good morning to our viewers in the west. monday, april 30th. 2012. welcome to studio 57. i'm charlie rose. international incident poses a major test to u.s. relations with china. what to do with the chinese dissident who may be hiding at the u.s. embassy. i'm erica hill. enhanced interrogation of terrorist suspect does it save american lives or a form of tortu torture? one of the agents who defended the program defended it on "60 minutes." >> a red flag over diabetes in children and when i see you at 8:00, power of politics paparazzi all on display at the white houe correspondent dinner this weekend. we will take a look back at the

star-studded event. as we do every morning we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. osama bin laden no long walks on this planet. mitt romney was a polish thing odd. the bin laden anniversary turns into a campaign controversy. >> president obama using osama bin laden's death in a campaign ad. he has managed it turn took tinto a divisive partisan political attack. >> last year at this time we finally delivered justice to one of the world's most notorious individuals. the u.s. embassy may be sheltering chen guangcheng. >> he somehow managed to evade the guard surrounding his home in the middle of the night. >> i'm not going address the issue of mr. chen right now. we are working very closely with

the individuals involved. seven people dead after a van plummets off an overpass and into the bronx zoo. >> unimagined. the worst thing. president obama has said that what we did was torture. >> well, president obama is in battle to his opinion. >> later on today, one world trade center is set to become the city's tallest skyscraper. oh, that's -- >> in peru, puppy love is definitely in the air. a pair of hairless dogs were married in a canine wedding ceremony. an aurora man is shot at point blank range and grateful to be alive. on "cbs this morning." >> i had a lot more material prepared but i have to get the secret service home in time for their new curfew. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. ♪ captioning funded by cbs

the president in good form on saturday night. a top deputy to secretary of state clinton is in china this morning trying to quiet a diplomatic uproar. reports say a chinese dissident missing a week is now in u.s. protection in beijing. >> both sides are working on a deal to allow that dissident to cleave china. as celia hatton reports. >> reporter: a diplomatic crisis between beijing and china surrounds aned there then. a blind human rights activist who flew house arrest in china last week. now probably hiding inside the u.s. embassy in beijing. neither the u.s. nor china will confirm that. they beat chen and his wife inside their home and punished for his outspoken campaign against abortions inside china. after a daring escape chen released an internet video

begging the chinese prime minister to protect his family. although i'm free, my worries are deepened, he pleas. my wife, mother, and children are still in the guard's evil hands. the video creates a major embarrassment for china and a political nightmare for washington. the obama administration must convince chinese authorities to free the man they consider a criminal. republican presidential candidate mitt romney released a statement pushing u.s. diplomats to stand up to beijing, pressuring them to take every measure to ensure chen and his family's safety. the activist escape couldn't have come at a trickier time. secretary of state hillary clinton and 200 other top u.s. officials were already coming to beijing this week for meetings meant to boost bilateral relations. instead, assistant secretary of state kurt campbell is reportedly involved in tense negotiations determining chen's fait. the clock is ticking and sources in touch with the state

department tell us a push to sort out a deal for chen and his family before the official u.s./china talks kick off on thursday morning. for "cbs this morning," seal yeah celia hatton for cbs news. >> what option did the white house think they have? >> reporter: the administration is trying to contain this growing diplomatic crisis and don't want it to have a negative impact on u.s. and chinese relations. some options, probably two, one is that chen could stay in china and his safety be guaranteed for himself and his family. the second he could go into exile. i think most experts say unlikely this administration will abandon chen. a man hillary clinton has talked about in the past and they champed his cause as a human righ rights act take tift. this is tricky and before a very big meeting that is happening in

beijing this week. >> any thinking about how this will come up, if at all, during that meeting with secretary clinton leaving for that later? >>, there is no doubt it's going to overshadow the talks unless they can wrap up some sort of deal before they all meet. both sides, the u.s. and the chips, are saying no, it's not going to dominate these talks. these about other economic and security issues but this is certainly a big deal. the u.s. needs china's help. certainly on issues like iran, north korea, and syria, because china has that permanent veto wielding seat on the united nations security council and why it's delicate and experts point out this might be the serious sort of test of bilateral relations with the chinese since the crackdown on student protests in tiananmen square. it is a big deal. >> do we have any message from the white house how angry the chinese are about it? and how they may be putting undue pressure on the united states to do what they feel they

have to do to save face? >> reporter: that is what is interesting this, charlie. almost nothing from the white house. extraordinarily tight-lipped about this because it is so sensitive. this one case about this one man, could really alter u.s./chinese relations so they don't want to say anything while these high level talks are going on. certainly in the midst of a political campaign where president obama has been criticized by his republican rival for being weak on china, they don't want to say anything and let thets talks that are going on work itself out so that something with be done about chen, perhaps before thursday's meeting with secretary clinton and treasury secretary geithner and those chinese ofgs. >> thank you. security and economic dialogue with china continues. one year ago today, navy s.e.a.l.s set off to their mission to kill osama bin laden. prps say president obama is using bin laden's death for political gain and they lont

like it. bill plante is at the white house with more. >> reporter: good morning in the west. that's why the ability to mention something like the killing of bin laden in a campaign is an example of the power of incumbentsy. an issue only the president is in a position to use. when president obama announced the death of osama bin laden nearly a year ago, he called it a moment for national unity. >> today's achieve is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the american people. >> one year ago later they are using the bin laden mission as a point of contrast to his likely opponent mitt romney. >> osama bin laden no longer walks on this planet today because of that brave decision and the brave actions by the men and women in our military and, quite frankly, mitt romney said it was a foolish thing to do a few years ago. >> reporter: that comes after the friday release of a web video featuring former president clinton in which the campaign asks whether romney would have

