time since she was shot. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com good morning. the house takes the first step to break the debt deadlock with a yes vote by congresswoman gabrielle giffords. the house overwhelmly passed that package. the senate votes later today to detroit a midnight deadline to raise the debt ceiling. perhaps the most attention on what many called weeks of the most heated and hated debate in the hero's return to wave a hand and perhaps civility to the capitol. >> so proud of her. she is working so hard to come back. >> that is all ahead "early" this tuesday morning, august 2nd, 2011.

captioning funded by cbs good morning to you. another beautiful morning here in washington. i'm erica hill. i'm good morning p.m. i'm chris wragge in new york. the scene last night after weeks of ugly debate in washington, the appearance of congresswoman giffords was a long overdue spot in d.c. >> not only lawmakers but i'm sure the american people would agree. nice to have something positive to report from washington for a change and getting so much attention this morning. the senate will vote later today on the debt limit bill that is expected to pass and president obama to sign it before tonight's midnight deadline. don't expect any drama like last night in the house where the divisive debate came with a return of congresswoman gabrielle giffords.

nancy cordes is on capitol hill this morning. what a moment, nancy. >> reporter: it really was. washington is filled with cynical folks, but there was not a dry eye in the house. i assure you, in that house chamber last night when gabrielle giffords walked out. she got a standing ovation for more than seven mips. she wanted to come back to vote yes on this debt deal. her presence went a long way towards diffusing the tension that has surrounded this angry showdown for weeks. >> we all want to welcome back our wonderful colleague, congresswoman giffords here. >> reporter: a beaming congresswoman gabrielle giffords was swarmed from leagues colleagues from the right and left as she went to the floor to cast a vote for the first time since she was shot in the head at a gathering with constituents back in january. >> her presence here in the chamber, as well as her service throughout her entire service in congress, brings honor to this

chamber. >> reporter: giffords's astronaut husband mark kelly waited just off the house floor and vice president joe biden, who was there for the vote, hugged her and called her a strong woman, which is what everyone was thinking. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: in the end, the bill to raise the debt ceiling passed the house easily, 269-161. republicans voting yes, outnumbered democrats by nearly 2-1. the vice president had spent all day on capitol hill selling skeptical democrats on the merits of the deal. >> why do we not have anything in this bill that makes millionaires and billionaires who can afford to pay a little bit more, pay a little bit more? why don't we close tax loopholes? jo hues speaker john boehner said he got 98% of what he wanted. republicans hailed the deficit cuts in the deal, though some wanted more. >> change the way that washington spends taxpayer dollars is like redirecting or turning an aircraft carrier. it's a monumental task.

>> reporter: the senate takes up the bill today around noon. and then to the president's desk because it is expected to pass the senate. the president will sign it into law less than 12 hours before that midnight deadline. >> talk about the 11th hour. nancy cordes on capitol hill this morning, thanks. congresswoman giffords office said she would be back. her return to capitol hill last night really took everyone by surprise. >> reporter: it was a moment few thought they would ever see. a smiling gabrielle giffords walking back onto the house floor. seven months ago, the arizona congresswoman was critically wounded in a brazen attack that shocked the country. on january 8th, a clear, beautiful saturday morning, giffords was home in tucson meeting with constituents outside a local supermarket when a gunman walked up and opened fire. six were killed, 13 wounded. giffords, shot in the head, was

rushed to university medical center for emergency surgery. her husband, nasa astronaut mark kelly, was soon by her side. >> she is a fighter like, you know, nobody else that i know. >> reporter: as she lay in her hospital bed, that first sign came just 24 hours later when giffords squeezed her husband's hand. five days later, she opened her eyes for the first time. >> miracles happen every day. >> reporter: less than two weeks after being shot, giffords left arizona for houston to begin her rehabilitation where doctors marveled at her progress. >> in terms of recovery for brain issues, this is really at lightning speed. >> reporter: on february 9th, we learned giffords had spoken for the first time. then as the weeks passed, we learned she wanted to go to her husband's final shuttle launch to witness it firsthand. she boarded a plane for florida in april, only to find the mission scrapped. >> zero and liftoff. >> less than three weeks later, she was back at kennedy space

center to watch kelly blast into space for "endeavour's" final mission. >> roger, roll, "endeavour." >> in june, new photos of giffords appeared on her facebook page. the first time we saw what she looked like as she recovered. her hair, cropped short and brown, she looked thin, but she was smiling. that same smile she wore last night when, as a surprise to nearly everyone, giffords stood among her colleagues in congress mouthing the words, thank you, and, once again, uniting this house. congresswoman giffords was escorted to the house chamber by her husband mark kelly and fellow democrat and good friend debbie wasserman schultz of florida and she joins us this morning. it was great to watch your face throughout this process to watch you bring your friend back into work to that thunderous applause. what was it like for you? >> it was absolutely unbelievable. a few months ago when this all happened and i had a chance to

talk to people and tell them that i was confident that gabby giffords would make a triumphant return and walk back into that chamber, you know, who knew it would be less than eight months after the shooting, but she proved her determination is as fierce as we all knew it was and it was absolutely electrifying and as her friend, just one of the most exciting, thrilling opportunities for me to help bring her in to return to work. >> when did you first learn that she would be coming? >> mark called me on sunday night and we talked about it. he said that gabby had been following the debate and the discussion and knew that she couldn't allow the lack of her vote to allow the nation to default and wanted to come to washington in case her vote was pivotal and then she decided because this bill was probably

the most important piece of legislation we will vote on this congress, she wanted to make sure the constituents in her 8th district in arizona were represented and that hair their voice was heard so she came to cast her vote. >> when -- there has been so much talk about how remarkable her recovery has been. so many words have been tlorn around, remarkable, miraculous. you have a closer view on this than many people. do you get a sense on when she ultimately may be able to return to washington on a full-time or a part-time basis? >> even though she was able to come to the house chamber yesterday and cast her vote, she still has a long way to go in her recovery. she still has intensive rehabilitation, physical and occupational and speech. she's working hard. in fact, she went right back to houston and she will be back in all her therapies tomorrow and so, no, there's no clear prediction, but this is just yet another example. those words aren't thrown around about gabby giffords.

