for watching cbs fibrillate fishing in eggs collected as 725 cbs this morning is next. fishing in eggs collected as 725 cbs this morning is next. good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday, may 3rd, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. the diplomatic confrontation in china grows. now the dissident at the center of the controversy is pleading with secretary clinton to get on her plane and seek refuge in the united states. i'm erica hill. we'll tell you why cate edwards fled the courtroom at her father's trial. the nfl community is stunned after junior seau commits suicide. james brown from cbs sports will be here. when i see you at 8:00, a very vealing look at a young barack obama. >> first very look at today's

eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> conflicting accounts this hour about why a blind chinese activity chen guangcheng left the american embassy in beijing. >> a dissident dilemma turns into a diplomatic disaster. >> this is a man who is in fear for his life. >> chen now says he's been let down by the u.s. and is begging for leave china on secretary of state clinton's plane. >> china that protects the rights of all its citizens will be a stronger and more prosperous nation. >> the case is being investigated as a suicide. >> 12-time pro bowl linebacker junior seau put a gun to his chest and pulled the trigger. >> did that violence lead to brain damage that led to suicide. >> please take me. take me. >> today i'm suspending the campaign. >> gingrich could not bring himself to endorse mitt romney. >> he says he's leaving the race because he's already accomplished what he set out to

do and that was to eat a cinnabon in each of the 50 states. >> cate edwards left the courtroom crying while a former campaign aide testified at that her late mother was very upset when she confronted john edwards about his affair with rielle hunter. >> two agents received nonthreatening gunshot wounds. a third received minor injuries. >> all that. >> if your dog can't do that immediately, return it to the shelter. >> zooming over the city at speeds around 125 to 185 miles an hour. >> and all that matters. >> paralyzed two years ago signed to a pro contract by the tampa bay buccaneers. >> on "cbs this morning." captioning funded by cbs >> i had to pea so bad it was unbelievable.

>> welcome to "cbs this morning." chinese dissident chen guangcheng says he's afraid for his family's safety raising diplomatic tensions between the united states and china. another step as secretary of state hillary clinton begins a series of economic meetings in china. chen says he wants to go with her when she returns to the united states. he's pleading with american officials to let him on the plane with secretary clinton. >> the man who spent nearly a week in the u.s. embassy in beijing claims he was pressured to leave their on wednesday. this morning the u.s. ambassador to china says that is not what happened. >> he talked with his wife twice. and then made that decision on his own to come out of the embassy and to rejoin the family. i remember asking him in front of many, many witnesses, are you ready to leave? this is what you want to do? he just paused and sat there

very quiet for several minutes and then just jumped up, beaming, exciting, said let's go. >> holly williams of britain sky news is in beijing this morning. she spoke to chen a short time ago. holly, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> as of this moment, what does chen want to do? >> well, chen left the u.s. embassy yesterday because he trusted assurances from the chinese authorities that he and his family would be safe. when i spoke to him on the phone earlier today, he said he no longer trusted those assurances and he thinks his family is in grave danger and he wants the u.s. government to help his family to leave china. he said that if he could speak directly to president obama and hillary clinton, he would ask them to do something concrete to protect his family. what is not clear in all of this is whether or not the chinese authorities will allow mr. chen and his family to leave china. >> so he wants to leave and he wants his family to leave as well. will the united states promote

that idea and offer him an opportunity to do that if the chinese permit it to happen? >> well, u.s. officials met with chen guangcheng earlier today and they confirmed that he has had a change of heart. they haven't said anything beyond that and of course the big question is whether or not the chinese authorities would allow him to leave. we also heard from the u.s. ambassador gary locke earlier today. he said that chen guangcheng was in no way pressured to leave the u.s. embassy yesterday. what we do know is that the chinese government is extremely angry. they say this whole incident is unwanted american interference in chinese affairs and they demanded an apology. >> he obviously had physical ailments he's dealing with that he needs crutches or wheelchair to get around right now. that's one part of the issue. when you spoke to him, how did he sound on the phone? did he sound scared? did he sound hopeful? >> he's a warm and genuine man. we have met before. he was apparently delighted to

hear from me. he is clearly worried. he talked about after he had escaped house arrest and made his way to the u.s. embassy last week, how government officials had threatened his family members. the government officials broke into their home threatening to beat his family members to death he said. he said they have already instilled seven surveillance cameras inside his home and the next step, he said, is the plan to install an electric fence around his house. >> holly williams in beijing reporting for britain sky news. we have breaking news this morning out of the san francisco bay area where three federal agents were injured in a shooting incident during a predawn raid. it happened at a private home in petaluma, california, just north of san francisco. there is a heavy police presence at the scene at this hour. as you can see from this video. the shooting took place during an immigration and customs

