great day. great day. good morning. after two days of waiting, riot police move in to clear out the "occupy l.a." protesters. in philadelphia anti-protesters are also forced out overnight. we will have the latest. herman cain says he's not dropping out of the presidential race, but he is still reassessing his campaign one day after a woman claimed they had a 13-year affair. >> we have to do an assessment as to whether or not this is going to create too much of a cloud in some people's minds. >> you'll hear more from the candidate. dr. conrad murray is going to jail as the judge in michael jackson's manslaughter trial throws the book at him, along with a few choice words. we'll get the jackson family's

reaction and talk to one of murray ffs lawyers. ♪ and adele one name on everyone's lips just ahead of the gramny nominations tonight. taylor swift is also in hot contention. we'll take a look at the potential top nominees as we preview tonight's big grammy nominee on this wednesday, preview tonight's big grammy nominee on this wednesday, november 30th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good wednesday morning, everyone. i'm jeff glor. >> i'm erica hill. chris wragge is off. >> starting with adele. >> and rihanna. >> that's true. what is the last day of november. >> how did that happen? >> seriously, how did it happen? we begin this morning in los angeles where police are clearing out the "occupy l.a."

encampment two days after that deadline for protesters to leave passed. >> bill whitaker is at the scene with the latest on that early morning raid. >> good morning, jeff and erica. just after midnight, police told the "occupy l.a." protesters that this was an unlawful assembly and said that those who want it will be given time to leave but those who stayed will be arrested. after several times given that message the police masking downtown in large numbers. some 1,400 police moved in. 200 police swarmed out of city hall dressed in riot gear and took up places around the enc p encampme encampment. they were joined by other officers in hazmat suits. out in the streets, a long blue line of officers moved slowly roo across and cleared city hall. then they said about methodically dismantling. there were about 200 arrests and

all done very, very peacefully. now, the mayor, who had first embraced the encampment, said he had no choice but to take this action today. >> in my life, i have never seen a more professional, restrained police force under very, very trying circumstances as i witnessed today. >> now, this was the largest of the remaining "occupy" enca encampme encampments. the first of some 500 tents went up october 1st. now, as you can see behind me, the camp has now been cleared out entirely of the protesters. the entire operation took about three hours. but the mayor has said that he's going to leave a free speech area on the steps of city hall so people can continue to speak out. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> thank you, bill whitaker.

joining our campaign 2012 and herman cain who is taking a second look at his presidential run after those allegations of a multi-year affair surfaced. he denied those allegations. >> national correspondent dean reynolds has the latest from hillsdale, michigan, where cain did give a speech last noit. dean, good morning. >> good morning, jeff. well, herman cain is continuing his campaign, but a gathering sense among many republicans that matters are spinning out of his control. highly embarrassing, perhaps even disqualifying matters. the candidate was in fine form in michigan delivering a speech on foreign policy, but there were passages that were almost riskf ful riskful. >> life can be a challenge. life can seem impossible. it's never easy. >> reporter: indeed, for cain, it just keeps getting harder to numerous charges of sexual

harassment, you can add an allegation that he had a 13-year extra marital affair with this woman, ginger white, who provided cell phone records and a book inscription from cain, the author, to back up her claim. friends are forever it read, everything else is a bonus. cain has denied any impropriety. >> was this an affair? >> no, it was not. >> there was no sex? >> no. >> reporter: but called supporters on tuesday. >> obviously this is -- >> reporter: campaign issued something of a calm down clarification on twitter. the definition of reassess is to consider, again. especially while paying attention to new factors it tweeted, doesn't sound like dropping out. and at the same time, cain asked for donations. for prayers, as well as money. this is a trying time for my family, my campaign and me, he wrote. tuesday night several who heard cain speak in michigan were inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. >> not one of them is without

sin and even though he's made mistakes, if he can get this country back on track, i'm all for it. >> reporter: no doubt many republicans feel that way and while his aides insist herman cain's campaign will continue, the polls indicate that fewer and fewer voters feel herman cain is the answer. dean reynolds, cbs news, hillsdale, michigan. >> as cain considers his options, newt gingrich looks to pick up more support in south carolina. >> the new gop frontrunner has been spending a good amount of time and money in that very important state. nancy cordes is there covering the gingrich campaign. she joins us from greenville, south carolina, this morning. nancy, good morning. >> good morning, erica. specifically we are at country's tommy ham house in south carolina. newt gingrich is holding a town hall meeting in this diner this morning before heading to iowa to continue campaigning. he's been asked a lot about herman cain during this swing through south carolina. he has said cain has every right

to stay in the race, although he is clearly hoping that those votes defect to him. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: newt gingrich is all smiles as he crisscrosses south carolina, and why not? a new state poll shows him 11 points ahead of his closest rival, mitt romney. >> think it's very important to us to carry the state. >> reporter: for gingrich, a huge turn around from this summer. which he says was the worst period of his political career. his campaign had tanked, top staffers left and even his friends said he should get out of the race. >> someone actually compared me to bruce willis and said i was the only guy in the room who didn't know i was dead. >> reporter: herman cain's drop in the polls that helped fuel gingrich's rise. several voters we spoke to here said they had switched in recent weeks from cain to gingrich. you also said that you are the most electable of all the republicans, but the polls don't show that right now. they show mitt romney doing much better in a head-to-head matchup

with the president than you would do. >> i think it will come down to who can debate best in the fall of 2012. the president is going to have probably a billion dollar campaign war chest if they get their way and the power of the white house, they can probably get their way. they will throw every ounce of mud they can. >> reporter: but right now the democrats are throwing all their mud at mitt romney, not gingrich. they don't think his rise in the polls will last. democratic national committee has released several ads attacking romney. >> two mitts saying anything. >> reporter: romney campaigning in florida said he saw it as a badge of honor, for the first time last night, on gingrich. >> a life-long politician. i think you have to have the credibility of understanding how the economy works. >> gingrich has frequently said that republicans should not attack each other, but he hasn't been able to resist getting in a few digs at romney lately saying he changes his position based on the political wins. still, he trains most of his