those who know her know how absolutely applicable those words are. she is remarkable. her recovery has been miraculous and we are sure she will come back to us full-time. >> civil i didn't think after this tragedy happened in january that is not exactly what we saw the last few weeks in congress. do you think they is inspire some civility that may last this time? >> a lot of things you need to know a lot of grizzled hardened hearts over the last few weeks in this debate fight. last night, the moment we were all praying for that the nation was praying for and as her friend, i have to tell you, you know, being able to walk her back into the chamber was an unbelievable moment. >> we appreciate you being here to share some of that with us this morning. >> thank you. >> debbie wasserman schultz, thank you. >> for more on the return of

congresswoman giffords and what it means to washington, we want to bring in cbs news chief white house correspondent nora o'donnell and bring back nancy cordes, our congressional correspondent. nora, you're next to me. we have seen about the reaction in congress. what about the white house? did the president have any idea that she was coming? >> the white house did get a heads-up. this was top secret in washington but they knew about it and the vice president was dispatched to capitol hill and able to greet gabby giffords on the floor and, clearly, everyone very happy about this because when the american people are doubting the political willpower of the people in that body, here is someone who had incredible physical willpower to will herself back to washington after a gunshot wound to the head. >> and to make that walk in there. nancy, so much talk. a plea from the president and a number of lawmakers for civility after this terrible tragedy in january. that's not what we saw the last

few weeks. what was the feeling on the floor? is there perhaps a little more civility that could last thanks to congresswoman giffords? >> just a few days, i think, erika. >> reporter: i think what divide the two parties supersede the goodwill they have towards this one member of congress. they do love her. they were thrilled she came back last night but i think it might be a little bit to expect her mere presence is going to dissipate all the anger that exists here over certain policies. there was this incredible surprise last night when we saw people cheering and clapping. we thought maybe they are clapping because the bill is about to pass. and then we saw congresswoman giffords there on the floor surrounded by members of the right and the left, hugging her and embracing her and cheering and vice president booeden welcoming her to the cracked head club because he, himself, has had two craniotomies.

only language the vice president would use. >> i think was the consensus the vice president may make that comparison and be able to get away with it, we will say. the vote is suppose to do happen in a matter of hours. once passed by the senate go to the president's desk. what is the sense the white house over the last 24 hours about how we got to this point and how it is as the president prepares to sign that? >> the president will sign it today. i think we will probably see the president make some remarks again about today. i think they feel like this was a victory for the american people and not necessarily a victory for the president. he did get an extension of this debt ceiling through 2012 and through his re-election. we avoided catastrophic default. some real reform that addresses the real problems facing america, i think a sense this was a lost opportunity to immediately tackle tax reform to immediately tackle entitlement reform. they say the super committee in congress will look at that

stuff. i think is there a sense of a little bit like, man, we could have done something really big here and that was a lost opportunity. >> that and oh, wow another bipartisan committee. we will continue to follow it. thank you both very much. now back to chris in new york. thank you. congress put the debt bill together, millions of americans turn to social media to make their voices heard. >> reporter: moments before congresswoman gabrielle giffords appeared on the house floor to participate in the debt limit vote, twitter users knew she was there. she twisted the capitol looks beautiful and i am honored to be at work tonight. it was her first time back to work since she was shot in january and word of her arrival quickly spread across the internet, showing once again, that social media sites like twitter and facebook continue to be increasingly important for

congressional members to get their point across. >> it allows candidates or congress men and citizens to do with each other. >> reporter: matthew lira is house majority leader eric c cant cantor. he gave the first look at how they monitor in real-time social media sites. >> it's a saer sea change. >> on friday, even the president asked americans to join the debate on twitter, urging his more than 9 million followers to ask their representatives to support a bipartisan solution. over the next eight hours, the president's message had preed to 36 million twitter users. as voters vented their frustration with the debt deadline. >> obama is using a social

media. the difference when we were sitting at home in the great depression we couldn't talk back to the radio. now everybody gets to talk back. >> molly wood for cbs, san francisco. jeff glor at the news desk with the rest of morning's headlines. >> webbing on the internets. chris, good morning to you and to everyone at home. in our news here, overnight, syrian troops pressed deadly assault on protesters in hamad. the first day of ramadan did not slow down the crackdown in syria. human rights groups say at least 24 killed on monday. this morning the crackdown promptedity italy to recall its ambassador to syria. and mullen called for an end to the violence in syria but said direct u.s. involvement is unlikely. new details this morning of the raid that killed osama bin laden and it says navy s.e.a.l.s had only one objective all time to kill him.

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alameda county deputies are investigating a shooting in san good morning. it's 7:25. i'm grace lee with your news headlines. alameda county deputies are investigating a shooting in san leandro at this hour. the shooting was near 159th avenue and east 14th streets. no one was killed in the shooting but the investigation closed some lanes on interstate 580 for a while this morning. a 16-year-old from antioch is said to be safe this morning, this after he was allegedly abducted during a armed robbery at a barbershop where he works. police cancelled that amber alert around midnight but they are still looking for the 25- year-old suspect. a 9-year-old san jose boy is being called a hero this morning. he jumped into a swimming pool on south kylie boulevard yesterday and pulled out a 3- year-old girl from the deep end. the girl's grandfather was also at the bottom of the pool and a

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good morning. a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. you are slow and go due to the metering lights at least to west grand, slow and go off the eastshore freeway, as well. once you hit the upper deck, though, past the incline, extra

volume but overall nice speeds heading into san francisco. no troubles come out of san francisco into oakland. elsewhere the altamont pass continues to be slow and go. right now seeing 24 minutes westbound 580 from the altamont pass to 680. a few brake lights approaching the dublin interchange. accident-free along 101 and 280. kristy has your forecast. >> thank you. seeing some cloud cover out there this morning but we are going to see plenty of sunshine by this afternoon. taking live look outside here in san francisco, a little gray right now but it will be a different picture by this afternoon. temperatures warming up actually to the 90s in those inland spots today. seeing temperatures in the 70s along those bay shores coastline cooler high 50s and 60s but we'll get some sun breaks so that's the good news. consistent temperatures for tomorrow, and then a significant cooldown dropping down into the low 80s in our warmest spots, and then we bump it up a few degrees for the rest of the workweek. ,,,,