enforcement operation. that's according to homeland security officials. two agents involved in the raid were wounded. they are hospitalized but we're told agents are not life threatening. a third agent suffered minors injuries. witnesses working at a nearby best western hotel said they heard loud bang an gun shots at 4:00 a.m. >> around 4:00 i heard two big what sounded like bombs and then about 10 to 15 gun shots sounded like maybe from an automatic weapon. the whole building shook. everything. and i ran out and by the time i got in the lobby there was 15 police cars surrounding two silver suvs that were parked right outside my lobby here and they told me to get in. they had the guns drawn. >> officials say one suspect is in custody. they are not looking for anyone else. the neighborhood was put on lockdown following the shooting. there is new information this morning in the fast and

furious operation first exposed last year. sources tell cbs news that today lawmakers will take the first formal steps toward charging attorney general eric holder with contempt of congress. republicans on the house oversight committee accuse holder of obstructing their investigation. u.s. officials allowed thousands of guns to flow from the u.s. into mexico. two of those guns were later found at the scene where u.s. border patrol agent was murdered. in the presidential race, newt gingrich made it official wednesday he's no longer a candidate. it's no surprise and a lot of republicans are asking what took him so long to drop out. >> he leaves the race with a handful of delegates and then enormous campaign debt. jan crawford followed his campaign from the start. she's in washington this morning. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. people were predicting that newt gingrich would drop out for nearly a year pretty much from the start ever since he got in this race. he ignored his critics and

skeptics. he kept beating that drum and going and going. yesterday the batteries finally ran out. >> today i'm suspending the campaign. >> reporter: even as he said good-bye, newt gingrich stayed true to form sounding like a professor giving a lecture that went to the moon. >> i'm cheerfully going to take up the issue of space. >> reporter: and back. >> i'll continue to work on american energy independence. >> reporter: gingrich admitted what we all knew. his campaign was a wild ride. for months he's been a noncontender traveling across country with his wife taking in baseball game and visiting multiple zoos. all the while his campaign piled on debt. he leaves the race owing close to $4 million. money his campaign spent on private jets, advertising and consultants. money like that often takes candidates years to pay off. john edwards owes more than $300,000 from his 2004 presidential run. rudy giuliani is in debt $2.6

million from his campaign in 2008 and president obama's campaign is helping hillary clinton pay off debt she collected when she ran against him. the man gingrich will turn to to help pay off his debt is one-time enemy mitt romney. yesterday gingrich stopped short of endorsing him. >> is mitt romney conservative enough? and my answer is simple. compared to barack obama. >> reporter: sources say gingrich met this week with romney's campaign manager to talk about the role he'll play going forward focusing mainly on fund-raising for house and senate candidates and for the republican party but in those fundraise fundraisers, he'll be able to accept donations he can put toward paying his own campaign debt. >> thank you. chief washington correspondent and host of "face the nation," bob schieffer is with us now. good morning, bob. >> good morning, charlie. >> what do you make of gingrich stepping down and what about his future? >> well, i think it's the same

as it always was. when he began all of this. gingrich knew from the very beginning that this was a long shot. he also knew what a lot of other republicans know and that is there are many, many republicans on the right side of that party who simply do not like mitt romney who do not believe that he is one of them. a true conservative. gingrich thought if he could build on that as a base, as a sort of anybody but romney candidate, that slowly but surely he had a chance and again he knew it was a long shot, to build on that. as it turned out, he didn't. what happened in this was that mitt romney had so much more money than the rest of the candidates in the race, charlie, that every time one of these anybody but mitt candidates came to the fore romney just jumped a lot of negative advertising on them and they went away. and that's exactly what happened

to gingrich. i don't think he's hurt himself. his reputation was what it was in the beginning. he got a lot of exposure. he'll continue to do what he was doing before he ran and that is give a lot of lectures and write books. >> the obama forces released a series of statements that gingrich made about mitt romney. do people look at that simply as politics and say whatever his opponents said it was a primary battle and this is now a new contest with a new set of imperatives? >> i think that mitt romney is going to have to deal with this. i think this republican primary was just a sound bite heaven for democrats. i mean, they recorded all of this and you're going to hear not only what newt gingrich said about mitt romney as the campaign continues on but what the rest of them said as well. i think this will be a major part of the campaign.