fire on the president. erica? >> nancy cordes in greenville, south carolina, this morning, thanks. joining us with his take john dickerson. good morning. good to have you here in studio. let's talk first about herman cain. the reassessment period. how long does that last for? >> it lasts a little bit longer than we thought. when the first report came out that he was reassessing, some people took that to mean he might leave the race entirely. i talked to his iwaw director who says what it means is thinking through the new retality. the fund-raising may fall off and see some defections in iowa and they also lost some of this news. so, it's retooling rather than deciding to drop in or out. >> but how much of a viable candidate is he? let's put all these allegations aside and let's look at his bona fide s and the slip up on libya and criticism on his take on foreign policy and his knowledge

of foreign policy. is he a viable candidate? >> this is the bigger problem for herman cain. if you look at his poll numbers, it's a bell curve and it has been on the decline recently and that's a number of things. the sexual harassment charges, but it's more importantly that people look at him and don't see him as commander in chief. they don't think he can handle a crisis. this is proven in polls and when you talk to voters. he was already on the decline. newt gingrich was benefiting from that decline and that's where he was in before he came into this problem. >> but the prevailing thought when he announced this reannouncement yesterd-- >> i talked to representatives in new hampshire and have abandoned the cain effort and gone over to gingrich and i talked to one of them, will panic and he said, look, after the harassment claims it was hard to support him, but after this, i just had enough. that tide may continue to roll and, if it does, despite what herman cain says, it may put new pressure on him. >> newt gingrich continuing in south carolina, we just heard from nancy there. how much of a chance does he

have because everything seems to come back to anybody but mitt, but mitt romney might have the most staying power. >> gingrich is enjoying, he is the latest, the third, i think, person to rise to the top of the polls since this race began and he's extended the run better than any of the nonmitt romney candidates. but he's now going to receive lots and lots of scrutiny. he benefits from a few things, though. there's nobody else to go to for republicans looking for an alternative to romney and voters for the moment seem to be giving him a break because he had tough shots thrown at him and he holds steady. we'll have to see, though, in the next couple of weeks. >> are there any nonmitt romney candidates that can surge into the 20s or even 30s in the poll after gingrich? >> well, there's rick sanatorium who has not had his rise for the moment and he's working very hard high in iowa. some people think there might be a way of somebody doing that much way in iowa could squeak up to the front and create a moment and congressman paul has not had

his moment of real burst to the top. i don't think either of those two things is likely. >> what about this little change-up. nancy talked about it a little bit, we have been seeing it over the last few days and weeks newt gingrich said we should never attack one another. he is going after mitt romney a little bit more. hearing from language similar to folks, david axelrod, what does it do for him? does it help him or hurt him with vote snrz. >> you're right. the person following what gingrich said is mitt romney. romney is ignoring, essentially, except for that tiny little comment about romney being a life-long politician. what gingrich is doing is i'm just setting the record straight and talking about the distinctions between candidates which is perfectly fine for me to do and i don't think he'll be penalized by the conservatives who like him so much. >> john dickerson, always good to see you. this morning britain faces potential chaos there because of a huge nationwide strike by public workers. >> they're striking because

theirer angry about cutbacks. charlie d' agata has more. >> reporter: public workers say they're the ones paying the biggest price. in the biggest strike in a generation, 2 million people have walked out to protest changes in the retirement schemes. the measurements mean they have to work longer before retiring for a pension that is worth a lot less. hospitals have come to a standstill with thousands of operations canceled. airports running reinforcements after border guards walked off. britain's chancellor george osborn says the cutbacks may hurt, but the pain is worth it. >> the crisis we see unfolding in europe has not undermined the case for the difficult decisions

we have taken. it has made that case stronger. >> reporter: politicians have been quick to point to countries in the faltering euro zone to justify cuts at home because there's been civil action there, too, which is frequently tipped over into violence. in greece, public outrage and huge tax hikes and unemployment brought chaos to the streets of athens and then in italy where even the wildly charm of now ousted prime minister silvero burr lus coney could have prevent mayhem in rome. it was skyrocketing bond rate or premium that bought up risky debt that finally signaled the end. >> italy's interest rates are now 7.2%. a >> reporter: the governments of greece and italy collapsed because the confidence in their ability to repay debts collapsed. what's different about britain, despite flatlining growth and

increasing unemployment, it's been able to refinance its debt and cheaply. that and it's not part of the euro zone. >> for the time being, the uk is a bit of a safe haven because we're not in the euro zone. so, we're not going to be picking up the bills and bailing out greece or portugal or spain, for example, heaven forbid, italy. >> that doesn't mean britain is immune. the euro zone is a huge trading partner for the uk and the united states for that matter. erica? >> charlie d'agata in london, thanks. terrell brown has more news headlines at the news desk. >> president obama flying to scranton, pennsylvania, trying to put the pressure on congress to extend and enlarge the payroll tax holiday for american wage earners. they're expected to vote on mr. obama's vote this week. more on that now from bill plante. bill, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell. there is some bipartisan support for extending that payroll tax

cut before congress goes home, but there is not bipartisan agreement on how to pay for it. the president wants to do that with a tax on people who make more than a million dollars. president's senior adviser david plouffe talked about that earlier to erica. >> roughly 300,000 people who make over 1 million a year to do their fair share and pay a little bit more. >> the president wants to increase the amount of the tax break and he'll say that again today in scranton and say if it doesn't get extended, every working american will get a $1,000 tax increase. it's a campaign-style argument and the campaign continues

