> laurus, the attack -- >> absolutely. >> what we're seeing out of this and the visuals we're ge egg tt out of the united states is tragic. this is the worst in norway. can you expect anything like this? could you fathom something like

this happening in your community? >> i didn't expect it at all. i thought it was a gas explosion. i realize and i saw that glass was shattered, you know, several hundred meters away from the -- away from the government buildings. as i realized something must have happened, something vague. but it's -- it's very strange to me because i've been living in the middle east for a year now. and seeing the, that this can happen in my own country that's been so peaceful and stable for so many years, it's very strange. >> it is very strange. your mother's office is near also where this explosion took place. did you think she may be there. were you concerned at all for her safety? >> i was not concerned about her safety. i knew she was not there. when things like this happened, you -- i think your logic kind

of senseless behavior disappears. but what happened to me is i just left work and i came back and i was actually scared that the windows had been shattered at my mother's office. so that, you know, her computer and her -- and her information like work information would be destroyed because of the rain. that was predicted. i actually went inside the building even though there were -- the fire alarm was still ringing and i went back to the office to see that everything is okay and i called the security and told them there's just been an explosion. there's no reason why they should come. yeah, it was very strange. then suddenly, i realized that the fire alarm was going on and i had to leave and i was doing something that was very irrational. but, yeah. very strange. >> you can imagine why those types of thoughts would be going through your head. and we appreciate both of you coming here and sharing your

accounts and glad to see both of you found safety. >> may i add one more thing real quick? >> of course, christian. >> i just want to say thanks to everybody. your thoughts and prayers from around the world. we really appreciate it and we're going to get through this together. >> it's a great note to end it on. thank you so much for joining us. really tough stuff. >> really tough tough. very poised. appreciate them talking to us and giving their accounts. >> we're joined by our correspondent at the news anchor, betty nguyen. good morning, betty. los angeles police are holding two new suspects this morning in the savage beating of a san francisco giants baseball fan, brian stowe. the previous suspect is exonerated but in prison. stowe is hospitalized in serious condition after he was nearly beat on the death following the giants-dodgers opening day in los angeles last march. two dozen people got more

than they expected on a a roller coaster at disney california adventure and had to be rescued. the ride came to an abrupt stop friday after someone's backpack fell on the tracks. firefighters used ladders to get the riders down. there were no reported injuries. the youngest son of arnold schwarzenegger is recovering in the hospital after a body boarding accident at a california beach. cbs correspondent bill whitaker reports the mishap is the latest episode of the real-live soap opera in a high-profile family. >> following the body boarding accident that sent chrys far schwarzenegger to intensive care with a collapsed lung, a just released 911 phone call from maria shriver indicates how serious the situation was. >> he's having trouble breathing. >> make sure you don't move him. >> his father rushed to his side in what his parents now say was a very scary week. in the only joint statements

since they announced that are with estranged in may, maria shriver and arnold schwarzenegger also said, christopher is surrounded by his family and friends. he's a brave boy and is expected to make a full recovery. we thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. but for the high profile-divorcing couple, this week was more than scary. on wednesday, just three days after christopher's accident, arnold schwarzenegger filed court papers indicating he does not want to paymah rhea shriver spousal support or attorneys fees as they end the 25-year marriage. >> arnold is sending a signal to the other side. if we're going to divide the estate 50/50, at the end of the day, he doesn't want to pay spousal support. >> the stakes are high with reportedly $400 million to split. >> they don't want the case to be try in the court of public opinion. they're trying to do it quietly and privately and make sure their children are the least affected. >> bill whitaker, cbs news, los

angeles. get a check of the weather outside from monty feeling the heat from long beach in new york. how hot is it out there now, lonnie? we're in -- we're in like the 80s right now. i'll helping out 343 from new york hand out water for a road race that's taking place right now as you can clearly see. this is the benefit wounded veterans and handing out -- we've been keeping track of temperatures since the late 1800s. now plenty of cities yesterday broke records for the hottest july 22nd ever. plenty will break records today for the hottest july 23 ever. one had the hottest day ever in its history. that was newark, new jersey hitting 108. will there be a cool down today? i don't really see it. maybe four degrees less. 104 if you want relief in the northeast, that will arrive on

