comments@captioncolorado.com good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, february 22nd, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. u.s. facilities in afghanistan are under siege in a second day of angry protests over koran burnings. and as gas prices soar, so does the dow. we'll get reaction from the gop candidates ahead of tonight's big debate. we'll also talk with business legend jack welch. i'm gayle king. we'll have crucial new information for women about surviving a heart attack. and when i see you at 8:00, guess what, alan alda is here in studio 57. i'm erica hill. he was on the run for nearly two decades. we have the first tv interview for a woman who turned in her own father-in-law after finding

out he was an international fugitive. it is something you will see only on "cbs this morning." first as we do every morning we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. anti-american protests explode in afghanistan. >> the u.s. embassy in kabul has put itself on lockdown during a second day of protests after copies of the koran were burned at a nato airbase. >> i'm not a manager. i'm not a visionary. i'm a guy from a steel town. >> rick santorum targets his republican rivalries on the eve of the gop debate. >> plan on winning. >> the 20th republican debate which explains that new campaign slogan, vote mitt romney or else we'll keep doing this. >> breaking news out of syria. two western journalists were killed in heavy shelling by syrian government forces. >> 250 people hurt in a train crash in buenos aires, argent a

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the president can sing. welcome to "cbs this morning." we begin with breaking news in afghanistan where antiamerican protests are spreading after the burning of muslim holy books by u.s. troops. >> the u.s. embassy in the capitol of kabul is under lockdown. at least seven people have been killed in the protests. charlie dag gat is with us. good morning? >> reporter: good morning to you. the u.s. embassy is shut down suspending the travel of international staff and ordering local workers to return to their homes. far from containing the crisis, it appears to be spreading, including a demonstration with hundreds of protesters in the eastern city of jalalabad. >> reporter: protesters set fire to a compound that houses foreign contract workers in the capitol. one of several scenes where anger has erupted into violence again today. witnesses say police fired live rounds to crowds of demonstrators when they charged police lines.

afghan officials say at least seven people have been killed and more than two dozen wounded. thousands of protesters shouted death to america. death to afghan president harmid karzai. the u.s. embassy has suspended all unnecessary travel for its staff and urged u.s. citizens to avoid areas where westerners congregate. the violence began yesterday after afghan workers found charred copies of the koran while collecting trash. it gained pace today despite yesterday's apology from the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. >> i offered my sincere apologies to the president, to the government, but most importantly to the people, the noebl people of afghanistan. >> reporter: some of the attacks have been aimed specifically at military bases. we got a report from a military report earlier who said protesters had set fire to fuel trucks and water trucks have been unable to get past protesters to deliver fresh water to the bagram airbase.

that's the nato base where the charred pages of the koran were found. >> all right. charlie. thank you. we want to turn now to the politics of gas prices. the average price for a gallon of regular is now $3.59. that's up more than 20 cents in just the last month and in some areas, as many of you know, the prices are much higher. you can expect gas prices to come up at tonight's republican debate in arizona and as the candidates prepare for that this evening, a new nationwide poll shows rick santorum now leading mitt romney by 9 points. political correspondent jan crawford is in phoenix. >> reporter: good morning erica and to the west. we've seen for the past several weeks sign the economy may be inching toward recovery. that's good news for president obama. the economy is the issue voters say they care about most. that, of course, would rob republicans of a critical issue they've been hitting him hard for. now with gas prices continuing to go up, republicans are

starting to hammer the president for that too. >> higher gasoline prices. why are they so high? >> reporter: newt gingrich has made gas prices a center piece for his campaign. he's blaming barack obama and promising change. >> it is perfectly reasonable to try to get to somewhere between $2 and $2.50 a gallon. >> reporter: rick santorum also blames the president saying his decisions, like limiting oil exploration, have led to higher prices at 9 pump. >> all because of the radical environmentalist policies of this president. >> reporter: the president can say there's been some good news lately. unemployment, for example, rose through much of his term and now it's down to 2009 levels. but since he took office gas prices have been steadily on the rise. that's a challenge and a problem. >> rising gasoline prices could become a very big political issue because it affects everybody every week. >> reporter: that's why promising to lower gas prices is

standard election fare. >> drill, baby, drill. >> it's entirely possible for us to get back to inexpensive energy. >> reporter: both republican and democratic administrations have taken fire on gas prices, and they've had similar responses. it's not our fault. >> there are no magic solutions to rising oil prices and the pain that americans feel at the pump. >> reporter: energy economists say in the short term the current price of gas has more to do with world events than anything a politician can accomplish right a i wa. >> the reality is that there's not a quick domestic fix. it's really what happens in the world market and in this rising situation of tension with iran that will determine it. >> reporter: now it is such an important issue for voters. you can expect it will come up in tonight's debate here. the ee coop mi, energy policies

of the president, social issues. there's a very full plate. it will be a lot to watch. >> jan, if michigan is so crucial, how crucial is this debate for the results that we may see in michigan on the 28th? >> reporter: well, charlie, it seems like would he have' had about a hundred debates since the campaign got started. this one is one that could matter a lot. it's the first debate -- it's really the last debate between now and super tuesday and the first debate since we've had that new front-runner, rick santorum, shoot to the top of the pack taking over mitt romney. so there is a lot at stake for all of these candidates, but especially for rick santorum because he's going to be in center stage. he is the man you are going to be looking at. voters want to see from him is he presidential? that's the question that he's going to have to answer tonight. he's done very well in these debates up until this point. >> jan, thanks. this morning president obama is proposing to overhaul the federal tax code for corporations. cutting tax rates and loopholes.

chief white house correspondent nora o'donnell has been looking at the president's plan. she joins us this morning. nora, what can you tell us so far about this plan? >> reporter: well, under the current tax system the u.s. is soon going to have one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. that puts u.s. businesses and manufacturers at a disadvantage. the president is going to announce this overhaul, this plan for reforming the corporate tax code bringing down the rate from currently at 35% to 28% with a better rate for manufacturers. but the reason this comes today is because just two days from now mitt romney is going to be unveiling his own economic speech in detroit so make no mistake, the president's political advisors want an election year debate, not just about the corporate tax code system but also the whole tax system in general. and so that's why they're setting up that debate this week for the president to make that, but there is little chance this year that this tax reform proposal will make it through the congress because there's just too much politics going on.

