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w -- we hope so. >> enjoy your friday. see you monday. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday, january 20th 2012. welcome to "cbs this morning." here in studio 357 at the cb; broadcast center. i'm erica hill. charlie rose is on assignment. newt gingrich lashes out after being asked about his marriage at last night's debate. one new poll showing him leading mitt romney. a raging wild fire weeks havoc outside of reno nevada. >> i'm gayle king. we'll have a story on when heart
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attacks patients can go back to having sex. george lucas talks about what's wrong with america. tv legend gets up early once again and joins us today. >> first as we do every morning, we'll begin with today's look at "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. >> newt gingrich fights back against character questions after a bombshell interview with his ex-wife. >> he was asking to have an open marriage and i refused. >> let me be quite clear, the story is false. >> i don't want a nominee that i have to worry about going out and looking at the paper the next day and figuring out what he's going say next. >> let's get on with the real issues. >> i am suspending my campaign and endorsing newt gingrich. >> i'm not sure how far an endorsement with rick perry goes nowadays. he is he'd be better off with an endorsement from katy perry. >> i can't say that all homes are out of danger. >> reporter: fire crews get the
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upper hand on fast-moving flames near reno but not before more than 20 homes are destroyed and 10,000 are forced to flee. >> the winds are coming over you've got to get out quick. >> a large u.s. helicopter has gone down in afghanistan. >> reporter: six u.s. marines were killed. >> reporter: pictures of the final moments of the "costa concordia" have been released. >> all that. >> how you inflate the life raft. what the hell is this? >> reporter: and all that matters. >> body parts were found. turns out they used to belong to joan rivers. >> i'm down. when i see her, i say, helo. ♪ i ♪ >> on "cbs this morning".
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thanks for joining us on this friday. first thing this morning the south carolina primary. the four remaining republican candidates debated last night in charleston. most of the fireworks coming from newt gingrich. >> and on the day before this important primary a new poll of likely republican voters shows that gingrich is one point ahead of mitt romney, a state where every gop primary winner since 1980 has gone on to win the nomination. political correspondent jan crawford is in charleston, south carolina. jan, from the very first question it was must-see tv last night. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. good morning to those of you on the west coast. it was a firy debate. capping off an incredible day in politics. a man who finished at or near the bottom in iowa or new hampshire, now poised to win this state, south carolina. newt gingrich he was under siege the very first question of the debate last night about his wife allegations, her
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allegations. >> i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. >> reporter: marianne gingrich his second ex-wife, went public yesterday in interviews with the washington post and abc news describing the end of their marriage and gingrich's affair with a staffer who now is his wife. >> he was asking to have an open marriage, and i refused. >> reporter: last night gingrich went on the attack against the media and said his ex-wife was lying. >> you chose to start the debate with it. don't try to blame somebody else. you and your staff chose to strt this debate with it. [ applause ] >> now let me be quite clear. let me be quite clear. the story is false. every personal friend i have who knew us in that period says the story was false. >> reporter: the other candidates declined to pile on. >> this country is a very for
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giving country. this country understands that we are all fallen. >> john let's get onto the real issues. >> i think setting standards are very important and i'm very proud that my wife of 54 years is with me tonight. >> reporter: they hit gingrich hard on his record. >> you talk about all the things you did with ronald regan and the reagan revolution and the jobs created during the reagan years. i looked at the reagan diary. nce in that is your "timesaver traffic." for an update on your forecast, here's lawrence.
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transparency. 12 years. it seemed that mitt romney didn't even know that story as well as those that were questioning him about this. we asked him he said maybe. why the level of discomfort? i can't quite figure it out. one thing that has struck me as a possible answer for mitt romney is he's uncomfortable releasing the charitable contributions he may have made to his church. the mormon church is an issue that doesn't cut well for him in south carolina. he may be concerned about 10 or 20% of his income going to the church and that becoming an issue in skouth carolina. >> evangelicals, they often tithe 10%. >> in south carolina it might cut in a way he's not comfortable with. that's the only rational answer i can come up for why he can't answer that. >> it's interesting he said maybe. when he said maybe he was booed.
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that can't be a good feeling. i'm wondering what he does now because the conventional wisdom said he would end with 3-0. now it looks like he could be 1-2 considering the results of iowa. what does he need to do now in the next 24 hours. >> i think we need to be all very careful about the polling in south carolina. the arg poll has newt gingrich up by one point. that's the fourth poll in the last one day. four now that show newt gingrich right alongside with mitt romney. you see the numbers right there. let's be honest yesterday was a day of tectonic plate movement in south carolina. four huge events the debate rick perry, marianne gingrich's allegations. all those things are coming into play. we need to slow our roll a little bit and understand the polling data will shift considerable bli in the next 24 to 48 hours. it's going to be close but we can't say for sure this is gingrich's to win. >> are you making a prediction? >> no. i don't think you can predict. we have to be careful. so many things are moving and people are digesting it. >> we should point out being prepared with a response newt
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gingrich's daughters very quickly came out yesterday. they are going to be with us this morning. they canceled that appearance. may seem that everyone is very happy with gingrich's performance last night. stay with us for a minute major. one of the key republican figures in south carolina senator jim demint. he's not endorsing any candidate right now. senator demint is with us. >> it's great to be with you. it was good to see the toughness from our candidates last night. more like reality tv than normal debate. >> i think a lot of americans would agree with you on that point, sir. when it comes to newt gingrich part of the reality tv we saw last night, he was firing on all cylinders as soon as that question was asked. in the past he said i'm actually quoting here, the people have every right to ask the tough questions and measure the candidates personally. how do these allegations, and even his response play with the voters of south carolina? how important is that issue?
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>> well, he probably handled it as well as he could have because the best defense is sometimes a good offense. he certainly went on the offense last night. but today i think south carolina carolinans will have a chance to digest it. whether or not it will make a difference in the race i'm not sure. it's clearly a two-man race in south carolina. i think you'll see things change in the next few hours as the candidates get around the state. i don't know if we're going to have any other major news announcements today or not but yesterday was certainly something to watch. >> you have said senator, you're not going to endorse anybody this time around. you did endorse mitt romney in the past. why are you not endorsing him again? >> well, i think a lot of mitt, but i think a lot of all of these candidates. the last race was a very different race than this one. i feel comfortable with all our candidates. i'm keeping my focus on thoepghechg
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to elect a conservative majority. >> is there anything anybody can do in the next 24 hours for to you say, okay i'm going to go with you publicly? anything? >> no. i don't think so. i don't think there are very many folks in south carolina who are waiting for me to tell them how to vote. south carolinans are very independent. i think you'll see them pick the best candidate. that candidate's likely to be the next president of the united states. >> senator demint, you mentioned it's a two-person race. isn't it significant what rick santorum does or doesn't do in the next 24 hours? he was tough on newt gingrich, he was tough on mitt romney. it seems last night he was trying to make the case he as a conviction conservative ought to be given a third or fourth look in south carolina? >> i think he's very popular here. in fact, you talk to people and they can say two or three of these candidates are very popular with them but they're just trying to decide which one. so you're right, major, it could shift.
