good morning. herman cain takes the lead over mitt romney in the gop presidential race according to a new cbs/"new york times" poll out this morning. rescue teams in turkey pull a 2-week-old baby from the rubble as the death toll rises from sunday's massive earthquake. hundreds of victims are still missing and the latest on the disaster. lawyers from michael jackson's doctor plead their case today after the praes cushion rested. the defense plans to paint jackson as a desperate, sleepless man who would turn to anything, including propofol, to get some rest. we'll take you inside the courtroom. and 25 years ago today, one of sports most infamous moments. bill buckner helps the mets win

a crucial world series game six and a quarter century later the two men linked forever by one play talk about their friendship and why they're joining forces now for a good cause. early this tuesday morning, now for a good cause. early this tuesday morning, october 25th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good tuesday morning, i'm erica hill. nice to have you with us. >> i'm chris wragge. good morning to you at home, as well. >> it er going to be great. >> can you believe it's 25 years? >> no. >> met fans are still living that one. >> bill buckner both turning it into a positive on that 25th anniversary. we'll talk to them a little bit about that. kick it off with politics this morning the latest cbs/"new

york times" poll now shows republicans are leading the pack. even after eight debates and a few more, which we know are to come on the calendar. cbs political correspondent jan crawford is in washington for us. as we mentioned, herman cain now in the lead here. 25%. romney follows by 21 and rick perry slipped to sixth place now with 6% support as we see gingrich move up. walk us through these numbers, jan. >> what's striking about this poll is how big of a hill rick perry is going to have to climb if he gets back into this race. he led his our poll one month ago and now his numbers almost flipped with herman cain. they just jumped right past each other. what is also very interesting is i think that says the more that people see rick perry, the more they seem to like herman cain. the other thing we're seeing in this poll is that mitt romney's numbers while these two are flipping back and forth and we've seen people come and go,

mitt romney's numbers are staying very consistent. he has been in second place, like he is today, or tied for first. so, we're seeing him kind of having this ground of support that i think will bode well for him as this thing goes forward. >> when we look at some of the other numbers from this poll, a lot of people are paying attention to this race. 70% of registered voters say they're paying attention. 31% are paying a lot of attention. republicans more than democrats, but overall they're watching. when it comes to registered republicans who will vote in the primaries, 80% of them, jan, say they haven't made up their mind yet. is that surprising? >> no, that's very consistent with polls at this point in the cycle. two things consistent with that. 78% of republicans are paying attention to this race right now, we've seen that reflected in the viewers that are turning into these debates. when i go out there and talk to voters and listen to these candidates, they're all saying the same thing. they think this election is

historic and get the white house back from president obama and put this country back on the right track. that's what you hear over and over. that's measured in the intensity of support of republicans and, secondly, the fact that this many people haven't made up their mind. very good news for rick perry who mounting an aggressive attack to get back into this race. watch out herman cain. you are the frontrunner. he will start taking it. >> how we could see some movement now, we want to bring in charlie black who worked on nine presidential campaigns, including john mccain's in 2008. good to have you with us this morning. when you look at this field and you look at these numbers and the number of republican primary voters who are still undecided here, there is an opportunity. who do you think could stand to benefit the most from that opportunity at this point? >> well, at the moment, herman cain certainly has come from no where to establish himself as one of the frontrunners. statistical tie with governor romney in your poll.

and rick perry could make a comeback. governor. e per hry has a great record. but governor perry has to win iowa. this is not a national contest. it is a series of state contests. perry has to win iowa to be competitive and standing between him and a victory in iowa is herman cain. so, i think jan's right, they're going to be mixing it up some. >> they'll be mixing it up. what specifically, rick perry is releasing details today of his flat tax plan, obviously, hoping to change the conversation a little bit back to the economy. what specifically does he need to do between now and iowa to win iowa, charlie? >> well, he's going to have to, he's competing for a bunch of conservative voters with herman cain. the romney vote is pretty solid and steady. that's especially solid in new hampshire, nobody else is going to win new hampshire. so, it's conservatives have to peel away from cain and go to perry. that can be done with issue

presentations and also be with contrast on the issues with cain. so, governor perry will get some attention for this plan, but there's one thing in it that's not going to be popular. he's limiting charitable deductions for people who make over $500,000 a year. the majority of money that goes to charities in this country is from those people. so, this is, this is going to be one problem in his plan. >> let me ask you really quickly about michele bachmann, who like rick perry did pretty well after the gate, especially after the straw poll in iowa. we saw her latest slip to 2% and there was, of course, all the falling out in new hampshire. back and forth in the public whether they resign and whether they didn't and she's solely focused on iowa. does she still have a chance here? >> she does have a chance because if you look at iowa, she's competitive. she's very strong in iowa organizationally and effective campaigner there. i think iowa is a toss-up right

now. bachmann, perry, romney, maybe even cain could win iowa. so, it's a toss-up and michelle is very much competitive there. >> it's all a toss-up, jim, one last question because i know you've been in touch with the perry campaign. have they given you a sense of their exact strategies. does it jive with what you hear from the campaign? >> it does. we saw that in the debate last night. a newly aggressive mitt romney going after rick perry trying to claw his way back into this race. this was a guy that looked great in the preseason like the nfl teams and when he got out on the field, he fell apart. this game is not even really half-time yet. he can get back into this and win this thing. he will start with this aggressive strategy, saw it in the debate. he has a new campaign staff, as charlie mentioned, bringing in a lot of national advisors with experience to energize this campaign. and then, also, as charlie was talking about. rolling out this flat tax plan today. that will get a lot of support

from conservatives, but, again, he's under the microscope, too. there are things in that plan that may not add up for him. >> jan crawford, charlie black, thank you. appreciate it this morning. erica, thank you. now to the man whose job the republicans want, president oba obama. he's in los angeles on a three-day swing. the trip includes campaign events and new policy ideas with the same target in mind. >> we can't wait for an increasingly dysfunctional congress to do its job. >> that's president obama's new slogan aimed at congress as he begins to unveil a series of executive orders because republicans won't pass his jobs' bill. in las vegas monday he announced a plan to make it easier for homeowners to refinance. nevada has the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. realty track says 1 out of every 118 homes in the state is in foreclosure. >> nationwide, more than 10 million homeowners are under water.

