this summer. >> lawrence could not do it. >> kids are really good at that. >> kids are really good at that. what is wi ♪ good morning. to our viewers in the west it is monday, april 23rd, 2012. welcome to studio 57. at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. george zimmerman walks out of jail overnight free on bail. we will ask his attorney how he plans on keeping him safe. i'm erica hill. the secret service sex scandal widens as another agent is put on leave. we will talk with bob woodward how the white house should handle this embarrassing he side. >> i'm gayle king. when i see you at 8:00, we will reveal the 2012 teacher of the year and we are jam packed this

morning. dan marin own ao is here and ot are here today. >> first, we look at your world in 90 seconds. george zimmerman walks free from a florida jail. >> the man who admits he shot and killed trayvon martin was set free on $150,000 bond. >> zimmerman's whereabouts are kept a closely guarded secret. >> we have a lot of concerns over security and threats on the family as well. winter storm warnings from west virginia up towards buffalo. >> a late season storm slammed the northeast. >> likely 12 to 18 inches of snow. alleghenys. >> flood watches and advisories post from delaware to maine. >> there could be widespread power outages. >> that's why i'm shopping so i don't have to go out. i'll watch it from the window. >> latest agent to be spinningled out a 12th one so far brought a woman back to the hilt. >> you're into the hotel where the president of the united states was going to stay. it just gets more troubling. >> eight years after standing

outside clinton's door, you would be horny too! >> john edwards is scheduled to go on trial in his home state of north carolina accused of taking nearly a million dollars in illegal campaign contributions. >> search on for a first grader who van issued from her home in tucson, arizona. her parents say isabel mercedes-benz celis last seen in her bedroom on friday night. >> a drag race goes dangerously wrong. that is disgraceful. that is not only ejection but should be a suspension and should be well. >> on "cbs this morning.." >> new jersey governor chris chr christie said he did not fall asleep at a recent bruce springsteen concert. >> i put my head back and closed my eyes and was listening to the

song. future of the badlands, i'm sure glad no one took a picture of that. ♪ captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." officials in florida say george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot trayvon martin to death, will be carefully tracked wherever he goes. >> before we speak with zimmerman's attorney we want to check in with mark strassmann who is outside the sanford courthouse with the late e- >> reporter: good morning. george zimmerman walked out of jail and head for the most safe and secret place he could find. for 12 days, george zimmerman has woken up in the seminole county jail in sanford, florida. he posted bail and released from

bond. to make bail, zimmerman had to put up 10% or 15,000 of the bond. money his father said might only be raised through a second mortgage. under the terms of his bail, zimmerman surrendered his pat port and jicket curfew and cannot use a firearm and gives up the protection the armed state agent guarded him when he arrived and now responsible for his own safety. >> we have a lot of concerns over security and it affects the family well. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am and i did not know if he was armed or not. >> it was very hard for them being in that courtroom and for him to do what he did. >> reporter: benjamin krump represents march tip's parents and calls it poorly timed and

insincere. >> the jooi wapology was somewha surprise. we told them this was not the appropriate time but had he disregarded that and he panned to the court and media and gave a very insincere apology. >> reporter: his gps tracking device will monitor his whereabouts in real-time anywhere in the united states and he has to report to authorities every three days just to check in. >> mark strassmann, thank you. with us from orlando, florida, is george zimmerman's attorney. can you tell us the level of threat against mr. zimmerman and how you plan to and how he plans to protect shhimself from that? >> we have not had any active threats recently and everything we do get is given to the sheriff's office and o.p.d. because of where this is. but the concern is that there is such sort of ground swelling of

opposition to mr. zimmerman's position or what they believe his position to be that we are concerned about it and i think legitimately so. >> do you feel it's necessary to go further in the apology because the family of trayvon martin said it was too late? >> well, the problem is that, as i mentioned, we had reached out to see if we could do it privately. i guess my skesh concern i didn realize the way they responded to me was through a press conference where they said it was too late or not an appropriate time. to be honest, had i known that, maybe i had seen the press conference i'm not sure we would have done it at the volunteering because the purpose of it truly was to get to the family and to respond to, i think, family's request. had i known or been told that wasn't the time, it wouldn't have happened. so i apologize for that. but certainly it wasn't necessary to get a bond. it is not usual that you have somebody get up at all in a bond hearing. we wouldn't have done it in this

case. >> are you saying then is there a chance you would try to go back to them or have george zimmerman go back to nem them i private way at this point? >> now i'm going to leave it up to how the family wants to handle it. we hoped for it to be private. it wasn't well communicated to me this wasn't the tile. i'm sure an oversight. we were quite busy. but certainly something else, the family believes it it appropriate, i'm open to those suggestions. >> can you tell us more about the photo of mr. zimmerman's head that we have seen? >> you've seen it. i've now seen it and i still don't have discovery, but certainly i think it's very compelling to support that there was an altercation, but beyond that, without the discovery, it's hard to see where that one piece fits in. >> mark o'mara, thank you very

much. the west is dealing with unusual weather pattern and in the northeast flood and damaging winds and on some areas folks are seeing a healthy dose of snow. seth doane is in one of those places and he is in johnstown, pennsylvania. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to our viewers out west. there are already a couple of inches of snow on the ground here in johnstown, pennsylvania. many more expected throughout the day. a foot or so is predicted in this part of central pennsylvania. giving kids a very unusual late april snow day and that means fewer school buses on the streets and fewer plows because of the mild winter and mild spring. people took those plows off trucks and they are going back on today. not only here in central pennsylvania, but parts of ohio and up through western new york and cities like buffalo that are expected to see many inches of snow today. out east, the bigger problem is

rain and localized flooding in jersey city, you had motorists stranded in this localized flood area and they needed to get help from a tow truck to get out of the water. it will be a messy, soggy commute in the morning throughout the up and down the eastern seaboard for a number of motorists. out here, the weather is close to freezing, damp, dense, wet snow, creating heavy branches and the concern of power outa s outages. >> just what you want 23th. more than a week since a secret service sex scandal in colombia exploded in public view. as bill plante reports from the white house the scandal doesn't seem to be going anywhere. >> reporter: good morning in the west. as this investigation enters its second week, six of the 12 agents implicated in the scandal have been resigned or fired and yet another word of another agent taking a prostitute to a