we know what this campaign is going to be about. democrats are going to say it's about fairness and that mitt romney just wants to take care of his friends at the country club and the republicans are going to say that barack obama is a failed candidate who made a lot of promises he couldn't keep. that, charlie, is what both sides want the campaign to be about. what they cannot control is events. nobody knew about this situation with this chinese dissident that just has arisen and other incidents may factor into this campaign. romney has the nomination and less than jegeneral election campaign is on. >> bob talks with newt gingrich and also michele bachmann expected to endorse romney this week on "face the nation." check your local listings. shock and grief among football players and fans over the apparent suicide of former san diego charger star junior

seau. his body was found wednesday in his california home. the future hall of famer died with no real explanation. >> reporter: in a 20-year career in the nfl, junior seau made more than 1,800 tackles becoming one. most feared linebackers in the game. with news of his death, family and friends gathered in shock at his home north of san diego where his mother's grief overflowed. >> i pray to god, please take me. take me. leave my son. it's too late. too late. >> reporter: seau was found with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. >> this case at this point is being investigated as a suicide. >> reporter: there was no suicide note but seau's ex-wife texted simply i love you to her and her three children on tuesday. his death comes after the suicide last year of former chicago bears safety dave duerson.

he shot himself in the chest to his brain would be reserved for science. duerson asked it be studied by researchers investigating brain damage in nfl players. last month former atlanta falcons safety ray easterling committed suicide. he was suffering dementia at 62. more than 1,500 former players are now suing the league claiming for years it ignored evidence that repeated blows to the head triggered chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte linked to depression and dementia. the speculation is he may have proved a price for being a football great. >> he played hard and tough and there's no doubt the toll his brain took at the position he played will most undoubtedly show that this is a factor. >> reporter: in san diego where seau played with the chargers for 13 seasons, he's also remembered for his philanthropy.

>> he couldn't do enough for the youth. anyone he could help, he helped. >> reporter: on the field he was known for speed and power and for punching his fist in triumph. >> with us now, james brown, host of nfl today on cbs sports. put this tragedy in context for us. this is the third former player to commit suicide in the last few months. >> it's sobering for the observe reasons. junior seau an outstanding player. he was a leader on the field. in football he had a motor. he was like an energizer bunny out there on the field who led by example. as talented as he was and as the piece indicated a sure-fire hall of famer, he was as excellent off the field with foundation activities that principly

benefited children. i was blessed to bestow on him a j.b. award that i do in conjunction with the nfl players association for players that commit significantly to building stronger communities and stronger families and junior was sensational in that regard as well. >> j.b., i know you have spoken to a lot of people in the last 24 hours or so. was there any indication that something was wrong and that in some way junior was headed down this path? >> i guess what was so hard to believe because he was the picture of health and so well liked. there is enough antidotal evidence to suggest there was some things but certainly i don't want to be speculate and be sensitive to the family during this grieving period. there were signs. there were personal issues there as well. i don't know that definitively so i'll reserve judgment. the answer to your question is clearly there was something going on there that will lead to this. >> do they view these kinds of

things, questions of injuries to players serious and urgent? >> absolutely it is viewed that way. you talk to a number of people who may say there are a number of reasons that suggest why it is such a front burner issue. the fact of the matter is the commissioner has made it clear, he will not tolerate anything that goes against the grain in terms of player safety. you've seen that with the penalties that have been handed down to players now. you've seen that over the past

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her late mother. for edwards took the stand. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was during the testimony of one of those former campaign staffers that we saw what is one of the most dramatic moments in th a moment is that shows why wednesday proved to be an emotio kate edwards attends court each day day but left in tears yesterday just as testimony began about an incident involving her late mother mother elizabeth edwards. former campaign staffer between john edwards and his wife at a wife at a raleigh airport in octo an inquirer article about edwards' affair had been edwa&ds' affair had been published the day before. reynolds said she watched as a distraught elizabeth edwards st stormed off and sort of &tormed off and sort of collapsed down into a ball in the parking lot.

reynolds testified elizabeth was very upset telling john edwards something to the effect of you don't see me any more. then in front of others she took off off her shirt and her bra. hearing that testimony john ed edwards looked down and appeared emotional and at the end of the day day left court with his daughter. l kieegalran expert kieran shans in in the courtroom. focus focus on john edwards. the actual charges that he ter:epor >> reporter: one witness did talk about edwards' first meetin at the heart of the case, former campaign staffer josh brumberger s seen here in a campaign video seen here in a campaign video edwards 2005. but but the main concern was edwards' growing relationship with hunter. i was particularly concerned where hi where his head was at the time he sa

