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downstairs. downstairs. good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday, march 23rd, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. more demonstrations and more demand for an arrest in the killings of a florida teen trayvon martin. cbs news has new information about what happened that night and we'll speak to the teen's parents. plus, u.s. soldier accused of massacre in afghanistan faces 17 counts of murder today. we'll ask his attorney about sergeant bales' mental well-being. i'm erica hill. will the supreme court declare the president's health care law unconstitutional? we'll speak to man that argued before the court himself and dr. jon lapook is here with
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questions about whitney houston's autopsy report. "60 minutes" shows us how a war-torn childhood led a tennis player to greatness. no black and white when it comes to 50 shades of gray. the bestselling novel a hit with women across the country. we'll show you how it's heating things up. as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> enough is enough. we are tired of going to jail for nothing and others going home for something. >> thousands march in florida demanding justice for trayvon martin. florida governor rick scott appointed a prosecutor to oversee the investigation. >> the police chief has temporarily stepped down. >> i will not let my son die in vain. >> robert bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder. >> the staff sergeant accused of
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gunning down afghan civilians to face formal charges today. >> a report shows that sergeant bales was investigated for violence in 2008. accused of groping a woman and beating her boyfriend. >> we learned today what killed whitney houston. the official cause of death is drowning. >> coroner's report says using cocaine moments before she died. >> bank of america experimenting with plan that would help keep troubled homeowners in their home as renters. >> a scare for kim kardashian on the red carpet. an unidentified woman threw what turned out to be flour on the reality star. >> the world's first diamond ring. >> the neighborhood is under siege from a pack of child chihuahuas. >> it took flight over the desert skies. 800-pound aircraft. >> and all that matters. >> alley-oop. >> fans have been craving this for months.
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now the wait is over. the hu the hunter games hit the big screen last night. >> i don't know if i want to be in line for a movie about kids killing each other at 2:00 in the morning. welcome to "cbs this morning." we begin with new developments in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. there was a massive rally in sanford, florida, last night attended by thousands. >> florida governor rick scott appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the shooting and is forming a task force to look into the state's controversial stand your ground law. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning erica and to our friends in the west. no community in america has had a week of intense negative pressure as sanford, florida, and every day an admitted killer remains free, racial tensions here widen. >> enough is enough.
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we are tired of going to jail for nothing and others going home for something. >> reporter: thousands of people cheered bitterly in sanford. to them the trayvon martin case represents race and injustice. the 17 year old was unarmed when neighborhood watchman george zimmerman fatally shot him once in the chest february 26th. zimmerman claims self-defense and was never arrested. national outrage keeps growing forcing sanford police chief bill lee to take an unpaid leave. >> i do this in hopes of rest e restoring some semblance of calm to the city which has been in turmoil for several weeks. >> reporter: cbs news learned detective interviewed zimmerman for five hours the night of the shooting and again the following day at a reenactment of the incident. a source close to the investigation says there was no arrest because the evidence including zimmerman's bloody and bruised face supports his claim of self-defense. a day later zimmerman passed a
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voice stress test. vincent champion is president of the coastal florida police benevolent association that represents sanford police. >> if the decisions were made wrong, then somebody needs to answer for those. if the decision was made right, then that's our system and we would have to live with it. >> reporter: department of justice officials investigating a possible hate crime met with teenager's parents yesterday. they believe their son was murdered but federal investigators warn the family a thorough investigation could takes weeks. tracy martin wants what this crowd wants. an arrest now. >> trayvon was a people's person. he didn't deserve to die. and i pledge i will not let my son die in vain. >> reporter: federal investigators have yet to interview zimmerman and he has yet to hire an attorney. he does have other worries. seminole state college has expelled him.
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officials there said they did it for his safety and the safety of other students as well. zimmerman has been receiving numerous death threats. erica? >> in our next hour we'll speak with trayvon martin's parents. the american soldier accused of going on a shooting rampage in afghanistan nearly two weeks ago is expected to be formally charged today with murder. >> national security correspondent david martin is at the pentagon with more. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. later this morning in the military prison at ft. leavenworth, kansas, staff sergeant robert bales is expected to be handed a charge sheet accusing him of 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder and aggravated assault. bales' attorney says his client has no memory of the march 11th rampage in which bales allegedly walked off a combat outpost in kandahar province, shot and killed 17 people including children, and then returned to the base. the evidence of what happened is there for all to see.
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whether prosecutors can turn it into a conviction that would merit the death penalty will likely take years to determine. prepared by the army's criminal investigation division, the charges first have to be signed out by bales' commanding officer in afghanistan and then transmitted to ft. leavenworth for bales to sign and after that it will be presented to his attorney, john henry browne, who is building defense around the mental and physical toll taken by bales' four combat tours. he was involved in nine roadside bombings and suffers from ptsd. army mental health experts say there's no evidence that ptsd can lead to acts of violence. browne says he is concerned that bales could try to harm himself and is under 24-hour watch at leavenworth. bales was allowed to talk by phone with his wife for the first time wednesday night and we can only imagine what that
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conversation was like. >> david martin, thank you very much. john henry browne is bales' attorney. he spent 11 hours with his client earlier this week. he's with us now from seattle. good morning. >> good morning. nice to be here. >> thank you for coming. what can you tell us about sergeant bales' state of mind and what he says about the events and incidents in afghanistan? >> well, i think as you know i really couldn't tell you what he said but he really hasn't said much. there was an inaccuracy in the reporting. he has some memories about what happened before the alleged events and some memories after the alleged events and some windows here and there into things but he really doesn't have any memory and my meetings with him indicates that he has memory problems that go back long before that. i think the other part of your question is his state of mind.