sensitive location. >> it just gets more troubling. >> reporter: five nights before the president's arrival a 12th secret service official who was not previously under investigation, brought a prostitute to the hilton hotel where the president later stayed. white house staff and the press and other 21 secret service officials and members of the military implicated in the scandal stayed here at this hotel caribe. six secret service personnel have now left their jobs in the wake of the incident. four have chosen to resign and other two are supervisors, david cheney has retired and greg stokes has been fired but has a chance to appeal. >> the key here is not that they were prostitutes. the fact that foreign nationals were brought back into a security area on the eve of the trip of the president of the united states goes against everything the secret service stands for. >> reporter: two senators, including joseph lieberman who has oversight of the secret service are asking the white house to make sure no administration staffers on the

colombian trip are involved. >> if anybody at the white house says my council on this, i would say they ought to be launching their own internal review. of all white house personnel. >> reporter: for some on capitol hill, questions remain about a cultural problem in the secret service where only 11% of the agents are women. >> i can't help but wonder if there had been more women as part of that detail, if this ever would have happened. >> reporter: the woman who has plain complained about money started all this is -- get this. the lawyer himself wants money to talk to anybody, it cost $25,000 just to check in with the lawyer. but as far as we know, there have been no takers yet. >> bill plante, thank you. with us is bob woodward of "the washington post" who has covered washington scandals going back to watergate. you have written about the president. how is he handling this and is there any political fallout?

>> not yet, but the question is hoe do you inject and accountability into something else? you talk to people in the secret service as i have what confounds them is there is so many people involved in this. that clearly is the case. so who else knew? was this a functioning institution? if you look at how bob gates, who is the secretary of defense for president bush and president obama, when gates had something like the scandal at walter reed, he fired the head of the army. when the air force lost control of some nuclear weapons, in a minor way, out was the chief of staff of the air force and the secretary of the air force. so sometimes you just have to step in and say, leadership requires accountability. >> so the president needs to fire mr. sullivan?

>> it would be the secretary of the treasury. i'm not saying they should, but, you know, this is not just a little thing. you and i were recalling when reagan was shot 30 plus years ago, you and i were having lunch missing the story. it turns out the story was the secret service agent saved ronald reagan's life. that was in 1981. if they had not -- you know, history would have changed in the way that we can't even comprehend. >> you can understand how the president is sensitive to the fact these are the people who are willing to take a bullet for him. >> sure. what you know -- i know some secret service people, they can be on duty, you know, 20, 30 years and never have that moment of testing. but that moment of testing when you have to take a bullet or

think like the agents did involving ronald reagan, taking him to the hospital instead of the white house probably saving his life, those agents can't be out at the local house of ill repute the night or several nights before. >> there is also the question of the gsa spending spree in las vegas that is under investigate and talk about how the scandal and the scandal with the secret service how much responsibility actually does fall to the president with either one? how much responsibility is there within the administration? >> well, the president is ultimately responsible. the question is does he establish a system of rigid accountability with the cabinet officials or the other agency heads who are responsible here? you just don't know. this is going to particularly secret service investigation,

you know, your reporter was talking about is there a culture of acting like sailors in a foreign port in the secret service. people deny it, but clearly something was not -- somebody was not watching the store and when that happens in government, the people who are in charge have to step in and say accountability. you're out. >> bob, i want to turn to the economy and the president's handling of the economy which will be a clear and major issue, if not the biggest issue in the upcoming presidential campaign. there is debate or discussion as to whether who was at fault for not having and not succeeded in a grand bargain. here is what john boehner said to me in an interview last week. >> the president knows that we have an agreement and they can try to penal the story any way

they want but we have an agreement until the president decided to violate the agreement and ask for $400 billion in higher taxes. it wasn't about my members, it wasn't about -- i was willing to risk my speakership to make this happen because i thought it was the right thing for the country and i would do -- and i would go to the table and go at this again, because america cannot continue to go down this path of this spiraling debt crisis that is almost like a wet blanket that is hanging over the economy. >> there is the speaker of the house of representatives. tell me how you see this and how this emerging issue of the economy will play out and whether the president is right or is the speaker right in terms of the failure to have washington do something constructive about the economy? >> first of all, the speaker is right that this is a wet blanket hanging over everything. they haven't fixed it. and i'm writing a book about

president obama and his management of the economy and i have the luxury of time to dig in and try to find out exactly what happened. i think the bottom line in the impact here is the speaker has said as the president knows, we're on a spending spree and at the end of the year, taxes are going to go up for everyone, taking money out of the economy. it's something that has not been repaired and look. look at europe, look at what is going on in the global economy. it is very fragile, and this can go off a cliff in a moment. >> let me finally turn to the news of the death of chuck colson, one of the people that was central to watergate and then had a different life after that. remember him for us. >> colson was nixon's -- one of

nixon's hatchet men. he was, you know, he was the most aggressive in doing lots of these things. at the same time, when colson went to prison, he experienced, i think, a really genuine conversion and devoted himself to prisoners and prison reform in a way that you can't question, because you talk to people in the prison reform movement and chuck colson is a god, and so we have the two sides of this man, the guy who said and acted like he would walk over his grandmother to get mixon reelected. but somebody devoting decades to very worthy cause. >> thank you, bob. >> thanks. it is time now to show you some of this morning's headl

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police in tucson, arizona, say there are signs a missing 6-year-old girl may have been >> time for some news headlines. oikos university has class is the day for the first time since seven people were shot to death on campus. some of the students will go to school at a different campus in fremont. a gas delivery driver was able to disarm a woman who was trying to rob a gas station near the oakland coliseum. the would-be robber got away but nobody was hurt. occupy protesters are trying to turn 10 a. in albany to an urban form. it has started planting se,,,,,,,,