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all eyes on the capitol once again today. welcome back to "the early show," i'm erica hill in washington. chris wragge in new york. just ahead we're going to give you an inside look at some of the last-minute wrangling that happened before last night's vote in the house on the debt limit deal. we'll also find out why some lawmakers decided to vote for and against the plan. may not always be the reasons you think. >> all right, erica, great. also ahead a part of afghanistan that you would never expect to see. a place where the sounds of war are replaced by the chirping of pigeons, parrots and doves. we're going to go on the tour of an ancient marketplace where other ways of fighting are much more popular and the bitter reality of that war-torn country seems far away. first jeff glor is at the news desk with another look at our top headlines. >> good morning once again. the return of gabrielle giffords

brought lawmakers to their feet during last night's vote to approve the debt limit bill. amazing pictures last night. the arizona congresswoman was on the house floor for the first time, since she was shot in january. she was casting her vote last night, and later a tweet on giffords account said, quote, the capitol looks beautiful, and i am honored to be at work tonight. later today the senate votes on the debt limit bill. vice president joe biden sat down with scott pelley to talk about debt, the long debate, and partisan politics in washington. >> i predict to you that a lot of those new members who came here with my way or the highway, they'll either be on the highway, or they'll learn that they have to have compromise. compromise, i know it's a trade phrase, compromise is not a dirty word in a democracy like ours. where you have such a hetero genus group of people with different views. that's the only way this place

can work. >> for more of scott pelley's interview with vice president biden you can go to our website at earlyshow.cbsnews.com. casey anthony might resurface this week in florida to report for probation. anthony's not been seen since she was released from jail last month, acquitted of murdering her daughter. but a judge yesterday ordered anthony to see a probation officer in orlando

as we know, the tenth anniversary of 9/11 is next month and one big reason there hasn't been another makeary tack on the u.s. since then is a series of preventive measures taken by the fbi. "new york times" best-selling author ronald kessler reveals some of them in his latest book, "the secrets of the fbi." mr. kessler, good morning. >> hey, good to be with you. >> fbi director robert mullen doesn't give many interviews. he spoke with you on the record. what does he attribute the lack of any major attack since 9/11 to? >> a whole change in the direction of the fbi to make it a prevention agency, rather than

one that emphasizes prosecution, and putting people in jail. of course, the cia also has been very important. what he says, even though al qaeda has been degraded, what keeps him up at night is still the possibility of a wmd attack or attack on airplanes, because it really doesn't take a whole lot to pull off one of these attacks. >> you've learned a lot about a group known as tac ops, tactical operations. can you tell us what they do? >> this is a top-secret -- actually seven teams of ten agents each, who are essentially court sanctioned burglars as they describe themselves. they break into homes, offices, even embassies, to plant bugging devices and snoop into computers. could be terrorists, could be mafia figures, and all secret, of course. they will check out the premises for weeks. they'll find out if there are any dogs. if there are, they'll have a

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when the senate votes later today on the debt limit compromise, it's expected to be less dramatic than the vote in the house. where leaders worked all day monday to round up support. we spent a little time on capitol hill yesterday to capture the final moments behind the scenes. the final push for a debt deal on capitol hill. a last-minute scramble for votes on both sides. the vice president met with you this morning. what did he say to you? >> basically, that it is -- it's a deal that's not perfect, but that they feel that they negotiated in good faith, and that basically, i thought the tone was we live to fight another day. >> reporter: a message that didn't sit well with this arizona democrat. nor many of the constituents.

representative raul grijalva is co-chair of the congressional progressive caucus and firmly against the bill. >> i think the base is not happy. and the constituents that many of us depend on to get elected, and that we purport to represent, is not happy. older folk, in my district, are very concerned, am i going to get my check? am i still going to have medicare? the vets, am i still going to have the support? what the public really wanted was a fair and balanced package. >> reporter: as this lawmaker spent the day reassuring his base he would not give up their fight, in the senate, virginia democrat mark warner was ready to move forward. you actually said, i think about two weeks ago, maybe a little bit longer, that you would basically vote for anything at that point. sound a little fed up. >> a lot fed up. >> are you happy with the ultimate deal that has been struck here? >> well, any day the country doesn't default, i guess in a certain sense that's good news. but the fact is, this obvious

compromise doesn't fully get us to where we need to be. >> reporter: still, like many republicans, who declared victory even before a vote -- >> we see this as a good step in the right direction. >> reporter: -- senator warner felt it was the best deal they were going to get. >> anybody that thinks that there was a democrat or republican win out of this sure hasn't talked to anybody i've talked to in virginia or anybody i've talked to around the country. because, we've all looked pretty damn bad. >> reporter: yet for all the bad behavior in washington over the past few weeks, there was one reminder monday night that two sides can come together. in this case, a unanimous support for the return of their colleague, gabrielle giffords. who voted for the bill. and received an emotional embrace from fellow tucsonian representative grijalva. chris, they're actually in neighboring districts. gabby giffords and raul

grijalva. he said anybody who votes no is going to have to really explain this, and they're going to be asked to explain it more. i said does it make it easier to vote no, knowing that it's going to pass, knowing you are not risking this default? he said yes, i have to admit it does. >> the one thing that people keep saying, no winners in washington after this vote. but was there one side that you can notice walking through the halls that was walking a little taller than the other? >> yeah, i -- yes and no. to be honest they all really seemed to say, even know you heard -- you heard house speaker boehner say i got that 98% here, the feeling among most people that i've spoke to was, in all honestny, the simple way that we got here means that there really were no winners in this because it was such a nasty process. >> all right. see you in just a couple of minutes. coming up next here on "the early show," the sound of gunfire replaced by the singing of birds. we'll visit a market in afghanistan untouched by war, or even time. this is "the early show" here on cbs. we all have internal plumbing. but for some of us with overactive bladder, our pipes just don't work as well as they should. sometimes, i worry my pipes might leak.

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has fought many wars over the centuries, as the violence rages on, there are things in afghanistan that remain untouched by bloodshed. cbs news correspondent seth doane visited one of them. >> reporter: winding through the narrow alleys of downtown better known for gunfire, for car bombs, an unlikely sound soon drowns out the din of this capital city. this is kabul's bird market. a place, it seems, time forgot. where canaries or cockatoos are on sale next to parakeets and pigeons. where a chicken keeps a 12-year-old company. and where love could be mistaken for hunger. shinava has been selling birds here for 18 years. despite takes up this ancient profession, modern business practices seem to apply. how much for a bird like this, for instance? how much would this cost? it depends on the person, he laughs and tells me.