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he's kind of in shock. not kind of. he didn't really know the nature of the specific allegations when i met with him and i actually didn't go through it a lot. we just spent 11 hours getting to know each other talking about his service in iraq and afghanistan and what he's gone through, which is just very difficult for me to even listen to. >> why is that? >> i think he's really happy also -- >> why is that difficult to go into? >> you have seen the movie "the hurt locker." that's a disney movie compared to what these guys are going through. just seeing people blown apart next to you, picking up body parts, putting them in bags. a lot of servicemen go through that and don't have incidents alleged like this. it's pretty horrific. we do know he had a concussion head injury which is serious. we also know it was not treated
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for a variety of reasons. >> does this all suggest that your defense for him will be limited capacity that his experience in afghanistan both physically and mentally took a toll? >> well, you know, that's the interesting question. i don't know. i'm a criminal defense lawyer. my first reaction is -- i don't mean this disrespectfully but my first reaction to all of this is prove it. this is going to be a very difficult case for the government to prove in my opinion. there is no crime scene. there is no csi stuff. there's no dna. there's no fingerprints. it's just going to be interesting to see how the government is going to prove this. let's assume that they can prove some of these allegations. of course his mental state will become part of the approach that we'll take to explain and hopefully defend him properly. the mental state will eventually
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definitely be an issue. >> you told our colleague earlier that you intend to put the government on trial here. is there a suggest on your part that he may be a scapegoat here? >> the answer to the second question is yes. i think there's a possibility that he could be scapegoated here. i did not say that to peter. i want to make it clear, i don't want to put the government on trial. i certainly don't want to put the military on trial that i respect greatly. i think the war is on trial. i didn't do that. i think this incident has created a dialogue in the country and around the world about the war and i think that's entirely appropriate. i'm not doing that. that's just happening. >> john henry browne, thank you very much for joining us from seattle. >> a pleasure. >> today marks two years since president obama signed what is considered his key legislative achieveme achievement, the health care reform law. >> next week the supreme court is set to hear arguments challenging the
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constitutionality of that legislation. jan crawford has more on the looming showdown. jan, good morning. we should point out you're not just a political correspondent. you covered the supreme court for a number of years which is why we turn to you in these instances. >> reporter: thanks, erica. all eyes will be on that supreme court next week in what is going to be three days of historic arguments. these are very difficult issues. it's a very complex law and it's divided judges in lower courts just as this law has divided america. recognizing his political future and legacy could well depend on the supreme court, the president is marking the anniversary of his landmark health care law by releasing emotional web videos arguing his signature achievement is a success. >> right now you have choices about who is going to fight for you. are we going to roll back health care that promises you having more security? >> reporter: when it passed,
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vice president biden was positively euphoric. that's now how critics and most americans view obama's health care legislation. it remains a political lightning rod. >> it's time to repeal obama care. >> reporter: a rallying cry for the republican presidential candidates. >> every person up here understands obama care is a disaster. >> if i'm president, i'll repeal obama care and return rights to our people. >> it's a threat to the essence of who america is. >> reporter: it's a law a majority of americans have never supported. in a new "the washington post" poll 52% oppose the law. 41% approve. 67% think the supreme court should either strike it down completely or at least repeal the part that requires them to buy insurance or pay a penalty. that's the big issue before the justices. 26 states and a small business group are arguing the law is unconstitutional. the federal government can't force you to buy insurance anymore than it can force you to
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buy broccoli. that argument has struck a cord with conservatives. opposition to the law is one of the issues republicans hope will help them win the white house and control of congress. >> politicians, get it right this time. repeal obama care now. >> reporter: critics continue to rally the opposition. more than $262 million have been spent on health care issue ads since the bill became law with negative ads outspending positive 3 to 1. despite that, democrats are confident of their chances in the court. >> we knew what we were doing when we passed this bill. it's ir it's ironclad constitutional. >> reporter: there are others including judges in lower courts who disagree. they ruled it unconstitutional. they can argue about this until the cows come home. it's the supreme court that has the final say and decide this issue once and for all.