monday with temperatures in the upper 80s. we are live outhere in long beach, new york. that's a quick look at one portion of the country. here's a closer look at the weather for your area. this weather segment sponsored by at&t. at&t, rethink possible. >> water? water? all right, guys, i have to tell you, what these guys are doing, exercising in the morning on a day like today, you have to do it in the early morning or the late evening when temperatures aren't quite as rough out there. all right, we're live in long beach, back to you in the studio. >> take it easy out there. thanks a lot. a new tourist attraction in

london. buckingham palace expects record crowds this summer to see the wedding dress kate middleton wore when she married prince william. if you didn't get a invitation to the wedding of the century, the brits are selling tickets to the royal wedding show. in buckingham palace, you uh can see the dress of dresses. not seen since the day kate middleton married prince william. they're now known as the duke and duchess of cambridge. it's now on a royal mannequin in the palace ballroom. the dress so beautiful they say it wasn't put under a glass display so visitors can see the stunning detail. the show curator calls it a work of art, british couture. >> it gives it idea of the great british design. the dress and the wonderful wedding cake and the other elements of this display. >> there are kate's shoes, kate's cake. it's a replica. and kate's cartier tiara lent to

her by the queen who gets it back. the monarch is smiling but she's not pleased. british press say it's horrid, the mannequin has no head and it's made to look creepy. creepy? maybe but popular. the pal lace expects just over $28 a ticket to get in. the dress will bring in $13 million to the treasury over the summer. most brides hang their dresses in the closet never to be seen again. but this dress from a fairy tale wedding lives on. dana lewis, cbs news, london. up next, change directions and talk about the explosive new evidence that could get amanda knox out of jail. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them.

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she was innocent, the conviction was a mistake, and the now 24-year-old should be released. on monday, the italian court will hear new arguments that could bring knox one step closer to freedom. it's now a year and a half since amanda knox and her boyfriend were found guilty of the murder of meredith k irk rcher in 2007. the pair along with a prisoner living in the area for a period of time were given lengthy sentences for their part of the crime. the judge could hear the strongest argument yet that dna evidence could have been contaminated. evidence of knock's and kirche's dna on the murder weapon and the dna on the bra strap were key elements in the case against them. knox's defense team argued that the dna evidence is inadmissible. late court papers suggest onind

review would agree that dna evidence is not found. the testimony that put the pair at the scene of the crime could provide amanda knox with a real possibility of having her conviction overturned. knox is currently serving a 26-year prison sentence. russ? >> okay. thank you very much. joining us to talk about the dna evidence is forensic scientist and dna expert larry kovalinski. in a high-profile case like this, how can it happen? how can dna be contaminated. >> it can happen because it's the most important part of any crime. crime scene investigators have to get it right the first time. and unfortunately, they did not get it right the first time. they had to go back again. and at that point, some of the evidence apparently may have become contaminated. >> an easy thing to do. is dna evidence easily contaminate? >> because it's such a sensitive procedure, it's easy to

contaminate evidence. you're breathing over an object, dandru dandruff, hair, anything can contaminate an object and confuse the results. >> when you look at a case like this, how does it help or hurt the prosecution? >> i think dna is critical in any criminal matter. here we have an alleged murder weapon that links meredith karcher, the victim, to amanda knox. it's the key piece of evidence in the state's case. >> from your experience at looking at how this -- the way this was handled, what could police have done differently in this test? >> the problem is that there were very few cells on the -- on this alleged murder weapon. and because of that, if you do the routine dna procedure, it's -- it doesn't work. either you get no results or you get peaks, dna fragments below a threshold, a certain level. in the united states, when you have peeks below a threshold, we

don't even call that -- those as genes because they may well be artifacts. you're starting off with evidence that has insufficient dna. you need to use special proerps called high sensitivity testing or low copy number. that was not done in this kils. >> what's a low copy number? >> it implies there are fewer than 16 cells on an object. that level of drk na can cause a lot of problems in interpretation. unless you use a specialized procedure. >> very quickly, in the intro, we said it could be a glimmer of hope for amanda knox. do you agree? >> i think there's more than a glimmer of hope. this piece of evidence absolutely links knox, amanda knox to k irk rcher. if you throw out that evidence, the case is gone. she'll be coming home. >> okay. dr. larry couple. thank you, we appreciate your insight. >> pleasure. up next, going to change directions again. don't just call your family or friends? you can dial up a video chat. which method is the best. this is "the early show" on cbs.