that means that they owe more on their homes than those houses are worth. >> reporter: the plan eases the eligibility rules for refinancing. allowing people with mortgages owned by fannie mae and freddie mac to refinance no matter how far their home value has fallen. outside estimates say it could help above 1 million homeowners. >> this is targeted at homeowners that have done the right thing and have made those payments and so what we say is that they have to be current. >> reporter: president obama used the announcement to take a swipe at republicans in congress. >> we just can't wait for congress. until they act, until they do what they need to do, we're going to act on our own. because we can't wait for congress to help our families and our economy. >> reporter: this is also a campaign trip. candidates come to california for money and monday night the president attended two fund-raisers in los angeles. celebrities including will and jada smith, eva longoria,

melanie griffith and antonio ban ders all helped to grow to his campaign chest. bill plante, cbs news, laeng. wall street's october winning streak appears to be on hold. stocks opening sharply lower. >> the dow gained back everything it lost in august and september. rebecca jarvis is here with more now on the markets this morning. good to see you. looking at record numbers for the month of october, but now a little bit of pull back this morning. >> there is. you can really thank europe for that. of course, we were watching europe because in europe our american companies get about 20% to 25% of their profits from europe. things look like they're slowing down and every time you see these headlines, you see the protest in greece. it's a sign that things are not moving smoothly in europe. the problem there is a debt problem and there you have the lawmakers dealing with the same discussions and debates that we had here in the united states a few months ago over our own debt issues and what you see there is

multiple countries having to come to the table and make an agreement. you saw how hard it was for democrats and republicans to do it, imagine doing it with multiple lawmakers at the table. >> they're still trying to do it here in washington. >> exactly. >> up until this point, up until this little pause that we're seeing here this morning, there had been some good activity and renewed optimism on the economy based on the activity in the month of october. >> renewed optimism and a few things leading to that. basically an optimism based on the fact that many don't think we're facing armageddon scenario any more. recession. a number of analysts backed away from that prediction that we're facing it based on the fact that earnings from corporate america are looking stronger and the jobs picture slightly stronger and better than expected in this economy. >> how about the housing market? any new fresh data out of there? >> the case schiller home price data shows we're seeing a

stabilization in a number of markets. doesn't necessarily indicate that the recovery is here, but some of that negative downside impact we've seen driving down home values is not in place. >> rebecca jarvis, thank you very much. now, jeff glor is over at the news desk with a check of the other headlines for us. good morning. >> good morning to you, chris. good morning to you, erica. a dramatic rescue in eastern turkey. a 2-week-old baby was pulled alive from the rubble of sunday's earthquake. mark phillips is live with more on the continuing struggle in the quake zone. good morning. >> good morning. the death toll has risen into the mid-30s but, as ever, the small human stories and not the big statistics that capture the imagination and the small human stories in this story don't come much smaller. today's miracle, a 14-day old bundle of joy. found amid so much misery. a new life plucked from a scene of death.

she had been trapped for 47 hours. the baby's mother was pulled out of the wreckage some time later and her grandmother is said to be alive, too. two days after the quake, hope inevitably fades for survivors, but some have beat the odds. one unsettling fact is that many of those caught up in the quake tend to be young, rather than old. there's a reason. a turkish journalist on scene. >> it is one of the unfortunate facts about this earthquake that there are young people, who are college students and who go to school here and who chose che cheaper housing because that was the only thing they could afford and now they are paying the price for it. >> reporter: relief agencies continue to move tents and supplies into the region, but with winter coming on and nighttime temperatures dropping below freezing, a sense of desperation in the air. earthquakes come suddenly, but the misery lingers. >> more than 2,000 buildings collapsed in the quake. more than 300 people are dead so

far. more than 1,000 injured and one little 2-week-old ray of hope named azra, desert flower in turkish, i'm told. if ever a gloom and bleak environment, little ezra is it. in libya today moammar gadhafi was buried at dawn at a secret site deep in the desert. only a few residents and officials were told to be there. his decomposing body was removed earlier from a walk-in freezer. he was buried in that secret location along with one of his sons. occupy protesters in oakland, california, being told to leave. police near city hall started clearing a plaza where anti-corporate demonstrators have been for the past two weeks now. some of the protesters have been arrested. and in the world series the texas rangers are one win away from their first ever championship. rangers catcher mike napoli was

huge again in this series giving the rangers an eighth inning lead over the cardinals. texas led 3-2. game six is tomorrow night in st. louis. it's,,,, this morning at michael jackson's manslaughter trial, the jury will hear from a nurse that says jackson begged her for propofol, the powerful sleep drug blamed for his death. >> bill whittaker reports, it is part of a defense strategy to

put jackson and his life on trial. >> people are prepared and asked to rest at this time. >> reporter: after four weeks of blistering testimony against jackson's doctor, the defense took center stage monday shifting the focus and blame from conrad murray to the pop star himself. >> did he mention to you any specific medicine that he hoped to obtain for these sleep issues? >> he asked meintravenous sleep medicine. >> they want to paint the picture that michael jackson was an addict and willing to do anything it for it, including injecting himself with propofol. >> reporter: defense attorneys also called witnesses to undermine the testimony of alberto alvarez, jackson's body guard who said murray instructed him to clean up vials from jackson's room before calling 911. >> the suggestion being that he really isn't telling the truth, he's simply giving a story.

the best fits the prosecution version. >> reporter: what once seemed unlikely is now possible and conrad murray could testify. >> because the prosecution has done so well, it may not hurt if he took the witness stand and it may be the only way that he could possibly salvage his defense. >> reporter: over the weekend, janet jackson announced she was postponing part of her australian tour to be with her family as the trial nears an end. bill whitaker. dayton, ohio, sends a message to immigrants. come on in, we're happy to have you. why the mayor is going against the grain. some major retail chains taking an extra step for the holidays. price matching, it turns out, could be the holiday gift you have been searching for. and the good news, you'll get it a little early. this is "early show" on cbs. is "the early show." few extra things for the baby. oh boy...

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just a head, we're going to revisit baseball drama from a quarter century ago. 25 years ago, red sox fans still can't get over here. >> the mets hit this ground ball off of bob stanley towards bill buckner. you know the rest. the game was lost by the red sox right there. had the world series right in their hands. as a met fan, that was one heck of a night. i'll never forget it. i do feel guilty about it, though, with bill buckner in the room with us this morning. we're going to talk with mookie and bill. they've forged a great relationship over the years. we're going to talk to them when we come back on "the early show."

