your next update at 7:25 a.m.. >> cbs early morning coming up ♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday, april 2nd, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. it is just 24 hours until the key winner take all primary in wisconsin. so has the white house already set its sights on mitt romney? plus, new questions after last night's "60 minutes" saying sugar is toxic. she is called the most influential woman in the world. oprah winfrey is with us this morning to talk about the next chapter in her life and the new challenge of running her own tv network.

sailors are rescued after a rogue wave tears apart their yacht and we will have the best moments from country music's big night including taylor swift's big win. first, as we do every morning, we begin with a look at idea's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. person you select on tuesday may well be the person who faces barack obama in the fall. >> the republican front-runner closes in on the nomination. >> a big win for romney on tuesday in wisconsin would really kind of finalize things. >> the establishment has tried to convince republicans across this country that they need mitt romney shoved down their throat. the important thing to remember is that everyone is safe and sound. >> the coast guard rescued two sailors off a yacht in the pacific. >> taken part in around the world race. >> slammed by a giant wave about 400 miles off the coast of san francisco. . what do we want? >> things are being leaked out and i believe he is going to be arrested very soon. plane crushed in siberia

killing at least 29 people. >> northeast kansas fatal crash after motor home and driver lost control and hit into a ravine after hitting a. police near the university of kentucky say they are ready to control the crowd. the fans got out of control after kentucky's win saturday night against louisville. the "new york post" is reporting the megajackpot could lead to megalawsuits in maryland. all that. ♪ ♪ i'm only the paper boy happy as i can be ♪ >> all that matters. >> huge! >> on "cbs this morning." >> mitt romney is building a car elevator in his house. i'm not worried that this guy is out of touch. i'm worried is he batman!

captioning funded by cbs with him. key moment in the republican presidential race. if mitt romney wins tomorrow he will be more than halfway of clenching his party's re-election. in a "face the nation" interview on sunday, vice president joe biden used one three-word phrase repeatedly to attack the republican front-runner. >> i think governor romney is a little out of touch. i think it's totally out of touch with reality. i find that just totally out of touch with what most americans think about american jobs. i can't remember a presidential candidate in the recent past who seemed not to stand by what he says, what ordinary middle class

people are thinking about and are concerned about. >> this morning in awe poll in wisconsin and 11 other key states have good news for the president. the "usa today" gallup poll shows mr. obama leading romney 51% to 42% in the 1 states. national correspondent chip reid is in milwaukee following the romney campaign. good morning, chip. >> reporter: good morning. you know, the district of columbia and maryland are also voting tomorrow, but all eyes are on wisconsin. mitt romney hopes it will be a big step toward clenching the nomination. rick santorum says, "not to fast." a string of endorsements from the republican party establishment and increasing numbers in the polls left mitt romney a bit more light-hearted on the campaign trail this weekend. >> is that what you call wisconsinites? how about massachusetts? >> the president. >> reporter: all kidding aside, the republican front-runner sounding more confident than ever, ignored his republican rivals and attacked president obama.

>> this president can't run on his record and so he is going to try every way he can to divert to some other kind of attack and try and have people disqualify our nominee, which probably will be me. >> reporter: the white house in turn took aim at romney during vice president's interview on "face the nation." >> what do they argue? is cut, get rid of that, get rid of that. this is about middle class. and none of what he is offering does anything. >> reporter: meanwhile, growing numbers of republicans are calling on rick santorum to get out of the race for the good of the party. santorum pointed to romney's actions as reason to stay in. >> why is he spending $4 million in wisconsin if the race is over? if it's over, there is no chance, why is he bothering? even campaigning any more? if it's over? >> reporter: newt gingrich won only two contests acknowledged over the weekend romney is the likely nominee but he is going

to make him work for it. whatever happens in wisconsin, both campaigns are already looking ahead to pennsylvania which votes in about three weeks. now about three weeks ago, santorum was ahead there by about 30 points in one poll. now look. he's ahead by two points. romney says if he can win there, it's over. >> if romney has momentum and trending well, does santorum think that trend will not overwhelm him in pennsylvania? >> reporter: i tell you, santorum still believes he is going all the way. first of all, of course, he believes he is going to win in his home state but he is already look at may. in may five southern states. texas, arkansas, north carolina and tuck and west virginia. santorum looks good in all of those states and believe he is going to do well and stay in this race to the convention. >> we should point out each on the campaign trail, there is time for a little bit of light hearted fun and i understand someone was had. some was at governor romney's expense from his staff being

april fool's day and all. >> reporter: now they claim he did not know anything about this but they took him to a pancake breakfast and he was introduced and he walked into the room. there was nobody there! except for his staff. april fool's they took him upstairs where 300 people were waiting for him at this campaign breakfast and everybody was saying, april fool's! governor romney. >> chip, thank you very much. voters in wisconsin go to the polls tomorrow. we will have more coverage of the republican presidential race on "cbs evening news." thousands of people called for arrest in the trayvon martin case. >> martin's parents want the justice department to investigate. elaine quijano is in miami this morning. good morning, elaine. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and erica and to our viewers in the west. the family's lawyers tell us they will file a formal request

today asking the feds to investigate why the state attorney allegedly overruled cops who wanted to arrest zimmerman the night of the shooting. this comes on the heels of yet another massive rally in martin's hometown. >> each and every one of you, it it means so much to us to see you all here. >> reporter: five weeks after trayvon martin was killed, his mother sybrina fulton thanked a crowd in miami for demanding justice for her son's death. they turned out by the thousands to show their support. >> i have to make an effort. it's just totally upsets me. >> reporter: the case has sparked questions nationwide whether race played a role in the killing. george zimmerman admits he shot the teen in self-defense. but martin's relatives, including his brother, do not accept that story. >> it's just baffling how peo e people, they just take his word for it as if that's exactly what