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good morning. gets go out towards the bay bridge toll plaza. starting to get busy again. for a while it thinned out and traffic was only backed up to

the middle of the lot. in off the the case anymore. now it is growing stacking up towards the first overcrossing. you will notice your drive time down the eastshore freeway still pretty heavy. it is because of this earlier accident westbound 80 at university avenue looks like that was cleared to the right shoulder. and now things are moving better through berkeley. but obviously, fog still an issue. there are still fog advisories in effect for most of our bridges but we can actually see traffic through milpitas 880/237. so that's an improvement over the past couple of days. that is traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> yeah, elizabeth. dense fog advisories still in effect here in the bay area but looks like it's beginning to mix out a bit. we are seeing a north wind kicking in. looking toward coit tower vanish in the fog but should reappear. high wind warning at the mountains above 1,000 feet gusts up to 70 miles per hour. we'll see lots of sunshine in the afternoon. winds continue to howl through tomorrow. ,,,,,,,,

♪ a shot of the sunrise there. >> gorgeous. >> starting to warm up some of those buildings here in manhattan. welcome back to "the early show." i'm erica hill with jeff glor. just ahead, hillary clinton has been just about everywhere as secretary of state. but she has never been to burma until today when she arrived for the first visit by a top u.s. diplomat to that country in more than half a century. >> huge visit. burma is a secretive country, international outlaw since the military took over there in the 1960s. now it is starting to reform, which is why this visit is so significant. we'll tell you why the u.s. is so interested in reaching out right now. >> before we get to that, though, a lot going on here at home. michael jackson's family is now saying justice has been done,

two and a half years after his death. >> the doctor convicted of killing jackson got the maximum sentence, four years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and as ben tracy reports, he also got a stern lecture from the judge. >> dr. murray became involved in a cycle of horrible medicine. >> reporter: in a blistering rebuke, judge michael pastor called dr. conrad murray's actions a disgrace to his profession, giving michael jackson a powerful anesthetic propofol in exchange for $150,000 per month. >> some may feel this was a medical malpractice case. it wasn't. it was and is a criminal homicide case. >> reporter: the prosecutor argued murray was so reckless, he deserved the maximum sentence. >> the defendant was playing russian roulette with michael jackson's life every single night and conrad murray was administering propofol in that reckless, obscene manner.

>> i hurt, you know? i hurt. >> reporter: the judge even implied that dr. murray made this recording of a drugged michael jackson so he could later blackmail the singer. >> that tape recording was dr. murray's insurance policy. it was designed to record his patient surreptitiously at that patient's most vulnerable point. >> reporter: pastor says he gave murray the four-year sentence in part because he never showed any remorse, and says jackson demanded the drug that killed him. >> where dr. murray says he feels betrayed and entrapped by michael jackson, yikes, talk about blaming the victim. >> michael's not coming back. >> reporter: the jackson family did not speak in court, but their attorney did read a statement. >> as his children, we will grow up without a father, our best friend, our playmate, and our dad. >> reporter: dr. murray's attorney argued that living with public scorn is punishment enough. >> dr. murray, for the rest of

his life, whether he's a greeter at walmart, he's still going to be the man that killed michael jackson. >> reporter: despite the four-year sentence, dr. murray will serve at most two years behind bars because of overcrowding here in california. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. and joining us now is one of conrad murray's defense lawyers, michael flanagan. mr. flanagan, good morning. >> good morning. >> some of the words we heard yesterday from the judge, horrible doctoring, danger to society, a disgrace to the medical profession. too much? >> way too much. he was very harsh in this case. he acted like it is an intentional act done by dr. murray. at the best case scenario or worst case scenario, depending upon how you look at it, it was an unintentional accident. >> michael, how is your client doing this morning? >> i haven't talked to him this morning. we're going to see him in a couple of hours, but based upon my interviews with him last week, he's doing okay. he's resigned himself to his

position and he'll come through it. >> i know he's spoken in public, you have a public interview, but he's not spoken in court. any plans in the near future for him to speak at all? >> well, he hasn't really given a public interview. he gave a private interview -- >> that was broadcast publicly. >> yes. but, no, he has no plans to speak at this point in time. >> how long do you think, given the california overcrowding situation in jails, how long do you expect him to serve? >> i don't know. i've gotten conflicting reports on that. two weeks ago, lee bachus said due to overcrowding they were going to have to release some of the nonviolent offenders that weren't a danger to the public. and he said obviously conrad murray is not a danger to the public, and he probably would be on that list of early releases. on the other hand, yesterday, his spokesman for bachus

indicated that conrad murray is a danger, kind of mimicking the judge's statement. so i'm not sure what the position is going to be of the sheriff's department. >> do you think your client is in danger in jail? >> well, he would be in danger in jail. there are -- there is an element in jail that somebody might want to, like, might think they would be -- it would enhance their position in the environment to take out dr. murray or do some harm to dr. murray, so they do have to keep him away from the general prison population. >> finally, michael, what do you think your best grounds are for appeal? >> we have gotse several ground. there is sequestration issue. we lost a couple of evidentiary issues. we weren't allowed to put in the financial condition, the fact that michael jackson was $400 million in debt, to show desperation, we weren't allowed to subpoena dr. kline. we could use his records but couldn't cross-examine him on whether or not they were valid. we tried to analyze -- there is

a bottle of evidence that contains propofol, it would show whether or not the prosecution's theory was true or not, if it is 100% propofol, they wouldn't have a case. if it is only 90% propofol, that would validate their infusion theory. judge hasn't let us analyze this evidence. i do not know why he doesn't care what the truth is. and, but we're going to pursue that in the appellate court. >> we'll be watching. michael flanagan, we appreciate you coming on this morning. thank you very much. >> you're welcome. thank you. >> 36 minutes past the hour. let's check in with terrell brown at the news desk with some of the headlines we're following on this wednesday morning. good morning. >> good morning to you both. early this morning los angeles police moved in on occupy wall street protesters. hundreds of riot equipped police were involved in the raid. more than 200 protesters were arrested. demonstrators have been given a midnight deadline to clear their encampment by city hall. similar scene in philadelphia.

