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production. >> have a good weekend. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com . good morning to our viewers in the west, it is friday, february 24th, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. the midwest gets socked by a winter storm that will impact millions of americans this weekend and secretary of state hillary clinton tries to push syria's president to stop t brutal attacks on rebel forces. i'm gayle king. in his first ever interview from a mexican jail a former producer tells us he did not kill his wife. when i see you at 8:00 paul rudd talks about his movie with an old friend. i'm erica hill. hollywood takes on the real life story about navy s.e.a.l.s. you'll meet a real life african king. her name is peggy.
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>> first as we do every morning we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. you must never lose sight of what this is about. a regime making war on its own people. >> the international community demands a cease fire in syria. >> the u.n. has accused the syrian regime of shooting unarmed women and children. >> as journalists caught in the cross fire plea for help. >> i was wounded in a rocket attack yesterday. >> i'm ready to stay home all day. >> chicago gets slammed as a late season storm plows through the west. >> a winter weather advisory is in effect. >> enough of a storm to trigger 350 flight cancellations. >> this president has failed. he's out of ideas. he's out of excuses. >> there are no silver bullets. when it comes to gas prices. >> prices shooting up faster than adele's middle finger. >> it's just wrong.
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>> an alabama judge acquitting the man a us coulded of drowning his wife on a honeymoon. >> whoa. whoa. whoa. >> bullets fly and customers run for cover as police open fire and kill a driver at the end of a pursuit. >> a rescue helicopter begins to shake violently and falls apart. >> i can't believe this is happening. >> all that. >> jeremy lin. >> snoelt. ♪ jeremy lin >> and all that matters. >> they stare at me. >> who are you? >> the truck blew up. >> michael vick, we will have. >> on "cbs this morning." >> mitt romney a lot like jay leno. he can draw a crowd but nobody likes him. >> can i work at cbs now? it's going to be tough going back. >> but anyway. back. >> but anyway. >> wow. captioning funded by cbs
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welcome to "cbs this morning." it is a cool morning in much of the west but a snowy one across much of the rest of the nation. a major storm is causing road and flight delays from the dakotas to michigan. >> meantime, another storm is moving up the east coast bringing snow to parts of new england. we begin this morning. susan in a, good morning? >> good morning, erica. good morning to everyone in the west. the snow here this morning is pretty big deal just because on record this is the tenth warmest winter we've had here in chicago. we've only seen about 16 inches average we get about 28.5 inches of snow. already the snow this morning has caused major problems on the roadways for commuters. two people were killed and five others injured when a car spun out on a major interstate and caused a chain reaction crash.
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there has also been disruptions for air travelers. cancellations and delays at midway and o'hare airports. two airports here in chicago. for those people who have decided just to stay home today for the weekend, it's not such a bad idea to have snow. people can make some snow men, snow angels. i've seen people already have some snowball fights. >> appreciate looking on the bright side. that storm in the midwest is headed east. it could affect tens of millions of people by the weekend. lonnie nguyen of "cbs this morning" saturday is here. >> good morning. that storm right now that's in the midwest is actually affecting right now portions of the northeast. we show you some pictures a moment ago from waterbury, connecticut, with some snow falling. that's the same storm that stretches all the way out into the midwest. if you look at it on the satellite and the radar picture, i'm talking about 1,000 miles worth of a storm. for those of you who live in the snowbelt of the country, this is not the biggest storm you've
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ever seen, but that's one huge system. again, this is all one. who will be picking up most snow? let's pull up the snowfall totals. it's been a snow drought this particular winter, but from just south of buffalo, i want you to focus on this purple stripe from just south of buffalo through saranac up into carry bow, maine. we're talking six inches to a foot of snow. these are some towns that could use that snow because so much of their economy based on the ski season or the winter, it's been kind of a dry season. this will help immensely. when we go back to chicago, i'll show you numbers. they're halfway from where they should be. let's pull up the chicago numbers. it's not just chicago. you look at any area, milwaukee. so far this season they've picked up 18 inches of snow. so far this year they should have double that, 36.2 would be an average winter by this time for them. so we are way behind average for a good portion of the country. that's a quick look here guys at the weather picture. charlie, over to you. u.s. european and arab
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leaders are set to call for a cease fire in syria. secretary of state hillary clinton is attending a summit in tunisia where 200 prosyrian demonstrators tried to force their way in. the syrian army bombarded the city of homs once again this morning in its crackdown on an opponent to the ruling regime. clarissa ward is in tripoli, lebanon. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> what do they expect can come out of this? >> reporter: well, i think in the short term there is clearly a desperate need to deal with this humanitarian crisis in the city of homs which is spiraling out of control. there are shortages of food, of drinking water. there is no electricity. people with serious, serious injuries have no access to proper medical care so in the short term everybody is really hoping for some kind of a temporary cease fire to that said can be brought in and so that the wounded can be taken out of those hardest hit areas. >> is the assad regime prepared
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for a cease fire? >> reporter: it's impossible to know exactly what is going on in the minds of the assad regime. certainly i think the russians will have a very strong role to play in any kind of cease fire negotiations. they're one of the few countries in the world that seem to really have the assad regime's ear. so their input will certainly be very important in all of this. >> clarissa, there have been stronger statements now from the diplomatic community now. nicholas sarkozy talking about the journalists, he said they were tashlgted. and those who did it will have to pay for it. how does that help? >> reporter: there's no question that the international outcry over the deaths of the journalists is incredibly embarrassing to syria, the syrian regime. the syrian regime's response was to say that they had nothing to do with the shelling of that make shift media center. they also deny that those journalists were targeted in any
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way. the three western journalists who were injured in the attack, they simply asked them to present themselves to authorities so that they could get the proper accreditation to be reporting in syria. at this stage efforts still ongoing to try to get those three western journalists who have been injured out of homs and out of the country. the french ambassador expected to arrive in damascus today to push those negotiations forward. >> clarissa, what is going on behind you? >> there are 15,000 syrian refugees currently living in lebanon. you can see a small grouping of them. they've taken to the square today to protest the atrocities that are going on inside syria. they want the international community and they want especially those leaders in tunis to pay attention and to do something to help with this desperate situation. >> clarissa ward, thank you so much. stay safe. turning now to another hot spot, afghanistan. nine people are reported dead in
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a fourth day of violence over the burning of holly books. in the cap tul of kabul anti-american demonstrators are marching. mandy, we see that these rachet up on friday. >> reporter: yeah. these were always expected to be the largest and most passionate after friday prayers and a lot of them did turn violent. in western afghanistan, in harat, seven people were killed when protesters and police clashed there and protesters tried to disarm the security forces. they also torched a district center in the area. but in kabul the violence seemed to be quelled. that was largely down to the security presence. the riot police were out early. they were also blocked. a lot of protesters were blocked from reaching the center. they managed to disperse the crowds early. >> mandy, charlie rose here. did these protesters simply want
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to make a point about american presence and the burning of the koran or do they have a list of demands? >> reporter: well, there isn't one united message, but for some protesters, yes. they just want their anger felt. they want their voice heard. other protesters want to see that the people who are responsible for burning the koran be put on a public trial and others simply want to be seen to be equals in the eyes of the americans. >> mandy, there have been people we've talked about in the country in parliament, religious leaders who have called for after gans to attack americans. are there those in the country who are calling on them to draw down the attacks? >> reporter: there have been a number of religious leaders. they met yesterday. they decided that they would tell people not to go out and protest. they were really worried that their anger would be wrongly hijacked by extremist groups who would use that anger for their
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own purposes. >> mandy clark in kabul. thank you. we'll continue to follow the updates with you as well. here in the united states afghanistan is certainly a campaign issue again because of a presidential apology. >> senior white house correspondent bill plante is with us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, charlie. that apology was part of a communication from president obama to president karzai on several different subjects according to the white house. it probably never would have become public if president karzai hadn't announced it. now the apology was for american troops, of course, burning korans in the largest u.s. air base in afghanistan. >> i think this is an astonishing day. >> reporter: newt gingrich was fired up over the president's decision to formally apologize for the koran burning in afghanistan. >> there seems to be nothing that radical islamists can do to get barack obama's attention in a negative way. >> reporter: fueling gingrich's comments, news that two u.s.