he said of edwards. brum brumberger said he warned brumbergt& said he warned edwards but after he alerted other other staffers an angry edwards called him on the carpet saying why didn't you come to me like a man. that wa that was brumberger's last day. now the prosecutors will ue& the prosecutors will continue building their case with more with more testimony from former campaign staffers today. of course, a key question here s is whether reille hunter and john edwards either one or both will be brought to the stand in this trial. charlie and erica, back to you. >> cbs news legal analyst jack ford ford is here. welcome. heat's t what's the impact of this testimony? >> it's >> it's interesting. perhaps huge emotional impact. as we heard, high drama inside that courtroom. kate edwards going out, john edwar edwards being upset by this but but the real question is how mu you know, this goes once again very very compelling evidence of john

edwards edwards being what people call despicable person. d& did sleazy things. his wife is dying of cancer. inside this courtroom, the question is not did, indeed, eliz she she did. the question is did he have an affair. he he did. everybody knows it was. inside this courtroom the big question is why? because if all that money was paid the defense says just to keep keep this out of the public eye for for no other reason than public humili humiliation is not a crime. if it was paid to do all that to buttress his chances of becoming the president then they say that's a campaign violation. so so all these facts are coming out out now. pjur jurors will look at him and if they they don't already dislike him l&ey don't already dislike him they will after this. the question becomes what does it mean? >> could that backfire on the prosecution because they do seem &rosecution because they do seem to be having this emotional build build up technically -- >> you know that's a great question because jurors are going to be told don't decide pt this case based on emotion

alone. eou hav you have to look at the facts. although they may actively dislike john edwards they are pt told to look at the facts. in closing arguments the defense attorney may say how much did u&torney may say how much did you hear about campaign contribution. almost almost nothing. what about this horrible situation between john edwards and his wife. & that's all the testimony you heard. the the defense attorney will say that's not what this case is about. the the prosecution should be ashamed ashamed of themselves for attacking this family over and over again instead of focusing on the legal issues. now we don't know how the jury is reading this. they may yes he's a despicable pers there's a lot more evidence. >> they may say if you look at the character here you can &he character here you can define intent in this circumstance. >> >> that's a very good point. if i'm the prosecutor i'm saying you look at a guy who is amoral or immoral or unethical.

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morning.." >> what a difference a day makes at the roger clemens perjury trial. former teammate andy pettitte who testified the legendary pitcher admitted using human growth hormone now says he may have misunderstood. >> that's what clemens has been saying all along. chip reid at the u.s. district courthouse in washington. good morning. >> reporter: this is the second time prosecutors have taken roger clemens to trial over his testimony before congress and now for the second time things aren't looking so good for the government. andy pettitte was supposed to be the government star witness against his former friend and mentor, roger clemens, but on wednesday pettitte threw a conserve ball that left prosecutors flat-footed and cast significant doubt on their case. pettitte was asked how sure he was about his testimony the previous day that clemens once told him he used performance-enhancing drugs. the attorney asked if it would be fair to say it would be 50/50? i'd say that's fair, pettitte

replied. >> today was not a good day for the government. pettitte's testimony that he's only 50/50 about whether or not clemens admitted steroid use to him is a blow to the government's case. >> reporter: the government is trying to prove that clemens lied under oath when he told congress in 2008 that he never used performance-enhancing drugs. pettitte's backtracking on his earlier testimony was a surprising gift for clemens' lawyers. >> i'm sure the clemens team prefer pettitte not testify at all, but given that he did testify, my guess is they were very happy with the way things turned out. >> reporter: pettitte's testimony is especially damaging to the government case because he was considered the stronger of the two key witnesses. the other, clemens' former trainer, brian mcnamee is expected to testify as early as next week, that he injected clemens with steroids and hgh, but his credibility is in question. pettitte's testimony might put

this second attempt to try clemens in doubt. in july 2011 the judge angrily declared a mistrial after prosecutors revealed forbidden evidence to the jury. that's raised questions as to whether even holding this trial is a wise use of taxpayer dollars. >> the charges are serious ones. it's about testifying falsely befoe congress. on that basis, i think it was a justified use of our resources to bring the case. >> reporter: charlie and erica, the pettitte testimony was not the only time yesterday that the prosecutors took it on the chin. at one point, they were arguing over procedural issues and the exasperated judge said to the lead prosecutor, quote, you are taking positions that are totally absurd to me. he

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live in studio 57. some say the show's gotten a little too raunchy. is it true where food is listed on the menu, it can tell you if it's any good? peter greenberg is here -- i have bad news -- restaurants don't want to you know about the menu. i say this. i never pay attention to where anything is written on the menu but you say it makes a pdifference. >> it makes a big difference, where they put, it how they price it and steer you to buy something you didn't want to buy anyway. >> i once ordered because it said drizzled with truffle oil. >> well, that will make you buy anything drizzled with truffle oil. >> you say it matters. we'll see. i beg to differ with you, peter greenberg. you're watching "cbs this morning." remember to catch us on facebook, twitter and google plus. your local news is next. or is

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>> dwayne wade dwayne wade-- it. he's now suing bmw. have you heard about this? forgive me if this is coarse. i don't mean to be this way. it's a true story. it was in the news. suing bmw because it caused him to have a two-year erection. sadly, there is only one known cure. i'm sorry. >> do you think you're cracking up the way we're cracking up here? >> i don't know. i wonder if dave letterman heard that story from us on long story short.