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>> david boies, good morning. >> good morning. >> tell me how significant you view this case. >> this could be very significant in two respects. one from a legal standpoint. it could really define the powers of the federal government going forward in a whole variety of areas. this could be as significant as one of the cases decided about 70 years ago that some of the editorial writers have rediscovered and are writing about. i think it could be significant for the health care plan because up for grabs right now is whether the whole health care plan would be declared unconstituti unconstitutional. you have two very significant aspects. a political aspect and a legal aspect. >> could particular parts of the plan be declared
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unconstitutional? >> yes. there have been four federal courts of appeals that have considered the health care law and constitutionality of the health care law so far. one of them decided it's too early to decide. the other three split 2-1. two upheld the law. one held it was unconstitutional in part. all three upheld most of the health care law but with an issue in one case it was a portion of it held unconstitutional was individual mandate that requires individuals to get health insurance or pay a penalty. >> does this look like a 5-4 decision? >> i think the mandate could be 5-4, 6-3. >> individual mandate. >> it's one of the critical issues. i think expansion of medicare, which constitutionality is also
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challenge, is a significant issue. that, i think, will not be close. >> the individual mandate has become not just a political hot button issue but for many americans as they try to wrap their heads around this. put the legal ease aside for a moment. a lot of people said you can compare this to car insurance. is that really an accurate comparison or more apples to oranges. >> accurate in one respect and inaccurate in another. there are a lot of individual mandates like that. the car insurance is typically a mandate that's imposed by the state and not the federal government. >> and this comes back to the issue of this being imposed by the federal government. mitt romney wrote about this today saying that states it would be okay. >> the states have a power to do things that the federal government doesn't. federal government is a government of limited powers. >> jan, you're watching this and listening as you cover the supreme court. what interests you most about this case? >> reporter: the way you guys are talking about the main
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issue, the ball game is that individual mandate. the issue, one the court has never taken up before, is whether or not the federal government can force you to buy something or pay a penalty. david is right. there are other issues. three days of argument. this aspect will be argued on tuesday. that's what everyone is focusing on because that component is so critical to the overall law. you've got to have all of the people participating in health insurance so other parts of the law will work like the fact that people with pre-existing conditions can have insurance. without that aspect, the law could absolutely fall apart. >> jane crawford, david boies, thank you. some of the headlines coming up around the world. mexico is getting ready for this week's visit by pope benedict. the nation has the second largest catholic population in the world. many catholics plan to cross the border to see the pope before he goes to cuba next week. imagine if you could flick a
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switch in your brain to turn memories on or off. scientists at m.i.t. say they have activated cells with a beam of light. it confirms memories are stored in specific cells. "the new york times" reporting that young people are losing interest in car. 4% to 6% of drivers 18 to 24 say they choose internet access over owning a car.
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the autopsy report says whitney houston died from drowning, but there were also multiple drugs in is t what the report does not say. and as an adult, he >> as an adult he lobs tennis balls. as a kid he dodged bullets. that's coming up. hamp, novak djokovic. that's coming up. >> announceris this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by hop. ored by ♪
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whitney houston whose drowning death was ruled accident but she good morning everyone 726 in your frights he caught up now with some of the bay area headlines to matter hospitalized with life-threatening injuries from a car crash near san francisco state it happened early this morning in police a looking into speeding as a possible cause of accidents one truly is dead after a shootout with a unpoliced the shooting happened when police tried to pull the suspect over yesterday. in san francisco police are trying to match recover valuables with the people who once owned them the items were covered after the arrest of a parolee described it as a career criminal those items from san francisco and,,,,,,,,good morniu
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offer the live look at the upper lower decks of the bay bridge and so far things are moving pretty well across the deck of the san francisco side of the span at 80 different story to get too much to the bridge the meeting was remain on your drive times in the green on this friday morning in this riding and across the bay area and putting coming out of the altman passed it 82:00 in the silicon valley commuters was bound to 37 mccrae's that is trafficker forecasters more. womb to be a great tasting dry all along temperatures little chilly right now 30's and '40's around the bay area and by the afternoon we plan on highs in the '50s and '60s in the next couple of days great clo,,
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so peyton manning wa so i think manning was a tremendous mvp, quarterback, but he's been injured. if that injury comes back, denver will find itself without a quarterback and in my opinion, it would serve them right. >> causing quite a stir with comments about peyton manning and tim tebow. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> we know what caused the death of singer whitney houston. she was found dead in a hotel lath tub last month. coroner officials said she died accidentally and had five different drugs in her system and also we learned had heart disease. >> medical correspondent jon
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lapook is here with a closer look. good morning. >> we know she had drowning. they say she had at rheart dise. how did they combine to kill her? someone can have absolutely perfectly normal heart. she didn't but a normal heart and have cocaine and it can kill them. there's an amazing stat i learned last night that blew me away. if you take cocaine, the odds in the next 60 minutes of you having a heart attack go up 24 times. 2,400%. >> what about water in her lungs and that kind of thing that would indicate drowning? >> you know, one of the things -- there's no camera there. we don't know exactly what happened. the pathologists i don't envy them trying to piece together this story. you get water in your lengths if you're breathing. how did she get water in her lungs? she either had a heart attack and slipped into the water and she still had a few breaths or
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she blacked out, maybe she was unconscious because of a combination of the cocaine and other medications which they say didn't contribute. >> xanax which we talked about recently on this program. benadryl. they said specifically these other drugs cannot contribute to her death. how do you know as a pathologist, you're the coroner looking at it, that they didn't play a role? >> i spoke to an assistant at the coroner's office last night who is part of this investigation and specifically asked that question. you have the muscle relax aant. xanax. and then all together they have have an effect. he specifically said and this is new information that he told me last night that the levels of those were either therapeutic or
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subtherapeut subtherapeutic. >> so maybe it's not 100% that they didn't contribute? >> they say that it didn't contribute. the last thing they need is some doctor 3,000 miles away second-guessing them. >> or some idiot who has no medical degree questioning it. i'm just trying to put together the words to fully understand it. >> there are questions. the take away from everybody really because you might say i'm just going to try cocaine. the first time you take cocaine, you could drop dead even though you had a perfectly normal heart. >> these are probably the questions the coroners were asking themselves as they conducted the forensics. >> we'll have to find out in two weeks if she actually had a heart attack. we'll know that. one last thing he told me, 60% narrowing of one of the heart arteries. i spoke to a cardiologist last night who said it's not enough to give you a heart attack. it could have been a combination of things going on. still a bunch of questions. >> still more to come. jon, thank you. a revealing look at the early life of novak djokovic.