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rick's a good guy, got a strong character, and i think he did well last night. so he could get back in play, but just from the polls i was looking at this morning, it looks like a two-man race. >> no matter what happens it's going to keep you busy i'm sure, for the next 24 to 48 hours. pleasure to have you with us this morning. thank you. >> good to be with you. >> major garrett, always good to have you here. >> thank you. shifting gears now. in reno nevada, this morning a fast-moving wild fire is still growing. most of the 10,000 people who had to evacuate have now been allowed to return home. >> police say that one body has been found in the area. john blackstone is at the fire scene in nevada. john, good morning. what can you tell us? what's the latest there? >> reporter: as dawn comes to the west coast here it's just started to rain south of reno. that's good news for firefighters who are still putting out hot spots across more than 3,000 acres here. now at least 20 homes have been destroyed in this fire and as
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light comes, maybe more will be discovered. this fire raced through this community propelled by very high winds and very dry landscape. >> to say that we're in the thick of battle is an understatement. >> reporter: the battle for firefighters here trying to stop these fast-moving flames. an inferno driven by 80-mile-per-hour and fueled by a bone dry landscape. >> i've been fighting fire in this community for 24 years and i've never seen a fire season extend this long. >> the embers are coming our way now. you see ash. this is ash. >> reporter: people in this nevada town are used to snowstorms in january, not fire storms. local resident barbara harris was shocked by what she drove into. >> oh my gosh. how can it be so big? >> reporter: with a record 56 days without precipitation in the reno area what began as a small brush fire quickly gobbled up homes, choked the air with
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thick, black smoke, and shut down highway 395 after visibility dropped to zero. with the wind driven flames spreading so rapidly, 10,000 residents grabbed what they could and evacuated their neighborhoods. >> family was packing, getting our stuff. suddenly the winds are coming over, got to get out quick. >> reporter: among those who had to evacuate the area was vice president joe biden in town to speak to high school students. >> they have just told me if i don't let you guys get out of here relatively soon, they're going to make you get out of here. >> reporter: fire crews came from across northern nevada and california to help contain the blaze. flames could be seen ten miles away. thousands were left without electricity and for some it may be a couple of days before power is restored. >> reporter: firefighters say they managed to stop the flames just as they reached the back steps of that high school where
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vice president biden was speaking. the good news is that the fire -- the progress of the fire has largely been stopped now. the bad news is that there are still hot spots that need to be put out. erica? >> that's an understatement. thank you. now to afghanistan where the a.p. is reporting six u.s. marines have been killed. the cause of thursday's crash in southern afghanistan is still under investigation. many in the capitol of kabul. what do we know so far? >> reporter: a u.s. defense official has confirmed that the six killed were u.s. marines. a nato spokesman says they're investigating the incident. >> there are no indicators that there is a taliban involvement in this case. we are looking at it. we are trying to find out the background behind this incident. to us it looks at the moment like a technical mistake. >> reporter: the taliban has also claimed responsibility for taking down the helicopter though the insurgent group tends to exaggerate the military successes. it was a bloody 24 hours for
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coalition forces. north of kabul four french troops were killed and another 16 injured when an afghan soldier went rogue and opened fire. french president niklas sarkozy had has suspended his training miss in afghanistan. it's not the first time an afghan soldier has turned his gun on his trainers. such incidents certainly cause a lot of mistrust between coalition forces and afghan soldiers. >> in kabul this morning, mandy thank you. that cruise liner that capsized off the northwest coast of italy has shifted once again so search efforts have been put on hold. 21 people, including 2 americans, are still missing at this hour. allen pizzey is at the scene again this morning in giglio italy. he joins us once again with the latest. allen, what can you tell us? >> reporter: rescue work was suspended overnight and remains suspended because the "costa concordia" appears to be settling on the rock ledge where it's wedged. the ship has moved at about a rate of -- sorry, the ship is
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moving at a rate of about 7 millimeters an hour. >> reporter: sensors mounted on shore and on the wreck itself can detect the slightest movement of the 114,000 ton cruise liner. the bodies of the missing passengers are thought to be in an area deep underwater a dangerous place for the divers to be at the best of times, never mind if the ship moves. one described it as a labyrinth and said it was a miracle that anyone survived. video just posted on a website gives some idea of the terror and chaos as water started pouring in. passengers ask a crew man what to do and are told the last thing they want to do. >> got to go up. >> go down and go up. >> reporter: even more evidence is emerging that the ship's captain knew something was wrong long before he told the passengers or took emergency measures. this amateur video shows a crew member telling passengers to go back to their cabins. we've resolved the problem. we ask you all to return to your
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cabins. half an hour later the order was given to abandon ship. one of the first rescuers onto the ship. >> translator: we managed to save four people he said including a mother and child. the little girl was too frightened to even open her eyes, he said, and clung to his arm. >> reporter: the pilots of the first helicopters on the scene couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> translator: bloody hell. it has sunk. another says when will they ever retrieve this? >> reporter: the italian authorities have urged the ship's owners to make every effort to stabilize it. salvage experts have already flocked here in hopes to win the contract to refloat the ship. amazing as it's seen they maintain it's more than possible the $500 million ship could be back in service. >> reporter: families of the people who have died on that ship have been coming over here to view the ship and find out what information they can. they're escorted over by police
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kept away from the press as much as possible. it's a very sad moment for them because there's nothing they can do exceptlike at what is still a tom for a l doppler radar picking up on showers in the bay area. be prepared. very wet outside and intensifying especially as we look toward the afternoon. highs in the 50s and 60s, soggy day outside. the winds will be gusting into the afternoon, as well. rain continues especially into the evening hours maybe leftover showers tomorrow morning but more rain for the 49ers game on sunday. this natio this national weather report sponsored by alka selzer plus, available in a liquid gel.