happened and no question about it. >> reporter: a newly released emergency dispatch recording is offering more details into the shooting. >> law enforcement en route for a possible shooting someone laying in the grass. >> reporter: the tape shows a second ambulance sent to the scene was called off bringing the severity of zimmerman's injuries into question. >> you can cancel second rescue. second patient is not a gunshot. >> reporter: last night martin's mother says she is confident zimmerman will end up behind bars. >> i just truly believe that they are still investigating. but things are being leaked out and i believe he is going to be arrested very soon. >> reporter: over the weekend, activists marched on the sanford police department, demanding zimmerman be jailed. >> no justice! >> reporter: protesters echoed those calls in miami. more proof the passion stirred up by this case show no signs of -- a florida special prosecutor has begun her

investigation but says she will have no comment until it's complete. and the fbi is also investigating. >> elaine, thank you. a coast guard cutter is expected to reach zahn morning carrying two badly british injured sailors. they were rescued from a racing yacht in the pacific that was battered by a giant rogue wave. >> reporter: they are the kind of boats most sailors dream of. 68 feet of pure wind blown beauty but for the crew of geraldton western australia, that dream became a nightmare. two members of her crew, 50-year-old doctor and 29-year-old software engineer had to be rescued by the coast guard late sunday night after being injured in a storm so violent it ripped the helm off the boat's deck. they were participating in the clipper around the world yacht race. the longest of its kind for amateurs. some 40,000 miles. but the leg across the north

pacific was the harden and geraldson's crew was apprehensive before it began. >> a cell there and nervous about it. >> reporter: on saturday the fleet of ten racing boats hit a storm the likes of which many had never seen. >> times you want to kind of give up, but none of these guys gave up. you know? worked really hard. >> reporter: it was the geraldton who took at the time harde hardest. her skipper told the coast guard a swell broke over the stern and the wave slammed the crew to the deck and ripped a wheel off its mount and sending it overboard and leaving them temporarily adrift. the weather so bad air rescuers could only drop air supplies to the injured sailors below. before dusk last night the seriously injured were finally taken aboard a coast guard cutter for safety. after repairs the geraldton will continue the competition. she was built for racing and it

seems so was her crew. i'm lee cowan, in los angeles. in burma, election results are not official but it appears that aung san suu kyi has won a seat in parliament and sparked a wild celebration by her supporters. in the morning she said it was a triumph of the people. taking a look at the battle for control of syria. two dozen people have been killed today after government troops shelled the city of homs. ka list rah. clarissa ward, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and erica. topping the agenda yesterday friends of syria conference was discussion of former nkofi anna

who assad complement. demanding there be a set time line for assad to imply with. >> we think assad must go. the killing must stop. the sooner we get into a process that ends up there, the better. and i think former secretary-general annan understand that. he has met with them and they support his plan. they have urged publicly that assad follow the plan. so if we have to go back to a security council to get authority that would enable us to do more to help the syrians really withstand this kind of ter terrible assault and get the aid they need and humanitarian assistance they require. >> reporter: one of the primary function of the friends of syria is to provide support for the opposition but up to this point,

we still don't see any real coordination of the groups inside syria. how much of a frustration is that for you as you go through this process? >> well, i'm encouraged they are making progress. this is quite difficult but i am encouraged. what they need is what we are now offering. we are offering assistance to them and it's a variety of different sorts of assistance. the united states will be offering, in addition to significant humanitarian aid, will be offering technical and logistical support. you mentioned communication. they have a great deal of difficulty communicating inside syria. you were there. you know how hard it is. we think we have some assets that we can get in there which we will try to do that will enable them to have better communication. >> reporter: saudi arabia and some of the gulf states went one step further announcing that they would start to pay salaries

to rebel fighters inside the country funneling essentially millions of dollars inside syria. the hope being that it will encourage more defections from the syrian army but certainly this is the most direct form of intervention we have seen since this conflict began. >> where do you think the momentum is going on this in terms of helping the rebels in syria? >> reporter: well, i think there is a growing sense of disenchantment about trying to pursue a purely diplomatic process. clearly, for president assad has flouted kofi annan's six-point peace plan. we are seeing today in fact, shelling continuing in the city of homs. i think definitely a sense with this conference yesterday more interest in pursuing other options and more direct forms of intervention put on the table for the first time. certainly the u.s. still preferring to take a step a little further back and try to pursue that diplomatic process

first. >> clarissa ward, thank you. a russian passenger plane crashed this morning in siberia killing at least 31. the plane crashed in a snow covered field three minutes after taking off. there were 43 people on that plane. russian emergency officials say the 12 survivors were seriously hurt. the airline of the pilot tried to make an emergency landing. the cause of the crash is not yet known. cbs news is told the pilot for jetblue os sbon will be in court today. >> as michelle miller reports, his wife is now speaking out about last week's bizarre mid air incident. >> reporter: this newly released enhanced video shows clayton osbon restrained on jetblue flight 191 and we are now hearing from the with him who may know him best, connie osbon

released a statement thanking those for involved and asking for privacy. we would like to recognize the crew and passengers of flight 191 for their effective, yet compassionate, handling of the situation. it is our belief as clayton's family while he was clearly sdref distressed he was not intentionally violent toward anyone. that last part of the statement could be a key distinction against the case against him. it's if the case ever goes to trial, prosecutors will have to prove not only did osbon interfere with the flight crew that he had the mental capacity to understand what he was doing and that it was wrong. >> over this three and a half hour period before the first officer was clever enough to get him off the flight deck, these are some very frightening words, descriptions, actions that were, frankly, quite scary to me when i read them. >> reporter: lawyers will be looking at whether osbon

condition was medical or may have been brought on by a substance not disclosed to authority. >> they are have a list of drugs they are allowed to take while on flying stats. >> reporter: questions will be directed primarily to his doctors. lawyers will also be drawing on reporter from the plane's black bosses. the national transportation safety board has completed its work on tapes from the cockpit and plans to work on flight data information this week. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. in london, the telegraph reports on a british government proposal to dramatically increase surveillance on its citizens. it would allow police to monitor their e-mails, their phone calls and their favorite web sites. the government argues it's necessary to combat terrorism and syria's crime. "wall street journal" talking more about the story of a major security breach.