it depends on the person. how much for me would it cost? for you, 500 afghanis, he replied. double the cost. oh, you're putting the price up because of me? you're a true businessman. when you ask why birds are so popular here in afghanistan, you get a number of different reasons. but the bottom line is, it comes down to tradition. and in a country where unemployment is high, and spending money is low, it is inexpensive entertainment. what do you love about birds? hearing them sing and watching them play, he replies. and seeing them fight. on friday, the holiest day of the week, some pass up prayers for another gathering at dawn. the weekly partridge fight. the crowd here dwarfs the contestants. but not the competition. other than a few afghani notes, all that's lost here is a little

pride. the birds are caged before they're really hurt. back at the bird market, the pages are filled. of all professions in afghanistan, why did you want to work here, to be a bird seller? my grandfather, and his father, were working in the same profession, he tells me. after all, there is no work in afghanistan. but along cokch, also known as bird street, there is play. seth doane, cbs news, kabul. still ahead, she's 66 and looks sensational. we'll tell you who's calling the oscar winner body of the year. this is "the early show" on cbs. . your kids will each take care of our class hamsters, lewis & clark. then i'll tell them the story of pluto, the sad little planet that was. i'll introduce them to some new friends, the fractions, and some cold blooded ones, the dinosaurs. [sfx: dinosaur growl] clark! anyway, here's what they'll need: markers, scissors, crayons, pencils, folders, juice boxes,

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wherever you're waking up this morning. i'm chris wragge here in new york. erica hill is d.c. coming up on the program, what will it take to speed up your doctor? how about sending a bill for the time you spent waiting? we're going to show you how some patients are already doing it. erica, could you imagine billing your doctor for time spent in the waiting room? >> i really can't. i've heard both sides -- i've been on both sides. i've waited for more than an hour with both of my kids, who were happily well behaved that day. but i say doctors look, you want me to take time with you, i've got to take time with everybody. that one is ahead. also helen mirren. her resume full of awards, an oscar as well. her latest honor may not be one you'd expect. that's ahead on "the early show." music(lyrics): ♪ whatever i have i'll share it. i'd love to give it to you.

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alameda county sheri good morning. it's 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm elizabeth wenger. alameda county sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting in san leandro this morning that happened near 159th avenue and east 14th street. no one was killed. the investigation closed some lanes on i-580 for a while earlier this morning. two santa clara firefighters are going on a bike ride to new york city. the journey is in honor of the 343 firefighters killed in the september 11th attacks 10 years ago next month. darrell sales and dave lombardo will also raise money for charities along the way. by the way, that trip from santa clara to brooklyn, about 4,000 miles. millions of americans will get together with their neighbors this evening in an effort to fight crime. "national night out" events are planned all over the bay area.

in oakland, more than 500 block parties are in the works for tonight. traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. southbound caltrain 20 minutes late due to switching problems.

northbound running on time. muni, ace, bart okay. metering lights are on at the bay bridge. a backup at the toll plaza. looks like you're slow and go at least from west grand. delays off the eastshore freeway freeway as well slightly slow through the maze. golden gate bridge not too bad. clear at the waldo tunnel into san francisco. we do have slow speeds south 101, 37 to 580 about a 22- minute drive through that portion. san mateo bridge though looking mighty fine this morning, both directions, between hayward and foster city. kristy has your forecast. >> thanks a lot, gianna. a nice one today. we are going to warm up more than yesterday. but clouds still in the picture this morning. taking live look outside here in dublin, looks gray but we will see some blue popping through a little later on. those highs for today making it to the low 90s in those inland location. making it to low 70s around the bay shores, at the coast cooler, highs 50s low 60s. we'll have sun breaks, not all cloud cover today. similar temperatures wednesday, and dropping temperatures to

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and welcome back to the "early show." top of the hour here on tuesday, august 2nd, i'm chris wragge here in new york. erica hill is in washington. hi again. >> good morning. >> how are you doing? >> i'm well. you? >> actually not too bad. coming up, how many times have you gone to the doctor for a 3:00 appointment and at 20 past you're still sitting there waiting? some patients are not taking it any more. they're billing the doctors for making them wait. so we're going to tell you if the doctors are actually paying. that's actually kind of an am e amusing story. >> you may send a bill but will you get a check back? also ahead this hour, we'll take a look at some young couples who

are not married, not living together, but they want some sense of commitment. a little something called the stayover. a few nights together, then a few nights at their own places. it is helping the relationship move forward to bigger and better things? we'll investigate. let's get to the latest on the debt showdown here in washington. the senate votes on a compromised spending cut plan that will raise the debt ceiling. the house approved it last night by a 100-vote margin with the most unexpected yes vote coming from congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she made her first trip to the floor since being shot in january. >> this was completely unexpected. only a few people knew that gabrielle giffords was coming. nancy pelosi was one of them. i interviewed her yesterday. she didn't breathe a word of it. i think that's why you saw this incredible outpouring.

-- i kid you not, ten minutes. as people walked out of the chamber, they were shaken. they said they never experienced something so moving before, which i know sounds a little bit corny. but this is a woman, you have to remember, that most people never thought that they would see again. they did not think she would survive this. while she's not well enough to come back to the capital full time, this is an amazing step she was able to come to washington to cast this vote. >> absolutely. sends quite a message. in terms of this bill, it has passed the house. now it goes to the senate later tod today. not expected to find too much resistance. >> most consider this to be a reasonable compromise. most of them realize that we've only got about 18 hours of borrowing ability left before we hit that midnight deadline. as people have grown fond of saying around here, this is the

last train leaving the station, the last compromise. no time to amend it. no time to make it better. they're all going to vote for it and move on. >> and this time we really mean it. nancy, we want to bring in a couple of people who have seen a lot of moments at the capital. host of "face the nation" bob schieffer and cbs news correspondent bill plante. we talked so much this morning about the return of congresswoman giffords and how can you not? a wonderful moment that so many needed. you've seen a lot of important returns. where exactly does her walking on to that house floor last night figure in? >> well, it was a heartwarming moment, but you're right. the house floor and the senate floor have been places for dramatic returns over the years. i remember once in the senate they wheeled a carl hayden, who was about 90-something years old, a senator from arizona. they actually wheeled him in on a gurney to cast a deciding

vote. but in recent memory, of course, the ones that you'll remember, ted kennedy returning to vote for the health care legislation when he was fighting the brain cancer that later took his life. and then the most dramatic of all, and that was when ronald reagan returned after being shot, when he came to give the state of the union address. and i have to say, erica, from the standpoint of politics, that appearance turned his presidency around. he was in deep trouble. he was having a lot of trouble getting things done. after that, it was a much different story. such a dramatic return. >> two standing ovations. when we look at this moment when president reagan did come back, bob talked about turning around the politics but what about the message? >> here was a guy who survived, almost died and had made light of it saying things like, honey, i forgot to duck, which endeared him to the public, and he went from being just a conservative california governor, maybe a

cowboy who would drop the bomb to a beloved figure by americans. that did change his presidency. defining moment likes that are hard to come by and i don't think that barack obama got one when this bill was passed in the house and today in the senate. >> bob brought this up when he came back to cast that vote for health care, did that send a certain message especially because that bill was rather contentious in many ways. >> absolutely. he was really the driving force behind the bill in the first place. it was his entreaties to president obama that convinced the president in part to make health care the defining first issue of his presidency, and the health care bill faltered many times and it was faltering very gravely at the time that senator kennedy came back. and many believe that this entire debate wouldn't have been anywhere near as contentious as it was if he would have been well enough to be engaged in it the entire time.