>> we have that. that's right. it's "the view." not "the talk." still funny. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning". i'm gayle king. >> rachel being the producer. >> it sounds like i'm just talking to no one. i was talking to rachel. >> which another producer said she does all the time. p>> i th>> iink thiwe'vnk we ale'v to do that. let's just start over. good morning. it's 8:00. i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose. welcome back to erica hill. >> tha>> tnk yhankou. you. nice to be back. a new biography of president obama. it has some people asking if there's anything in a president's past that is of f-lioff-mitslimi.ts. they rely heavily on the diaries and letters and memories of old girlfriends. >> barack obama the story focuses on the president as a young man living in new york and chicago. it shows him in love and in turmoil. >> reporter: he may be smiling

in this picture, but the young barack obama portrayed in the book struggled to feel at home barack obama portrayed in the book struggled to feel at home it was here at columbia university the future president felt lost, struggling with questions about who he really was, his race, his religion, eve& peven cultural and political believes. it was a deep conflict he only shared with a few close friends, including his girlfriends. one of those girlfriends, genevieve cook, the daughter of a prominent australian family. they're shown here in the pages of "vanity fair" which excerpted his biography. pcoo k ancookd ob andama obamet ma christmas party in 1983 and in an apartment in new york east vi llagville.age. early in the relationship he confessed how he searched for the perfect ideal woman at the expense of hooking up with available girls. in her journal cook wrote, i can't help thinking that what he would really want, be powerfully drawn to, was a woman, very strong, very upright, a fighter,

a laugher, well-experienced, a black woman i keep seeing her as. but cook would fall in love anyway. and they began having the deepest, most romantic young relationship of his life. cook says in 1984 mr. obama rented a room in an apartment on this building on west 114th street. she remembers on sunday he would drink coffee, solve crossword puzzles. and lounge around shirtless in a blue and white sarong. cook continued journalling thr& ughpthrough their relationship. pin in one entry she wrote the sexual warmth is definitely th ere.there. but just one month later she wrote barack still intrigues me, bu t sobut mucso mh gouch ing goie surface, out of reach. she once said she loved him. his response, thank you. later that year obama temporarily moved in with cook. the irritation of the constant company eventually drove them apart.

it was the beginning of the end of their year-long relationship. for "cbs this morning", terrell brown, new york. >> with us now from houston, presidential historian douglas brinkley. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> winston churchill famously >> good morning, charlie. >> winston churchill famously once to me because i will write it. barack obama wrote his own self profile called "dreams of my father" -- from my father. now we have this book. have you read it? >> i have only read the permits and the news reports. the book does not come out until mid-june. p>> do y>> dou go yoet au ge pict a different from the one the president said himself. is it different, does it matter? because it's the difference between autobiography and biography. >> well, exactly. there's a lot of compression that president obama used in his book. some of the women that we read

about now in the "vanity fair" piece were compressed by the president. but they are two different breeds, autobiography and history. david marannis is a fine biographer. he wrote excellent books on prob ertorobe clerto mentcleme, bent an d otand hersothe.rs. he's credible. a long-time "washington post" reporter. he's done the best job of giving us the factual timeline of the president's college move to new york city and what he did in new york. not just who his girlfriends are, but how he was fighting for ra cialraci ideal intitdenty. ity. >> i, like you, have only seen the excerpts. pi'm thii'm nkinthing evkingeryb evy for the sarong jokes. it also makes me think, is it relevant what someone had to sayto s aboay aut yboutou, yo a former girlfriend? is that relevant? pis theris te anhereybod anyy whbod hear what an ex has to say 22, 25 years later. >> i don't think that's relevant.

what's interesting is that this all take place in the early 1980s when people still hand wro& wro& e jpwroournte jals ourn letters. and i think the intellectual development of barack obama is fairly interesting, talking about the deep connection he feels to the conservatism of t.s. elliott. why he prefers african-american ppla ywriplayghtswrig to hts whitto . and particularly, according to one of his friends, not a the obsession with the wonderful an d cland assiclasc nosic vel nov man." all of this just adds credence to the president's own memoir. here you see this young, young person trying to in his 20s pdec ide deciwhetde wher hethhe'ser black or how to be an international person.so there's the girlfriend things are a lit& lit& le plitlesstle intless here's a young man at an ivy league school, columbia, what he's reading and talking about. he doesn't get into a lot of trouble. his idea of fun is a "new york times" crossword puzzle.