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look at the bay bridge. traffic cameras showing things coming into san francisco. behind the bay bridge the metering lights are on now. elsewhere, west down to 37 commuters, it is pretty backed up and we see a lot of brake lights. mass transit continues to run on time with no delays for bart. that is the traffic. >> cloudy skies for much of the bay area. fog is really socked in it and even over the bay, reports of drizzle. as we had brought the day the temperatures will start to warm up. a fairly mild start to the day with numbers into the fifties. those '80s and '90s are long gone. we will struggle to get to the low '70's inland. a,,,,,,,,

♪ ♪ walking on a high wire >> this is coming to us from china. dean potter walking on a wire 2,000 feet above the ground. he walked 44 yards across the canyon yesterday. understandably, pretty happy to make it to the other side. welcome back to "cbs this morning." looks like there were questionable moments there. the trial of john edwards has three main elements. it has sex, politics and money. you can understand why it's getting live attention. opening statements expected today. the stakes are very high. >> reporter: john edwards affair with rielle hunter while his

wife elizabeth was dying of cancer brought down a once promising political career but will it also send him to prison? it's far from an open and shut case. >> this trial asks the question where does assistance to a candidate's personal life end and a contribution to their political campaign begin. >> reporter: edwards is accused of conspiring to nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors to conceal his affair. money that went to keep rielle hunter stashed away in luxury hotels and ferried across the country in private jets. hundreds of thousands kept in a secret bank account. but none of that money ever went directly into campaign coffers. >> when i teach campaign in election law, i talk about the typical political corruption cases where essentially an office or or candidate is selling something. none of that is what has happened here. >> reporter: campaign finance rules have never been applied in a case like this. legal experts say perhaps that

is why edwards actually rejected a plea deal that would have called for a few months in prison, but allowed him to keep his law license. he preferred to put his fate in the hands of the jury instead. >> after all these years, i finally get my day in court. >> reporter: another challenge for the prosecution, their star witness andrew young has a credibility problem. a former edwards aide, he handled and used some of that cash. and at one point, he claimed he was the father of hunter's baby. the defense will go after him very aggressively but with a very unpopular client, they face an uphill climb of their own. >> one of the challenges for the defense will be to keep the jury focused on the law here and not have this turn into a referendum on mr. edwards popularity. >> reporter: for his part, edwards seems keenly aware of that challenge. >> i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i have caused to others.

but i did not break the law. >> reporter: but if the jury disagrees, edwards could face a maximum fine of $1.5 million. and as much as 30 years in prison. >> erin moriarty is with us along with jack ford. there was this about this case. some discussion as to whether it should have been brought in the first place. >> i think there is a good question about that. there has never been a case quite like this with these kind of facts. no money went directly to john edwards. no money went directly to the campaign. they are going to argue that these are gifts. and that what it was used for was not a campaign expense. that this was hiding a girlfriend that he might have needed, whether or not he was running for president. so really going to come down to that. >> despite that the prosecution wanted to go gaahead because th

thought they had a indicate. >> if you're a federal prosecutor you will not go ahead until you think you are going to win it. i own a business and ten employees and want to give more to my candidate than the law allows me to do. i say each of write a check for a thousand dollars for him and next week a thousand dollars in your paycheck as a bonus. that is classic fraud. here they are saying this might ab despicable guy who did a despicable thing and a soap operaish way but they are saying it was personal. the defense said they did this, they were friends and trying to protect him from his family and humiliation. prosecution say you want to protect him because you want him to be the president of the united states. the prosecution claims that money was paid to hope him in his campaign by doing away with the humiliation. an interesting and novel theory and will be tested. if he was to be convicted i'm sure an appellate court would want to take a lock hard look at this because it is such a

novelty case. >> because of those questions, is that you think the main reason because he said no to a plea agreement or more to it than that? >> i think that had a lot to do with it. as jack has said before, a lot of people feel that even if he is convicted, it will be yo overturbid on appeove overturned in prison and not spend a kday in prison. >> if i'm a lawyer i'm saying you have a good chance of winning this on trial and on appeal. you can never be sure. if you're wrong, you will go to jail but he was going to do erin said five months on a plea deal. you're not looking at 30 years. you're looking at maybe another five moonts nths. >> he was able to keep his license. >> you can feel he is saying we are almost playing with house money, let's roll the dice and see what happens. >> what do we know about his relationship and the attitude of the family towards this? >> well, this may be the only

upside to this trial is that from what i understand, the family has united on him on this particular issue and if you have seen any of the video, you know, his daughter kate is a lawyer, has been by his side. she's on the defense witness list and will testify but what i find very telling is that she's not out front saying my dad is innocent, this is a vindictive prosecution which i believe is what the family really feels. i think there is still some push and pull. i've also heard that the family had mixed feelings about him going to trial on this because you know the tawdry facts that are coming out, the details that will come out. >> john edwards will take the stand? >> statistically most defendants don't take the stand but in this kind of case where nobody is arguing about the facts. it's what is in his mind at the time. i wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't take the stand and who he is and his feeling he made a fortune, made a living in the courtroom. he is probably thinking he is probably the best lawyer in the

courtroom. i'd be surprised if he doesn't take the stand. >> that is what everyone is saying. it's really interesting. everyone who knows him say he will probably take the stand. >> two of the

