a convincing win for mitt romney in the illinois primary. we'll get reaction from illinois democratic senator dick durbin on that and also on the ongoing budget battle in washington and we'll have a community that is rallying in support of a teen gunned down during a neighborhood watch. i'm gayle king. a treasure-trove of captured documents offer a window into the mind of osama bin laden. jon miller brings us new details you have not heard yet. and when i see you at 8:00, kiefer sutherland tells us about

his big return to tv. fake medicine making its way into the u.s. and newly published e-mails from bernie madoff show a desperate man seemingly trying to cope with life behind bars. as we do our good morning, we begin with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> thank you, illinois. what a night. wow. >> mitt romney rolls in illinois and takes aim at president obama. >> it's time to say this word. enough. we've had enough. >> it's inevitable that mitt romney is going to be the nominee, isn't it? >> unless there's an unexpected collapse or heart attack. >> we're feeling good about winning louisiana on saturday i might add. >> rick santorum says that he's not worried about unemployment. he will be in november. uproar over the shooting death of an unarmed florida teen, trayvon martin, continued

at a town hall meeting. >> arrest george zimmerman today. >> a powerful earthquake has struck mexico. 500 homes have been damaged and magnitude of 7.6. >> president obama's 13-year-old daughter malia is in the earthquake zone but the white house says she was never in danger. >> the most severe storms are shifting east after swamping the southern plains. >> robert de niro at a obama fund-raiser said america isn't ready for a white first lady. >> it is my honor to present to you this certificate of irish heritage. >> this will have a special place alongside my birth certificate. >> it's official. the muppets are big-time hollywood legends. kermit, miss piggy and the gang were honored today with a star on the walk of fame. >> we look like four idiots right here. >> and all that matters --

>> if tim tebow was here next year, i'll be the best teammate i can be. >> on "cbs this morning." welcome to "cbs this morning." mitt romney won the illinois republican primary by a huge margin last night. now saying it's time for the gop to rally around him. >> romney won 47% of the vote in illinois. santorum with a distant second with 35% followed by ron paul and newt gingrich both as you can see in single digits. political correspondent jan crawford has been tracking the race from chicago. good morning, jan. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and erica and good morning to our viewers in the west. mitt romney wanted a decisive victory in illinois and let me tell you what, he got it. it really bolsters his argument that he's going to be the

nominee and the other candidates should step aside letting him go head to head with president obama. >> thank you, illinois. what a night. wow. >> reporter: romney lost with the conservative but won in almost all other groups and picked up ground where he struggled. in illinois he was seen as the candidate who best understands voters' problems. he won overwhelmingly among voters who care most about beating barack obama. >> we know what barack obama's vision is. we've been living it the last three years. my vision is very different than what his is. >> reporter: romney's commanding victory here will bolster his argument that republicans should stop fighting each other and get out of the way so he can go head to head with obama. >> we're going to do very, very well in pennsylvania. >> reporter: challenger rick santorum who is already campaigning in his home state of pennsylvania refuses to step aside. he said over and over again last night that romney is not what the american people are looking for. >> we don't need a manager. we need someone who is going to

pull up government by the roots and throw it out and do something to liberate the private sector in america. that's what we need. >> reporter: newt gingrich lagged far behind yet we found a way to make news. campaigning in louisiana, he slammed actor robert de niro for something he said in front of michelle obama during a fund-raiser for the president. de niro, who says he was joking, asked the crowd do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady? gingrich took issue with the comment's racial tone. >> it's something he should apologize for. it's at an obama fund-raiser. it divides the country. >> reporter: gingrich finished dead last last night. he says they're going to quick. they're trying to deny romney this nomination. romney showing that will be a lot harder. he's going to pick up most of the 54 delegates that were in play. he's got about 534 delegates now.

cbs news is estimating that puts him nearly halfway to that magic number of 1,144. >> most political experts think it's now over? >> reporter: that's what everyone is saying now. if you look at the map, it really is almost mathematically impossible for santorum or certainly gingrich to get enough of those delegates to clinch the nomination. what you're starting to hear are people saying, listen, let's call this for what it is. mitt romney is going to be the nominee. accept it. get out of the race and let's put our focus on beating president obama. you're going to hear that a lot more after last night's victory. if you look at the states that are ahead after louisiana where santorum will do william, heelle well in the south and with rural voters, after that state the calendar is favorable to romney. he's going to continue picking up steam and momentum and bolstering those arguments he'll be the nominee. rally around him and keep your eye on the prize which is

getting president obama out of the white house. >> electability is an attractive quality for primary voters. >> reporter: they care most they tell us about beating president obama and they believe overwhelmingly in every state that we've seen that mitt romney is the best candidate to do that. that was true here in illinois. it's been true in every state in every state that romney has won, voters say they think he's the most electable. the money and message to beat president obama in november. >> jan crawford in chicago. jan, thanks. with us on capitol hill now, illinois senator dirk durbin. number two democrat in the senate. good morning, senator. >> good morning. >> they had a primary election in your home state. the victor came out focusing on president obama and drawing some contrast between his experience and the president's experience specifically citing the fact that the president had been a community organizer and a constitutional law professor and that he had been an executive and had headed the olympics.