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aye oakland police good morning, it's 7:25. let's get you caught up on some of the headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. about a half hour from now, oakland police plan to give us an update on the raids that cleared out two "occupy" camps this morning. officers surrounded the frank ogawa plaza at 4:30 and arrested those refused to leave and then they went to snow park near lake merritt to remove more protestors at a second encampment. business in the area are being advised to open a little later than usual today because of all the police activity. some of the "occupy sf" activists plan to protest a visit today by president obama. he is holding a fundraiser at the "w" hotel this afternoon in downtown san francisco. tickets start at $7,500 each. a deadly officer involved shooting is under investigation in antioch. officers say a wanted man refused orders to put his gun down yesterday evening.

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good morning. it's still a good idea to avoid parts of downtown oakland this morning. if you're just waking up with us, police have moved in breaking up encampments in two

different "occupy oakland" spots so again the intersection near frank ogawa plaza at 14th and broadway as well as snow park near 19th and harrison, both of those areas a lot of police activity in full riot gear so avoid the area. that's the word from the city of oakland and the police department. bart again the 12th street station has reopened for a while they had closed that station but once again, all trains now running through. you can use the 11th street entrance. that is traffic. for your forecast, here's julie. >> well, the sun trying to make its way through the low clouds and fog. you feel a little pin prick from our mount vaca skycam. we are going to see a slow burnoff today when it comes to the low cloud cover keeping temperatures cool, in the upper 60s for most locations, 68 san rafael, 70 mountain view, 75 inland. seven-day forecast shows a warmup as we see an offshore flow increase fire danger through thursday. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ]

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the bottom of the hour. top flight sunshine right there. a good start to tuesday morning. welcome back to "the early show." i'm chris wragge with erica hill. >> good morning, my friend. >> a look at the biggest auto market in the world right now, it's china. rebecca jarvis takes a look at gm strategy and tells us why the china market may be keeping it afloat. >> also this morning, there are still plenty of other presents to buy and this could be the best time for you to get them because of price matching. so many retailers now saying they'll pay you the difference if you find something cheaper elsewhere. we'll take a look at those

deals, find out just how good they are for you, take a look at the limits. we are going to help you make this work to your advantage. >> so you're saying a new car is totally out of the question? >> for me biegs one for you, yes. but if you want to by me one, that's fine. >> we'll work on that. illegal immigration has become an important issue in the presidential race. listen to what they're saying. >> they're coming here because there is a magnet and the magnet is called jobs. those pooim people that hire illegals ought to be penalized. >> i will build the fence. i will enforce english as the official language of the united states government. >> when i'm in charge of the fence, we're going to have a fen. it's going to be 20 feet high. it's going to have barbed wire on the top. it's going to be electrified. and there's going to be a sign on the other side that says, it will kill you. >> however, other officials are bucking this anti-immigrant trend. one of them is mayor gary light

of dayton, ohio. mr. mayor, good morning to you. >> good morning, chris. >> i want to make a clear distinction here, you're welcoming legal immigrants, not illegal immigration. just give me a brief overview. >> well, we have a bunch of legal immigrants here from russia. we have over 300 families fixing up houses and working and i guess revitalizing communities. and we actually wanted to -- we developed this program around helping them, but we also found out that we had people from nigeria, somalia, rwanda, korea, the philippines here, as well as hispanics. we concluded since they were two to three times as likely to succeed in small business, that we ought to reach out. >> and what has been the response in your community? >> locally, people have been

recepti receptive. >> hates not been accepted on the further outskirts, places like cleveland, let's say? >> yeah. we have some people from lake county that have come here in opposition and i think one person in columbus came by. he wasn't really in opposition. he was sort of neutral, but cautious. >> so your unemployment rate is at 11%, which is two ticks higher than the national average right now. what was it about to bring that unemployment number down for your area, what was it about this plan that made you come to this point and say, with i think this is going to work? >> well, the reality is, you know, i grew up in england. i spent 12 1/2 years there. when i came over in 1982, though i'm an american citizen, i had a suitcase of backpacks, $600 and the american dream in my hand. back in the 80s, someone told me, if you want to get rich in american people america, back any immigrant off the boat in any job prospect that you want and they'll make you rich. the reality is, these people come here with the idea that there's opportunity in america. and they're, again,

entrepreneurial, they're tunists, they work together. and rather than get a thousand people here working for one company, if we could bring a thousand people here who are entrepreneurs, we would have 5,000 or 6,000 people employed in about ten years because they'll be working for them. i'm looking back to the past and saying, this is what happened in the early 1900s. why don't we make it happen again. >> and you're going to have some illegal immigration issues here, as well. what are you doing to try to combat that, proper identification, things along those lines? is that something you're incorporating here? >> well, we're looking into a citizen i.d. concept that other city ves done just to people can get bank accounts. again, here in dayton, we really don't have a major illegal immigrant problem and -- >> but could you see a program like this potentially leading to that? i think that's probably what has

some people a little bit up in arcs, correct? >> no, no. the whole thing is geared towards citizenship. i mean, we want to facilitate success and citizenship with anyone, whether they're here legally or illegal flip material laws still apply here in date ron. >> mayor, thank you very much for taking the time. good talking to you the. >> thank you. >> jeff glor is standing by at the news desk. we have a look at the headlines for us. good morning to you. >> good morning, erica. and our news here, very interesting numbers in a just released cbs news poll, republican primary voters were asked which candidates they currently favor, and herman cain now holds a slim lead over mitt romney. they were tied earlier this month. rick perry, who led the field just a month ago has dropped to fifth place. we have an update now on a story we told you about yesterday. in guatemala, two women have been sentenced to prison in the

case of an allegedly stolen baby adopted by a missouri couple. the child, named karen, now 6 years old was adopted by timothy and jeremy hannah hahn three years ago. a woman claiming to be

up next, it is the 25th anniversary of one of the most riveting moments, one of the most memorable moments in baseball history. >> we'll meet bill buckner and mookie williams when we come back.

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this morning, the texas rangers are one game away from winning their first ever world series. >> and this is the anniversary of the battle between the boston red sox and mets that led to a moment. two baseball players sat signing autographs, mookie wilson and bill buckner, forever linked because of one unforgettable play. >> so the winning run is at second base. >> it was 25 years ago today. game six of the 1986 world

series. the new york mets had just tied the game with an improbable tenth inning comeback against the boston red sox and the night was filled with energy. >> there was seismic activity at shea stadium. the place was rocking and rolling. >> with two outs, the winning run on second base, mookie wilson was at bat and then the play. >> a little roller up along first. behind the bench. it gets past buckner. >> throwing his hands to his head in disbelief. his team had won. >> to the mets, jubilation. they would become champions in game seven. for the red sox, their fans and the city of boston, another in a long string of heartbreaks. and for the man who made the error? >> for bill buckner, this was the scarlet a. and it got so untenable for him, unfortunately, that he had to actually move away from the boston area. >> buckner, you suck.