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troops had been killed in retaliation. >> the president apologized for the burning. but i haven't seen the president demand that the government of afghanistan apologize for the killing of two young americans. >> reporter: the white house view from spokesman jay carney, an apology was important because what happened put u.s. troops in danger. carney also pointed out that president george w. bush's administration apologized in a similar situation. gingrich also lashed out after the president gave a speech in florida about his plan to lower gas prices. >> none of the steps that i've talked about today is going to be a silver bullet. it's not going to bring down gas prices tomorrow. >> reporter: once again, gingrich took aim. >> he explains, first of all, that there's no single silver bullet. now that's just wrong. defeating obama is eight single thing that would change. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner's spokesman brendan buck weighed in on the president's record drilling in the u.s. but
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tweeted that the obama administration in 2010 had the lowest number of on shore leases since 1984. the president hit back accusing republicans of politicizing high gas prices during an election year. >> only in politics do people root for bad news. they greet bad news so enthusiastically. you pay more, they're licking their chops. >> reporter: now that was the president's first major speech on gas prices since they started going up. and you can expect more in days to come. charlie. >> bill, the question remains, if there is no silver bullet, what can the president do to impact gas prices between now and a november election? >> reporter: well, the short answer is, tamp down expectations. but the white house official answer is a three-part program. consume less, you drill more, and you develop alternative energy sources. they are very concerned around here about how this could affect the general feeling of improvement and goodwill that seems to surround the president
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at the moment. they're very aware that other things may come up, unemployment numbers may go up, and they have the sense that things are going the president's way now but they may not continue to do so. >> nervous. bill, thank you so much, as always. an armed car jacking in los angeles ended in a wild shootout with police. the suspect raced through the streets of hollywood last night eventually turning into a gas station. pulled up next to a customer pumping gas. >> whoa. whoa. whoa. >> a traffic helicopter watched police open fire on the car jacker. the suspect was killed. the customer who was pumping gas escaped uninjured. this morning an alabama father who has waited eight years for justice in the death of his daughter is still waiting. as mark straws man reports, the man accused of killing her was suddenly and dramatically set free on thursday, halfway through his trial. >> gabe watson had reason for
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relief. an alabama judge had acquitted the so called honeymoon killer of murder charges in the drowning of his newlywed wife tina as they scuba dived off australia in 2003. >> we all wanted justice. we all wanted the court to hear what little information was presented, and the judge determined that it wasn't enough. >> watson's defense lawyers never even put on a case. judge tommy nail ruled prosecutors failed to prove watson incompetent tensionally killed his 26-year-old bride so he could cash in on her $33,000 life insurance policy. >> blow the camera a kissy. >> reporter: prosecutors had accused watson of drowning tina by cutting off her oxygen supply and showed this chilling photo of her lifeless body in court but the only eye witness testified he saw watson trying to save his wife. >> obviously we're very disappointed. >> reporter: tommy thomas, the dead woman's father who testified yesterday, insisted his former son-in-law had got away with murder. >> seems to be a lot more
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protection for the accused than there does consideration for the victim which in this case is tina. >> i'm sad. every day for the rest of their lives they will live with the fact that they lost their daughter. every day. >> i don't know what to say. this is the fifth judge that came to the conclusion that gabe did nothing intentionally to harm his wife. i'm just thrilled for gabe. i hope everybody can begin to heal. >> reporter: watson has served 18 months in an australian prison for manslaughter, faced life prison if convicted in al la became mampt but he left court a free man and has a new wife. for "cbs this morning", i'm mark strawsman in atlanta. it is now time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the gloek. the last batch of official e-mails from governor sarah palin. the alaska dispatch reports that shortly before she resigned she wrote, i can't take it anymore. >> the milwaukee journal
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sentinel has good news for brewers fans. the 50 game suspension of ryan raun was overturned thursday on a technicality. the national league's most valuable player claims his positive drug test was wrong. >> a story in "the new york times" looks at facebook. doctors say when teenagers write about their problems on facebook it may be a sign that they need to be treated for depression. >> in londo
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temperatures cooling down a bit as high pressure is making changes for a cooler weekend. 46 degrees in san rafael, 55 in san jose. 56 degrees in livermore. by this afternoon, we are still looking at a lot of 60s, probably 50s and 60s, coastside, maybe patchy fog there. some 70s in the valleys. much cooler weather though expected throughout the weekend. this nationality weather report sponsored by starbucks. introducing starbucks blond roast. the lighter roast perfected. d.