when he came back, he certainly did bring the legislation back from the brink as well. >> bob, over the last few weeks there has been so much discussion about what's happening in washington, not just that we have a very divide congress, but we have divide parties at this point. is there any hope that now that this deal is essentially done, that there could be a move toward some sort of civility, perhaps even compromise? >> no, i don't think so in any way. somebody was asking me, yesterday, who are the winners and losers here. i don't think there were any winners. maybe gab reel giffords was a winner, and obviously she was. but for many of them it was a case of who looked the least worst, as far as i'm concerned. what they've done is move all the hard decisions down to this committee which is going to have to decide which programs to cut and where and how deeply. so they're all really happy today because they're not going to have to vote on those really hard decisions. >> exactly.

what you see is by everyone involved to spin it their way. and everybody can take a little bit of it and say, hey, i won this and the other side lost. that's the prevailing thing here. there's no sense of compromise going forward. you're going to see the white house insisting that they're going to get job, they're going to push for legislation on trade which has been stalled. they're going to once again remove the employer -- i'm sorry -- the payroll tax cut. >> you say there really are no winners. senator warner told me yesterday, we all look pretty damn bad. his words there. >> that sounds like an honest man. >> in this case. bob schieffer, bill plante, nancy cordes, thank you all this morning. now a look at the day's headlines. welcome back my friend. >> good to be back. speaking of a lack of progress in washington, unless the senate

acts by tend of this week, the partial shutdown of the faa will continue through the august recess. the government has already lost a quarter of a billion dollars in federal taxes on airline tickets. 4,000 faa workers have been furl ode almost two weeks. most airlines continue to collect the federal ticket tax despite the faa furlough. now delta says it will join a few other airlines and refund that money to travelers. tainted ground turkey meat is blamed for a salmonella outbreak in 26 states. they've been sickened by the same strain. the turkey was sold between march and the end of june. no recall has been ordered so far and the centers for disease control did not name the retailers or the manufacturers. an autopsy will be performed in new hampshire on the body of an 11-year-old girl who had been the subject of an intensive search. celina cass was last seen alive last week. her body was found yesterday in a river just a quarter mile from her home.

a follow-up on a story we told you about yesterday. cbs news has learned that a fresh lead in the 40-year mystery of d.b. cooper appears to be a washout. the fbi is ruling out a tip about a possible suspect who died ten years ago. in 1971 a man calling himself dan cooper or d.b. cooper escaped from a jet with $200,000 in ransom. he parachuted down and was never seen again. an exciting discovery in space. first oxygen molecules discovered in deep space. astronomers found bonded molecules of oxygen in the orion nebula. they were found by the herschel space observatory which uses infrared technology. here is the first close-up of vesta, an asteroid twice the size of california. it is the second largest object in the asteroid belt between mars and jupiter. this picture is from nasa's dawn spacecraft which will orbit vesta for the next year. cool stuff. nine minutes past the hour.

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with a magazine, and waiting. and waiting. and waiting. and it just infuriated me. so, i finally decided that i was going to just do something about it, and i did. >> reporter: what she did is begin to bill her doctors for their tardiness. when kerr's eye doctor was 45 minutes late for an appointment, she deducted $150 from her $223 bill. and sent a letter back, explaining she wouldn't pay it in full. the doctor's office agreed. >> if they're going to start charging us now for being late for an appointment, which many of them do, i think we need to do the same thing to them. i think that's only fair. >> when a physician does fall behind the schedule, it could be a variety of causes. >> reporter: dr. william jessee has been studying doctor's offices for over 30 years now. and according to him, physicians typically allow 15 minutes or less for each patient on their schedule. >> for a primary care physician, for example, a family doctor, a pediatrician, a general

internist, they may see somewhere in the ball park of 20 to 30 patients a day. but, if they're seeing mostly minor illnesses that may go up to 40 or 50 patients a day. >> hey, fred. how are you doing? >> reporter: dr. cyrus peikari figured out his own solution to the time crunch. he pays his patients $50 when he runs late. >> a lot of people say, well, my time is valuable. and physicians will charge no-show fees, for example, for $50. but i think, to be truly just and fair, you have to go both ways. >> reporter: dr. peikari says before he established his own practice, he was forced to see as many as 50 patients in a seven-hour day. >> that's very much the treadmill of factory medicine. where you're running, running, running all day just trying to keep up and see more and more and more patients. >> reporter: so, he opted for a change. at his medical practice, he now sees only 10 to 12 patients a day.

and patients say they appreciate dr. peikari's effort. is he usually on time? >> no, he's only on time. >> reporter: as for cherie kerr, her best piece of advice, talk to schedulers about how the office runs. and, choose wisely. >> i think you should go shopping for a doctor just like you shop for shoes. you want to get the right fit. you want to find somebody who is going to take good care of you, you can talk to easily, and who is going to honor and respect your time as much as you do theirs. >> reporter: maya rodriguez, cbs news, dallas. coming up next, the dame who's got a better body than jennifer lopez and pippa middleton, according to a new poll. this is the "early" show on cbs. >> "cbs healthwatch" sponsored by pfizer. i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse.

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good job girls. helen mirren has won practically every acting award there is. now she's receiving an honor that usually goes to much younger stars.