they say hackers stole key information and other information from 1.5 million accounts in north america. visa yanked its seal of approval from the company over the week. a mess in baltimore. the "new york post" says workers at mcdonald who pooled their money furious at a coworker who says she has one of the winning tickets in friday's big drawing. miranda wilson said she bought the ticket

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oprah winfrey conquered daytime television. today she's making a special appearance on morning tv. >> just arriving in our studios tv. there she is arriving at our studios at the cbs broadcast center >> good morning everyone is 7:26 a.m. and we want to catch you up with the bay area headlines. damage could be half a million dollars from a fire in san mateo. it left five people homeless. 2 family pets were killed. no one else was injured. two sailors were hurt when a big wave hit their got on a coast guard cutter heading to el been no right now. two run miles off the coast. there were rescued 400 mi. off shore when a small boat pick them up because this season were to chopper 2 use a helicopter. put down the phone and drive. april is distracted driving awareness month in california. officers are watching for any activity that hinders driving. it could cost you a few dollars,

>> we are following a fender bender, it sounds like an ass accident in san fransisco. 19th avenue, northbound 19th avenue by winston drive there may be lanes blocked. it involves a boss versus a car. this accident in marin county was just cleared. it is still sluggish but at least the accident is off the lane. and then once you get past their it looks pretty good across the golden gate bridge. that is traffic. >> looking good on this monday, some chilly in spots. in the '30's and '40's outside. but we're looking good with high clouds drifting over head. by the afternoon a lot of sunshine between those clouds. numbers will warm up very nicely. some 60s and low seventies in the afternoon. great weather ahead.

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>> sure. all the time. but it's the truth. >> reporter: dr. robert lustig is a pediatric endocrinologist and a pioneer in what is becoming a war against sugar. motivated by his own patients, too many sick and obese children, dr. lustig has concluded that sugar, more than any other substance, is to blame. all these various diseases you say are linked to shuger? >> obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and heart disease itself. >> reporter: lustig says the american lifestyle is killing us. >> and most of it you say is preventable? >> 75% of it is preventable. >> a registered dietitian is with us now, cynthia sass. welcome. >> thank you. >> do we need to examine everything that has sugar in. >> we need to change our habits.

the amount of sugar we're consuming is unprecedented. the american takes in 22 teaspoons, about 17 four-pound bags of sugar per person per year. >> why is it toxic? what does it do? >> think about a glass of water and imagine that's your blood. now think about pouring sugar into that water. the more sugar that's there, the thicker and more syrupy that water gets. when that's happening in your body n your blood, your heart has to work harder to pump that thicker fluid through your system. it puts stress on the heart. it puts stress on the arteries. increases blood pressure. it attacks the kidneys, liver. it's really the amount that we have that's really causing these problems. >> we just saw some numbers on our screen of what the recommended amount of sugar per day is. give us an idea of not only what that actually works out to in terms of food and drink but what sugar is healthy and what is it.

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philanthropist. i think we can just say oprah winfrey. oprah is here. welcome. >> what a pleasure to have you here. >> i'm delighted to be with you guys. you know what i do? >> what. >> i get up in time for the "eye opener". >> because you know you'll learn all that there is, all that matters. >> that's all that there is, all that matters and then i'm done for the day. from the moment -- let me just tell you, charlie. from the moment i heard this was going to happen -- >> i was one of the first people to know. >> i called you or -- >> oh. i took her phone call first. >> i'm sure you did. mine was e-mail, by the way. >> yes. when i first heard you were going to be together, i was so excited for her. and all the people who were saying, how do you feel that gayle is leaving? i was so excited because this is her sweet spot. she loves -- i used to call her eyewitness news gayle because whenever i wanted information about what was going on in the world, i didn't are to read the

paper. i called gayle. >> gayle is excited but this is boring. let's go on to something else. in addition to what's charlie rose really like, people always ask, when is oprah coming on? when is oprah coming on? >> so let's start by talking about the own network. when you set out to create a network, tell me what you wanted to do and where does this thing called "lifeclass" fit in? >> when i set out to do it, david zazlov -- >> head of discovery network. >> yes. had come to me holding a copy of "o" magazine saying he wanted to be able to create a channel that did exactly what the magazine did. inspired people to live their best lives. so, that idea is something that had been stirring inside myself store a very long time. so, the idea of creating a network was something that i wanted to do. had i known it was this difficult, i might have done

something else. >> really? you knew that it was going to be this difficult, you might not have done it? >> oh, absolutely. >> you didn't think it was going to be easy? >> would you let me answer? >> that's my point. >> i didn't think it was going to be easy but i did not know if i knew then what i know now, i might have made different choices. if i were writing a book about it, i could call the book "101 mistakes". >> give us the top five. >> launching when we really weren't ready to launch. doing that because you'd announced you were going to do it. it's like, having the wedding when you know you're not ready. and you're walking down the aisle and you're saying, oh, i don't know if we should be walk down the aisle. maybe we should have postponed this. >> but the invitations are out. >> so we should go ahead. when i think about it now -- but now it's monday-morning quarterbacking -- i would have probably waited until i actually finished the oprah show. because from the day that david

