>> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com good morning. thousands of protesters evicted overnight as the nypd clears out zuccotti park used as a home base for the "occupy movement" some demonstrators clashing with police. we're live at the site of the raid and tell you what the crowds have planned next. up to ten more young men reportedly come forward to say jerry sandusky formally abused them. the former penn state coach spoke out for the first time claiming he made mistakes but innocent of the charges. >> i have showered after workouts and i have touched their legs without intent of sexual contact. >> we'll bring you the latest on the investigation and tell you what else sandusky had to say. new troubles for herman cain after he draws a blank while

trying to answer a question about libya. >> okay, libya. >> the latest polls show cain losing support while newt gingrich is the top challenger to mitt romney early this tuesday morning, november 15th, to mitt romney early this tuesday morning, november 15th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good tuesday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm chris wragge. great sunrises around here. the first words we've heard from congresswoman gabrielle giffords in nearly a year. she talks about her recovery saying she won't go back to congress until she's better and on capitol hill this morning survivors of gun violence testifying calling for tighter background checks for gun sales. one woman who disarmed the man who shot gabrielle giffords. >> she'll weigh in and tell congress why she's there this morning.

we want to begin this morning with the "occupy wall street" movement. it has just been cleared out for the first time. >> police arrested dozens of demonstrators overnight in the latest action against the protests that have spread around the world. michelle miller is in lower matin this morning with the very latest for us. >> the overnight shutdown and clean up has now sparked a legal battle. mayor michael bloomberg is appealing a court order allowing "occupy wall street" protesters back in. filled the streets of downtown new york moving in on the "occupy wall street" camp bringing heavy equipment and a no nonsense attitude. >> all persons must temporarily leave the park. you refuse to immediately remove your property from the park or refuse to leave the park, you'll be subject to arrest. >> reporter: earlier police handed out fliers saying the park had become a health and fire hazard. protesters were told they would

be allowed to return to the park after it was cleaned. but without their sleeping bags or tents. >> in the cold winter months, they wanted us to stay here without our tents. >> reporter: some protesters resisted. others taunted police many chanted a new familiar phrase. >> they're treating us like we're some kind of violent people. we're just, this is so sad. this is america. >> reporter: the decision to clear out the park came just a day after organizers announced plans for a series of protests aimed at shutting down wall street and disrupting subway service on thursday. marking two months since "occupy wall street" began. by early morning, sanitation crews began to power wash the park. at a news conference this morning, mayor bloomberg explains his reasons for the

shutout. >> they have a right to be safe and they have a right to say what they want to say and they don't have a right to keep others from saying what they want to say or not saying anything. that's exactly what's at stake here and that's exactly why we acted. >> right now, "occupy wall street p street" protesters have taken to the street. they are marching back here to zuccotti park and here they'll discuss with religious leaders and others their next move on how to keep this movement alive in new york city. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> that's going to be an important distinction to change things. they can't bring in sleeping bags and tents and things. we want to get you the latest on the penn state child sex abuse scandal. as we hear from the suspect in his own words for the first time. >> jerry sandusky said he made mistakes but innocent of the charges against him. he said, "i enjoy young people and love being around them, but, no, i'm not sexually attractive

to young boys." in state college, pennsylvania, with more for us this morning. armen, good morning. >> good morning, chris. in a lengthy interview with bob costas, sandusky painted a very different picture of the alleged abuse. denying he had molested or raped any young boys. >> i said that i am innocent of those charges. well, i could say that, you know, i have done some of those things. i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts. i have hugged them and i have touched their leg. without intent of sexual contact. >> more people are going to have some stories. >> reporter: pennsylvania attorney ben amendroli told cbs news he suffered years of sexual abuse through sandusky. >> can you characterize the kind

of abuse your client allegedly sustained? >> severe. >> severe. >> over a number of years. >> over a period of time he suffered severe sexual abuse. mr. sandusky built a relationship with my client and i believe that he used that relationship with the second mile program and with the university to his advantage so he could essentially stalk and prey on these victims, including my client. >> reporter: sandusky stands accused of abusing at least seven other boys between 1994 and 2009. last night his attorney, again, defended his client while admitting that sandusky did shower with young boys. >> i mean, i wouldn't do it. i'm sure you wouldn't do. . i would feel uncomfortable doing it, but jerry did that. but that's a far different thing than saying he got showers with kids than saying that he committed these other acts, which the prosecution has alleged he did. >> reporter: legal experts say

some of the victims all under the age of 30 face limited aungzs. under state law, if the alleged abuse happened before 2002, the victim had until the age of 20 to file a civil suit. if it was after 2002, they have until their 30th birthday. he disagrees. >> i don't really see any legal roadblocks whatsoever for my client or for any of the victims in this case. >> reporter: on monday, second mile ceo dr. jack raykovitz stepped down after 28 years in the best interest of the organization. in a statement he said he hoped his decision would lead to a restoration of faith in the charity. >> just imagine how those victims felt when they knew that someone saw what was happening to them and didn't come forward, didn't stop it, didn't listen to them. >> reporter: today the "new york times" reported as many as ten additional young men have come forward and are now speaking with the police.

chris? >> cbs at penn state for us this morning. thank you. this morning, the future of president obama's number one piece of legislation health care law is now in the hands of the supreme court. >> the justice's decision will affect tens of thousands of people. >> that's right, erica. this could be one of the court's biggest cases. the justices are going to tackle a question they have never decided and one that could affect almost everyone in this country. can the federal government force you to buy something? the white house called it a once in a generation reform. landmark health care legislation pushed through a reluctant congress without a single republican vote. >> this is an extraordinary achievement. >> reporter: it's now a mhot button issue for the republican candidates vying to take back the white house. >> obama care is wrong. i'll appeal it, i'll get it done. >> reporter: the supreme court

may do that first. the justices will decide whether the affordable care act, which promised health care to 32 million uninsured is unconstitutional. at issue, whether congress overstepped its power when it required everyone to buy insurance or pay a penalty. florida and 25 other states joined forces to argue that is unconstitutional and that congress can't make people buy something they may not want. >> this law is not just unconstitutional it's unprecedented. it's the first time in our nation's history that individuals have been forced to engage. >> reporter: the administration says the individual mandate provision is critical to its success without everyone kicking in other provisions like coverage for people with presisting conditions won't work. the challenge also could affect benefits already in effect. since the law passed, one million young people have taken advantage of the provision allowing them to stay on their parents' insurance until the age of 26.