>> nora, one question, when you factor in the deductions and the exedges, will corporations pay a slight increase in the amount of money they pay in taxes? >> reporter: they probably will, charlie, because the treasury department is also proposing a minimum tax on u.s. corporations so that they would have to pay something. in the end though the goal from the treasury department, they've been working on this proposal for a long time in cord nation with a lot of corporations who have long said that this corporate tax rate is outdated, it should be changed, it should be scrapped. it makes it uncompetitive. it should make the system more simple and fair. >> with us, jack welch is with us. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. how are you? >> so tell us what it means that the dow jones has had this success that it's had yesterday and does it mean, in fact, that the economic recovery is

underway? >> well, it is a reflection of the better economic times that we have seen over the last five months or so. there's no question the economy is picking up. you've seen it in all the numbers. it's even moved in the last few weeks into the construction area where you're seeing a glimmer of hope where there hasn't been any light at all. >> because of housing? >> yes. >> when you look at what the president's proposing, you have been a long hp time advocate of lower corporate taxes. is the president going in the right direction as far as you're concerned? >> clearly he is and this is the political season, as you know better than anybody else, and we're going to have dueling tax proposals and as long as they go in this direction, it's all good. but there won't be anything done this year. >> speaking of this -- speaking of tax, i want you to listen to

this sound bite of governor chlistie on television last night. >> how many billionaires are there in new jersey. >> i don't know the answer. >> roughly. >> i have not a clue. >> how about the top 1% of people in new jersey pay 41% of the income tax. >> are all the billionaires in new jersey going to get 10%. >> everybody will get 10%. >> you know where i'm going at. >> i know where you're going at. >> warren buffet -- >> he should just write a check and shut up. >> do you agree with the governor of new jersey or do you agree with warren buffet that there ought to be more tax on the super rich? >> charlie, i paid over 30% every year. it depends on where you come from. if you're in a corporation and you get a w-2 form, you pay 28 to 35%. if you're an investor, you get a different number. depends on where we want to go. i don't feel undertaxed in any way at all.

>> but most of the people that are in your economic bracket tell me they're prepared to pay more taxes if, in fact, they could be sure where the money was going. >> well, i mean, that's -- i heard that people have that idea. if we thought it would go to deficit reduction and not more silly programs, maybe that would be a good argument. >> what do you see as the crucial issue in the michigan debate between rick santorum and your candidate, mitt romney, the man that you have supported? >> i think it's going to depend on who has the best economic program, who, in fact, can assure the american people that they're interested in jobs, creating a better economy, jobs for everybody. and i think the republicans have gotten a little bit off the jobs skit in the past two weeks, whether it's the media or their own message. >> you mean focusing on social

issues? >> yeah. and i don't think that's going to be constructive in this debate. >> could gas prices be a big issue for the president if, in fact, they continue to rise? >> well, the president's getting a bit of a break here, charlie, in that the natural gas has dropped precipitously. it's now $2.50 perfect million btu. >>s. over 60 million homes are heated with natural gas. they're seeing a wonderful income break this year. but of course gasoline prices have always been a political hot bed, whether it's republican or democrat. and the republicans will use it to their advantage. if we see numbers over $4 across the spectrum. >> if rick santorum wins in michigan and becomes the nominee, can you support him? >> i will support any republican

nominee against the current incumbent. >> do you believe as speaker gingrich said here yesterday on this program that it's important in the interest of national security to defeat president obama? >> no. that's something -- i'm not going there. i'm talking about the economy, about more jobs for more people, better society. i'm all there, and i'm not interested -- the foreign policy issue, i think the president's done a reasonable job in foreign policy. in my opinion, it's been one of his strongest areas. >> but you believe in economic recovery reflected by the stock market may be underway? >> i mean, charlie, we have printed $7 trillion of money since 2007 around the world. in the last six months there's been 103 easings in financial

policy to enhance growth. everyone is pumping -- is priming the pump. so this economy and the global economy is going to recover. greece, look at them. they bailed out greece. so the economy is going to recover. there's no question. >> from florida, jack welch. thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thanks, charlie. two more western reporters, one of them an american, died today covering the fighting in syria. american marie colvin and french for remi osleek were killed in homs. syrian government forces shelled the city. yesterday colvin reported for cnn on the unrelenting attacks. >> it's a complete and you thor lie that they are only going after terrorists. there are rockets shells, tank shells, antiaircraft being fired in parallel line into the city. the syrian army is basically

shelling the city of starving civilians. >> activists inside homs say at least 19 people have been killed in today's attack. the united nations says the latest nuclear talks with iran have failed. the u.n. nuclear inspection team arrived in vienna today following two days of talks. it was not allowed to visit a site where iran is believed to be working on nuclear weapons. in a statement today the u.n. said, no agreement was reached on resolving the, quote, possible military dimensions of the iranian program. earlier today iran's top religious leader said his country does not seek nuclear weapons because they are useless, harmful, and dangerous. there is a dramatic rescue effort going on now after a train wreck in buenos aires, argentina, this morning. witnesses say a train packed with commuters came into the station too fast. it slammed into a barrier at the end of the line. argentina's secretary of administration said at least 340 people were injured including

the motor man who was controlling the train. he says it is unknown at this hour if anyone cass killed. survivors say windows exploded, people were thrown on top of one another. it was a jumble of metal and glass. officials say there were no braking problems for the train. >> time to show you this morning's head lines. we've done several stories on shortages of cancer drugs, putting patients at risk. now "the new york times" reports