zazlov came in to see me, i said, i'm worried about who's going to lead this train because i can't do it. i know how hard it is to do a daily show, do we not, and i'm -- and i'm in chicago and that's in los angeles. that's going to be very hard. last year, actually, i was sitting literally at the feet of loren michaels, and he said, you have no idea what you set yourself into. he also said, you'll have moments where people -- no one wants to see you come off the "oprah winfrey show" after 25 years of success and step right into the network business. you've got to pay your dues. >> he said they do not want you to well. >> and he says, you'll have failures, you'll have to use some expletives -- >> using expletives? >> i had to use a couple. >> here's what else is

happening. >> what? >> they're writing things about you that are not flattering. >> yeah, i hear that. >> how does that feel to you? you have been -- >> i will tell you -- >> -- so loved, such an icon. you could do no wrong. >> this is the thing, you have to know, though, no matter what anybody writes about you -- i learned this when i was doing "the color purple" with steven spielberg, and at the time i think he was on the cover of "time" magazine and he said, i'm not going to read it. i said, how could you not read? you're on the cover of "time." he said if you believe all the good stuff then you have to believe the unflattering. you're right. i've lived in this glow for the past ten years, at least, because the climb up was also not as easy as everybody remembers. but last week i saw one headline that really sort of knocked me off center. and then i -- >> what was it? >> it was the "usa today" headline that -- >> what did it say? >> oprah not quite standing on her own.

oh! >> you felt that way. >> yeah. what's interesting about that headline, what's really interesting in terms of "lifeclass," "usa today" did a headline in 1988 that said, "oprah the world's biggest classroom." that's my favorite headline ever. the only one in all the years that i actually cut out, that i saved. i thought it was interesting that the newspaper who -- that had given me my favorite all-time headline -- >> but did you ever think, this is really -- i don't need this. i've got everything i wanted. >> oh, yes. >> i've got friends, money, plenty of places i can go, do whatever i want to do, why don't i just say, i don't need this, g good-bye? >> the reason i wouldn't do that -- i would be happy in my garden under the tree with my dogs, reading a book. i'd be happy with that. stedman says, about two weeks. because i'm a very driven person. also i believe that i am here to fulfill a calling. that because i am a female who

is african-american, so blessed in the world, there's never going to be a time to quit. i will -- i will die in the midst of doing what i love to do. and that is, using my voice and using my life to try to inspire other people to live the best of theirs. >> did you ever think about quitting? didn't you have a moment where you go, god -- as charlie just said -- i don't need, it i don't need another pair of shoes -- >> well, i thought that last week. i thought that last week with all the negative press. you know, it's just press. it's just press. it's just press. you know, because a thing appears to not be doing well, and i'd like to siay this to everybody -- because you failed at something, which we haven't failed, but just because you fail doesn't make you a failure. when you know that in the core of yourself, you can keep trying or you can use whatever is happening in that moment to say, maybe i need to move in a new direction. actually, i feel better about our network own today than i ever have. the most painful thing for me,

most painful thing was to have to let people go. i had to lay off three people. we live in a country where lots of people are getting laid off. i let off 30 people and -- >> how wha did you say to them? >> i actually didn't do it. we had a team of personnel people to come in to do it because we wanted to all happen at the same sometime. that isn't what i am good at doing. the first time i had to let somebody go, 1988, took me two hours. i cried more than she did. at the end she said, are you firing am? he i said, well, kind of. so i didn't actually do it, no. >> what's your strategy now? what's your strategy? >> my strategy is, our strategy because nobody does this alone, our strategy is to do what we should have done from the beginning and that is to build one show, one hour, one night at a time. and then move to the next night. so, saturday nights are fantastic for us.

we're now building sunday night. and then you go, move, move, move. >> you know what they want to see, they want to see more oprah, more oprah, more oprah. >> well, we had a great saturday night, so i don't think -- i said from the beginning, this channel can't be based upon me. it has to be based upon my philosophy and my ideas, you know, what i wanted to create and will create is a channel and an environment where people come and we don't waste your time. it's always meaningful. >> just like "cbs this morning." >> yes. >> and, you know, everything takes its time. i would say even for this particular show, y'all know the history of this show. there have been a lot of people put in this show. they finally got it right. >> we have to stop talking because we're going to hit commercial. >> let's go to commercial break. >> but you'll stay. >> of course. >> next hour we'll talk more. >> yes. thank you. >> back in a moment. >> oprah will be back in the next hour. reminder "oprah's lifeclass: the

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so this show that's just getting under way nationally. >> mm-hmm. it's going to -- it will do well. >> and if it doesn't? >> if it doesn't, i will still do well. i will do well because i'm not defined by a show, you know. i think we are defined by the way we treat ourselves and the way we treat other people. it would be wonderful to be an acclaimed, you know, talk show host who's made it. that would be wonderful. but if that doesn't happen, there are, you know, other important things in my life. >> tell me about that. >> i haven't seen that since that happened. >> i forgot you had done it. when they said we had a clip of oprah on "60 minutes," i went,

"where?" >> don't i look like sophia. i saw that and thought, sophia. but i also feel the same way. >> that's exactly what i thought. >> i feel the same way. were you going to ask that question? >> yes, but go ahead. absolutely. >> i feel the same way about where i am right now with our network. >> exactly. >> i believe that it will work. as i said, i feel better about it than i ever have. i believe that people want to see television that is fun, that is entertaining, but that is also meaningful. what i want to do is use it as a platform for transforming people's lives. that's why i'm in new york to do "life class." but if i see that that's not what the audience wants, then i will move on to the next thing. >> literally. >> i mean, i will always be okay. >> yeah. because i live in the center of myself. >> the principle that you articulated with mike wallace is a principle that you've lived with throughout your life that's made you successful.