>> but buckner has made his own come back, even poking fun at himself on a recent episode of curb your enthusiasm. an omage to a single play that is an indelible part of baseball history. >> it's just extraordinary circumstances in an extraordinary postseason, possibly the best postseason ever. >> and thank heavens he can laugh about it now. joining us now, bill buckner and mookie wilson. good morning to the both of you. it's great to have you with us. mookie, i can't believe it's been 25 years. bill, let me ask you, has it been a long 25 years? >> no. it's been okay. it's been all right. i don't know. i think i would have rather caught the baby than the baby. >> it was just one of those moments. bill, on a serious note, it's public record and public knowledge now, boston fans hadn't won a world searry

necessary so long, they abused you, for lack of a better term. i think most would say the treatment was unfair. do you harbor any type of resentme resentment? >> no. it really wasn't so much the fans in boston as it was the media. and the media kind of egged them on a little bit. but they're a lot of good fan webs they're a lot of good people. unfortunately, it was the perfect storm, you know, with the red sox not having won in all those years and playing, you know, a new york team, it was crazy the way that, you know, 25 years later, people are still talking about it. and, you know, it was not the seventh game of the world series. it was only the sixth. the game was tied. we might not have even won. but for some rope, it stuck. hey, it is what it is. >> but you have, though, dealt with all of it really well, i mean, considering what was thrown at you for so long. you've really now not only turned this around.

you two have turned this into a great friendship. but you've turned this into a positive for you. you're looking at this 25-year anniversary and moving forward with it. yeah. a lot of things have happened. but hey, it was just a baseball game, you know? the reality, it wasn't lye or death. you know? and you can choose to look at life whatever way you want. i am still very fortunate, have a great family, god was very good to me, i have a great career, so hey, life is good. >> i think that's the thing. you talk about you hate to have careers defined by one play, especially a play like that. but this is a man who, for the folks at home that aren't familiar with bill buckner, 22 years of baseball play, you had as many hits at lou gehrig for the most part. it's an incredible career and a great body of work.

mookie, let me talk to you. what has it been like in the last 25 years? >> it's been crazy answering the same questions, would you have beaten him to the ball if he had caught the ball. >> would you have? >> i don't know. i honestly don't know. you would be surprised how often we do talk about that moment. and the same questions over and over again. 25 years doesn't seem like 25 years. i guess it's a little different for bill, but we have really come to accept our place in baseball history. you're right about ta moment defining our careers. we would both agree we've done more than that. >> and you both are good friends now, but you're coming together to benefit the ronald mcdonald charities tonight, which is pretty important for a lot of folks. what are you doing there? >> the big thing we're doing is a meet and greet type of thing. we come there and thank people for participation, the support

of the ronald mcdonald house. while we are there basically just to show our support, you know, because we have done work with the ronald mcdonald house before. so it's a good time for us to be involved with the community and keep baseball, you know, in the eyes of the viewers. >> we thank you guys for being here. you both look like you could go out there and play right now. bill buckner, mookie wilson, we appreciate you guys for being here. still ahead, a little price matching for your holiday shopping, ahead. [ male announcer ] whether over a cup of maxwell house...

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oakland police cleared o good morning. time for news headlines here at cbs 5. i'm frank mallicoat. oakland police cleared out anti-wall street protestors from two areas this morning. this is video snow park just after 6:00. earlier, officers used tear gas and made several arrests at the frank ogawa plaza in front of city hall. protest hers stayed there despite receiving a tip that police were coming in this morning. there is an effort to recall oakland mayor jean quan. a group of residents filed a petition saying quan is not doing enough to ensure public safety in the city of oakland. however, they will have to get nearly 20,000 signatures to get the recall on the ballot. right now, they have less than 100. president obama will be here in the bay area in a couple of hours holding a fundraiser at the "w" hotel in

san francisco. tickets cost a minimum of $7,500. and larger contributors can get their picture taken with the commander-in-chief this afternoon. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. traffic is still backed up pretty solidly on 280 out of downtown san jose. there was an accident on northbound 280 by the saratoga exit involving four cars and a bus just cleared to the right

shoulder still backed up from the 101/680 interchange. 880 through oakland, nimitz slow past the coliseum up towards downtown oakland just usual stuff. city street closures around 14th and broadway in downtown oakland still want to avoid the area. police are out there dismantling tents at the "occupy oakland" encampment. a.c. transit detours in the area, as well. julie has the forecast. >> we are off to a cool start this morning. we have coastal low clouds and fog making their way inland keeping temperatures below average for this time of year. gray skies will eventually make way to sunshine, however, as we see a north flow pick up and that offshore flow will warm things up as well dry things out and increase fire danger. in the meantime, we have temperatures in the mid-70s to the warmest spots inland today closer to 60s along the coast and by the bay, near 70 redwood city, mountain view 71 in san jose. ,,,,,,,,,,

welcome back to "the early show." top of the hour here on a tuesday morning, i'm erica hill along with chris wragge. just ahead this hour, a challenge for retailers as the holidays slowly creep up upon us. >> they're here. they're not creeping. they're right on us. >> i had a feeling. it isn't enough to have low prices this year. this is good news for us, by the way. now stores want to match the other guy's low price and give you more money just because. they have to do it now though. two months before christmas, there's a lot of money on the line. 40% of their business for the year during the holiday season, which is great news for you. we'll help you take advantage of all the extra price matching.

>> if video games are on your christmas list, i know they are, think about this, recent studies show 10% of americans that play video games are addicted to them the same way people get addicted to drugs or cigarettes or other pleasures. this morning, we'll look at the signs of video game addiction and show you parents how to set boundaries so your children don't get sucked in. >> and for the parents, too. >> some of the adults. half the kids are like, dad's playing it. >> have fun, dad. i can't get the wii away from him. first we showed you how u.s. car companies are bouncing back after near collapse. even before the bailout as general motors faced bankruptcy, its business was booming in china. >> so was the entire industry. dealerships in china selling more vehicles than anywhere else. rebecca jarvis is back with us this morning with more. >> it's incredible growth what we've seen out of china last year. general motors sold more cars in china than any other place in the world and more than the u.s.