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a former survivor producer speaks out from a mexican jail cell. >> everyone seems to have decided a long time ago that i killed my wife. i didn't kill my wife. really didn't. you'll hear more from him. jeremy lin took his talent to florida to face lebron james and the heat. he didn't fare so well. but that doesn't mean his impact isn't felt far and wide. jeff glor will have that story. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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rick santorum might be feeling good about his rise in the polls, but he's about the only republican who is. >> santorum is not an ideal candidate. he seems to enjoy those debates. cultural debate a little too much. it scares people. >> he should not and will not be our nominee for president. >> wow. >> what is it about santorum that has republicans so alarmed? >> because, republicans aren't idiots, jon. they know that america likes its conceservatism with plenty of baking powder. you'll end up with eric stoelts
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plunging an adrenaline needle into your heart. >> don't you love john oliver. >> that went on for a while. >> it was a long routine where he said the red meat he would use versus the different kind of answer that mitt romney would use to answer essentially the same question. >> always gives us a laugh. we like that. >> excuse me. we turn now to the first television interslew that a former reality show gives. bruce beresford-redman. >> you'll hear what he told 48 hours mystery and why it would have been impossible for him to murder her.
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frank mallicoat ... the boat that crashed at alameda overnight was stolen from jack good morning. it's 7:26. get you caught up with some of the bay area headlines on this friday. the boat that crashed in alameda last night was stolen from jack london square. a woman was arrested. she says another woman is missing. soda fire north of napa 50% contained, about 60 acres in all. it started when winds kicked up embers from a controlled burn in the area. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi's domestic violence trial begins today. on cbs 5 this morning, the lawyer for mirkarimi's morning eliana lopez said lopez will not testify if she is not granted immunity. she will be pleading "the fifth." traffic and a beautiful weather day on this friday coming up right after this. ,,,,,,,,
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dublin interchange on westbound and eastbound 580. this is the scene of a fatal accident. eastbound 580 a pedestrian was hit by a car right by the santa rita road exit. so they have three left lanes blocked on eastbound 580. we have learned that there's been several accidents in the backup. so even westbound 580 is really jammed up solidly to at least north livermore avenue. you can see that long line of red sensors. again, west and eastbound 580 approaching 680 is just a mess. and your drive time continues to grow to nearly 45 minutes now coming out of the altamont pass. that's traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. we have beautiful skies over the city of san francisco. expecting a little fog along the coastline throughout the day. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. by the afternoon, it will still be nice. but cooler than it's been, 73 in san jose, and 66 in san francisco. ♪ strea-ea-ea-ea-eam
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rescue helicopter in northern brazil needed a rescue itself. just as it was landing yesterday it started shaking. then the cockpit fell off and the tail broke in two. the crew members managed to escape. they had only minor injuries. welcome back to "cbs this morning." bruce beresford-redman is speaking out since the first time he went back to mexico to face charges that he murdered his wife. the cbs interview will air tomorrow night. before we see that bill whitaker has a look at the case against him. >> reporter: this is the prison in cancun, mexico, where bruce beresford-redman has lived since his extradition from the u.s.
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2.5 weeks ago. the former survivor producer is accused of the 2010 murder of his wife monica. they were vacationing at this cancun resort when her body was found in a septic tank. the victim of apparent strangulation. >> it's good that he's going to really listen to the charges and answer for it. >> reporter: monica's family has publicly pointed at finger at him, especially after he defied mexican authorities, fled to the u.s. and went about his life as he fought extradition. arrested as a flight risk he spent 15 months in a los angeles jail before being returned to mexico for trial. >> he had everything in life. he was a successful man so why he would think this was a solution. >> reporter: prosecutors contend beresford-redman had reason to till his wife. he was having an affair, they say. wanted soul custody of his two children. there was insurance money to
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collect. beresford-redman maintains his innocence. no trial date has been set. for "cbs this morning", i'm bill whittaker in los angeles. 48 hours correspondent troy roberts is here now with part of that first ever interview with the suspect behind bars. nice to see you here this morning. >> nice seeing you, too. bruce beresford-redman is an ex-reality show producer. this is a more dramatic experience than we've ever seen on "survivor." for the first time he's talking publicly about what happened as he prepares to go on trial in mexico. >> i'm bruce beresford-redman. i am currently talking to you here from a prison cell in cancun, mexico. >> reporter: this morning, bruce beresford-redman, tv reality producer, survivor, the contender, sits in that mexican
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jail cell accused of murdering his 42-year-old wife, monica. >> everyone seems to have decided a long time ago that i killed my wife. i didn't kill my wife. i really didn't. >> reporter: this interview was shot by a 48 hours producer on a cell phone just days ago. >> i can't imagine anyone who could possibly think i would kill my wife. all i want is to get back to my children. >> reporter: beresford-redman and his wife monica were on vacation with their two young children at the moon palace, a luxury resort in can coop, mexico. they were trying to patch up their marriage. his wife had discovered he was having an affair. >> we wanted to go and have a good time. >> reporter: bruce says monica went out shopping one morning and never returned. mexican authorities say he killed her and dumped her body in a sewer.
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>> they say i didn't want to tell them with my two small children that i killed her and that i left her in the room all day long while my children and i went in and out all the while with a dead body in the room. it's ludicrous. >> reporter: monica's family believes it's all true. jean burgos is monica's sister. >> i said, bruce, where is my sister? it was almost like he mocked me. he said, i don't know, the same way as, ah, you know? and ahhhh. it was a horrible experience. >> reporter: mexican prosecutors feel they have a strong case. bruce had scratches on his hands and feet which he claims he got at a water park with his children. people in a nearby hotel room thought they heard a woman screaming for help. >> what they heard was actually my son and my daughter squealing, playing. rough housing. >> i wish i could believe that he didn't have anything to do with my sister's murder, but the
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evidence is very strong. >> reporter: the reality of a top reality show producer caught in a real-life murder/mystery is not lost on beresford-redman. >> 48 hours correspondent troy roberts. this is an extraordinary story. how did you get this interview on camera? >> well, my producers went in on advice k visiting day. the arrangement is so bizarre. typically they'll bring inmates down to a common area to meet with family or you'll speak to them behind glass, but in this case they opened up all the cell doors and the cell block and people went in unescorted bringing food and their children and they just like wandered around the room. and our producers were there for three hours. they spoke to him for 30 minutes
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with the cell phone. not a single guard came in and said anything to them. it was just absolutely strange. >> but you would think you would have to go through a rather remarkable kind of dedebtion because people would be bringing things inside like cell phones. >> my producer went through three checkpoints, a metal detector and they did not find a cell phone. >> looking forward to seeing more of your piece this weekend. troy, nice to have you here again, thank you. you can catch his whole report on 48 hours mystery tomorrow night at 10:00, 9 krk central on krz. >> the nba's overnight sensation jeremy lin proved he's human. his remarkable run is incompetent credible. we'll look at lin-sanity in miami when we come back. you're watching "cbs this morning." yes.