>> yeah. >> so what's "life class"? >> "life class" is the reason why i did a network. it is an opportunity to bring some of the country's leading thought leaders. tonight it's tony robbins live on own beginning at 9:00. but i'm also taping with deepak chopra which will air the next week. and it's giving the audience around the world. so we are on facebook. we're on oprah.com. we're talking to people all over the world, twittering and taking their questions about what matters to them in life with people who can help them lead a better life. >> so they essentially drive -- all of these people from around the world are driving this life class? >> that's right. and it's driven by what people most want to talk about. people want to talk about their fears, about letting go of anger, why they get stuck in life. they want to talk about why -- you know, people really do know even though we're in this, you know, electronic age where everybody's, you know, tweeting all the time. people really do know that there

is a loss of connection and that there is a deeper reason for being in the world. and i think every human being, really, ultimately wants to do what you all get to do here every day for yourselves, what i've been able to do in my life. what everybody wants is really to fulfill the highest expression of themselves. everybody feels that. but isn't quite sure how do i break the wall and get into living the best of myself, the stream of the best of myself. >> do you think there's also a desire because we're so connected in so many ways electronically? there's actually a desire to really connect more like we used to on a real level? >> i think enably, there is a desire to connect more deeply because we all know that all of this isn't really real. >> no, we've been in a car. five people in a car, oprah, and we're all -- >> nobody's talking to each other anymore. does that happen to you? >> yes. in fact, you go to dinner and you look at the number of people that are sneaking looks at

dinner. >> i am a little insulted about i that, aren't you? >> yes. >> i think there needs to be etiquette. >> let's just talk about this. friendship is very important. it is one of life's great things. this is friendship here. and i'll let you talk about it. please? >> well, i'm not going to cry on the morning show. >> please don't. >> i will say this. >> erica's going, cry, cry. >> executive producer. >> you know i know who chris lipman is. mr. muckety muck, hello. he's the brainstorm behind all this. we've been friends since we were 21. >> 21 and 22. you're older. >> there is not a better human being in the world as far as i'm concerned. she's going to become everybody's best friend on this morning show, i can see that. people are reacting. they say that to me in the streets about her. oprah, i understand why she's your best friend. you know why?

i will tell you why. because in all of our years of friendship, she has always been happier for me about anything that occurred in my life. when i left baltimore and i was coming to chicago, she was the happiest. when i got in "the color purple," she was the happiest. >> and i get madder than you do when people say something negative. >> last week when everybody was doing the press thing, she was so upset. i said, i only read one thing. i'm not reading it all, so don't tell me. but never a moment a hint of jealousy. always wanting what's best for me. and that's what everybody needs in any kind of relationship. >> but oprah, you want the same for me, too. >> that's why when she came to cbs, chris, mr. licht, i am so happy for her. people are, like, around you upset? i was so happy because i knew this is where she's supposed to be. i think this is the combination, i think cbs has finally gotten it right. i really do. i'm not just saying that. >> no, you're not. >> i really do. >> otherwise, oprah, you

wouldn't be here. well -- >> you don't want to go where they're not doing it right. >> the best to y'all. >> we have a little bit. you just spoke with shaquan. this is a heartbreaking story. we have a little bit of that we want to play first. >> yeah. >> the thought of a 2-year-old struggling with his mother for his life while his mother is suffocating him is really kind of unbearable. was there a struggle with your son? >> i don't remember. >> you don't remember? you would have to remember that. you would have to remember whether your son awakened and knew that you were trying to kill him. >> she's a mother from south carolina. i remember that story. >> got sentenced to 35 years

without parole. >> the powerful thing is you were in the moment there. >> mm-hmm. >> you showed compassion, but it also said to me that you weren't totally buying it. that's why it was so fascinating. >> for me, i am always looking for and have been since i was, you know, a young reporter in baltimore, i've always been trying to look for what is the deeper meaning in every story. so as i'm doing -- talking to her, which isn't the first time i've talked to mothers who murdered their children -- i'm thinking about everybody who's watching who's depressed. i'm thinking about anybody who's ever thought about taking their life or taking the life of somebody that they loved and making them come along with me. that's why i was so persistent and say, when you say, i wanted them to go with me, go where? let's think that through. go where? and my -- what i kept trying to emphasize to her throughout the interview even off tape is that it's no longer really about you. the only reason to hear your story is that somebody can see themselves in you and be able to

make a different choice for themselves. so that, to me, is ultimately, as i know you all do here on cbs is the standard, the standard, for interviewing. that's the point. it's not for us just to be voyeurs in other people's lives, but how can i use your story to open up the heart space for myself. >> you are fixing a network, the own network. >> could you change the word to fixing or building? >> building would be better. >> fixing or building. >> i was thinking building. >> building. we're building a network. >> which is a huge demand on time. but you have a huge life as well. >> yeah, i have a big old life. >> you've got a big old life. >> yeah. >> and a big old house. >> i just moved out of my big old house. i'm just now living in a little bitty house. >> while they fix the big old house. >> that is true. exactly right. that is true. >> are you going to -- two things. one, politics and show business. are you going to be out there? >> no, i'm not.