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it's amazing, you know, when you think about what caused this. of course, that secret service agent, he thought he was paying $30. and it turned out the prostitute wanted $800. which sounds like a lot. but in her defense, she said she is paying a higher tax rate than mitt romney. [ laughter ] >> in today's health watch, a carmageddon baby boom. some believe it's happening right now in los angeles, nine months after construction shut down the busy 405 freeway there for an entire weekend. >> at the time, residents were warned to stay home and off the roads. as bill whitacre reports, it looks like they listened. >> reporter: it was one of those only in l.a. kind of stories. >> carmageddon. >> avoid the area. or just stay home. >> reporter: carmageddon. when bridge repairs force wanted the shutdown of a ten-mile stretch in this car-dependent

city, fear, anxiety and height shifted into overdrive. visions of 60-mile traffic jams and automotive apocalypse that wasn't. >> it's amazingly not trafficy. >> reporter: scared out of their wits and cars, angelina stayed home that weekend. as a crisis, it was a bust. that seemed to have spawned a boom. a mini baby boom. they have seen it at the pump station, where new moms come for breastfeeding tips. >> people who stay at home have a relaxing time, and there you go. [ baby crying ] >> reporter: at providence medical center in tarzana, not far from the 405, dr. joei russo usually delivers eight to ten babies a month. >> i've probably done about eight deliveries in the last two weeks. so much so that i wasn't able to go on any type of vacation. in a 30-minute period, including me, there were five deliveries done at once. >> reporter: what's up? she suspects the culprit is

carmageddon. but her patients, natasha and brian mills, know it was. >> we just holed up in the house, and you know, kind of sat by the fire and hung out with each other. >> and the rest i don't have to say. >> reporter: for now it's anecdotal. of the city staticians won't know until the next couple weeks. perhaps following the new york city blackout in 1965 turned out to be an urban myth. but what some call myths others call miracles. there's a freeway on the wall of newborn amar'e souferians nursy. amar'e's parents, busy with stressful jobs, tried for years to conceive. carmageddon forced them to slow down. >> sit still. >> there was nothing to do, you know? and you just -- >> well, something to do. >> well, right.

exactly. >> the city was telling everybody to take it easy. >> yep. >> but it seems like everybody was getting busy. >> yep, absolutely. yep. >> we were even thinking about naming him -- his middle name chevy, but we're going to pass on that. >> reporter: l.a. plans to shut down the freeway for more repairs again this year. >> maybe we'll make him a sister, prius. >> reporter: and perhaps a new batch of parents will say -- >> thank you to the city of los angeles. and -- >> to the mayor. >> to the mayor and to cal tran, you know, all of you guys. you brought amar'e into the world. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning", bill whitacre in los angeles. >> a bunch of people who don't normally hear thank you from commuters. great story. the newly named teacher of the year will meet the president tomorrow. but first, she's joining us. we'll talk with her in just a minute. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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does that look like world peace to you? last night the lakers' metta world peace, whacked james harden right there in the head. there you see it again. world peace is thrown out of the game, could be suspended. welcome back to "cbs this morning." you said you watched that last night? >> it was amazing to see it. i mean, it was so -- >> yeah, not missing -- >> when he went down, you said, oh, my god. how injured is he going to be? anyway, gayle king has a look at what's coming up in the next hour. >> i'm thinking he needs time in the time-out corner. i saw it, too. hello, it's been 33 years since etan patz went miller. john miller will bring us up to date on the new developments. anna quindlen is here to talk about her new memoir. lots of candles, plenty of cake. what does she think about no one winning the pulitzer for

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>> time for news headlines from cbs five. oakland's oikos university will hold class is today for the first time since seven people were shot to death on the trade school's campus. it happened three weeks ago. some of the students will attend class is a different campus in fremont. san francisco's ethics commission is set to begin hearing testimony in the misconduct case against the suspended sheriff. ross mirkarimi pleaded not misconduct case against the suspended sheriff. ross mirkarimi pleaded not guilty to one count it makes for one, lousy day. but when you're alert and energetic... that's different. you're more with it, sharper, getting stuff done.

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peninsula, southbound 101 by university avenue there is an accident. it is off to the right shoulder and we see some slow traffic conditions. not too bad but to 80 is still in the clear. 880 looks great pass the coliseum. southbound traffic looks pretty good as well and not too bad anymore, some improvement since the early morning fender bender westbound to 37. just a few brake lights through milpitas. >> what a weekend, now the clouds are making their way back on shore. mostly cloudy skies, a couple of breaks in the distance but otherwise, the clouds will help keep the temperature's down. a mild start mainly into the fifties. 60s and low '70's expected for the high temperatures today. some drizzle at the coastline could continue into the afternoon. wednesday and thursday, a

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it's 8:00. 8:00. .t is 8:00. . welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose with erica hill. police investigating a disappearance in tucson, arizona. there is evidence someone may have broken into her home and taken her. >> as ben tracy reports, the search is 48 hours old. there is still no sign of the missing girl. >> reporter: an entire block in this tucson neighborhood has been blocked off. more than 150 law enforcement officers are systemically searching for missing 6-year-old isabel merits celis. >> officers are conducting a search. we have bloodhounds that are checking the area as well to

pick up any scent of the girl. >> reporter: her parents say she was last seen friday night when they put her to bed. saturday morning she was gone. parents are distraught.s' >> everything goes through you, anger, upset, confused. >> reporter: urban search dogs searched the home for clues. evidence of a possible break-in. >> we have ample amount of investigators to look into those loads. they are all going to be looked into thoroughly. >> reporter: the family fears isabel may have been abducted the same manner as elizabeth smart. she was 14 when snatched in the middle of the night. smart was found alive nine months later. in 1993, 12-year-old polly klaas was abducted at knife point during a slum per party at her house. she was found dead. in tucson, the family asked their church to start praying for isabel's safe return. >> we need her home safe. we hope she went for a walk and

is going to come back unharmed. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >> john miller is with us now. good morning. >> good morning. this is one of those cases that is very unusual. you look at the elizabeth smart case or the polly klaas case. lots of children disappear from homes. those investigations usually find some family involvement. in this case and in those cases in particular, what you saw was sometimes it really does happen this way. what the fbi will bring to a case like this is, they'll bring in the card team, child abduction rapid deployment task force. these teams are positioned in different places around the country. they can bring immediate resources within the first 24 to 48 hours. that's the critical time. investigators, evidence response team technicians, fbi profilers who can look at various suspects and say i would start with this one, then move on to that one.