>> i tell you, there's something left out of your story. romney outspent santorum more than 5 to 1 and at the end of the night we had the lowest turnout for a republican presidential primary in 70 years. you could draw a bigger crowd at a green bay packers rally in downtown chicago than what mr. romney delivered at the polls yesterday in illinois. >> so the budget proposal by paul ryan is out. he was on this program yesterday. he talked about what he thought was necessary to focus on dealing with the deficit. do you and do democrats believe that not only do you have to focus on cutting entitlements and cutting spending but also raise revenue? >> i can tell you that paul ryan is a friend of mine. i respect him. remember, he walked away from the bowl simpson commission which put everything on the table. he refuses to impose new taxes on the wealthiest in america.

to achieve it, it makes dramatic cuts in medicare and medicaid and programs that people count on for basic safety net in america. it's not a balanced approach. it reflects where his party is today. >> has your hart yet signaled where it would address entitlements in terms of dealing with the deficit? >> i have sent out a signal loud and strong. i voted for bowles simpson that put everything on the table including new tax revenue from those at the highest income levels and making certain that any changes to medicare, social security or medicaid preserved the basic protections of these programs. paul ryan wants to privatize medicare. at the end of the day those seniors who are not healthy and can't buy health insurance today will find it almost impossible to do so under paul ryan's plan. >> can i get you and paul ryan to come on this show and debate the issue? >> i would love to. i start with the commission that i voted for and i wish he had

too. >> the president was late in coming around to his support and when he did he has not completely supported every aspect of it. >> let me tell you. let's make it clear here. when you have the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell saying his sole goal is to make sure obama is a one-term president, it's no wonder that it was dead on arrival. what he's done is support a negotiation with speaker boehner to bring the deficit down three times now speaker boehner and congressman cantor have walk out of those negotiations. the president has made a good faith effort to deal with the deficit and in his second term he will do that. >> you know that oil prices and gas prices are high by the barrel at some $128 a barrel and also there is some concern and especially at the white house if the president can do something so gas prices at the pump do not

go up further. can the president do that? >> oil prices and gasoline prices worldwide are high. they are too high. let me tell you. i think they are just indefe indefensible when you look at the price. we've expanded drilling and exploration in an environmentally safe way. we learned a lesson from bp. we have to diversify our energy and put a policy together that doesn't depend on foreign oil exclusively and doesn't depend on the current sources but moves into fuel efficiency. the president has agreed to a plan with the manufacturers that will dramatically increase fuel efficiency and economy of vehicles driven by americans saving them up to $8,000 for the life of a vehicle and will bring in all elements of energy and it does spell out a course that will bring energy costs down and let our economy grow. >> senator, i want to touch on

something we've covered here and i know you have spoken out about. on friday governor quinn appealed the decision of fema to reject disaster funding after the tornado hit on february 29th. where does that stand? do you see any case here that could cause this decision to be overturned? >> we've had appeals in the past and some of them successful. i think this one will be. i know that the president wants to help the victims here. there is a statutory and regulatory basis for awarding a federal disaster. we went back in the field. we looked at the damage. the governor along with local and federal officials submitted the appeal and it's being reviewed by fema. i hope any day now there will be a federal disaster declaration. there should fob southern illinois. >> thank you for joining us. look forward to having you here and a debate on economic issues facing this nation. >> let's do it.

pressure is building for authorities in florida to arrest george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who fatally shot trayvon martin last month. the incident is now a federal case. it's slated to go before a grand jury. jeff glor is in sanford, florida, this morning with more. >> reporter: good morning. as the investigation continues on the state and federal level, there was an emotional gathering in this neighborhood last night. so many people wanted to attend a gathering inside the church here in sanford that hundreds were forced to express their frustration outside. >> that was murder! >> reporter: all part of the continuing controversy over the death of trayvon martin. a controversy that went to capitol hill tuesday. >> i am tired of burying young black boys. >> reporter: congresswoman wilson represents the county where the boy lives.

>> no more racial profiling. i'm tired of fighting when the evidence is so clear. >> reporter: that evidence was not enough for local police to arrest george zimmerman, who cited self-defense. martin was heading home from a convenience store three weeks ago when zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, called police to report what he called a suspicious person. >> he's got his hands in his waistba waistband. he's a black male. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> we don't need you to do that. >> reporter: zimmerman, who is hispanic, told police he began retreating to his car and only fired his gun after martin jumped him. martin's girlfriend says she was on the phone with him when it happened. and that zimmerman was the aggressor. zimmerman, who has called police dispatchers 46 times in the last 14 months, remains in hiding as florida's stand your ground law

remains hotly debated now. a law that gives the benefit of the doubt to anyone claiming self-defense no matter where. frank taffy is zimmerman's friend and fellow neighborhood watch volunteer. do you carry a weapon? >> no. >> reporter: do you have a weapon? >> yes. >> reporter: you don't take it out on watch? >> no. >> reporter: do you think george should have been carrying one? >> no. >> reporter: why was he? >> i can't answer that. i can't get insight. the two components don't match up. up george, carrying a weapon of d destruction. >> reporter: police are going through all of the calls that zimmerman made to see if we may have made a racist remark in one of them last year. at the same time more protests are planned today in new york city, orlando and miami with a major rally here tomorrow night.

>> jeff, thanks. french police have cornered the man suspected of killing four people in a jewish school on monday. police surrounded a home in toulouse early this morning. the suspect opened fire. two policemen were injured. officials say the suspect is a 24-year-old french man who claims to belong to al qaeda. police believe he shot and killed a rabbi and three children monday and also murdered three french paratroopers earlier this month. the government says he'll surrender sometime today. a prison official in afghanistan said the gunman escaped from the kandahar prison during a mass taliban prison break. mexico is recovering from a huge jolt on tuesday. an earthquake magnitude 7.4 hit the southern coast felt 200 miles away in mexico city. we get an update now on the quake and on the cleanup. >> reporter: good morning. tuesday's earthquake affected