everyone nietze. >> what comes across here is the notion that this is a young man clearly with a remarkable ability but who was also ambitious and really had a plan and was looking to find his own way to the thing that he wanted pto do, to dwhico, wh i hichfind i for someone of his talent. >> wel>> wl exell actlexacy.tly. talent is what he was. some of the letters and writings we see of barack obama is pgar denegardd.ened. he's not putting himself on the line. he's not exposing his personality. he's keeping a lot to himself. pwe see we sthatee t alohat ofnealo with his presidential leadership. he's very zen-like and self-contained now as president. and we see that even at his early age he's that. >> what do you think the white house reaction will or should be to this? >> i just don't think they need pto -- tto -hey - thalreey aady lre sense that david marannis has given an interview and the president respects him enough to

have spoken to him about this. and i think that's enough. >> he spoke to him for 90 minutes, which is quite long for an interview with the president, suggesting that he wanted to make sure that david understood his own narrative and that he

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>> it's time now to make some long story short. a winning lottery ticket in arkansas and the battle of the sharons. sharon duncan bought the winning ticket and then she threw it away because the computer told her it was a loser. sharon jones realized the mpu&on jones realized the er pcomwasputer was wro ticket, cashed it in and started spending. now a judge has ruled that sharon duncan never gave up her the money. but she threw it away only because the computer told her it was not a winner. >> i think she should get it back. the other sharon not so happy.

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they are big boys. that doesn't even seem possible. we told you before how for carry on bags. "usa today" says in november the price is going from $45 to $100. that's more than double. no fair. that's more than a plane ticket sts&'s more than a plane ticket no fair. sts&'s more than a plane ticket we'll ask peter greenberg what he thinks about that. peter is a world traveller but that doesn't seem right to me. >> spirit will charge you $5 for a ticket and all these other fees and charges. >> if a chef names a dish after his grandmother would you pay ex traextra for it? >> no. >> you probably would. gayle king you just might. it's part of menu psychology. one of the five things that res& res& aurpresantstaurants may know about your menu. we& we have all five when cbs "this morning" continues. "cbs this morning" sponsored by party city.

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♪ very nice music choice this morning. a menu isn't just a list. it's actually a science. from the language to the prices, restaurants have plenty of ways to get you to order certain items. >> our travel editor peter greenberg is here to reveal five things your restaurant won't tell you about the menu. i have such a hard time thinking the placement has a meaning on the menu. >> menu engineering because they can track your gazing patterns to know where your eyes will look first and where they're going to look second. >> where do your eyes look first? i look on the right. >> you're right. it's the right center. so, where does the restaurant put their items? it's a decoy. look at this menu. they put the most expensive item

on the menu in the upper right hand corner, in this case it could be the lobster, knowing full well you're not going to order it. but you're going to order the menu item directly beneath it because it's less expensive. that's the item that has their biggest profit margin. >> that's how they get us to or those things. anything on the backside of the menu, though, is a loser? >> it's a loser. chances are you've already made up your mind before you get to the backside. left side of the menu, losers also go, chicken fingers, grilled cheese sandwich -- >> salad? >> not big profit so that's how they do it. >> i thought that was the kids' menu. >> no. that's another menu all together. we talk about two-page menus at restaurants. upper right hand center that makes the difference. >> i'm going to pay attention next time i go out to eat. and then you talked about the wording. i do believe this is true. because i can get so drawn into something i never dreamed about trying with the word succulent. i love that word.

>> or honey glazed as opposed to just pork chops. not just pork chops, iowa pork chops. not just barbecue, kansas city barbecue. let's face it, nobody orders chicken liver, okay? how are they going to sell it? nostalgic, aunt mary's or grandmother's famous home style recipe chicken liver. >> now, have i to take it back because when i said, no, i wouldn't be swayed. justin timberlake when he had a restaurant he said it was his grandmother's biscuit i had to try it because he said grandmother. >> price just went up. >> really? >> absolutely. >> we all pay it. >> it's not just the description of the item, it's the pricing. it's the pricing and where they actually place the prices. for example, the decimal point or the number nine. mid and low level restaurants you'll see the decimal point and number nine. once you go up the price scale you find, they don't use decimal points anymore. they don't use the number nine. they round it out. 17 as opposed to $16.99. >> let me stop you for a second.