>> no? >> no, i'm not going to be out there. i am 100% behind our president. i actually love our president. and have the utmost respect for him and that office and what it takes to be there. i will not be out because i'm trying to fix a network. >> no, you're trying to build a network. >> trying to build a network. i'm trying to fix one. so you were right. i like build better. i just say, too, you know, when you say "i," i mean myself. i mean, you know, my team, chase, eric. and discovery, you know, with all the stories about will discovery support her, they have been stellar. david zazlov and the discovery board has been 100% behind me. and this is what gets me! when i started, everybody said -- everybody -- including lorne michaels, it's going to take three to five years to get it right. and i said, even then, well, i

think i can do it in a couple. no, it's going to take three to five years. and now i've been there literally eight months, and everybody's, like, what's going on? >> i said the same thing. we'll build this thing viewer by viewer by viewer by viewer. >> yeah. >> that's typically what they tell you, too, when you start a business. it takes at least an average of five years for any business to be profitable. >> but i also understand this. i also understand that because i had a 25-year reputation that i built, that there was a big expectation. and the one thing i didn't want to do, because i've learned this -- do i have time to tell this? 30 seconds? >> are you kidding? >> because i know how y'all say at the end, you've got five seconds, which is the one thing that makes me crazy. >> me, too. tell us your theory of life. you've got five seconds. no, no. where were you? you've got time. >> the one thing i knew, what i always knew, and i learned this lesson when i went to baltimore and my name was on the back of

every billboard, this whole big promo campaign. when i came to chicago, i said to the management there, don't do any publicity. i just want to start and let it go word of mouth. and when we started with this network, i was the only person saying, let's not make it big. let's just start small. let's not do a big, big, big thing because you set an expectation that you cannot -- you cannot live up to. it's better for people to have lower expectations for you to overdeliver rather than to underdeliver because you have 25 years and the company structure was set up that way. >> but oprah, nothing is small with your name. you know that. >> i know. i was saying, guys, let's just start small. let's not do the big publicity. let's just come on the air and sort of build it. next thing you know, i'm talking to the wall street journal and new york times. nothing small about that. >> can we wrap up with the girls in south africa? >> oh. >> the academy. >> the academy. well, this is the most exciting thing. two of my girls were competing

in the model united nations conference at cornell this weekend. they were part of the south african debate team. and i'm telling you, to see girls who five years ago living in soweto, living in villages, some of them carrying buckets of water on their head, now sitting at cornell. >> yes. >> debating. >> holding their own. >> debating about cambodian civil war, extraordinary. >> my sense of this is that it hasn't been easy, but it means a huge amount to you. >> well, stedman keeps reminding me of that, too. it's actually sort of parallel because lots of people said it wouldn't work. you're 8,000 miles away. how are you going to do that? and there were times i wanted to give up on that, too. there were many days i said if i had it to do over, i wouldn't do it that way. and the payoff is having girls now 100% of the first class all going to colleges.

>> guess who's here tomorrow? >> stedman. >> oh, stedman's here tomorrow! >> and he'll spend about an hour with me on my program. it's great to have you here. continued success. >> i feel so much more relaxed than i thought it would. >> you can come back whenever you'd like. >> this is so relaxed. this is good. you guys are really doing great. really gr

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>> good morning everyone, will get you caught up with some of the bay area headlines. to the sailors expected to arrive in alameda. the sea is too rough for the not to lift them off so the coast guard used a small boat to transfer the sailors to a cutter. the sailors were taking part in and around the world race when the big waves hit their yacht. a woman and her four children evacuated from their home but to cats died in a fire. investigators believe the fire started in a detached parking garage and then spread to the home. occupy protesters targeting vacant buildings.

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>> we're still following this accident right there by stone ridge mall in san francisco. an accident involving a bus in a car and for awhile two lanes of 19th avenue were shut down but it looks like they've been

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that's why every girl should have a wardrobe master. >> this is from earlier. >> because everybody says, oh, no, this is -- you don't like this? >>, no i like it fine, but because of the blue, i think the blue -- the yellow sets off the blue in an extraordinary -- >> fashion advice from charlie rose. >> earlier this morning. lucky you. >> gayle, we got to go. >> i'm ready. >> i think i'm going to try it. >> you've just seen one of the key moments of the day, meeting with my fashion consultant, charlie rose. he's a man of many talents.

actually that behind the sneaks peek is from a new clip from our facebook page. >> pretty soon people will be sending in videos asking for your input, charlie. the ensemble in the morning. >> are you ready? >> you can scroll through the short history of our broadcast there on the facebook timeline. gayle and i started our own profil profile. gayle is better about it than me. i need to step it up. more to come. >> actually, erica, i'm very technically challenged so i have a lot of people going, help, help me. charlie, what will you be showing on yours? we want an inside peek. >> fashion life or -- >> i have an idea. what about you and barkley in the park? >> barkley -- i took barkley to the country this weekend. this would be a lab. an extraordinary animal. he just goes nuts because he loves to run. he has a lot of space to run.

he dived into the water. >> did you dive in after him? >> no. >> see, that's just something you think about on your facebook page. just throwing it out there. as we looked around the web we found a few reasons to make a long story short. "the washington post" has an update on the fast food wars we've been covering today. burger king rolls out its biggest menu change since 1964. >> wow. >> the year i was born. >> a great year. >> smoothies, chicken wraps and snack wraps. executives even admit it's very similar to mcdonald's. britain's "daily mail" has something to consider before you walk into a bar. ladies, scientists confirm people appear more attractive after a few drinks. yes, we're talking about beer goggles. it takes a little as a pint and a half of beer for beer goggles to appear. women are more likely to wear them than men. >> i like that story. how about one stop divorcing. shopping. the new york daily news went to