for the first time in its 100-year history. u.s. automakers view china as critical to their future earnings and growth. on a recent visit to china, we got a firsthand behind the scenes look at how this key market does its business from the manufacturer to the dealership and we saw firsthand what american brands mean to chinese consumers. >> and at this show room in shanghai, you'll find plenty of chevy fans. what do you like about this camaro? >> because it looks cool. >> and they're moving fast. >> we're doing many of the same things in china that we've done in the rest of the world but we're doing it five times faster. >> kevin whale is the president and ceo of gm's operations in china where the economy grew by a robust 9.1% in the third quarter. and is fueling demand for cars. >> how important is china to general motors? >> i think it's tremendously

important. china's the largest market in the world and it's the fastest growing market in the world. there's over 100 cities with more than a million people. >> last year 16.6 million cars were sold here in china. that's 5 million more than sold in the entire united states. and that's a key reason why general motors believed it must do business here in shanghai in order to remain competitive throughout the world. gm produces three brands in china, buick, chevrolet, and cadillac. most popular is the buick excel. gm sold more than 200,000 of them last year. but as gm's business in china continues to grow, that doesn't necessarily mean more jobs will be created at home in the united states. >> our philosophy is we largely build where we sell. so where you have excellent production facilities in the u.s. and in europe and in china, in korea, we don't try and ship into those countries on our

normal strategy. >> china just isn't an aattractive market because of size. local demographics and social norms played a key role. car buying here is mostly done with cash. >> so you will use your debit card buy this. >> yeah. >> another difference between the u.s. and chinese markets? well, let's just say this isn't your father's or even your grandfather's buick. >> the people who buy cars are younger. so the average age for someone who's buying a buick, for instance, is around 30 in china compared to about 60 in the u.s. >> a lot of my friends have a buick. >> nice wang bought his buick lacrosse three years ago for about $33,000. >> i love gm because they produced cars more than 100 years, longer than any other producers. >> would you ever buy a chinese made car? >> i don't know. not right now. >> chinese consumers like nice have helped make gm the top

selling comaerk in his country. with 13% of the market here, gm is back in the driver's seat. heading towards a more profitable future. >> and the president of gm china told me that after the company filed for bankruptcy. 2009, it expanded its chinese operation by 70%. he attributes that to helping the company get back on its feet. >> you mentioned how there's operations in china. there's also a concern about jobs in the "uss moving over to china. recently producing electronic vehicles. is there a concern jobs may be leave and going over there? >> i asked the president of general motors china if that was going to happen. he said to me they like to produce cars in the markets where those cars are being sold. so as of now, he told me explicitly there are no plans to move jobs from the united states to china but that said, with the electric vehicle production and development taking place there, it's certainly something that

might make sense down the road. just from a business standpoint but the not something they're planning on. >> aside from gm it, any other american car companies doing really big business in china? >> gm was first into that market in the 1990s. volkswagenen, not an american company got back in at that time. ford's plans are to beef up the brands in china are booming right now. they want to add about 15 new maryland dels of cars into china in the next five years. right now, ford has five. >> all right. >> that's a lot. >> the rebecca jarvis, thanks. >> jeff glor is at the news desk with a look at some of the other headlines on this tuesday morning. >> hey, erica. good nourng. our news, in eastern turkey this morning, more survivors is pulled from the rubble left by sunday's earthquake including a 28-week-old baby. searchers found that infant in debris. at least four other survivors were also rescued today. the official toll from the quake

has now reached 366. elsewhere in the zone, survivors moved an aid truck, some threw blankets and other items from that truck. there were struggles over aid bundles. police stepped in to restore order. in libya, moammar gadhafi and one of his sons were buried at a secret location deep in the desert. gadhafi's body had been on display in the town of misrata for days. cbs news correspondent allen pizy has more from there. >> the bodies were beginning to detearate and they had to do something about it. late last night in a secret ceremony, two islamic sheikhs who were known to be supporters of gadhafi washed the bodies according to islamic ritual in the presence of several members of his family. the bodies of gadhafi and his son mutassim were then taken deep into the libyan desert to be buried in secret. those men are said to have sworn a sacred oath that they would never reveal the location.

the body of his defense minister, which was also lying with the other two in the meat locker was handed over to his family and will be your by buried in a family plot. the authorities here are not very concerned about him. they did not want for the grave of gadhafi to become some kind of shrine where any of his faithful mitrally to do whatever bad things they wanted to do in the future. that's not going to happen because it is a secret location in the vast vast libyan desert. the only unresolved problem is his saif believed hiding near niger trying to escape from libya. >> allen pizy, thanks. herman cain is now leading a new cbs/no, times poll in the race for the republican nomination. 25% of republican primary voters said they prefer cain. romney is now second. this were tied for the lead earlier this month. rick perry is now in fifth place. but the race is far from settled. 80% of those asked say it's too

early to say who they'll vote for for sure and 70% of voters say they are paying attention right now. president obama is continuing his fund-raising blitz in california batoday. in los angeles yesterday, he attended two fund-raisers and this afternoon, he'll be in san francisco for more of them. raising cash can make you hungry ap

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new research shows women are more likely to have heart attacks and strokes. >> the sexually transmitted virus affects 80% of women by the time they're 50 years old. joining us is dr. holly phillips. we know too how prevalent heart disease can be in women and deadly for many women. this is the first time there's been research that shows this link. tell us a little bit more why this link is so important. >> chris, erica, this is a very interesting study. it's a large study and looked at nearly 2500 women. it found that those who is had been exposed to hpv were more than twice as like will i to have a heart attack or stroke as those who hadn't. what makes it particularly powerful is these women were more likely to have a heart attack or stroke in if they didn't have traditional risk factors like high blood pressure or high cholesterol or obesity. the virus seems to raise their risk. >> what is the connection between the two? >> this wasn't a cause and

effect study. we can't say directly that the virus causes heart attacks. but we can see a link. it may have to do with a gene called p-53. this helps to protect our bodies against cancer and heart disease. and the virus seems to inactivate it. that raises our risk for both. >> how do you lower your risk of hpv? >> well, the only way to completely insure you won't get hpv is to abstain everyone sex completely. condoms can help but they are not 100%. and, of course, there is the vaccine. it's offered to girls between the ages of 11 and 12, hopefully far before they are sexually active.actually, just today, an advisory committee to the cdc is weighing whether or not the vaccine should also be available widely to boys. boys can suffer from genital warts and now we're seeing at that time virus actually causes other illnesses like heart attack, what we're talking about today. >> with men, we talked about this being more something women needed to be on the loo canout

for. men have to be on the lookout, as well. the heart connection, is it the same for males? >> this study only looked at women but the gene we were discussing men also have. so it stands to reason that it might affect them, as well. but really, whatever we can do to prevent heart disease matters. it's the number one killer of both men and women. one in four of us will actually die of heart disease. so whatever we -- whatever steps we can take to keep our hearts healthy matters. >> and awareness is a big part of that. so good to have you on. holly, thanks. just ahead this morning, they're pulling out all the stops to get you to shop for the holidays and to get you to shop now. how? that little something called price matching which could save you a little bit of cash. we'll tell you how. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. eaner laundry. we all want fewer chemicals. all free clear oxi-active. a free clear detergent that's tough on stains and gentle on skin.