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mark sanchez, you know, he's so tired of all this media coverage of tebow. i think he's tired. >> if you're running the jets, how should they be handling mark sanchez right now? >> with kid gloves. he struggled last season, lost some confidence and -- >> yeah. >> that aim. >> indeed. >> continue to look at sports. novak djokovic is known for his off-court sense of humor as well as on-court tennis prowess. >> we'll see another side of the world's top ranked tennis players as he tells "60 minutes" correspondent bob simon about growing up in the midst of war. >> reporter: in 199 as the conflict spreads to kosovo, america and other nato countries bomb serbia for 78 days and nights. the djokovic family took shelter
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in belgrade. >> we were very scared, afraid because the whole city was >> reporter: they sought refuge here in his grandfather's apartment. novak took us there. novak grandfather, parents, two younger brothers, aunts and uncles all lived in this two bedroom flat during the blitz. the building had a basement. when the air raid sirens surrounded, they retreated as close as they could get to safety. >> this is where we stayed. right here. right in line. >> how many of you? >> many, many. everybody who could fit here, they came. there was no communication. >> reporter: novak says the family spent every night in the basement for the first two weeks of the bombing. you continued playing tennis? >> i continued playing tennis. >> reporter: did you lose your focus at all? >> the first couple weeks i did,
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yes, i have to say because we were waking up every night at 2:00 to 3:00 a.m. for 2 1/2 months because of the bombing. i always tried to remember those days in a positive and bright way. let's say we didn't need to go to school. we played more tennis. >> reporter: in a way the war helped you become a champion. >> in a way. >> reporter: it made you tougher? >> it made us tougher and more hungry for the success. >> celebrated athletes that you don't see on the court.
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than 100 million mr. and mrs. potato heads have been sold in 30 countries. that's no small potato. >> reporter: impemployees of th toy giant hasbro gathered at their headquarters. not to celebrate strong earnings report or to introduce a new product but to celebrate the 60th birthday of a man who served them very well. mr. potato head. >> 60 years old, so congratulations. >> reporter: jerry perez oversees the mr. potato head brand. >> what we're looking at here is the original mr. potato head. >> reporter: just parts? >> just parts. of course with real potatoes. >> reporter: in the beginning mr. potato head was a collection of push pin eyes, ears, nose and lips for kids to attach to real fruits and vegetables. a unique toy and the first marketed directly to kids. >> mr. and mrs. potato head -- >> it's the first toy advertised
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on tv, is that right? >> it is. the minute he came out he was advertised on television which was breakthrough at that time. >> you can make the funniest looking people in the whole world. >> it was a way to tell the public about your toy. it caught on. >> reporter: caught on so quickly, in fact, the toy tater made more than $4 million in its first year alone. less than a year later in valentine's day, the spot met his spouse. >> when mr. potato head was courting mr. potato head, did he send her a mash note? >> i'm sure de. somewhere along the line, i'm sure de. that's between those two. >> reporter: in 1964 responding to parent complaining about rotting potatoes, they got plastic torsos, which doubled in size. they also collected more accessories. how many different parts are
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there? >> there are 365 different parts for the potato head we have going on right now. >> reporter: no wonder he needs that tater tush compartment. that's what it's called. according to mathematicians at columbia university they offer for septillion combination. >> there was the mix and match parts aspect of it that appeal to everybody. >> look, i'm pick katrina cass sew. >> reporter: in 1995 this pair went hollywood alongside woody and buzz lightyear in the blockbuster film "toy story" which breathed new life into the toy, sprouting other movie inspired characters like spider spud and darth tater. >> one of our best sellers of all time. >> reporter: why has this potato remained so hot for so long?
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child's development expert shannon ice says it's recipe for success is simple. >> the toy is there for the child to engage with, play in open-ended way, use their creativity and imagination and that's what makes it a classic. >> reporter: that's why in an age of ever more sophisticated video games, stores around the world still find space on their shelves for a plastic potato. no batteries required. for "cbs this morning," mo rocca, pawtucket, rhode island. >> i love mr. potato head. we have a couple at my house, obviously pip told you this earlier, but one of the greatest lines in "toy story 2," she says i packed your angry eyes just in case. i love it. >> yes. >> charlie loves that part of "toy story 2" too. we'll think about that for a moment as we bring you this morning's "healthwatch" with dr. holly phillips.
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>> reporter: good morning. in today's "healthwatch," sleep and calories. if you get hungry when you feel tired, are you not alone. it turns out not getting enough zs could make you pack on the ps as in pounds. a new study find people who are sleep deprived may also overeat, even to the point of becoming obese. researchers studied 17 healthy young men and women for eight nights with half sleeping normally, half sleeping two-thirds of their regular amount. the sleep-deprived group slept an hour and 20 minutes less than the control group and shockingly they consumed an extra 549 calories each day. unfortunately, those who slept less didn't use any additional energy or burn extra calories. sleep deprivation is a growing problem. 28% of adults say they get six or you fewer hour of sleep a night. while getting more sleep can prevent weight gain, research needs to confirm findings.