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>> you're absolutely right. we have very, very powerful tools to really have a tremendous benefit on the lives of people living with hiv as well as to help them prevent transmitting hiv to others. so today what we need to focus on is how do we get more people tested, more people linked to effective care, and more people started on these life-saving treatments, which can be a key tool to ending the epidemic in the united states. >> you mentioned testing and access to care. what are the biggest barriers to those two? >> you know, 30 years into this epidemic, we know that so many people are still afraid of getting an hiv test. there is no need for that fear. the diagnosis is very easy. it is simple. and it is cheap. and there are now life-saving effective treatments which are available for hiv. so we need to address our fears and our stigma against hiv and get more people into care and treatment. >> there is an article recently in "the new york times" talking about new hope for an aids cure.

how realistic is that? >> well, you know, a cure is still a long way off. and what we need today is to ensure that we are using the tools that we have available to us. that includes hiv testing, effective treatment and care, using condoms and helping people to reduce their risk behaviors. the better we can do that management today, the better we'll be able to really leverage the cure when it becomes available. >> what is the biggest barrier, you touch on it a little bit, has been stigma associated with aids, with hiv. how much of that barrier still exists? there have been really significant inroads made there. >> that's correct. you know, 30 years into this epidemic i think we have made a tremendous advance, both in terms of improved knowledge and awareness on hiv. people are much more aware about and able to talk about hiv. but we need to do a better job. there is some population which are severely affected. for example, black bisexual men in the united states and that's

why cdc is focusing on black gay men to promote awareness and better testing and care. >> so give me an idea, you launched this new campaign, looking at some of the numbers. five, ten years out, where do you expect us to be? >> my vision is that in five or ten years we will have managed this epidemic. too many people are becoming hiv infected every year. about 50,000 americans are becoming infected. that's far too much for our country and we can do a better job. and part of that is ensuring that we're all aware of our hiv status and talking about hiv, that our physicians are offering the tests to more people, and more people are availing themselves of the life saving treatments which can really help to bring an end to the epidemic. >> it is so important to point out this is not a death sentence. so many people living and managing it. dr. kevin fenton, appreciate your time this morning, thank you. >> we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. ♪

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this morning, secretary of state hillary clinton is making an historic visit to burma where she'll meet a nobel prize winning peace activist. >> that country known as myanmar has been mostly closed off to the west since the 1960s. wyatt andrews is traveling with the secretary. >> reporter: the visit is a gamble and the outcome unclear, but secretary clinton will be testing if myanmar is serious about reform. clinton will meet with some of the same government officials who were in the regime four years ago, when mass protests led by buddhist monks were attacked by the military with thousands arrested and an unknown number of people killed. now the regime is civilian, at least in name, and it is asking to rejoin the world community. it has allowed pro democracy activists aung san suu kyi to register her party for elections and it was suu kyi herself who advised president obama and secretary clinton to view this

moment as an opening. >> after years of darkness, we have seen flickers of progress in the last several weeks. >> clinton is bringing a list of what the u.s. hopes myanmar will do next. but suu kyi, in an internet lecture last month called on the regime to release the hundreds of remaining political prisoners. >> unless a country is free from prisoners of conscience, it is not a free country. >> reporter: two of the world's most influential women will be discussing if the baby steps taken by myanmar deserve more of an american response. wyatt andrews, cbs news, myanmar. still ahead here this morning, is a college degree worth all that money? >> and it is a lot of cash. we'll talk to someone who said he made the rht move. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. ovides va loans. quicken loans understood all the details and guided me through every step of the process.

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good morning. well, it's still pretty hit or miss whether you're going to run into some fog for the start of your morning commute. this is a live look through the south bay in san jose. obviously, fog an issue here

northbound 280 heading out of downtown san jose. your drive time pretty slow as well from 101 all the way towards about saratoga then speeds improve almost a half hour commute out towards cupertino. and clearing at the san mateo bridge. we still have that fog advisory in effect but obviously not as much of an issue on the hayward side of the span. this camera is there past the toll plaza. and 880 through oakland looks good past the coliseum. the farther south through hayward there is an accident southbound 880 at a street and it is backed up across that stretch. that is traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. we still have pockets of some dense fog outside but beginning to see some normally winds kicking in, the winds will become the story toward the afternoon and the fog will be long gone and you see the flags beginning to blow there. still some dense fog toward pleasanton. as we head toward the afternoon should become mostly sunny but high wind warnings in effect above the mountaintops at 1,000 feet you are going to see strong gusty winds there. temperatures toward the afternoon mainly into the 60s, blustery winds tomorrow, too. ,,,,,,,,

♪ ♪ wow. >> beautiful. >> no graphic programs were used to doctor this image. >> we didn't insta gram it? >> no, just the beauty of the sky here. not too shabby. top of the hour, welcome back to "the early show." i'm erica hill with jeff glor. just ahead, we're taking you to a middle school in the bay area that teaches reading, writing and yoga. students are actually practicing yoga, all part of the curriculum. it was started as a program to help them clear their minds and relax. the benefits, though, go far beyond that. a lot of the kids say they feel -- that they can

concentrate better in class. administrators tell us they saw higher test scores. the committee that made the decision said yoga was an integral part of awarding that distinction. >> you'll be doing child's pose and down dog. >> i'll teach them yoga class. no. i'll leave that to the professionals. >> good test scores, if they come through math class or yoga class will help you get you into college. but some are asking whether college is worth it, given the increasing costs. we're going to talk this morning with a college dropout, a successful web developer who says today's universities are not properly preparing young people for jobs. >> but we begin this hour with a new tax battle in congress. president obama goes to pennsylvania today to push voters to support the tax rollba rollback. joining us this morning is senior white house adviser david plouffe.