made the same call. >> he took the harder and the more honorable path and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> reporter: the obama campaign is referencing remarks romney made in 2007 that it is not worth moving heaven and earth and spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person. romney said that he was more focused on a comprehensive terrorism strategy. the republicans say the obama campaign is exploiting what should be a nonpartisan victory for the country. >> this is one of the reasons president obama has become one of the most divisive presidents in american history. he has managed to turn it into a divisive partisan political attack. >> reporter: and john mccain writes that mr. obama is, quote, doing a shameless end zone dance to help himself get re-elected, unquote. this isn't exactly a new theme for the obama campaign. vice president biden who has

been doing campaign event for a while just last week, put it this way. he said, a good bumper sticker for the president's re-election would say, osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. of course, the question is will this or any other issue matter more than the economy? charlie? erica. >> bill plante, thank you. in new york authorities are trying to find out why an suv drove off a highway, went over a guardrail and landed upside down inside the grounds of the famous bronx zoo. as terrell brown reports, all seven people in that vehicle were killed. >> reporter: the accident happened shortly after noon sunday. police say an suv carrying seven people, all from the same family, bounced off a median of the bronx river parkway and crossed three lanes of traffic and flew over a guardrail and plummeted 100 feet. the suv landed in a wooded area of the bronx zoo that is never open to the public and far from any animal exhibits.

authorities say when they found the suv, it was crushed. >> they arrived on the scene and found a vehicle upside down with occupants inside the vehicle. >> reporter: the victims were a man and woman in their 80s. two other women, one of whom was the driver and three children pronounced dead on the scene. no one on the ground were hurt. >> the injuries were quite horrific. in 30 years i have seen something like this once or twice. everybody was taken back by it. >> reporter: police and firefighters say the suv speed may have been a factor. they are still trying to determine what caused the driver to lose control. for "cbs this morning," i'm terrell brown in new york. investigators will look at whether the guardrail was too low to keep the suv from going over the edge. as week two begins at the john edwards trial, we may about to hear from his former mistress, rielle hunter. we have already heard several days of surprising testimony from edwards main accuser andrew

young. >> here with a look back and a look ahead, "48 hours" correspondent erin moriarty and jack ford. andrew young was the first witness and by all accounts pretty good for the defense but unfortunately for the defense he wasn't the defense's witness. >> there is always an ebb and flow to a trial. good days and bad days and sometimes within one day, there are good moments and bad moments for each side. so the prosecution, if you ask them, i'm sure they are going to say, look we knew he came with some baggage. we don't get to make our witnesses and take them where they are. i'm sure he told the prosecutors the essence of this story here what they needed to get in. the defense may have been thrilled with the damage they were able to do to him. but it's not end of the case. you know the first witness certainly if you're a prosecutor you always want your first witness to be powerful and there was some real damage done here. so i got a feeling both sides are walking away saying, you know, we did okay.

you never mow know what the jury is thinking. >> having said that, they showed him to be a liar and a scam artist. i thought the double dipping saying going to one donor saying i have all of these expenses i'm in the hole for when they have been paid for by another is all problem with credibility. the defense did something i thought was really interesting. they know they are going to be new witnesses coming in that may have more credibility. so they already asked andrew young and said did you talk to that witness? did you tell them what maybe, you know, is going to go on in this trial? so they have already raised questions about the credibility of oncoming witnesses. >> two things here. one is that what happened to the money? still, if some of the money went to rielle hunter, there is a case. no matter the fact that some money was diverted. >> it's a novel theory. doesn't mean it can't fly but it is a novel theory. >> other interesting thing is that he testified that they said to -- this is for personal reasons not for the campaign. >> and that is the biggest deal.

you know, as erin said, they beat him up in terms of credibility and what it is all about. credibility. i think the thing that was perhaps was most helpful for the defense they got him to say that. it was for personal reasons and he said five times he and john edwards talked and john edwards said i've talked to experts and they me this is okay and not illegal. it may well be sleazy and immoral or amoral but the defense is saying it's not illegal. a long way for them to go to make the argument and the prosecution to try it otherwise. >> you raised the question whether they put on rielle hunter. that is a risk for both sides. she is on the witness list for both sides. okay so prosecution put her on. that would remind everyone that, yes, john edwards had an affair with her and she took money but she will say andrew young is a liar and his idea to do paternity. it could work ej way. if the defense puts her on, she may he help the defense but

reminding the jury she is the mistress in. >> the jury has to look at three people they don't like very much. john edwards, andrew young and perhaps rielle hunter saying thee people, we don't like. therefore, what will be the basis of how we decide this case? >> one of the things -- look. jurors, i think, work very hard at doing the right thing, follow the rules of the judge gives them but this personality. the calculus is fascinating. if the jurors walk away with a yuck factor, i don't want to touch any of these people, you're wondering what impact that might have on the decision. >> i think it may come down to whether the defense gets the former federal election commissioner, commissioner then. then it's going to come down to the law and that is still up in the air. the judge has said maybe some part will come in so that is really to me what we're going to be looking for in this trial. >> if they say what?