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let's start you off with a trouble spot along 280 northbound as you head near 85. at one point all lanes were blocked to clear a multi- vehicle accident. now everything is over to the shoulder but we're seeing a line of red there and yellow so slow conditions. also northbound 280 headed through downtown san jose, some sluggish conditions there, as well. no delays along 101. 880/237 stacked up at the connector. also off the eastshore freeway, traffic sluggish headed towards the bay bridge toll plaza. once you get to the bay bridge, you're backed up into the maze. that's a look at traffic. lawrence has the forecast. >> sun coming up and a couple of clouds in the skies this morning but boy, it is going to be spectacular as we head into the afternoon. over the bay a few high clouds there. dense fog in the valleys especially into the napa area but by this afternoon, about 75 degrees in napa and sunny, 65 and sunny in pacifica and about 74 degrees in san jose. the beautiful weather continuing for one more day, then a cooldown is on the way. much cooler temperatures, breezy over the weekend.

the bridge in steubenville, ohio stood for 83 years. it took seconds to bring it down yesterday. don't worry, a new bridge has been built to replace it. welcome back to "cbs this morning." a british man faces a court hearing in missouri accused of spending 19 years on the run. police in england say he's a thief and international fugitive who was finally tracked down in a most unlikely place. special correspondent jeff glor spoke with the relative who turned him in and is afraid for her life. good morning. >> erica, good morning. it was called the perfect crime that became the imperfect

secret. stretching from england to ozark, missouri. it is over now because of fast eddie maher's daughter-in-law. she's currently at a safe house but we managed to arrange an interview on camera and she has quite a story. >> he would talk about it as if it was so cool that he had been here illegally. his dad is a famous bank robber as if it was something really cool to brag about. >> the mystery was nearly as old as the woman who ended it. 25-year-old jessica king. >> when i saw the picture of fast eddie maher 20 years, i knew it was him. if you ever see the man's eyes, it's him. >> fast eddie maher, the driver of an armored car on the east coast of england in january 1993. a million and a half dollars went missing and so did maher. >> 30 officers are now involved girlfriend, debra brett and their three-year-old son. >> the police have launched an

international search for him. it's thought he may have gonna broad. >> this was at the wedding. >> until 19 years later when a newly married jessica king says she heard a seemingly unbelievable story from her drunk husband, lee. >> that him and his mom and his dad were all illegal aliens, his birth certificate was fake, his social security card was fake, his dad robbed a bunch of money from england and they've been moving from state to state here in the united states ever since. just stuff you wouldn't ever believe if somebody just was telling you. >> he gives you all these details. you still thought it was too hard to believe? >> i didn't believe it but i was on the edge. i was concerned how he could come up with such details if it's just a lie. >> what pushed her over the edge, she says, was when her husband became abusive. >> started out with pushing me

into corners or up against the wall. i tried to walk myself in the bedroom and he would kick the door down. >> pushing led to punching says jessica. and the lee king adamantly denies nia bus charges, swres ka says there was more. a dire warning from her father-in-law. >> he looked me in my eyes and said that i know that you know. i will kill you. i will bloody kill you. >> do you feel he's a guy that will follow through on those threats? >> absolutely. >> on february 6th, jessica walked into a local police station and told detectives what she knew. the manhunt that had baffled english authorities for almost two decades. >> photographs of mr. maher and ms. brett are being sent to police forces across europe. >> was over. >> ending at this house in quiet ozark, missouri. 4400 miles from the crime scene. the mahers had apparently lived in at least five states.

fast eddie working as a cable tv repairman. >> eddie maher is now sitting in this green county, missouri, jail at the time being not a threat to jessica king. but jessica says her ex-husband is a different story. >> that's because lee king remains in missouri. >> i don't think he realized that he let it slip. >> jessica, now ten weeks pregnant with lee's child, remains in a safe house. >> sometimes i feel like maybe lee isn't going to track me down. then other times, i'm extremely paranoid, is he following me, is he going to find me? how mad is he that his dad is in prison and these secrets are out? my biggest fear is how long do i have to hide? how long do i have to be scared? >> this is a fascinating story. >> it is. >> what's the most interesting thing for you? >> the most interesting thing for me is when lee knew is one

big question here. jessica says that he knew for a long time. this is the son of fast eddie maher. lee says that he just found out recently. so -- and the question is, what happens to lee then? when i spoke to him, he says he's in the process of being sent back to england along with his mother, as we mentioned fast eddie maher is still in jail, likely also he's going back to england to face charges there. >> what's surprising, where he ended up. somebody committed this crime would find an island in the caribbean and the pacific not the ozark. >> they flew to the u.s. after this happened 19 years ago, lived in at least five different states at the time. never made any friends with anyone, jessica says. never wanted their pictures taken. jessica says even at the wedding. they reluctantly agreed to have one or two pictures taken. they said away from people, worked quiet. worked as a cable tv repairman

and kept moving. >> not quiet enough. >> he declared bankruptcy at one point. >> good question, what happened to the money. he declared bankruptcy in 2010. jessica says any time they asked for money, they gave it to them. >> cash. >> they gave them money. >> he's now on the way back to england? >> presumably. he's still in this green county, missouri, jail. he will have a hearing today. not much will likely come out of that hearing. but then eventually, the

