good morning, protesters take to the street and scuffle with police just hours after new york city officials delay a move to clear them from a downtown park. we'll go live to lower manhattan for the latest. republican presidential candidate rick perry unveils a new jobs and energy plan today in hopes of giving his sagging campaign a boost. this as his wife says he's been brutalized by his opponents mainly because of his faith. we'll ask the texas governor about that, his new plan and his dropping poll numbers. and time for a royal change. officials in britain are looking to scrap the outdated rules of succession in anticipation of a possible baby from william and

kate. we'll go to lunden and say why it may no longer be a man's world at buckingham palace this it may no longer be a man's world at buckingham palace this october 14th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning, welcome to "early show" on this friday morning. coming up this morning a visit from bill o'reilly and he has opinions on just about everything, as you know. and we've got a lot of things to talk about from the gop presidential race to abraham lincoln's assassination. the subject of his latest book. we'll also get his take on the wall street demonstrations and where they are headed. that's coming up a little bit later. >> no shortage of topics. new york city officials put off a deadline for "occupy wall street" protesters to leave the park they have been living in for weeks. hours later police bound with

some of the demonstrators. jim axlerod is in lower man hatten with the very latest. jim, what is going on with some of these squirmishes we've seen? >> good morning, chris, quite a remarkable last couple hours in lower manhattan. just before dawn there was a sense as protesters were not going to let the cleaning crews that the people who own this property have requested to come in. as you can see some of the belongings that demonstrators have and the demonstrators out so the park can be cleaned up and the demonstrators felt that was just a pretext to get them out. that was defused just before dawn, as i say, when the announcement spread that the city would not be coming in to clean. that gave way to sort of a more of a celebratory mood down here in the park. shortly after that, about 200 protesters about so broke off, headed down broadway to the financial district and they were actually in the street when a group of new york city police

officers on scooters confronted the protesters and, as you can see from some of the pictures we're showing you now, some squirmishing. we counted at least a half dozen arrests there. there probably was more as the police wanted to clear the street. but we should point out, that is the exception of the rule. it has been a remarkably calm and civil morning here in the park, as it is most every day. and, really, the situation here now is much calmer than when we showed up before dawn this morning. >> so, jim, what's next? if they're not doing the cleanup now, what is next? >> actually, mayor bloomberg is not happy with the way this all broke out this morning. so, we're going to wait and see this weekend, a very busy weekend of protests planned but this is clearly not over here. >> cbs jim axle rod, thank you. now to the republican presidential race. rick perry will unveil his energy hopefully to revive his faltering campaign. >> we'll speak to the governor

in just a minute, but jan crawford is in washington with the latest on the race for the nomination. good morning. >> when rick perry announced he was running for president, he shot to the top of the field but he's seeing his support crumble and yesterday his wife, anita, said don't count him out. >> it's kind of been a brutal month but we're survivers and warriors and we're climbing up that hill to try to save america. >> reporter: it's been a rough stretch for texas governor rick perry. he's downplayed a series of rocky debates. >> there may be slicker candidates and there may be smoother debaters, but i know what i believe in. >> reporter: but he's also taken heat for what he believes in, especially immigration, as texas governor perry signed the first giving discount to illegal immigrants. then controversy over mitt romney's mormon faith prompted by remarks by a texas minister and perry supporter. >> mormonism is a cult and give

creediance to a colt to have a mormon candidate. >> reporter: all that caused perry's support to plunge from an average of 31% last month to today's 13%. the beneficiary of his misfortunes, businessman herman cain who has surged past perry and even edges out frontrunner romney in some polls. cain and perry are fighting to win conservatives who aren't sold on romney like rush limbaugh who backed romney in 2008 but yesterday said, "he's a fine guy. very nice gentleman. he is a gentleman, but he's not a conservative." working to get his campaign back on track, today perry will give his first policy speech. >> i want to announce my own energy jobs plan and i can promise you this, i'm going to take the side of workers and employers in america. >> now, perry's wife, anianita, called him the true conservative in the race yesterday. she said he is being brutalized by his opponents and the republican party because of his

faith. despite that, perry is leading the go pact this quarter $15 million in the bank and that's more than enough to keep his campaign going for a while. chris? >> cbs' jan crawford in washington, thank you very much. joining us now from pittsburgh texas governor rick perry. good morning. >> good morning, chris, how are you? >> good. today you unveil your long-awaited jobs plan. plain and simple. let's give the american people some specifics here. what is it about your plan that should you be elected president come january 2013 that will put american people back to work? >> well, as i've traveled across the country, people have asked me that exact question. and we put a plan together that doesn't require congressional action that will get 1.2 million americans working. we do it by opening up these federal lands and federal waters for exploration. we pull back these ownerous regulations that are killing jobs all across this country and then you rebuild the epa.

when you think about the numbers of jobs that can be created because of this treasure-trove of resources that are underneath the lands in the united states opening those up, it does two things. it will create a huge number of jobs, put americans back to work. that's what people are concerned about today. they want to know, who on that stage, who running for president really cares about their future and giving them the opportunity to have the dignity to take care of their family with the job. and that's what this plan does. it clearly shows america in the first 100 days after i'm sworn in where i can get this country working to bring those resources to the ground to open up all of the above portfolio of energy, frankly. and make america more secure from an energy standpoint. >> let me ask you this, in order to implement the things that you want to implement. first thing you need to do is win your party's nomination. right now your poll numbers are moving in the wrong direction.

you jumped on the scene with such pomp and circumstance. what do you contribute the latest plummet in the polls to? >> you're going to have up and downs in polls. i was 25 points down the last time i ran for governor and i think we ended up winning that by a substantial margin. so, i don't get confused this early in the race. we have been in this race for eight weeks. it's going to be up, it's going to be down. i doubt very seriously who's leading in the polls today is going to be our nominee. >> governor, your wife anita said yesterday that you are being "brutalized by your party and your opponents" because of your faith. do you agree with that? do you think you're being targeted because of your relationship with god? >> families always take these elections probably as tough as anybody. my wife said two things yesterday. she said, he's the most conservative candidate in the race and he's a christian. and i can't argue with either one of those facts. >> one other thing, one of your supporters robert jeffers called mormonism a cult. he did not believe that governor romney believed in god.