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any time you think you can't love jimmy fallon more, you do. nba commissioner david stern says thursday he's never seen a player create so much buzz so fast. not michael jordan, not lebron james. no one. even though lin and the new york knicks lost last night, he shows no sign of fading. some people even say lin is saving the nba season. special correspondent jeff glor is in miami. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i like your bump in. not many ultra hyped games live up to the hype. this one did in the first half at least until the miami heat's smothering defense took over. >> pass on a three. takes to the rim and scores. >> reporter: hard to remember a regular season game this big. the average ticket price doubled to more than $500.
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the highest priced seats going for nearly 10,000. why? largely lin. >> here comes lebron. >> reporter: lebron james welcomed lin to miami with an early and thunderous dunk. the peace was intense. a furious first halfback and forth. but in the third quarter the knicks could not keep pace and miami pulled away winning by a comfortable 14. >> they did a great job of making me uncomfortable and, you know, we're a no excuse team. >> reporter: well, this was lin's worst outing. the impact is still oks. in over three weeks his twitter followers have increased to half a million. his jersey has become the best selling in the league. there's been a three fold increase in knicks ticket sales across the board. it's arrived at a hardly better time after an nba lockout that lasted five months and threatened the entire season.
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>> jeremy lib is the best thing that could have ever happened to the nba. the fact that this guy plays in new york and is the key to china and the chinese marketplace is just incredible. >> reporter: indeed, the league as we saw, is pulling in fans who never watched before. >> i've never been to an nba game in my life and this is my first chance. >> i'm usually not a basketball fan. i'm so into the lin thing. he's awesome. i can't wait to see him play. >> reporter: lin helped resolve a cable dispute between time warner and msg. my, how the tabloids turn this morning. back pages of the daily, "the new york post", lynn ept. the back page, lin visible. i promised i would make it through this segment without a chosy lin pun. i failed. >> that's
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rounds. norovirus is spreading all over. it's been closing schools, infecting cruise ships around the globe. we wanted to ask medical correspondent dr. jon lapook about it, mainly to keep it at bay. good morning. >> good morning. >> what is it? >> it's a very nasty bug. it causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever. it's nasty. people get sick. >> owe explain to us what to do to not get this virus? >> it's spread by a -- it's a food borne illness. you got to prepare your food correctly. the most important thing, it's spread person to person. one person's hands to another person's hands. that's why you see the outbreaks at campus and nursing homes. most people don't wash their hands correctly. the cdc will love me for this. >> what do you think is coming up. >> hand washing demo for sure. singing happy birthday twice. it's about ten seconds each. i'm not talking happy birthday to you -- i'm talking happy birthday to you ♪ snoet that rate.
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>> two good questions. regular soap is as good as antibacterial. but the other thing is, we didn't just all of a sudden stop washing our hands correctly. why are we seeing so much more of it this season, this year? >> well, you know, january to april we are in norovirus season. so this is a time of year when you expect it. i have to say, although it's in the news right now, i've seen it as a gastroenterologist all the time. it's common. >> what's new? >> what's new is that we're talking about it. it happens to be a bad time. just like with flu season, we see the peaks and ebbs and flows. worldwide, we're talking about 20 million people getting it. 20 million people getting this. the good news is 800, only 800 people die from it -- 20 million people in the united states get it. 800 people die each year. compare that to the flu where one in a thousand people die, okay. >> if you have the symptoms, quickly, what should you do? >> hydrate, that's the most important thing. rest.
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gayle king has a look at what's coming up for the next hour. gayle? >> thank you, charlie. a new movie out today called act of valor, about navy seals starring real navy seals. it's got some people asking if it reveals too much about how the teams get their job done. then you'll meet, a cool story, washington, d.c. secretary who got a call making her an african king. an incredible journey. hello, lady peggy. >> paul rudd is coming in. airplane travel is a little dicey. but do you know there are five things the airline doesn't want you to know. peter greenberg knows them all. give me one. >> the last place you look is the departure board. hasn't told the truth since 1947. i'll tell you where to look to
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know -- >> that's always the first place i look. we'll find out more from peter. you're watching "cbs this morning." a wildfire... in the soda canyon area, north of napa... percent contained. the good morning. 7:56. i'm grace lee with your cbs 5 headlines. we have a wildfire if the soda canyon area north of napa. it is now 50% contained. the 60-acre blaze began yesterday. investigators believe that the fire began with somebody burning debris which then spread when the winds picked up. three homes are still threatened. we have a major freeway backup in pleasanton right now after a car struck and killed a pedestrian. it happened this morning on interstate 580 near the dublin interchange. there's a live look. the three left lanes on the eastbound side are closed right now. but traffic is backed up in both directions on the 580 near pleasanton. there was a fatal accidenting causing the backup. we'll have an update from elizabeth with traffic and a look at your weather coming up. ,,,,,,,,
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good morning. we're still following a fatal accident in pleasanton. it happened early this morning around 6:30 or so. so eastbound 580 by the santa rita road exit is where they still have several lanes blocked off. a pedestrian was actually in the roadway and another car struck that person. so it is very stop and go still from castro valley. there were a couple of other accidents in the backup. and unfortunately, both directions of 580 are still really jammed up. eastbound as you can see, is slow from castro valley. but even westbound jammed solidly through livermore. that's traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> weather looking good today. we'll notice some changes around the bay area. high pressure still overhead beginning to weaken somewhat so yeah, it's clear at the coast. by the afternoon, we may see a couple of patches of fog creep back ining an lot coastline. so numbers right now 40s, 50s, even low 60s into mountain view. toward the afternoon 60s and 70s in many spots.