and 35,000 are now covered because insurance companies are banned from discriminating against kids with pre-existing conditions. that would extend to adults in 2014, if the supreme court agrees. >> jan, if the supreme court finds the law unconstitutional, what about people who have been relying on the benefits? >> that's a great question. it's unclear. it's part of this massive case. the court is going to decide whether if it knocks down one part of the law, like the part requiring you to buy insurance, whether other parts of the law can still remain in effect. this may go back to congress at some point for a whole new law. chris, that just shows how complex this case is. think about this, the justices usually spend an hour listening to arguments. in this case, they're going to take 5 1/2 hours. that is the most in modern history. >> jan crawford in washington this morning, thanks. i want to take a look now at presidential politics. several republican candidates are heading to iowa this morning

the head of the all-important caucuses in january. >> if they do, a new interview is causing more problems for herman cain. national correspondent dean is in dubeuque, iowa, with the e latest. >> no wonder the state is filling up with candidates. some on the rise and some not. with his polling numbers sinking, the last thing herman cain needs is to open a new avenue of questions about him and his grasp of big issues. but during an interview monday with the milwaukee journal sentin sentinel, a question about the administration's policy on libya enlisted a nine-second pause. >> libya -- >> reporter: he eventually said he did not have access to the same intelligence on libya as the white house. his campaign added that he had

only had four hours sleep. later he tried to minimize the damage. >> it was a pause, that's all it was. good grief. >> reporter: for cain, two new polls furthered a downward trend first noted in our cbs news sampling on saturday allegations of inappropriate behavior with four subordinant females maybe taking a toll. the campaign summoned the candidates' wife to rebut the charges. >> everybody has an opinion, but they don't know herman. >> reporter: as cain is sinking, newt gingrich is bobbing to the surface, in the polls, at least. a series of sharp debates has catapulted him over the fading stars of michele bachmann, rick perry and now cain. something the candidate is not reluctant to note. in iowa, gingrich was emboldened to take on gop frontrunner mitt romney and echo what a lot of

republicans are saying. >> a large part of this party, well over half of it, for one reason or another, isn't comfortable with governor romney. >> reporter: joining gingrich in iowa today are bachmann, perry, rick santorum and cain, who has scheduled two news conferences today in an apparent bid to stop his slide. dean reynolds, cbs news, dubuque, iowa. john dickerson joins us this morning from washington. nice to have you with us. congrats on the title there. as we look at this, dean laid out what happened in the last 24 hours. cain's stumble on libya and he will hold a couple press conferences later today and he dropped in some of the most recent polling. what's really going on here with herman cain? can he recover from this? >> well, he's got two problems. one is that the sexual harassment claims have seen his numbers go down, not only the big number, who would you vote for today, but also his

favorable ratings, which have been going up. they are now going down. his unfavorables are rising. with that problem comes along this other one. he wound around to the answer, ultimately at the end, it hits that his key weakness in the polls and when you talk to voters, they have trouble seeing him in the oval office making a tough decision. they said he can cram and learn about all these new places around the globe, but, obviously, in that video it shows that it is tough to cram and that's the big problem for him here. >> his campaign contends that that clip was taken out of context. he only had four hours of sleep, but as you point out, could be tough to come back from that. the newest polling. cain's support dipping out of 14%. but this has been very good. you look at newt gingrich's numbers. you figure in the margin of error there and he is, essentially now, the guy who is neck and neck with romney. saying well over half of his party is not confident with mitt romney. could he surge ahead of romney? >> he certainly could surge

ahead of romney. newt gingrich is having his moment. we had a number of candidates now who the their moment in the sun. and now it's gingrich's turn. his votes seem to be coming both from the tea party wing which has been uncomfortable with mitt romney as a frontrunner and also coming from romney. so, as his coalition might be slightly different than all of those other nonromney candidates that came before. but gingrich will have to see if he has to hold his place at the top or near the top and the others have had, obviously, problems. >> is there concern about funding when it comes to newt gingrich? we saw the stumbles of his campaign early on. >> one of the big questions for newt gingrich is discipline and organization. his organization is still being put together. he said he's had a lot of good fund-raising recently as he's come to the top and strategists say that there are a lot of newt gingrich lovers in the party who thought that basically when his campaign seemed to crash on the launching pad, that it was over. now they're coming back to him.

but it's very hard to build an organization quickly. he's got strength in iowa and south carolina. so, he seems to have enough if he can sustain his campaign in all the other ways he'll need to in this short period where we have less than two months before the iowa caucuses. >> john dickerson, thanks. jeff glor over at the news desk with a check of the headlines. >> good morning to both of you. a lockdown at the university of north carolina wilmington was lifted. classes will go on as scheduled, the school says. authorities say an armed robber held up four people near the school late last night and then ran towards campus. students were told to stay alert. congress released a new spending bill last night that changes president obama's plans to make school lunches healthier. the new bill keeps french fries on the menu at school. it is the latest requirement to boost whole grains and called the tomato paste on pizza a vegetable. the changes were requested by

food companies that make frozen. the nba season could be on the verge of "a nuclear winter." the season canceled. those are the words and dire prediction from commissioner david stern now that players rejected the owners' latest offer. they plan to disban their union, which will send this dispute to court. and if you're going to olympics next year in london, why not stay at the queen's place with the royal bank account a bit thin right now, queen e llizabeth says she will rent out rooms in her official residence at st. james palace. the price $45,500 per night. it is 7:17, time for o,,,,

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good morning, it's 7:25. let's get you call up with some of the bay area headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. "occupy oakland" protestors plan to meet tomorrow to decide what to do next. the city says they can protest around the clock but cannot set up camp in the park. the despite that order, protestors have pitched tents at snow park near lake merritt a few blocks from frank ogawa plaza. fluoride in the water is the issue before the santa clara valley water district this morning. health department survey found young children in the district have many more cavities than those who live where the water has fluoride. the cost to flouridate south bay water is estimated at $10 million. two-year-old girls who were surgically separated at stanford are recovering better than expected. they are expected to go home to san jose this week, just two

weeks after that 10-hour operation. and they look fantastic. got your traffic and weather for this tuesday coming up right after this. ,,,,,,,,,, ,,

good morning. we'll start of in concord, 680 accident gone from lanes.