you haven't disassociated yourself from those comments. chris christie said that makes you unfit for the presidency. do you want to take this opportunity to distance yourself from those comments or are you okay with it? >> from the get go, the first time we were asked, we said we did not agree with what that pastor said. and that's the fact. and the other side of this is, just because someone endorsed me does not mean i endorse what they say or what they do. and that's the case here. and we said that repeatedly. so, i think anyone trying to use this as a political tool just needs to look at the facts. we clearly said we didn't agree with that statement. but on the other side of it, if i have to spend all of my time disassociating myself with something that someone says about me or for that matter, if president obama has to disassociate people who support him with things they say, we're not going to get much time to talk about how to create jobs in this country.

and that's what americans are interested in. they're not interested in the side issues and side shows and they're interested how you're going to get me, my family to have an environment where we have the dignity to have a job. i'm laying that out today in pittsburgh and there's going to be a lot of americans. democrats, americans, independents that say, you know what, that's a fellow who's got a plan for america and he is the one that understands what's going on in this country. >> governor, the good news you still raised $18 million in the third quarter. we'll see how this plays out. governor, thank you. we appreciate you taking the time this morning. >> so long. here's betty. >> back on the political trail. president obama travels to michigan today to talk about deals with trade and about jobs. it's no coincidence he's going there, again. michigan is key to any presidential candidate's prospects. senior white house correspondent bill plante has more on that. good morning, bill. >> good morning, betty. last week the president went to texas the home of rick perry

today michigan where mitt romney grew up. no coincidence, indeed. but the official reason for the president's trip today is to sell reluctant democrats a new agreement. >> support some 70,000 american jobs. >> reporter: mr. obama takes south korea's president to a gm plant where he says the new trade agreement means more u.s. jobs and more exports. >> hello, detroit. >> reporter: this is the president's ninth trip to the wolverine state since taking office, including his stop in september. michigan's 16 electoral votes are critical for him in 2012 and also for the republican the white house now assumes will be his challenger, mitt romney. >> you have a president who i think is well meaning, but just over his head when it comes to the economy. >> reporter: romney has focused his attacks on the president and this week the white house re-election machine began returning the compliment. one recent poll shows in a head-to-head race with president

obama, romney fairs far better than any other republican. in a dead heat with the president, romney gets 44% to the president's 46%. dav david axelrod has gone on offense calling romney a flip-fl flip-flopper. a new dnc wiebsite repeats it. as the president celebrated the free trade agreement with south korea, romney rolled out his own trade platform. >> i happen to think because it's political theater. one more occasion of deceiving the american peepinal ople into thinking something is done when nothing is being done. we don't need new legislation, we need a new president. >> reporter: axelrod struck back. a year ago romney hit obama in no apology for being too tough on china. well, the white house always

said they expect a close race and the white house will be prepared. he raised $70 million in the july/september quarter. a good deal more than all the candidates combined. that's impressive, but if he doesn't do better than that, he won't match the $750 million he raised last time. betty? >> all right, cbs' bill plante at the white house for us this morning. now, here's chris. a new twist this morning in the government's gun walking scandal involving a more dangerous weapon. sharyl attkisson joins us with details. >> reporter: branches out to a case with a twist. not walking guns but involving grenades and a suspect allegedly traffic and manufacture them from mexican drug cartels. police say kingery, a u.s. citizen, was a variable grenade machine. smuggling parts for 2,000 parts for killer drug cartels,

sometimes under the direct watch of u.s. law enforcement. law enforcement sources say kingery could have been prosecuted twice in the u.s. for violating export control laws, but that each time prosecutors in arizona refused to make a case. grenades are weapons of choice for the cartels. a recent attack on a casino killed 53 people. sources tell cbs news that in january 2010 atf had kingery under surveillance after he bought about 50 grenade bodies and headed to mexico. but they say prosecutors wouldn't agree to make a case. so, as atf agents looked on, kingery and grenade parts crossed the border and simply disappeared. six months later, kingery got caught leaving the u.s. for mexico with 114 disassembled grenades ain a tire. he begged prosecutors to keep kingery in custody this time, but, again, was ordered to let kingery go. the prosecutors already the

target of controversy for overseeing fast and furious, wouldn't comment on the grenade case. u.s. attorney dennis burke recently resigned and his assistant emery hurley has been transferred. sources say hurley let kingery go saying grenade parts are novelty items and the case lacked jury appeal. now, in august mexican authorities raided kingery's stash house and factory finding materials for 1,000 grenades there. he's charged with trafficking and allegedly admitted to making grenades, teaching cartels how to make them and helping them convert semiautomatic rifles to fully automatic. as one source puts it, no damage he has done in the first year and a half since let go. the speinspector general is investigating this along with fast and furious. >> thank you. >> that investigation just keeps growing, it seems. now, here's jeff glor at the news desk with a check of the day's other headlines. >> betty, good friday morning to you. a new study out this morning

with some pretty dramatic numbers on teen driving. aaa put cameras in the cars of north carolina's families with novice drivers. teens are twice as likely to crash in the first month of driving compared to after they have two years experience. twice as likely. three errors contribute to the majority of crashes, perhaps not surprisingly driving too fast, not paying attention and failing to yield in traffic or when turning. investigators are looking into a deadly airline crash in the south pacific. the twin engine plane crashed in the jungle in new guinea yesterday, 12 miles from its destination. 28 people died. 4 people, including the two pilots survived and the plane was flying in stormy weather. the government says mistakes by air traffic controllers here in the u.s. have risen dramatically. errors involving planes flying too close together on departures or approaches have nearly doubled in the past three years. the government accountability office says runway incursions

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frank mallicoat ... hool in martinez good morning. it's 7:25. let's get you caught up on some of the headlines on this friday. alhambra high school in martinez will have extra police on hand today. earlier this week, somebody emailed a school district employee with a vague threat that something bad could happen today. school will be open, but some parents are expected to keep some of their kids at home today. police had to wait outside a burning home this morning as they listened to two residents screaming for help inside. the smoke just too thick to go in without special equipment. the fire department rescued them. they are in good condition. apple he could founder steve wozniak -- cofounder steve wozniak first in line to buy the new iphone 4s in los gatos. he decided to join in on the excitement at this store near his home. the phones go on sale at 8:00

this morning. a lot of people camping out. apple could sell 4 million worldwide just this weekend alone. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,, state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again?