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an alcoholic version with lemon-lime gatorade mixed with beer. i don't know, how does that sound to you? >> i like gatorade but that's it. >> i like beer, so you can have the gatorade and i'll have the beer. >> not when i'm playing sports. gayle king has a look at what's coming up in the next hour. gayle? >> hi, charlie. comedian azziz ansari will be in the studio. and we're talking about a book called "shades of grey." i hadn't heard about it until two week ago. >> twi light for middle age mom and all the sex and operating instructions. >> i'm intrigued. before you go on the hunt to sign the papers, rebecca jarvis, come in, five things you need to know about buying a house. i've heard location, location, location.
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>> you're correct. we'll separate fact from fiction. >> as you heard earlier, the sheriff in the trayvon martin 7h both of them the bay area had lenses fright at the fbi hands of missing persons fires now in morgan helping to generate new leads in the case and 50 year- old sierra la motta the bureau has set up a checkpoint near her home as this marks one weakness and she's been lost is not specifically say what the fbi is involved in the case which is the national media attention. and the seismic retrofit project will force caltrans to step down the bridge there will find a different way to travel between southern alameda and san is an account is ove,,,,,,,,good morne
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someone wanted mill valley looks great you can tell this friday. across the bay area as far as the trees go it's looking good for the wall and great in the golden gate bridge. the green this morning drive time on westbound 92 after crossing the san mateo bridge is an easy ride for the peninsula similar stories where was bound to these seven committees some silicon valley commuters easily see some kind of bright lights but it is great. at the coliseum of lipper downtown that is traffickers' lawrence. looking at outside right now little chilly in spots and some of the valleys and the jurors dropping off into the 30's but looking at a couple high clouds will toward mount diablo we're expressing more sun senate because this afternoon bid and '60s with-the weekend the storm clouds to live in these nice chances of rain developing late expected tomorrow sho,,,,,,,,,,
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it is 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this welcome back to "cbs this morning," i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose along with erica hill. >> trayvon martin was shot and killed last florida. >> his parents tracy martin and sabrina fulton, along with their lawyer are with us now from their home in lake mary, florida. sabrina fulton, i want to start with you. i saw you yesterday on the news. my heart goes out to you. i heard you say, i don't know how i'm standing at this point. i don't either, which makes us more appreciative you joined us this morning.
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we appreciate it. i want you to know that before we get started in the conversation. >> thank you. >> yesterday, at the rally you said you were not satisfied that the police chief bill lee stepped aside. what is it that you ultimately want? >> in reference to bill lee or the case in general? >> well, you said you wanted more than just bill lee stepping aside. let's start with that. >> what i meant by that is we want arrest. we want george zimmerman arrested for this crime. >> have you heard from george zimmerman? are you interested in speaking with george zimmerman? >> i have not heard from george zimmerman, but this is an open investigation and i'm sure they are going to be talking to him very soon. >> tracy martin, does it give you any comfort to know that the whole nation, everybody in the nation knows your son's name? i was very touched by al sharpton yesterday who lost his
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mother. his mother died yesterday, yet he still came to the rally and he encouraged everyone in the crowd to remain calm, do not misbehave to give people something more to talk about in this case. what are your thoughts about that? >> first of all, i'd like to commend reverend sharpton for stepping in and standing in with us. even though with the death of his mom. he had a big part in controlling the crowd. to hear everyone out there in the crowd screaming trayvon's name made us feel that trayvon's life did matter in the world. the world knows trayvon now. >> tracy, there's been a lot of talk about this, this young girl who trayvon was on the phone with right before his life was taken. a phone call that was not
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recorded, but much has been said about that conversation. have either you, tracy or sabrina, have you spoken to her and has she been able to offer any more insight? >> she did make a statement. yes, we are in contact with her. >> has she been able to offer anything additional to you just in terms of what she heard? >> well, she does recap what happened that particular night as far as she can hear over the phone. she had been on the phone with trayvon all day. they're teenagers, so of course, they love the telephone. on the way to the store, he probably was talking to her, as well. on the way back he was talking to her. she recapped that incident. >> let me take this for a moment beyond the law and have you just remind us who trayvon was and what kind of young man he was.
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>> very bright young man. trayvon loved his life. he loved his family. very upbeat kid. mild. laid back. never been in a run-in. never had any run-ins with the law. trayvon was a people's person. he was my hero. he will be sadly missed. >> why was he your hero? >> trayvon saved my life at the age of 9. he pulled me out of a fire. went back in the house, got the phone, came back out, called 911. he saved my life. at his time of need, i wasn't there to save his life, but i pledge my life to continue to push forth until we get justice for my son. >> well, you all have both said you do not want his death to be in vain. i don't think that has happened. as i said before, everybody in
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the country is talking about this case. i'd like to talk to you about a conversation that i have had in my own home. i have a 24-year-old son. every black mother i know, i don't care what she does for a living or who she is, has had what we call the conversation with our young sons about how to react if you're ever in an encounter with the police or someone in authority position. had you all ever had that conversation with trayvon? >> yes, we have. >> what have you told him, sabrina? >> well, we talked to him, of course, about the birds and the bees. this was a different conversation. trayvon has a grandfather that is a retired police officer in miami. so he knows to respect authority. he knows about with the police. he's not afraid of the police. however, he's seen this guy as a stranger. he's going to run, try to get away and avoid any situation. that's what we really believe that he was trying to get away.