this week's modern divorce expo in new york city. vendors had tips on parenting after the split, how to do background checks on potential new partners, they also had divorce rings for sale with inspirational messages inside. >> were those messages like, ignore the beer golgs next time you're out? in britain "the guardian" tells us about ashton kutcher's next big project. he's agreed to play steve jobs in the next indie movie. he does look like -- one of two steve jobs bichltopics they're planning. "the hunger games" is killing the box office, bringing if $61 million in ten days. it's sold more than $250 million in tickets. mega millions sec lags is running wild in red bud,

illinois, where a winning ticket was sold. one rumor says the winner is gary leafert. two men with that name say they've been bombarded by phone calls. they both say they did not win. we can confirm none on the staff won. we were going to show up anyway. >> if we won, people would not be happy for us. they would go, why did they win? >> you know what i did? i actually kept your ticket that you gave me, the $1 ticket, whatever you call it -- >> you kept it? >> yes. >> my first lottery ticket. just to tell you i cared that you have given me that, and in case i won, i would be able to prove it. >> thank you. had we won in a group pool we wouldn't try to do the okey-doke that someone is -- >> what do we call that, the okey-doke? >> where she was in a pool and she says, that's not the pool ticket, that's my ticket. that's crappy.

>> that doesn't end well. >> no. last night at vegas they had the academy of country music awards. >> taylor swift won top prize for the second year. as john blackstone reports, the show had a lot of live music and a few unexpected faces. >> reporter: there were, of course, plenty of cowboy hats at the academy of country music awards in las vegas, but carrie underwood's rocking opening act showed how blurry the line between country and block can be. ♪ >> reporter: the line between genres that blur your still when the '70s rock band kiss in full makeup and metal-studded regalia took the stage as award presenters. >> lady antebellum! >> reporter: kiss has not actually gone country, but lionel richie may have. the r&b star who started off in motown in the '60s shared the

stage with blake shelton, named top male vocalist. ♪ again and again now >> reporter: ashton kutcher star of "two and a half men" showed up with a big hat and a big belt buckle. his job was to present an award but he couldn't resist singing. ♪ give all i've got to give to make all your dreams come true ♪ >> reporter: when the country stars paused to focus attention on fighting child hunger -- ♪ imagine all the people >> reporter: they did it with a song from john lennon. ♪ giving all the world yeah yeah ♪ >> reporter: but the awards show didn't forget its mission is celebrating country music and the entire crowd joined the celebration when toby keith sang one of the biggest country hits of the year "red solo cup." ♪ i love my red solo cup >> reporter: in a tribute to

banjo great earl scruggs who died last week, actor steve martin joined rascal flatts performing the song "banjo." ♪ a piece of heaven you've got to go deep way on back ♪ >> reporter: since las vegas is probably more famous for quickie weddings than country music they added a live wedding as christina davidson and frank tucci, a couple from new jersey, exchanged vows, martina mcbride and train's pat monahan sang "mary me." by the end of the song, they were husband and wife. a quickie wedding, indeed. >> you may now kiss your bride! >> reporter: the entertainer of the year award went to taylor swift. her date for the ceremony was to be an 18-year-old fan who's fighting leukemia, but he was too ill to make it.

>> my date tonight was supposed to be a high school football player named kevin mcguire and he's not here, but i promised him i would give him a shout out. kevin and all your family and your friends, thank you for wanting to take me to the acms. my band and crew and everyone who helps me make music, and to the fans for voting, thank you for doing this! this is exciting! >> reporter: if it is sometimes hard to draw a line between rock and country, it was pure country when dierks bentley performed his patriotic hit "home." ♪ and i won't lose hope this is still the place that we all come home ♪ >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," john blackstone in los angeles. looked like a nice ceremony, didn't it? >> and isn't steve martin so great on the banjo. >> yes, he is. >> and taylor swift never disappoints to me. >> she doesn't. and i find that everything i

watch with her, i like her more and more. there's this great piece on "60 minutes" last year with taylor swift. you get the sense that she's really -- i mean, she's really just like a great person. and at 22, to have achieved all this and seems to normal. >> what's interesting about country music, too, whenever you see the notion that it's becoming more mainstream and more mainstream, somebody will come along and make sure that everybody understands the roots of country music. somebody will come back and say, this is who we are. >> and who they are, as gayle and i -- we've all talked about allot, some of the nicest people you'll meet consistently. that's what's so lovely about it. >> and talented. >> absolutely. >> love consistency. >> we do. >> they say a picture's worth a thousand words. how about 60 years worth of pictures? too much to even talk about. we'll meet

♪ one shining moment you reach for the sky ♪ >> kansas and kentucky play tonight in new orleans for the ncaa men's college basketball championship. 75,000 people will pack the superdome. one has been a fixture at the final four since 1952. rich clarkson photographs have appeared on the cover of "sports illustrated" 33 times. at age 79, after 57 final fours, you can still find him on the baseline shooting hoops. >> the essence of college basketball is there's a mystique to it, unpredictability. >> let the final four begin. >> there is a lot of drama to all sports, but particularly at the championship level. >> the opening jumper -- >> that drama manifests itself many times. sometimes the drama is that

quiet locker room before the game or at halftime. at other times it's in the huge noise of the arena and the last 20 second of a great game. it's just dripping with drama. this is a complex picture. when you look at it, you can say all these players are doing something different and all alone with their thoughts. and it's dead silence in there. you can splice the tension in the locker room like that. the picture is one that's story-telling. photographers who really know what they're doing, know what kind of story they're trying to tell. they have something to say. i think the most story-telling picture i had was of adolph rupp. it was the year that texas western, the all-black team, the first all-black team, beats the highly favored all-white kentucky team for the national

championship. >> the wildcat team is on a happy bunch at the final whistle as kentucky takes to the mourners bench. >> and so the picture was of the entire kentucky team on the bench looking very despondent. cheerleaders in the background. milestone in the emergence of the black athlete. as i was covering that game, i didn't think that was such a big deal. at that point we all just recognized, these are great players. and this was a great game. we didn't really think -- it's been years later it became kind of a landmark game. cries management. you're anticipating all the things that could wrong. i've tried all different kinds of places on the floor over the years. for a number of the early years i sat right next to the basket.