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♪ welcome back to "early show" friday morning. chris wragge, along with betty ng nguyen. bill o'reilly will be here in just a bit. talk about the republican race for president and who the one he thinks to beat is and also about his new book "killing lincoln." a historic change for britain's royal family. a law going back hundreds of years giving princes the edge over princesses when it comes to inheriting the crown. there is a law to change that. we'll get the latest from london on that. first, we have more on the

fallout from occupy wall street protesters here in new york. as we saw earlier the deadline for the protesters to clear wall street has been pushed back. >> inspired close to 150 demonstrations in other cities, including chicago. visiting the protesters there. >> in chicago the size of the crowds may not compare to those in lower manhattan, but the noise they're making is hard to ignore. >> we are the 99%! >> reporter: from this street corner across from chicago's board of trade, students, teachers, teamsters and the jobless have turned up every day for three weeks. rain or shine. this is the first time you felt compelled to get up and protest something. >> yeah. >> it's the first actual protest that's meant something to me. >> reporter: critics say it's not at all clear what the protesters want. so, we asked them. what do you want? >> i want to tax the rich. i want there to be equality in

this nation. >> reporter: what do you want? >> i want people to pay up. i want banks to pay up. i want jobs created. >> wall street has got, you know, their bailout and main street needs theirs now. >> reporter: a chicago native and protest. >> in 1963 my parents took me to washington, d.c., to march with dr. king. >> reporter: what would you call this right now? a protest, a movement? >> i think the hope is that it will become a protest. of people who feel disenfranchise by our government. it's very personal. i think that kind of personal connection also helps builds movements. >> 99% of people in america can find something that they can root behind and stand behind. >> reporter: since occupy wall street began in mid-september, more than 145 cities have joined the cause. each location updated online through the website occupytogether.org. >> the content of the protest, i mean, the substance of it is about inequality and is

definitely an increase in inequality in american society. >> reporter: university of michigan economist says taxing the rich at a higher rate would barely put a dent in the federal deficit, but could boost morale. >> i think what it would do and i think there is some benefit to this, it would create more of a society of inclusion. >> if you were out there protesting, what would your sign read? >> my sign if i were out protesting would probably read, think long term. i guess i would be out there. i would actually feel the real protest should be directed against the politicians who are trying, banding, who are trying fixes that look good, that sound good, that maybe look like something's being done, but are not. that is going to be a winning banner and not have lots of people. >> reporter: cbs news, chicago. and more protests are planned worldwide this weekend

including rallies at the london stock exchange and other european cities. >> jeff glor is at the news desk with a check of the other headlines. severe weather in virginia, including suspected tornadoes. the storm has rolled through three virginia counties yesterday. youtube video you can see shows what may be a tornado there passing over a truck on interstate 95. about a dozen homes were damaged. connecticut jury took eight hours to convict for a gruesome home invasion and home murder. jennifer hawke-petit and her two daughters in 2007. another man with komisarjevsky has been sentenced to death. that qualifies a sexual assault, but it happened too long ago in 2003. the statute of limitations on this sort of case, th

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>> just down to seven companies. >> we started with 2,700 companies that found seven that were ten times better than their industries in worlds that were very uncertain and chaotic. take southwest airlines. full of interest rate spikes and fuel and ended up beating the general stock market by 63 times. think about that. >> that's remarkable. give us the secret. what is the key to this kind of success? >> comes down to the way the leaders lead and the way they build their companies and the way people behave. we write in the book about this analogy of these polar explorers going to the south pole in 1911, 100 years ago. the way he led his team and the way scott led his team really is a perfect analogy to the way the leaders led their teams. what you find is that he has fanatic discipline. and imperical creativity and

productive paranoia which keeps you alive. it all begins with the fanatic discipline. what exactly is he talking about with each of these three elements. let's talk about it. >> what does it mean? >> so, think about it, you're facing uncertainty and you maybe get hit with haelth thing or you've lost a job or you are trying to build a small business or trying to make a sports team and you think, what do we do to get up in the moring. we came across this thing called the 20-mile march. the idea is if you want to walk from san diego to maine do 50 mile days in good weather and then hold back in bad weather or just every day no matter what do 20 miles a day, 20 miles a day, 20 miles a day. i was talking about this with somebody yesterday who was trying to make a transition from having lost a job to finding a job. and she said to me, she said, i read your fortune piece.

i had a 20-mile march. i woke up every single morning and said i'll reach out to three contacts a day, every single day like clock work. not seven on one days and zero on others, but every single day. 20-mile march, 20-mile march. >> slow and steady, but what about risk taking? if you don't take that risk, are you missing out on a big opportunity? >> first of all, intense and steady. 20-mile marching can be intense in difficult times when you don't want to get out of bed and you still do your 20-mile march. when we look at the imperical creativity. you fire a bunch of bullets to figure out what is going to work and then you get your line of sight and put your gun powder in aconnenball and fire that canonball and you look at something like the ipod and we write it was a series of small shots. bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, finally, boom, canon ball.