we have a good sized backup. it is still pretty slow coming from the benicia bridge. really backed up across the span. at the bay bridge toll plaza, you're looking at about a 20- minute wait or so or more to get you on the bridge. it's backed up fully to the macarthur maze. that is traffic. for a check of your forecast, here's lawrence. >> we are look at a great day ahead, plenty of sunshine coming our way today, some patchy fog in some of the valleys to begin with. but boy, looking good over the city of san francisco right now. plenty of sunshine there on the way. expecting mild temperatures across the board this afternoon well into the 60s inland, plenty of mid-60s inside the bay. out toward the coastline, we'll find mostly sunny skies, just a couple of patches of fog. temperatures will be cooler there, though, mainly into the 50s. over the next couple of days, the ridge will hold on through wednesday, but then that begins to weaken and clouds move in on thursday. could see some showers developing by thursday night. things getting unsettled possibly wet as we head in toward the next weekend. ,,,,,,,,

not bad, huh? >> i'll take it. >> good looking shot here. tuesday morning, right? >> i believe it is all day, as my dad would say. >> thank you for confirming that. coming, signs of a major break through in treating heart patients. for the first time, doctors have used a patient's own stem cells to repair damage caused by a heart attack. >> just ahead, you'll meet a man who had a 50% improvement in his heart after receiving those stem cells. we'll take a look at what causes heart failure in the first place, maybe keep it from getting worse. first, we want to take a look at a story out of iran. >> there is growing speculation that this wasn't an accident at

all, that, in fact, it may have had every thing to do with iran's nuclear program. >> good morning, erica. have an a function that functions on rumor and intrigue. the blast there this weekend has sent the rumor mill spinning likes a centrifuge refining material. when the top of the iranian hierarchy comes out for a funeral, you know somebody important died. so when the supreme leader ayatollah hamani was seen at a funeral along with 16 other revolutionary guards, it was clear something big had happened. at first, the broadcast was vague. >> the irgc confirms the explosion. >> reporter: but it soon became clear that a major explosion had taken place at the base west of tehran where iran is creating

missiles. hasan makatam is known as the architect of the nuclear program. so was this an accident, as was initially claimed or was this another example of sabotage by some outside power? suspicion inevitably fall owes israel and israel inevitably dunks comment. although it does have a facility of damaging facilities in iraq in 1991. iran's terror program is back if the headlines because the nuclear agent last reported cited credible evidence that iran's developments were legitimate. >> there is a prestige value in nuclear weapons. you know b, it's part of an entree to a special club. the iranians are proud people and they see nuclear technology as demonstrating their scientific worth.

>> at the very least, they are called to increase sanctions on iran and increasing discussion, as well, about what to do if the sanctions alone continue to have effectively zero effect on iranian nuclear ambitions. erica. >> mark philips in london this morning, thanks. joining us now is former assistant secretary of state jamie rubin. good to have you here with us this morning. >> nice to see you. >> israel's defense minister said with the bombings this weekend, he would like to see more explosions there. something like that, an inflammatory comment. then you hear something about this death. do you feel israel is behind this in any way, shape or form? >> there have been some reports in other websites and other reliable sources that the israels are behind it. it's plausible. he's the head of the missile program, the one that was killed. a similar scientist on the nuclear side, the nuclear technologies side was

assassina assassinated. and this particular individual who was killed this weekend had the largest security detail apparently of anyone in the country other than the leadership. so it's certainly plausible that this is part of israel's slow but covert effort to delay the danger of iran having a nuclear weapon. >> you mentioned some other publications. time magazine specifically is saying a western intelligence source is how they phrase it has said that massad is behind this and that that source says there are, quote, more bullets in the magazine. >> would this be, though, not only an effective and frankly a smart move for israel to do something like this and to potentially have more bullets in that magazine? >> the problem is, as your correspondent mark philips suggested at the end, sanctions aren't working. they're pretty tough sanctions. they're not as tough as some people would like. some would suggest an oil embargo is necessary.

one doesn't expect the world to do that at a time of economic difficulty. so if you look back over the last several years, even as the sanctions have been ratcheted up, there's been no impact on iran's program. they continue to pursue nuclear weapons capability. so if you are not going to be able to stop it for sanctions, the only other way to stop it is a military strike, which has very, very, very serious ze consequences for the region, for the world, for a war in the middle east. if you can delay having to make that decision by these smaller steps, by computer viruses, some have suggested come from israel and perhaps in conjunction with the united states or as these assassinations or other so-called covert programs, that is certainly a better, more pal itble option to governments than having to face this yes or no choice on starting another war in the middle east. >> that was my next question to you. president obama has relied heavily on sanctions which we now just discussed are not

working. what is the u.s.'s involvement as we move forward? >> well, president obama has a bit of a problem. on the one hand, the situation on the ground in iran is not getting better. he's promised, like president obama before him, that he will not allow iran to develop and obtain a nuclear weapon. but his policy isn't working. iran continues to get closer and closer and closer. meanwhile, mitt romney, the challenging republican has made clear that if necessary, mitt romney would use military force. that's something president obama has not said. he has not said flat out that he would use military force. the pressure economically is not working. where does that leave president obama? it's a tough spot. obviously, he doesn't want israel to get a nuclear weapon, but like many israelis, former intelligence officials in israel, he's very, very worried about the danger of starting another war in the middle east.