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>> does it make any sense to you he would have confronted george zimmerman, especially if you're saying he had no idea who he was? >> no. he would not have confronted him. trayvon did not have a weapon him. it just makes more sense to you have a gun to confront somebody, it's clear to us that he was trying to get away. >> it is my understanding you've all been invited to the justice department to meet with officials there. does that give you some encouragement this case is being taken very, very seriously? >> we met with the justice department yesterday. >> i heard from our reporter that you had been invited to washington to go down and have further conversations? >> yes. that's a separate meeting, but on yesterday we did meet with the department of justice. >> all right. >> we talked about the investigation. >> all right. we thank you. we thank you tracy martin and sabrina fulton. again, i am so, so sorry this
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has happened to you. i thank you for taking the time. i know it's extremely difficult to have this conversation. >> thank you. >> this tragic shooting case is not the first to force americans to take a hard look at race relations in this country. jim axelrod has more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. trayvon martin is the new name and the new face sparking a new round of national conversation about an age-old issue, race and justice. >> i want justice rightfully so. when a police officer falls, we want justice when a black man falls. >> reporter: every new case renews calls for self-examination of the state of race relations in the united states. 57 years ago it was emmitt til's lynching in mississippi. till was a 14-year-old killed for reportedly whistling at a white woman. 37 years later, it took place in los angeles when a jury
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acquitted three white and one hispanic lapd officers in the beating of rodney king and thousands rioted. in fact, there is no shortage of names connected to acts of perceived injustice that seem to cycle through our culture every few years. james bird, susan smith, amadou diallo, our ideal is for justice to be colorblind. our struggle is with the division it results when so many feel it is no nothing in this country divides us as quickly and sharply as race. just three years ago, an african-american harvard professor and a white cambridge massachusetts cop reminded us all how the prism of race can create two drastically different views of the same set of circumstances. a case that got the president to weight in. >> the fact that it has garnered so much attention, i think, is a testimony to the fact these are
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issues that are still very sensitive here in america. >> reporter: it's not like nothing's changed in this country. florida today has a white governor promising justice. the u.s. justice department has a african-american attorney general who will oversee the federal investigation into trayvon martin's killing, but the fact remains that this father's pain -- >> our son was murdered and we miss him. >> reporter: sounds like so many parents who have come before. trayvon martin's death is the latest to create such grand-scale doubt about race and justice in this country. while it will almost certainly not be the last, is the question we still seem unable to answer. >> having looked at that and looked at that context and their similarities in the anguish and pain for loss of people who see their loved ones die that way, what stands out uniquely to you as you look at this in the case of trayvon? >> well, in terms of what's happening now is the country
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begins to digest this sort of next chapter in this ongoing story that's part of the american history. what i'm seeing is the role of social media. this is the first time one of these has unfolded in the age of twitter and facebook and the way the story has spread and grabbed hold of everybody. this million hoodie march we saw in new york this week started out of social media. there's also been a concern these stories could be swept under because the powerless had nobody to give them voice. so that's one thing that struck me. we are always looking for what's different, what's improved because the context, of course, is unfolding. nothing's changed. this is an age-old story. i think it's important to try to grab that kind of context. >> i do want to ask you quickly, you mentioned to trayvon's parents what you called the conversation you had with your son will. for people who aren't familiar what that means, tell us what it is. >> when they turn 12, 13, you say if you ever have an encounter with the police, make
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no sudden movements, do not talk back, do not resist. even if you think it's wrong, and we will handle it later. i'm not painting everybody with a broad-brush, but in most cases, young black men are not given the benefit of the doubt. every parent i know, all my friends, regardless of what you do inside that conversation, but what makes this so upsetting to so many people, trayvon seemed to be doing all the right things. he was going to the movies. he was leaving the candy store. describing skittles. iced tea and everything you know about this kid. you see the pictures his parents have taken of him, in his sports uniform, with the teddy bear by the basket.
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>> it is a 25, time for news headlines. the i agents are conducting a checkpoint in morgan hill looking for any information on sierra lamar it has been missing for one week. items belonging to her was located 1 mi. from where herself on was found. this morning two men are suffering life-threatening injuries after a car slammed into a tree at san francisco's state. happened around 245 this morning off of brotherhood way. officers say that speed may have been a factor in the crash. >> another major bridge closure in the future, this time, the dumbarton bridge. both planes will be shut down in both directions over memoria,
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for everyone else is pretty light today. san francisco traffic is looking good all across the upper deck and the only slow spot looks like 883 oakland. the rest of the drive times are in the clear. >> we have a nice day coming our way, dry all day long. a couple of clouds will flow by with a mixture of sunshine. temperatures dropping off in the 30's and '40's. by the afternoon we expect fifties. 60s in towards san jose. big changes coming tonight as storm clouds move in. rainfall expected late tonight and early tomorrow morning turning to showers. showers will likely continue on sunday, a dry day expected on monday
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today so romantic so romantic. jnd nascar's jimmie johnson. john ham >>. >> jon hamm who plays don draper. joining us also is gayle king. she was, as you said, an early what? >> if i'm not late to the "mad men" party. >> first person i ever knew was watching the show. >> and proudly brought a photograph of her with the cast.