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good to see you. >> reporter: good to see you, chris. it may seem crazy talking about baby that isn't born yet but this is a decision that will have an impact on this house and the house of parliaments and 16 countries around the globe. when two young people fall in love and have a little marriage ceremony, it's only natural for talk to turn to the pitter patter of tiny feet. but when those feet are walking in the foot steps of kings and queens, a bundle of joy could trigger a constitutional crisis. the way things stand, if the duke and duchess of cambridge william and kate have a baby girl first her claim to the crown will be pushed to the side if and when a younger brother comes along and it's been that way for centuries. >> fuddy-duddy tradition. should be overturned. >> reporter: the queen had no brothers. prince charles was first born. william doesn't even have any sisters. so it really hasn't been an issue until now. british prime minister david came ron says in this day and age of equal rights, it's time

to dump outdated notions of male superiority. he is not alone in thinking the law should be changed. >> it was made by a male chauvinistic pigs in the past and long time we changed it all and you are hearing from that a british american. >> reporter: cameron says while he is at it, it's to lift the wall banning british monarchs from marrying roman catholics. it goes back to harry the viii. cameron has to get the approval from all 16 british commonwealth countries like canada and what do the royal family have to say about it? not a lot. >> the queen will go with what her advisers have told her and what she has always done, so it's a matter for the heads of commonwealth and the british government and they will decide. the queen will go with what their decision is. >> reporter: now the prime

minister says he wants this resolved before a baby is born to avoid an awkward situation. he says that william and catherine will be part of the discussions. chris? >> well, that's good. >> i would hope so. >> charlie td'agata in london, thanks so much. bill o'reilly is here. we will talk about politic with him and a whole lot more when we come back on "the early show" on cbs. exclusive to the military. and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. from free checking to credit cards to loans, our commitment to the military, veterans, and their families

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b-s five... i'm frank mallicoat. good morning. it's 757 on your friday. in the headlines, two elderly women both rescued from a burning house overnight. the fire broke out at 1:30 on saint francis drive. police got there first, heard the women screaming inside. but the smoke just too heavy. the firefighters then arrived and responded to the sound. they were able to get both women out with a little sis stance. both in good at any -- assistance. both in good condition. increased police patrols at alhambra high school in martinez after a threatening email in the office manager. the police are trying to track down the source. administrators are informing parents and keeping the school open. pg&e will replace 1200 miles of gas pipeline with the same design as the one that failed in cupertino this past

august. the two inch wide plastic pipe that caused a fire in a condominium all part of a network of distribution lines, batches made before 1973 have shown a history of cracking. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. some conditions working along the eastshore freeway, no accidents just extra busy on the website. most of the delays start just past san pablo dam road

continuing until you hit the bay bridge toll plaza. also stop and go conditions once get to the toll plaza, things busy. here's live look at the pay gates. backed up beyond 880 brokedown big rig eastbound on the lower deck near treasure island causing a bit of a backup. san jose not bad, just the usual stuff northbound 101 and northbound 280. here's kristy with your forecast. >> thank you. beautiful day all around the bay area. lots of sunshine out there. live look outside at mount vaca, you can see not too much cloud cover to contend with, a few clouds out there. but sunshine for most of the bay area today. temperatures in those inland spots making their way to the high 80s inside the bay. high 70s and low 80s coastline nice two temperatures there in the high 60s and low 70s. changes in store for saturday and sunday. low pressure building in. that means a drop in temperatures and it also means more cloud cover in the forecast. so temperatures only in the high 70s by the end of the weekend. slight warmup for monday and cooldown it more seasonal

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♪ welcome back to "the early show" here on show" on a friday morning. that fog starting to clear here in the city we hope. i'm chris wragge along with betty nguyen this morning. erica hill has the morning off. >> we know bill o'reilly best milking it up with his guest on o'reilly factor. but he also writes book. >> "killing lincoln." he's here to talk politics, the new book. >> thanks for having me. >> thanks for coming. let's talk about that first and foremost. it's in the headlines this morning. they were supposed to clear out

the protesters, occupy wall street in lower manhattan. the half hour before they were about to clear them out, they decided to postpone removing protesters. this has been a big topic. what are your thoughts on this? >> i respect protests. we respect the tea party and respect some of the protesters down there that genuinely want to change their country for the better. it's a private park. the reason they didn't kick them out, the guys that own it said let them stay there ow. >> so the new york city authorities did the right something. the thing that disturbs me about these guys, the occupy wall street people is 100 of them answered a survey about how radical left are you and they said that we believe that the united states is no better than al qaeda. you have got take a skeptical look at that extreme position. >> i think that is what everybody see. you see the reports in the papers of the people down there to procure drugs and get

involved in some of the things that don't go along with the protesters' message. 54% of americans have a favorable view of what is going on down there according to "time" magazine. you get a lot of people that understand and are getting behind this. >> the tea party is pretty united under one banner. here it's all over the place. there is a party element down there. a dating element. you know? here they are all are in one little park. there is a serious element. so it's a lot harder to categorize that than the tea party. >> can this movement last if there is no singular voice or leadership to it? >> it depends how much money that the far left financier is willing to pay for it. the leaders are being paid.

they can continue to keep it going if the money continues to flow. the rank and file protesters are not getting paid. but the people who say we are going to go here and here and march here. it's not going to be like vietnam. >> you think mayor bloomberg is happy about it? >> of course he is not happy about it. you don't want to beat these people up and chase them around. america is built upon dissent. >> you were on letterman. >> was i? >> let's play it real quick and then we will talk about it on the back end. >> we never had a president as a hi torian. >> never had one named barack, either. >> governor rick perry was on

our broadcast. why won't he come on? >> we offered him eight minutes. that is an enormous -- highest rated prime time news program in the world. we said we have eight minutes for you on a friday night. come on in. not coming in. i'm going i don't think he wants it now. my theory? i could be wrong but i think he got so beat up the first three or four weeks in there that he said you know what? i don't really want it. if he wanted it, you don't pass up eight minutes. i am here early in the morning to try to sell copies of my book because people watch you. if you want to get your message out you go and you do it. >> it's a numbers game. he is leading that. is this a guy who can truly win? >> no. he can't.