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in today's "healthwatch," women and heart attack symptoms. a new study finds women are more likely to have a heart attack without chest pain. so they're less likely to get immediate treatment and they're more likely to die in the hospital especially when it comes to younger women. >> lour lori mosca is here from columbia medical center. i'm pleased to have her here this morning. what's the significance of this, especially for women? >> this is really important news for women because they need to be aware that the symptoms of a heart attack may be different than they might expect. it's not the classic hollywood heart attack. it occurs the less common symptoms occur more frequently in women than they do men. >> so what's the message for women? what should they do knowing this is the reality? >> the most important thing women need do is be aware of what we call atypical symptoms

of a heart attack are. when they're aware of the symptoms, they're more likely to take the appropriate action. this study was actually important because it linked not knowing what those symptoms were to having worse outcome. >> but we do know what some of the symptoms are. what are things to be aware of? >> important to be aware that lightheadedness for example, shortness of breath, pain in the upper body that can radiate to the neck, the back, the arms. indigestion, stomach upset. generally just breaking out into a sweat. and the other thing that a lot of women aren't aware of, overwhelming fatigue is a symptom of a heart attack. >> these are all things that are tough for women to grab on to. we talk about how women treat themselves last. are they also using the right terms when they see the doctor? what are things we should be saying to pay attention to the symptoms in the right way. >> that's an important area, erica. when we go to the doctor, we need to be informed about what our risk factors for heart

disease are. then we can put the symptoms in context. as you pointed out, busy mom, you often will feel fatigued, you might be lightheaded. you didn't eat that day. it's important to put the symptoms in context. know what your risk for heart disease is. know your risk factors. >> here's what i don't understand. why is it different for women than men? >> charlie, i wish i knew the answer to that. we don't actually know why women present more -- with more unusual symptoms of a heart attack. this study was important because it showed there was an important gender difference. about 42% of women, when they had a heart attack, presented with nonchest pain symptoms and only 30% of men. we don't know why. >> what are possible explanations? >> there is a theory that the biology of heart disease in women might be a little bit different. that our plaques are different compared to men. this might explain it. women also with diabetes tend to

have different symptoms and women may have more diabetes than men. that may influence how they experience chest pain. >> you're engaged in preventative heart care, main thing is don't smoke, watch your diet. what else? >> absolutely important. the three most important things are lifestyle, lifestyle, lifestyle. as you point out x don't smoke, eat a better diet. importantly, get up and move. regular physical activity. these two things, nutrition and exercise affect one of the most common risk factors for having a heart attack. that is being overweight. we need to maintain a healthy weight. very important in preventing heart disease. >> thank you. >> my pleasure. another sensitive medical issue is a political football. find out what one candidate says about prenatal testing. we'll look at a change that could change so much for pregnant women and expectant families in general. you're watching "cbs this morning." cbs "healthwatch" sponsored

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you see the possible consequences. it's a terrible thing to berkeley investi it is 7:56. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm elizabeth wenger. berkeley investigators are looking into what caused an early-morning art gallery fire. it forced four people from their homes on page street. two firefighters were bitten by a dog. more than 3,000 customers lost power this morning after a pg&e transformer blew up and sparked a fire in the mission district. about 130 customers are still without electricity. and the san jose earthquakes are a step closer to building their new soccer stadium near mineta international airport. the city planning commission is expected to take a final vote this evening on whether to approve that development plan. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. ,,

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good morning from the traffic center. brand new problems along 101 as you work your way southbound at peninsula avenue. multi-vehicle accident blocking lanes. lots of delays in both directions. use 280 as an alternate. else where westbound 237 at north first street we have an accident through there slow at the connector from 237 over to 880. backed up into the maze. sluggish headed into san francisco. north 880 also starting to see some slight delays through oakland. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> gianna what a day we have come our way today. sunshine all the way to the coastline. these temperatures are just going to be something else, folks. enjoy it. beautiful as we look toward the golden gate bridge right now. still, a couple of reports of some patchy fog in some of the valleys especially in the north bay. a few high clouds drifting overhead. by the afternoon, sunshine and 75 degrees in livermore. 74 in san jose. about 69 in san francisco. and about 75 degrees in santa rosa. tomorrow, almost a carbon copy. cooling off on friday, much cooler over the weekend. ,,,,,,,,

i can't believe i'm about to cut off -- >> cut me off. can i just say this, and i'll see you next time around. >> oh, no. don't cut off adele. she got mad and made that universal we're number one. they tried to shutt her up last night. they ended up apoll jieogizing adele. this is "cbs this morning." >> the u.s. supreme court takes up a case about honor and dishonor. >> lying about receiving a military honor is a disgrace, but should it be a crime? chip, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. xavier alvarez admits he was lying in 2007 when he said he had earned the medal of honor,

the nation's highest military award. today, the supreme court will hear arguments over whether that lie was a crime. the medal of honor is bestowed on only a few. and doug sterner, a vietnam veteran, and two-time recipient of the bronze star, wants it to stay that way. >> these are real heros. >> reporter: sterner is on a mission from his virginia home. he exposes people who lie about their military service and the honors they receive. >> in your experience, the people who do this, what motivates them? >> it can be anything from trying to pick up a good looking woman in a bar with your fascinating military history to trying to get elected to political office. >> reporter: xavier alvarez is one of those who tried to get away with it in 2007 while serving on a local government board in california. he told an audience he'd been in the marines for 25 years and complete fabrication. alvarez was charged and

convicted under the stolen valor act, a law that makes lying about military honors a crime. he's appealing to the supreme court, saying it violates his right to free speech. >> people have to feel they can speak without being criminally punished. we don't need to criminalize all things the government declares to be lies. >> reporter: according to court documents 45 people have been prosecuted under stolen valor. >> i was trained in the ranger school. >> reporter: jesse macbeth was sentenced to five months in prison after he claimed he received the purple heart for service in iraq. turns out he never made it out of army basic training. >> it's wrong. ethically, it's wrong. >> reporter: leo thorsness received the medal of honor in vietnam, where he also spent six years as a prisoner of war. he says those who lie about military awards deserve to be

punished. >> he's diminishing the honor of the people who won it, who deserve it. >> reporter: doug sterner agrees. >> if i don't address the phonies when i find

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when was the last time you had had, like, a piece of pie or a soft drink or any sugar at all? was it that date, may 10? >> i haven't had dessert. i've eaten -- like, i'm not supposed to eat grapes. every now and then. >> i love grapes.

i eat a lot of carrots. you can't eat carrots. >> i should eat not that many carrots. cucumbers. >> this just gets more depressing the more we talk about it. >> i know. >> what i can eat. i'm dairy free. >> you don't eat dairy? what do you eat? stuff you find in your pocket? >> what does alec eat? >> lint, apparently. >> good eating. we found a few reasons to make a long story short. wall street journal is focusing on men and women who are literally fashion victims. if your collar is too tight, you can get headaches. a cinched belt can damage your waist. high heels, i'm not getting into that. >> we don't need to worry about that, right? huffingtonpost.com says bobby braun is looking to publish a book on his marriage to whitney houston. four years ago, no one took him up on it.