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and then to know that reverend al green was here. i ♪ [ applause ] so in love with you ♪ [ applause ] all righty then. who knew the president can sing. president obama on stage at harlem's legendary apollo theater performing last night at a fundraising for his campaign. >> if you're on stage at the apollo, you have to right? checking the headlines around the dploeb. the new york times has a story on a proposed new definition of autism that would reduce the number of people diagnosed with the disorder. experts say that will make it harder for many people on the autism spectrum to get treatment. important hometown story in the detroit free press. gm is world's largest automaker
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once more. general motors sold nine million vehicles last year regaining the number one spot that it lost to toyota in 2008. >> from the los angeles times mega upload file lo breaking news out of east san jose... it's 7:26. time now for bay area headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. we are following some breaking news out of east san jose. an hour ago police issued an amber alert for a missing 11- year-old girl, taylor vo, 5'3", 105 pounds, black hair, blonde streaks brown eyes. the suspect is tri lee. he is considered armed and dangerous last seen in a dark colored minivan wearing bluejeans, black jacket and black hat. we are not sure about the relationship between the two but the girl was taken from her home on taffey drive in east san jose around 1 a.m.
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if you have any information, call police. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up.
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good morning. let's start off with a live look at the san mateo bridge. westbound 92, there was an accident there. still blocking one lane. i think you can still see it in our camera. you can see where emergency crews have it blocked off. so traffic is really stacked up in those westbound lanes behind it. jammed through the toll plaza. so you are going to look at a delay until they get that completely cleared. there is also a wind advisory. chp issued a wind advisory for the san mateo bridge overnight. so it looks like once you get past that lane closure, then speeds improve out towards the high-rise. quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are on now. jammed for about 15 minutes to get on the span. it is obviously a gray wet morning to start you off with. >> very slick as we are seeing that second storm system onshore. pretty gray over the city of san francisco. you have some fog and some rain
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there too. doppler radar picking up on the moist. we'll continue to see the rain intensify toward the afternoon heavy at times. highs in the 50s and 60s. more rain over the weekend too.
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today in park city the first day of the sun dance film festival. they went there to look at films. i've been in this dame. when you try to raise money you meet a lot of shady guys from eastern europe. i give you money, you put my girlfriend in movie. my girlfriend strong like bull. hairy like kardashian. >> ouch. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there are some answers this morning in a real-life hollywood murder mystery.
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senior correspondent john miller have said police have identified the victim. they've questioned one man in connection with the human body parts that were found in the hollywood hills this week. >> reporter: late thursday night detectives executed a search warrant on the third floor of this hollywood apartment building. they also sifted through trash cans. they carried out a box full of evidence hoping it would provide new clues. >> we were asking about how often they pick up our garbage. i told them they picked it up last night. >> reporter: it all began tuesday when professional dog walker lauren cornbirg stumbled across a grisly site. >> it rolled down the hill and fell into a ravine. i thought it might have been a soccer ball. i turned to my mom and i said it actually looked like a head. so we thought maybe it was some sort of a movie prop. >> the next day coroner's cadaver dogs found two feet and two hands in a shallow grave within 50 yards of the head. police believe the body parts
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all belong to the same victim likely in his 60s. >> we still believe now that this crime occurred someplace else and that the body parts were dumped up in the canyon here at some point after the crime occurred. >> reporter: more than 100 lapd officers and 30 detectives have been looking for clues. the killer apparently believed if the bag was left off the beaten path in the wooded area it wouldn't be found for weeks or months. if that was the plan it didn't work out. >> someone commits a murder. you can dispose of the body in places that are less sensational. with the hollywood sign it may be heard around the world. it's almost like it's playing out, head hands, feet and now where is the torso and the limbs? john miller used to be the head of the lapd's major crimes division. lucky for us though he's with us now. still have plenty of contacts there. i know you have a lot of information from the folks in l.a. what led them to this apartment? >> well, what they did was they
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relied on the coroner who said the victim had only been dead several days. so they went right back to the missing persons reports and they said, let's just look at the stuff from the last couple of weeks. they zeroed in on an individual. they visited that person's friends and associates. they found his boyfriend and his boyfriend said, yes, he's been missing. he was questioned last night. he is not being regarded as a suspect at this time, been cooperative with investigators. now the rest of that game begins, which is who are his friends, who are his enemies, who are his associates who are his former associates? they'll start going through that until they get a picture of this to figure out are they dealing with a contained case or do we have a serial killer? what is it? >> john, i'm curious about what your former colleagues are saying because just the fact this body or the parts placed by the hollywood sign says to me that somebody wants to get attention. what are they saying back at your old place? >> they are thinking that this was just a bad execution of the opposite intent, which is
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wherever the main part of the body is, that's somewhere, but the things that would lead to an identification, the hands and the head they thought if they put it in a wooded area it wouldn't be found by the people who stick to the trails. they weren't counting on the dogs and the coyotes and other things. i'm not sure this went the way they intended it to. >> they're not thinking the coyotes would have helped for lack of a better word in terms of dumping things there. >> i don't know they thought it through that farp, but that would have happened. >> what happens now? >> what happens now is they'll start to talk to everybody in this victim's universe and figure out who has a motive who has a disagreement who was where and who can account for their time. but at that stage, this is the elite robbery homicide unit. the best detective unit in lapd has been assigned to this case. this is very familiar territory to them. >> wild story. so gruesome. >> yeah. >> bizarre. john vgs thanks. doctors always tell heart
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she loved the excitement of freestyle skiing and her fans loved watching her. she died on thursday more than a week after a training accident in utah. >> national correspondent ben tracy has a story of this dare devil and trail blazer. >> come on, sarah. >> reporter: this is where skier sarah burke felt most at home, thrilling sports fans with skills that earned her four gold medals in the x games. before burke, the super pipe was a place where only male athletes
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excelled. >> she almost single hand deadly got women's pipe skiing onto the main stage. she really created the bed that all of these free skiers on the female side sleep in now. >> my dream was always to win the olympics. that's what i wanted to do. >> reporter: burke never won an olympic medal because during her lifetime her sport was not recognized by the olympic committee. but thanks to her efforts, the super pipe skiing will be an official olympic event for the first time in the 2014 winter games. >> she wanted all of her comrades and the girls that were doing this on a weekly and daily basis, she wanted the sport and the olympics for them. >> reporter: ten days ago burke was practicing in park city, utah, when she fell and suffered irreversible brain damage. she was surrounded by loved ones when she passed away yesterday. according to her wishes her organs and tissues were donated to others. >> this was her life. she loved traveling around the world. she loved being in that pipe. she loved the whole world of
