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lawrence. thanks for joining the party. [ laughter ] >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com we'll go live to kabul and the pentagon for a closer look at the army sergeant accused of killing 16 people. also, there's a brand new cbs news poll out this morning. it's got good news and bad news for mitt romney. >> i'm gail king. we'll talk one on one with prince harry who opened up about the responsibleties that he and his brother share. >> coming to tones with an unexpected. you've got to use it. >> i'm erica hill.
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you'll also meet an unusual roman catholic priest. he has a wife and six children. >> but, first, we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> out rage in afghanistan after an american soldier goes on a murderous rampage. >> 16 victims, 3 women and 9 little children. >> the taliban has vowed revenge against what they call sick minded american sabotage. >> afghanistan's president offers condolences. >> after the burning of the koran, it's going to be tough to mend the relationship. >> one of my competitors, i have had grips before. >> the g.o.p. battles for the deep south. up next, tuesday's primaries in alabama and mississippi. >> i'm not going to ask him to get out. >> rick santorum won the kansas caucuses. he was expected to do well in kansas because it's also a giant
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square. >> you seem totally unphased by all of this. >> how true to life? >> well, true enough to make me squirm. >> i can hear a voice, you know, in spirit talking to me. telling me. >> myself and my brother which obviously that we were, you know, completely normal. >> rising gas prices up more than 12 cents in the last two weeks. >> oh, that -- >> ladies and gentlemen, start your brackets. >> harbor. iowa state. west virginia. >> and all of that matters. >> two-on-one. oh, the ally-oop. >> the title with ugliest dog goes to this chinese rascal. >> pure and caring man. >> and i would like you to have this. >> sure, yeah. go ahead. >> no, i'm just kidding. >> on cbs this morning. >> you lost, man.
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you don't get none. >> i'm sorry, i'm sorry i let that boy almost touch you. it's okay. >>lcome >> welcome to cbs this morning. the taliban is promising revenge for the killing of 16 afghan civilians by an american soldier. it may be the biggest threat with afghanistan's government. >> the shootings happened on sunday. it's in the capitol of kabul. >> reporter: good morning. there are fear of reprisal attacks against westerners in afghanistan today. the taliban has vowed revenge against what they call sick-minded americans following the killing. >> translator: i cannot speak, says this villager, overwhelmed
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after the brutal killing spree. the u.s. army sergeant's rampage began at 3:00 a.m. yesterday. the 38-year-old walked off his remote base and went to two villages nearby going house-to-house shooting civilians. nine children and three women died. other villagers say he then bundled up the dead into blankets and set them on fire. their charred remains were taken to a nearby american base for investigation. after the shootings, the soldier then returned to his base and was detained by american forces. the suspect from striker brigade was assigned to support a special forces unit engaged in a village stability operation. now the stability of the entire country has been called into question. afghan president is demanding an explanation from u.s. forces into how this attack could have happened and called the incident
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an assassination saying that killing the civilians cannot be forgiven. the villagers want the soldier handed over to them so they can ensure justice is done. today, the afghan parliamentarians demanded that the soldier be tried in an open court. but that probably won't happen. he'll most likely face a military tribunal. another wave of anti-american hatred could threaten the future of the u.s. mission here. but so far, all is quiet and everyone is just watching and waiting. >> mandi, thank you very much. david martin? >> reporter: good morning, charlie. the number one question this morning is motive. why did an american army sergeant walk into an afghan village and kill 16 civilians? >> what appeared to be a cold-blooded shooting rampage drew harsh reaction. he labeled it an assassination
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and demanded justice. president obama called him from his limousine and promised to investigate. in a statement, obama called the killings tragic and shocking. he also tried to paint it as an isolated incident, saying the attack does not represent the exceptional character of our military. defense secretary leon pinetta says he's saddened that a u.s. service member is involved. military members have been questioning the subject. an army sergeant based in ft. lewis. he had several ties in iraq. he's 38, married with two children. and he was part of what's called a village stabilization program in afghanistan where troops worked to develop close ties with village leaders. ft. lewis has a history with troubled soldiers. it's where staff sergeant calvin gibbs was convicted of killing afghan civilians for sport.
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barns, an iraq war veteran suspected of killing a park ranger on new year's day. barns' body was later found in the park. the beltway sniper, john allen muhammad was also stationed there. he was executed in 2009 for killing 10 people around washington, d.c. and just recently, ft. lewis suspended its chief medical administrator because of problems with treating post-traumatic stress disorder. the army was still trying to locate the sergeant's family in order to tell them what happened. and they are worried about the family's security. >> so where does the investigation by the pentagon go now? >> well, you have to have forensics to make an ironclad case in court. so they will be doing that on the scene. doing autopsies on the body and recovering the bullets to match
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with the sergeant's gun. and they're also going to now have to look into his mental background because this guy had a number of tours in iraq and now the tour in afghanistan. and, of course, the question is was he suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder? >> as you began this report, motivation, motivation, motivation. thank you, david. cbs news consultant has covered afghanistan for more than 30 years. good morning. >> good morning. >> so what are the possible ramifications of this? >> number one, every afghan throughout the country knows today that an american soldier, on his own, apparently went on a rampage and killed innocent afghan civilians. there is a radio in every single of the 30,000 villages. so what we have, derek, is a lot of complete and utter dismay, fear of all the american
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soldiers. what is going on now? every american soldier has to go into these villages. this is one of the most contentious things in afghanistan. the president has lobbied very strongly against the americans saying we must stop these night raids. americans say they go on because we're able to kill the taliban. but, now, every american that's going there is going to be seen as an enemy. equally. and as mandi said in her report, it's the concept of justice. in christianity, it's forgiveness. love. in islam, it's justice. the afghans demand justice. that is why the president used the word assassination because the taliban called this a barbaric act. he has his own life to worry about. he also has to show that he is completely on the side of the idea that there will be justice done. what i have experienced over the years, i've seen in talking to people that there are many taliban who are taliban
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precisely because members of their families have been bombed or killed by other means and have therefore joined the taliban. every single male member of these very large extended families, and most villages, are simply clans tied together like knots on a rug, they are going to for their sake of honor, have to find a way to get this revenge. >> and they're not, at this moment, thinking about motivation on the one hand or, b, separating this lone act from other -- >> oh, yeah. very good point. i think most afghans are very, very rationale. we tend to think that they are primitive. that they don't -- because they don't have running water, because they don't have electricity in their villages. i was there in the 1980s as a newspaper reporter. i was struck by how closely they followed the news. they paid very close attention to the bbc. they know that this is not the american policy. they know that this was an individual act.