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calls on mitt romney to make mormon church stop proxy baptisms of jews. >> so let me explain the rituals. a mormon elder reads a list of dead people's names while a living mormon is submerged in water. often in a large bap advertise mall mont on the back of 12 oxen representing the 12 stritribes israel. they use it to travel back to baptize people in the past. it's like it's some kind of -- >> hot tub time machine. >> all righty. it is 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. charlie rose, before you say a
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word, i'm getting so many e-mails telling me to let you go home. >> i feel fine. i have a weekend to rest. >> i just want people to know he's okay. >> you care about he. >> i definitely do. >> although, that's a very good point for you. >> you should do voiceovers today. knock those out while you still have it. >> i am charlie rose. navy s.e.a.l.s do most of their work in secret, but they've been in the spotlight because of last year's high-profile raid that killed osama bin laden and a daring rescue in somalia last month. >> now a new movie. it's called "act of valor." shows us how the s.e.a.l.s do their dangerous operations. we have the director here with us along with correspondent john miller. welcome. >> thank you. >> mike, i watched the movie yesterday. i have to say, i looked at it with different eyes knowing that the people were actual navy s.e.a.l.s. that made it more fascinating to
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me. it's my understanding it didn't start out that way. you were trying to do a documentary. >> no, it was an exploration. how do you go about it? once we were let inside and connected with this really amazing brotherhood of men, we started to hear about their sacrifice, years of sustained combat deployments. not only on themselves but their families and wives. we felt like the only way to honor this community was to do it for real. that meant casting the real guys as themselves. real ammunition, based on real acts of valor. >> here's the cover of "newsweek." tell us about the s.e.a.l.s, what makes them either special, different, successful. >> well, you really have to look at this brotherhood of men that absolutely will never quit. there's something inside these men that just motivated them to never quit. it has them rise above everybody else. what's so amazing about these guys, they've been doing it for no recognition for so long.
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>> were they reluctant actors? >> when we first started the project, they all turned us down. hey, we're not hollywood dudes. as we started to work together, we became great friends. they trusted this was going to be in their voice and authentic to their community. >> what's the feeling that movies like this are a disclosure of too much? how serious, how deep? >> there have been a number of critics, including the 85-year-old retired former leader of the green berets who says black operations, military forces need to remain black. for all the glory and the success. what they do and how they do it should stay undercover. in the course of this film, i mean, this has -- because the film is so incredibly realistic, and there's called tpps. tacti
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tactics, techniques, and procedures. they're dead on. if it an adversary screened this four times, they'd have a good idea of who's coming at them. there's a strong argument on the other side of that. >> which is what? simply that people ought to be able to tell these stories? >> that's one of them. this is a $10 billion investment in special forces involving 66,000 people. the american public deserves to see what they're getting for that. also, there was a vetting process. >> yeah, that's exactly what i was going to ask. you had to have a vetting process. >> absolutely. all the operational planning on these missions were done by the s.e.a.l.s themselves. they were onset every day making sure nothing was being given away. the navy had a full scrub on the film. every frame was looked at. the last thing anybody wanted to do was give the playbook away. we respect what is classified. i think should respect what is classified. >> as a layperson, when i was watching it, i thought, gosh, they're giving a lot away.
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did you feel that, john? it. >> i wasn't feeling as much they gave a lot away. i was literally on the edge of my seat for the whole two hours. i was saying, that's real, that's real, that's real. they did it exactly the way it is done, operationally and in real life. there's an argument when you look up what is a halo jump and dynamic entry that you can find it piece by piece. the other argument, of course, is if you're the adversary and you've kidnapped somebody, you're not going to sleep that night knowing these guys are out there. >> you certainly have an idea. some of the things that were most touching to me were the family scenes. you see these guys with their wives, with their children. there was one line in the movie that struck me where he's going off and says, "bye, baby." we just hope the family understands. they may not totally get it.
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why did you include the family aspect? >> i think the wives are the true heros. the men are doing fantastic things for our country, but the wives are holding the home front together during this long combat deployment cycles for the men. it's truly miraculous what they go through, then they keep it together. there's a lot to be said for that. >> john, what's your conclusion as to disclosure of too much or not too much? >> my conclusion is based on my conversations yesterday with navy s.e.a.l.s. i called a handful of them and said, what about it? they said, i understand the concern, but if the navy special ops people vetted this and it's okay with them, it's fine. >> what do you want us to gettous of it? >> i hope the country truly appreciates what the men and women are doing. and first responders for that matter. you have people doing these courageous acts of
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charlie and i were saying, didn't mike look like a navy s.e.a.l.? yeah, he did. but he's a producer. get ready to hear from the
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here at the highest plaza, all the glitterati of hollywood is tearing a new hole into the time continuum. take a look at this gift bag. look what these dogs are getting tonight. reach down deep, first. this kills me. a michael vick wee-wee bag. never forget! never forget! >> ouch. as we looked around the web this morning, we found a few reasons to make a long story short. britain's sun newspaper talks with a woman who, listen to this, has eaten nothing but pizza for 31 years. she cannot tolerate anything else, she says. doctors call it a social eating disorder. doctors say all that pizza and cheese could shorten her life. >> never heard of that before. upi.com b reports on a survey of 6,000 adults in
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britain. 35% of them reveal they sleep with a teddy bear. i leave that one alone. >> come on, erica. teddy bears are a good thing. >> you've met mine. >> i like him. you may have heard that sacha baron cohen was told not to attend the oscars dressed as the dictator. that's his new character. now he will put out a statement today calling the motion picture academy zionists. remember, this is all a publicity stunt. >> he's doing a publicity stunt? >> no way. >> no. buzzfeed.com has a story of a 100-year-old bride. dana jackson got married on her 100th birthday. the groom is a spry 87. the cake reads "you're never too old." and the "new york post" is giving some ink to a new poll on tattoos. one out of five american adults, 21%, has a tattoo. 86% of the people with the
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tattoos say they have no second thoughts. if i had to guess, i don't know, i wouldsay you do not have a tattoo. >> i don't have any tattoos. i feel like i would have regrets. >> i think i would have regrets. i was raised -- my mom and dad said no tattoos. they're both dead, and i'm still traumatized. >> we know neither of us has one. the big question, charlie rose. >> i would definitely say charlie rose does not have a tattoo. >> no dolphin somewhere? >> i would guess he does not. >> i don't think so. >> two in five of us without tattoos say the people with tattoos are less attractive. that used to be me. now i'm rethinking. some of the tattoos, i think, are classy. i still ain't getting one. >> some of the tattoo artists, it's incredible what they can do. >> still not doing it, but i've changed a little bit. coming up tomorrow on "cbs this morning," a live performance by cirque du soleil. if you can't put that smart phone down, maybe you're worried you might lose it, you have
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what's known as nomo-phobia. that's on "cbs this morning saturday." before you board your flight, you might want to take a shower because your trip could depend on it. we'll talk about those and other things the airline doesn't want you to know when "cbs this morning" continues. we'll be right back. . this portion of this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by discover card. it pays to switch. it pays to discover. ney junior mints moviefone evil prince bollywood 3-d shark attack ned the head 5% cashback right now, get 5% cashback on movies. it pays to discover. ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8.