>> jamie sted. police now say demonstrators can return, but without their tents or sleeping bags. jerry sandusky says he's innocent. the former penn state defensive coach spoke out for the first without intent of sexual contact. >> sandusky has been charged with abusing eight boys.

the "new york times" reports close to ten more suspected victims have come forward since the arrest. and severe storms, including a possible tornado ripped through upstate new york yesterday. this is westfield, an hour southwest of buffalo. winds knocked down power lines and some buildings were badly ,, up next, for the first time doctors repair a damaged heart using the patient's own stem cells. >> we'll meet a heart attack victim whose heart is almost as

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in this morning's health watch within healing hearts. this morning, researchers are reporting what could be a major break through. cardiac stem cells can repair damage from a heart attack. >> bill whitacre reports on one man whose life has been changed by the new promising treatment. >> so, ken, how are you feeling? >> i feel fantastic. >> when we first met ken millis two years ago, he had suffered a serious heart attack. at age 39, 30% of his heart was damaged. he faced a shortened life with shortness of breath and restricted exertion. >> if someone has had a heart attack and they have seen part of their heart turn into scar, that is irreversible. it's there for life. >> so dr. eduardo marban convinced ken millious to be patient number one in a risky, first of a kind clinical trial. dr. marban used a catheter to snipe bits of healthy tissue from millis's heart.

in a laboratory, he coaxed the tissue into manufacturing millions of stem cells, which were then deposited in the damaged area of the heart. millis was one of 25 subjects. the results are now in. >> the subjects who received cells had a dramatically better response than the control subjects. >> all the stem cell recipients had stronger heartbeats and their heart attack scars were reduced on average by almost 50%. damaged muscle was replaced by new, healthy heart tissue. ken millis had better than 50% improvement. >> this is the very first time, in my experience, that we've exceeded our expect ages when we do a human trial. >> reporter: doctors say ken's heart looks almost normal again. >> it's like someone gave me a magic pill. i felt better immediately.

>> reporter: these are just the first results of a new study doctors find promising. >> and here with us now, dr. holly philips. always nice to see you. so give us an idea, because it sounds promising, of course, how could this treatment revolutionize the treatment for heart failure? >> well, you know, erica, it can make a dramatic difference. we've never before thought of heart disease as a curable or reversible conditions. the treatment has always focused on minimizing symptoms and make living with heart conditions better. the other thing is, this is the first time cells from the heart have been used to treat the heart. before, we've attempted to treat the heart with stem cells from bone marrow. but this is the first time they actually come from the organ. and so that gives us hope for other possible organs. maybe we can use cells from the kidney to treat the kidney and cells from the liver to treat the liver and so forth. >> so we're loot at about 6 million people in the country that suffer from heart failure.

what puts you at risk for this? >> coronary artery disease and heart attack. that causes the voft majority of heart failure symptoms. also, high blood pressure, diabetes and even sleep apnea can contribute. so there are a number of factors that can cause heart failure. but once you have it, it's very serious illness. one in five people diagnosed with heart failure die within a year of diagnosis. >> if you have been diagnosed with that, how can you keep the condition from worsening? >> there are many ways, but probably the single most important thing is to quit smoking. smoking raises your blood pressure and makes your heart bees faster. both of those things stress your heart and can make heart symptoms far worse. that's the one thing you have to do. >> dr. holly, thank you. for more, go to webmd.com and search stem cells. still to come this morning, secrets of the rich and famous. did you know, many get a

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good morning, it's 7:55. i'm grace lee with your cbs 5 headlines. "occupy oakland" protestors have a meeting set for tomorrow to map out the next step of their strategy. the city says they are allowed to protest around the clock as long as they don't set up camp. despite that, protestors have set up tents at snow park a few blocks away from frank ogawa plaza. los gatos police are looking for a man who apparently picked the wrong girl to try to kidnap. a 17-year-old girl says that the man tried to abduct her sunday along lark avenue next to los gatos creek trail. she said she escaped by using her martial arts skills, punching the man in the face and kicking him in the groin. formerly conjoined twins who are surgically separated just two weeks ago should be back at their san jose home

this week. lucille packard children's hospitals says 2-year-old angelina and angelica sabuco are recovering better than expected. we'll have an update of traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,,,,, ,,

good morning. let's go right out to daly city. southbound 280 right by hickey boulevard we have an accident just cleared to the right shoulder but it is still slow across that stretch. elsewhere, coming out of downtown san jose, we have

brake lights from downtown all the way towards cupertino. your drive time there is 23 minutes across that stretch. and westbound 237 the silicon valley ride, just kind of your typical slow traffic there through milpitas near the 880/237 interchange. that is traffic. here's lawrence. >> high pressure still holding on. it is looking like a gorgeous day around the bay area. lots of sunshine and well, looking good right now even out toward ocean beach. you have mostly clear skies but temperatures are going to be cooler out toward the coastline. plan on 50s at the beaches. inside the bay sunny skies, mid- 60s toward san jose. upper 60s in toward the santa rosa area. the next couple of days going to be great. nice sunny and dry around the bay area, just some patchy fog in the morning. things change, though, as we could see some showers late in the week. ,,,,

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top of the hour as we welcome you back to "the early show." just ahead this morning, an in-depth look how the government is helping people who may not need that kind of help. there's a new report that finds more than $9 billion in government payments have gone to billionaires and millionaires over the last several years. >> farm suddendies is paying for rich guys ranches and estates, men like ted turner and bruce springstein. these programs are open to everyone regardless of whether you need the money or not. cheryl at can i son will have more in a couple of minutes. >> but first, survivors of gun violence will be testifying on capitol hill later today calling

on congress for stronger background checks for gun buyers. it's become an especially hot issue ever since the shooting in tucson, arizona that wounded gabrielle giffords. she spoke about her recovery last night in her first interview on abc news. >> and so you think to yourself, i'll go back to congress if i get better. >> yes, yes, yes, yes. >>en an that's where you are right now? >> yes, yes. >> do you ever get angry at what happened to you? >> no, no. no. >> no? >> no. life. life. >> joining us this morning from washington, patricia may is a survivor of the shooting and helped tackle the gunman and mark glaze from the group mayors against illegal guns. it's good to have you both with us. patricia, we have to get your thoughts there. i know watching the recovery of congresswoman giffords for so many, especially the people of tucson, has been encouraging in ways probably tough to describe.

when you watch her speak in this first interview, what cos that do to you and to this cause you have now adopted? >> oh, it just thrills me that she's able to speak that well and after talking to her staffers, i know she's comprehending. she just can't express complex sentences and just like they said on the report. so i'm just thrilled with the progress she's made. >> mark, even as you're pushing for these stronger measures when it comes to background checks, the reality of the situation is even these tougher measures you are after would not have likely kept a gun out of the hands of jared loughner? >> we know people who are seriously mental ill, felons are not allowed to get guns and the system is supposed to stop them. we know that he had a drug arrest on his record. we know he was not allowed to enlist in the military possibly because of a history of drug abuse, that he was suspended from community college.