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comb your hair, check your teeth for food, it's so easy to make a call using two-way video. the easiest and cheapest way to chat is "early show" technology expert. you have great stuff along. we're talking video chats. skype is one of the most popular. tell us about it. >> rid you chat has been around for the few years but in the last few years it's gained a lot of notoriety. it's available on so many different devices. skype is the house hold way to video chat. the reason for that is it's simple, easy to use, and it's platform. i could be automatic. you could be on a pc. it's a number of different devices. skype is connected with smart tv so you can video a chapter of tv. it works on the smart phone. there's video concerts and phones sitting with the skype telephones that people didn't know that were out there. the last few weeks of big news

was it was integrated in facebook. if you have a facebook page, you can video chat with somebody right through skype integration. so a lot of ways to use it. >> what's the downside? >> lag time. i call this the blair witch feature. we use skype a lot. it becomes grainy, someone doesn't have a fast connection. and it's a little painful. so obviously there's a small con. it comes with a free service. >> how about space time. >> this's apple's proprietary service. works with the ipad 2, iphone touch, iphone 4. if you have an iphone, you can keck. i can ping you through your mac computer. but the con is, know it only works proprietary with apple devices. >> only to people with those devices. google has one called google chat? >> that's correct. i set up a hangout here in the early show studio.

what's neat is google processes the new social networking site. it's time to compete with facebook. what's awesome is it allows you to connect with ten people in a hangout session. i want a little bit of a freeze. i have a couple of random people multiple chats at one time. >> going on -- we've got to step it up. >> but this is -- what you're doing right here. this is the problem with technology. all of these things are great when they work the right way. if they're not working the right way. >> it's not working. i want to show you this. the goggle hangout. if you want to do a group chat, it costs about $8 a month. if i want to do a group chat on hangouts in google, it's free. a nice feature. ten random people i don't even know are joining me here on google talk. >> you have all of the time in the world. you want to talk to ten random people. what's the downside? >> oh you need a google account. >> and a round of people too, right? >> a round of people. >> i can bring it to my family

or friends and set it up how i want it. >> there's an app for everything and an app for this as well. tell us about some of them. >> video chat apps out there. what's nice is apple face time is only available on wi-fi. these apps that are available work on 3-g, 4-g, or wireless. you can connect with somebody on an iphone device and have that video chat capability. yeah, there's enough for everything. >> which one do you use the most? oh. >> i use a lot of face-time and g-chat on google. in my grk mail account, you can click on them and talk to them that way. >> they're there. you're talking to them. as always, great insights, great choice too. still ahead, four wild animals that can beat the heat without breaking a sweat. zoologist jared miller here with the animals and more to explain here on "the early show" on cbs.

rebecca jarvis loves animals. >> we do. >> we have video of the last animal segment that rebecca did. >> rebecca -- oh, yeah. >> getting an owl today, too, is that is that correct? >> i had to do like mantras when i came up here. everything is going to be okay. deep breaths. >> an owl and a monkey. >> a little monkey he grabbed out. i was wearing a necklace. he grabbed out for the necklace. not wearing one today. >> those animal segments can be

dangerous. a couple of years ago, we had a boa constrictor. >> britney spears. >> i didn't go there. but one of the things where the boa c boa constrictor became agitated. that's all we heard. agitated. we ran out of the room. >> with wild animals, really, anything can happen when you deal with an animal. kind of like on totally different levels. but -- >> you have to have your insurance? >> i'm going to have to find a way to do that. >> yes. >> i appreciate it here. >> no doubt. looking out for your family. >> at this point, the animals and you bring them to an environment like this. a studio, you have people moving around. all of the things for us. >> we're here in support of you. >> i appreciate you guys from the peanut gallery. this is interesting for animals how they stay cool. >> i know. >> baby lions.