>> and a historic auction. one of the four copies of the famous painting "scream." it could sell for more than $80 million. >> scientists think eeating dessert for breakfast may help you lose weight. a new study gives you the choice of cookies, chocolate cake, or ice cream at breakfast. when you think about it, it would work. you have the whole day to work it off. >> i'm thinking it doesn't make sense to me, but i'll have a banana pudding for two, please. love banana pudding. and bruce springsteen fans can find his newest song online this morning. "jack of all trades" is on the new album "wrecking ball." you can find is on a dutch website. what's so exciting about that, erica, is they've been releasing a song every single day on a different site. "wrecking ball" comes out next month. i cannot wait. >> i can't either. can we get him in the studio? pull some strings, gayle.

>> me no speak english. wouldn't we love that? >> we would. a bit more serious note. there's a new advance in prenatal screening which is giving pregnant women something to think about. new tests can show if their babies have down syndrome earlier than ever before. you'll meet one mom who had to deal with a similar decision. you're watching "cbs this morning." you're watching "cbs this morning." this portion of "cbs this morning," sponsored by turbo tax this information sponsored by turbo tax software. choose easy. one thing has never changed-- people want to know their taxes have been done right. to help, you can get free one-on-one expert tax advice. if you have a question, just call or do an online chat with one of us. we even guarantee that all turbo tax calculations are accurate.

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chris christie seems chris christie seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding of marriage. especially the equality part. it's surprising because he, too, is a member of society that does

not respect. i'm referring to his choice to live openly as an obese american. i'm wondering what his position would be on this issue if it went thusly. >> i don't think you can redefine marriage. fat marriage is wrong. we fought hard and prevented massachusetts from becoming the las vegas of fat marriage. >> ouch. prenatal testing has turned into an unlikely campaign issue. presidential candidate rick santorum said this beak that some test in his words encourage abortion. >> this morning, we take a look at a new test that reveals birth abnormalities at a much earlier stage than before, which is sure to give many expected mothers and their families a lot to think about. >> reporter: take one look at the smiling face of 4-year-old grace, and it's easy to see why shes the love of her mother's life.

>> i almost lost out on the best thing in my life. >> reporter: mid way through her second trimester, melanie and her husband discovered their baby would be born with down syndrome. the couple considered ending the pregnancy. >> this was definitely the most difficult decision i've ever had in my life. i think i already loved the baby. i couldn't do it. i couldn't terminate. and that's just where i was at. i just had to go to my husband and say i can't terminate this pregnancy. >> reporter: that early diagnosis helped them prepare for the challenges that would come after grace's birth. getting the news involved some risk. she had a procedure known as am knee yoe centesis. a needle is inserted into the womb to remove a small amount of fluid. it with identity several genetic disorders but can also cause miscarriage.

recent developments have helped doctors develop a safer test. it can be administered at just ten weeks and is nearly 100% accurate. the test analyzes the mother's blood and counts fragments from the fetus' dna to identify the presence of an extra chromosome, which can signify downs. according to a medical geneticist in boston, this is the beginning of a new era of prenatal screening. >> lost in risk to the fetus. it's a simple blood drop from the arm. it raises a provocative question of how much do we test for, and do we, as a society, draw the line? >> reporter: expectant parents are routinely offered prenatal testing for various genetic disorders. decisions which could become even more difficult. >> if it's not for down syndrome, what is it for? is it for homosexuality? is it for breast cancer, a

alzheimer's? you're going to need to ask those questions, because they're coming. >> reporter: they would never want to imagine life without grace. >> grace is amazing. >> grace is very cute too. dr. paul wolpe joins us now from atlanta. welcome, doctor. >> good morning. >> good morning. it's my understanding that unlike the test that many of us are familiar with, this latest test allows you to do it so much earlier before the pregnancy is visible to others. what's the impact on that? >> the fact it's earlier simply means that mothers are going to be challenged with this decision earlier in their pregnancies. if they do choose to terminate the pregnancy, it will be less complicated procedure. notice that melanie said she had to face a very tough decision. i think more and more women are going to be facing tough decisions as this test and other similar tests are developed. >> the research shows that for

most women, over 90%, given the option if they know they're having a baby with downs would make the decision to have an abortion. do you think that this could lead to a world without down syndrome kids? >> well, first of all, i'm not sure that it's that high. that was one study from the u.k. the statistics may be lower in the united states. i don't think so. first of all, some women will not get the test. other women choose, as melanie did, not to abort even though they have the information. so i don't think that we're going to end up, at least in the foreseeable future, in a world without kids with down syndrome. many parents, i think, actually take the path that melanie took. and they end up very glad they did. >> and a lot of parents will choose not even to have those tests. you're presented with this barrage of tests that are on options for you. when you look at these questions

and the tests that are coming, there's talk of how early you can tell the sex of a baby, choosing eye color. how does that lead to the decision to actually present these tests to expectant mothers? >> well, first of all, things like choosing eye color, choosing gender, that it happens much more often in invitro fertilization when you have a dish with embryos and you can decide which to implant. it doesn't happen very much at this point in terms of aborting a child. the kinds of tests we do in pregnant women, prenatally, tend to be disease-oriented tests. then parents are faced with a challenge. should they actually maintain the pregnancy in the face of sometimes devastating disabilities in their children? i think that that's a decision that each couple, each mother, each parent needs to make individually. >> the case that some people make for having those tests too and knowing that is once the child is born, it makes it