he may or may not have been caught in the background check system. we need to take a close look at that system and make sure we fill the gaps in the do not sell database and make sure every gun sale is subject to a simple background check. >> handgun possession around the country is up in some of the most recent numbers. how have you seen support either grow or perhaps not since the shooting in tucson for the measures that you're after? >> well, it's interesting. i think most of the american people are exactly where our 600 mayors are. have republicans, democrats, independents in our coalition of mayors. all of them believe you can support the second amendment and do a lot more to keep guns out of the wrong hands the next killer, the jext sard loughner. >> you do have fairly broad support. why is it taking so long to change things? >> well, we're not sure. we're going to have a very direct conversation with members of congress along with the

survivors of gun violence. mayor bloomberg and other who have come to washington to say it's been ten months to tucson. the solutions are there, we know what they are. what's taking so long. >> patricia, when you make your case to congress today, what you say? >> i'm going to remind them of the people who died, give them a little information about each person. but mainly, i'm going to ask them to try to prevent this from happening again by fixing the gun check law to keep guns out of people's hands that shouldn't have them, dangerous people. and to make sure that every gun sale has a background check. >> patricia, mark, appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> thank you. now let's get over to jeff glor with a check of the other headlines for us. >> good morning to you. for the first time since being charged with abusing boys, jerry sandusky is speaking out.

"the new york times" reports close to ten more suspected victims have come forward. during an interview, he said he is innocent, that he is not sexually tract to young boys but that he has made some mistakes. >> i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts. i have hugged them, and i have touched their leg. without intent of sexual contact. >> san ducky is charged with molesting eight boyce over 15 years. the white house says says it is pleased the supreme court decided to consider a cal to president poem's health care law. it has scheduled an unusual five hours of argument. a decision expected by next summer. tough moment for republican candor herman cain. interviewed by the milwaukee journal sentinel, he said he disagreed with president obama on libya but stumbled when he tried to say why. >> uh, no, that's a different

one. i got to go back. got a lot of stuff twirling around in my head. >> cain said later he was trying toing the gaer his thoughts at the time. a televised political debate in lebanon got slightly out of hand. two politicians discussing the syrian situation began trading insults and more. >> that's what it looks like during the break on our broadcasts sometimes. >> those are the magic moments that we hide. >> the tv crew apparently got things back under control. no word of any injuries. >>,,,,

>> this weather report sponsored by daisy brand sour cream, a dollop of daisy makes recipes naturally delicious. >> the u.s. government is deep in debt, but that isn't stopping billions of tax dollars from going to very wealthy eem. >> you may recognize some of the names. >> cheryl at can i son has more from capitol hill. >> good morning. the first compilation of how millionaires are using the safety net comes from senator tom coburn. he's listed tam breaks,

government loans and other benefits showing in recent years, more than $9 billion has gone to those who are far from needy. from tax write-offs for gambling losses, vacation homes and luxury yachts, to sun siddies for ranches and estates, billions of your tax dollars are supporting the lifestyles of the rich and famous. the new report counts the ways. entitled "subsidies of the rich and famous," it says they have received $74 million in unemployment checks in recent years. $316 million in farm subsidies, 9 billion in retirement checks and borrowed $16 billion in government-backed chak loans for college. some big celebrities are among the recipients. scottie pippen and ted turner. superstar bon jovi paid only $100 in property taxes last year

or his new jersey real estate holdings because he raises bees on it and gets farm subsidies. >> bruce, the boss springsteen gets farm subsidies for leasing property to an organic farmer and quincy jones who produced the top selling album of all time, michael jackson's "thriller" got a $25,000 award from the taxpayer-funded national endocument for the arts for his contribution to music. coburn says as award of prestige can be given to honor and recognize such megastars but insists monetary payment is unnecessary and now unaffordable. taxpayer watchdog leslie page works with citizens against government waste. >> some of these programs are written so badly that in fact, everybody's eligible for them. the question has to be and the taxpayers have to answer it, are we okay with millionaires getting this money? >> even millionaires who are out of work don't have to spend down tear savings as fast as they

might. they can collect unemployment on shoulder of taxpayers. the irs reports in 2009, more than 2,000 billionaires collected upwards of $20 million in jobless benefits. >> none of the celebrities we mentioned answered our request for comment. if ever there was a climate ripe for change, this could be the closest we've come. facing a $15 trillion debt, congress is considering bills now that would deny unemployment benefits to millionaires, cut subsidies for the wealthy and talking about limiting medicare and other entitlements for the rich. >> cheryl on capitol hill this morning, thanks. john bon jovi raises bees. who knew? up next, hidden bank charges and higher fees. >> we'll tell you all about those and how you can avoid them. you're watching "the early show." sour cream for over four generations. it's made with farm-fresh cream that's 100% natural. no preservatives. and no added hormones. ♪ do-do a dollop of daisy

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we talked a lot about those new fees banks seem to be

charging for everything these days. >> an attempt tote charge debit card fees was dropped after uproar. jack otter is here to help you identify and avoid them. >> let's talk about some of the new fees that have been free up till now. >> sure. good example is bank of america now charges you 5 bucks if you lose your debit card and he had have to send you a new one, 20 if you want it fedexed. i think it's reasonable. you lost your card. they're not charging other customers for it. they're charging you. this is an example of just trying to cover the costs this he used to cover by spreading everything around to everyone. >> and then we see here too that td bank is going to charge you to wire money into your own account? >> into that's odd. you think they would encourage that but any way make a buck. >> that's one of them. one of the existing fees that banks are increasing that you may not realize it are these minimum fees for checking

accounts. >> exactly. what they're trying to do is gather assets. they want money. so they're raising the minimum balance you need to avoid the fees. if you're for instance doing a thing where maybe you've got an online checking account to get extras interest, you might might think about transferring more into that account so you're not charged a fee. you might mof everything to the online banking. >> up to $12 a month now. >> they're going up a little bit. 2, $3 here. i think citi is at ten bucks. bank of america and jp morgan are at $1. bank of americaing is testing fees ranging from $6 to $25, seeing what sticks. >> we had the young lady on who formed her own miniprotest and got them to drop the debit card fee. could we see more of that? >>ty said it on this show, right is? that the debit card fee might get dropped. if enough people protested.