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when ever i'm with him. >> heat wave. >> looking good. welcome back to "the early show." i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm russ mitchell. we have our own heat wave, jared miller brought in four exotic animals with one thing in common. they each have a unique ability to stay cool in a brutal heat wave. he'll tell us how these amazing animals do it. >> we're going to pet this animal. >> no. i don't want to touch that lizard. no, i don't think so. also, chef spike gurdy will prepare a great summer meal for

us on the menu today. grilled chicken, potato salad, and a white nectarine tartine. am i saying that right? >> i'll put a lot of it in my mouth. >> all on a shoestring budget of $40. >> all coming up. but we head back to lonnie quinn on long beach, new york. 30 miles east of new york city? >> not 30 miles. >> all right. >> outside of the city limits, it's only about five miles from, say, queens. new york city is made from the five burroughs. you get this beautiful beach close to new york city. we're in the middle of a road race out here right now. all of the runners if you noticed they've been drinking so much water we're out of couples. picking up cups off of the ground. filling them up splashing the runners as they go by. it's historical heat. it's a reason we're historical. it's all part of the explanation of what we're dealing with. the rarely seen combination of

extreme heat and extreme humidity. now in terms of extreme heat, the numbers speak for themselves ms. look at the readings, 103 in philadelphia, around 100 in new york city. 102 in richmond. now, factor in the humidity this, is what the air will feel like on your skin. it will feel like 109 in philadelphia, 105 in new york city. 112 in richmond. look at that, 115 degrees what it's going to feel like in charlotte, north carolina. anything over 105 is potentially deadly. you've got to be careful out there. again, drink the water, everybody. take a quick peek there at the national picture. looks calm except for up around the minnesota air in. and that is a quick look at the entire country's weather. a closer look at the weather for your weekend.

i got to tell you, that's the way to beat the heat. that's the cool shower right there. the surfers there at long beach, new york. speaking of cool, cool things. there's something really cool going on in key west, florida. the big shoutout for wfor. what's happening? the hemingway days. if you never checkled this out, i've been to it, i love it. a all of the hemingway guys that gather. all kinds of fun down there. we thank everybody for watching in key west and all of my good buddies in wfor. that's the lonnie shoutout for the day. we're live out here at long beach. five miles away from queens. you get a beautiful beach like this, in such a close new york city. this place is going to be packed with new yorkers later today. back to you. >> thank you so much, lonnie. they don't want to miss the important information about the summer. if it's not the heat, it's the humidity. it can give you problem skin or

other problems. so here with advice on how to keep your skin clear and healthy until the cool weather comes back is dermatologist. one of the things you get greasy skin with the humidity and it can cause breakouts. how do you fight back? >> a ph balanced cleanser, not a soap. two that i like is one soap that doesn't lather. but another is beauty bar, not soap. that keeps your moisture in your skin, ph balanced, available to your drugstore. >> boat on the face and the rest of the body as well. >> absolutely. >> lotion -- this is an issue. you put the lotion on in the humidity and it gets greasy. are there kinds to look for in the warmer weather. >> absolutely. stay away from creams and ointments. stick to light lotion to your body, use one like cereme. i like vishi, they have an acne

hydrated lotion. it prevents breakouts. >> it will keep it from appear ing. >> humid we sweat a lot. and it looks like breakouts, but it's folliculitis, a bacterial overgrowth on the kin. the side, the back, the backside. you use an anti-bacterial soap, lever 2000 or dial every day. >> all over? >> in your face, the cleansers, on your body, the anti-bacterial soap. >> when it comes to looking wringly. you get a little bit of sun. all of a sudden, your body doesn't have a supple look to the skin. what do you recommend? >> the chest and the forehead, you get that crazy look. >> yes. >> you use the eucerin lotion. it will keep you looking radiant. once a week, you can use the

newt sugar body scrub. you want to change out sugar for salt scrubs. >> areas that naturally get wringly is where you want to pay the closest attention to. >> exactly. >> i was reading research. one of the breasting things is how hot or how cool the water temperature your shower can be can play a role in this. >> hot showers, they may seem like a good idea. they get your skin steam cleaned. the hotnd going to dry your skin out more. go for lukewarm or cold showers to lock in moisture. >> that will mick me feel better in weather like this when you need to cool down. >> this is the way to stay hydrated. when you go to the beach, you want to make sure you're not just drinking water but your skin is hydrated. two easy things to do. throw it in a spray bottle. mist your skin every couple of hours but if you don't feel like

a spray bottle, you can buy one. it has selenium and minerals and will help to soothe your skin in case you get it sunburned and keep your skin from getting dehydrated. >> do you use that if you go in the ocean, the pool, or is it kournt reactive. >> the water good for the skin, but the salt can dry you out. same thing for the pool. dress the moisturizers and ge all of the salt and chlorine off of your skin afterwards. >> we appreciate it. stay dry, stay cool. >> coming up, four amazing animals with one thing in common, each has a foolproof way to beat the record heat. my doctor told me calcium