negotiators who, if there is a call for ransom, can coach the family through what to say and what not to say in those calls. that's what's going on behind the scenes in a case like that. the other thing they'll do is in the beginning of a case like this, particularly in a smaller area where a lot of leads are coming in very quickly, those leads can get lost. they bring in tools like orion, a case management teal which computerizes every lead, puts it in a data base and can match things when similar things come in more than once. >> they mentioned the elizabeth smart case in its piece. do you think techniques have changed since elizabeth smart, how they respond or handle it? >> i think one of the key things that changed from elizabeth smart is the idea this kind of thing just doesn't happen, where somebody breaks into a home and steals a child and nobody hears it or sees it. it was an eye-opener for a lot of investigators. one thing they developed are things like the orion system, the c.a.r.d. team.

the idea they can descend quickly with exactly the experts they need. >> want to touch this morning about etan patz. we talked friday on this. there has been some speculation that there may be blood. what happens right now? >> in that case, they excavated most of the floor. they have a small section left to be completed. i would estimate that investigation, the evidence down there will wrap up by the end of today, latest tomorrow. they've taken out things they found, hair, pieces of paper, the mysterious stain that was found in the wall. they are sending all that to the fbi laboratory in quantico where they are going to go through that and see if it has any connection to the case. absent that, i think you'll see absent some discovery with the last section of the floor, i think you'll see that winding down. >> how long does it take to get those results? >> it depends on which piece of evidence and the kinds of tests.

i think within three weeks they'll have everything back they want and preliminary sooner than that. >> i was reading the other day back then it would have cost $1,000 to dig up the floor. you covered the story way back when. did you think it's unusual shouldn't we dig up that concrete floor at the time? >> at the time there were factors involved. the patz family new of neil

the national teacher of the year will be honored at the white house tomorrow. we'll meet the lucky and deserving winner in a sec. a texas mom goes overboard, some say, to help her daughter win a very important honor. we'll make that a long story short. you're watching "cbs this morning." [ telephone ringing ]

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watch ouor look at this. video from a drag racing in bristol. the driver lost control, went airborne. wipes out on camera. there it is for you again. we are told everyone's all right. ouch! welcome back to "cbs this morning."

>> as long as everybody is okay. doesn't look like it, but everyone is okay. we looked around the web and found a few reasons to make a long story short. a virginia high school teacher has been arrested for an unusual bit of discipline, you could say. he was trying to get his class to pay attention. what does he do? he lines students up against a garage door, fired a hand gun loaded with blanks. he's been suspended but not fired. >> "new york post" says a texas mom wanted her daughter to be prom queen. she rented a billboard outside her daughter's high school. brandy day didn't win. ouch. apparently the color red means anything but stop to men. the new york "daily news" reports on a french study that found men believe women in red outfits are signaling they'll have sex on the first date. nope. the study also found men think women in red are more attractive than women in white, blue and green.

no word on what they say about girls who wear gray or girls who wear purple. >> don't know. they say they're nice and smart. >> that is exactly what they say. "daily mail" reports a virginia woman won the lottery twice on the same day. she bought two powerball tickets. both had five winning numbers worth $1 million. she bought the second powerball ticket by mistake because thought, hey, if i win, i win twice. what are the odds? apparently the odds are in your favor. >> pretty good. "entertainment weekly" says "think like a man" knocked off the "hunger games." "think like a man" is based on steve harvey's best-selling book. he was here. movie took in $33 million this weekend, much more than expected. that's "long story short." what makes this sweeter, it was on 1,000 screens of "the hunger

games." on less than 1,000 screens it came in number one at $33 million. >> nice work. we like hearing that. >> congratulations to steve harvey. she is the head of the class, new national teacher of the year is here with us in studio 57. there she is in the greenroom for her first interview, next to dan mariajua dan marino. you're watching "cbs this morning." chili's lunch break combos are full of delicious choices, starting at just 6 bucks. choose from savory favorites or our new philly cheesesteak sandwich. layers of shaved steak and grilled peppers served with fries and a tasty soup or salad. chili's lunch break combos. ♪ ♪

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2012 national teacher of the year. this morning we're pleased to announce who it is, rebecca mieliwocki from burbank, california. congratulations and good morning. >> thank you very, very much. an exciting time. >> really congratulations. you were talking about the flight you took in from d.c. yesterday, which was so bumpy. >> so bumpy. i didn't think we would make it. i was with the gal that traveled with me who just got engaged. i thought, if we go down, this is going to be the best lifetime for television -- lifetime for women television movie ever. i thought, it's going to be the saddest one ever. i don't think this can happen. but it was scary. >> i'm glad you made it. even when you talked to the pilot, he said, that was fun. no, it wasn't. i'm glad you're here and congratulations. >> thank you. >> what do you know about teaching that other people don't? the president said, she's the one, she's good. what makes you so good? >> well, i think i have just a positive thuirst for my job.

i love kids. i'm happy to be there every day. so many people get up on mondays, gruchy about what they have to do about work. teachers get up and we're excited about what we get to do when we get to work. kids deserve the best engaged teachers. and i love kids and the great things they bring to my classroom. >> a of teachers ko say, i love kids, my job. there must be something different you do and i'm trying to figure out what that is. >> it's important for me to stay relevant, make my lessons relevant to kids' live. my number one job is to educate them and give them the skills they need to be successful in any kind of global careers they have planned for themselves. i teach seventh graders so, you know, my responsibilities with them are a little different than a high school teacher, but underneath all of the engaging strategies, being creative, being lively, being a modern teacher is the understanding that i have to build skills with these kids. so, i'm a firm believer in

accountability, making sure i do my job with kids. >> one of the -- >> sorry. >> no, no, no. i'm sorry for interrupting. one of the big questions, though, is how do we, a, reward teachers, and, b, how do we judge teachers? some suggest you judge teachers by the performance of their students. that fair? >> well, in terms of how we reward teachers, no teacher goes into teaching for the money. that's ouk. that's not why we're there. we're in there for the outcomes we get from kids and because of the work we do changes lives. not many people can say at the end of the day they've really made a difference in someone's life and their future. so, that's the reward. and if you paid me a million dollars or the salary i get, the job is no less difficult. so, i'm not sure money is the reward. but one of the things you could do for me is if i'm a master teacher, if i have incredible skills, put me in a position of leadership, put me in a place where i can impact other teachers and help train them and guide them to the same kinds of successes i'm experiencing. so responsibility, giving teachers responsibility is a thing we could do. as far as measuring teachers?