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which is good. being a person in high school and college, my job was to kill lobsters at the restaurant i worked at, thank you fishtail. 27 pounds will be tough. if you lived that long, let rocky keep going. >> i'm stuck on the image of you killing a lobster. >> i threw them in the steam pot. >> erica hill a murderer. >> that's a joke. the airlines will never tell you this. there are three hours in every day where you have the best chance of taking off on time. that's one of the five things airlines don't want us to know. peter greenberg appears to reveal all of them. we love these five things segment. number one here is that the airlines can actually kick us off a plane at will. >> it's in their contract. if you don't dress properly, let's get you a definition of that. or you smell they can throw you off the plane. it's actually written in their contract about offensive bodily odor and dress code.
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what's the dress code. every airline enforces it differently. you come along with flipflops they let you on a plane. >> you had to dress up for the airlines. that's no longer the case. the big thing is turning off your electronic devices. does it or does it not interfere? >> that's number two. it does not. the reason i know this is because the faa has done this for years, research tells you that none of the electronic devices affects any of the a on ix in the dock pot but the faa allowed them to use ipads at distances of three feet from the equipment. having said that, the rules are still the rules. alec baldwin, notwithstanding, if they tell you to turn it off, turn it off. >> you don't want to be the one to test that either. >> you shouldn't be worried that your blackberry is going to crash the plane. >> best time to fly between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. >> see, airlines want to be competitive on schedule. they're not competitive on reality. a runway in best weather, the best weather conditions possible
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can only accommodate 30 takeoffs an hour if you allow for two minutes of separation between takeoffs. why are the airlines allowed to schedule 44 at 8:00 in the morning. if you're on the 44th, bring a copy of war and peace. you'll be reading it. either go out at 6:00 or between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. most airport in the united states between those times, you can go bowling on the runway. >> i thought it was the weather delays, which is frustrating when you're traveling and it's good weather there and you're still delayed. >> it's not. a little captain skippy plane, the commuter planes take up as much gate space and radar space as a 747. the new thing is preferred seats. which is frustrating to me. preferred seats used to be stuff we get for free. now they're preferred. which means what? and not always worth the price. >> the airlines are generating revenue for everything. they're trying to sell you seats earlier. they're advertising that. get to the bins faster.
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a preferred seat by the airlines definition is any seat closer to first class. that means you can smell the cookies, you still can't have one. the biggest problem with the preferred seats is the center seats are advertised as preferred seats. >> a middle seat is preferred -- >> a middle seat closer to first class is a premium seat. i don't think so. >> i am not paying extra for that one. >> finally, we should never rely on the departure board at the airport are you saying they're not giving us correct information? >> the definitions of the words on time means scheduled to leave on time. guess what? that's never happened. the point is, it's never happened. departure boards have not told the truth for 50 years. >> good to know. >> look at the departure board to see the gate you're supposed to leave from and nothing else on the departure. look at the arrivals board and see what's coming into that gate. if there's nothing coming in until next tuesday, why would you go to that gate? >> it's frustrating and get on time and it's delayed two hours. >> down to something called the tail number of the airplane.
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a forty foot boat crashed into the rocks of ala good morning. it's 8:25. i'm grace lee with your news headlines. we have a 40-foot boat that crashed into the rocks at alameda's ballena bay this morning. a woman on board was taken into custody by police and the coast guard thinks the boat was stolen. meantime a clean-up crew is trying to keep a fuel leak from the boat contained. all lanes on 880 in san lorenzo after a fatal crash south of hesperian boulevard. two women were killed. it was in the area helping to push a stalled car but there is no word if that is connected to the deadly crash. we have a rare winter wildfire in the hills just north of napa. it is now 50% contained. it's charred at least 40 acres. embers from a controlled burn were blown into the brush yesterday. firefighters rushed to protect
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three homes that were threatened. we have traffic problems on 580 at the dublin interchange. there was a fatal accident earlier that's slowing in both direction. we'll have an update on your traffic and weather coming right up. coming right up coming up ,,,,,,,,,,
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traffic is stopped new in pleasanton especially eastbound 580 where we have been follow a fatal accident involving a pedestrian. you can see some emergency crews to the right side of your screen. that is eastbound 580 right by
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santa rosa road exit. again, chp has been out there since 6:30 this morning when they had that accident. several lanes are blocked. they may do a traffic break. in the meantime, westbound 580 in the commute direction is still really backed up, as well. let's go to the maps. you can see that long line of red sensors. it is jammed solid into livermore. nearly 45 minutes out of altamont pass. bay bridge stacked up here, as well. 25-minute wait. we had an earlier accident past the metering lights and now it is jammed well into the macarthur maze. that's traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> nice and quiet around the bay area right now. we have changes coming up offered to the next couple of days. beautiful from our mount vaca cam. blue skies, sunshine. temperatures all over the map now. we have 40s into the napa valley. 60 in mountain view and 46 degrees in pacifica. this afternoon, though, should be a gorgeous day again although we'll see changes especially at the coast. 50s and 60s for highs. maybe patchy fog the 70s in the valleys and much cooler
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> chicago, we saw you earlier getting hammered. welcome back to "cbs this morning." paul rudd has done his share of dramatic roles, but he's hugely known for a series of successful comedies. he co-stars with jennifer aniston. his new one is called
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"wanderlust." it's a come by about a manhattan couple who find themselves in a hippy commune down south. >> oh, my god! >> what just happened? >> george just killed a defenseless animal. >> i just swatted a fly. >> here we go. >> now it's dead. >> are you serious? >> this man has a fetish for violence. >> no -- >> he has a fetish! >> paul rudd, good morning. >> good morning. >> i did read somewhere where you didn't think of yourself as a comedian? >> probably. >> you don't? >> i don't. >> still? >> no. >> have you seen the movies, paul? >> they're funny. >> i've been lucky enough to get into some comedies. i think after "anchorman," it's been a good run of them. yeah, i never -- >> but do you think of yourself as funny?
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>> sometimes, maybe. not nearly as funny as the people i've worked with. >> i'll try this, what do you think of yourself? >> i don't care for myself very much. >> have you talked to anyone about that, paul? let me just say, i saw "wanderlust." one of the funny scenes in the movie is you in the mirror. you're contemplatining whether you're going to have sexual relations with someone who's not your wife. you're talking yourself into it. i read a lot of that was improvised. i'm thinking, you've got a funny bone somewhere. what was that scene like for you? >> it was difficult. >> why, why? >> because it was disgusting. it was the first day of shooting. >> really? >> so there was the nerves. inherent nerves that come about when you're just starting. but then, yeah, just kind of looking at myself saying a lot of that stuff was just gross. >> the premise of the movie where the couple really steps outside the box they're normally in and go some place totally off the beaten path. in your own life, paul rudd,
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married happily with two kids, is there ever a time you think, god, i would like to go to -- fill in the blank. >> oh, sure. >> where is that? >> i like ireland a lot. i've been there several times. every time i'm in ireland i think, god, could i do it? could i live here? >> is it the bars or the green? >> a combination maybe of both. but i do love western ireland and the green. >> good golf courses too. >> i wish i played golf, because there are great ones there. >> there's also this question about you. you've had some remarkable partnerships. i think of you and judd. >> that's been pretty great. >> you found a partner like him. you're on your way. >> he's been nice enough to kind of -- next movie, he'll say, what about this one? "40-year-old virgin" came about from "anchorman." "knocked up" from that.