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however, those family members will demand revenge. they have to have it for the sake of their honor, for the sake of their families, for the sake of themselves. and, again, we must never forget that islam rules this country. the most important thing you will find in a household, the only book you will ever find in any afghan household is the koran. >> in our next hour, we'll take a look at a series of growing problems. we'll also speak with correspondent larry logan. israel launched another round of air strikes on the strip this morning. it's the fourth day in a row. the cross border violence began friday when israel killed a militant leader. at least 21 people in gaza have been killed. >> in presidential politics, the focus is on the deep south as mississippi and alabama hold their republican primaries
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tomorrow. this morning, republican voters nationwide give rick santorum a four-point edge. >> 73% say they expect romney will win the nomination. >> good morning, erica. here, in alabama, there are more than a few republicans that hope is going to be the nominee are wrong. the south has not been that friendly to mitt romney. this time, he may have had just enough friends but has been torn to split that very conservative block of voters. >> battling for the key in a tight, three-way race, santorum suggested it's time for gingrich to stop playing the spoiler and get out. >> at some point, it becomes r irrelevant if he's in the race. >> santorum has momentum with a win over the weekend in kansas.
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that's well ahead of gingrich in the delegate count. santorum has now won in seven states giving him 179 delegates. gingrich has won just two southern states. south carolina and georgia and has 97 delegates. romney is still way ahead with 428. the magic number to get the nomination? 1,144 delegates. a win in mississippi or alabama tuesday is critical for both. but especially for gingrich, who's defiant in the face of growing pressure to quit. on sunday, he tried to point out the big differences between him and santorum and predicted another southern win. >> i represent the reagan tradition of very large ideas. he represents being a team player on a washington team. >> the split only helps romney who has an uphill climb in the conservative south. his mormon faith continues to be an issue for some evangelical voters. in a radio interview, romney was
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asked point-blank about his believes. >> do you as a mormon believe that america is the new promised land? yes or no? >> you know, you're going to have to go talk to the church and ask them what they think about that. there's no question about the fact that israel is the promised land. >> and on the campaign trail, romney is trying to fit in. >> good morning, you all. it's good to be with you. i got started this morning with a biscuit and some cheesy grits. >> i just wanted to reassure all of you that i have had a variety of forms with shrimp, with cheese, with gravy. >> now, as any southerner will tell you, romney didn't quite get it right. it's cheese grits. not cheesy grits. listen, i group up here in alabama. you put butter on grits, not gravy. gravy goes on biscuits. and despite that gravy issue,
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gingrich still seems to be getting a lot of support. voters are cutting him some slack. they think he's a big thinker. he's willing to take on president obama. so as he continues to draw these pig crowds, he is getting a lot of support and he's saying he's going to stay in this race and he's going to win it. >> major garrett, white house correspondent for the national journal. good morning. >> what do you make of this poll? >> well, a lot of voters think romney is going to be the nominee. the assumption is romney is going to be the nominee. but operationally, they split their votes. they go in different directions. romney has not been able to transfer the expectation he's going to be the nominee into actual voting patterns. he gives the same constituency he's always got. everything else gets divided. >> what's zest interesting to me is that half of the republican voteers have not made up their mind. 50% at this stage in the process.
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>> 10%. but a sizable amount of republican voters. and this goes exactly what i just said. they expect romney to be the nominee. it's not sold and they're not going to go in that direction. and they keep looking for the notion of someone better, more satisfactory to them whose name is not mitt romney. which will most likely change factor in the next several weeks in this campaign. >> well, i think it's going to be a split in the south. it's respectable. sandt and gingrich may divide them. illinois is a crucial state for sandt. illinois is a crucial state for santorum. the numbers have closed there narrow limit. it's a toss-up race there. if romney holds off santorum in illinois and says i performed better than you expected in the south, again, this inevitability will continue to go. gingrich won't drop out. santorum will continue and this race will go on i think at least until third week in april. >> there's been so much talk for
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obvious reasons about the economy. there's a new poll out this morning from the washington post which is telling us essentially otherwise. especially among independents who are not happy with the way the president is handle the economy. >> at the white house it's been deflector shield on gas prices. tell people there's not a one size fits all solution. ridicule them by name or implication that they have no intellectual foundation. does not matter. the president is underwater by 39% points on handling of gas prices. 65 disapproval, 26 approval. that's a bad sign. it's taken every number down. satisfaction with the president's approval on the economy. the president has been pre 'em tifl aggressive on the defense and it's not working at least right now >> thank you. great to see you. time to show you some of the headlines from around the globe. usa today reports on a backlash
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against social networking for prison inmates. thousands of prisoners have profiles on a number of pen pal websites. many victims' relatives find it offensive. there is outrage in egypt now that an army doctor forcing female anti-government protesters to have virginity tests witnesses denied the tests were carried out. in norfolk, virginia, the final voyage of the u.s.s enterprise. it was deployed to the mediterranean on sunday. the
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over the past week, we've been following prince harry at a distance as he toured the caribbean and brazil. now in a face to face interview, harry tells seth doane about growing up royal. >> you can imagine the kind of things i went through at a young age. >> what were they like? >> pretty dull. you'll hear more of their revealing conversation. after one year -- one year after the tsunami, the japanese are moving forward and using lessons learned to prepare for future disasters.