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after a heart attack if you can climb a flight of s after a heart attack the rule of thumb is if you can climb a set of stairs, you can have sex. ♪ you can get it if you really want it ♪ ♪ you can get it if you really want it ♪ ♪ you can get it if you really want it ♪ >> love that movie. jack nicholson may get you laughing. sex though not an easy subject for heart patients. >> jack is not ready. this morning for the first time the american heart association has guidelines on when it's safe to have sex after a heart attack. medical correspondent dr. john lapook is with us this morning
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to let us know exactly what that means. i'm curious if they even felt the need to have guidelines for this. >> it's a subject that people really have trouble talking about. more than a million people have heart attacks every year in america. almost 30 million americans living with heart disease. this is a big deal. and yet it's such a touchy subject for doctors. >> why? >> i think people just have trouble talking about sex. when i was in medical school there was a man who had had a heart attack and as he was leaving the hospital he said to the doctor you know, when can i resume activity? >> activity? >> he said activity. the doctor sort of cavalierly said, take it easy. he didn't have sex for several years. >> wow. >> so, you know it's a big deal. >> so it's a big deal. we don't talk about it. what are the new guidelines? >> key anna was right. it's not one flight it's two flights. if you can go up two flights of stairs or walk briskly without having a problem, then you're probably okay. on the other hand if you do minimal activity and you're getting angina, that's somebody
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who needs further evaluation. you have to have those symptoms under control. now you may say, you know what are the odds? i know the statistics are presented in a weird way, okay but if 100,000 people have sex who have had a heart attack have sex for an hour then two to three will either die or have a heart attack. now that's relatively small. it's more than if they don't have sex only 1 in 100,000 will die if they don't have sex. so it's two to three times more but its satisfy still relatively safe. >> an hour. >> i'm looking at his face erica holding the straight face thing if you have sex for an hour. >> who are these people? >> i can give you their names later if you like. i'm kidding. the way they do the statistics. >> if patients have questions, what should they do? you should have a frank conversation, should you not? >> use your words. what we tell our kids. use your words. you have to say the words. say exactly what's on your mind. no embarrassment. here's another thing. >> the doctor's not laughing at you asking the question? >> no.
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zblt doctor's thinking, oh. >> it's part of making it part of the normal conversation. i'm an internist and gastroenterologist. i ask every person about sex. i don't want to forget to say this. >> i'm curious, how do you ask the question? >> how's your sex books life? any problems with orgasm, dryness, libido. if there ever was a subject where you have to individualize the risk, talk to your doctor. it's personalized. these are guidelines. guess what, sex is like a stress test. if there's a question, you can go on a treadmill. you can go to a level that's higher than the activity you would have for sex. the doctor's looking at your blood pressure pulse, cardiogram. if they say it's okay on the treadmill you're okay in the bedroom. >> there you go. go on the treadmill for an hour. >> i'm curious, what is the speed on the treadmill we should be trying to attain? >> there's a thing called mets, metabolic equivalence. if you get up to 4 to 5, 3 to 5,
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generally you're safe. >> always good to have you with us. >> do it with a straight face for the most part. grown ups almost. >> grown ups. we can talk about these things. >> one man who can talk about just about anything. reej guess philbin as he is here with us in studio 57. hopefully you've had a chance to check out his new memoir. if not, we'll have highlights for you. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." [ nadine ] buzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz you know typical alarm clock. i am so glad to get rid of it. just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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obese children and their parents. we'll talk with some of the parents and one of the kids who appears in the ads and see what they're doing to slim down. also we have a conversation with george lucas. maybe you've never seen this side of the man who gave us indiana jones and star wars. he talks about politics and all the things he believes are wrong in this country. he talks to charlie about that. much more including his new movie about the tuskegee airmen. we're so glad, really glad to have regis philbin in the house this morning. he'll tell us all about his new memoir and we'll find out what he's been doing these days. >> look at reg. getting primped. like the man needs any help. he always looks fabulous. you're watching "cbs this morning." your local news is next.
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b-s five... i'm frank mallicoat. there's an amber alert for an 11- year-old girl... reporred bout one this morning, good morning. it's 7:56. time for cbs news headlines. there is an amber alert for an 11-year-old girl reportedly abducted at 1 a.m. from her home in east san jose. taylor vo is the victim of the the suspect is tri le considered armed and dangerous last seen in a dark colored minivan wearing blue jacket and black hat. security will be increased and zero tolerance for sunday's
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conference championship game between the 49ers and the new york giants after numerous complaints about belligerent san francisco fans after last week's game against the new orleans saints. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up.
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good morning. for a friday a lot of slow traffic and fender-benders. so be careful. it's slick in spots. southbound 880 you're going to find stop and go traffic from 238 to fremont boulevard south. we were following an earlier accident on the san mateo bridge just past the toll plaza on westbound 92. it looks like they just cleared it out of lanes of. we could see it from the view of this camera. it's still sluggish behind the pay gates. so you can see that drive time there. still in the red. and high wind advisory still issued for the san mateo bridge. that is traffic. for your rainy forecast, here's lawrence. >> yeah. the second storm now making its way onshore elizabeth. let's go outside right now. plenty of rain over the bay and around the bay area. we are seeing more showers this
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morning. most of it just some lighter amounts of rainfall but we are going to be watching this picking up as we head throughout the morning. a lot of rain on the peninsula. be careful driving out. more rain this evening, storms for the weekend.
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mr. speaker, i want to start with that this evening. as you know your ex-wife gave an interview to abc news and another interview with the "washington post." in it she says you came to her in 1999 at a time when you were having an affair. she said you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no, but i will. [ cheers and applause ] i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people
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to run for public office, and i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. [ cheers and applause ] to take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything i can imagine. >> the crowd clearly loved his response. you hardly ever see a presidential candidate get that mad. newt gingrich's outburst last night at the debate is getting a lot of political buzz this morning. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> and i'm erica hill. >> and i'm charlie rose. [ laughter ] >> yay! >> it's regis. this is great. now, for what, two months everybody's been saying, what
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are you doing next? now we know. you're joining us on "cbs this morning." >> that's right. incidentally, this show is two weeks old and charlie rose needs a day off. excuse me. where is he? >> regis, he's on assignment pmt. >> assignment? can't he do that on a saturday? >> i can't tell you what it is, but he's on assignment. we're so glad you're here. it's been a couple months. what have you been doing? everybody wants to know what have you been doing? belter still, what are you going to be doing? i know you know. >> no i don't know. honest to god. >> you really don't know? >> i really don't know. i can tell you what i have been doing. >> okay. let's hear. >> i got involved with this book. the tour began two days before i signed off and said good-bye. of course, it was local touring. now i went on a book tour that took about a month. so that was part of it. then came christmas and new years. then came you and charlie rose and erica around this table.