i think that's what happened. obviously it's a game of what the market will bear. they try see how much will they actually pay. so there are things you can do, for instance, going to a community bank, going to a credit union. you can go to find a credit union.com and just about anybody is eligible. you can test it there. you can use annen 0 line bank. so they're going to see how many customers they lose to these outlets and if they lose enough, those fees will come down. >> the line from the bank is this isn't our new fault. we're getting new regulations imposed on us. so we have 0 pass the costs on. some people you could make the argument maybe we've been too used to getting things for free and now we have to start paying. are either one of those arguments ever going to work? >> there is some truth to that. if they're mailing you a card, there's no reason you shouldn't pay the at the postage. the implication that government took away these dastardly things we used to do so now we have to make up the money as if they weren't in the business of

maximizing profits before. >> not like they don't have enough money. >> more importantly, they would have charged these fees and now we'll see if they get away with them this time. >> the way it looks, they're taking away one fee. they're circumventing the system and figuring out other ways to bring it to the skaumer. >> i this i they're getting called on. there's a community bank in ohio, the people's bank of urbana and they're paying $5 to every customer who uses his debit card in a given upon the. it's a nice way of thumbing their knows at the big bank and say we can still make a dollar. >> it's nice to be the small guy sticking up for himself. >> great to be here. >> just ahead, student housing 2.0. we'll take you to an area where some california college students are living even a little more than large. it's saying -- some of them live in better than their parents these days. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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another area of the country, in cleveland, we're about to show you homeowners in california's central valley, in many ways you're going through difficult times.but for some of the kids at nearby university, this is -- talk about the best of times. >> correspondent john blackstone reports. >> they are college student who have given up their dorms or mansions. >> welcome. >> heather shares a five bedroom suburban house in california. >> jacuzzi, swimming pool? >> it's definitely a plus that a lot of students don't have. >> for students at the university of california, living off campus can mean living large at a reasonable price. >> my parents were really happy. >> i'm thinking your parents might come here and say, you're

living in a bigger house than we are. yeah, i definitely am. >> and for all this, the students can thank the housing meltdown. >> we're just fortunate that the housing market isn't doing so well. >> the students provide a bright spot in mercet. places like this show the other side of a troubled real estate market, a planned subdivision with sidewalks and sushs in place. but after the bubble burst, the houses were never built. many houses that were built here are empty. ver say has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. but for students, that means a big choice of low cost rentals. five girls each get their own room for about $400 a month. on campus, dorm rooms cost $500 a month and you have to share. >> in a room like this on campus could be three people living in there. >> yeah. >> yikes. >> i'm very fortunate that i have my own space and i enjoy

the privacy. it's lacking in the dorms. >> we're not the only mansion in town. i believe we're the biggest, though. >> sharon shares a 4500 square foot ranch house with a half dozen undergrads. there's one room for music, another for table tennis. and outside a football field the size of a football field. they pity their classmates in the dorms. >> you don't have to study economics to know the upside of a downed economy. john blackstone, cbs news, mercet, california. >> do you think there's a beer bong in there? >> i don't know. >> they just study. good kadz taking care of that house. it's a pretty good setup, if you think bit. the dorm room i had when i went to college, not that great. >> good ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

a day of action is underway th ... as part of the good morning, it's 8:25. time for some news headlines here in the bay area. a day of action under way this morning over at cal as part of larger "occupy" movement. activists are holding a teach- in this morning to be followed by a march and rally this afternoon the thousands of students are expected to take part in today's event. "occupy" protestors will meet tomorrow to decide what's next for them. the city can't set up tents. they are reweighing options about going back to frank ogawa plaza, joining a growing camp at snow park nearby or taking over some vacant buildings in downtown oakland. a computer hacking scandal at santa clara university. the fbi questioning people at the university now after someone actually broke into the computer system and inflated the grades of dozens of students there.

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danville. that accident, there is still some activity on the shoulder there by the exit. along the peninsula, we have this accident southbound 101 at willow avenue. we have one lane blocked so it's very slow from redwood city and at the bay bridge, things have improved. it's backed up to the west grand overcrossing. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> we are looking at a great day ahead, plenty of sunshine coming our way today, some patchy fog in some of the valleys to begin with. but boy, looking good over the city of san francisco right now. plenty of sunshine there on the way. expecting mild temperatures across the board this afternoon well into the 60s inland, plenty of mid-60s inside the bay. out toward the coastline we'll find mostly sunny skies, just a couple of patches of fog, cooler temperatures into the 50s. looking out over the next couple of days, that ridge will hold on through wednesday. but then that begins to weaken and clouds move in on thursday, could see some showers developing by thursday night, things getting unsettled possibly wet as we head in toward the next weekend.

plus, angela kinsley and the fonze. welcome back to "early show." a great fall morning here in new york city. look at those trees. >> they almost didn't look real. >> can we go back and check that picture one last time? >> we'll be back for you right outside. coming up. >> i have one, on super sale.

>> turns out the guys that run the company, erica, they're a little cheesy. they actually own and operate their own dairy farm two hours from new york city. we're going to take you there to see how the cows tow the line. some comics who use religion to get a few laughs, but they have a very serious message underneath it all saying, we all need to understand each other, need to have a good laugh together. you'll meet three comics who also practice three different fates who are working together now on a comedy tour trying to maybe get that dialogue and the laughter going. >> religion can be hilarious. we'll leave that to them. first, we begin with a new series this morning. focus on those who represent the american spirit. local leaders and regular citizens who are helping their communities move forward. >> our first stop here is a small town where main street for the first time in years is, once again, filled with hope.

like many once thriving rural towns it is full of open farmland and empty store fronts. >> this building was a hardware store. >> two restaurants at one time. this building, i don't remember what it was. >> reporter: but perhaps the biggest void came -- >> these two buildings, at one time, they were both grocery stores. >> reporter: when the town's last grocery store closed up shop more than ten years ago. suddenly, essentials for residents like mary jay manley were a half hour drive away. >> the way i see it, we need to get back to basics. >> reporter: both teachers at the high school decided to do something and the bulldog express was born. owned and operated by the school and staffed by students, the nearly 4-year-old grocery store is now a success store. >> can you fix this shelf so it doesn't look so bare? >> takine ing iing invenatory ag

cash register. >> how many charges? >> three. >> pretty much describe it. >> we have hamburger, we have sausage, we have your prepacked cold cuts, eggs, bacon, dairy, of course, the soda and the candy. a lot of canned goods. >> reporter: the store stocks staples, things you could use to whip up a cook dinner. >> we are implementing a deli. >> reporter: the full-fledged lunches and even deliver to housebound seniors. >> i have your delivery. >> that's what we need. if you need something it's handy, real handy. >> reporter: it isn't a major money macon. the stiven barely covers their operating costs. and learning to run the store has its own challenges. >> first year we were very excited, but we had no idea what we were koog.