i need -- i want to be evaluated. i need to know how good i'm doing so that i can get better. every teacher i know is on a quest to get better. so do that i need to look at, how am i doing right now? i want to look, how are my kids doing on state assessments, socially and emotionally, how are they able to communicated in the modern world, how am i handling them morally, their character, all of these things need to be looked at as well as how do i contribute to my school and community? how do i reach out to parents and pull them? >> there's a lot more that comes with teachers than used to. when you talk about seventh grade, middle school -- >> they all say that. >> but, i know, plenty of people -- my mom included -- who worked in a middle school saying, this is an incredible age. what makes seventh graders so great. >> i taught high school but now i'm at the middle school. i feel for the first time i was really breathing air. i met kids right at the same sort of emotional exciting

moment where i am. i think deep down inside i'm 12 years old. i laugh at the same jokes they laugh at. i love the same silly things they love. i understand where they're at emotionally. it's a difficult time, middle school. we need to love them and understand the roller coaster they're on and doesn't phase them and it's about channelling that incredible energy we have in the work we have to do together. >> so, how did you find out you had gotten the call, the president had chosen you? were you sitting at home, your phone rings -- >> i've had several of those moments at home in my sweats grading papers at night and the phone rings and you look around the house going, is this happening? i got the word in my classroom. i was grading papers one afternoon about 4:00 on a friday and i got the phone call. it's cute how they tell you. they said, we're so pleased and honored to announce that you are, first, final list for national teacher of the year and

then the other call said, we're excited to tell you that you are the one. and i couldn't believe it. >> united states is falling behind in terms of public education. is it because they don't have enough good teachers like you or something else? >> i think so that addition there are 3 million teachers in america educating at least three times as many students in areas across this nation that are incredibly affluent and some neighbors in the grips of poverty. every one of those teachers is doing the hard work of trying to educate kids. but technology changes day by day. information and history changes day by day. we don't necessarily have the funding to keep up with all the things we need to do to give children a the right education. in my state of california, funding has been cut to such a degree it's a real challenge to stay strong.

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>> time for some news headlines. oikos university in oakland is reopening for class is the day three weeks after a shooting rampage that left seven people dead. the school has held multiple memorial services. nursing students who were most affected by the shooting will attend class is at another camp is in fremont. the suspect faces seven murder charges. today the san francisco ethics commission will begin hearings to see if misconduct charges for ross mirkarimi will stand. he is trying to get his job back at san francisco sheriff. he was suspended after pleading guilty to false imprisonment.

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>> we will take you up towards the bay bridge where there is an accident right before treasure island. at least one lane is blocked. pretty crowded at the incline. once you get past treasure island speeds improve westbound 80.

one lane blocked by the kerf. softbound 80 approaching bascom ave. speeds are very slow, under 20 m.p.h.. westbound 237, slow and go for silicon valley commuters. >> what a weekend we have but things are changing around the bay area. clouds are making their way on short and we have reports of drizzle. clouds and cooler temperatures on the way although a fairly mild start to the day. as we head towards the afternoon we will keep '50s and '60s outdoors the coastline. still, it looks like more clouds on the way and we will keep those temperatures cooler tomorrow as well. another storm rolling in for thursday.

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could that be miami? i think it is. welcome back to "cbs this morning." in honor of our guest today, hall of fame quarterback, that would be dan maroon noticino. he's become known for his work off the field. >> cbs sports analyst who turned 50 last year is now working with

the aarp as its new men's life ambassador. mr. ambassador, welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> we want to talk a lot of football but tell us what you do as ambassador. >> basically, put the message out there for people turning 50 or before 50 as far as their lifestyle and things they want to achieve and challenges in their life. i'm going to be contributing to the website as far as articles are concerned, some videos. basically, just have fun with it and create awareness. you know, when you turn 50, there's new challenges and things you can do. it's not the end. >> it should be exciting, right, dan? because let me say this to you, when i turned 50 seven years ago i got literature from the aarp sending all this stuff. i said, please take me off your list. i'm not ready for the blue plate specials. i don't want to be involved. cut to now, last week, a couple weeks ago,dy an interview with aarp saying, yes, i'm glad, i'm glad. did you have any hangups turning 50? >> a little bit. but, you know, when you look at, it you can't look -- it's 50 but

new challenges in life, things you want to achieve. some people start to retire at that age. when you think about, it you know, there's a lot of life ahead of you, a lot of things you can accomplish. and it's not really that -- like you talk about the blue plate specials and all that. >> i know, i know. >> there's a lot of things you can take advantage of with the aarp, but also you just have to take advantage of it. >> i think it's better. i have to say, when you look back on the tape of your life, don't you think it's gotten better? >> yeah, i hope it continues to get better, too. >> it's not over yet. >> yeah, that's awesome. >> you had a little surgery on your knee, though. >> i did. this past week, messing around on the beach in south florida around easter and thought i was still playing and ended up tearing cartilage. it's okay. i'm going to be all right. >> look at the shots of you. >> yeah. >> you do miss it but it's been a while now, but it never leaves you. the competition and wanting to compete and be a part of football. that's what's great about doing our show, "nfl today" it's a way

to still stay involved. >> competition there. >> get excited about the game. >> you have a good time with one another. >> yeah, j.b. is there. i know he's been here a few times. >> you know how much we love j.b. thursday is a pretty big day, nfl draft. there's been a lot of talk about the colts, obviously, and andrew luck. is andrew luck a good fit for the colts? >> when you look at him, what he's been able to accomplish in his college career, all the things he's done, and his dad was an nfl quarterback and kind of runs in the family, i think he'll be a terrific pick for them. it's going to be a challenge at first because they're in a rebuilding state right now, the colts with peyton manning leaving and them having a season like they had last year. it's going to be tough. plus, he's replacing, you know, a superstar, so a lot of pressure on him that way. but he seems very mature. he'll be able to handle it. >> what about titan going to the broncos? >> i'm excited for him. i know what a competitor he is and how much he loved the game. for him to have a chance to be able to come back and hopefully