much of the southern part of mexico. startling residents here in the capital but also tourists in one of the country's most popular resorts. so far there's been 11 injuries reported. as you know with any earthquake this magnitude, the aftershocks remain a constant threat. frightened office workers were sent streaming into the streets of mexico city after a powerful earthquake struck the country's southern region just minutes after 12:00 in the afternoon. this worker said it was very strong. the lights started swinging and the photocopiers started sliding back and forth in the office. the tremor caused a pedestrian bridge to collapse. a major women's hospital was forced to evacuate patients. phone and power service was briefly shut down in the capital and neighboring state. officials say 800 homes were reported damaged. another 60 completely collapsed. >> older buildings and buildings

not constructed with earthquakes in mind could collapse. most buildings designed for earthquakes would survive and it would be interior damage or maybe cracks. >> reporter: the quake's epicenter was located 11 miles underground. there panic tourists emptied cars and hotels as the ground shook for american a minute. >> we were on the 28th floor. everything started shaking. the windows were shaking. i sat on the floor. it was very scary. i've never felt nothing like that before. >> reporter: earthquakes are not uncommon in the region. in 1985, mexico city was struck by a series of devastating quakes that claimed the lives of over 10,000 people. even though no deaths were reported from tuesday's tremor, the looming threat of aftershocks has kept the country on high alert. now, president obama's 13-year-old daughter malia is in mexico on a school trip in the

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insight into the final years of osama bin laden through the treasure trove of documents found in his compound in pakistan after the raid that killed him last may. >> officials have been poring over them and some will released in the coming months but juan zarate got a look at the content and we john john miller who interviewed bin laden some years ago. what surprised you. what's the most important thing that you heard that helps us understand osama bin laden? >> one of the interesting points that comes out of the documents is clearly the loss of control that bin laden sees in the movement. the fact that the movement itself is getting out of his control, both in terms of discipline and in terms of what he's able to actually direct. and you see that then reflected in tensions between him and iman al zawahiri, they have different views of where they should attack, bin laden wanting to

attack in the united states with zawahiri hits in places they can. striking is a beleaguered movement and a leader that has to realize he's losing control over quickly. >> there's also this. we have not had an attack in ten years. part of that is good police work. how much of it is their inability to mount the kind of mission that bin laden wanted to? >> they came very close. if you look at the british planes plot where they were going to place bombs in liquid containers, the reason we can carry only three ounces of liquid today on planes, that was a plot with a dozen airliners that really would have killed up to 2,000 people. that would have been on the level of 9/11. and because of great intelligence work on the part of the british, joined by us and some other partners, that was prevented, but it was certainly viable. it was well in progress and it could have happened. or the case here in new york

city, 16 backpacks on crowded subways on a 9/11 anniversary. all of these things were in progress, directed by al qaeda and came close. and if you look at the bin laden documents that were seized in ab, his message out is target america, worry less about afghanistan and iraq, focus on planes, small student planes, trains and hurting the economy, whether blowing up commercial places or attacking oil tankers to drive up gas prices. >> you also see here this sensitivity about killing muslim civilians. >> yeah. it's striking, charlie, because bin laden and al qaeda itself is very sensitive to their legitimacy. their moral legitimacy, theologic theological, they feel beleaguered, they feel isolated from fellow muslims and they see

themselves as having to recuperate their image. that's throughout their documents. interestingly, bin laden talks about shahzad, the times square bomber. what he says is it's actually illegitimate to uz faisal shahzad because he was an american citizen who pledged an oath to defend america. so bin laden is worried about the rules of engagement, talking about the need to do this with honor and to restore the image of al qaeda, which is fascinating. people need to remember, they care about their legitimacy. until his dying day, he wanted to restore their name and brand. >> when you say he was worried about feisal shahzad pledging his allegiance to united states, does that mean osama bin laden did not feel even if someone pledged their allegiance to al qaeda, it would ultimately trump anything else? that's very telling. >> it is very telling. his point is if someone pledges an oath, they're given their word to defend america. if that's the case, they're no longer eligible for an operation. now, this doesn't mesh with what

the organization is doing at large because we know as al aki out of yemen they have recruited americans and want to insert them. it's a reflection of bin laden, again, trying to control the movement, the discipline of the movement with everybody else just trying to find a way to hit the united states. >> a forecast tour of the movement. >> the size of al qaeda raises two questions. one, they wanted to expand strategy there? >> they were looking at merging with al shabab, the somali organization. there was a split between al qaeda and al zawahiri. >> interestingly, bin laden dies, soon thereafter, last month the merger actually happens. you see zawahiri's view come to pass. >> i want to get back to the branding issue. you think i'm running a global terrorist organization, do i really have time to think about this stuff? but a lot of stuff when bin

laden was stuck in abbottabad, you see lots of things. the u.s. stuck this name on us, al qaeda, which means the base. but our name used to be the base of jihad or holy war. we need to get back into that because they have recast us as being a terrorist group as opposed to fighting for muslims. so he made a list of suggested names. the jihad group, restoration of the calaphate group, jihad group, revitalization and restoration of the nation. >> none of these are great. >> there are others, too. he's trying to recast al qaeda as part of the vanguard of muslims around the world. >> key keep hearing about the treasure trove of information. as they look at it and declassify, are they suggesting there's a lot of nuggets there that will be extraordinary in

terms of insight into al qaeda? >> i think iran is a key element there. >> well, i think current questions about the relationship between al qaeda and iran, you see what's played out at abbottabad, that al qaeda deputies were released from iran. and starting in 2009. questions as to whether or not al qaeda and iran have a relationship, that emerges. i do think, charlie, it does reveal insights into the waning movements of a terrorist group that's evolving and somehow a threat that's moved beyond al qaeda itself. and i think that's a very interesting insight from what's come out of the documents. >> john miller, juan zarate, nice to have you here. we're tracking down fake cancer drugs as we catch up with the owner of a company shipping those worthless drugs to the united states. >> i have nothing to hide. the businesses that i have are ethical, safe and legal.