we had to have an egg license. we had no clue we had to have an egg license. >> reporter: still, the rewards are undeniable. >> i have students who work at the store and they use their paycheck to put back into the household. >> 90 -- >> they see value in everything that they do. >> $2. >> whether it's monetary or whether it's with the community or their parents or their friends. >> reporter: and there is something less tangible, but perhaps far more valuable. >> it is bringing the community back together. it's giving the community hope. >> reporter: hope that the bulldog express may be the future. >> in case you're wondering, the bulldog express is named after their school mascot. the school has plans to actually open a deli next door. the hope is that you get these things going, one business will attract another and attract another. >> good, though. a lot of stories out there to

tell. that's for sure. >> nice to bring some good news to folks at home and give you inspiring looks at different communities around the country. we'll continue to do that for you. first, before we get to that, jeff glor is still here today. 35 minutes past the hour. check of the headlines. you're always here to provide inspiration. >> i try to. let's get going right now. police cleared the "occupy wall street" camp in new york city. hundreds were arrested and hundred s left the park to rall else where. triggered similar protests around the world. this morning the mayor of new york city, mike bloomberg, just said safety was an issue. >> from the beginning i've said that the city has two principal goals. guaranteeing public health and safety and guaranteeing the protesters' first amendment rights. but when those two goals clash, the health and safety of the public and our first responders must be the priority. >> this morning a judge ruled

that demonstrators can return with their tents and sleeping bags. in san jose, california, the owner of a minivan apparently bought it fully loaded. in this case, loaded with half a million in the side panels as he was trying to figure out why the window wouldn't work. police impounded the vehicle and the owner who was not a suspect bought it from a rental company and they have agreed to replace the van. and a 9-year-old girl is recovering in north carolina after surviving two days trapped in the wreckage of the family car. jordan and her family were seen shopping last week. they drove away then only to crash into a ditch at 100 miles an hour. doug landon was killed, but jordan survived. >> she did have a coat, but it's still pretty traumatic for a 9-year-old. >> the crushed car wasn't found until late sunday. jordan survived on pop tarts and gatorade, she says, purchased at

a convenience store. coming,,,, well, a dairy farm in southern new england that caught our attention recently, not because of the cows, the shoes. >> not the shoes the cows are wearing. correspondent michelle miller went out to track down on a rather surprising story of some very fashionable men behind milk. >> reporter: on a snowy connecticut hillside, bowing out

from an autumn nor'easter sits a beautiful dairy farm, run by two men you'd least expect. they are dairy farmers every thursday through sunday. but any other day of the week, you can find them here. in new york city. running the high-end cutour shoe company. george and tony have been president and vice president of manola blonic. they hob knobbed with female celebrities and sold countless pairs of $800 stilettos and build a brand every fashion forward woman longs for. >> i thought these were an urban shoe myth. >> reporter: but their love of high heels is rivaled only by their love of heffers and both are treated with some same passion. just like their shoes, every cow

has a name. and just like their customers, every cow is treated like a lady. >> when a woman walks into a terminal and everybody says how fabulous does she look. the same way we feel when someone applause one of these cattle. >> reporter: in 1988 they bought a debunked dairy farm. their goal, save it from developers and restore it to a fully functioning farm. >> farms have just disappeared all across the country. and, so, part of the love that we have is the preservation land and the preservation of farmland, in particular. >> reporter: today the farm has more than 400 cattle and employs more than 25 hull full-time emps that do everything from milking to bottling to scooping. it's a small business that had a big impact on the local economy.

>> george and tony have led by example every step of the way and they have given back to this community much more than they have taken from this community and that's not lost on the people of this area. >> reporter: last year they chose to open their dairy and an abandoned fire station on bantan, connecticut, far away from new york city's fifth avenue. you run a major shoe company. couldn't you have done something about the design of these things? >> i love it. don't you like the color? >> blue. >> reporter: but don't let the great taste and italian cashmere fool you. george and tony are true dairy farmers every step of the way. >> they're not here all the time. when they're here, they're working. >> i come alive on the farm. i just love it here. >> reporter: admittedly, neither claim to do the real dirty work. >> i think it's better with age. >> reporter: tony fancies himself the cheese man. while george takes pride in his

perfect waffle cones. >> i have a tendency to make the biggest waffle cones, so the customer really gets their money's worth when they get a george. >> reporter: and their employees couldn't be happier. >> i'm very proud to say that i work here and anyone who works here, we're a family. >> reporter: in addition to providing lifetime careers to local towns people, george and tony are also providing for the next generation. a recent tent sale of their gorgeous shoes raised $100,000 for scholarships that will send a child and a local farmer toing aric aricalture school. >> we have been very blessed in our lives with our partnership and with our business and now with this farm. i think it's all about giving back. >> reporter: so whether farmer or fashionista, it's clear, george and tony have a certain flare for success. it's so rich. and impeccable taste.

michelle miller,. >> an unlikely combination there. >> yes. >> if you love the shoes, just don't wear them to the farm. >> you would ruin them. i think we need to plan a field trip, that ice cream looked pretty good. >> and that sale under that tent. >> not too shabby. how about we move on to aerogone. christopher was only 15 years old when he wrote the novel that made him the global superstar he is today. his intearitaninheritance cycle. >> the final novel called "inheritance" just came out. how are you doing? >> thanks for having me. >> you were 17, 18 with the first one. >> that's right. i started writing when i was 15. it's been a long journey. >> you're 19 now? i'm kidding. this is incredible. how does one start something like this, that young. how did you know you were on to something? >> i didn't at first. no one but my family was going to read the book.