>> good morning. >> as we learned yesterday and today, there seems to be growing support among republicans for this payroll tax cut. mcconnell saying there is majority sentiment among republicans. the issue seems to be how to pay for it. democrats want to raise taxes and those making over $1 million a year. republicans are not getting behind that. the president has said that every single part of his job would be paid for, would not add to the deficit. but if there is no consensus on how to pay for it, would the president still be behind extending the cut? >> well, erica, our focus right now is getting this tax cut for 160 million americans. and let's step back for a minute. if congress doesn't extend the payroll tax cut, every working american who is going to have their taxes go up to $1,000 next year. in this economy, there is no one out there that can afford that. we have got to get this done. we think the right way to pay for it is to ask roughly 300,000 people that make over a million dollars a year to do their fair share, to pay a little bit more.

that will be the vote this week in the senate and the president will encourage from scranton today people around the country to lift their voices and let it be known that congress ought to act to help the economy, cut taxes for the middle class and small businesses and this is the right way to pay for it. >> it appears things are moving in that direction, it could be supported on both sides of the aisle. senator kyl will come out with details hopefully today about how republicans would propose to pay for t but, again, is this something the president would still get behind if, in fact, it is not paid for, if it could potentially add to the deficit? >> well, first of all, we believe there is a way to pay for it. that's what our focus is on. there have been a lot of republicans who voice support for this, many have voted for this payroll tax in the past. so hopefully congress will come together here in the closing weeks of the session and do some things to help the middle class who are struggling out there and help with the economy. so our focus is on -- the payroll tax must be extended. we think there is a smart way to pay for it. we have to deal with extending

unemployment insurance for the millions of americans out there who are still looking for work. there is a lot of business to do here. we think we can do it in a responsible way, that is paid for. our focus is we have to get this done. again, there is not many people out in america in this economy who can afford to have an extra thousand dollars taken out of their paycheck. >> we won't get a yes or no on that one. let's move on, looking at some of the other things that have happened. there has been a lot of criticism when it comes to the president lately about leadership. we heard this come up among potential republican presidential candidates and debates. a lot of talk after the super committee failed. governor christie went very far saying what are we paying the president for, he needs to lead. is the president doing enough to sit down with lawmakers to try to bridge the many divides that in are in washington today? >> listen, the president has been leading in every way, to try and, you know, make sure that congress does something this fall to help with the economy. it is only because of his leadership that we're having discussions about cutting taxes for the middle class and small

businesses. so he's been pushing his ideas to create jobs through the american jobs act. he laid out a clear plan on the deficit and it was willing to do some really tough things that many ma many in our party have a problem with. but also asking the wealthy to do their fair share. i guess whether it is governor christie or other republicans, i think their energy would be better directed toward washington where members of their own party are unwilling -- if we had republicans here in washington be willing to ask the wealthy to do their fair share, we could solve our deficit problem and we could do a lot of things on jobs. that's the real barrier to progress. >> would the president's energy be better directed in talking with lawmakers, to try to win them over to break the divide rather than talking to voters who are very important, but at the end of the day, they're not the ones who will be voting in congress. >> well, i do think it is important to rally the public. i think the more people understand that their taxes could go up $1,000 next year, congress could leave town without doing enough on the economy, that could put pressure

on congress. there are not enough people out there who doesn't think the president has spent a lot of time with congress this year to try to solve our deficit problems. we spent a lot of time, as you know, talking to the congressional leadership. we laid out our plans very clearly. and so the real question is now, in the closing weeks of congress, are we going to be able to do some things here to help the middle class, help the economy, and the president is going to continue to make the case that the american people need action, they need the middle class to be helped right nows and that where our focus is going to be. >> campaign 2012, both you and david axelrod have been outspoken about mitt romney. will we hear the president or when will we hear the president directly going after any of his potential opponents? >> well, as we see this republican primary race is very unsettled. the voting doesn't begin for a few weeks now. so at some point we'll have an opponent and obviously then we'll engage more directly. but until then, you know, there is still a full 11 months until the next election. and we need to do some things

here, right now, to govern, to help cut taxes to the middle class and small businesses, put construction workers back to work, and handle our long-term fiscal challenges in a smart way. that's where the president's focus is going to be. there well be a time for the campaign, we'll be ready for it when it comes. until then, we have to focus on putting americans back to work. >> the president's focus is on washington and fixing what needs to be done in washington, not campaigning, despite all the travel we have seen, really important swing states. >> well, we travel all across the country obviously. and, again, we think it is important to invest in the american people in these debates. i think they are very unhappy with the lack of progress here in washington on the economy, on helping the middle class. i think to get them involved in this cause, to demand that congress can't leave town on their month long vacation, can't leave without making sure we're cutting taxes to the middle class and doing things to help this economy, which is far too week now. >> david plouffe, good to have you with us this morning. thank you for your time. >> thanks, erica. seven minutes pafts the h s.