>> the defense want to bring in former federal election officials saying the way the law is written it's not the way it's designed to protect again. essentially say it my might be awful but not illegal. experts can come in and send thing they can do. a big issue. >> a lot to look at as we enter week two. thank you both. search for a missing crew man from a racing yacht is called off on the west coast several hours after the boat was found. they were on a race from newport to mexico. search crews say the boat was some such small pieces it looked as if it had gone through a blender. organizers suspect the yacht ran into a much larger ship. >> time to show you the headlines from around the globe. new york daily news looks at the st city's tallest building.

one world trade center now built at ground zero will surpass the empire state building later today. when finished it will be the tallest building in the united states. "the washington post" reports on a hunt for african war lord joseph kony. six months, 100 u.s. troops joined in that search. so far, though, they have been unable to pick up his trail. the "los angeles times" is hunting for a rare type of meteorite that scattered over california's gold country last week. each piece could fetch 100,000 a gram. surface-to-fair missiles are put on a london rooftop

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a look at one world trade center, lower manhattan. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> for years the government's message of breaking down terrorist suspects were shrouded in secrecy. jose rodriguez broke his silence in a "60 minutes" interview. he told lesley stahl they have legal clearance for everything they did from waterboarding on down. >> reporter: the authorities came from the justice department in an opinion later dubbed one of the torture memos that detailed what was permissible. >> we went to the border of legality. we went to the border that was within legal bounds.

>> reporter: even after you got the justice department legal office to give you this okay, you kept going back and back with each thing you did, over and over. >> we wanted to make sure that the rest of government was with us. >> reporter: how does the waterboarding you engaged in, how did that work? >> the detainee was strapped to an inclined board with his feet up, so that no water would go -- >> reporter: head was back? >> so his head was back. and a cloth was placed over the mouth and nose. and water was applied -- >> reporter: so he couldn't breathe through his nose? >> when he was saturated, then the air flow would be stopped. >> reporter: and he'd have the sensation of drowning? >> and he would have the sensation. >> reporter: was he naked? >> in many cases nudity was used extensively. and it worked well. >> reporter: why is nudity

effective? >> it is effective because a lot of people feel very vulnerable when they're nude and also because of the culture, nudity is not something that is common. >> jose rodriguez goes into more detail in his new book. it is called "hard measures: how aggressive cia actions after 9/11 saved american lives" here in studio 57 and senior correspondent, john miller, former deputy director of national intelligence. you're getting some criticism now after the "60 minutes" interview and i assume more after the book comes out, from say the

torture were a central part of the success are misguided and misinformed. >> first of all, thank you for invite manage glee pleasure to have you here. >> as you know, the senate investigation has been going on for 2 1/2 years. it is a very partisan investigation. the republicans left a year ago, or maybe longer than that. i have no doubt of what i say in the book, that the basis for the eventual takedown of bin laden, the original information regarding the courier, came from high value detainees that were captured in 2004 and 2005. it took ten total years to get bin laden. but that was the key information that was obtained that allowed our men to pursue the courier. it took another two or three years after that to get --

>> to connect with the courier that led them to osama bin laden. i want to bring in john miller. also what's coming out of this is the sense that the fbi interrogated some of these and thought they had information. and then when the cia took it over, used these enhanced techniques and the fbi, claims we already knew that. >> well, i don't know why he says that. i know the story very well because i was very close to it. and i actually traveled to the black site, first black site, and talked to ali sufin. the bottom line is we were under tremendous threat in the spring of 2002. and the fbi was dead in the water. provided some initial information and then he clamped down and was not talking anymore. he was actually told ali sufa to

go home and have babies. those were the exact words. so, we needed a new approach, a new technique. something outside the box. and that's how we came up with the enhanced interrogation techniques. >> john? >> my question is, there's a large moral argument here, is that us, we the united states, do we torture people? but i think if you push the moral argument aside because we could be here for two-hour broadcast for that, the practical piece f had you all life to live over again, did it actually work? >> you know what, you know what i'm amazed at, that this is still being debated because there's so much information out there regarding all the successes of the program. people that were taken down, the threats that were stopped, the information that was disseminated. there are thousands of intelligence reports we're -- >> i guess the way i ask it a different way is, you take the embassy bombing cases, they have

mohammed al allawi, they questioned him for four days, tricked him into believing they knew things they didn't, the standard techniques but in the enhe gave up the whole plot, the players, the locations. so you can do this without those techniqu techniqu techniques. the question is one necessary? does the other not work? >> let me remind you that in the summer of 2001, the fbi had concluded the uss co schlt s"us investigation. yes, they were successfully prosecuting those individuals that were responsible for attacks in the past, what we were trying to do is get information of what was going to happen in the future. and law enforcement techniques are very good, excellent at prosecuting people for crimes committed in the past. but when it comes to getting information as to what's

happening in the future, we weren't getting that. >> two things we should talk about. number one is the tapes that were recorded. you said that everything you did was legal. >> yes. >> yet you felt necessary to destroy the tapes, which would have shown your legality. >> correct. >> why? >> the issue with the tapes was that a few months after we started taping, we recognized that they had some security issue for us because the faces of our interrogators and others who were at the black sites were shown. and the field petitioned us to destroy the tape, because also this is a very sensitive black site and they had tapes coming out of their ears. they asked us to please, if they could stop it. because the original reason we started this was because abu zabada was severely wounded and we wanted to make sure people

knew we were doing everything we could to keep him alive. >> that was the reason to destroy the tapes. i mean, you put the cover of your face on the cover of your book, and pictures of your family and children in the middle. if the idea is al qaeda seized people, they'll go after families, are you -- >> and you're on television saying, i did it, i'm proud i did it. >> there's also this question that comes up with respect to this, do you believe that the united states, unless it uses these techniques, is at risk and our security is threatened unless we do what you did? >> what we did and when we did it was a certain period of time. my concern and what i say in the book is that we're basically giving up this techniques unilaterally. we're unilaterally disarming. we may -- >> so you think we're at risk because we're not watered bothering and doing other enhanced interrogation that