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old girl is hospitalized afr she was shot on east 12th st in oakland about one this morning. good morning. it's 7:2. in the headline, a 13-year-old girl is hospitalized after she was shot on east 12th street in oakland about 1:00 this morning. two men being treated for gunshot wounds shot on high street around 11 a.m. police have no suspect information in the cases. head of the berkeley police union says he is gravely concerned with the community's trust in the police department. he is upset with this man, the police chief's response to a newspaper report about a community meeting the chief has since apologized. and two bay area teens are getting ready for march madness basketball. st. mary's gaels will play purdue in the opening round on friday in the midwest bracket and cal will face southern florida wednesday a playing game. if they win that they will get temple on friday.
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good morning from the traffic center. we are getting reports of a new accident northbound highway 17 at laurel. there are lanes blocked. chp is on scene. you're going to see delays north of there as well as southbound for spectator slowing. also seeing sluggish conditions 880/237 connector. 880 itself not showing too many problems. bay bridge backed up to the maze. metering lights are on. slow off the eastshore freeway. golden gate bridge though not too bad. that's a look at traffic. here's lawrence. >> looking good now. but we have changes coming our way big time changes clouds beginning to gather and yup, we have some stormy weather heading our way. outside now it is kind of a quiet start to the day and its going to at a that way all day as we'll see a mix of sunshine and clouds. temperatures now in the 30s and 40s. i think as we head toward the afternoon, these numbers only in the 50s coastside, 60s inland. but the next few days, that rain makes a return, looks like it will stick around right into
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feel so weird. you know that feeling like you were just nominated for an oscar? what am i talking about. of course you don't know that feeling. >> writing for best original screen play. >> that is so cute. is that before or after the visual effects one? >> congrats on losing to christopher plummer. >> am i jealous of christopher plummer? no. no. whatever. >> where is your typewriter? >> i don't use a. >> do you use a quill. >> i use a computer. >> you go to the mac story need a screen writing program because i need to write this new screen play called -- >> jonah hill and kristin wig on
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saturday night live. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> prince harry wraps up his first solo royal tour saying "i've had a gas." the prince spent the weekend in brazil where seth doane sat down for an interview you will see only on "cbs this morning." seth joins us via skype. apparently you missed your flight, seth? >> no. i was on my flight, erica. i sat on it for five hours and then they canceled the flight so we got back off. came into this airport hotel which is where i am now. it was a remarkably interesting interview. we sat down with prince harry before he played polo to raise money for his charity. i found him remarkably candid. >> grew up in a family where both your mother and father were active in charities. as a kid, do you remember dinner conversations about that? did that motivate you in any way? >> probably not.
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dinner conversations was the worst about being a child and listening to the boring people around me. you can imagine the dinner parties i had to go to at a young age. >> what were they like? >> pretty dull. conversations with my mother, father, my grandparents, as i've grown up, it's driven me towards wanting to try to make a difference as much as possible. we are -- my brother, myself, we're -- i can only speak for us, we're privileged in the position we are. but with privilege comes great responsibility as they say. the title that we have before our name, what effect that can have on a country, on a charity or whatever. yeah. slowly coming to terms with and accepting the fact that the name can make a huge difference. therefore, you've got to use it. >> do you have to come to terms with that? >> yes, the times that both myself and my brother wish that we were just completely normal. we've been born into this portion. therefore, we'll do what we need to do for kids that need it.
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it really is that simple for us. >> let's a bit about the last ten days that you've had. you've masterfully changed the discussion. when the press was all talking about really where you might party and now they're talking about what a diplomat you are. how do you think you've done on this trip? >> i've come representing my grandmother essentially. i hope that she is proud and everybody else will hopefully be proud of not just me, but we as a group what we've achieved over the last ten days. all the countries, the first time i've visited them and we've had so much fun. to be honest with you, from the word go, i knew this was the way it had to be. the countries that don't -- they enjoy life. everything fun. and you've got to go along with it. you can't sit there with your arms crossed and wearing a tie or whatever. you've got to relax and go with the flow. that's when you first -- you get
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a chance to see what the country and the people are like. with them sharing the warmth, you've got to give something back. >> and this was a taste of the wide ranging conversation we had. we talked about his family, in particular, the queen. we talked about his time in afghanistan and more about this trip which he said was a blur as we sat down yesterday. >> nice job, seth. it sounds like the kind of guy you would like to hang out with except that he's a prince. >> absolutely. you want to have a beer, you want to have dinner with this guy. that was from the moment he walked in. there were a couple of moments where they were limiting the number of questions i had left, the amount of time. you just have time for one question. prince harry said i'll give you two. he was incredibly warm and generous, really, with his time. really just a very cool guy to meet. >> you had some, very strict ten minutes from the minute that he walked in the door. he had helicopters constantly landing during this interview. do you think that gave him
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sympathy for you and he gave you the extra question? >> he actually gave us a little more time. we spent hours setting this up and we had a strict ten minutes from the moment he stepped foot in the door. any little distraction really counted against our time. he ended up giving us about double that amount of time really. but the helicopters started landing behind us and it was kind of ridiculous, kicking up dust and everything. it gave us a moment to connect and chat at a point where you couldn't pick it up on the audio but a moment to chat almost kind of off the record. >> seth, he said that he's certainly not a diplomat. it's clear that he is becoming something more than the reputation that he had before he took this journey. >> this whole younger generation seems to be that way. it appears that the queen, that the palace knew that he was ready to take this trip. they didn't push him into
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anything. everything was carefully choreographed. a gree with you. he hugged the prime minister who threatened to cut ties with the crown. it's clear that he's doing more than just pageantry up there. >> seth doane, good to have you with us this morning. thank you. tomorrow on wednesday you'll hear more of seth's conversation with prince harry. as seth mentioned, it was a wide ranging chat about his family, his life as a soldier and what it's like to be a prince. be sure to be with us for that tomorrow and wednesday. you'll see it only on "cbs this morning." >> one year after japan's deadly earth yak and tsunami, we'll show you the invention that is could save lives when the next disaster strikes. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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>> wow. all of japan stopped for a few minutes on sunday to mark one year since a massive earthquake and tsunami killed nearly 20,000 people. many people there are preparing for future disasters using new safety devices on the market. bill whitaker spoke with one inventor in japan and gave his idea a try. >> good morning. japan learned many lessons from last year's monster quake and tsunami. cities and towns are implementing new evacuation plans, improving building codes and materials, preparing for the next big one they know will come. japan is on the cutting-edge when it comes to technological innovati innovation. on the razor's edge when it comes to natural disasters. sitting atop four tectonic plates. there's a reason tsunami is a japanese word. more than 140,000 people died in the great quake in 1923. more than 6,000 in 1995.