"early" show contributor taryn winter brill takes a look. >> reporter: when most people think of oscar-winning actress dame helen mirren, it's for her acting chops. >> i doubt there's anyone who knows the british people more than i do, mr. blair, nor who have greater faith in their wisdom and judgment. >> reporter: but now, a new poll by l.a. fitness has placed mirren in a whole new category of the 2,000 people surveyed a majority chose the 66-year-old actress as body of the year beating out elle macpherson, jennifer lopez and pippa middleton, who is less than half her age. >> helen mirren looks amazing in a bathing suit, or even in a bikini, because she has one of the most beautiful, neck and collarbone areas of anybody in hollywood. >> reporter: still, people we spoke with seemed a little more surprised by the results. >> this woman in the red bikini. >> really? >> wow. good for her. >> reporter: do you think they got it right? >> she's got a fabulous body. she really does.

but i don't know. i'd still pick j. lo over here. >> reporter: mirren's body has been a topic of conversation before. she bared all in the 2003 comedy "calendar girls," at the ripe old age of 58. and just last year, pictures of the actress in the nude appeared in new york magazine, stopping both critics in their tracks. what do you think of the fact that a 66-year-old -- >> she has a better body than i do. >> yeah. >> reporter: does it make you want to wear a red bikini? >> no, not yet. >> reporter: and at age 66, how many of us really would? taryn winter brill, cbs news, new york. >> so, another honor for helen mirren. i will say this, with all due respect to helen mirren, she always, all the award shows, looks magnificent. >> she's stunning. >> she is. >> she's incredibly talented. but look the woman's beautiful. why not say it. >> there you go, jennifer lopez and pippa middleton. take that. >> take that. >> coming up, do you think the

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the bryan stow beating has died... creating a setback pr good morning, it's 8:25. i'm grace lee with your news headlines. a key witness in the bryan stow beating case has died creating a setback for prosecutors. matthew lee was a friend of stows, with him when the attack happened outside dodger stadium on march 31. lee died last weekend reportedly because of a severe allergic reaction to eating nuts. a prosecutor says one suspect louie sanchez harassed several other giants fans both inside and outside the stadium. he then followed stow and lee as they walked toward a taxi stand. court documents say that he punched stow in the side of the head and then stow fell to the ground and hit his head on the pavement. police in hayward are hoping to make an arrest soon in the disappearance of michelle le. "the examiner" reports that police are narrowing down the

pool of suspects. le has been missing since may. >> and an update on your traffic and weather on this tuesday morning coming right up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. it's business as usual at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on, we are seeing a backup at least to west grand. you can see some slow and go conditions as well off the eastshore freeway. sluggish at least through

berkeley into emeryville. the upper deck into san francisco, not bad. traffic still looking good past the incline. no delays out of san francisco as you work your way into oakland. brake lights through the altamont pass, westbound 580 about 23 minutes from the altamont pass to 680. south bay not too bad. northbound 280 looking good through downtown san jose. and we still have caltrain delays for southbound trains, about 20 minutes due to switching problems at bayshore. that's a look at traffic. here's kristy with your forecast. >> thanks a lot, gianna. going to see a lot of sunshine this afternoon especially inland and temperatures bumping up. already seeing blue skies looking from mount vaca. we are seeing some cloud cover though in other parts of the bay area, but sunshine even at the coastline today. highs for this afternoon, we are going to see low 90s in those inland spots, temperatures will be high 60s, low 70s around the bay. and at the coast, temperatures high 50s and low 60s. similar wednesday, then cooling to low 80s inland thursday,

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half past the hour now, as we welcome you back to "the early show." a shot there of the white house, where, of course, later today, president obama is expected to sign this, a little tough in the making, with the senate today. i'm erica hill in washington, chris wragge in new york this morning. good morning again. >> good morning, again. >> we're going to also have a new survey which found consumers filed more than 250,000 fraud complaints last year, putting fraud in the top ten list of consumer complaints for the very first time. and with so many scam artists out there, rebecca jarvis is going to help us stay away from the bad guys. >> we're also going to check out an option for young couples. the stayover relationship. may found like friends with benefits, but it's not. these are committed couples who

spend part of theing we together, the rest of the time on the road. we're going to see how it works and whether it's good preparation for living together, or even marriage. but first let's go back to erica in washington. >> some married couples will tell you that time apart actually helps them. we'll look forward to that one. first as the debt limit gridlock ends another battle is actually heating up, not just in washington but across the country. we're talking about the race for the white house. joining us now with a look at how these bitter debt negotiations could play out in campaign 2012 are cbs news chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell, who will be covering, of course, the democrats in this election, and cbs news political correspondent jan crawford, who will be covering the full field, but a lot of the republican side, of course. nice to have both of you here in the studio, as well. >> great to be here. >> we know, obviously, how the president feels about this. the candidates who are on the trail, there are two who can actually vote on this. what are they saying about it? >> well, they've been the most vocal, of course. michele bachmann and ron paul,

they've been consistently opposed to any increase in the debt ceiling. and they have a real stake in this, obviously, because they are voting. so if they've been out there, very vocal about it. the rest of the republican candidates have been kind of taking a more back seat approach, i think, and several of them have come out yesterday, in fact, saying they do oppose this new compromise deal. only one, jon huntsman, who again has positioned himself as kind of a moderate, came out in support of it. now one of the front-runners, mitt romney, has gotten a lot of criticism, because as the front-runner some people have been saying that he should be playing more of an active role. i think, though, from the strategists that i'm talking to, who've been doing this for years and years and years, people think romney has played it pretty close in the way that he should be. there's no gain in this for him to get involved at this point. he can't take some tablet down from mount olympus and says, here's what you guys should be doing. >> and if you're not an elected official you can't get in on the negotiation. >> that's right. what we've seen is they've all kind of just been letting

washington let things, you know, unfold, in whatever way that it is. >> now, of course, the question will be moving forward how much impact will this have on the campaign? how concerned is the white house about not only the ultimate decision that was made, but what it took to get there and the impact that's having on the campaign? >> i think that everyone in washington got through over this, and the president did, too. but i think what's clear from the white house advisers i'm talking to is that they believe that this is going to be a defining issue in the 2012 campaign. the size of government, who's best to govern in that time. who's best to govern the economy. who can be a deficit reduction leader. so at the end of the day the white house is going to make the argument that the president was at the forefront of trying to do that. he was the original person who proposed a grand bargain, where there would be three to one spending cuts to revenues. that now we're going to have government spending at its lowest level since dwight eisenhower. they believe they're positioned well and the key is with independents. you know, the primary is going to be fought, and a lot of these republicans and the position

they're taking, is with primary voters who are to the right of most of the republican party. or the most fervent of the republican party. and then -- but the general election is going to be fought on independents that are in key states, these swing states, north carolina, virginia, ohio, >> pennsylvania. >> pennsylvania. and so i think the white house would say, look, we're in the middle on this. he looks like mr. compromise, and so they feel that that position has done well. >> but republicans are not going to buy that. >> no. >> they're going to say is, look, he's never been a debt reduction advocate. he had a chance to be a leader in this from the beginning. he was dragged into its. he was forced into it. he was fortunate enough that they struck a deal because, i know, i think this is going to be one act in this long, drama leading up to next november, the election is going to be about the economy, debt ceiling debate, one small part of this debate. but it's going to be about the economy, and spending. and those are issues that republicans believe they have the advantage on. now, if we had defaulted, that would have been a huge issue in the campaign. barack obama, the first

president to default in the history of the united states? republicans would have made a huge issue. but i think they feel like they came out of this pretty strong and with an issue that works for them going into november spending. >> all right, norah o'donnell, jan crawford. nice to have both of you here this morning. jeff glor at the news desk in new york with one final check of your headlines on this tuesday morning. good morning, once again. >> good morning, once again. this morning a proposal is expected into making it harder to make fertilizer bombs. that's a type of bomb used to kill 168 people in oklahoma city in 1995. the proposed new homeland security rules would require registration by those who purchase, sell or transfer at least 25 pounds of ammonium nitrate so they can be screened against terror watch lists. the chemical was also used in the bombing in oslo norway july 22nd that killed eight people. officials at yosemite national park say the weather may be to blame for a woman's death there. sunday morning, haley la flan was with a group of hikers climbing the park's half dome.