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news this morning on the growing problem of childhood obesity and diabetes is being described as alarming. a new medical study says type 2 diabetes is especially dangerous for children because it's harder to treat and to control it. >> with us now, dr. mark hyman, a diabetes specialist, the author of a book called "the blood sugar solution." good morning. >> good morning. >> what's the takeaway from this stu study? >> that we're needing a national wake-up call. type 2 diabetes is rampant in children now. 2 million kids who on morbidly obese. most undiagnosed with prediabetes or diabetes and most show drugs don't work. we have to put kids on insulin, which is a disaster. we need a different solution. this is a social problem. we need a social secure. we're not going to solve this in

the doctor's office. we have to solve this in the community we live. we have to change access to sodas and school access to good foods -- >> but add insulin? >> no, insulin actually creates -- >> no, no, i'm sorry. >> starting insulin earlier causes rapid increase in weight, cholesterol, blood pressure. >> the way you plan it out, it sounds fairly easy. cut down on the soda, eat better, exercise more but we know all of those things and it's not working. >> no, because the average kid has 34 teaspoons of sugar a day, 54 gallons of soda. it's addictive. they have hijack al qaeda our taste buds, homes, schools, and we need to take them back. we need to have soda taxes, change food marketing practices to kids because this is not a problem solved in the doctor's office. >> those are hot poppics. >> they are. >> like a soda tax and others. is this something you believe is curable, specifically this rise

that we've seen, can that be tampered in children? >> 15 years ago, this didn't exist. now one out of every new case -- one out of every new cases of diabetes in children is type 2 or adult onset diabetes. we didn't have this 15 years ago. absolutely, it's 100% preventable, treatable and reversible with the right application of both diet and social change and community change. >> one of the things that was in the study is that the treatment of drugs that was being used, basically stopped working in kids. >> yes. >> give us a better idea. do we understand why? >> yes. you can't medicate your way out of a bad diet. have you to change the environment that the kids live in. you have to change access to these foods. you have to change the way they're eating and living and you can't do that in simply a doctor's office. it has to be based on changing what's going on in communities and schools and families and places where people live and work and play and go to school. that's where the change has to happen. it's not going to happen in a doctor's office. >> you know what's confusing to me is there used to be two kinds of diabetes.

one was juvenile diabetes, type 1. type 2 was adult onset. type 1 was much worse than type 2 because you got it very early. when did we find these indistinguishable. >> in the last two decades we had to change the name because kids are getting adult onset diabetes. we're seeing cirrhosis in 5-year-olds, strokes in 8-year-olds, kids with heart attacks at 20 years old. we have a national crisis and we need to think about solving this in a different way. >> nice to have you here. one night a year the president becomes the comedian-in-chief. >> it's great to be here this evening in the vast, magnificent hilton ball room, or what mitt romney would call a little fixer-upper. >> to the end of the night did the president kill it or bomb at the white house correspondents' dinner? we'll have reviews. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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>> despite many obstacles, much have changed during my time in office. four years ago i was locked in a brutal primary battle with hillary clinton. four years later, she won't stop texting me from cartagena. >> i bet hillary clinton cracked up. >> she would. although she's on her way to china. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose along with erica hill. any comedy in the nation's capital happens by accident but over the weekend there were a few laughs at this year's white house correspondents dinner. >> it is the biggest social event of the year for political

journalists. just take a look at the guest list. >> reporter: this is what it looks like when hollywood glitz mixes with washington politics. george clooney, kim kardashian and reese witherspoon were just a few of the celebrities that walked the red carpet at the white house correspondents dinner. >> it's great to be here this evening in the vast, magnificent hilton ball room for what mitt romney would call a little fixer upper. >> reporter: president obama came armed with barbs about the narrowing republican presidential field. >> there's still time, man. >> reporter: and about himself. >> four years ago i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now i will look like this. that's not even funny.

>> reporter: the recent secret service prostitution scandal in cartagena gave him good fodder. >> i had more material prepared but i have to get the secret service home in time for their new curfew. >> reporter: late-night tv host and comedian jimmy kimmel picked up on that theme. >> mr. president, i know you won't able to laugh at any of my jokes about the secret service, so cover your ears if that's physically possible. i do have a lot of jokes about the secret service. you know, i told them for $800 i wouldn't tell them but they only offered $30. >> reporter: it's the one night in washington where everyone, right and left, is in on the joke. >> secret service jokes too soon? one of the president's targets of the dinner was arianna

huffington. >> i would be remiss if i didn't congratulate "the huffington post" on their pulitzer prize. you deserve it. there's no one else out there linking to the journalism that they are linking to every day. >> arianna huffington is still laughing. congratulations. it takes a turn. were you still cracking up? when they say your name where, is it going, what did you think? >> it's really great fun to have the president of the united states congratulate you on a pulitzer with any amount of joking. i thought he was fantastic. i think what made it so much fun is he was clearly having fun. and jimmy kimmel was great. jimmy kimmel was rushing because he had a plane to catch. >> that's not good for a comedian. >> did you think he was rushing?