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last year, almost 20,000 died. if necessity is the mother of invention, disaster must be the father. after last year's disaster, shoji tanaka invented this ark he calls noah. made of layer plastic and fiberglass, it's tough enough to -- light enough to ride the waves of the tsunami. >> at $3500, he says he's sold 1500 already with orders backed up three months. seeing the destruction of the coast a.m. city last year, convinced him to be one of the first to buy a noah. >> he told us his 87-year-old mother would be the first to get inside. in the past year, japanese inventors created a bed that's also a boat and a fold up hard hat that sits in your purse. since noah is making the biggest splash, we decided to check it out. i hopped in with inventor tanaka for a test ride through the
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harbor. it can with withstand a drop off a pier and dragged along concrete. >> four people can stay in here for two to three days. it would be quite snug but safe. >> right. >> i don't know if i would recommend it if you had claustrophobia. but otherwise, very secure. even now, you can hear all the water, but it's perfectly dry. this thing is airtight. very snug. we're back. so it's the sort of thing that everyone should have but i think you would hope that you never have to use it. >> of course, he says, but in japan there will be another disaster. and innovative ways to stay safe. mr. suzuki who who bought the pod doesn't know whether it will work but he'd rather have it than not.
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a catholic priest in denver has his hands full running a busy parish. lucky for him, his wife is able to help him out. we'll ask about the rather unusual life in the catholic church. that's just ahead. you're watching "cbs this morning." for months, i had this deep pain all over my body. it just wouldn't go away. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and for some people, it can work in as early as the first week of treatment. so now i can plan my days and accomplish more. lyrica is not for everyone. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions.
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taco bell on thursday began selling its new doritos loco tacos, a taco with a shell made out of doritos. it's the new slogan, we hate you. it is being called the most troubled base in the military. we'll look at the recent problems at lewis-mcchord in washington state, home base for the suspect in the shooting rampage in afghanistan. >> lara logan who knows the area well will give insight. its time for this morning's "healthwatch" first. here's dr. holly phillips. >> good morning. today in "healthwatch," the hygiene hypothesis and asthma. it may be surprising, more and more we're learning that being too clean can make us sick. it's the hygiene hypothesis.
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it may be to blame for the rising rates of asthma and allergies. a large study looked at 29,000 swiss and amish children growing up in farming communities surrounded by air bon allergens such as pollen and cow dander. they had much lower rates of asthma and allergies than children in surrounding communities who did not grow up on farm. while nearly 50% of nonfarm population has some allergic sensitivities, the amish children had only 7%. it's thought the exposure to the natural allergens and dirt from the farm trains the immune system to know the difference between harmless and irritants. the younger you're exposed the better. there are other factors as well. for those who keep the environments squeaky clean, it may be wise to remember that a little dirt is a good thing. i'm dr. holly phillips. >> cbs "healthwatch" sponsored by restasis.
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duke considered other nicknames, including blue eagles, blue warriors and my personal favorite, the polar bears because there are a lot of polar bears in north carolina. thanks to our folks at mental floss for that tidbit. >> i -- i kind of like blue warriors. that was pretty good. >> blue warriors. >> next time around. >> gayle king is in the control room. what do you have, gayle? >> i have that i like blue devils just fine. thank you, charlie rose. in the aftermath of the killing of 16 afghan civilians by u.s. army sergeant ben tracy will tell us about the soldier's home base which some say is one of america's most troubled. then we'll talk to lara logan about what fears and concerns u.s. troops face in afghanistan. what does it take to be funny? david steinberg has been cracking up people for decades and he takes us inside comedy. talking to the best in the business, jerry seinfeld, chris
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good morning, it's a slow and go ride along 101, dealing with an accident northbound. multiple vehicles involved, and it is blocking lanes, and traffic is sluggish north and south. give yourself extra time. 280, northbound 101 at oakland, an accidents involving a couple vehicles, one vehicle may have overturned, blocking lanes. looks like traffic though not doing too bad along north 101. and backed up into the maze. that's a look at traffic. here's lawrence. lot of sunshine in the bay area. couple passing clouds out side, we have rain coming our way. fairly quiet now, couple clouds in the golden gate bridge area, but we'll see more clouds in the next few days. temperatures 30s and 40s by the afternoon, planning on 50 towards the coastline, mid-60 he in the valley, next few days, here comes the rain, gusty winds, heavy rain tuesday and wednesday, showers continuing thursday and friday.
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>> how are you doing? >> me, i'm getting through it. i'm doing as good as i possibly can. i can see the music. but to hear it, right now, i can't. >> you can't. >> you know, to hear it -- i can hear a voice, you know, and spirit talking to me and telling me, you know, keep moving, mary. i'm right here. i got you. the first night was the most difficult. the first night i couldn't stay there. the first night -- then the next morning, you know, i woke up and i heard her say all right, come on home now. come home. and when i came back home, i felt humbled, you know. i felt okay. >> um-hmm. >> i felt okay to stay in the house. >> it is 8:00. welcome back to cbs this morning. i'm gail king.