we put up labeling makes a difference. the word choice we were talking about, that's the labeling of, my grandmother's biscuits, that's the labeling? >> and they will always steer you in that direction. >> the prices, $16.99 versus $17, so high-end restaurants it's a two-digit number. or they don't show you. >> and also it's not the right side of the column anymore. it's the center. you see restaurants, as you go up the price scale that won't even use numbers. they just spell it out. 20, 30 and put it in the center. and the reason why they put it in the center is because if they did it on the right side of the column, most customers will go up and down the column and take the least expensive item. when they put it in the center, you don't. >> before we go, have i to ask you about the charging of the bags. at spirit, going from $45 to $100, in less than 30 seconds, that doesn't seem right. >> it doesn't seem right. let's go beyond this and look at history. spirit was actually the first airline to charge for checked baggage many years ago. guess what happened? all the other airlines followed suit. now they charge $45 for carry-on

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>> we have a new accident on northbound 101, blocking two lanes right before great america parkway. speeds are pretty slow coming up on the scene. the no. 2 and no. 3 when are blocked approaching great america parkway. it slows silicon valley commute, a little bit sluggish heading out of milpitas.

we also have slow speeds coming off the nimitz and as you pass the coliseum. that drive time is between 25- 30 minutes. the quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza where it is stacked up to the maze. >> a little bit of drizzle beginning to show up around the bay area as we have a cold front sweeping into town. the golden gate off in the distance, you just can't see it. we continue to see more rain making its way into the north bay. 50s and 60s for today and week returned to sunshine tomorrow. it still a bit on the reason side,,,,,,,,

♪ welcome back to this "cbs this morning." a court decision on pit bulls has outraged many dog owners and rescue groups while some parents and victims are cheering. >> maryland's highest court ruled pit bulls are inherently dangerous. whit johnson says there's concern for what legal implications can be in the rest of the country. good morning. >> reporter: charlie, good morning to you. in maryland now, if your pit bull bites, no longer does negligence need to be proven. in the past, some smaller communities have banned the breed all together but no state has gone this far. ryan zimmerman says his three-legged friend zelda hardly fits the label she's been

branded with by maryland's top court. when you looked at her for the first time, did you think to yourself, this dog is inherently dangerous? >> no. she inherently had a lot of shy issues. >> reporter: he adopted her last summer after she was found under a porch, neglected with a broken and infected leg. he's worried last week's ruling puts an unfair burden on well-intentioned dog owners like him. >> you can charge more for rent for the higher cost of insurance. and also for a lot of the pits that won't be able to be adopted, you know, a lot of them will probably be put down. >> reporter: under the ruling, not just pit bull owners, but landlords who have the dogs living on their property are now liable for their actions. the decision stem from a series of cases where individuals were violently attacked. court records state, over the last 13 years, is there have been no less than seven instances of serious maulings by pit bulls on maryland residents

lting in either serious injury or death. like the case of 10-year-old dominick solesky who narrowly survived a pit bull attack. >> attacked him in the face, drug him to the ground, bit him in the arm and got him in the femoral artery. >> reporter: colleen lynn who runs an educational website wrote a brief to the maryland court supporting the decision. >> when they attack, they don't stop. and this is what ends up killing people. pit bulls are the top killing dog breed. >> reporter: lynn hopes other states will follow maryland's lead. the spca in maryland hopes they don't. they have several pit bulls waiting to be be be adopted and say it's nurture, not nature, that gives the breed a bad reputation. >> every animal is an individual, so to say that all pit bulls are inherently dangerous is absolutely untrue. >> reporter: now, dog rescue groups fear this decision will overwhelm their shelters and

lead to more animals being put down. they're seeking help from state lawmakers and vowing to fight. >> thank you, whit johnson. my sister has a pit bull and every time i go over there, i'm a little nervous. even though they say she's a marshmallow, won't hurt you, but there's too many stories. piz his name is diesel. it's an interesting name. >> there is. >> you should never react to producers in our ear -- >> they don't know who you're talking to. >> they go crazy. they want to do it all the time now. >> that is true. but i've seen too many stories, guys, where the pit bulls seem to snap. >> it's hard. i know, probably like your sister's dog, i have close friends and family who have had pt bulls and they understandably get upset because it's more of a combination of nature and nurture. i'm a big dog lover. >> as we all are. >> i'm a big believer in rescue dogs. i would admittedly be cautious with a dog with pit bull in it