i mean, no. >> just be honest. >> okay. well some people say if he doesn't win then maybe he is poising himself for a spot on a cable news program. >> herman can do whatever herman wants. when i say no, i thought hillary clinton would beat barack obama. >> you have been wrong in the past. >> he doesn't have money, an organization in the states that matter. i am thrilled with herman cain. i think he has injected a lot of interest in this campaign. the 9- -9 this is never going to work. but the fact that he is getting people to talk is a good thing. when you take it wide to general election, he doesn't compete nearly as well. and i can tell you this as a fact. barack obama would love to run against herman mccain. that would be his number one now

that palin is out of the race. >> this is a man -- >> republican party should be fair and balanced. give him the forum, stay out of it and let the best man win. >> you think he probably won't be able to win? >> yerve on fox is republican. i never talk to anyone in the republican party or seen any of their literature and i don't care what they say. i am an american and i want a robust debate. >> let's talk about mitt romney. rush limbaugh presently came out and said he's not a true conservative. >> he is entitled to his opinion and he is very successful. i think rock knee did a decent job. the state was jup graded by the financial kurns. the legislature is so far left that they are going to move to

cuba tomorrow. you like romney care you don't? i don't care. it's up to the folks. he has an economic background and this election will be all about economics. >> i want to talk about this number one "new york times" best seller. as former history teacher, are you looking into curriculums at school? >> this is a departure for me. i usually write books about current contemporary problems but we're in trouble. abraham lincoln is the gold standard. i am going to introduce lincoln to a country that doesn't know a lot about him. typically younger americans. this is no history book. you read it. >> when you were thinking about doing this did you think i could fall flat here?

>> i took less money for this. >> as a thriller when there are so many lincoln books out here. >> i took less money for the book to do it because the publisher said you are successful but this is a district attorney partture and there are a lot of lincoln books. i was surprised, but people are hungry to know about their he hero heroes. >> you spent a lot of money on research. >> yeah. we came up with unbelievable stuff. john wilx booth is engaged to be married? who is his fiance stepping out with? the president's son. on the side. >> how do you find out about that? >> that drove his hatred even more. we found out from letters or

conversations that occurred at the time or after. the most eerie part of the book is when lincoln predicts his own death. he knew he was going to be killed. people who heard that conversation wrote it down in letters and sent it to other people and we got a hold of that course upon dense. >> he didn't increase security. >> if i ever get to heaven, that is one question i will ask him, why didn't you up the security when you had a premonition that you were going to be killed. >> we wish you continued success. you can read an excerpt on our website. really a great read. >> now we want to get you to the news desk with a check of today's headlines. >> good morning to all of you. a potential show down between new york city police and wall street protesters has been avoided this morning. demonstrators remain at the park they have occupied for nearly

four weeks. after that the police left to the cheers of those remaining. >> in colorado, another tense situation. hundreds of occupy denver protesters are camped out near the capitol and have been told to clear out or face arrest. calling for a tax on global financial transactions in paris. this as u.s. treasury secretary tim git near arrived in paris. they will discuss the debt crisis. >> a former hedge fund chief has 45 days to report to federal prison to begin serving an 11-year sentence for insider trading. they will appeal. he got the stiffest sentence ever handed down to him for insider trading.

he was also fined $10 million. >> president obama will visit a gm plant to talk jobs. the two leaders will promote a new trade deal. it will be a rare joint appearance outside of washington by a u.s. president and a visiting head of state. jobs and u.s. energy policy will be rick perry's focus today. in a campaign stop in a pittsburgh area steel plant. chris asked perry about his two tiered plan. >> we put a plan together that doesn't require congressional action that will get 1.2 million americans working. we do it by opening up the federal lands and waters for exploration. we pull back these regulations that are killing jobs all across the country. >> perry's campaign hopes the speech will help reverse his recent slide. and a marathon runner has been stripped of his medal for

cheating. he finished third in the race but for the last quarter of the race witnesses saw him ride on a bus and get off before the finish. he beat his previous marathon finish time by 21 minutes.,,,,

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understand where these ligaments are, they are really on the sides of the knee as the patella attaches from the upper thigh bone to lower bones of the leg and also within the patella. so you can see that crisscross there in the middle. any time the upper leg moves in a different direction than the lower leg or you rotate, that's usually the stress that causes a ligament injury, you can get a grade one or grade two tear. those are the ones that really respond to conservative therapy. we have an acronym in medicine because rice. a lot of people heard it in the sports world. it stands forrest, ice, compress, elevation. this is what an orthopedic surgeon is going to tell you to do for at least three weeks after you strained the joint. this is something you can do at home. have you to stay off it using nonsteroidal anti-in progrflammy anti-inflammatories, motrin. >> acl, any tear, are they all

surgery required? >> sometimes an mri is needed to be done. it depends how severe the tear is. obviously the more severe tears are going to be needed to be treated surgically. physical therapy is important as well. >> two weeks before you make the call to your surgeon just to see how it does. >> unless it's a severe injury. >> we have another question for you, from facebook, interesting question from cynthia. my hands aren't really smooth like they used to be, now my hands are really dry. amen to that. what can i do to make them smooth again. i think we see that when we age. >> not just age. especially into the colder months. it's not just a cosmetic issue when you're talking about the skin on your hands. it can become a medical one. as it gets dry, tiny microscopic cracks in it. that can be a source for bacteria to enter. it is a source for infection.

you don't want to stop washing your hands. we say that all the time. we want to restore the moisture barrier, i recommend plain petroleum vaseline. >> vaseline. >> can't carry anything but your hands are in good shape. >> at night it's a good idea. can you use over the counter moisturizers as well. be careful to read the ingredients because most contain alcohol. that obviously is going to be more drying. then there's a prescription lotion you can get from your doctor or dermatologist if the dryness is excessive. >> go to bed with gloves on. >> it does work. it looks weird but does work. >> last from lindsey with a question many frustrated mothers have. >> my question is how do you get a small child to stop sucking her thumb. >> right. my children used pacifiers. it's the same quandary.

they outgrow them. no one goes to college sucking their thumb. you want to try to ignore it as much as possible. praise, reward them for not sucking their thumb. try to keep them distracted. if their hands are busy doing something else, they aren't going to put them in their mouth. >> give them a game console. >> blackberry. >> thank you, mom. doctor, good to see you. still online auctions claim you get big items for pennies on the dollar. it might not be worth it. we'll tell you about it wen we come right back here on cbs. >> announcer: enjoy prego. choose taste. choose prego. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ '80s dance music plays ] [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego.