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>> what about he gives you a call, you always say yes? >> pretty much. >> how did you meet? >> i would like to know somebody like him. >> i would too. >> i'm sorry, what? >> how did you meet? i heard there's an interesting story. >> we actually met for the first time on "anchorman," which he produced. we had been in touch for a years or two before that through e-mails because we both had kind of an affinity for steve martin. i was at a dinner once and said i thought a great fake name was girn blanston. he said, that explains judd's e-mail address. so we kept e-mails for a year or so before we met. >> i talked recently to a filmmaker that said she really likes to make movies for place like hbo and huge cable rather than for cinema because she
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thinks that most of the new movies are really for a very young audience and most of those movies are comedies. do you have a sense of that? >> i think that's -- never having made a movie for hbo, i do think that sometimes with cable channels -- and this is true of their shows now. i think they're some of the best things. they do seem to be made for -- with a specific point of view. they're high quality. sometimes with films, they get -- they go through test screening in a way that shows for hbo maybe don't. a lot of the changes come about becuse i want to see a happy ending. so it can get watered down. >> is there a story you want to make? if you had an opportunity, somebody comes and says i want to bankroll a movie, what would you do? >> i have ideas for movies, but i don't think anyone would ever want to bankroll them. they seem to be small and
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specific. not necessarily comedies either. >> when you sat down, paul, at the table, you said, hey, roser. i've never heard you called that. is that a nickname? >> i don't know. if i did, it was complete nervousness. >> no, no, you did. >> i like it though. you can call me whatever you like. >> i would imagine i would be so nervous about you it could come out and i would say hello, chose. >> why would you be nervous about me? >> because you're chose. >> paul rudd, good to see you. good luck this weekend. "wanderlust" opens in theaters nationwide. >> good to see you, paulie. >> don't call me that. >> i think there's a romance starting. paul rudd may be a king of comedy, but we're talking about a real king who's also a lovely lady. she was a secretar,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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peggielene bartels is a washington, d.c. secretary. we knew she was related to african secretary, but three and a half years ago a cuousin so t say her uncle had died and the villagers had chosen peggielene as the next king. >> she describes her unique experience in a book "king peggy: an american secretary, her royal destiny, and the inspiring story of how she changed an african village." the good morning to you. >> good morning to you all. >> i first heard about you, i have to say, in the "oprah" magazine. we featured your story. it's listed as "king peggy." my mother's name was peggy king. every time i saw that i threw it just a little bit. for the purposes of this interview, you request we call you nana. >> yes. >> why? >> that's the name given to our king or queen in ghana.
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also, you call your grandparents nana. so i prefer to be called that. >> and why a king and why not a queen? >> in ghana, mostly in african countries, the queen is the one that, you know, really relates to the children and gathers information and come and talks to the king to do some changes. then they chose me as the king because they know i have a strong personality. the king is the one that is doing all kinds of the hard work. >> so you can do both. >> you said you have a strong personality. what does that mean, nana? how does that show itself? >> well, when i say strong personality, in the sense that whenever i really set my mind on something that i want to do, i just don't waste time. i just do it. and do it right. do it the best i can. >> and the people at home like that too. things have changed in the three and a half years since you been king. it wasn't an easy transition. in fact, a lot of the male
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elders weren't exactly happy about you taking on this new role. >> well, to be honest with you, when i went in there first, it was a battle. they really battled me so hard. most of the men there, they're elderly. they're set in their ways. even though i have been chosen their king, and they expect me to just be a figure head and rule me. i said, this woman here is on a mission. i'm chosen. i'm not going to allow any male to really run me down. i'm going to rule and rule you right and g.i. you the best i can. >> i see the strong personality part. i like it. so you're sitting at your desk. you're a secretary. you pick up the phone, and you hear the king has passed away. they say, you're the one. >> yes. it was 4:00 in the morning in august. i was sleeping. >> oh, you were at home. >> yes, 4:00 in the morning, it's 9:00 in ghana. they are five hours ahead of us. when i received a call around that time of the night, most of the time it's bad news or good news or they want money. i said, do i have to pick it up?
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so something said pick it up. i pick it up. i had my cousin on the line. he said, nana. i said, nana? i don't have children. i'm not a king, a queen. what's going on? >> he was already calling you the term of respect. >> yes. i said, if you don't tell me exactly what you need, i'm going to hang up. he said, don't hang up. he said your uncle has gone to the village and is not coming down any time soon. that means he is dead. we just pick up the names and perform the rituals. so they mention your name three times. and you are chosen. >> and you're king peggy. but you are still working as a secretary. >> yes, and driving my 1992 honda accord. >> that's a good endorsement for honda accord. how many miles?