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were so alarmed when as many as 19 medical practices in the u.s. were found to have purchased this avastin from outside the country that turned out to be counterfe counterfeit. carmen catizone is director of national association of boards of pharmacy. >> no controls, no regulation. in the hands of people dealing with counterfeit drugs that have no concern about that drug's integrity or the patient, you create an ee more dangerous situation for anybody that buys or uses that drug. >> reporter: the counterfeit avastin was sold by a company known as montana healthcare solutions. it offered 400 milligram vials for just under $2,000, about $400 less than the manufacturer's price. cbs news tracked the sale of the fake drugs through six countries, including egypt, turk turkey. where avastin was originally manufactured is unknown. we recently traveled to the

caribbean nation of barbados. tom, amen keteyian, to interview tom haughton, owner of montana healthcare solutions and the man responsible for shipping the worthless avastin into the united states. haughton told us he broke no laws. >> i have nothing to hide. the businesses that i have are ethical, safe and legal. >> reporter: you talk about safety but the fact is, according to you, 36 packets of the fake avastin got into the united states to at least 19 clinics, into the hands of doctors and into the hands of patients. how can it be so safe? >> because we followed protocol. >> reporter: do you know what was in the fake avastin? there was salt and starch and acetone and nothing to fight cancer. >> to me that's shocking and so disappointing. because you buy these products through a regulated supply chain. you have to have faith.

>> in addition haughton said he didn't know the drugs were counterfeit and he rye lies on government regulators to ensure his products are safe. but a close source to a federal criminal investigation told cbs news' news haughton's importing the drugs into the u.s. is a key part of the probe. charlie? >> where is this investigation now? >> well, right now we do know there has been a federal grand jiri convened and subpoenas have gone out to the 19 medical clinics. they're still backtracking this avastin, trying to find the original source. the belief is it's from one of two countries, either china or india. >> how big, though, is this problem? >> it's big. i mean, commercially in the united states, counterfeit drugs is a $75 billion a year problem. and many of these drugs are coming through canada, through the internet pharmacies, these giant internet pharmacies in canada. and, you know, everything from viagra to diabetes drugs to you name it. the problem is, americans think

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news headlines from cbs five. a major development this morning in the silicon valley business world is that is a mercury news says hewlett-packard has confirmed a reorganization that will combine its two biggest deficience printing in the personal-computer c l meg whitman is trying to reverse the financial fortunes of the poll also based company some analysts say the move could be a sign that h-p will eventually spin out to the newly combined division said the discussion air is scheduled to be charged with misconduct today coming from the mayor of who wants to suspend him and named former chief deputy sheriff the key hennessey he's already done that as the end term sheriff travel and other coming up right after the break stay right there. herself

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ladies and gentlemen, it's time for another installment of "mitt romney, president?" [ playing "hail to the chief ] >> these pancakes are something else, i'll tell you. these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. the margin was just about as good. [ playing "hail to the chief" ] >> somebody who likes pancakes. welcome to cbs this morning. ken in the lighting said that it's a one the mega millions, we'd be sitting here in the dark. >> you're thanking him not for winning. >> i'm thanking him for not

winning. >> i'm hoping ken is happy to do that for you. >> he said we'd be sitting here in the dark. we can all play again friday night. i am gayle king. it's 8:00. >> what do you think they would have done with the money? >> we wouldn't see them today. they'd be on vacation someplace. >> i'm charlie rose with erica hill. in san francisco there is a public showdown between the mayor and local sheriff. the sheriff has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor stemming from a violent argument with his wife who is a soap opera actress. >> the mar yoi wants him out. the sheriff says he's not going anywhere. >> good afternoon, everyone. >> reporter: in effect the mayor told the sheriff to be out of town by sundown and the sheriff refused. instead of resign san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi faced charges to have him removed. >> i don't it constitutes

official misconduct. >> reporter: he was sentenced monday to three years probation and to attend a domestic violation order. . mayor ed lee expressed disappointment that the sheriff did not leave office voluntarily. >> the sheriff's actions and confession of guilt clearly fall below the standards of decency and good faith rightly required of all public officials. >> reporter: new year's eve a bruised lopez went to her neighbor, ivory madison, who has a law degree and runs a literary website with her husband abraham, a lawyer and gave the police pictures and a video on which a law enforcement source told cbs a shaken lopez said her husband kept her virtual prisoner in their home, unable to go to the market, to see friend, threaten to have her deported. when he was charged, mirkarimi

was booked into the county jail he runs. lopez now claims she went to the neighbors as lawyers, not friends and they violated attorney/client privilege tellitell ing the police. she since stood by her husband. >> we are fighting. we are going to fight this. >> reporter: they're also fighting the neighbors who now claim that lopez demanded they destroy the video, e-mail and texts from eliana about it. cathy black who runs a san francisco women's shelter says it's not uncommon for battered wives to recant complaints about their husbands. >> they're afraid what will happen. what does their future hold? >> reporter: the sheriff said it's been hard on him. >> i haven't seen or spoken to my wife in nine weeks. i see my son on two times a week. >> reporter: he's suspended from office while a