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just us. i want all of us to see it that way. wo it is 8:25. i'm elizabeth wenger. two elderly women had to be rescued from a burning home in concord. fire broke out about 1:30 this morning at a house off saint francis drive and bonhomme way. screams were heard from the two women trapped inside. firefighters responded to the sounds to help get them out. both women were taken to a measure that hospital and will recover. a hearing national government's loan guarantee for solyndra continues on capitol hill. the issue is the obama administration's decision to restructure the loan to the east bay company. newly released e-mails show the treasury department was concerned that the restructuring could violate federal law. and president obama returns to the bay area for yet another fundraiser. he will be in town this time on the 25th. last month he raised nearly

$5.5 million while visiting silicon valley. he will host a luncheon at a hotel at an undisclosed location. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. let's take you over to 880. we are getting reports of an accident northbound 880 at 238. a couple of cars tangled up possibly a big rig maybe blocking lanes. seeing delays working through there. 880 slow north of there and as you hit conditions towards the

coliseum, extra volume. you can see just crawling along through there. southbound not too bad once you get to the bay bridge though sluggish. southbound 101 out of marin county, san rafael, most of our slow spots. typical this time of the morning. extra volume across the golden gate bridge, so far no major delays reported into san francisco. that's traffic. >> it's going to be a sunny day for? >> around the bay area. nice warm temperatures around the bay. and hot temperatures in those inland spots. taking a live look outside, you can see lots of sunshine here, cloud cover not too much of an issue this morning. and this afternoon, temperatures warming up nicely about 10 to 12 degrees above average in some location. high 80s and low 90s in those inland spots. around the bay, temperatures in the highway 70s and low 80s. coastline beautiful there as well, temperatures in the high 60s, low 70s. we'll likely see clouds at the coast into the afternoon. more clouds for the weekend as low pressure builds in dropping the temperatures down a slight warmup for monday, and then temperatures pretty close to seasonal for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. ,,,,,,,,

♪ welcome back to "the early show." i'm chris wragge with betty nguyen. erica hill is off this morning. good to have you with us. >> good morning, everybody. thanks. coming up a look at the penny auction sites that are so popular online. i know you spend live time online on these sites and rules are a little complicated. according to consumer reports, it's easy to spend big bucks and end up with nothing in return.

>> also, do you enjoy it when a waitress introduces herself and says i'll be your server tonight? before launching into the specials or would you rather forget that and just order. some restaurants are trying tablet menus that show you what the food likes so you can send the order to the kitchen yourself. >> if uncorking a bottle of wine is a problem for you with dinner. >> never. >> betty loves boxed wine and why we are doing a segment on it this morning. it is growing in popularity. even in fancy settings. not just frat houses. we will do a taste test and see if people can tell the difference. jeff glor, no stranger to frat houses is here with a final check of the headlines. >> too easy! looking forward to that segment. can we skip ahead right now? >> right. in our news this morning, in a survivor of a vote of

confidence this morning. the government was unable to pass a routine budgeterier in the week. the fast and furious investigation has grown to include hand grenades. mexican authorities are holding a u.s. citizen john baptiste kingery. u.s. investigators say kingery was caught twice on this side of the border but released both times by federal prosecutors in arizona. a chinese fighter jet crashed in an air show this morning. the jet nose-dived into the ground and burst into flames. one of the pilots had ejected safely. the other is missing and presumed dead. no one on the ground was hurt. now a disturbing classroom attack inside a high school classroom in chicago. this one was captured on video. here is national correspondent dean reynolds. >> reporter: the beating took place last week at the rogers sullivan high school on chicago's north side and just

now surfaced in all its gory detail. captured by a cell phone camera. two teenage sisters are seen attacking a fellow student during biology class on october 6th. as the rest of the class, including the teacher, stand by and out of harm's way. the cause? apparently, some insult on a social networking site. >> no one deserves to get hit like that. no one deserves to get beat up like that. >> reporter: at one point on the tape the two attackers appear to slam their victim's head on a lab table. the attackers, 17 and 18 years old, have been charged with misdemeanor battery and suspended from school. their victim suffered bruises, but was not seriously injured. in a statement, a spokesman said the chicago public schools do not tolerate violence among students in any way. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. in fullerton, california, a

wild ride for a 4-year-old boy. police say he drove off in his mom's car during afternoon rush hour yesterday when his mother stopped to use a nearby phone. the 4-year-old swerved into

you may is you may hav you may is seen those popular online penny auctions offering expensive items at huge discounts for the winning bidder. >> an investigation for the upcoming edition of ""consumer reports"" magazine finds many bidders spend more than they plan for and have nothing to show for it. greg is joining us from consumerreports. the online penny auctions i didn't realize they were as popular as they are. why are they? >> they incredibly popular. an opportunity to get amazing bargain on things but i don't think people are realizing how many people they are bidding against and what it costs them in the end. as you say they may walk away with nothing at all. >> if you don't win the bid you're not without any money in many auctions but in the penny

auction you may be. >> here you have to buy bids, 50 cents to a dollar in many cases and you could bit 50 or 60 times on a particular product and not get it and basically walk away with nothing. >> what did your investigation find out about some of these sites? they are up to no good, some of them. what did you find out? >> there have been problems with some of the sites. i think, in general, the sites are probably on the level but people have to realize only one person will walk away with that great deal and everybody else is not. when you get into it, go into it with your eyes open and probably realize you're probably not that one person. >> have there been cases no great deal to have? it's shadowy? >> there are dozens and dozens of these things and some of them have been shut down. we advise people to go online, go to google and put in the name of the side and words like complaints or rip-offs and see what other people's experience has been with it.