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i'm curious. >> i don't want to say. >> seriously. >> it's about 150,000 miles. >> when you go, do you wear that outfit to work? >> no, i can't wear this to work. if i dressed like this to work, definitely they will be able to really say do this. i dress normally like any other african woman. i have my beads on, which represent i am king. >> and they call you nana. >> yes. >> such a pleasure to have you here. thank you for coming in. >> thank you so much. >> congratulations. >> thank you. thank you. king peggy is in bookstores now. you can also find is online. speaking of the internet, how about a look at internet privacy? is it an oxymoron? some would say yes. we'll have more on that. you're watching "cbs this morning." morning." ♪
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on thursday, the obama administration unveiled the consumer privacy bill of rights. they are new guidelines for internet security. the goal here, to give people more control over the way companies like facebook, google and apple use their personal information. but of course the big question is whether the guidelines will work. >> that is a question. professor jenffrey hancock is with us. chairman of the information science department at cornell university. he studies how the internet affects the way we communicate. professor, nice to have you back. >> great to be back. >> with the new guidelines in place, how will it affect the normal user? >> we'll have more options to control the kind of information that we leave behind. every time we click on the computer, we're leaving information around. >> but they're guidelines so, a, how many people are going to do this when a lot of people don't read a privacy agreement before
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they click yes. >> i know, the privacy agreements that are 14 pages long and we never read them and just say yes. the idea is to create a one-click button to allow us to not be tracked for that session of browsing or whatever we're doing. >> is anything ever really private on the internet? hat's what i want to know. people say you can send it to me and your credit card, anything you want to say. once you put it on the internet, is it ever really totally private? >> in most cases no. i like to think everything we do online is like a digital tattoo. >> that's reassuring. >> you need to delete some stuff. >> even when you delete it it doesn't matter. >> even if you delete all of your stuff -- >> charlie has it. p>> it's safe with me. >> i do think he's trustworthy. talk about digital tattoos for a second because that's a graphic image. what do you mean specifically by that? >> everything we say on facebook is going to stay there. it's actually very, very difficult to delete things. they're on a number of facebook
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servers. if some of my friends have downloaded that, there's a copy everywhere. if you think of every politician that's been in a scandal, it's because of a digital tattoo. so i like to say be really careful about what you're doing online. not that it's a scary thing but just think a little bit. you wouldn't tell a stranger about your religion or whether you're married but we do that online all the time. >> because we feel it's a safe place. >> that's right. i think that's what the bill of rights is about. making people think they have got my back. >> do you think facebook has gone far enough in terms of looking at the privacy issue? >> well, they have created a group of people that work at facebook, that's their whole job. they'll be looked at the next 20 years, they'll be audited. but we'll have to keep watching it. >> and as the user, the onus is on you. we want to ask you about the "the new york times" story about facebook and more people looking to sites like facebook and
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social networks to get a better sense of where people are, perhaps helping to see depression or suicidal tendencies. >> it's an interesting area but we have to be really careful especially when we try to track children and what they're saying. if somebody says i feel like killing myself today, we might want to be really concerned about that. at the same time, it could be a joke, it could be a referring to a movie. so i think we need to be really careful when we eavesdrop on our children. in the same way we wouldn't want -- >> i was a big snooper, professor. hello, my name is gayle. i was a big snooper of the children. >> but it was your children, right, gayle? >> oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> other companies could be snooping on our children and that's something we want to be careful about. >> there was also something about twitter from the founder of twitter that says people are on twitter way too much. he cites the story of someone on for 12 hours and that's not a good thing. >> it's not good to do anything for 12 hours. >> that's exactly thing.
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i don't think it's a good idea to do anything for 12 hours. if you're using it and it's helping you in your life or your job, that's great but when you start to notice i'm not getting things done or ignoring people, my family, because i'm spending too much thing doing it, then that's a problem. >> i think when they're tweeting during a live television show -- >> we're told to tweet during the shows, charlie rose. >> we had a story earlier about one in five adults have tattoos. do you have a tattoo, i'm curious? >> you'll have to go on facebook and find out. >> tweet us a picture later. >> my former wife mary said it should be a rose tattoo. that does it for us. as we look back in the past week, we want to show you the names of the people that brought you this great broadcast. have a great weekend. hundreds of protesters trying to break into an american military base. >> my apologies to the people of
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afghanistan. >> american marie colvin and french photographer remi ochlik were killed. >> this is the backdrop of a crisis. >> the syrian army is shelling the city of cold, starving civilians. >> we don't know enough about the rest of the world. we even mock our politicians if they know something about the rest of the world. >> threatening people again. they're cutting off oil to europe. >> it's not prudent at this point to decide to attack iran. >> iran's big power may. >> the rising price of gasoline. >> you want an alternative fuel? how about a burning bush. >> some phony ideal, some phony theology. >> what in the world were you talking about? >> he says he's a christian, but i am talking about his world view. >> the 20th republican debate, which explains that new campaign slogan, vote mitt romney or else we'll keep doing this. >> this is a wild roller coaster. >> while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> because he's a fake. >> president obama's approval rating was risen in recent weeks. said the president, keep
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talking, fellas. >> the economy is going to recover, there's no question. >> will the dow hit that milestone, 13,000. >> significant progress has been made. >> the avalanche danger was predicted going into this weekend. >> guilty of second degree murder. >> western civilization is in its indian summer. >> what's the better part about all this, the girls? >> this is an image i can do without. >> just write a check and shut up. >> he's been here illegally. his dad is this famous bank robber. >> that's my personal information. >> they're ready to rock. >> oh, let the highlight reels roll. >> if we can help encourage some of the young people of today. >> hey, roser. >> you can call me whatever you like. >> i imagine i would be so nervous i would say hello, chose. >> there are two skpants that i know about whitney houston. >> she's one of the greats. >> talk about good deeds as a friend. >> so you're able to sing, is that it?
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with your c-b-s five headlines... san francisco sheriff ross 's domestic v good morning. it's 8:55. i'm grace lee with your headlines. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi's domestic violence trial begins in just a matter of minutes. on cbs 5 this morning, the lawyer for mirkarimi's wife eliana lopez said that lopez will not testify if she is not granted immunity. we'll have the latest on today's court hearing in a live report at noon. the coast guard is searching for a person importantly in the waters off ballena bay after a boat crashed into the rocks. a woman in custody said there was another woman on board. the broker in charge of selling that boat says that it was stolen. the state gop spring convention is under way in burlingame. it runs at the hyatt regency sfo. newt gingrich is the only
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presidential hopeful to speak at the convention. the weather is changing, right, lawrence? >> big changes coming our way as high pressure is starting to weaken. still looking nice at the coast. ocean beach mostly clear, a little sea haze there but i think by the afternoon we may begin to see patchy fog at the coastline. temperatures cooler around the bay area but still above average. some 70s showing up inside some of the valleys. you will see 60s inside the bay but at the coastline, 50s and 60s, sea breeze in the afternoon. the weekend major changes. system diving in from the gulf of alaska not bringing us rain but will usher in cooler temperatures on saturday. sunday we're lucky to hit 60 in the warmest parts of the bay area. partly cloudy skies into monday and tuesday. chance of some showers on wednesday. we'll check out your "timesaver traffic" coming up next. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,
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good morning. well, we're still following this traffic mess on both directions of 580 right there near the dublin interchange. so this is where there was a fatal accident eastbound 580 right by santa rita road. there's been a couple of accidents in the backup and so they were able to get one more lane opened. but still, two lanes are closed in those eastbound direction. so a long line of slow sensors backed out to castro valley and westbound 580 in the commute direction, super slow all the way through the livermore valley. almost 40 minutes now come out of the altamont pass. bay bridge backed up to the maze. ,,,,,,
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