i thought he got concerned about time but he was fantastic. >> his jokes were great and right on target. in the know. including the secret service jokes saying i offered them $800 to keep them out of the speech but they only gave me 30. all fun in the know. could have been more relaxed enjoying himself the way the president did. >> it's your first time up there. you're not as experienced. maybe it's more difficult. there can be a lot of criticism especially the morning after. i read pieces on sunday on my way home about why did they do this? they spent so much money. there's really a point to all of this. you see it as a very good night for a lot of people. >> it definitely raises money for scholarships which is the real point but also it's great to see unlikely people who normally don't communicate with each other actually get to know each other. at our table you had senator paul and you had hollywood and a

very, very conservative senator and eric holder and wives are talking to each other and it's hard to demonize your opponents when you get to know each other. >> interesting pairings they put together. a lot made about kim kardashian and lindsay lohan. i saw grown men falling over like little puppies about kim kardashian. she was clearly a hit at the dinner. >> i saw some young women feeling the same way about george. >> that's absolutely true. i was one of those. >> there was definitely a long line for george clooney. . >> can i turn this serious for a moment. there's much about this commercial that president clinton has done for the obama campaign and romney reaction saying they should not be using

this the way they are. what's your take? >> i agree completely. >> you agree? >> i agree with the romney campaign. using the osama bin laden assassination, killing. great news we had a year ago in order to say basically that obama did it and romney might not have done it, which is the message -- >> do you think the president is capitalizing on it? >> i don't think there should be an ad about that. it's one thing to celebrate the fact they did a great job. it's one thing to have an nbc special from the situation room which you are going to have this week. >> it interviews every on the event. >> to run a campaign ad is a despicable thing you can do. it's the same thing that hillary clinton did with the 3:00 p.m. call. you are not ready to become commander in chief.

it makes political leaders act irrationally when it comes to matters of war because they are afraid to be called wimps which they make decisions that are distractive for the country. i'm sure the president would not have escalated in afghanistan if he was not as concerned as democrats are but republicans are going to use not escalating in the campaign. >> aren't you supposed to taut your accomplishments of what you've done? >> it's not just what the ad does. what the ad does is question -- we are talking about the same ad? >> only one ad out there on that one. president clinton talks about the decision quoting former president bush -- >> and uses that to imply that romney would not have been as decisive. there's no way to know whether romney would have been as decisive and to actually speculate that he wouldn't be is to me not the way to run a campaign on either side. >> where do you think the campaign is right now looking at

it as a snapshot today. is it about even? >> i think obama is ahead right now. >> way ahead? >> i don't think way ahead but definitely ahead. i would say if the election were held today he

>> you remember we had take our daughters and sons day to work last week? guess what? how about adding your dog to the list. we're doing that today. that's charlie's dog. >> look at him. >> he's a proud papa. we'll tell you why barkley is here today. >> it's why i got him up so early is what he wants to know. >> see how parents when they drool over their kids. you're watching "cbs this morning." [ bell tolls ] so, agents, why did i make you wear these costumes?

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in today's "healthwatch," canine colleagues. a new study finds bringing our dogs to work can make us feel better all day long. >> i think that's true. so, when chip reid heard that, he decided, i got to give this a try. chip, hello. >> hello.

i'll tell you, gayle and charlie, this is no fly by night study. published in international journal of workplace health management. the first quantitative study to look at the effect of bringing your dog to work on stress and productivity. have morning and every part of the country, they're out there, people walking their dogs and taking them to the park before they go to work. >> for a dog owner and a dog it's one of the most unpleasant moments of the day. buster, i've got to go to work. that sad-eyed look is what i get every morning. but today i've got a surprise. buster, you want to get in the car? let's go. yeah. let's go. good boy. this is work. buster loves his visit to the cbs news washington bureau. the view from a doggy cam showed how excited he was to meet everyone, even my boss. but taking dogs to the office can also benefit workers.

according to a new study by virginia commonwealth university. >> the individuals who brought their dogs to work, their stress was lower at the beginning of the day, stayed that way the entire day. >> reporter: but for dog owners who did not bring their dogs to work, stress increased steadily and nearly doubled by the end of the work day. white house advisers say president obama's dog reduces stress in the west wing. sxh on capitol hill congressman ken calvert says despite all the partisaship, tally is the great unifier. >> she's happy every day, loves everybody. loves the people who come in. we think having a dog in your office makes everybody happier and they do their job better. she keeps a good eye on things. >> reporter: professor barker and humane society say there's strong anecdotal evidence dogs are becoming increasingly prevalent in smaller offices like washington, d.c. dr. bruce

rashbaum. >> when you turn around and see a smiley dog, it makes it a little less heavy. takes the edge off. >> reporter: and not know is a dog lover so having your best friend at the office can cause some issues. >> people did find dogs were disruptive. they were noisy. people did find sometimes the dogs. not as clear as they perhaps would like them. >> reporter: if you're thinking how nice it would be to take your dog to work, professor barker's study might give you ammunition with the boss. >> 50% of those people that brought their dogs to work felt that their dogs increased their productivity. >> reporter: and, charlie and gayle and erica, this is only a preliminary study. however, buster tells me he's confident the results will be about the same when it is a final report. >> buster is really cute, chip. >> great dog, chip. >> we have another good looking dog here, right, charlie? >> indeed. this is barkley. say hello to the camera.