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here i am. it's exhausting. >> regis, let's talk -- haven't you always wanted to know this, erica erica? your speaking style, where did it come from? >> i don't know. i just got a laugh one day. it doesn't mean anything. >> i go, you know he really does talk like that. >> >> dana carvey started that. a lot of guys followed it just for a laugh. that's all it is. it's harmless. it doesn't mean anything. are you both happy with your new job here? >> we are. very happy. >> we're all getting along very well. >> is that right? that's not what i heard. anyway. >> you heard wrong. >> listen, what happens in the make-up room stays in the make-up room. >> not always. >> we are very happy at our new job. it's interesting. that's a nice segue into one of the things you talk about in the book. i just got the book yesterday. i love reading it. >> thank you. >> your stories about people are great. at end of each chapter, there's
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a great takeaway. you have a great takeaway about your co-host and finding that chemistry that works with someone and someone you work with. obviously that goes far beyond someone you sit with on tv. >> i think it's very important to find that chemistry as soon as you can and to stick with it. you know i find that if you continue the relationship beyond the desk, sometimes that can have a bad effect on your on-camera relationship. >> yes yes. >> so maybe that's the takeaway of working with a co-host for 15 years, in one case. 11 years in another. >> can you pick a favorite? >> absolutely not. >> i didn't think you could. >> who are you, charlie rose? charlie's back. >> no, i thought it was great they each got a chapter. what i didn't know about you regis, is you really wanted to sing. you told this great story in the book. here you are at notre dame. number one, i love how you love your school. your parents had come.
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you wanted to say to them, mom and dad, i want to sing. the disappointment on their face, i felt the pain in the book. >> you think about what you want to do as a kid. when i was young, bing crosby was on the radio. i would tune in every night and listen to a half hour of bing singing. it was the voice that got me. that warm, beautiful sounding voice. >> and you can sing. >> but, you know, i didn't even think about it. my parents were very insistent. my mother was born just down the block here. she, you know, thought i would become a businessman of some kind rather than a singer. so i kept saying i don't know what it is, but i'll tell you. i'll tell you, the day i graduated from notre dame. they drive all the way out here. two weeks before i was to graduate, one of the guys i hung around with for four years, i found out then was a piano player. i said i'm going to take one more crack. we rehearsed "pennies from
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heaven" for two weeks. we got all set. my mother and father drove up. i said don't say a word, mom. i'm going to take you to a place, and i'm going to tell you what i want to do. so i take them to the music hall. there's gus waiting. we walk in cue him. he plays, and i sing "pennies from heaven." mid way through the song i saw my poor little italian mother crying and my irish father. i said oh my god. this is not right. i'm not a singer anyway. what aimm i, crazy? i said i'll probably go into television. >> aren't we glad he found something else to do? >> and you've been able to do singing since then, which is great. you got the best of both worlds. we bumped in with this bit of the debate last night, which got fiery. do you follow politics much? >> don't follow it that much.
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lately, the women have been taking men down right and left. what's his name went down a couple weeks ago. i kind of liked him. >> herman cain. >> right. >> it's never good when they say they're doing an interview with your ex-wife. when you said to joy, you know what would be cool? an open marriage. what was her reaction? >> i wouldn't want to say that. 41 years. i'm not going to end it now. >> i'm teasing you because you end the book with joy. i love what you said about her. you said she is the love of my life. she is my life. and she came with the right name, joy. >> yes. >> i thought it was such a beautiful tribute to her. >> well, thank you very much gayle. i thought it was a nice tribute too. >> did joy like it? >> she liked it a lot. i hope. i think. >> you two clearly adore each other. >> i think she's a great woman. she makes many of the decisions in my life our lives as she
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should. >> gayle and i are totally fine with that. >> i think she's smarter. >> you started out by saying, i don't know what i'm going to do. i'm still a little skeptical. what would you like to do? if you don't know what you want to do, what would you like to do? >> i've been doing this all my life, more than 50 years. the five days a week, you know at this point in my life, do i really want to -- >> is it grueling, regis? >> tell us two weeks into the new show. is five days grueling? >> you don't see him here do you? he's in florida. >> he's on assignment. >> it can wear you down after a while. but the way i did it was there was no meetings before my show. you know that. i just go out and we talk. we ad lib. that's the way it is. i don't want to know what you did last. i don't want to tell you what i did until we get on the air, and let's do it. i think that spontaneity that people were used to wasn't on television at all. >> you have to bring it on the
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field not in the locker room, as they say. >> she's good. >> charlie's got his hands full. he's got no chance. >> i think he's got a chance all right. >> do you watch the show? do you watch your old show? >> you know i've been sleeping until after 10:00. >> good for you. >> but i have watched some of it. it's fine. it goes on. >> do you have a pick, a choice of who you'd like to sit in your chair? >> i really don't know who it should be. it has to be someone who she likes a lot. >> you don't have a -- you're not saying you know who i'm rooting for? >> i don't want to emphasize that. i don't think i should, do you? >> i don't know. i think your opinion matters. >> no. that's their show now. regis has a book. >> i understand. he's lugging the book. you should buy it. quickly -- >> it's called "how i got this way." >> do you have a pick for football this weekend? >> that giants/san francisco game is tough to figure. it's going to be raining in san
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francisco. the 49ers are just as physical as the giants. that's what the giants have. they have the physicality. they have the heft on the defensive line. they're a strong, strong team. but i think when you look at the cornerbacks, i think you have to go with eli. the other guy is good.
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imagine hearing this from a small child, your own child. mom, why am i so fat? this controversial ad campaign has been getting a lot of attention. we'll talk with some of the kids who are in the campaign. you're watching "cbs this morning." "cbs this morning." chili's lunch break combos are full of delicious choices, starting at just 6 bucks. choose from savory favorites or our new philly cheesesteak sandwich. layers of shaved steak and grilled peppers served with fries and a tasty soup or salad. chili's lunch break combos.