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how many shopping accounts for 40% of revenue for retailers. >> one powerful tactic is price matching. there's a lot of that going on in stores right now. here to help you take advantage of it is financial expert carmen wong ulrich. i want to announce you like you're in a sports arena. why are retailers now going to this, i guess, next step to -- is it basically to get people into the stores? >> pretty much. we have had so many years now, really, of consecutive losses in terms of how much are people shopping? where is the confidence for people to shop during the holidays? whether we're technically in a recession or not, they're saying the housing market is still down, the jobs numbers are still bad. they're ready to start shopping, especially early in the season. everyone wants to wait until the last minute to get the latest sell. walmart, who has been the leader and always known as the absolute

lowest place to get the lowest price had nine consecutive quarters. this is a big strategy for them to take it to the next level in terms of saying, consumers, you can shop here and we will guarantee that you will get the lowest price. >> so walmart is doing that, but they're not the only big retailer. >> no, they're not. we've got sears, staples. sears is one upping people, though. we will give you 10% of the difference on top of it. >> wow. so if you have all these companies doing this, before you know it, they're getting people in the doors, but how are they meeting all their margins? >> in volume. there are some restrictions, of course. with walmart and target. these are print ads, so you have to have the print ads. >> on the printed price? >> right. >> this is not with the online retailers. you don't have to bring the item in, of course. and remember, i've been here talking about layways.

this is very popular. walmart had a fantastic first week with this. part of the argument against it is you're locking in the top price. they will price match with lay away. >> oh, wow. okay. so those are important things to keep in mind, things to remember there. are there any downsides here inspect as a consumer, if you buy something and get it at this price, a lot op of people don't like to buy too far out from christmas because what if somebody wants to return it? does this limit you if you get it early for a price match? >> no. and some of theory tailors like bed, bath & beyond, they will honor internet prices, as well. people like me are sitting here putting promo codes, so they have to be really, really competitive. here is a twist, though. with walmart, the other companies will give you the refund in the form that you bought it. walmart gives you a credit in the form of a gist card, so you

have to come back and spend your money. >> this is competitive now. >> i think chris wragge is very excited about this. >> the big question is will people out there be? >> has it worked in the past? this exists, but maybe not on this grand scale and at this time of year as it's promoted. is the thing, though. we are still in a time where folks are saying, i don't want to spend as much money orr more money during the holidays. there was a survey that came out this week. 88% of americans said they're going to spend the same as last year or they're going to spend less. the luxury numbers are different. but walmart is saying, we will match these prices. but if they were to poll the three of us and say, are you going to spend as much as you did last year? no. and it never happens. >> carmen has that kind of discipline. >> never happens.

carm carmen, thanks. still ahead, kids spend as much time on video games,,,,,,

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frank mallicoat. in oakland police have cleared out anti- wall street protesters from two areas. it sta good morning. it's 8:25. in the headlines, in oakland police have cleared out anti- wall street protestors from two different areas. it all started around 4:00 this morning. hundreds of police surrounding frank ogawa plaza and then snow park over by lake merritt. officers even used tear gas to remove some of the protestors. those who refused to leave were handcuffed and arrested. heading to san francisco, expect some traffic delays. president obama is hours away from arriving here in the city. the president will be at a phrase they are afternoon at the "w" hotel. about 200 guests will pay a minimum of $7,500 per ticket for the the fundraiser. there is an effort to recall of mayor of oakland jean quan. residents are upset with the rising crime rate and

resignation of the police chief anthony batts. they have now filed a petition with 71 signatures saying they have no confidence in quan. they need about 20,000 to get it on the ballot. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. a lot of areas of congestion especially in the south bay. coming out of downtown san jose, this is what it looks like in the northbound lanes. so there was an earlier accident near the saratoga exit. that largely backed things up. that's cleared to the right shoulder but it's backed up into downtown. if you are heading towards the

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sdwroo and welcome back to "the early show." bottom of the hour. coming up here, every day the white house staff pick ten letters out of a thousand sent in by average americans. once in a while, the president even sends a personal check. you can only imagine the volume of letters he'll be getting in a couple of days now.

>> they'll increase exponentially. >> now the letters are part of a book. >> it's a great read. i loved it. also ahead this morning, with from matthew broderick and casey ashlen. it's the new action comedy, "tower heist." talk about a star-studded cast here, ben murphy, allen alda, the list goes on. it is a lot of fun, a great flick. i really enjoyed it. they're going to join us this morning to talk a little more about it. but first, according to one estimate, children spend about the same amount of classroom in all of middle school and high school playing video games. >> the american academy of pediatrics says 92% of school

age kids play video games. nearly 10% of those kids are addicts. scary number for all of us. and here, with some advice on helping us navigate those numbers, perhaps bring them down a little bit -- >> it's scary, isn't it? >> how serious is this among children? i mean, what are the consequences to all of this time spend gaming and to this addiction? >> several recent studies say that an online gaming addiction can lead to depression, eit can lead to social phobia, poor grades, childhood obesity and dementia. >> even at such a young age? >> yes. ages as young as 10 years old, they're seeing signs of dementia from an excessive use of these video games. >> it's such an amount of time and volume these kids are spending in front of the tv. does it surprise you? >> it does surprise me. but they're saying that 21 hours

or more, that's sort of the sweet spot. zero to 21 hours, no problem. above 21 hours is when the addiction really kicks in. now, 21 hours sounds like a lot, but when you break that down, three hours a day, maybe longer on the weekends, you realize a lot of kids are playing 21 hours or more. >> even three hours a day sounds like a lot. so beyond the actual time itself, if you're not sitting there with a stopwatch looking at what the how long your kid is playing a video game, what are some of the other warning signs here? >> some of the other key indicators your child could have a performance is declining school performance, losing interest in sports or hobbies, even going to the mall with friends, a lack of self-interest and self-care. so, you know, hygiene goes down the tubes, bathing, sleeping, eating, and then social withdraw. and then lying about playing or hiding the amount of time that they're spending playing these games. >> you see, i think that's been one of the big problems with a