>> they advertise for a penny you may be able to own a flat screen television that is worth $2,000. what they don't think you if you don't win that bid and you spend a hundred, 200 dollars trying to bid on it, if you don't win it, you're out that money. >> that's right. some sites will give you the opportunity to buy that television at retail. we looked into that and find their retail prices are typically higher than you could play elsewhere. look around, look at your local stores, you may do much better there. >> we are painting a little bit of a negative picture for some people sitting at home thinking it's a great deal. how do you be that one person or make that winning bid to actually get that big screen tv for pennies on the dollar? >> well, you know, a lot of people are devoted against this so you're competing with people are almost professionals at it and who know all of the tricks. for the average person going in there, the odds are pretty slim. i mean, there are ways to bid at the end, various strategies and some of the sites if you go into them, they will explain some of the strategies for bidding. >> you have to do your homework

in order to get that flat screen television for pennies on the dollar. >> you do, indeed. >> like you should anyway. it's not a total scam. you have to do your due delegation and, like you said the better business bureau is the online site you need to go explore these things before you get involved. >> some people have fun with these but we say don't get carried away and know what you're getting yourself into. >> absolutely. greg, thanks so much. you can find out more about online penny auctions at cbsnews.com. now some food for thought. would you rather not deal with a chatty waiter when you can just order your own meal on your own? >> sounds like a good idea. julie watts tells us some restaurants are using tablet for do it yourself ordering. >> i guess this is ipad and how we are ordering. >> reporter: from fine dining to fast food. technology is slowly but surely transforming the way we eat out. here at this steak house in san

francisco they are in the preliminary testing stages of these new interactive ipad menus and so far? >> this is great. >> i like the pictures and see what i'm going to eat. >> reporter: in addition to high resolution photos detailed descriptions of each dish along with prices and wine pairings. >> it even tells you the temperature of your meat. it's great. >> really kind of working on the future of dining. >> reporter: rajit had the ipad idea and he is looking one of the many looking to capitalize. from other steakhouses in atlanta to chicago and burger joints in l.a., touch screen menus are popping up from coast-to-coast. while the tablets do vary in design and function there seems to be one common denominator. so far, mar wah says sales have increased 10%. >> when consumers have more information they feel more comfortable. >> reporter: in barbacco they have ipad line lists over a year. do people buy more wine?

>> by glass, yes. wine sales up 5% to 7%. >> reporter: although initially law creek steakhouse saw a jump in sale. increase $2 a day per menu. >> take an awful lot of steaks to be sold to pay for the technology advances. >> reporter: and here they still order through a waiter. something rob black of the golden gate restaurant association says may be irreplaceable. >> there will always be a role for the human component as well and when done well, they compliment each other and i think it goes back to what experience does that customer want. >> reporter: well, the customers we met still want a waiter, along with technology on the side. julie watts, cbs news, san francisco. good luck on those days that somebody forgets to charge the ipad or they lock up. >> i like the idea, because you can get your check a lot quicker. i mean, a lot of pluses to it.

the only thing i don't like, one, it's going to put some people out of jobs. two, i always ask which is better on the menu and the tablet is not going to tell me that, right? >> no. why to get the advice of the waiter or waitress. now a inspiring story. dewey bozella has a traumatic life. not only witness the murder much his mom and he spent 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. >> he free and getting ready for the fight of his life as a 52-year-old professional boxer. bill whittaker has his story. >> reporter: dewey bozella says when his world was caving in, boxing gave him hope. >> it was my freedom. if you really want to look at it like that, that was my escape from where i was at. >> reporter: where he was at was one of the nation's most notorious prisons, sing sing, and sent there for the murder of a 92-year-old woman. he said he was innocent. there was no physical evidence,

but once convicted, there also appeared to be no hope. >> when they sentenced me to 20 years of life, i'm like, you know, i'm a walking zombie. my number was 84ao4172. >> reporter: were there times in prison you thought i'll never get out of here? >> yeah. >> reporter: in fact, new york prosecutors gave him a chance to leave prison in 1990, two decades ago, with one catch -- to go free, all he had to do was confess. he refused again and again. each time he refused, more time was added to his sentence. >> you're saying i murdered a 92-year-old woman. you got the wrong man, period. i said i'd rather die in prison than to tell you i did it. so, it cost me 32 years of my life. and i lived with that. that was my decision. >> reporter: eventually, lawyers working pro bono got his case reopened and then thrown out.

finally, in 2009, dewey bozella walked out of court an innocent, free man. >> if anybody had a reason to be angry, bitter, it's you. >> but the whole thing was, what good was it going to do me? if i don't find my own piece, if i don't find my own peace, the only one i will hurt is myself, so i found my own peace through boxing. >> reporter: dewey had always wanted to be a professional fighter but he was over 50. it seemed his time had come and gone, but he was determined to get a boxing license and climb into the ring. >> and i failed! and i failed. they didn't want to give it to me. they didn't want to give me my license. >> reporter: but dewey then received what he rarely had before -- a second chance. he made the most of it. >> dewey bozella. dewey? >> reporter: tomorrow night, he will face an opponent half his age. and while dewey's story has inspired many, including champion oscar de la hoya. >> you think, wow.

is it going to be okay? this is fighting against a younger guy who is going to try to knock your head off. you start thinking he spent so many years in jail, i don't think there is anything tougher than that. >> so this boxing match is very important to you? >> of course. >> reporter: what does that do you when some people say i don't think he's got it and i'm not sure he will make it. >> let me be the one to say that, not you. when you say that, it only makes me more determined. >> i'd rather get knocked out cold and stomped to the dust of the earth than to give up. that's how i feel. >> reporter: perhaps at one point, dewey bozella could have been a contender, but at age 52, all he has left is a dream -- one fight. why just the one? >> because that's what i need. i need to know what it feels like to be a pro. i need to know what it feels like to be able to say to myself, i did it, when everybody else said i couldn't. >> bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles.