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a lot of people glad to see bobbi cristina talking for the first time. she seems to be holding up okay. >> the american soldiers affected of shooting 16 afghan civilians sunday morning was based at joint base lewis mccord outside seattle washington. >> that is the headline. one of america's learningest military bases is also one of its most troubled. national correspondent ben tracy is there this morning. ben, good morning. >> good morning and good morning to our viewers here in the west. the concern here is the fallout from this shooting will tarnish the image of the military. and this base has had so much controversy that it has been considered the base on the brink. >> the chilling photos of murdered women and children are shocked in this community. one military veteran says the revelation that the accused shooter came from here is not so hard to believe.
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>> not really surprised, especially when i heard the soldier was from the base. it's kind of like, it figures. >> the suspect deployed from this military installation. and more than any other base in the country, lewis mccord has come under fire for the behavior of its soldiers. >> it had trouble both when it was over in afghanistan with the kill team, as it was called, of the rogue soldiers who were targeting afghan civilians. also had trouble on the home side. >> stars and stripes dubbed it the most troubled base in the military. charged with killing three afghan civilians for threes. gibbs was sentenced to life in prison in november. >> here we are, a few months later, and another soldier based at lewis mcchord and has now been accused of committing the same civilian atrocities.
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>> here at home, more violent acts tied to this base. staff sergeant committed suicide last june after eight deployments. benjamin barns gunned down a national park ranger. and last month, the head of the medical base center was fired. >> the hundreds of soldiers with ptsd now, the domestic violence issue have gone up, the d.u.i. cases have gone up. soldiers are being redeployed at a constant rate. there definitely is a problem and they don't have time to heal. >> we don't yet know what role, if any, ptsd may have played in the actions of this shooter. we did put folks on call to get a comment. but so far, they are not talking. >> ben, thank you very much. laura logan has been in afghanistan for more than a decade covering the word.
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good morning. >> sort it out for us. the consequences, what might happen next? >> well, the first thing that will erupt is afghan anger over the anger. the afghan parliament is closed in protest. and as a signal to everybody. but what happens in the bigger picture is that the strategic situation in afghanistan, the stae tajic picture gets completely lost in the midst of something like this. it overshadows everything else. and it shifts the entire debate. so the afghan and the u.s. are busy right now negotiating a strategic agreement that is meant to be presented in a major summit in chicago in may. and the big stopping point for that is being controlled at the air base and also the night raids. they've just reached an agreement on the deif he thinks facility, night raids remain an issue of contention. and now the afghans are going to
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raise the issue of jurisdiction. who has jurisdiction over u.s. soldiers who committed crime on their soil. they see it as a forces agreement. and the next status of forces agreement which has yet to be negotiated, this issue that is off the table will now probably be front and center. >> can you imagine that the united states will change its position on that? >> no. they won't change their position on that. they demonstrated that in iraq. the cooperation between the iraqis and the u.s. and if the afghans hold their ground and insist on it, it will be what ends the operation in afghanistan, as well. >> laura, you know they have vowed revenge. what could revenge look like especially following the burning of the koran recently? >> well, this scale is just on a completely different scale. i mean, we're talking about women and children who were sleeping in their homes and murdered. >> yes. >> and so, you know, that is even for rational, reasonable
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afghans who work closely with the united states who would be the kind of bridge between the two nations in a situation like this. fewer and fewer of those people are left standing because this is so horrible. and the taliban, of course, know how to exploit this kind of situation to their advantage even when the u.s. isn't guilty of wrong doing, they're able to exploit the situation. it feeds their narrative on the country. and does their job for them, really. so it won't be hard to whip afghans into a frenzy over this. and the taliban will be doing everything they can to do so. there were six u.s. soldiers who were murdered in cold blood by afghans posing as people they were working with. and they had mass protest on the doors for u.s. bases. and for a lot of those soldiers, that's a terrifying thing. there is nothing more terrifying than a mob that stains your blood. and that will be definitely raising tensions on the ground. >> laura, what is the hope for
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u.s. troops on the ground? and could it in any way speed up the withdraw? >> it is possible that it speeds up the withdraw. many americans have lost patience in this war. what they're told over time is ha the afghans are an unreliable partner and they're corrupt. and so there are many americans who have lost sight that many afghans had which was one that was built by american voices when americans first landed in afghanistan. and they kept saying to the afghans, come on, we'll help you rebuild. we're here for the long term. and clearly that's not the case. ten years in afghanistan is a very short period of time. they're not there for the long haul. they've made that
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as we looked ad th as we looked around the world this morning, we found a few reasons to make a long story short. futurity.org say this is not a good day for work. researchers say that on the monday after daylight saving, without the "s" time kicks in, drowsy employees waste more time on the web than usual. >> without the s in valentine. >> it's not a bank, ericarchitis. daylight saving time. >> if you're going to hit a policewoman with a tomato, it may help that your dad is the president of the france. they threw things at an officer guarding the presidential palace. but the case was apparently dropped after the president apologized to the officer. >> never judge a book by its cover. boston.com says love letters from the former president to his future wife pat are being made public.
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nixon writes every day and every night i want to see you and be with you. one of her letters says i'll see if i can burn a hamburger for you. skbl there may be a little more to that story. >> has been suspended. the woman approached the priest during her mother's funeral. he said i can't give you communion because living with another woman is a sin. >> and sorry, guys, looks like halle berry will soon be off the market. people.com says her fiance has confirmed that the two are engaged. that clears up a long-running rumor. no word on a wedding date. and that's long story short. erica, there's another example of never say never. because halle berry said time and time again, she's been married three times, she's sed i will never get married again. so good for her. >> good for her. so we love this story. >> yes, we do. we do. >> if you want to stay healthy, you eat right and you exercise.
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that's a shock. may or may not be live music city. nashville, tennessee. we associate healthy living with eating right, taking vitamins and getting exercise. but dr. david agus says there's no one size fits all approach to staying well. >> it's true. his new book is already a new york times best seller. hello dr. agus. good to see you again. >> hi gayle. >> really excited today because it's daylight saving time.