so, then i started moving further out on the baseline. finally i was at the corner. clear in the corner of the court. you really get different angles and different ways to cover things. give the readers some visual variety so it's not all the same thing all the time. this is my first cover of "sports illustrated" and the first time i photographed the final four for the magazine. it's the first of the ucla great championships with john wooden. this is basically zeroed in on the significant player of the game, and it kind of highlighted him really, really well. you know, the great thing about the final four every year, it's basically new. you never know for sure what's going to happen. it's the unpredictability of it. that's its charm.

>> you know what's amazing, how much he cap fewered in his words as well as his photographs, the magic of the final four. >> it's nice when you can capture a moment, which he does all the time. so, that's good. >> we should also say in terms of capturing moments, our producer did a beautiful piece on that. the interview, shot it, did a great job with editing. >> shout out for arden. >> could we say whoever wins tonight, i don't understand people that win that still destroy stuff. >> yes! >> thank you, gayle. >> i hope somebody in kentucky's had a talking to where they say, if you win tonight, whoever wins, celebrate. >> who do you think will win? >> let's see. that's tough. >> i'm going to say -- i'm going to say kansas. >> i'm going to say ckansas.

i worked for a kansas city station which is in missouri -- >> i'm going with kansas. >> i'm married to a hoosier. i have to go with kansas. >> i'll tell you later. we don't have enough time, but it's just -- there's a little history there. >> it will be an exciting game. >> i'm going kansas. >> cbs's coverage of what we're talking about, this year's national championship starts at 9 p.m. eastern time right here on cbs. >> and if you prefer -- >> quidditch. >> i was going to say, what's that word? >> quidditch. >> i'm not harry potter. >> if you prefer quidditch to basketball, stay with us. we'll tour the actual harry potter studio where all the movie magic happened.,,,,,,,,,,,

where is that? >> i think it says milwaukee.

>> milwaukee, wisconsin. >> hello, milwaukee. maybe you thought the harry potter craze was over, quidish a quidditch and all that. all seven volumes came out on ebooks. >> now harry potter fans think he can walk and fly around the studio where they made the fantastic films. here's charlie d'agata with a look. >> reporter: harry potter, that boy wizard who for more than a decade cast his spell over audiences worldwide will never fly again. his broomstick and cloak of invisibility for the last time last year when the final film hit the cinemas. that doesn't mean the magic's over. on a massive 150,000 square foot site on the outskirts of london, the boter universe has been recreated. hogwarts and all, for fans of the famous franchise. the studio tour which "cbs this morning" got access to while it

was still under construction was exactly what it claims to be, a close-up look of the set used in the actual films. from a huge scale model of hogwarts castle to a magic broomstick ride with a computer-generated back drop. that sorting hat. the family dining room where not a napkin is out of place. this is all your hard work and all these harry potter fans get to see up close and personal. >> people say, are you pleased with that? i say, i'm never completely pleased with it. >> welcome, harry. >> reporter: but fans of potter are unlikely to be anything but pleased. this hasn't been made to look like a film set. this is the actual film set. for example, this is alley where harry first came to pick up his wizard supplies. >> i still need a wand. >> a wand? >> reporter: it's got everything a wizard needs from clabbert

pustles to fangs. but the great hall of hag wart, the setting that unfolded during harry's life. on these massive oak dining tables with cutlery dipped in real gold with where the cast of little characters assembled to surprise. >> i heard a story the producers didn't let children see the set until the day they came on for the first film. so the sense of awe is completely genuine from the very first filming day, when they run -- >> reporter: so they wouldn't have to act. they would be blown away. >> exactly. and they were. >> reporter: which is exactly how fans felt this weekend when the tour opened its doors to the public. for "cbs this morning," i'm charlie d'agata in london. >> it makes you want to have a butter beard, doesn't it? >> one footnote. we've had some shows that were fun today. i think today is a memorable

show. >> i think so, too. i think we made oprah look good. i think we helped her today. i think we made her look good. >> that does it for us for,,

>> good morning everyone. 82 alarm fire damaged portions of a home in san mateo this morning. a family of five were all able to get out but two of their caps died in the fire. investigators believe that the fire started in a detached parking garage. firefighters are still mopping up some hot spots. occupy san francisco protesters trying a new tactic taking over a vacant building. they say they are setting up a homeless shelter with eating and sleeping areas inside. the building is owned by the arch diaz's of san francisco.

the forecast, a lovely day on tap. >> looking good outside with a few high clouds. temperatures are still chilly if you are stepping outside so be prepared for that but by the afternoon we will have numbers running about average for this time of year. 70 degrees in santa rosa. the next couple of days we will see some changes on the way as a cold front drops in. a little bit unsettled into wednesday but by thursday and friday it should be dry. much warmer weather for next weekend. we will check out your time saver traffic next.

>> good morning. your back to work commute overall is not too bad. we are following an accident just reported that the dublin interchange apparently blocking up to one lane. otherwise east bay traffic is looking good up and down the nimitz freeway. northbound traffic, usually after 8:00 we see more slowing but is not the case. all the way from a word to the downtown oakland x it's a pretty good ride. not bad on the san mateo bridge. it looks really good across the flat sections of the bridge. westbound 92, a quiet ride. we are seeing some slowing on 101 for san jose but otherwise,

283 downtown is looking good. have a great day.