terrell brown has more news headlines at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning to you both. there was a massive raid overnight on occupy wall street, a camp in los angeles. 1400 police officers, many wearing riot gear, raided that encampment outside city hall shortly after midnight. >> the whole world is watching. the whole world is watching. >> more than 200 demonstrators were arrested as police moved to dismantle the camp, calling it an unlawful assembly. protesters defide a deadline to leave. several protesters climbed into trees. most of the arrests were made peacefully and there are no reports of injuries. >> many my life i've never seen a more professional, restrained police course under very, very trying circumstances as i witnessed today. >> the occupy wall street protesters had been camped out by l.a.'s city hall for nearly two months. police also cleared out anti-wall street camps in philadelphia overnight. demonstrators later marched

through the streets. about 50 people were arrested after

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>> sometimes it takes a lot of courage to just be a little bit more still and not busy. >> the lesson is universal. >> courage to fall. >> the tool, a bit less orthodox. how many of you think that yoga has made a difference in your life? everybody. >> i'm open, like, my mind. >> i forget about the bad things that are happening. >> i feel happy and calm. >> before i'm always just running around and not really paying attention. after yoga, i feel like i relax and can do my work more faster and calm. >> let it go. >> it was a difference catherine noticed more than a decade ago. >> that also takes some courage opening up that heart area. that can be scary. >> when she first turned to yoga

is a stressed out schoolteacher. >> i think the real benefit is learning a process for internal listening. >> halfway up. >> if it works for her, why not the overworked kids in her classroom? >> take a deep breath in. >> in 2008, she founded head stand, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing yoga to schools. >> some people might look at this and say you're doing this wacky hippie dippy yoga stuff. my kid needs to be focused on learning. >> i do understand the skepticism. yoga is simply a word to define the connection between your mind, your emotions, and your physical well-being. 98% of our students say that after yoga class, they're more ready to learn. >> the 400 students at the kipp summit academy need that focus.

the charter school is known for its rigorous academics and long school days. >> those are the questions. >> i definitely have kids who before they started taking yoga would have a hard time finishing assignments and once they started taking yoga were able to keep their head in the game longer. >> it is not an elective, it is part of the curriculum every day, right? >> right. i made it part of the curriculum because i saw the value in it. very early on. >> since bringing head stand to kipp, state test scores are up. but the benefits stretch far beyond the school day. >> a lot of times i get mad at my brother, my sister, and then just go to my room and do yoga for a while and then go back out. >> i get a clear mind this and helps me reflect on myself. >> what are some of the things that you think about or you look inside yourself for? >> i start thinking if i'm wrong

or the reason why am i fighting if i'm wrong, should i apologize. >> simple, yet poignant lessons with a daily impact. and for catherine, proof of the lasting power of yoga. >> my ultimate goal is to give them a process for learning how to build that character and become the person who makes good choices. in a moment where maybe those choices are challenging and the answers aren't always clear. >> reach your right arm up, triangle. beautiful. >> great. >> thanks. >> good questions. >> thank you very much. it was a great piece to do. they're looking to expand a little bit more. but the teachers and principal and kids are the true testament to how it is working. >> something to think about. we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. be right back. you're watching the "early show" on cbs. hing to think about. we will be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. e like, yes, i do rule! ohh! that rules! oh, load up the sleigh;

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it is backed up on northbound 280. sounds like we had a couple of accidents. there is one northbound 280 right before the guadalupe parkway. but it is jammed all the way

towards lawrence expressway as you can see from this camera. fog also an issue in the south bay, as well. northbound 880 on the nimitz, there was a stall reported, a stalled car blocking one lane of northbound 880 approaching 23rd. it may have just been cleared because it looked like speeds are improving now northbound and southbound as you pass the coliseum. and it is not too bad of a day at the bay bridge even though that fog advisory is in effect by chp. the backups are not too bad just to the end of the lot. that's traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> we are still seeing some dense patchy fog around the bay area some places begun to mix out a bit. but still it's going to take a while for the fog to move out. again, the bridge has disappeared for the most part. we saw it a little earlier but the fog is moving around now as we are seeing winds kicking up and those will be the concern toward the afternoon. some very strong gusty winds. of the fog is going to head out of town but some of those gusts over the mountaintops 50 to 70 miles per hour. looks like we'll see plenty of sunshine the next couple of days. winds subside as we head in towards the weekend. ,,,,

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>> you thought the first album was great. >> so good. it's grammy season. we will find out tonight's -- this year's nominees tonight. a lot of people predicting adele will be in the running big and taylor swift and nicki minaj and all of these people that erica rocks out to early in the morning. we will have a preview this morning and talk about who might be nominated very soon here. >> it's ahead of the big concert here on cbs. >> should be a lot of fun. welcome back. i'm jeff glor, along with the aforementioned erica hill. chris wragge is off this morning. >> also ahead yankees center fielder curtis granderson is here. just had his best season ever. he has put out a fantastic children's book and teaches kids important lessons through baseball and all of the ill stra illustrations were done by new york children. so we will talk about that work and some of the other great work

he is doing. >> we have the book here and no matter what team you cheer for, curtis is a great guy. that is coming up. the debate over higher education and rising cost. more seem to be saying it's too expensive and many institutions are increasingly out of touch. >> joining us is sam tarantino who dropped out of college and now hires other dropouts. joining us also is catherine rampell. you're saying college isn't worth it and drop out and you can be successful like me. >> well, i'm not an advocate -- >> not possess put words in your mouth anything. >> i'm not advocate for dropping out. dropping out is the risky path and the entrepreneurial path. people aren't as risk tolerant as me. >> let's clarify. a couple of high profile people recently said, listen, this may be the right course. you're saying it's not necessarily the right course for everyone but it was for you. >> yeah.