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in today's "healthwatch," tough talk for obese kids when pau loo deen revealed this week she has type two diabetes. it put the subject of obesity front and center. >> in atlanta, an anti-obesity ad campaign is making some kids and their parents cringe but others are taking action. >> reporter: khloe is 11 years old. smart, talented unusually poised, and part of an american
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health epidemic. as she's grown taller she's also become bigger. >> i started picking up weight like, lots of weight when i was like 9 or 10. 10. >> does it bother you? >> it did bother me. i'm very pretty. i needed to start getting healthier and losing weight. >> reporter: khloe is like 40% of georgia's children. overweight or obese. only mississippi has a higher rate of childhood obesity. 1 million heavy kids just in georgia. they're the focus of this new ad campaign throughout atlanta. >> mom, why am i fat? >> reporter: its message is unusually direct and controversial. >> i don't like going to school because all the other kids pick on me. >> reporter: children's health care of atlanta will spend $3 million on this awareness campaign, and it's really meant for parents. >> we needed to get their attention because they're in denial about it. >> reporter: linda says the children's health care survey
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showed 75% of parents with overweight kids denied it was an issue. >> is part of the argument too that the traditional approach where you tiptoe around the issue isn't working? >> that's right. people ignore flowery ads. >> reporter: nothing flowery about this ad. >> my doctor says i have something called hypertension. i'm really scared. >> reporter: khloe is also the face on this billboard. big fat takes the fun out of being a kid. tiffany, her mother has struggled with weight since she was khloe's age. >> i was really proud of her for deciding to have the courage to participate. it did take a lot of courage. she has to put herself out there. >> you had reservations. the biggest one was? >> the biggest one was what were people going to think. but i decided that it's more important to help kids with the same problem that i have. >> reporter: but critics like
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the obesity action coalition say this approach does more harm than good, shaming overweight kids. >> it really puts them out there on a pedestal for the world to see and to make fun of and to blame, you know, to have as a target. obesity is a complex, multi-factorial disease process. it needs to be treated as such. >> reporter: as her physical exam khloe did not want us to show her weight. but she has no regrets about becoming the face of a health epidemic. >> there was no part of doing it that bothered you as a reflection of who you are? >> no, i feel really good about myself. i have lots of self-confidence. it's really supposed to help them so that they can lose weight and can get healthier. >> you have to take the blinders off and recognize that it's a problem. it's not just baby fat. it's not something the kid's going grow out of. it's something that we as a family, have to come together. >> reporter: the family plans to
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eat healthier, and khloe wants to ride her scooter more. for this georgia family the conversation about healthy weight has begun. mark strassman, "cbs this morning," atlanta. >> it's such a difficult discussion. it's really not cut and dry. >> no, but don't you think it's a good argument on both sides? don't we love khloe's attitude? >> absolutely. >> i'm beautiful, and i want to help other kids. >> that's exactly what i want my daughter to be like. >> would you want to weigh yourself on national tv? >> no, i would never do it. >> khloe's not alone. for five years a battered woman has said she had to kill her abusive husband. there's much more to this mystery. we have a preview for you of a fascinating "48 hours." stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." bertolli. a fresh take on it's froze ♪ so fresh my knees grow weak ♪ [ male announcer ] new hearty bertolli meal soup for two with crisp vegetables and tender chicken. [ chef ] ♪ fresh tasting restaurant style ♪ ♪ bertolli
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we know that music. you expect star wars creator george lucas to be passionate about the movies. but the hollywood power player is more fired up about politics and american society. >> he sat down with charlie rose the other day for an honest
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there's an amber alert for an irl... reported we do p.m. it's 8:25. how about some news headlines here in the bay area? there is an ber alert at this hour -- an amber alert for a girl on east taffey drive in east san jose. taylor vo, 5'3", 105 pounds, tri le was was seen in a dark colored minivan. san francisco sheriff mirkarimi murk due in court on monday when the judge will set a trial date in his domestic violence case. mirkarimi pleaded not guilty yesterday to three misdemeanor charges in a highly emotional
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courtroom. and police will be out in force at the 49ers giants nfc title game this sunday trying to repeat a repeat of unruly behavior last weekend. a number of new orleans saints fans complained of taunting and abuse of behavior. on sunday, as many as 2,000 officers will be available to patrol candlestick park. got your traffic and wet weather forecast coming up right after this.
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good morning. it is wet, slick out there. we have seen our fair share of
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fender-benders across the bay area. new problems always popping up. new one now looks like it's on the northbound side of the golden gate bridge. it sounds like it's a stall. and you can see that it's backing up past the pay gates. it looks like there are tow and emergency crews heading that way now. so anyway, southbound traffic looks like it's getting by just fine through marin. couple of problems in the east bay westbound 580 at 98th avenue an accident blocking one lane. northbound 880 the nimitz you can see how slow it is in the northbound lanes past the coliseum. also windy. our camera has been moving back and forth quite a bit. if you are heading southbound through hayward and accident at a street looks like that was just cleared to the right shoulder. very wet out there. >> very wet out there, elizabeth. nice to see as we're seeing that second storm system moving onshore now so not much of a break. water on the lens there as the rain continues to fall outside. we are going to see that on and off throughout the morning hours. we are going to continue to see these bands of moisture off the pacific but the main cold front
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not coming in until the latter part of the day. so with that in mind, we still have a lot of rain to come today. heavier amounts beginning to fall in parts of the east bay. so watch out for that. next couple of days, more showers over the weekend. another storm on sunday.