> be bernie madoff is now about three years into his 150-year prison sentence and despiete pleading guilty he is apparently

trying to clear his name. >> newly published e-mails obtained by a madoff biographer he tries to justify his actions. business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis has the details. hello to you. >> good morning, these are fascinating. bernie madoff may be behind bars, but he still has strong feelings about his conviction and the people that he blames. opening day for the new york mets is just two weeks away. but the big story for the team so far has been off the field. >> we can now refocus our lives. >> reporter: the owner settled with irving picard the trustee charged with recovering money for victims of bernie madoff's massive pongz si scheme. >> he was desperately disappointed that the mets case didn't go to trial. he wrote me just last weekend that he was so looking forward to that trial. >> reporter: why. >> he was hoping that the mets' defense would make the case that he had been making to me that

they had no reason to doubt madoff. >> reporter: the mets agreed to pay 162 million instead of the billion dollars picard initial loy sought. so far $9 billion has been recovered. in recent jailhouse e-mails to his biographer, diana henriquez, he had a harsh view. >> he calls him a fool, amateur, doesn't understand the market. says he never understood the market that he's just lost on wall street. >> reporter: he is one one of the targets. the e-mails published on "forbes.com" critiques his clients too. he says "i can tell you these people were very instrumental in creating his problems." >> he has a pathological fear of failure and finds it easier to live with himself as a liar than a failure. >> reporter: one area he feels he failed his family life. he is clearly very much aware of

what his family is going through. >> i think he was totally blindsigned by the amount of grief they have experienced. >> reporter: madoff's wife ruth and son andrew refuse to speak with him. his eldest son mark committed suicide in december of 2010. his daughter-in-law recently published a book. madoff told henriquez, he watched her discuss mark's death in televised interviews. >> my psychologist told me to the to watch it. but wrote me and said it was every bit as painful as he had been warned it would be and he said -- i think searching honesty, i can't dispute a word she says. he clearly feels personally responsible for his son's suicide. >> reporter: but henriquez says it's hard to tell when he's actually telling the truth and says oftentimes she feels he's in denial. the most important thing to madoff now is refuting claims his fraud started earlier in the 1980s rather than the 1990s and

the reason for that is madoff's own ego. he wants to be known as someone who is running a capable profitable successful legitimate business at least at one time. and if you'd like to read more from madoff's e-mails go to forbes.com. check out the april 9th issue of "forbes" magazine available now. >> why does he feel so comfortable talking to her? >> they have a history. she used to cover him before the ponzi scheme and what perceived as some of his legitimate dealings with the nasdaq and believes that may be one of the reasons she also was -- she says herself incessant about contacting him and trying to get this contact information and follow-up. >> all right, thank you. thanks, rebecca. do you think that a taco shell made from doritos can turn around taco bell? somebody does. we'll speak with the ceo. everybody around new york said, i know, loves a good baseball or two and the best tasting ones may leave us feeling cold. the details and long stories

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long story short. safety for singles after reports of assaults three online dating companies have agreed to help protect members from sexual predators by performing background checks. the "l.a. times" says e-harmony and spark networks want to educate subscribers about safe dating practices. "consumer reports" is out with its bagel rating. we in new york and i don't think it's just new york kind of found it hard to believe frozen is nearly the best. "the new york post" is calling it a schmear campaign and not happy about it saying "consumer reports" is based in young kerrs north of new york city. they say the rating is full of holes. i have to agree. hands down absolute bagels on broadway and 108th. >> i was surprised by that. a food feud has broken out between gwyneth paltrow, rachael ray and "the new york times." that's according to "the huffington post." they both took to twitter to

deny allegations in "the new york times" that they use ghost writers to pen their best-selling cookbooks and ray is calling for a correction now. and we hear a lot that american, many americans have a weight problem. could this be a reason. "usa today" says we could be oversnacking. really? the report says 90% of us eat between meals and eat twice as many snacks as we did 30 years ago. >> i believe that. forget the snacks. if you're looking for a good meal, we recommend you head to hexing ton, virginia. wdbj 7 tells us a diner where you donate only what you can. jon bon jovi already does that in new jersey. the free restaurant is open every monday. >> this pulled a controversial ad that said "cheat on your girlfriend, not on your workout." really? boston's wbz appeared only once

in germany. not too surprising it spread on social media and they regret the offensive material. that is a long story short. >> i don't want to say i would bet my first born but i would bet that the woman was not behind that campaign. >> i'm with you on that. >> i'm just saying. it's causing a big buzz in fast foods. taco bell's doritos taco shell. i like it. we'll speak to the ceo about how it might be the key to the company's success. you are watching "cbs this morning." >> this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by sleep inn, dream better here. >> announcer: spond sponsored by sleep ince, dream better here.

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can doritos reinvent taco bell from e. coli outbreak to con tends of its seasoned beef. taco bell has had a difficult few years but today as they celebrate their 50th anniversary, taco bell is hoping their biggest product launch in

hit is a giant success. >> their newest creation is the doritos loco taco. a taco shell made from nacho cheese dorito. ceo greg creed, hello, joining us from irvine, california. >> good morning. how are you? >> greg, i'm really good. listen, if i wasn't on jenny craig, i would try it, but i intend to the minute i get the opportunity. i'm curious about where the idea came from. >> well, the idea came from the -- as you know, we turn 50 today, so -- >> happy birthday. happy birthday. >> thank you very much. thank you. so, glenn introduced the crunchy taco to america 50 years ago. we thought, what better way to celebrate our 50th anniversary than to reinvent the taco. we went to our friends at frito lay and dorito and we've been working with them. >> i'm thinking, are you handing out breath mints with the taco? as you may know, doritos are

really tough. >> no. people love doer retos and people love taco bell. our customers have said, these two coming together is an amazing combination. >> how do you go about creating this? >> well, you sit down with a great partner, frito lay, who makes doritos. we said, help us reinvent the taco. that's really where it came from. we did a number of concepts. the concept that won clearly was a shell made of doritos inside with all the great ingredients of taco bell. >> you've had as ceo difficult issues that have come up, the e. coli i mentioned and what's in the meat kind of issue. it always presents a question for a corporation, how to respond and how do you protect your brand. where are you on that? >> well, what i've learned is we have great quality. we've always spoken about the

cravable taste and the amazing value at taco bell. but what i've learned is we also have to talk about the quality. 10 0% all-white breast meat chicken. those are thing we need to tell our customers we have because we have great quality. we have great taste and great value. i think that's the story we have to be telling going forward. >> i thought, greg, you all handled it in a unique way when you were threatened with a lawsuit. you came out and said, thank you for suing us. would it kill you to say that you're sorry? i was very -- >> yeah. >> i got a kick out of your strategy to say, listen -- because you proved your case and ultimately that lawsuit was dismissed, was it not? >> yes, it was a frivolous lawsuit that was voluntarily dismissed. we really moved on so far from there in the last 12 months. as you know, we've launched in 800 stores on the west coast, who now have our first meal or breakfast. we launched the amazing doritos taco and testing cantina bell from an amazing chef.