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>> go to the "charlie rose show" and bring my own show. thank you. it was an honor to be on your show. it's very dark in there, charlie rose. >> late night, my dear, late night. >> it's really an honor to talk to the cast of "mad men" with you. >> they like you. sitting next to jon hamm. >> that wasn't too bad. i walked in that studio and you feel smarter. you sit up straighter and you feel smarter. i know some big words. it was great. >> we have fun there. >> we did. we did. welcome. you can invite me back any time, just saying. >> we are looking for something. >> she is a smart girl. >> erica? >> i'm in. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> a bidding war in hollywood begins over the movie rights to one of the hottest selling books these days. it's an erotic novel called
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"fifthy shades of gray." they are sharing it with everyone they know. >> contributor lee woodruff was ahead of us on this one. she heard about the book. >> charlie? >> should i stop there, my dear? she heard about this books months ago in the suburbs of new york and is here with her report. >> good morning. >> i feel bad, then i felt better when i said i hadn't heard about it. erica hadn't heard about it. >> i read a front page story in the "new york times." >> we all think charlie wrote it because the initials are shady. this "50 shades of gray" is the new "lady chatterly's lover" or a new "sex in the city." subu suburban women can't get enough of it. what do you get when white-washed suburbia reveals its darker side? a popular erotic novel that
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tells the story of a virginal college student seduced by an older ceo. it's called "twilight" for moms. there is nothing pg-13 about it. >> what adds to it is the more graphic domination, submission sex themes. i think that's why it's creating more of a buzz. i think what women are saying is this is so hot. >> mostly through word of mouth, the novel and its two sequels topped "the new york times" e-books chart. >> when they enter the late 30s and 40s, they come into their own sexually. they are more willing and confident to think about what they want, especially if they've been in a long-term relationship. maybe it hit that group and they happen to be at that age. so that they are willing to really talk about it. >> none more willing than my sister nancy and her friends,
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who first introduced me to the book. ladies, look at those smiles. >> imp's blushing already. >> you guys were on top of it here in the suburbs in westchester. were you surprised that it's become the phenomenon that it has? >> i was surprised when it was recommended to me by these, i think, quite conservative women, you know. that this is what was going on. then i talked to people and everybody's heard of it. >> i heard people were liking the fact they could have it on their nook because they could be on the subway and no one has any idea what you're reading. >> until you start breathing heavily and everyone knows exactly what you're reading or blushing. >> suddenly women are reading passages to each other. it's not the same thing. it's changed what reading, i think, what reading was. >> the gray series isn't just entertainment. it's changing attitudes towards sex in the suburbs. >> i just think some of it sounded like an awful lot of
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fun. and some of it was a little far out. >> in the past, if a couple or an individual watched porno flick, a woman wouldn't talk to her girlfriends about this, but reading this book and knowing that your friends are reading it, too, it kind of gives you permission to talk about sex and use vocabulary among friends we might not have before. >> did you just say porno? >> i did. i did. porno. >> emboldened by the discussion, we called our friend jeff. to get a male's perspective on female fantasy. we asked if the gray phenomenon was a good thing? >> well, yeah. if it leads to a very healthy relationship, absolutely. it's not like it's never been done before, but it's now maybe i can try it because now it's the number one bestseller. >> wait. so your sister said we can read passages to each other? >> women were -- this is where i first heard about this.
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my sister said you heard about this, people are bringing this to dinner parties and sliding the kindle to each other to read it around the table. now what i heard yesterday is men are calling to each other on the stair master in my town saying, is your wife on chapter 3 yet or have you done chapter 7 yet? men are waking their wives up in the middle of the night. >> saying i want chapter 5? >> look at charlie. he's sitting there like, know all about this. >> they are having sex in the suburbs. >> this is -- i went to a breakfast yesterday and a dinner and it was all everybody talked about. >> and there is a movie. >> possibly? >> the movie is being bid today, but there's a whole lot of talk about this. when you put a face to it, lots of people are thinking charlie rose should be the ceo for this movie, for casting, by the way -- but when you put a face to it, does it change your fantasy? >> notice he didn't object. >> i noticed.
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>> why am i here with this conversation with three women like you? >> does it change your fantasy? >> is that part of women's fantasies? >> part of a book is you can put anybody's head on that body. your husband gained 75 pounds. >> he can look like george. >> absolutely. what happens when it's a movie? "9 1/2 weeks" that was steamy. >> i'd like to see it. >> i'll go with you. >> girlfriend. >> thank you, lee. e.l. >> it's one of those j.k. rowling. i'm convinced it's charlie. >> what are you talking about? >> the initials are charlie. >> i would bet it's not charlie. >> we have to move on or we are going to get in big trouble. spring is a popular time to buy a house. five steps that will save you money whether you're buying or,,
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mortgage rates topped 4% thursday for the first time in three months. it is still a buyer's market if you're looking for a home. >> business and economic correspondent rebecca jarvis is here with the five things she says will save you money in the process. >> hello. >> it's good to see you. the first thing you say is know everybody involved in the transaction. >> know the players. your mortgage broker, the first one to know. that's the person who is going to tell you how much money you can afford to spend on a home and what it's going to cost you to buy that home with a mortgage. second, the agent. this person is working for you that can find the listings that aren't already public information. lastly the listing agent who works for the seller. they list the seller's home and they want to sell. those are the people you can work through to get the best deal. >> you have to learn how to bid, you said. >> you do. information is key here. know the neighborhood. know whether or not there are
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foreclosures in the neighborhood. know if the seller is motivated to sell. the more you know, the better off you are as a bidder. you have to be willing to walk away as a bidder. that is a huge incentive to get the best price. >> hard to walk away when you really want it. >> you can't fall in love. >> and there are hidden costs. >> there's always going to be taxes. understand what those taxes are and whether they are rising. also, whenever you're thinking about buying a home, have an inspector walk through that home. it will cost about $200 but can save you literally thousands of dollars. walk through with the inspector. look at the things that may or may not be right with the home. figure out what it would cost to fix them. they can be a bargaining chip in the future. >> you should not make big purchases while thinking about buying a home. >> don't take out a new credit card or get a big loan. you can't make big purchases because that will screw with your credit. >> i always hear location,
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location, location. >> within that location, there is a caveat that you really have to think locally in this market. overall, statistics are one thing, but when you look individually, think about the school system, think about taxes, think about whether or not people in the neighborhood are building new pools or there are foreclosures. that is going to determine what ultimately happens as far as your purchase goes. >> rebecca, thanks. >> nice job. he is a breakout comedy star and teeing his funny act somewhere new. he's here in studio 57. somewhere new. he's here in studio 57. stay with us. somewhere new. he's here in studio 57. stay with us. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call the bay area home. from funding that helped a local entrepreneur start a business... to providing grants to a nonprofit which offers job training and placement... and supporting an organization working to help the environment.