i mean, at the time, we were kind of head-first into the construction of the company and, at that point, it was more apparent to me that focus on the people's money i had raised and i couldn't let that go. so for me it made sense. but i think the real issue here is a miscalibration between what schools are actually teaching and what is required by what -- at least tech companies are hiring and the only perspective i have is high-tech industries. >> you are looking at high tech. you weren't getting what you needed. when it comes to college in general, though, is there enough specific education to help people get a job, particularly as you look at the unemployment rate notably for people just coming out of college. >> yeah, but if you look at the unemployment rate for college graduates versus people whose highest degree is a high school diploma, it's still much lower. the unemployment rate for college graduates is a little over 4%. over twice that for people who only have a high school diploma. even though the economy is lousy

and everybody is feeling like they don't have as many opportunities as they would like, people who have that highhigh educational attainment is better off. it's not true everyone will get a guaranteed job. i would say sam is probably the exception, rather than the rule. but, for the most part, having that item our resume and going through that process does protect people. >> by the way, the unemployment rate for those who don't each have a high school diploma is around 15%, even higher than that. catherine, you have a blog on the times website a few months now. you talk about some of the degrees are the most beneficial, the ones you're most likely to -- not surprisingly, some of the more specific degrees. engineering. >> it's a lot more technical, stem, science technology, math, science, health. those types of more scientific

degrees are likely to land people more jobs. >> speaking to high tech, you weren't getting what you needed. when you are looking at potential employees, how important is the studies that they have done, whether in some sort of vocational program or even a more directed course in higher education? >> see, for us, the actual piece of paper, the degree to us sort of means nothing because at the end of the day, you can always teach skills and we have a whole grew shark university we built to actually train people on the relevant skills that are necessary within what we need. so one of the things that we see here is there's a lack of, in general, again, i can only speak for high tech, is there a lathes a lack of what is being taught. in the florida world, there is a lack of relevant skills, like php, sql, things that are actually used in the silicon valley is now in the silicon

valley up here, that are just not being taught. so for us, the degree is less important because you can teach skills. you can't teach traits and traits that we look for that we hire to are motivation, people that are willing to learn, people that are willing to better themselves and that is an area that i think people get too caught up in, at least in my generation, they get too caught up in the piece of paper and that is not what people are looking for. >> i think a lot of employers use the piece of paper as a skill. >> of course. >> an unmotivated person -- an unmotivated person is unlikely to have dropped out of high school or dropped out of college, right? >> there is a certain sort of standard now that's been set by if you go to college, yes, of course, this is sort of separating you from everybody else. remember, a lot of colleges are really are mostly about partying and in a general sense. now, again, it's sort of generallyizes because there's a lot of schools -- >> it's a pretty big

generalization. not that i didn't have a good time in college, but i learned a lot too. >> there are a lot of people are not in college to learn relevant skill sets. it's sort of a four-year break that is funded by your parents. >> i wouldn't blame that entirely on the schools, though. >> it's not the school's fault. >> i think how is my time well spent to invest in my career. >> we have to leave it there. >> thank you both for joining us. terrell brown is over at the news desk with a final check of your headlines. 37 minutes past the hour ist partying. >> that is right. secretary of state hillary clinton is going to burma and arrived this morning. the first secretary of state to visit the isolated nation since 1955. burma had been ruled by a military dictatorship for 50 years. clinton will meet with burmese leaders and opposition leader

aung san suu kyi. >> vice president joe biden met with al maliki. he arrived yesterday on a surprise visit. herman cain campaign energy said he has no decision to drop out of the race. he said yesterday, complications of a extramarital affair may reowed his support. >> this is cause for reassessment. we have to do an assessment as to whether or not this is going to create too much of a cloud in some people's mind. >> in a broadcast interview this morning, ginger white the woman who claimed to have had the extramarital relationship with cain said it was, quote, a very casual affair. newt gingrich is in south carolina today. he said herman cain could still recover. gingrich has strong showing there which is seen as a big

step for a nomination. a stumble yesterday for rick perry. speaking yesterday, he didn't seem to know the u.s. voting age is 18. >> those of you that are -- will be 21 by november the 12th, i ask for your support and your vote. those of you who won't be, just work hard. because you're going to inherit this. >> perry also got the election day wrong. it's november 6th, not the 12th. this is the last day of the 2011 atlantic hurricane season. two destructive storms hit the u.s. tropical storm lee which

we begin a special series called "local legends." >> we begin in north carolina. people say you can't understand the blue bridge mountains unless you meet max woody. he is a spirit of a place he calls home. >> this is going to be a back play for a rocking chair. my name is max woody. my grandfather taught me the chair trade. now, this machine is old, old, old. sometimes, i'm not sure whether i'm i own this shop or whether it owns me and there is no glue or nails used. we drive square pegs in round holes. that will cause them to interlock together. if there is someone i don't like, i just won't build them a chair, but most people are appreciative of what you do.

♪ >> max is certainly aprishtprec the culture of this place where he kept it alive. he has a gift for working with wood and for bringing people together. >> when you visit the blue ridge mountains, particularly the blue bridge parkway, you don't want to miss a max woody performance. you can visit with max at the chair shop. if you're there on friday night, all you have to do is walk with him directly across the street to woody's original mountain music. ♪ >> music is so important in our culture here. ♪ >> i'm not a real gifted musician. i never had anyone show me anything. i just learned it on my own. ♪ >> it's not a lot of separation between building chairs and building instruments and then sitting in those same chairs to play music on those instruments

that you've built and max has always help make that happen here. >> we never know in a day's time who is going to walk in. it gives us a lot of pleasure to be able to add a little spark to somebody's life. ♪ >> you always have to have the last note, don't you, max? >> i love that guy. max told us his high school home room teacher told him he was the least likely to do anything worthwhile with his life. >> proven wrong. >> absolutely! absolutely. >> curtis granderson plays on a much bigger stage. he hit 41 homers for the yankees and drove in 119 runs to finish fourth in the american league's most valuable player vote. >> some say he should have finished much higher in that vote. the grandee ma'am is the son of two and he has a new book, "learning and growing through