he's healthy and play the way he has in the past, at that high level. exciting for him. i think denver has a chance, you know, to -- they were in the playoffs last year. they have a chance. that's why he wanted to go out there, i think. >> suppose you had a son who was 10 years old and he said, dad, i want to be you. i want to be a pro quarterback. what would you do to make him as good as he possibly could be? >> you know, i think it's -- first of all, have you to have that, you know, talent and that ability and tell him it's good to dream. dream whatever you want to be, you should try to be. the first thing i would do is get him out there and start teaching him to throw the football, you know, all the bakes. but also just, you know, just to continue to dream and work hard at whatever it is you want to do in life. that's the most important thing. >> every great quarterback's wanted it badly. or you wouldn't be great. >> true. >> so, what would be your advice to tim tebow when he comes to the jets? >> just continue to grow as a player. >> become a running back? >> no, no.

he gets a lot of heat. he's won some games, tebow but at the same time there are question marks. last year in the playoffs they weren't as successful as they wanted to be. it will be exciting to see. >> is it too late for him to learn to be a great passer? >> i think you continue to learn on that. i wouldn't say it's too late but pretty darn close when you're that age. you know, when you learn throwing early and through college, it's hard to change once you get to be a professional, 24, 25 years old. >> we were talking on the break before we went on the air, do you think anybody tried to hurt you when you were quarterback? >> i don't think anybody really intentionall tried to do that. >> you don't? >> at least i don't think so, in my career. 17 years is a long time. it might have happened but to my knowledge, no, i never felt like -- look, football players respect each other because of, you know, the career, the short careers. it's your livelihood. you don't want that to intentionally be a part of your game. >> can you teach a quick

release? >> you can. you can. >> what is the inside joke? >> well, it's my passing motion. i would get rid of the ball quick. that's what charlie's saying. >> oh, okay. >> once again, aarp.org. let's not talk about quick release and all that other stuff. >> i commend you for doing that. >> thank you, thank you. >> when i get to be 50, boy, i'm going to sign up. >> we'll sign you up. >> i've got it on my calendar, it's a few years away. >> you're a good ambassador. >> thank you. >> nice to have you here today. >> appreciate it. anna quindlen is one the best writers around, new memoir looks at her life and o,,,,

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pulitzer prize committee decided not to award a prize for fiction. this has not happened since 1977. >> this morning author anna quindlen is here. she's written five best selling novels. she's won a pulitzer as a new york times columnist and her new book "lots of candles, plenty of cake," good morning. >> good morning. >> we'll talk about your book in a second but what did you think about the decision not to award a pulitzer this time? >> i think it depend on what the standard is. if it's for the best novel published in the given year, they fell down on the job. if the standard is a book for the ages, maybe not. i think it's worth noting that before '77 there were many, many years when they didn't give a fiction prize. so it's the long stretch giving one that's more aberrational. >> does that suggest when they give it, this is a book for the ages? >> i think it may. or may suggest that was the

standard before and it isn't any longer. i just don't know. i don't see that codified anywhere. >> it seems they give pull litter for best work of the year, journalism, nonfiction or fiction. >> maybe they bring a different standard, fiction, drama, to some of those things. i don't really know. i didn't think it was quite as big a deal as other people did. >> let's take stock, talking about good books. do you mind if we talk about "lots of candles plenty of cake"? >> i would love that. >> your mim othemoir, age of 60 decided now is the time because? >> i think it's a good moment. >> i do, too. >> but i also had this moment, which i detail in the book, where my daughter was worried about me after a storm at our house. and i said to her, i'm too old to die young now. and at the moment i said that, it suddenly seemed to me that i had moved over into a different stage of the continuum of life.

the more i thought about that, the more i thought i wanted to write about it. >> you know what i thing is so great -- we do a thing on cbs called letters to your younger self. you talk about that. if you look at your 23-year-old self, you say, you really know nothing. >> absolutely. but also don't listen to all the naysaying. i think of all the time i wasted listening to the voices of the world saying you're not good at this or not good enough at that, you know, you just got to keep on keeping on. and learn the stuff you need to know as fast as you can. >> but that was in your life experience. your life experience was people saying, you're good, you're good, come do this, come do this and you pulled back and said, i know what i want to do. i want to go home and write. >> well, i did do that. also -- you know, when you're young there's you're good, you're good, you're good, you're the good young person. you think, when i get older am i still going to be any good? that's something you have to deal with as you grow older and

to some extent usurped by younger people. >> do you write as well today as life? >> i think i write better. >> that's what i thought. i rest my case. >> it's all cumulative. >> you talk, too, about parenting. i love what you say about parenting. my philosophy is you sew their wings on tight and let them soar. you think the same thing. you love them enough not for them to stay but to leave. >> exactly. i think the best job i ever did as a mother is when i got out of their way. there's raw material, you got to shape it to some extent but this micromanaging, this trying to turn them into something you want them to be as opposed to who they really are, that's a fool's bargain. >> how do i know the balance? >> it's hard. you got to strike it day by day and sometimes you get it wrong. my oldest on and i were talking the other day. he said, i remember early on you

said this book might be called mistakes were made, and that was more about motherhood than anything else. >> and marriage. charlie, we sit here both divorcedings charlie and i. i'm thinking -- >> not to each other. >> now, there's a story. >> that is a story. a safety net of small white lies can be the bedrock of a successful marriage. well, come on -- > does that make sense to you? a safety net of small white lies -- >> tell me what you meant and i'll tell you -- >> i mention that i lie to my husband about how much everything costs. because if i said to my husband, gee, you know, that couch was however many thousand dollars, he'd go on and on about it. he'd probably never sit on the darn thing. so, you know, i have to sort of massage things into place. he doesn't seem to mind. or even notice. >> how old would you be if you didn't know how old you snrp. >> i love that question. >> i do, too. >> there are studies that show that everyone thinks they are