where are you going? >> going to see patty because she's a dog lover. >> what's the best thing about barkley? really, your whole demeanor, your whole face lights up talking about him. >> his curiosity. he walks around like this all the time, you know, and then if he gets ahead of me he looks back to see whether i'm following him. >> how old is he? >> he's 3. come here. barkley, say hello to sam. >> making the rounds. >> barkley was a huge hit from the time he got here this morning. everybody was coming into charlie's office. not to say hi to charlie but to >> i was very careful, i want to make sure we walked half the way here so nothing would happen once goat here. >> hi, barkley. where are you going, buddy? >> charlie -- >> say hello to erica. >> you do that, too. >> say hello to paul. >> there's nothing like a dog. >> that's your moment of glory, barkley. >> charlie's -- charlie,

barkley's making his debut. thank you, chip. thank you chip and buster. >> here you go. up here. a california man is suing bmw. you'll never guess why. you'll have to hear it to believe it. it's a "long story short." barkley thanks you for joining us today. >> announcer: "cbs healthwatch" sponsored by pro namel. now in new iso active. softens the enamel so it can potentially erode. once that enamel is gone, it's gone. my dentist recommended pronamel. pronamel protects your teeth from the effects of acid erosion. i don't have to cut out the things that i love in my diet. people will have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. that's why we developed bayer advanced aspirin with micro particles. now we're challenging you to put it to the test. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer.

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time to make a few long story short. "usa today" reports a california man suing bmw and seat maker over -- how could we say personal problems? he says the narrow banana seat on his bike triggered a physical reaction. normally a good thing but this is lasting 20 months. yikes. he says he can no longer engage

in sexual activity. i bet that hurt. >> after 20 months. now to the latest must have plastic surgery, britain's daily mail says the chin plant is all the rage with american teens. in the past year, there's been a 71% increase in chin implants here in the u.s. many operations on high school girls. >> newser.com says goes on the auction block this week. this is the only copy of the scream that isn't in a museum. odds makers predict the buyer will be russian and very rich. "los angeles times" with a surprise box office hit "think like a man" taking the top spot, taking in $18 million. a >> and it's word of mouth because it's on 1,000 less screens. congratulations to steve harvey. neil sedaka has made his mark in pop music. he's with us in studio 57,

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>> it is a 25, let's get you caught up with some headlines. a new bypass is finally open around the old doyle drive including a new, that will accommodate traffic in both directions until 2015 when several other tunnels are scheduled for completion. starting today the approach will feature removal center barrier that allows three lanes to be dedicated to the busiest direction of traffic which is running nice and smooth today. all lanes are reopened on 680 in pleasanton fell across the center median. the freeway was closed in both directions for several hours because of concerns over the flammable chemicals. pieces of the center wall of

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maze. we do have reports of a broken down vehicle near the meter light. slow in go coming off the shore freeway as well and a little bit busy across the upper deck. a vehicle fire is now out but traffic is slow and go in both directions. westbound 24 at pleasant hill, that accident is not now clear. >> i clouds drifting over head but not a bad start to the day. temperature's mainly in the fifties outside. v. seabury's will be kicking in today. 50 degrees right now in san jose. 53 and santa rosa. this afternoon it will still be nice with cooler temperatures. 76 in santa rosa and 66,,,,,,,,

ladies and gentlemen, herbie hancock. ♪ >> how's that for a nice way to wake up? a sunrise concert in new orleans, the birthplace of jazz, musicians joining in from all over the world and they're playing the same songs all around the world. i love this. herbie hancock's watermelon man as part of the worldwide celebration of international

jazz day. and the man behind it, herbie hancock, will be with us in a couple of minutes. welcome back to "cbs this morning." charlie, he wrote this when he was much, much younger. he said he chose this song today because he wanted to pick something that everybody knew. don't we all know that song? >> indeed. i love herbie hancock. >> me, too. there is "new york times" columnist paul krugman, holding nothing back in his latest book called "in the depression now," dedication reads to the unemployed who deserve better. paul krugman, winner of 2005 prize for economics. welcome. >> thank you. >> there's lots to talk about here. first of all, speak to the dedication. i mean, you think that american policymakers have failed the unemployed and have failed the economy. >> we have. this is -- there's enormous human damage being done to this economy and it's all unnecessary. we have the knowledge, we have the tools. if we could get our politicians to move and do the right thing, we could be out of this very

fast. >> the right thing is? >> the right thing is to spend more. right now, you know, we have a long-term budget problem but now is not the time to be slashing. now is not the time to be laying off school teachers. now is not the time to be doing public works, rehiring those school teachers, to get this economy moving again. >> the alternative of austerity saying we have to attack the debt first. debt and deficit. you're now arguing if you look at what's happened in europe, they've tried that and it's failed and made things worse. >> you look at european countries that have done the austerity dance, 25% and they're not making much progress on the deficit because the economy shrinks, revenue shrinks, long-term growth prospects fall off. so, austerity is when the economy recovered but not now. >> you also say that we've been here before. in your book you talk about what happened back in the 1930s. we've been here before. why aren't we taking the lessons from that? >> there's a lot of things.

there's ideology, interest groups, people who are afraid if you say the government could do anything good ever, it could take over the world. but that's -- we need to say, look, if all the arguments people make about why we can't have a recovery now are the same arguments people were making in the '30s and then we started spending to get ready for world war ii and the depression was over. we could do it on a moment's notice. >> here's the other point you make, ben bernanke is the man who understood the depression, understood what happened to japan and he's now in charge of the fed and he's a fellow former princeton and you're now saying what, he's wrong, wrong, wrong? >> i can quote ben bernanke as a professor about what the japanese should have been doing when they did a dress rehearsal for a crisis and it applies perfectly to ben bernanke right now. there's mixed message. he's under political pressure from the right -- >> i thought the fed was immune from political pressure. >> yeah, right.

he's been assimilated by the board, the board. the fed has institutional culture that makes it reluctant to be adventurous but he needs to remember -- >> what would you want the fed to do now? >> first of all, more of the stuff that's done, but not enough of, quaut tattive easing. they need to say, we're not concerned about inflation. 3%, 4% is not a problem. we're willing and would like to see a little inflation to get this economy moving, change the expectations, help us along and getting out of this slump. >> you say that it could take seven years if we keep going the way we're going. >> that's right. >> if we follow your advice, it would take -- >> 18 months to two years. >> why aren't people listening to you? i love that president obama in "rolling stone," did you see he said you were one of the smartest economic reporters? >> yeah. one of? no. but look, there's a lot of -- >> great line, paul.