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i've said daylight savings time. i read today it's daylight saving time. it was so hard to get up this morning. you talk about the importance of sleep and you said it's not so much the regularity. you're saying that it is a regularity, not the less, but the regularity of sleep. >> your body wants to be regular. it strives for that. >> it ain't regular today, doctor. >> even though it's a daylight. >> yeah, yeah. >> it takes time to get back n a regular schedule. disease actually goes up in this country hf it. if you have your lunch today at noon and tomorrow at 2:00, for two hours your body goes into panic mode. metabolism shuts down, the data are real. >> but the thing that got to me, charlie listen to this with both ears. he says napping can be a bad thing. the older i get, the more i think napping is a good thing. you're saying it's not so good. >> they shut the stores at 4:00
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in europe and nap. at times it screws the body up. >> go ahead. >> on the weekend, if you take a nap on saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday you're screwed up because your body is expecting to nap. closing the light off in the room at 4:00. healthiest thing in the word. so you say charlie rose, i rest my case? >> indeed. >> when i saw napping can be bad for you, i thought -- >> me too. that's what i thought. ha is he talking about? then i was thrilled to hear he was only talking about regularity in napping is good for you. >> yes, very good for you. >> go ahead. >> you said exercising. i'm going to you all the checklist of things i was concerned about. exercising, sitting down most of the day despite having a strenuous morning workout is also not good. >> no. >> you said it's just as damaging. i don't have a medical degree. >> it's amazing.
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1953, 26,000 british transit authority workers all weighed the same, lived in the same neighborhood. half were the bus drivers, have were ticket takers that walked around. 60% less disease in the ticket takers compared to the bus drivers. i want you to be a ticket taker and move during the day. the lymphatic that control your immune system, there's no muscle in the wall. >> if i don't do anything the rest of the day, it's a waste of time. >> move during the day, walk, move around. >> exercise, not the problem. it's not moving around during the rest of the day. >> to just move. we're made to walk. that's how we were engineered. we got two of these things that move. >> you want all of us to be healthier. >> yes. >> give us the three most important things to do. one is regularity. i get that. >> one is regularity. that's key. two is eat real food. don't eat processed food, don't have pills and vitamins.
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eat real food. the third is be in charge of your own health. just like you check your socks every day, check your health metrics every day. check your blood pressure all the day. >> every day? >> you go to your doctor. at 1:00 check your pressure. who checks it at night or in the morning. have lots of data. we need to focus on that. i want you to be in charge of your health. there's a questionnaire at the beginning of the book with four pages of question. answer them and go in with those answers to your doctor. >> let your body speak to you. you check it out, it's saying something to you. >> we're in an unparalleled time in medical history. you saw over the last couple weeks, alzheimer's, dramatic advances. it will be a disease of the past in the next decade or so. we need to focus on prevention and delaying disease. you have to know yourself to benefit from the advances and delay everything. >> a vegetarian friend of mine said meat is the new tobacco.
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point 3 magnitude earthquake rubbled the east bay centern the good monday morning. it is 8:25. just about 7 minutes ago there was a 2.3 magnitude earthquake. it was rumbling the east bay. we don't have any reports of damage and so far no one reported even feeling the 2.3 but this quake hit in the same area on the fault where another quake struck just a week ago today. you might remember. >> in the meantime, oakland police are investigating several shootings including the wounding of a 13 year old girl. she was taken to children's hospital after she was shot on east 12th street. it happened after 1:30 this morning. and just before 11:00 last night, two men were shot and wounded on the 2200 block of high street. jury selection continues
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today for the domestic violence trial. more than 100 people are heading in but it's still not clear when it will begin. there are still more pretrial potions to consider. his lawyer is trying to get a video showing a bruise on his wife's arm kept out of trial. they are still battling. >> an update of your traffic and weather is coming up after this ,,,,
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garbage truck. it's on the onramp to northbound 101. lots of garbage in the roadway as well as a vehicle there. they called tow crews out to the scene. you'll see delays but mostly effecting the oakland road onramp to northbound 101. we'll continue to keep you updated. also delays northbound 280 and downtown san jose. also northbound 101 near university. look out for a multiple vehicle accident and a new wreck stone valley road also blocking the roadway. that's a look at traffic. here's your rainy forecast. >> today looking pretty good outside. just a couple of passing clouds. the temperatures are going to be cooler in spots as we head toward the afternoon. a little fog as you make your way toward the coastline but temperatures running into the 30s and 40s right now. by the afternoon, only 50s coast side. 60s inland but probably the only dry day of the week. rain may return tomorrow with
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the white house in washington, d.c. welcome back to "cbs this morning." for centuries, the roman catholic church has had a firm rule. if you are a priest, you kanlt get married. but there are exceptions to the rule of celibacy. michelle miller is here with a story that may surprise a few of you. michelle, good morning. >> good morning, it certainly surprised me.