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blk back to "cbs this morning." for five years now, 48 hours mystery has been reporting on the case of charlie hill. she's an abusive woman who killed her husband. >> 48 hours correspondent says
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two trials in this case have focused on one simple question. did the wife really act in self-defense? >> he would have killed me. there's no way i could have made it out of the room. a thousand times and a thousand times in my mind i played it that night. do i wish i could change it? no. >> that night a 25-year marriage came to a sudden and violent ending in a showdown in the bedroom. we've built a full-scale replica of that room to try to solve the mystery of how and why she shot her husband danny. nothing is as it seemed in this case. not the characters not their motives. and nobody could have ever expected the ending. >> i believe my dad was shot in cold blood. >> reporter: charlene hill's own daughter, jamie, did not believe
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her mother's story that her father, danny, was in a rage threatening to kill her mother in the bedroom that night. even though she knew her father's history of violence. >> my mom is the only person with the gun. you know you don't calm somebody down by pulling a gun out of a drawer. >> reporter: the history of abuse was documented. there were stacks of police and hospital reports, but the prosecutor said that night charlene himll was the aggressor. >> the ballistics, the forensics. it wasn't self-defense. she doesn't get a bye on murder because she was abused in the pass. >> reporter: charlene hill tried to convey her terror when she first took the stand. >> he was coming at me. he was going to kill me. unless you've been in that situation, you have no idea. it's like a grizzly bear getting ready it attack you. >> reporter: but investigators questioned whether danny was coming at her. the bloodstains were on the opposite side of the room from
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where charlene said she was standing. >> do you remember where he was when you fired each of those three shots? >> no, he was just coming. >> reporter: but her attorney deemed that no matter where danny was standing that night, what's important is that after almost three decades of abuse, charlene believed it was a case of kill or be killed. >> you can shoot a person as many times as necessary to stop the threat. if you have the right to kill somebody, you have the right to kill them dead, dead dead, dead. >> richard is here now at the table. i'm curious. not one, but two trials for her. why are these kind of cases, or this particular case so hard to prove? >> because juries want to know the basic question. they always ask in cases like this, why didn't she just leave? when the first punch was thrown, why didn't she just walk out the door?
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i asked charlene hill that. quite eloquent in answering that. the long story short, i mean she basically says, where would i go? i call the police, they come, maybe they arrest him. maybe they don't. where do i go? a lot of women do have places to go, but a lot of women don't. you know, we've covered a lot of cases like this where the women just say, you know, it's been however many years it's been where this guy's been beating me up and abusing me. i'm not taking it anymore. >> yeah. >> it's an interesting area of law because sometimes they're not in immediate danger. in this case, charlene hill had the gun. >> which is what a lot of people are saying. you had the gun. even her daughter. >> right, her daughter. >> that's what i find so interesting. >> here's the question. you got to put yourself in her shoes at that point. that's what her lawyers say. put yourself in that bedroom with a guy who's almost twice
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your size who's been beating you for 30 years. if he's in a rage, do you have a right to feel like you're in danger even if you have the gun? we'll show you some forensic evidence that will raise more questions. these cases are never clear cut. >> now i know what i'm doing saturday night erica. >> exactly. richard, nice to see you here. you can see this all-new edition of "48 hours mystery." it's tomorrow night at 10:00/9:00 central here on cbs. so you may think you know everything about hollywood legend george lucas, but you don't. he's not just about the movies. when we come back
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35 years ago one man changed hollywood forever with star wars. but there's a whole lot more to
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george lucas. we're not just talking about indiana jones and american graffiti, either. >> right before charlie left for assignment he sat down with lucas to talk about everything from politics and society to his latest project "red tails." [ gunfire ] >> congratulations, captain. >> from george lucas, a new movie, "red tails." welcome. >> thank you. great to be here. >> my impression is this is a movie you've been waiting to make. >> i've been working on this movie for 23 years. >> that's waiting to make. >> definitely a labor of love.
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but i've been working on it for 2 years. it's not that i've been waiting to do it. i heard this story from an aviation photographer friend of mine 23 years ago. i said this is a fantastic story that needs to be told. more importantly for me is that it sounds like a great inspirational movie for teenagers. >> who's your director? >> anthony hemingway, director of "the wire." i was a big fan of "the wire." i got him to direct it. he did a fantastic job. >> what's interesting in a movie like this is how real you can make what happens on the screen to reflect the reality of what it means to have your life on the line in the air, not knowing what's going to happen, and facing instant death. >> well, that's ultimately the story. now, with digital technology, we can make it much more real. i'm a big fan of aerial combat
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obviously, from star wars. i've been doing it all my life. >> you know aerial combat. >> right. but each time i do it, i get better and better at it. once we got to digital t, it got even better. in the old days -- say "battle of britain," one of the last real combat movies made. two photographers died on that picture. it's very hard to get the planes to line up. it takes a whole day to do one shot. even then it's not that great because you can't get where you want to get physically. >> when you look at the movies you can make, i mean, what is it that turns you on beyond the things that you've already said? what kind of stories, you know appeal to george? >> well, there's the intellectual side of me that wants to do more experimental films, which i haven't done since i did my first film and my student films. that's now where i'm going, try to get back to that. then there's the, i don't know,
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the side of me that loves to watch an audience enjoy themselves and walk out of a theater skipping and saying that was a great experience, i feel better now. >> there's also a side of you that's a political animal. i mean, you are among people who know you a billionaire who's not that crazy about capitalism. >> that's true. >> tell me why. >> well, i grew up in the '60s. i grew up in san francisco. so i've formed a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in america. i'm a very ardent patriot. but i'm also a very ardent believer in democracy, not capitalist democracy. i do not believe that the rich should be able to buy the government. that's just the way i feel. >> is that the america you see, where the rich have bought the government? >> come on. it's been that way for a long time. it's not right. and it's not going to work.
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>> will it change? >> well, i hope it changes. i mean, it's hard because you have human nature. you have people, you know, basically we have a country based on greed. as long as you have that it's corrupt. as long as it's corrupt, you're never going to get a real meeting of the minds on what is best. >> so why don't you make a film about the america you are articulating? why don't you use the power of george lucas to tell -- >> i don't think i have that much power. i mean, i learned -- my first film was an indictment of -- >> could i show you a list of the 100 best films and how many of them are made by george lucas? >> yes, they have a political undertone. especially star wars. it's got a very, very elaborate social, emotional, political context that it rests in. of course, nobody was aware of that. nobody says, oh, my gosh. if you watch the movies, it's there. you subliminally get the fact of what happens to you if you got a
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dysfunctional government that's corrupt and doesn't work. >> as soon as you say this, there's also the cover of "time" magazine. there's warren buffett talking about why he believes in america, why anybody who writes off america is making a serious mistake because of essential qualities that americans have. >> well, a lot of it also not to be too controversial here -- >> that's okay. >> on your show, because i like you. most of the fault lies with the media. i know everybody uses the media as a scapegoat. the things the media focus on the sensationalism, the kind of simple answers, the, you know, not really telling the truth is what creates a society where everybody gets really polarized. they're afraid. >> the interesting thing about you, you point the thing at the media. you are the media. you are a person with enormous
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potential to talk to the public. you know, you don't need the media. you have -- >> but my part of the media is a small -- you know, i make a little blip and that's it. >> no, george lucas has a powerful voice. you know that. >> it's -- >> in the public conversation. >> well, i can make something that entertains people and makes them think. i always try to make them think about things done a give them the values that we supposedly stand for. >> what's the status of the movie business today? not media, the movie business and the movie making. >> well, they're two different things. movie making is soaring because we're developing digital technology. the equipment is smaller. it's cheaper. it's now becoming dmoktized so anybody can make a movie. this is what's happening. it's like writing. >> and that's good. >> that's good because now everybody can have a voice. it used to be only the rich can make movies. when i went in there was no chance.