>> no, obama is a smart guy. and i think -- i actually know a lot of people around him actually share my views. not perhaps 100%. but they say it's political opposition. also they say it's a lack of boldness, a lack of audacity you might say. what we need here is audacity. >> who's failing? if a lot of people around the president share your views, then who doesn't share your views around the president who has more influence than you or the people around him who agree with you? >> well, i think his political team let him down. they kept on talking about what -- >> you think the political team is deciding economic policy for the president? >> of course. they're putting limits on what can be done. last fall the political team apparently was very dubious. he announced a policy that wasn't as bold as what i want, bolder than people expected. political team is very dubious. people get nervous because too much money. turned out it was a political winner. so, i think political people has been wrong on this. >> do you believe romney has a better idea? >> no. what romney is saying, let's do exactly what we did under the bush administration.

and this time hope for different results. he's saying, let's do exactly what they're doing in ireland which has led to 15% unemployment and 30% youth unemployment and that will lead to great results here. now, romney is -- i mean, he's going to make herbert hoover look good by comparison. >> are you optimistic? i'm curious if you're optimistic, and number two, in your book he says, charlie, that if you have a choice between despair and hope you always choose hope because nothing lasts forever except for red wine -- >> red wine on a white couch. >> i'm curious about how you know that, number one. i'm curious, how do you know that, paul? >> there have been incidents. >> okay. are you optimistic as we sit here today? >> i think i'm -- lets put it this way. things are never over. we fumbled this. >> too late? >> never too late. i've been a columnist for a long time and no story is ever over. the things you think are

politically impossible turn out to be politically inevitable a year from now. >> what might be a year from now? >> we actually do something about unemployment. we take a look and say, hey, this is not tolerable. >> do you think anything is going to change about stimulating the economy in the next two years? >> right now, with the actual -- >> they couldn't even do that when the president came in in terms of stimulating to the level that you wanted to, when the president had majority of votes -- >> well, the thing s a lot of water's under the bridge. we have a lot of lessons out there. you look at what's happening in europe and you say, we just learned austerity is not the answer. in a lot of ways technically it's easier. the big problem is not to have a new stimulus but to reverse those cuts at the state level. >> quickly, does what happens in europe and is continuing to happen, especially looking at spain, threaten the united states economy? >> some. not as much as people think, because we mostly sell to ourselves. even now, we don't sell that much to europe. it's certainl not good. i would like to see prosperity in europe for a lot of reasons,

including the benefits lost. >> i have a feeling, paul krugman, they might take your wall if you called up the white house and said, hey, guys, i've got an idea. >> i talk to them sometimes. >> of course you do. >> to the in the. >> sometimes. >> all right. >> and to ben bernanke? >> not for a long time. >> i was wondering. maybe not ever again. >> really? >> he's probably not too happy. >> i'm thinking he's a little annoyed with you right now. >> just a guess. >> chamber of the fed needs an interventi intervention? >> on policy, yes. >> paul krugman, yes. "in this depression now" is for sale.,,

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>> neil sedaka has sold more than 60 million records written more than 500 songs. >> we grew up with hits like "laughter in the rain," "breaking up is hard to do" and "calendar girl" and neil sedaka is here with us. you look at that old video of yourself and you think, wow. what are you thinking when you look at that? >> well, i was very fortunate being part of the history of rock 'n' roll. >> yeah, are you. >> it's wonderful to look back. it's been 55 years. >> yep. >> this is my second children's book. i'm very proud of it. >> let's focus on your music first because i think your career is so extraordinary. i listened to you for so many years. i was reading you were a very good reader but you really did like music. your dad was a taxi driver who worked to put you into juliard. >> my mother took a job as a sales lady in a department store, got a second-hand piano.

got a scholarship at juliard, wanted to be a classic pianist but i realized i could write songs. >> you wrote major hits. at what point did you say, i can sing, too? i got a voice, erica, i can sing, too? >> connie francis had done "where the boys are" and lots of wonderful artist and i said, i have an unusual voice. i can sing, too. and i went around the world as a musical ambassador traveling and singing in six languages. >> show off. >> you were training classically. that, you know, got put aside for a long time. but in october you're actually going to be in london with london philharmonic. >> at 17 i wrote my first symphony so i've got full circle back to my roots and i'm going

to be performing them. >> pretty impressive. you're also celebrating your 50th wedding anniversary. any of these songs you wrote, were they ever written for leva. >> she has many songs. of course. she would throw me out if i didn't. >> which is her favorite? >> oh, i think she likes -- she's become more of a music critic, a lyric critic now. you know, you can't really choose a favorite. >> you can't choose a favorite, neil sedaka song? >> well, they're like my children. >> i could choose one. >> yes? >> "laughter in the rain." ♪ oh i hear laughter in the rain walking hand in hand with the one i love ♪ >> very nice, right? ♪ oh, how i love >> okay, go ahead. >> elton john rediscovered me in the '70s. i started in the '50s, i was out of wok for 13 years. >> wait, wait. what were you sdmoog. >> i was writing for tom jones