easier because they know what's ahead of them. is that a legitimate point that's being made, do you think? does it make it easier, in fact, to deal with what comes with the birth of a child who may have some sort of abnormality? >> i think it's clear that knowing that your child is going to need special care of some kind allows parents to plan for that early on. in down syndrome, the special care may not be particularly, you know, complex, but in some of these conditions, you may actually need to set up things like ventilators and other kinds of home care if you plan to take that child home. >> i always think, too, doctor, you don't know what you're going to do until you're in the position. i tell you, i have friends that have children with down syndrome, and everybody says it has enhanced my life for the better. i don't know anybody who has had a down syndrome child that has any regrets about that once the baby is born. >> and i think that that's true.

on the other hand, you know, it is an enormous commitment for parents to raise a child with special needs. i think what we have decided in this society, at least for now, is that parents need to make those decisions. you know, we can advocate for certain kinds of decisions. we can suggest that with particular kinds of conditions, parents need to think very carefully and long about how they want to handle it. but i think that the decision has to remain with the parents. >> dr. wolpe, thank you. alan alda is with us this morning. he's got a new movie coming out this week. he'll join us in studio 57 to talk about life after. you're watching "cbs this morning." your local news is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

p g and e is trying to restore good morning. it's 8:25. i'm grace lee with your news headlines. pg&e is trying to restore power to about 130 customers in san francisco's mission district. that's after a transformer explosion sparked this fire that you see here. the utility shut off power to about 2400 people earlier this morning. pg&e used its own extinguisher to knock out the flames. a domestic dispute may have led to an early-morning shooting in north oakland. officers arrested a woman accused of firing at her boyfriend. he was picking up stuff from a home on 44th street around 4:30 this morning. police say she missed and he was not injured in that incident. a new poll shows california republicans are warming up to the idea of rick santorum as a presidential nominee. new numbers show he has 25% of their support. rival mitt romney is still in

the lead with 31%. both will face off in the debate tonight in arizona. california's primary, though, months away. it is set for june 15. a lot could happen before then. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,

with your c-b-s five headlines... good morning. let's take you right to 880 where we are getting first reports of an accident northbound 880 at 98th avenue. you can see lots of red there on our sensors.

you tap the brake lights in that area. here's a live look and traffic is crawling along 880. 41 minutes now to go north 880 from 238 to the maze. at the maze it's better but slow and go at the toll plaza towards the bay bridge toll plaza and a new wreck southbound 280 at west 4 blocking one lane and traffic is starting to stack up behind this accident. no delays northbound. mass transit a good choice. everything on time. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> gianna, what a great day we have coming our way. lots of sunshine, going to see sunshine all the way to the coast, a little sea haze out there now but looking good as we are going to clear you out at the beaches and plenty of sunshine there. in fact, temperatures right now a little cool toward the coastline. 40s. you have 40s elsewhere and 50s inside the bay. by the afternoon, though, we're basking in the sunshine. mid-60s at the coastline. some mid-70s in the valleys. the next couple of days, carbon copy tomorrow. then we cool off much cooler over the weekend. ,, ,,,,,,,,

. ♪ come on, baby don't you want to go ♪ same old place ♪ sweet home chicago . mick jagger hands the president the mike and that's what happened. president obama b.b. king and more. that was from last night's big concert at the white house of blues. we'll have more on that in a bit. welcome back to "cbs this

morning." for 40 years, we have known alan alda as a really good guy and hawkeye pierce from the classic tv series m.a.s.h. he's been a best selling author, starred in more than two dozen films. in the latest role he played the leader of a commune in a new movie called "wander lust". >> just remember, money buys nothing. >> nothing important. >> no, no. money literally buys nothing. >> i think you mean metaphorically. >> no, literally nothing. >> literally, money buys most things. >> no, nothing. >> i'm saying literally -- >> i'm saying literally money buys nothing. >> it buys nothing. >> money pace for nothing. >> that's right. >> what a voice. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> if you were president, you could sing with mick jagger and b.b. king and have a night of blues at the white house. >> as soon as you're president, you're able to sing, is that it? >> seems to go that way.

>> you can sing who you want to. >> when you're president, nobody tells you, you can't sing. >> you but he's pretty good. >> he sounded good. >> tell us approximate this movie wander lust. >> paul rudd and jennifer aniston play a couple who lose their jobs and have to move away and wind up without realizing it, they think they're staying overnight in the place and really, it's really a free love commune. founded by me. >> could i just say alan alda, when i saw the movie, i'm thinking you had to crack up when you were reading the script. there were a lot of swinging penises around the movie. there were lots of them swinging around. >> can you say that this early in the morning? >> you actually can. you actually can. did you crack up? you know what i mean, alan alda. >> my father was in burlesque when i was two and three years old. i used to stand in the wings watching burlesque. it wasn't anything in this movie i hadn't seen before.

>> but was it fun? >> it was -- you know what was fun about this movie. i never saw this happen. the spirit of the commune sort of took over the cast and the crew. and everybody stuck together virtually, anyway, after the movie. everybody e-mails everybody. a year later after we made the movie. we're all in touch with one another. so maybe that will happen to the audience. maybe it will go out of the theater -- they'll all try to touch each other. >> from the commune to your own household, we were talking before we started. i said i loved your wife. >> so do i. >> this is news to me about you. >> and you said that when you're at dinner, you'll hear her having an interesting conversation. >> when we have dinner at somebody's house and they often like to separate the couples. she'll be at the other end of a long table, i try to hear what she's saying because she always says something different. i don't know when she has time to do all this thinking. she comes up with new stuff.