somewhat younger than they are. the older you get, the more time you shave off. as i say in the book, if you woke me up from a sound sleep and said, how old are you? i'd probably say 41. but the truth is, my life today is better than my life was at 41. >> yep. p>> my kids are successfully ? launched and i feel really good about where they are now. my friendships are so important. you know, sometimes you lose your girlfriends during those years when you're raising kids because you just don't have the time. suddenly we're back with a vengeance. it just feels like a really good time in my life. >> you know, you said eleanor roosevelt said you should do something every day that scares you. you say you should do something every day that surprises you. i was surprised to know, anna quindlen, she can do a handstand at a moment's note. >> a head stand. >> no, i mean a head stand. we won't ask you to demonstrate that -- >> that's why i'm wearing a dress. >> when was the last time you did something surprising? >> oh, gosh.

every time i finish a piece and it reads halfway decently to me, i'm surprised. >> i got it. >> anna quindlen, thank you. great to have you here. >> thanks, charlie. thanks, gayle. >> lots of candles plenty of cake goes on sale nationwide tomorrow. jeremy irons was once called a thinking woman's pin-up. we'll talk with him when we come back. [ male announcer ] knowing your customers

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>> i instruct you of vengeance. >> do i need lessons? >> vengeance should never be seen as that. it should always be unexpected and it should rarely be public. >> you learned this from the lord? >> jeremy irons, welcome. >> good morning. it's a pleasure to be here. >> tell me about pope alexander vi. >> well, he was a -- sort of discovering him weekly, but he's a pope who had 12 children, which tells you something. >> he's complicated, jeremy. >> he's different already, isn't he? >> he's complicated. >> he's a very rounded man. for an actor it's a joy to play because he's both a great believer, head of the christian church in -- about the time this country was discovered, 1490s.

and a man who would use almost any -- any weapon to get his way and to strengthen the catholic church and strengthen their position in europe. >> he's got 12 children and a couple of mistresses. seems to be looking all over the place. have you gotten any feedback from the catholic church? >> they've kept very quiet, probably rightly. but, you know, i would not expect our monarch, elizabeth ii to comment on my playing of richard iii, who was a pretty difficult king. we know this is historical. we know times are very different then, but what it gives us is the ability to play a time when power was pretty absolute coming from the vatican, from rome. >> is any shakespeare role you want to play?

>> the great thing is those roles are waiting there. one day there will be a lier, i hope. i just finished playing henry iv, for two plays. i'm getting back to shakespeare is wonderful because that language is so rich. but neil jordan, who writes "the borgias" gives us pretty meaty stuff to play. he's our producer and writer and director. >> your son is an actor? >> he is. >> what's it like for to you watch him? does he ask you for advice? >> he does sometimes ask me, but, you know, you have to learn things yourself. the business is so different now. he's moving -- he's 25 and moving into a business that is quite different from how it was when i was 25. but i look at him now and i think, you're a better actor now than i was at your age. >> wow.

>> so -- >> that's pretty high praise coming from you. not just as his father. i mean that very seriously. >> did you try to stop him from doing it. >> i didn't encourage him. it's not easy when my wife is also an actress, quite successful, and he's brought up in a family where he has parents that are two successful actors. you know that's rare. i don't want him to think that's just the way it will always be for him. it's a tough life, es pecially now. >> and parents that are still together. i love that. >> it's a miracle. >> i don't know fitz a miracle. two parents that are still together. i sit here and listen to your voice. i know you know what a great voice you have. it's been described as one of the best voices ever. when did you know that your voice was so distinct? how does it sound to your ear? >> i don't listen to it. i remember a story, when i was around 30, john hurt, a fren of mine, a neighbor, we were having coffee. i suppose late 20s, 30, and he

said to me, he said, have you noticed how many good young actors there are around at the moment? i said, yes, i am -- i understand we're being chased, chased. he said, you know what i do? if i meet a young actor who i think is very good i say, you have a fantastic voice. have you ever listened to it? and you know that he is completely messed up. because if you become conscience, it just gets in the way. thank you for the compliment but i put it aside. >> i look back for a moment, was your role that was more satisfying to you than any other? >> oh, the complicated roles always satisfy me. movies tend to be too dimensional because of the time, only two hours. you can't really go into depth. with "the borgias" i'm able to play somebody who is really complicated on many levels and fascinating for an audience as a result. shakespeare always gives you

that. i suppose perhaps, and you won't like this answer, but i suppose lolitta, which is such a

>> good morning. the bay area university that was the scene of a deadly shooting rampages reopening today. oikos university has held a number of memorials and seven people died on april 2nd. today class's will resume but nursing students most affected will attend class on another campus in fremont. one person was a jeep flipped over and smashed into a guard rail just after 230 this morning on a 880. authorities are trying to locate the second vehicle. a new target for occupy protesters in the east bay to have taken over some vacant land in albany.

they want to use the property for agriculture. the protesters say the university of california plans to sell it for retail development. >> a lot of clouds making their way, a sign that cooler temperatures will be showing up. plenty of clouds at the ocean beach right now and some drizzle at the immediate coast line. high pressure is sliding east word which means we're made king some big changes. a lot of clouds out there today, cooler temperatures on the coast. the next couple of days, plenty of clouds and then the chance of rain as we head into wednesday and thursday. warmer temperatures next weekend.

>> it could have been worse at the bay bridge, we're following an accident by the curve that was blocking a couple of middle lanes. they were able to cleared out so things are improving. metering lights but it remained on so you are still jammed up to be over crossing. once you get past treasure island and the speeds improved. they cleared the accident was down 80 that was at one point blocking a couple of the lance. southbound 880 at bascom

avenue, it still pretty slow in that avenue. at a great day