and shirley basse and many people. and then i moved the family to england. and he said, i heard you have some new songs. >> but, neil, let's -- let's think about being out of work for 13 years. paul krugman is here. we talked about when people are unemployed for a long time, what it does to you and how it makes you feel. did you go through a bad times? when you're writing songs you're still working. >> the creative mind is still working and it's a drive. have you to prove yourself each time. you have to raise the level of neil sedaka. >> help yourself. >> exactly. which could lead us to -- >> it could lead to us "dinosaur pet." you came and performed for us here at cbs when you came up with your children's album. you wrote this book. your son wrote the book. >> this is a family affair. my son mark wrote the book. my granddaughters charlotte and amanda sing the background vocals and we changed the words

"calendar girl" to -- ♪ i love i love i love my dinosaur pet ♪ kits can listen to the cd, look at the illustration and they look at the words and it's a wonderful way of learning. >> now, what do your grandchildren call you? >> papa neil. they love the papa neil rock 'n' roll songs so i thought it would be fun to make them child-friendly. >> i'm thinking papa neil still enjoys entertaining the grandchildren and everybody else. rumor is, you could be up for being admitted to the rock and roll hall of fame. what would that mean to you? >> it would be a wonderful thrill. i would like to see that in my lifetime. we're going to do the 92nd street y, i'll be signing, and friday the barnes & noble. . singing and all that jazz. >> you're doing something right. now he's back with "dinosaur pet." congratulations. hello to the lovely mrs. sedaka. >> thank you.

>> thank you. this morning from one music genre to another, the music world is celebrating a new holiday icon, herbie hancock. this was his idea to make sure that international jazz day gets a lot of attention. he started us out on the very right note, we think, and tomorrow we'll be live on broadway for this year's tony nominations. erica is going to give us the scoop. you're watching "cbs this morning." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

celebrating the first international jazz day. it was othersed by herbie hancock. he's had a huge influence on jazz and for the last 50 years, won an oscar and 14 grammys. he's a goodwill ambassador for unesco which stands for united

nations educational science and cultural organization. >> very good. >> thank you. herbie hancock is here from, where else, new orleans. hello, herbie hancock. >> hi, gayle, how are you? >> we're all good here. i know you wanted to bring the world together through music because you say -- think it's such a great unifier, it is. you say jazz is a form of conversation. what do you mean by that? >> because the musicians are conversing with each other. and they are helping each other, supporting each other. so, it really is a dialogue with the musicians but also at the same time it's a dialogue with the audience. >> yeah. it's the kind of give and respond. >> exactly. of course, you do things at the same time. but all in a supportive fashion. nonjudgmental. >> so you started jazz at a very early age.

i heard you say once, it was a good way to meet girls. are you still meeting girls? >> yeah. at this age, and since i've been married for close to nearly 50 years, that's not my major concern. just people in general. >> gayle mentioned unesco. >> i don't want to get in trouble with my wife. >> i don't want to you get in trouble either. your wife's lovely. >> so, we'll help you out. you use music as an international message. when you travel around the world, music is a unifier, brings people together, they're on the same page, as we say. >> absolutely. and jazz has been doing that since the early beginnings right here in congo square in new orleans. >> and you've really -- >> and it will continue into the future. >> and you're doing your part to

introduce people to jazz around the world. >> i think it's about time, you know, that final alley, formally, jazz is being recognized and and being established with the international jazz day. it's really where jazz has belonged for a long time. finally this dream has come true. with exactly the right partner, unesco. place for you because -- how old were you when you wrote that song and how did it come about, briefly? >> i was 22 years old when i wrote watermelon man. and i wrote it in about 15 minutes. i wanted to capture the sound of the watermelon man in chicago going dish in the wagon going over the cobblestonallies in chicago with the rhythm and sound of women yelling, hey, watermelon man.

that sparked the melody. >> herbie, keep playing, man. keep playing. you're the best. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> that does it for us. >> thank you for having us re >> that does it for us. >> for you and for the music. >> that does it for us. up next your local news. we'll see you tomorrow right here on cbs this morning. >> i'm surprised he could hear us. ♪

>> good morning, it is 855. let's get too caught up with some very headlines. he big rig crashed overnight required about seven hours of clean up on 680 in pleasanton. the big rig jackknife and hazardous materials workers handle cargo including lithium and other flammable chemicals. the truck driver suffered minor injuries as did to motorists who were hit by debris. it is completely open now. the man accused of carrying out a mass shooting at oikos university scheduled to enter a plea in court. he has been charged with seven counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. he reportedly has not eaten since being booked into jail shortly after the shooting on

april 2nd. >> a gorgeous weather over the weekend but things are beginning to cool off a little bit as we see more low clouds and fog gathering on the coastline. a few high clouds drifting overhead with high-pressure moving away from the coastline. the trough is making its way across the bay area which will help to cool down the temperatures. the temperatures will start to cool down. pleasant temperatures inland. almost 80 degrees in the warm response. the next couple of days we will continue to cool things off. a slight chance of showers on thursday and returned to warmer weather on saturday and sunday.

>> good morning from the traffic center. broken-down vehicle right around 101 on 92 so it is causing a bit of bad debt. a slow ride along 101 in pretty much both directions. southbound is crawling along, there was an earlier trouble spot near march road to if you are headed elsewhere than want to take in the golden gate bridge, so far traffic is light. have a great day