>> i'm at my end of the table telling storist is she's heard a hundred times. >> how long have you been married in. >> in a month or so, 55 years. >> what is it that the two of you know that so many of us don't know about what it takes sm. >> i don't think we know anything. >> it's not such a secret. we love each other. try that. a lot of people maybe don't try that. >> there's also this about you. life after m.a.s.h. you're working as much as you ever wanted to work. not only movies, but science series for public television. >> yeah. i wrote a play about a play. i do things apart from that. i have a wonderful program at stony brook university where we teach scientists to communicate more effectively, with more clarity. called the center for communicating science. it's thrilling for me. i put them through things that they don't expect.

like improvising, of course. where scientists learn to improvise so when they're in front of an audience they're more at ease and personable and let the science come out but the person come out too. i have an exciting life. i goat to experiment with these things. >> it's still exciting to you after all this time, still? >> i still am a kid. >> how old are you, alan alda? >> 76. but i still have a picture on the wall of this old guy. i just -- it's nice to have these senior citizens on this program. >> in your mind, how do you see yourself? >> i'm a kid. i think you're a kid not because of how you look, but because of what you're trying to accomplish, trying to get better at things. >> do you still try to get better at things? >> yes. i have a lot to get better at. >> we all do. you know what's nice about getting -- having longer lives

now. we may have a chance do two or three different careers. that would be wonderful. we're really, try something completely different. >> you've also had brush or two with death as well. >> we both did. >> almost around the same time. >> we've talked about that before. >> are there any regrets for you? when you look at this remarkable life and this remarkable marriage and the fact that you were such a huge television star and a movie star. >> i don't regret being a huge star, no. >> that's pretty good. >> you know, i don't have any regrets. it's really kind of a two sided thing. i don't have any regrets and yet, every once in a while, i'll remember something from the distant past and i'll wince. what a jerk i was that day. i'll go -- i'll be driving and go like this. arlene will say what's the matter sh i said, it was 30 years ago. never mind.

what are you bothering, 30 years ago. on the other hand, i don't have any regrets. >> you're a good man. good to talk with you. >> with a good career. our pest to arlene. >> thank you. >> i'd like to know the secret. >> she's probably home know saying why is he telling that story. why didn't he leave me alone? >> i'm thinking she loves you too. thank you alan alda. the movie wander lust opens on friday in theaters. if you need a laugh, you should go. >> your co-star, jennifer aniston, i talked to her in california recently. we'll have that for you on monday. former democratic senator says the united states failed to respond to the challenges of 9/11.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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>> are all the billionaires in new jersey going to get 10% income tax reduction. >> everybody will get 10%. >> you know where i'm going with that. >> i understand -- ten years after 9/11 america is still under threat. however, russ feingold believes the threat is not just from america's enemies. it's from ourselves. >> the former democratic senator's best known for his work on campaign finance reform. he offers a roadmap for the next ten years in his new book "while america sleeps" a wakeup call for the post 9/11 era. senator, welcome. good to have you here. >> good morning. >> what is it we need to know and what do we need to learn as we look ahead? >> i think we all remember, we were completely shocked on 9/11. i don't need to tell the people around here that. i think we all said, we need to make sure that we never forget about what's going on in the rest of the world. we made some terrible missteps with regard to iraq and sort of invading country by country. not taking a global view of the world. now it seems to me, we've taken the attitude that bin laden is

gone and sure am glad that's gone. that's not the reality. the reality is we need a better connection and understanding to the rest of the world. people in government. also all of us as individuals. the country seems to know more about us -- >> he worries about america's understanding of foreign policy. >> exactly. i mean, winston churchill, the reason i call the book "while america sleeps" he wrote a book called while england slept. >> this was jack kennedy. >> kennedy wrote a book responding to that. he said to the british people in the floor of the house of commons, do you understand what's going on in germany? do you understand the buildup over there? and he said, we're used to being an island nation speaking of england. we're sort of used to being in effect an island nation having the seas on each side. woe we know that's not going to work. with the globalization of the economy an the internet and all the things that happened, we'll

never be able to sit here and wait for things to be done to us. my belief is we don't know enough about the rest of the world. we mock our politicians if they know something about the rest of the world. gingrich ran an ad attacking romney for knowing french. i don't think it's a bad thing for somebody to be able to communicate overseas. gingrich said several days ago that he worries about america's national security if barack obama is re-elected. you stepped forward to say, i worry about america's security if republicans are elected. is this the rhetoric we should be having? >> i think the rhetoric should be about the fact that this is an area where we can work together much the republican field is choosing only those things that talk about a foreign policy where they think they can hurt the president. they think in iran that's the way to go. what about what he's done? the president has been terrific in terms of reaching out to the islamic and muslim world, to the cairo speech, indonesia, india.

no more osama bin laden, no morale awlaki. he's provided a better -- than i think any president. that's a good thing. turning to a guy who like gingrich who is hostile to the world would be a step backwards. >> i wonder what's happening to us in terms of a country, the snarkiness. and meanness. what newt gingrich said the other day on the program. you were in the senate for a long time and just left last year. when did it become so difficult and so nasty? you were there when it was good. we were really getting along and now when we can't seem to get together. >> there's always partisanship but you're right, things went downhill in the early '90s. as the tea party rose. they didn't want to talk about certain things, at the they wanted to blame obama for everything five minutes after he was president. they wanted to rule out talking

about foreign policy. herman cain was the ultimate example. uz becky, becky, stand stan stan and made fun of it. it's just to the north of pakistan, afghanistan. it's an important country. we shouldn't make fun of it. we should understand it and all americans should be part of trying to understand what's going on in the rest of the world. >> let me look at the general election coming up. david brooks wrote a column saying where are the liberals. he suggested the following. that most people in america agree with the liberal understanding of the issues. but at the same time, they disagreed with the instrument of change which is government. >> well, i think most americans realize if you completely abandon any role of government at all if you have difficulties, that's a mistake. it has to be a partnership between the private sector and when you need government, you have to use it. i think the president was right to propose a stimulus package. the truth is, we've had positive job growth for almost two years and they've jumped all over him and said it was a disaster