lot of kids these days. back when i was younger and our parents were younger, you're out playing baseball, playing basketball, you're out doing things. you don't see that as much any more because these kids are so consumed with this. when you see commercials, the stuff is brilliant. but the kids are absolutely brainwashed. >> but probably the other thing, too, if there was an atari, it was miami in the living room or the family rooms. a lot of kids have them in their bedrooms. how do we set those boundaries? >> one of the biggest boundaries is get the gaming units out of the bedroom and into a common area so that you can really watch what they're doing .monitor their behavior. also, set time limits. an hour a day is plenty. and more time on the weekends. and make sure that other parents are aware of your personal limitations so they can't hole up in somebody else's house and spend hours and hours on these games. >> if there's a parent at home saying, my kid spends four or five hours a day on these things

and it's obviously unhealthy, what could be a healthy boundary? if there was, i don't know, ground rules that you could lay out there for people? >> a lot of studies show up to 21 hours a week can have positive health benefits on kids. it can help make them happier and healthier. >> three hours a day? that seems outrageous. >> the key is a lot of face-to-face time. play cooperative games instead of competitive games. and a study by byu, brigham & young university says that girls especially who play video games with their mom and dad end up feeling closer to their parents. so there are positive benefits to this when it's done in moderation. >> that's the way to bond with your teenage daughter. >> come on, janie, we're going to play grand theft auto. >> i'm thinking more like tennis. jeff glor has one more check of the headlines for us this morning. >> police are confronting occupy

oakland. protesters this morning in northern california, take a look. officers were sent before dawn to kick out about 300 demonstrators who have been camped out in downtown oakland. some protesters threw rocks and bottles and police responded in some cases by daerg down tents and firing tear gas. in florida, for the first time since casey anthony was acquitted for murdering her daughter, caylee, jurors' names were released in the case. the tragic death of indianapolis 500 champion dan wheldon last week has stirred more concerns of on-track safety. cbs news correspondent cynthia bauers reports. >> one thing he was worried about going into this race was all that dirty air. >> reporter: with 34 cars jammed together at 224 mrn, there was little margin for error in las

vegas. just 11 laps in, dan wheldon was caught up and killed in a fiery crash. ♪ >> reporter: sunday, racing colleagues, fans and family remembered the two-time indy 500 winner. and drivers followed up monday, meeting at the indianapolis motor speedway to talk about the accident and how to prevent more. >> how we react to this is critical. and i'm very encouraged by what i saw today. >> drivers shrugged off criticism of race series executives decisions to run the race at a track many said was too small for so many racers driving pedal to the metal. >> and finger pointing is not going to do any good here at all. >> high profile racing deaths have historically proven to be catalysts for change. >> the death of formula one driver eric senna in 1994 led to significant changes in a car. no one has died in a formula one

race since. >> after iconic nascar driver's dale earnhardt's death in to 01, the league mandated softer crash walls and head and neck protection for drivers. there hasn't been a stock car race death in more than a decade. >> i've enjoyed this testing program. >> reporter: ironically, dan wheldon was test driving a new indy car experts believed could save lives by being harder to control. they say the 2012 model will help weed out less talented drivers and cut down on overcrowded racetracks. one thing all drivers know, on the highway or at the raceway, with you are only as safe as the drivers next to you. cynthia bowers, cbs news, chicago. an amazing story of survival this morning in canada, a hiker, michael st. lauren was missing for ten days in the wilderness north of vancouver, british columbia. search crews came near them, but

he was unable to yell for help because he was so dehydrated. >> i could hear them, they didn't hear me. >> he suffered frostbite on his feet, but otherwise, he says he is fine. finally, here this morning, the northern lights. a long way south. look at the sky over southwestern missouri last night. just spectacular, brilliant reds and oranges there. the northern lights appear far south of their normal range every few years and last night they were visible, even in memphis and atlanta.,,,,

every day, president obama receives thousands of letters from average citizens. they share their feelings, some of them vent their frustrations. >> and every evening, the president reads ten of them, some included in a new book, ten letters, the stories americans tell their president. here is a sample of some of the letters read by members of the early show staff. >> dear mr. president -- >> dear president obama. >> to the president, i don't know if you'll ever read this, i hope you do. >> i know you are busy, so i did my best to keep this brief. >> since i lost my job, i have been on 40 interviews and filled out hundreds of applications and having yet landed a job. in michigan, mrb, jobs are very difficult to land. >> the gulf of mexico has and the impact to this pressure resource has begun. what will become of my corner of the world? >> i am a lifelong democrat who happens to be gay.

i just want to say thank you for taking such an active role in the anti-bullying campaign. >> you are not alone. you didn't do anything along. you didn't do anything to deserve being bullied. >> i would like to say thank you to my son, doug, the lieutenant in the united states marine corps and surfing in afghanistan. he knows how much his family and friends support him, but he also knows he is supported by his government. >> my name is stephan johnson and i am a senior at rome roman catholic high school in philadelphia. just a few months ago, i embarked in a journey that would lead me to become the first avenue can american high school student council president since my high school's founding in 1890. >> i don't think all children are entitled to equal education. we are not black, we know not white, biracial, hispanic or asian or any oh nationality.

we are the future. >> ten letters was written by a washington post reporter. you really help to expand their stories. nice to have you with us this morning. >> great to be here. >> it's a fascinating read. the book itself. it gives you an idea of what it must be like for the president each night. they pick ten. how do they decide each day which ten they present to the president? >> it really requires an army. mail used to be handled inside the white house before the anthrax scare. now they've moved it off-site to a secret office building in downtown d.c. they're on the ninth floor of this building. every day, 1500 volunteers and 50 full time staffers sort through this deluge of mail and they try to look for representative samples of mail. they categorize it by is it positive or negative? 50% is positive and 50% is negative, obama will see five and five in his folder that

night. if 20% is about the occupy wall street movement, he'll see two letters about that. at the end of the day, the letters get sent to his desk. >> it has to be difficult. a lot of times, it's a similar situation on television. the only time you really hear from people a lot of times is they have to complain. especially in times like this, the president is getting a lot of letters, which are tough to read than others. it's not so much hey, i love what you're doing it's how can you help? how difficult is it to make sure that every letter that the president gets, like you mentioned, isn't just stories of hardship? >> i think that is hard now. initially, when obama started this, it was the second day in office and i think it seemed like a great idea. a lot of what he was reading were congratulatory notes. as time as gone on and things have been very difficult in the country, he sees everyone day the sort of unrelenting journal entries of hardship and what people are going through in their lives. but there's also, you know, it's a mix. there are valentine's day cards from fourth graders. there's a mother in michigan that is filing for bankruptcy.