but starting out i just wanted to try to write the kind of story i would enjoy reading myself and snowballed from there. >> turns out millions of people agree with you on that. they would like to read it, as well. your new book "inheritance" came out last week. 500,000 copies on day one. that's the record for 2011 thus far. that must feel pretty good. has all of this sunk in for you? as chris pointed out, not that long that you started on this journey and what a journey it's been. >> pretty much every day i'm pinching myself and saying, is this really happening? i'm just incredibly humble and grateful that people around the world enjoyed the series. that allows me to do what i want to do. >> when you started this out, when you started writing these stories at 15 and stories you wanted to read yourself, did you envision the story going to where it has now in this book? >> actually, before i started the first book "aerogone" i

plotted out the whole series from start to finish. even though i have been working on this for 11 some years now, i always knew where the end of the story was going to be and where readers were going to end up. exciting to have the final book out and that readers can see what i have always known. >> supposed to be a trilogy, but the s this is the fourth book. is this why you're a writer because you're not good with numbers. >> the last book got so big i had to split it in two or it was going to be about 2,000 pages long. i draw the line at 1,000 pages. >> you have four now and you can see the last one, "inheritance" is the largest of the three. for the people that love these books and the millions that bought these books, there is a need for this. do you have, could you potentially bring out another one? >> i'll definitely return to the world at some point, but before i do that, i think maybe i'll try writing some other stories first.

>> different genre? >> yeah, you know, maybe some science fiction or mystery, thriller, horror, romance. >> what do you read yourself these days? >> oh, lots of every genre. i enjoy pretty much every book i can get my hands on. >> no real preference? >> oh, fantasy. i mean, i can't lie. fantasy. i've got a couple doorstoppers in my luggage at the moment. >> we need to get you a kindle. when you get feedback, it comes from literally every age group. is there, is there something that is really stuck out to you in some of the letters that you get? >> some of the stories have been amazing. you're right, the readers of all ages from younger readers to the parents and even the grandparents. i've heard from a couple of families that have actually named some of their children after characters in the books, which is amazing. lots of letters from people saying it was these books that got them into reading, which i just think is amazing. and even some letters from some people who have made dragon

sculptures and put them in the room because of the books. stuff like that. really fun seeing the reactions from the fans. >> you had people come up with strollers saying, this is baby aragon. that is such an honor. >> what about having a movie made out of it? is it tough for you to see it on the big screen? is it anything like what you thought would be portrayed? >> it was really surreal to sit there and watch the actors sort of saying lines that i wrote back when i was 15. but, it was really neat. >> well, you are a superstar. good to have you here with us this morning. congratulations on your success. really tremendous. >> there's more to come. >> i hope people really enjoy the end of the series. just ahead, religious stand-up comics preaching a single message. doesn't matter your,,

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all right. so follow along with me here. a rabbi and a muslim walk on to a stage. sounds like a perfect set up for a joke, but actually, it describes the last in peace comedy tour. >> these three comics are helping you spread a larger message of healing and understanding. we thought we would let them tell their story in their own words. >> heading down to atlanta, what do you do? >> i see i'm a stand-up comic. i'm a rabbi and a full time stand-up comic. i have a joke for you, but you have to be real careful who you tell it to. there's these two jews, you see. >> you can always count on the theology of the southern baptist to be short and sweet. i'm the senior pastor of the southern baptist church and a standup comedian. like their idea of heaven, you

ain't southern baptist and you ain't -- >> in america, you have to come up with a pronounceation trick. i'm a stand-up comic. my name is uzzer, it's like buzzer without the b. and then they go oozer? >> i wanted to bring humor into the church to change the name of the church to make it a play of faith and hope, not judgment and shame. >> it's a little nervous. he walks out, the first thing i do, of course, is frisk him. >> so people need something that relaxes people. >> there's always this layers of, you know, people's fears. and then exposing to them the ir ragzlty of this. >> do muslims laugh? no. but it's our -- of faith. they're human beings. >> i think there is this

palpable of religious people are not getting along in the world. religions aren't fighting. we're living in this horrible time and there are rivets and they're out to get us and they look like me. there's this energy and this thing that's constantly put out there and it's a cultural fear. >> when people start laughing together, there's something we share in common. religion has created barriers instead of bridges. i think part of our bottom line is to create that bridge. >> it's semantic and ant anti-semantic language. >> you look out, you see the young women in the audience and the young men sitting out there and it's pure joy. because can interact with each other in a way that's so much safer. and people start liking each other, they start respecting

their differences equally well. >> if we bring farce, we're really funny. i feel like we do this kind of double mitpah because we give them a great show, they're entertained, and there's all this other stuff we're talking about, which is love and peace and it's warm and fuzzy. >> terrible things happen, my son became a christian. the second man says, funny you should mention it. my son, too. what should we do? let's talk to god. they go to god. god says, funny you should mention it. my son, too. >> that's cute. >> it was. i thought it was very funny when he said he got introduced on the stage by the rabbi, he got frisked it. it doesn't lighten the crowd. >> that's the beauty of comedy, anything that you're uncomfortable talking about, putting it out there with a little humor does start to take barriers. >> all right. have a great day.

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with your c-b-s five headlines... civil rights groups are suing the city of oakland to try to prevent police from suppressing protesters with violence. the a-c-l-u and the national lawyers guild is seeking an emergency >> good morning. civil rights groups are suing oakland, the aclu is seeking an emergency restraining order against the police department. they want to stop the use of tear gas and other crowd controlling weapons. in a few minutes, the state assemblywoman accused of shoplifting in san francisco will be back in court. she was arrested last month after a security guard stopped her from leaving a neiman marcus. prosecutors say she was carrying $2500 worth of merchandise that she had not paid for. today santa claraa is expected to green light work for a 49'ers stadium. it involves preliminary activity like moving utilities

and building sidewalks, it will cost $10 million in current and future tax revenue. we'll get an update of the traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> we're following what sounds like a bad injury crash in

emoryville, it's going against the commute, two right lanes blocked. eastbound 80 by powell street, one car overturned. emergency crews are on the scene. it's pretty much backed up to macarthur maze. getting word in the commute direction, westbound 24 in orinda, slow out of lafayette. the bright spot, the bay bridge, otherwise traffic is moving okay. no delay. things are improving on the nimitz. 880 to oakland past the coliseum. that's traffic. here is lawrence. >> high pressure still holding on, a gorgeous day. lots of sunshine. looking good even toward ocean beach, temperatures cooler toward the coastline, 50s beaches but you get inside the bay, sunny skies, mid-60s to san jose, upper 60s toward the santa rosa area, the next couple days great, nice, sunny and dry. we could see showers late in the week. ,, ,,,,,,