she slipped on a wet rock and fell 600 feet to her death. this has been the park's deadliest year. 14 people have been killed so far. the drought that's hitting texas may have revealed a piece of wreckage from the space shuttle "columbia." the large, round object you see here was exposed when water levels fell on a lake. "columbia" broke up over north texas in 2003 during re-entry, killing seven astronauts. nasa is currently investigating. and some spectacular pictures off the coast of southern california yesterday. more than a dozen blue whales. a pod of blue whales all seen together. blue whales, rare, endangered, are the largest animal on the planet, actually the largest known creature ever. some are more than 100 feet long and weigh over 100 tons. cool stuff. 36 minutes past the hour. marysol castro has our final check of weather. hey, mary.

>> thanks so much. that's your latest weather.

now over to chris. >> marysol, thank you very much. if things aren't tough enough for the economy, fraud and scams are on the rise. and with big cut backs in government regulators it's getting even tougher to stop them. cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is here with advice to help you protect yourself. good morning. good to see you. how prevalent are these scams? >> they are more prevalent. 250,000 complaints or more than that were received last year by state and local agencies that are charged with doing this. but like you said, there are cutbacks, and those are impacting the ability for these agencies to really look out for fraudsters, so the onus is on consumers and americans to be vigilant. >> what's the number one consumer complaint? >> interestingly number one complaint is for auto scams. and it's not just about buying. we all know you can go out, you can buy a lemon, right? you can buy a car that needs a lot of help. but sellers are also facing a new scam, where they try and sell a car, and all of a sudden the person who's buying it from them, they're not an honest person. they give a cashier's check or a check that ultimately bounces. they already have the car in

their possession. and as a result of that, you are out the car, and you're not getting paid. >> so what would you recommend? >> first of all, never hand the car over until you have the cash and you make sure that the cash hits your account. make sure that that is real, valid money. and also avoid taking any personal checks. you don't want to do that in these transactions, especially if the buyer is contacting you over the internet. >> unemployment rate, obviously still at 9.3% right now. >> yeah. >> people are actually being scammed as well. >> it is a disgrace that people are taking advantage of the 14.1 million unemployed individuals in this country. and they are doing it in a major way by putting together these phony placement agencies. companies that pretend to help you get a job by asking toupee them up front. it's horrible. i mean, they don't actually exist. they're not real, legit organizations, but they pretend and they ask you for money. >> how would you tell people to

and never, ever pay money to get a job. >> and finally your online coupons, like groupon, living social, you have to be wary of these as well. >> you do. i wouldn't flat-out call this fraud. but you have to be vigilant about it. because they have expiration dates and many people aren't paying attention to the fine print, making sure that, by the way, this thing only lasts for let's say 90 days. this thing has particular windows of time where you can actually use it. >> if you do have the coupons and it does say expired is there anything you can do? >> you absolutely can. you can get the face value of the coupon after it expires, or go back to the company, tell them you want your money back, you're unsatisfied. they're generally give it to you. >> okay, rebecca jarvis, thanks. good to see you. >> all right now let's go from cheating to true love. it can be a little tricky when you're committed to another person, but not quite ready to get married gist yet. or even live together. many couples in their 20s are trying something called stayover relationships. living together, and on their

own. cbs news correspondent bill whitaker explains. >> reporter: spencer and sarni are both in their 20s and they've been dating seriously for the past eight months. >> well, she's beautiful, for one. and just has a way with people. myself. >> reporter: yet despite their love -- >> that's the nicest thing you ever said to me. >> reporter: -- they haven't committed to riching to the. at least not all the time. a few nights a week, sarni will spend the night at spencer's, but she also looks forward to the time she spends alone, at her own apartment. >> i like to have my own, personal space. to come home after work, be gross, watch my soaps, watch my reality television. >> reporter: a new study calls this a stayover relationship. couples living together, and apart. a choice that's increasingly popular among people age 18 to 29. >> individuals in my study enjoyed the comfort and convenience of being able to stay overnight with their partner. but they were benefiting from not having to worry about some

of their responsibilities as more formal commitments. >> no emotion, just sex. >> reporter: it's something more than your classicen frommen from. these are committed, monogamous couples. the study says there are tangible benefits from a friendly stayover relationship. >> they had conversations about their families, or their beliefs that were more in-depth, and different than they did if they were just going on dates and then coming home. >> i think it allows you to just kind of grow on your own, too, and at the end of the day, if you are excited to see that person, then you know, you know, it wasn't really forced upon you. it was more your choice. >> happy monday. >> reporter: stayover couples say they have the best of both worlds. freeating a comfort zone between being single, and making that final lifelong commitment. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> and joining us now, psychologist and "early" show contributor dr. jennifer hartstein. good to see you. >> good morning. >> i love the guy's comment at

the end, gives us time to grow. this is for commitment phones, right? >> well, it's an interesting kind of balance between trying to figure out what you want and trying to figure out who you are. so is it for commitment phobes? we could argue yes. and we could argue it's going to build stronger marriages down the road. >> this is a trend that's really starting to take shape now. why didn't this happen years ago? or was this just not p.c. at the time? >> i think it ties into the thing we're all talking about is extending adolescence or emerging adulthood where we need to think about there's this time period where they're all trying to figure out who they are. that didn't happen when our parents were younger, you went to college, you got a job, you got married. that's changed now. >> kind of a lame excuse, though. i mean it is. it's kind of a blanket excuse. just trying to find myself. it's kind of along the lines of -- it's not you, it's me. >> yes, and no. if we think about the economy, people are really staying in school longer to get higher degrees. they're trying to get established in jobs so they're really taking the time to establish their life. and their careers.