it's hope and its des operation, all in that same folder every day. >> which is what he wanted when he started asking for these letters 37. >> i think most presidents for the last couple hundred years have read the mail. obama is the first to make it a daily science, which fits in with the way he usually does things. he says every day he wants ten letters. he wants them to be categorized this specific way. he wants them exactly at this time. and he always writes back usually one or two of these. >> in the book, the president sent out personal checks on a few occasions. >> he has. and having read over his shoulder for the last year, i can see how she would feel compelled to do that. in some ways, it's great that he's moved by them that way. in other ways, if government is

working in an ideal way, probably the president, the most powerful politician in the world, feels like there's more he can do than write a check. >> it's a great read. it must have been tough for you to narrow it down to the ten letters. >> it was. it was a reporter's dream. a wealth of great stories in that envelope. >> thanks, guys. >> and you can read an excerpt of ten letters on our website. up next, matthew broderick is here to tell us what it was like to work with eddie murphy and steal from allen alda, if that's something you've ever wanted to do. it's a new,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the new action comedy "tower heist" follows a crew trying to steal back their money from a bernie madoff-like tycoon. >> and it is a cast chock-full

of stars. >> they only work the west side of the street. >> i'm in a restaurant with josh and a couple other guys from across the tower. >> i love you. >> what are you doing? that's supposed to be a secret. >> i can't tell my life we're having lunch? >> we're not having lunch. we're casing the side of the building. >> i didn't say what restaurant we're at. >> you said the restaurant from across the tower. >> i didn't see which restaurant across the tower. >> hey, we can order here whatever we like because lunch is on me. >> matthew broderick, good morning, guys, we're happy to have you here. >> the movie was a lot of fun. >> you're here in a fairly auspicious day because you're a mets fan, right? >> yes. >> you're a red sox fan. yes. >> 26th anniversary, game six of

the world series. did you guys realize it was the anniversary or it was not until you ran into these guys in the green room. >> no, i did not wake up and think about that. >> i can't imagine why not. >> every morning i say, how long has it been yet? examine how perfect that you guys celebrated with them. >> you know, it's funny. matthew is not really a mets -- are you really a mets fan? >> i am really a mets fan. >> i overheard you say you were a cardinals fan. >> you know what i try to do? i find out what a fan that person is, which team, and i say i am also a friend and i get a lot of friends that way. >> when you saw buckner, because i know as a red sox fan, that was an open wound for a lot of years when you saw him. did you walk right by or did you acknowledge him? >> not at all. i only woke up about seven seconds ago, so y -- >> you didn't recognize him? >> but i said -- i didn't have anything to say. i said, hey, guys, what are you talking about here today?

and they said -- someone said they're talking about the play. i said, oh, the play. but yeah, it seems like a funny thing. it's great that they can talk about it. it's not a big deal any more. >> no, it's not. >> for us it's not. >> no. they're friends now. they came together and they're doing some work for charity now. the movie, it's a lot of fun. i have to say, i laughed a lot sitting there in the theater. luckily i wasn't the only one laughing. how great was this to make inspect and as i understand it, it's the first time you both worked with eddie murphy. >> yeah, yes, it is. >> it was great. i worked with ben before. he directed "cable guy" that i was in. but eddie murphy is a legend. and i came up at the same time as him, so it was a thrill to even just meet him. >> you were also a legend. matthew is a ledgeend. there's a lot of talk. i had been spending time with matthew the last couple of days and i realized all the amazing movies that he's been in.

>> you're in some of my all-time farites. ferish buehler. goonies. >> i loved goonies. >> thank you. >> as i'm watching it, i was thinking, there's a red car, there's a parade, you're there. i mean, i sort of was speccing d danke schon. i don't know. >> yeah. not exactly. he's a little more melancholy. >> how many years as it been since ferris buehler? >> actually, 75 years today. >> you look great. you really do. >> thanks. >> does this look good for you to film this in new york? this is home. >> it was wonderful. my family, we live in new york. it was like having a regular job. >> we had the premier last night and there was a party afterwards. and matthew brought his 9-year-old son. we stayed out until 4:00 or 5:00

in the morning. >> i wasn't out that late. >> no, your son was. >> he still has not come home. no, he's just 8. so he was -- i was -- i hope it was okay to take him. >> you probably shouldn't even have bothered going back to the hotel, knowing that you had to be up here this early. or maybe -- did you even go back last night? >> i stayed here in the studio. >> you were if guy sleeping on the couch this morning when we got here? >> that was me. >> favorite part of making this movie, casey, i'll start with you. was there a favorite day that you had on set? >> there wasn't a favorite day. but making movies, it's like four months, five months it can be. it can get tedious sometimes. this movie, because of brett ratner, the director, and because of the guys involved, there was a lot avenue of energy. every day was a lot of fun. >> i'm told we have 10 seconds, matthew. >> i sort of feel the same way. it was a great group of people.

we always managed to enjoy ourselves. >> guys, thank you. thank you very much.,,,,,,,,,,,,

mallicoat, with your c-b-s e headlines... occupy protest good morning, everybody. it's 8:55. i'm frank mallicoat with your cbs 5 headlines. "occupy" protestors in oakland are head to head with police officers right now. you can see them lined up. these are live pictures in oakland from chopper 5, this after they were forced out of the frank ogawa plaza and snow park, two encampments, that one near lake merritt, this morning. police officers made several arrests and used tear gas to remove protestors who refuseed to leave. oakland pd is suppose to hold a "presser" in the next hour. we'll bring that to you. some of the "occupy sf" activists plan to protest president obama's visit today. he is having a fundraiser at the "w" hotel in downtown san francisco this afternoon. about 200 guest also pay a minimum of $7,500 a ticket to

eat and meet the president. in antioch a deadly police shooting under investigation. officers responded to a call that involved a man with a gun at a townhouse community on lemontree court. they say he refused orders to drop the gun. several officers opened fire. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

an accident at walnut creek southbound 680 at north main just cleared. bay bridge things clearing but backed up to the foot of the maze. here's julie. >> we're looking at sunshine and low clouds from our mount vaca cam. low clouds will mix out throughout the day. we'll see more sunshine. because it's slow to clear, we are starting out with cooler temperatures, below temperatures and highs todayed in mid-70s for the warmest spots with temperatures increased as our flow turns offshore later today. we're also going to increase the concern of fire danger wednesday and thursday. a red flag warning is in effect. this weekend sunny and mild, near 80. ,,,,

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