there's so much happening at taco bell. so much to look forward to in the next 50 years. >> there's a big push to have healthy eating at fast foods. what are you doing to contribute to that this? >> well, what we've got is a number of things. first of all, we have the fresco line, a range of products that have reduced fat and reduced calories. the exciting thing about taco bell is you can customize anything at taco bell. you don't want the cheese, the sauce, the sour kreernlgs you don't have to have it. we make the products when you order it. we can customize it to your taste. >> as you say, you don't want the cheese, the sauce. i was going to say, gayle doesn't want the taco. >> yes, that's right. i'm thinking, greg, you're hurting people, you're hurting people. you know, yesterday they were talking about wendy's taking over in second place. you have a burger favorite, greg, in less than 15? >> do i have a burger favorite? >> yeah. >> no, don't have a burger favorite.

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>> it is 825, time for some news headlines. the mayor of san francisco has suspended the shares and named a replacement. mayor ed lee says sherrif ross mirkarimi will be charged for his false imprisonment conviction. we have selected former chief deputy sheriff the key nsc to come out of retirement to serve as interim sheriff. today an entire investigative unit in santa clara county will continue looking for sierra lamar. the 15 year-old morgan hill girl has been missing for five days. hundreds of residents held a candlelight vigil last night. the sheriff has 75 people on the case to been interviewing friends family and neighbors. today a bill to prohibit raises for top csu administrators in

bad budget years goes before a committee in sacramento just one day after university trustees approved 10 percent pay raises for the presidents of east bay and fullerton. traffic and weather coming right up.

>> let's go check on the nimitz, 883 oakland is looking pretty good. lighter traffic than normal as you pass the coliseum. westbound 237 is sluggish, stop

and go from 880. we still have a pretty good- sized back up on southbound 680 approaching an earlier accident. that is traffic. >> looking good outside right now, a few clouds making their way across the skies. we will see more blue as we head into the afternoon. -we just enough to want actors up nicely. a fairly mild start today in the '40's and 50's. low clouds and fog likely to hug the coast line. when you sleek inside the day, 64 degrees in oakland. 74 in san jose. tonight the clouds gather once again, a slight chance of showers late tonight and early tomorrow morning. partly cloudy on friday with more rain expected as we had brought the weekend.

♪ hey, minnesota, you look real pretty. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> there may be a big break in the never solved disappearance of amelia earhart. a newly enhanced photo may show the wreckage of her plane. >> a team of investigators will head to a remote island in the pacific ocean to check it out. national correspondent chip reid has the story from the smithsonian air and space museum in washington. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, erica and charlie. you know, this exhibit at the air and space museum attest to the fact that 75 years later, people are still fascinated and baffled by the disappearance of amelia earhart. now a new clue that just might solve this mystery.

>> coast guard cutters and navy ships and planes are rushing to the aid. >> reporter: when amelia earhart disappeared in the south pacific 75 years ago she made headline around the world. >> amelia earhart and her navigator fred noonan have come to grief. >> reporter: for decades dozens of searches have come up empty. now this photograph taken three months after earhath disappeared has given new hope. researchers call the fuzzy object in the water nessi, nickname for the loch ness monster. >> to you and me it looks like a blob but for those who do forensic analysis, all the landing gear of a lockheed, the kind of plain amelia is flying, are present. >> reporter: her trek started in oakland, california, 1937. she stopped in miami, then with sfopz along the way, she flew

over south america, the atlantic, africa, then on to india, southeast asia, australia and new guinea. on july 2nd she took off for howland island before they planned to refuel before her final leg to the united states. she never made it. generations later, people are still asking questions, including the secretary of state, who announced a new privately funded investigation into her disappearance. >> her legacy resonates today for anyone, girls and boys who dreams of the stars. >> this is the plane amelia flew across the atlantic solo. >> reporter: rick gillespie using a robotic vehicle and sonar, says the island in that photograph is in the same area where a series of distress calls were detected after earhart disappeared. do you think this could be the final moment? >> i do. i'm absolutely optimistic. >> reporter: robert ballard that

founded the titanic in 1985 says that was easy compared to finding earhart's plane. >> if you ever want a case of finding a needle in a haystack, this is at the top of the list in deep sea exploration. >> reporter: but ballard also says if that fuzzy image in that old photograph really is the landing gear of a plane, it could be the smoking gun in this 75-year investigation. charlie and erica? >> chip, thank you. how about that? wouldn't it be incredible? >> yeah. all these years later, i'm surprised there's anything left that they could find anywhere. >> looking forward to seeing what happens with that. of course, if you missed perhaps part of chip's story or anything this morning -- sgho we hope you didn't. >> we hope you didn't. or maybe you would like to revisit them because you want more. we have a new way to catch up starting today, you can get "cbs this morning" on your iphone, your ipad or ipad touch. here's our new app, which is now available. there we go. you've got a rundown. you can even watch the eye