and then, committing to marriage. so they won't want to miss one and enjoy the other and regret they might not do something they want. >> people are getting married later in life now. what do you think is the cause of that? >> i think it's tied into what we're talking about. getting yourself settled. later degrees. you don't want to necessarily be married when you're in school. or really learning to know what it is you want in a marriage. i think a lot of the generation now comes from divorced parents who don't want to have that happen again. >> is this kind of sort of a test drive for marriage? even a test drive for living to the. they say you really don't know someone until you live with them. >> absolutely. it does give you that option. it does allow you to get a little glimpse into it so you can see if it's what you want to do, if you want to pull back. >> can this also hurt marriage, in the same effect because you 125r9 doing it and that couple looked pretty happy. maybe they say, well, you know what, maybe it's -- maybe the ultimate commitment -- >> it's true. the fact is that this research doesn't show any long-term effects but there is research that shows living together before you get married can hurt your marriage. so we have to figure out what

this will do, good or bad. maybe it's the best of both worlds. >> like the young lady said, sometimes you just want to go home, be gross, watch your soaps. >> absolutely. sometimes you just want to do what you want to do without having to worry about anybody else. >> i can't wait to get out of here and be gross and watch my soaps. >> go for it. >> dr. jennifer hartstein. good to see you. coming up next, restaurants are going whole hog, serving the whole hog. this is something you got to see. we're going to tell you why more menus feature every part of the animal. this is "the early show" here on cbs. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well, it's easy to love bacon or pork chops or ribs. but have you tried the other parts of the pig like the feet or the skin or the snout? the nose to tail dining may be just for you. cbs national correspondent dean reynolds gave it a try. >> reporter: eavesdrop on some kitsching conversation at new orleans cochon restaurant and you'll hear things like this -- >> where's the tail?

>> you have the whole tongue? >> reporter: because at this restaurant, you get tongues, tails, and everything in between. cochon and chef stephen stryjewski have embraced the nose to tail gastronomical philosophy, which involves purchasing whole animals, butchering them, and serving up the parts that go way past your prosaic pork chops. there are pigs ear, succulent snout, indescribable head cheese, and the ever popular fried pig's tail. that's how you eat it? like corn on the cob? >> you can pick it off with a fork and a knife. but it's easier to just get at it with your fingers. >> reporter: too many jokes to make here about having a piece of tail. it's good. you're good. >> you were scared a minute ago. it's delicious, isn't it? >> reporter: stryjewski gets whole hogs delivered every week. >> it's better to see it as a whole animal and understand where it comes from, than it is

to cut open a plastic bag and dump it out on a plate. >> reporter: how many of these a week will you do, did you say? >> five when we're busy, and we'll cut back to three or so when we're slower. >> reporter: the trend is spilling onto menus around the country. at animal in los angeles, you'll find bone barrow and crispy pig's head. at girl and the goat in chicago there's skewered lamb heart and wood-roasted pig face. and in boston, the russell house serves a mean beef heart ravioli. you can thank, or blame this man, fergus henderson. the executive chef of st. john restaurant in london, he published his book "nose to tail eating" over a decade ago. and has long been a proponent of cooking and serving the animal in its entirety. >> that was the heart. liver. kidneys. >> reporter: henderson, who has parkinson's disease, believes a

chef should ensure his animals are raised humanely and that the carcass be treated respectfully and economically. almost nothing is wasted. almost. >> genitalia, that's just me. >> reporter: this is no place for a vegetarian, and even the most committed carnivores would require an open mind when in these establishments. and what are people missing by not eating these untraditional parts? >> you know, you haven't eaten pig unless you've eaten the snout. >> i think you're just limiting yourself. all of it is delicious. >> reporter: and when he says all, he means all. take it from someone who considers canadian bacon adventuresome. it's undoubtedly the best hogshead cheese i've ever eaten. >> the only hogshead cheese you've ever eaten? >> yeah. >> reporter: dean reynolds, cbs news, new orleans. >> here to show us three of this

favorite nose to tail recipes is michael. good to see you this morning. excuse me for being a little squeamish. why is this so important, the whole nose to tail eating? >> well, it's about celebrating regionality. it's about celebrating seasonality. about reconnecting with the food that we eat. and it's not meant to be off-putting. it really is about admiring all the hard work that goes into ingredients that are really traceable and recognizable. >> what are some of the things we have here? >> we focused on pork today so we're looking at crispy pork trotters, smoked ham, sausages, braised belly. even the crispy skin. this is something that is part of the animal and if handled with care, and balance, can be really awesome. >> what is this exactly? >> some of these -- it's braised pork. you take the shank. >> and the park -- >> and form into a crispy crunch so you know, it is the most delicious, tender cut you've ever tasted. >> what's the reaction you get

from novice eaters who are, like i said, a little bit put off? >> well, keeping this in balance. this is a way of cooking in an unpretentious way. it's about not being constrained by current trends but really, celebrating craftsmanship in cooking. again, talking about this connection to regional farms. gramercy tavern is a restaurant whose menu was built on connecting with local farms and celebrating american cooking through the specific time and place. here and now. this season. >> is this for everybody, though? >> i think that you'd be surprised that when you bite into a ham, that's made by someone who trust, someone you care for, that's done in a distinctive way, all of a sudden there's something that's fantastic, smart for the environment, and irresistible to eat food that's both delicious and ultimately nutritious. >> erica i know you're in d.c. right now but you're missing out on wood roasted pig face. if you like some i could fedex it to you. >> save me some snout, my friend. on that note, we'd like to thank

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the 80 split. two cars involved, it's blocking lanes. traffic is slow approaching the scene. getting a look at the central freeway we are seeing slight delays north- and southbound in the area. over to the peninsula, we have an accident southbound 101 at broadway blocking lanes. they are pushing it off to the right shoulder. traffic is backed up into redwood city. northbound seeing delays for spectator slowing. that's a look at traffic. here's kristy with your forecast. >> thank you, gianna. already starting to see some clearing out there this morning although cloud cover is still in the picture for some parts of the bay area. live look outside hazy and gray now but we'll see sunshine inland later today warming up nicely actually seeing temperatures in the low 90s so warmer than yesterday. around the bay we are going to see temperatures high 60s and low 70s at the coastline keeping it cool, only high 50s low 60s, but we'll see some sun breaks this afternoon. similar conditions for wednesday, the warmest day of the week. then thursday, significant drop down to low 80s inland. and then a few degrees of warming for friday through sunday. ,,,,,,,,