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a number of priests are living lives that are not very different from the family men in their own parishes. it's friday night in denver. doug and lynn brandon are watching the lady buffaloes shoot for a 12-0 record. their twin daughters, heidi and christen, have spent hundreds of hours practicing. their parents spent that time praying. that's because doug is a father. >> while paul encourages celibacy. >> is also four doug. >> when you tell people, i'm married and i'm a catholic priest, what's their reaction? >> they're usually surprised. catholics themselves are surprised. i talk about my wife and my family a lot. and i always have to say, do you know that i'm a married catholic priest before i say, i went to my kids' basketball game the other night. that's a real shock. >> married for 30 years, doug
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has fathered six children and enjoyed a successful career as an episcopal pastor in the protestant church. in 2003, he realized his calling was with the catholic church. >> the catholic church is the fullest expression of what jesus meant christianity to be. i wanted to be a part of that. >> pope john paul ii, issued a little known edict that said protestant priests wishing to become catholic should not break their marriage vows. it took five years of schooling and a blessing from pope benedict to make father doug one of 77 priests in the u.s. converted allegiance to the vatican. >> when he comes home and s are going to eat? i was really angry. >> are you going back in? >> that's because in giving up his protestant ministry, father
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doug took a considerable pay cut. the catholic church hasn't quite figured out how to pay a priest with a family. it's a good thing lynn runs the diocese life office. she's the bread winner. last year, father doug joined his new parish, the church of the risen christ. the 45-year-old congregation hosts 3200 families. monsignor ken leone says his parish never heard of anyone like him. >> when they heard about a married priest with a wife and six kids coming, one lady said to me, well, i'll never go to confession to him because don't you know that husbands tell their wives everything. my hope is that as men come in like this, we look at the man, we don't look at the fact of whether he's married. >> i think god bless him. [ laughter ] >> it's different. >> it's something -- it's not
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the tradition that you grew up with. >> he comes with knowledge. he comes with an excitement. >> he comes with a wife. >> that's fine. >> father doug says his marriage and the church gives him a unique perspective. when they walk into that confessional and they're having a row with their wife and they know they're talking to you, he probably goes i know, i know, i know. yes? >> i understand them. and i can talk to them and i can counsel them outside the confessional. i do understand them. but i'm not here to say that a celibate priest couldn't do the same thing. >> which begs the question, should all catholic priests have the option to marry? >> the most we could say is that having married priest like us in the latin rite allows them to look and see how it would work if they wanted to change it.
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>> faith and religion contributor, father edward beck joins us now. i love this story. i love this story. go father doug. i'm wondering for you, father beck, does it bother you that father doug can get mary and you cannot snoo do you want to get married? do you have any desire to get married? >> some of us who are religious priests take vows. it wouldn't be optional for us even if this changed. your parish priests it would be. >> that wasn't my question. my question is do you want to get married? do you have a -- >> at a time in my life. i chose a path that precludes it. not at this stage in my life. what's interesting is you have these gentlemen coming from the ee miss tow coe pailian church and -- usually it's about women priests, gay marriage, they don't agree with it. they come to the catholic church but they come with wives and kids putting into question this traditional notion of celibacy
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in the catholic church. i think it's ironic they're coming to be more conservative if they're bringing a liberal notion with them. >> do you think that they should not become catholic priests. should they have that option? >> it's really good because it's pushing the conversation. what we're seeing is it can work. a guy with a wife, kids as the piece was saying, knows what family life is like. knows what marriage is like. >> unique perspective. >> i think the objective perspective can be just as valuable. if you're not in it every day, maybe you can look at it in a way they can't. >> you've said to us on this program before, part of the beauty in some ways of taking the vow of celibacy is you're not distracted by those other things. does it go both ways here? is it sort of whatever works? >> let me say this. i could not do what i do in the full capacity that i do it and be married with children. it would not work. something would suffer. so the idea of celibacy is
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you're single-minded, single-hearted. you can give yourself to your ministry, to god, to what you do. remember, it came into being in the church because of the sews yoe political reasons. from giving property to their wives and kids and the church didn't like it. it was always a spiritual notion that it had that other overlay that was sews yoe political. >> you said single-minded, single-focused and not being disrespectful. does it lead to a lot of frustration? it seems so unnatural to me for so many people. >> certainly there's a part of that gayle. i think there's something about the denial is before you. yeah, it is hard. there's no doubt about that. but i think you get something else. i become members of families in my parishes. i become intimately involved with people. i think a wife and kids would resent the involvement i have and the commitment if they were part of my life.
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some guys can do it on the weekend. it's a weekend job for them. catholics are used to 24 hours you're there. right now we can. >> father beck, always nice to have you here. >> always. >> the world of comedy, turns out is also changing. >> the world of comedy, turns out is also changing. david steinberg is,,,,,,
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rick santorum beat mitt romney in kansas. he was expect today do well in kansas because it's also a giant square. [ laughter ] i saw that. thought that was funny. from stand-up to acting to directing, david steinberg has been a big name in comedy for nearly a half a century. that's a long time. in his new series, inside comedy, he talks with other top comics like ellen degeneres about what it tikes get a laugh. >> i just did stuff that i thought was weird and funny. i would go up on stage and hold
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up fabric like -- then look at people and then put that down and hold up velvet and then i would put that down and hold up something else. i said, i'm just trying out new material. people would stare at me. i did lots of prop comedy. >> david steinberg, welcome. do you think most people who are really good that you interviewed are naturally funny or is it a learned quality? >> you're born with this. it's in your dna. you cannot learn how to be funny. at that level. >> absolutely right. >> really? you can't learn it. i always thought that humor and comedy is a sign of intelligence. when you think about it, i think most comedians are really very smart. is there anything to that theory? that's the world according to gayle. >> that's a smart theory. it's a subtle theory in that there are sort of intelligent
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comedians who work on a cerebral level and then the blue collar comedians who are filling up stadiums. if you have a sense of humor, that's intelligence. there is no difference by being cerebral. you're intelligent if you have a sense of humor. >> cerebral would be steve martin, say? >> and silly. >> he understood a theory of comedy. >> yes. you have to have -- here's the interesting thing about stand-up comedy. you can't succeed at it without not succeeding in front of an audience. in other words, you have to fail in front of an audience. that takes a level of fortitude that's incredible. no one likes that. >> you got to want it to do that. >> and one of the interviews i did with chris rock, i said, you know, you open at madison square garden. how do you do that? where do you find the material? >> i go to a little place in
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florida, i try it out in front of old jews. if i get them, i can kwocorning the world. >> is there a jewish sense of humor? >> the more suffering you have and the more complaining and stressing you do, the more humor. >> another thing about kpleedians, they come from some tortured childhood and those people make the best comedians. >> yeah. you know that has been a theory. i have advanced it myself. i used to say if you had a good childhood and a great marriage and a few dollars in the bank, you're going to make a lousy comedian. >> but it helps to suffer a little bit. >> you have to come from something. but i'm not sure that that's so anymore. when i started out, to be a comedian was not like a great thing. in other words, if you were dating someone and they brought you home to your mother and they said he's a comedian.