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it led me to here. earlier this morning there was a robbery i couldn't stop from happening but i think i saved the owner's life. is that what i was supposed to do? is that why you gave me the number? jake, please. i am trying so hard to do what you want me to. just give me a sign. a hint, anything. >> a sign, just anything. that's the one and only kiefer sutherland from his new tv show "touch" is the name of it. we've been missing him since he spent eight seasons on the small screen in "24". >> the new series he plays a single father of a young boy who

has his own way of communicating. we're pleased to have kiefer sutherland here. >> thank you for having me. >> welcome back to tv. i'm so glad you're back. >> thank you. >> were you reluctant to come back to television? >> it was the last thing i planned to do. i was doing a play on broadway which i was sent the script. i was enjoying the variety of products i was doing. "24" for me was such an amazing experience. we've talked about it a lot. for me, it went by in a snap. but i have a picture of my daughter. she was in grade five when i started "24" and i have a picture when i finished "24" and she was in a gown and cap and graduating from nyu. that was my barometer. if i ever forgot the kind of commitment that a television show required, i would look at those two photos. >> you'd like at her picture and go, hey, time didn't go so quickly then. >> that must have been a reason to come back. >> well, i was sent the script. i read it really out of respect. tim crane, a beautiful writer,

wrote "heroes" and peter churnen was the producer who was at -- when we started "24" was the chairman of fox media corporation. and was a huge friend not only to me personally but to the show. so i read it out of respect to these two people. i fully planned -- >> intending to say no? >> intending to say, it's amazing, i wish you well, but this is why i can't do it. but around page 32 i was just like, oh, no. i was falling in love with it. i remember even hoping -- there's 30 pages more, maybe it will fall apart. >> i was hoping -- >> it got better. >> it really did. i watched it yesterday. the whole time i'm thinking, please don't let it be good, i don't to want get hooked on another hour. by the end of the hour, i can't wait for part two. >> thank you very much. >> set it up pore people who don't know. the little boy, would he don't know if it's autistic. we know he doesn't speak. >> i'm the parent of a special needs child who's been misdiagnosed with severe autism. because he has all the chashg sticks of someone who has that.

>> you and i talked many times about "24" the movie. >> yes. >> will it ever happen? >> please say yes. >> i have -- i have wanted this to happen for so long. we've talked about it. and as television is changing, i mean, i thought it should have been happening while we were making the show. it will happen when the time is right. there are so many variables. we want the right director, the right actors, we want everybody's schedules are up in the air. my schedule is so finite, give and touch. the window i have to make it. that i have to kind of check my enthusiasm to make it at the door and make sure that we make the best film. we have to wait for those circumstances to be in line. >> you know, he mentioned his daughter just graduated from high school, correct? >> no, nyu. >> nyu -- >> that was a few years ago. >> does she want to been actress? is she an actress?

>> she actually is. she's a phenomenal actor. and that we could spend three hours talking about. >> my point is a generational thing from your father donald sutherland to your daughter -- >> acting is in the family. >> well, it is. we've had a couple siblings try it as well and thought, oh, this is definitely not for me. >> did you encourage her? now she's going to be on hbo, right? >> no. it was the most painful thing for me ever. >> how? >> i went to her -- she did a play in high school. they did a production of actually oddly enough "six degrees of separation" which my father was in. i thought, what an odd thing for a bunch of 14 girls to do. and literally went to go see it fully expecting to kind of do the kind of traditional pat on the head. no, it was really nice. it was good. >> you were really good. >> i was blown away. and it was really painful for me to realize that because of her talent that she was actually going to go into this. because it's not an easy way, regardless of what people might

think. and the glamour and all of these other things. it's not an easy way to make a living. she's an unbelievably bright young person. with unlimited potential. why on earth would you do this? >> does she go by the name sarah sutherland? >> yes. she plays julia louis dreyfus's daughter. i think she's in the last episode and will potentially go into the second season. but just an unbelievably talented young person. for me as a father, it was a little painful. >> someone said to me, if you have a film and television and acting success, tell your children not to do it. don't do it. under no circumstances. >> absolutely. >> because if they want it bad enough, they'll ignore you anyway. >> they'll do it anyway. and that's pretty much what myself and my mother did and her mother did.

and she did it anyway. >> your dad -- donald is still working. >> he's probably going to be in "hunger games" -- well, he is in "hunger games." he is going to be most likely the biggest film of the year. >> i can't wait to see that. >> you know, this is one of the -- my father is -- and i can say this, but is certainly in the english language one of the most prolific actors alive. i can't wait to see it. >> nobody would disagree with you about donald sutherland pip fell in love with him years ago. this is the thing i learned about kiefer sutherland, he's a grandfather. you're a grandfather of two. >> i am. i have a 6-year-old grandson hammish and a 1-year-old grandson called quinton. >> what do they call you? >> it's funny given the name, the father is scottish, and so his dialect, when he was say

granpy sound like grumpy. the little one now gets me and he calls me grumpy, which they all get a laugh at. >> how is grumpy doing these days? you've had a couple of publicized things, how are you doing and how are you feeling? you look good, kiefer. >> i feel great. >> you look good. >> people make mistakes, things happen. >> we all do. it's a long life, you know. but i just -- i feel best when i'm working. and i'm working right now. and i'm working very hard on things that i really enjoy. and that i care about. and things have gone really well. my family is doing well. right now everything seems -- feels perfect. >> feels good to be kiefer sutherland. >> yes, it does. >> i like it. >> continued success. >> thank you very much. >> great to see you. >> we'll be watching. >> good to see you, too. >> "touch" you'll be hooked. he has 50 million books in print worldwide. he's here to tell us about his latest thriller. ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,

bon jovi from one good new jersey boy to another. he has often been called the master of domestic suspense and harlan cobin last thrill was at the top of the "the new york times" list. >> the story of three men haunted by disappearance. harlan is here with us. good to have you here. >> good to be here. >> i like you were dancing with gayle in the green room. >> she got me to dance. >> singing is coming up next. >> oh, geez! >> singing is coming up next. delighted you're here. >> talk about success. i mean, you are a huge author. people follow you. gayle mentioned it before. 26 million books in print.