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>> and they call the rich studioses. >> the corporations controlled everything. they still control quite a bit. that's breaking away. now you can make films less expensive, and we have digital release patterns through the internet and things like that. that whole part is changing in terms of the filmmaker. from my point of view, it's fantastic. obviously, it's going to be a wobbly period for 10 20 years. it's going to completely revolutionize that part of the entertainment business. >> two people. one, other than yourself and looking far and wide and keepsingkeepsing yourself out of it, who's the best filmmaker you've seen or know? >> it's hard to say -- pick out a person. lots of directors have different styles. you know movies are like people. each one has its own personality. it's hard to say, well this personality is better than that personality. technically, and in terms of
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professionally, i think stephen spielberg is way above everybody. there's no question. i've worked with him. i've worked with everybody. i've worked with the top people in the business. i've produced films for them. stephen, basically, is a genius. it's hard to pick one. >> but your insight into film makers is a fascinating story. second person is steve jobs. steve jobs bought pixar from george lucas. george lucas sold it for less than, what, $10 million? >> yeah. >> it is now worth 6, $7 billion. what were you thinking? >> i wasn't thinking about the money. you know, i'd already turned down the chairmanship of disney for several billion dollars. i said, i don't want to run a public company. with pixar, i developed the lucas film computer division is what i started. it was doing a lot of equipment. it was doing a lot of things. they were there to develop a lot of digital technology that i
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needed for ilm. here was steve jobs. he was kind of out of work. he's a friend of mine. i said look, and we kind of talked steve jobs into buying the company as a software company. but i said, you know, guys, you got a real chance of convincing him that digital animation is a great thing. i said, i'll stay on as the godfather advisor. i'm not going to go on the board or anything. so i, you know, was with him the whole thing. it wasn't like -- i was really rooting for the guys. i wanted them to get to make their digital movie. in order for steve to make that company work, he had to put $100 million in and make a deal with disney. it cost another $100 million. i have too many other things to worry about. i'm very happy for him. what do i need another $7 billion for? >> what i need is more time and another time to talk to you more. george lucas thank you very much. pleasure to have you here. >> you're welcome.
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the valuable clock in that box got busted. just like the mailman who's now in big, big trouble with his boss. note to self, erica. there's security video everywhere. >> tomorrow on cbs this morning saturday, a disturbing report on the fillth on airplanes. before we leave you, we want to take a moment to remember a dear friend and colleague. gary moore died yesterday after a short battle with thyroid cancer. he was one of our video editors here. we worked behind the scenes at cbs news and cbs sports. gary was just 51 years old.
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he will be missed very much. our thoughts are with his family. >> so sorry to hear that. that does it for us this morning. we leave you with a look at the people who brought you this broadcast over the past week. down. >> said there was a power failure. >> we have to stay together. >> human error here. >> 23 people are still missing. >> would have been 83 years old had he lived. >> rhetoric was poetry itself with an irresistible lyricism. >> everything i do will be designed to strengthen the values of this country. >> have to beat expectations to move on. >> question, will the people of south carolina vote their conscience? >> mitt, we need you to release your income tax. >> what's the effective rate? >> i've been paying closer to the 15% rate. >> i'm more effective at
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communicating in a debate setting. >> more people have been put on food stamps by barack obama than any in history. >> i am endorsing newt gingrich. >> the story is false. every personal friend i have who knew us says the story was false. >> i cannot coordinate with you in any way. >> the winner is. >> the artist. >> the artist. the. >> the artist. >> i think gayle looked absolutely beautiful. charlie, give him a kiss for me, he's my buddy. >> charlie! >> once they say that there's nothing more i can change. >> i'm charlie rose. >> what does the media focus? there's sensationalism. >> so in love with you ♪ >> wikipedia is on strike. >> there is relief in nome,
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alaska. >> stay off the road. make sure you have four-wheel drive >> it was out of a movie. >> i was too much to blush when gayle came in on friday. >> is caught for the touchdown. the giants take on the 49ers next sunday night.
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headlines... there's an amber alert for an 11- year-old girl... she was abducted about one good morning everybody. there is an amber alert at this hour for this 11-year-old. she was abducted about 1:00 this morning from her home on taffy drive. taylor vo is described as 5- foot 3, 105 pounds, black hair with block streak. the suspect, police consider saturday and dangerous. he was last seen in a dark colored mini, blue jeans, a black hat. if you know these people, 11. firefighters have a large brush fire 50% contained. it broke out yesterday. grew to six square miles, destroyed at least 20 homes,
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about 2,000 people remain under an evacuation order. rain later today is expected to aid the efforts, but wins are continuing. rain and snow are in our forecast as well. >> yeah, a lot of rain. maybe a couple feet of snow. but the second storm system now moving onshore. you can see the showers continuing right now. most of that just lighter amounts, but as we take you through the day, the bands and bands of moisture. and finally the cold front moves in in the latter part of the evening hour and that's when we're expecting the heaviest amounts of rain. tapering off with showers by saturday morning. another storm on sun just in time for the 49ers game. showers could continue into monday morning. and we start to dry out. temperatures warming up into wednesday and thursday. all right, the time saver traffic when we come back.
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good morning. seeing improvement. westbound 92, we were following an accident just past the toll plaza. we could see it in the camera for a while. speeds are improving, even though they have the warning sign up. there's a high wind warning for the san mateo bridge. the 880 camera has been moving back and forth quite a wind. windy morning along with slick road conditions. 880 northbound, check out the back-up past the coliseum. a crawl up toward the downtown oakland exit. at the bay bridge, sending things out.
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not too bad. a five minute wait to get you onto the bridge. and also going to be backed up on 280 headed into the city.

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