before it started. frankly, i've never seen a president treated this way. here's a guy elected by a big margin and they tried to destroy his administration from the beginning. we never did that to george bush. he didn't really necessarily win that election and ee didn't do that to him. yet, president obama is coming through this domestically and internationally in a way -- >> but you've been critical on the president two instances, guantanamo and second you've been critical over the fact that he is going to a super pac because he says he needs to do that. >> that's exactly the kind of president he is. he has asked me to be one of his co-chairs of his campaign. i gladly accepted even though i have criticized him. >> do you want him to reverse his position -- >> absolutely not. i said it, it's a mistake. i think it's no harder for him to win without that money. we'll end up as corporate democrats that do trade a dpreemts and allowing wall street do what it wants. here's a guy that encourages

people to disagree him. i agree with him 95% of the issues but not the super pac. >> you call him a centrist or liberal? >> i don't want to label him. he's capable and he has a vision for the world. i don't think the label means anything. i think he's a good president. i think he's going to be a great president by the time it's over snoomt thank you for coming, senator. good to see you. >> really good to see you. >> president obama was belting out a little blues last night. mick jagger and b.b. king were his backup singers. we're going out to the white house after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

♪ mick jagger. singing the blues at the white house last night. didn't have anything at all to

do with politics. >> b.b. king and mick jagger were there for a concert to be shown next week on pbs. bill plante said there was a surprise perform an. bill, good morning. >> well, good morning, erica. you know, the president channeled al green a few weeks ago and he's gotten his groove on. he did it again and you'll see that. it was a great show last night. ♪ >> the king of the blues himself kicked off last night. belting out his rendition of let the good times roll. ♪ >> b.b. king backed by on allstar lineup turned the white house into a cozy blues club in honor of black history month. as we celebrate black history month, the blues reminds us we've been through tougher times before. >> president obama and the first lady swayed in their seats to

blues legends ♪ ♪ >> and rising stars like trombone shorty. ♪ ♪ >> allstar jeff beck mellowed things out. before it was mick jagger's turn. >> ladies and gentlemen, mick jagger! >> the rolling stones front man danced his way in, then brought the crowd to it feet with an electrifying performance of i can't turn you loose. ♪ ♪ >> what an honor it is to be here and doing the show for the blues. something i fell in love with when i was about 12 years old. >> this is the 8th time the obamas played host to musical legends at the white house.

♪ >> last year stevie wonder honored the world of motown. kris kristofferson sang country. as last night's series wrapped up, the president couldn't resist singing the blues himself. helping pay tribute to his hometown. ♪ baby don't you want to go >> same old place snoet ♪ sweet home chicago snoet ♪ reminded the president that he had done some al green. the president seemed reluctant at first. but then he gave in. it was a great show to watch. >> bill, how do you resist when mick jagger hands you the microphone at the time to do that song, moves like jagger. how do you resist when mick jagger is handing you the microphone? >> absolutely not. the president did say, it's hard

to get out when you're president and it is. but he said, of course, when you're president you can have some guys over to just jam at home. >> nice collection of guys you just have over, too. works out pretty well. >> one of the side benefits of being president. you can invite them over to come in the white house and make it the house of blues. >> absolutely. >> i was also impressed with henson's introduction to mick jagger. she was very enthusiastic in introducing mick to the stage. >> she sure was. >> mick, after all these years. it goes to show you that age really is a number. doesn't he look fantastic? >> he looks like mick usinger. >> he does. >> moves like mick jagger. >> fair enough, bill. up next your local news. we'll see you tomorrow right here at this table on "cbs this we'll see you tomorrow right here at this table on "cbs this morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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five headlines... there's a hearing today on good morning. it's 8:55. i'm grace lee with your cbs 5 headlines. there is a hearing today on solyndra's request to give bonuses to some of the workers who are actually still on staff. the bankrupt fremont company says it needs to pay bonuses to keep employees from leaving. berkeley fire crews are searching for the cause of this structure fire that left four people homeless this morning. when crews arrived on scene, they thought a plane had crashed. that's because there is a plane tail sticking out of the roof. it turns out that's just part of an art installation. no injuries were reported in that fire. and more questions about a cannonball mishap may come up tonight during a "mythbusters" event in dublin. stars from the show are speak at dublin high tonight as part of national engineers week. the show has apologized for a failed experiment at a firing range that shot a cannonball

into a dublin neighborhood last december. no one was injured. here's lawrence with the latest on our weather forecast. looking good today. >> yeah. looking like a fantastic day outside, some of the nicest weather we have seen in some time. out the door now, great over coit tower. blue skies, lots of sunshine, we have had some reports of patchy fog earlier but that has dissipated now. just a few high clouds drifting overhead. by the afternoon, these temperatures are going to be something else. around 8 to 13 degrees above the average. as high as 75 degrees in santa rosa today. 74 in san jose. about 69 degrees in san francisco. sunshine out at the coastline. mid-60s there, too. next couple of days, going to be fantastic. very similar temperatures. but as we head into friday, the wind switches direction seeing more of a sea breeze. we begin to cool off with more low clouds and fog moving in along the coastline. much cooler and breezy over the weekend. we'll check out your "timesaver traffic" coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

good morning from the traffic center. look at this drive time as you work your way through 880. northbound 67 minutes from 238 to the maze. traffic is just calling along. we are dealing with the multi- vehicle accident northbound 880 right at 98th avenue. they cleared everything to the right shoulder but the damage is done. you have lots of slow conditions there. other accidents north 680 at stone valley roadblocking lanes slow both directions. south 280 at westboro this is still stuck in lanes looks like traffic sluggish out of daly city and north 280 at saratoga new wreck reported also blocking the road. traffic stacked up there. have a great day, everyone. ,,,,,,,,