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everything he says. and 50 cent did not disappointment, the rapper ordered a grapefruit soda. the waiter bring him a grapefruit soda. 50 cent said the greatest thing anyone can ever say when they order a grapefruit soda. he looks at the waiter and says, why isn't this purple? >> tv's "park & recreation." he's very good on that show. he's also been a busy standup economic for the past decade. >> a new comedy special called "dangerously delicious" offering to fans online for $5. good morning, nice to have you with us. >> thank you so much for having me. >> this is a new way to distribute comedy? >> yes. a few months ago another comedian friend of mine put his standup special on his website for $5 and it was a huge
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success. i filmed my special last june and wanted to release it online because i saw how many views i had on youtube compared to how many dvds and stuff i was selling and it seems clear people liked watching this kind of content online. after louie did his thing, it seemed like oh, this is something people are really into and a huge success, maybe i should just do a similar thing. as soon as he did it, people were sending me e-mails and stuff. oh, are you going to do this? i really like how this is very easy. it's $5. you buy it from me. >> you made it so affordable for us. >> a dvd is like 20 bucks or something. you know all the money is going to the artist. there's no like drm protection. it's just $5. you own the video. you can watch it on anything. i just think the problem is with a lot of stuff, the way people consume media now is so far ahead of the way companies
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release it, and it gets frustrating, they are like i want to watch that show. is it on netflix? itunes? i'm going to steal this because i can't find it. >> they want it immediately, they can't wait. >> do you expect to see a lot of file sharing? >> i think it's going to be okay. i've seen many surveys that say people that steal stuff like that online, when they do surveys they say if it was convenient to find this and fairly priced, i wouldn't have stolen it. i think that's true. i think that frustration i describe is a common thing. with this it's my name, aziz ansari.com, $5, there's no fancy protections or anything. you're just trusting people to be good. >> what do you think would happen if, ncin fact, said, i wt you to have this. if you like this, send me $5. >> you would have gotten $15. >> on a good day. >> charlie may pay $75.
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>> 5, 10, 15. i think it's good for people to pay up front. this is what i think is fascinating about you. do you think most people know you graduated with honors nyu school of business, thank you very much. i happen to believe comedy and humor is a sign of intelligence. where do you stand on that? >> i guess i've got to say yes. >> were you a funny kid growing up? >> sure. i always liked making people laugh, but it was never something i thought i could turn into a career. but, yeah, i grew up in south carolina. you know, the idea of being an actor, dmed icomedian, grew up town of like 8,000 people, bennettsville, south carolina. >> i know bennettsville. there's large -- >> how did you end up doing standup. >> looking for a way to make money.
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>> i was going to nyu. exactly, this will be lucrative doing open mikes. i was going to nyu. friends say you're funny when you tell stories. have you ever thought about doing standup at a new talent night or something? that happened a couple of times. i thought, maybe i will try this. i did it and i really enjoyed it. that was almost 11 years, and i've been doing it every since. >> what has the graduate school of business education done for you? >> it was just undergraduate school, but it was a marketing major. you know, marketing, let's just say it's pretty easy. >> people helped you market your "dangerously delicious" tour. >> i don't know. >> interesting title "dangerously delicious." >> yes. i really like food a lot. whenever i tour, i make an effort to find the really good places to eat. when you're down with the special, i put in a list of all the restaurants i went to that i really liked. >> what about bennettsville,
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south carolina? >> you haven't been there? >> i haven't been there. >> here we government here is where we're going to go. charlie, are you ready? where should we eat there? >> dairy dream has really delicious fried chicken. >> when did you know aziz, you said you like to make people laugh. when did you know you were a success? did you have a moment where you said i'm good. you have to tell it in 15 seconds. >> actually five. >> last year -- >> we have to go, i'm sorry. >> that was funny. >> tweet about it. that would be great. >> we've gone from women's fantasies to deliciously whatever it is. take a look at the people that made this week possible. >> did you ever think something like this would happen to him. >> he's a normal guy. >> 16 people dead. you're telling me he remembers none of that. >> the shooting death of an unarmed florida teen trayvon martin continuing. >> by confronting him, did he
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>> it is really slow both directions of 100 won it in the menlo park area and we're following a couple of problems. a dump truck lost its load and stalled in the southbound lane of 101. we also have a multi vehicle crash on northbound 101. it is now off to the shoulder but it is backed up all the way to moffett field. both directions of 101 all jammed up. in the meantime the silicon valley commute is starting to get busy,,,,,,,,
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