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going to meet and it's thermal regulation. the reptiles like the monitored cool blooded animals. you figure they need to be warm. they need to be near the equa r equator. the hotter, the better. the body temperature is dependent on ambient temperature. they can get too hot too. they bask to heat up. alligators, snakes, even here in new york, you'll see reptiles out in the sun. but then, it's cool. they have to expel that body heat. they do what's called gaping. a lot of the people think the reptile is going to bite. an alligator or monitor, he's full of hot air. he's releasing hot air. they gape over the mouth. a beautiful example of a prehistoric animal that had to beat the heat for millions of years. >> highly predatory. >> they're so smart. they look for movement and sounds and they're good feeder else. >> we'll be over here. >> let's get the next one. >> the box coming up.

is that the case? >> oh, you're going to love this. thank you. >> i can get onboard with a fox. >> oh, yeah. >> he's so cute. look how beautiful? he's my favorite hot weather animal. this is a fennick fox. look at the ears. aren't they incredible. >> they're huge. >> they're huge. this san animal perfectly adapted for beating the heat. to sara hah are a desert in africa. he had so many adaptions to beat the heat. the ears are big, act as radiators. capillaries help release the heat. so being a warm -- you know, a warm-blooded furry animal, he needs to beat the heat more so than others. my favorite are the oven mitts. on the bottom of his feet. give him a high-five. >> taiwan. taiwan. >> look at will, the match head was firm -- imagine if we had

firm on our hands in the desert. he's perfectly reflected. they hunt at night. you know what this guy eats? the favorite food are the most venomous. eats a scorpion, bites it tail off and goes to town. >> do you have a lot of owls. >> the last time we had an owl on the show. what happened to rebecca? >> pleads don't make it fly out. >> this is the largest -- >> look at this guy. >> rebecca, wherever you're most comfortable. an owl native to africa, asia, europe. he's looking at me. birds have to thermoregulate as well. you can think about they can fly, so the best way for a bird to beat the heat is just rise above the heat. they fly up above where it's cooler up top. also, too, owls especially, they start fluttering their throat. very similar to the monitor

lizard, they're full of hot air. they'll release it through their beak and moisturize and get some of that heat right out of their mouths. >> we've got a lion. >> wait until you see this guy. >> a little one, 4 months old. >> literally -- >> rebecca, you're all right. the id you have a flashback. >> one of my best locations. >> look at this guy. now, i love lions, and, again,ever time i go to africa. when it comes to beating the heat, it's a formidable temperature you're dealing with. this line here, they have the best way of thermal regulation and beating the heat. that's simply falling asleep. lions sleep more than any other animal in the world. at 4 months old, wille's full of life. wants to play. he's starting to learn how to hunt. participate with him. help him in the training process. >> is it okay to let him chew your hand like that? >> no, it's not okay. this isn't a puppy. but this little lion cub, again, when he's full grown, he'll be

600 pounds, a big beautiful mane. this guy will sleep 20 hours a day in the heat. he'll come up at nighttime. do a little hunting. the female lions, they're social, live in big prides. but the females bring the food to him. >> what a life. >> he's the king of the jungle. >> the african lion. thanks for joining us with us. >> thank you. >> in safe segments. we appreciate it. >> we love it. coming up next, wild with award-winning chef. he's going to ripe up a summer meal of chicken and fresh veggies. we all want our kids to eat their vegetables, but they'd rather they disappear. mott's medleys has two total fruit and veggie servings in every glass but magically looks and tastes just like the fruit juice kids already love. mott's medleys. invisible vegetables. magical taste. but also a caring touch. you learn to get a feel for the trouble spots. to know its wants... its needs...its dreams.