i love one of the things i read you like to make sure that you cut out all of the parts that people would skip. are you worried people skip things? >> i try to cut out the parts i normally skip. i want to start the book at 10:00 and read until 10:30 and then it's 4:00 in the morning and you're bleary-eyed and i love that. >> what else do you like from elmer? >> you got to keep the pace going and moving. i'm very big you stir the pulse and stir the heart. you don't care about the characters. if they don't live with you you're in a lot of trouble. >> then do you demand you write so many pages per day? >> i don't. i'm a streak writer. takes me about nine months to write a book and at the end i am writing more pages in the beginning. the last 30 pages of "stay close" i finished in one day. not a pretty day. you don't want to hang with me. my kids, throw it and run. it's not pretty. i do streak at the end, especially when i can see the ending, nothing will stop me from getting there. >> you've had four number ones.

the last four are number ones. do you feel pressure, please, please? do you say? or i feel good about it, onward? >> both. the pressure is when you're not selling. i want to do better every time. i want to stay close. >> how do you know that is what we want to do? >> i'm just saying. >> you're right. >> you want to do better each time so you look at ratings and look at sales. >> yes. >> but every time i sit down and write a book i want this to be the one you cannot put down. someone put a gun to your head you won't be able to put it down. >> what is it that people who are best sellers have? what quality do they all have? >> good question. i don't know other than when i'm writing on every page, every paragraph, every sentence, every word i'm asking is this compelling and gripping? is this moving the story forward? it doesn't mean i can't have large themes i do. i try to deal with my life in with the things that matter to you and me but all of those have to be slaved to a great story. >> all stories of yours have a new jersey connection?

>> pretty much all of them, yeah. >> what is so special about jersey? are there jersey shore marathons at your house? >> never, never. jersey is so many things in one. >> you're absolutely right. >> it's really -- it's a battleground of the american dream. it's a suburb where people go out and we try to do well and we get married and live our lives, the picket fences like on the cover but things still seem to go wrong. with the dreams come true is where they wither and die. >> i love cool you tell no one. you're a big deal in france. >> i'm a jerry lewis in fiction. >> that is saying something. you were at the french oscars. you don't speak the language. how many children do you have? >> four. >> range in age? >> oldest is 18 and youngest 10. their job is all live at home. >> a good thing. >> especially the 10-year-old. >> you're at the french oscars. how are you feeling as you're sitting there where everybody is applauding? i think it is so cool. >> so easy to be jaded about all

of that. we went there and you see your book turn into a movie and you think, i had this little idea in my home in new jersey. >> yeah. >> and now it's winning oscars in france? yeah. >> made into a film here in america? >> ben affleck is supposed to direct and kenny marshall produce it and looking forward to see what ben does. a really smart guy. >> you have such an appeal to a wide trough in a number of countries. one thing it really stuck out to me, you have one picture that was sent to you a few years ago which you call particularly kick ass and i think we have that. what is so special about this one? >> you know, you get -- one of the great things is you get reader e-mail but when soldiers serving in iraq and afghanistan send me e-mails, it's extra magical. these guys sent me this picture after i sent them back some books. we have a picture up? >> yeah. >> there it is. isn't it amazing? it says, coben baghdad book and they look so kick ass, don't they? it moves knee. i will get all teary hear.

thank you very much. that's why i do these things and why we write. >> this is made into a movie? >> it is. we hope so. lawrence caston the great screen writer and director, "raiders of the lost ark" i sent him an advanced copy and in 24 hours why don't you and i produce it and he is going to direct it. we have already started the process. he's a wonderful guy, wonderful to work with. >> isn't that nice? did you say you'll think about it and then yes? >> i was literally like who? i'm so thrilled. >> all of your fans, you have many fans in the studio today. you have not left behind your main characters when -- >> win and myron. >> i left them behind for a while. i never know. i cop an idea work and if the idea works for myron to tell the story, he will. if it works for megan and ray to tell the story, they will. >> harlan coben thank you so much. great success.

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>> good morning. san francisco mayor ed lee plans to file papers today to suspend sherrif ross mirkarimi on charges of official misconduct. this follows the shares conviction for misdemeanor false imprisonment in connection with the domestic violence case. he has refused requests from the mayor to resign but the mayor has appointed an interim shares. three men are accused of a bank robbery and while police chase. police chased the suspect robnett wells fargo branch, took off in a stolen jeep and started throwing money at the car. some of the officers stopped to control traffic and collect the money. the suspects eventually surrendered in gilroy. >> we have a pretty good day ahead as we see a few clouds

making their way across the sky but a nice start to the day with mild temperatures. as we head to the afternoon to warm things up very nicely. mainly in the fifties but once you get in the bay you look at 64 degrees in oakland, 70 in san jose. things begin to change tonight, the chance of showers late tonight and early morning and dry weather expected on friday. over the weekend, a pretty good so curt could move in on saturday and we could see a lingering showers sunday and monday. traffic coming up next.

>> it is pretty slow right now through castro valley. going against the commute we have an accident just cleared to the shoulder but obviously pretty slow coming out of the castro valley. san mateo bridge, was down 92, there is an accident. was down 92, 23 drive-in time heading out of a word. at the bay bridge where stacked up behind the a gate. an earlier accident just be on the toll plaza was cleared to the right shoulder. it looks pretty good heading into san francisco. all mass-transit including bart, everything is on time,

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