>> we wish dewey the best. a note to his competition in that fight, he's got some fight left in him. he may be 52, but do not take that man for granted, that's for sure. >> i love how he said just one and done. this is all i need is one shot at it. he is already a winner before he steps into that ring. up next a new battle in the world of wines. the box versus the bottle and show you why more people are opening a spigot and not a cork. this is "the early show" on cbs,

well, with the weekend fast approaching, it's time to make some plans and it definitely should include some wine. >> always! but instead of picking up a bottle, would you think about reaching for maybe a box of wine? i always enjoy box wine. i'm not afraid to say it.

kristin donnelly joins us with more. >> the stigma for boxed wine is qaunt quantity over quality. it's the kind you drink in college. can you tell the difference between boxed wine and bottled wine? let's face it. americans love their wine. in fact, more vino is consumed here than anywhere else in the world making it a big business. wine makers are looking to give customers more bang for their buck. >> right now, i think is like the best time for boxed wine. >> reporter: while keeping the integrity of their brand. >> more and more producers are actually trusting boxes, so they are trusting the fact their wines will last and they will be delicious in rah box. as more and better producers trust the box, then consumers will trust the box. >> reporter: four years ago, sales of boxed wines spiked by 50% and from 2009 to 10:2010 th

increased 20% and sales of table wine rose 3.5%. >> i think the stigma among wine drinkers is getting better and i think the stigma among wine experts is gone. >> reporter: kristin says economics is contributing to the wine in sales. >> boxed wine is cheaper because you don't have to pay for the glass bottle. you don't have the cork. the shipping is cheaper and that makes it more ecofriendly. >> reporter: the box boasts a longer shelf box than the average bottle. >> the enemy of wine is air. >> reporter: vacuum sealed to months than a few days for a bottle. we wondered how people felt about this boxed wine renaissance so we conducted an unscientific taste test. >> $7 bottle? >> of wine. >> reporter: to see if they could tell the difference between the box. >> i love wine. >> reporter: and the bottle. >> i actually prefer wine number three. >> reporter: while some were able to separate the two by taste. you preferred the most expensive

wine, $45 bottle of wine! so you've got expensive taste. >> i have expensive taste! >> reporter: others were fooled by the price. >> shocks to see the difference in the price and the taste. >> reporter: would you be okay in the future. >> i would be all right drinking that. >> reporter: flip over which you felt was most expensive. >> okay. >> reporter: wine one. this is actually a boxed wine averaging $5 a bottle. the least expensive of the three. >> of course! >> reporter: are you shocked? >> i am, i am! >> reporter: but at least one amateur wine connoisseur. oh, don't like that one. one fooled completely. >> i like this one completely. >> that is the box. >> reporter: really? not once, but twice. i go with this one. >> this is the box. >> reporter: this is the box? >> yeah. >> reporter: i'm 2 for 2? i like the boxed wine on the red and the white. go figure. once again, cheap date!

>> some things never change. >> i'm tara and i like boxed wine and proud of it. the manager of the wine shop, we visited. he said the past year he has seen dramatic increase in the number of increase in the demand. this time last year, he was selling one box of wine a week and now selling 18 boxes a week. >> must be good. >> they stack so much better in your closet! >> exactly. we have a taste test. i brought back this from spain. a red velvety smooth wine and one is boxed and one is middle of the road. >> i think i know which one it is. >> taste it and savor it and record it in your mind. i hope you're thirsty. >> betty is double fisted. >> i'm triple fisting it! >> i say box is two. >> i say box is one. >> i thought one was pretty decent. >> believe it or not, number one is the most expensive. box was three. that is about $5 a bottle when you break down the box. >> i thought 2 and 3 were

somewhat similar even but one was pretty good. >> at least i like the most expensive one but at least i was wrong. >> try it this weekend. >> it's from spain and velvety and elegant and balanced just like you, jeff, just like you. >> that's it for us. we have some work to do. we will see you monday. >> cheers, everybody. big! ,,,,,, big.

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headlines. good morning. it is 8:55. i'm elizabeth wenger with your cbs 5 headlines. attendance is expected to be low but security high at alhambra high school in martinez today. the school received a threat yesterday by email essentially saying something bad could happen. police are trying to track down that source. two elderly women had to be rescued from a burning home in concord. that fire broke out about 1:30 this morning at a house just off saint francis drive and bonhomme way. screams were heard from the women trapped inside. firefighters responded to the sounds to help get them out. both women are in good condition. and it was a very busy morning for apple stores even before the doors ever opened. the new iphone 4s officially went on sale today. apple cofounder steve wozniak is first in line at the store in los gatos near his home.

as many as 4 million new phones are expected to be sold this weekend. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. ,, ,,,,,, ,,,,

good morning from the traffic center. new accident to report westbound 80 as you work your way near san pablo avenue.

it is blocking lanes, traffic backed up. slow from that point all the way towards the bay bridge. bay bridge backed up, as well. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. not too bad looking good on the southbound side heading into san francisco. northbound clear into marin county. 880 sluggish in the northbound side and no major hotspots now to report throughout san jose. that's traffic. here's kristy with your weather. >> thank you. traffic looking good and weather not shabby either. it's a beautiful day all around the bay area, just a few low clouds out there but lots of sunshine and temperatures this afternoon warming up into the high 80s, low 90s inland. inside the bay temperatures high 70s, low 80s, coastline readings in the high 60s and low 70s. we'll see clouds there into the afternoon hours. big changes in store for your weekend. temperatures dropping down by several degrees and we're also going to see increased cloud cover, slight warmup as we make our way into monday and then cooling back down tuesday, wednesday and thursday. [ male announcer ] if you're ready to get more from your tv service,

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