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something i said, what is it? >> a little cooking as possible. >> a lot of cooking. what's on the menu. >> with have butter milk. it's one of my favorite ingredients especially from a local delhi. set aside and then use it to top the salads. >> desserts? >> a nectarine tartine. fresh nectarines and a little spoonful of homemade cream cheese. >> get to it. what are we going to do first? >> ice cold butter milk is how we want to serve it today. a quart of that. we're going to whisk in sour cream to give it additional richness. it thickens up a little bit. we're not going to cook it and

it comes together. >> going to heat up the kitchen, heat up the house. >> absolutely not. we can add lemon juice at this point. we're going to add some pickles we made earlier in the season. so a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice will do it. in our case, a little splash of brine to give us some acid. >> but it works fine. >> absolutely. >> believe it or not, that's as simple as it gets. the only thing i recommend at this point is that you chill it really, really well. >> okay. >> something you keep in the fridge overnight? >> you could. absolutely. the flavors meld a little bit. that will be really, really great. to compliment that, we'll do a little salad. any seasonal vegetables that you have, beautiful heritage cucumbers, salt it. i've got blanched green beans, anything will do, fresh peppers, tomato. going to have a little salt in this.

>> makes it easy. you don't have to follow it by the letter. >> one thing i like to add is the gumbo and crab meat from the chesapeake bay. this makes it over our budget. so good and tasty this time of year. it's in season and one of the true joys of living on the chesapeake. >> being from baltimore, i expected you. >> can't do without the crab. >> got a bowl here. >> we combined the soup. i like a pinch of spicy hot peppers. it's not that hot. but it gives it a nice little kick. and if you have it in a nice pitcher here, you pour the soup around it. >> all right. take a sip of this. let's get to the next course.

>> okay. >> we have apples with apple cider vinegar a tablespoon of mustard, a shot of shallots. fresh herbs, parsley, tarragon. >> very quickly. you're going to mix it up. >> this is a drizzle of oil. we're using a grape seed oil which is a neutral oil. >> sure thing. >> what we did with these is we seasoned them with salt and rather heavily called a dry brine. it's flavor and two hours later, we rubbed it off. >> these are brines we talk about. tremendous flavor. they stay warm and flavorful. >> sure thing. >> when we begin dessert, we show up. >> timing is excellent.

>> we've got the grilled bred. just brioche we made. we buttered that and added a little sugar. we grilled it there and got the nice toasty crunchy exterior. beautiful nectarines. we tossed with a little local honey. kind of our favorite local ingredient. that goes on top. >> while you're doing this. i'm going to give folks it cost breakdown. take a look on the screen right now. $38.90. >> nice. >> he didn't go over budget there. >> no. >> let's see if you made our list. >> right on top. >> no, didn't make our list this time. but it's all good. it's all good. you never know. you could have been disqualified for steroids or something like that. what do you guys think? >> i've got credit. >> it looks delicious. >> oh, really delicious. >> thanks a lot. >> don't make it ten years before you come back. great work. you can find the recipes at cbsnews.com/saturday. don't go away.

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in the last two hours, we have to go outside. hope wherever you're heading you have a cool wonderful weekend. we'll see you around next time. thanks. we end with our saturday spotlight. at one time or another, most of us have dreamed to tell our boss to take this job and shove it. one worker at a fast food restaurant near buffalo, new york decided to quit in a very public way. lori schultz from wizb in buffalo has the story. there's no message on the kfc taco bell sign now. and it appears a disgruntled employee found an interesting way to tell his manager he wouldn't be in anymore. it said, i quit, adam. with the bold letters statement with a smiley face.

you have to be professional as an employee can come down the road. >> what do you think? >> a young man who identified himself as a former taco bell worker called news 4 after the image was posted and spread rapidly. he claimed he quit after allegedly working 22 days straight, including the fourth of july. i tried to track down the disgruntled worker to talk further. when i found his apartment, he wasn't in. his neighbors feel for him. >> getting appreciated because he's working all of these hours and the boss won't give him a day off. it's not right at all. >> managers here declined to comment and referred all inquiries to corporate head quarters and those calls went unanswered. the restaurant carried on business as usual, giving some to wonder what, if anything, happened inside. for more about "the early show," visit us at cbsnews.com. ,