sports." there it is. we have it here on the set as well. curtis granderson, good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> the book is divided up into nine separate innings. >> basically, we have nine innings in baseball and nine chapters talking about the importance of your friends, family, education, setting goals. different things that we've had had to go through growing up that kids today have to continue to go through as they grow up. the main thing showing that i'm not much different than you. you know? all of the different issues that you had to deal with, i had to deal with to let me get to this point where i am today. >> so much talk and so much discussion typically, when there is a scandal about athletes as role models. what a great thing i think for any parent to show their child you as a role model, i play baseball, i'm lucky. you know, you're very good and you're an incredibly gifted athlete but you said like these young kids growing up and having to work at these things. >> we all have to go through the peer pressure of choosing the

right friends and staying out of trouble and none of us are perfect so we had a little bit of trouble but knowing what to do and saying yes or no to certain situations to allow me to continue to play sports and be the person i am today. >> one thing is cool is the illustrations. >> we did it in michigan where we had kids throughout the entire state of michigan and we collected from the cities. in the yankees we did all five boroughs which is amazing. i know i couldn't draw that well so i'm glad when they asked we are putting those kids in there, i thought, great, because i couldn't do it. >> anything that stood you when you look at the illustrations? for children it's an important way to express themselves. >> i think it was a mixture of the age of the kids doing it and how well they did it and some of the kids i met along the way their confidence went through the roof and know i can do something well and look how far my accomplishments go and now

i'm in a book. who knows what else i can be and therefore the title, "all you can be." >> what is your future? >> the future is bright and the bar stays high. >> awesome season. >> thank you. i'm still missing a ring on this finger. not a wedding ring, but a championship ring. looking to get that soon. this book was the first of hopefully a couple of more to come and it's amazing to get a chance to be named an author. somebody said that to me the other day and i stood back and said, i actually hm. >> does it carry a lot of weight as far as accolades? >> yes. the fact i have a book that someone wants to purchase and buy, it's amazing. >> education is important to you. what do you think was the most important lesson you had growing up? >> i think the big thing, across the board is education. probably the biggest accolade is that i graduated from college. i'm one of about 28 players out

of 750 baseball players with a college degree. it's a small number and i've played in a world series and been drafted but no one can ever take that away from me so i'm prideful i get a chance to do that and i have fun playing and doing it every day. >> you are a fantastic role model for my kids and so many others, so thank you. >> a sort of book you can pick up. a 10-year-old kid not feeling too good about himself so he picks that up and reads it and feels better. >> we go from 10 years and on the way up. yesterday, an older lady said i enjoyed reading that all the way through. >> curtis granderson, thank you. come,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

big night for the music industry coming up. we are about to hear this year's grammy nominations. taylor swift is one of the big names you'll likely here and one of the hottest names is adele. >> nominees will be revealed tonight during a special live concert on cbs. with a look at the top categories is joe levy, our music man who has covered the music business for "rolling stone" and many more. maxim. not maximum. >> don't you look at the pictures in maxim? you're a guy. >> the big nominee tonight is adele. adele has one of the -- is the biggest record of the year. two of the biggest singles and young talent and a lot of raw emotion on this album and it's the kind of thing the grammys love. it's a young singer who has a classic sound.

>> she's got a great story too. people are drawn to her music and her songs, but also her story. >> that's right. in the bigcategory, she is shoo-in for album and -- >> who is the best nominees new artist nominees. i think nicki mi dunn nnaj cart is a classic. i think lesser known acts. foster had a big hit single this year. and a young country band called the band perry. three siblings from mississippi had a big, big hit this year on an album that is building about two years. >> haven't heard them. well, now i have. >> now you have. you're not a country radio fan but if you were a country radio fan you would be living with this band over a year now. >> i am a country fan but not heard of them. gaga? >> lady gaga has one of the biggest selling albums of the

year and sold a million albums in a week. is she going to get nominations? yes. i'm not sure which ones. her album has not been as big as her last one and i'm not sure if she is a song of the year nominee. sounds a lot like madonna and i don't know what they will make of that. >> i feel like gaga and minaj are sharing bikinis. snapshots of the business. this is a snapshot into what is happening in the music biz. the grammys this year, the trend is what moving ahead? >> i think the biggest stories of the grammys is youth and women. a lot of big artists, taylor swift and adele, rihanna and katy perry, are all female artists and all young and under 25.

>> nicki manaj best new artist seems like she has been around forever now. >> she h,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

a 35-thousand do good morning. 8:55. i'm grace lee with your cbs 5 headlines. a $35,000 reward is now being offered in the search for gunmen who wounded a toddler and six adults in west oakland. the shooting happened monday in a parking lot of the liquor store on willow street. that's where a rap video had just finished taping. critics of oakland mayor jean quan could begin circulating recall petitions as soon as next week. they will have 160 days to collect nearly 20,000 valid signatures in order to put that measure on the ballot. san francisco city officials are standing by right now at the justin herman plaza to help move "occupy" protestors to a new location. the city offered an old school in the mission district for demonstrators to "occupy." overall, protestors rejected that offer but some members say they will make that move today. we'll have your traffic and

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good morning. well, one of our slow spots right now is definitely the nimitz as you pass the coliseum. there's been a couple of accidents or actually an accident and a stall on

northbound 880 one approaching hesperian and another before 23rd. the stall before 23rd has been cleared. but you can see your drive time pretty sluggish still from hayward towards the macarthur maze. also, coming up in downtown san jose still backed up but hey we can see the shot better with -- shrouded with fog a half hour ago. coming out of downtown san jose, pretty crowded in the northbound lanes all the way towards cupertino. and san mateo bridge still have that fog advisory in effect but your drive time not too bad out of hayward actually look, good in the other direction. >> fog lifting around the bay area. we are going to see winds kicking in. starting to see some drier air mixing into our skies, kind of interesting shot toward the golden gate. see out to the west we have some clearing skies and over the bay still we have some fog out there but that's going to break up. we are seeing gusts to 52 miles per hour over mount diablo. could see some gusts as high as 70. strongest gusts tonight. lots of sunshine this afternoon temperatures in the 60s. ,,,,,,