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>> can't you find somebody else. >> what i thought was interesting why your series, you were interviewing people i assume you know. you've interviewed jerry seinfeld, don rickles. i got to see other sides of people that i hadn't before i thought that was interesting. is it hard to interview people you know who do what you do? >> not really. what i wanted to do is not have it just a pe dan particular discussion of comedy. i wanted to hear what they did through the stories, through what they lived through. that's what i think made it unique. >> exactly. >> being funny with me but the story of how much they love what it is that they do. i think what's different about the series is that it isn't this dark side of comedy that everyone talks about. it's a celebration. they love what they're doing. i paired seinfeld with rickles.
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and it's not that they're together in the show. but after interviewing rickles, four months later, i interviewed jerry. he said i know you want to talk about things, but i got to tell you chris rock and i saw rickles last night and if there's any white light coming in comedy from any person, it is don rickles. he started to talk about him. so i put those together. >> johnny carson, this guy as you know, other than bob hope, had the host number of appearances. carson used to always say, talking about comedy is not funny. >> correct. >> but telling stories about comedians is funny. >> exactly. that was carson's style. i learned everything from that. >> you have to give one answer about where your best material comes from, family, politics, life, what? >> it comes from something inside of you. it can come from frustration. >> from observation. >> from observation. >> the best kind. >> the best thing is watch
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what's going on around you. comment on it. if you're funny, it's going to come out that way. >> thank you so much. david steinberg. it airs thursday nights at 11:00, 10:o 0 central on show time. after 71 years, a first for citizen kane. they showed it at hearst castle in california. we'll show y,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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citizen kane is on nearly every list of the finest movies ever made. one critic who hated it, though, was the man who inspired it, william randolph hearst. as lee cowan reports, the movie had a greeting literally in hearst's backyard. >> as the sunset behind the pacific this weekend, the view from the hearst castle must have been as it always was. in fact, as the gates to the
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mansion were thrown open, you might think it was the 1940s all over again. from the cars to the clothes to drinks by the indoor pool. now, this is what you call a cocktail party. >> it was as if william randolph hearst returned to host the guests himself. the billionaire newspaper tycoon loved sharing his california get away and the life of the party was usually his mistress. actress and former chorus girl, marion davies. their lifestyle was an easy target. soon a hollywood boy wonder named orson welles took aim. the result was citizen kane. >> i don't know how to run a newspaper. i just try everything i can think of. >> charles foster mirrored hearst in the film in many ways. while portrayal was hardly flattering. >> what will people think? >> what i tell them to think. >> the way orson welles characterized who many thought was hearst's mistress marion davies was even worse.
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>> charlie, i want to go to new york. i'm tired of being a hostess. i want to have fun. please, charlie. charlie, please. >> when he found out that this youngup start, was making a film that was in large part, not completely, in large part patterned after his life and his lifestyle, he was not a happy man. he went to war. he refuse today advertise citizen kane in any of his newspapers. he pressured hollywood to quash its release. some suggested that hearst used his influence with j. edgar hoover to begin an fbi investigation of welles. so much hatred for a film hearth maintains he never even saw. >> mr. hearst decided to build here -- >> gets us back to the party. they were all here to do what hearst himself never did. watch citizen kane in a the very castle it mocked. all because his great grandson
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thought it was finally time to bury the hatchet. >> he believed that it was an assault on his character and his way of life. in fact, then it was. but i don't believe at this point it still is. i think people have been able to separate that. >> wendy eidson says rarely has a film been played in such a controversial setting. >> william randolph hearst is probably wondering what's going on tonight? >> i've definitely thought about that. this place does not have a haunted feeling at all. >> the ghost of orson welles might have been here too. perhaps even the spirit of herman mankiewicz, the screen writer who won the oscar fll ta citizen kane 71 years later. he would have said, did you guys stop making movies? >> if the curtain rose, the
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71-year-old feud finally fell. so who did have the last laugh? no one really. most agree the only winner in all of this was the film itself. citizen kane remains one of the most enduring movies of our time. fiction, not fact. entertainment, not history. a film still defined by a single word. >> rosebuds. >> was it really just a sled? the jury is still out on that one. for cbs this morning, lee cowan in hollywood. you know what this reminds me? >> what? >> movies are such a wonderful art form. >> for sure. whenever i think of citizen kane i think of rosebud. i think of charlie, please, charlie, please take me to new york, please. and here i am. >> look at you. >> thank you, charlie. thank you, charlie. >> thank you. >> i always think it's in poor taste to have your mistress
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berkeley's police chief is taking criticism from some f good monday morning. did you feel it? because there was a small earthquake in the east bay. 2.3 that happened at 7:55 a.m. it was in the same place that we had a quake just one week ago today. in the meantime, the police chief is taking criticism from his own officers. the head of the officers union says she quote, gravely concerned. this after the chief sent an officer to a reporters house early friday morning. this is after midnight in order to complain about a story on his appearance at a heated community meeting thursday night. the chief now says he made a mistake. >> today they're celebrating a cash infusion.
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congress approved a 900 million- dollar grant recommended by the federal transportation authority. construction will soon begin on an extension. >> we have changes coming in the forecast. rain, a lot of rain. >> yeah, a lot of rain coming our way. not today though. we'll stay nice and dry. just passing clouds outside. temperatures will be cool in spots. and indeed we have a couple of patches of fog in san francisco but as we head throughout the day today we'll see a mixture of sunshine and passing clouds and the temperature is going to stay cool by the coast. plan on 50s there. you'll still see mid 60s. 61 in santa rosa. but then tonight, the clouds roll back in, storm clouds bring in gusty winds, potentially heavy rainfall through tuesday and wednesday. showers continuing on thursday and friday and very cold system moves in next weekend. snow level could be down to about 1500 feet. all right. we're going to check out your
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