because it's hard to know where they came from. >> you stand where? i think this is very telling. there was a picture of barkley, charlie's dog and he said, take that down because he's not a pit bull. do they make you nervous or do you believe that's how the dog is raised? i think that's truth to that, too. >> my thoughts on this are, two. one, they need to understand why pit bulls -- why there are more series of incidents with pit bulls, and then do something about it, because i think too many instances i know of people who have been hurt. >> me, too. >> or read about it. i don't know them personally. >> apologies to diesel. >> i'm sure he's a lovely dog. >> yes. >> i'm in big trouble. >> we'll take you in. >> i'm in big trouble. we've move on. "the scream" a world famous symbol of human anxiety and there was plenty of that along with a fair dose of high drama as a version of the famous painting was auctioned last night as seth doane reports, it

sold for a record-breaking price. >> sold. $119,100,000. >> reporter: and "the scream" became the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. the 1895 pastel masterpiece, one of four versions, went on the block at sotheby's new york, with an opening bid of $40 million wednesday night. the winning bid, more than $119.9 million. suh was at the auction and wrote monk's biography. >> there's a number of private islands, they can buy private jets, but only one "scream". >> few bidders. the unidentified winner participated in the 12-minute auction by phone. how much do you think this painting is really worth? >> well, it's the same with everything in this world.

it's worth what someone wants to pay for it. >> reporter: pick kthis held th previous. david nash is a new york art dealer. >> monk is to admission to go and see his paintings, monk was a bit of a master of marketing himself, would he be impressed with the excitement around this piece of art, this auction? >> reporter: that's hard to say. but i imagine he couldn't fail to be impressed by it. >> reporter: in fact, the sale price might even be enough to make monk scream. >> sold. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," i'm seth doane, new york. >> nice little piece. >> i was going to say the best part was that cackle, ha, ha, ha. why do you suppose people that spend so much money on art do not want to be identified. i'm always fascinated by that. >> maybe they're concerned about

people trying to steal it. if you have money, you're fairly well protected. >> and security, too. >> i think you do. >> they know what to do. they know what to do. >> it's an interesting question. >> none of us at the table -- >> i was going to say. >> not a problem we face. >> going over to charlie and say, there it is. >> i was wondering who that person was. >> it ain't me. >> there's screaming at my place, but it's not the painting. lie, i could go so many places with that, but i'm not. >> well, well, well, i remind you from a segment weeks ago, gayle, he does not do dishes. if you watched us that morning, you may follow that. >> why did i come here? >> you came, charlie, because you love being here. you can dial from your iphone -- >> we're off the rails. >> and send a link to our app -- >> you want to see us off the rails, go to your local app. >> no, stay with us. please. beth behrs stars in "two

broke girls" here in studio 57 to talk about -- >> i thought you said two broke gayles. >> gayle is a big fan of the show. >> commercial break,

and i got so excited. two broke girls follows struggling wae inine ining wait launch a cupcake business. surprise guest is added to the mix in the season finale. >> oh, no. the cupcake got a little smooshed in my purse. >> we can't show this to martha stewart now. >> sure we can. you think she's never had a cupcake smoosh on her? >> i doubt that. she's perfect. her feet don't even touch the ground. the woman probably doesn't even go to the bathroom.

>> marsha stewart's hardly perfect. >> and how are you this evening? >> no, you're right. martha stewart isn't perfect. >> oh, i never said that. >> one half of that comedy duo, beth behrs, here with mo rocca, who profiled "two broke girls" as it went on the air last fall. mo rocca with his ginormous bow tie. but you look night. >> yes. >> congratulations on your season. you were here in 2008, just graduating from college and here you are on a hit show. >> i know. it's been the most amazing year. i'm so lucky. we're still pinches ourselves. >> they say the secret is the chemistry between and you cat. is it as good as it looks? >> it is. people say, you're best friend but we are literally best friends. >> you were there. is she telling the truth?

>> yes. >> we have to turn to mo for this. >> as the authority on this, i was there on the set and there was actually real chemistry. and they were just traveling together in europe. >> yeah, we were. we were in france. we had never been to paris so we just went there for the first time together, which was awesome. >> there does seem to be an increase in female-led comedies. what do you think that is. >> i'm not sure. >> i'm glad. i'm very glad. with the exception of "bridesmaid," women are everywhere in tv. it wasn't too long ago that it was perfectly acceptable to say women aren't that funny. a lot of people would say that. and i think that's obviously not true. the last emmys, the funniest moment -- >> when they all stood up. >> all those great women did that bit. >> were you a funny kid? do you consider yourself a comedian? >> yeah, i was always trying to make my parents laugh. i used to do school projects everyone would go up and read

normally and i would have a flamboyant character, dancing around the room. yeah, i always had that in me. you know, i think women have been funny. carol burnett, lucille ball. the thing people saying women aren't funny but they've been funny forever. >> a very long time. >> now a great influx on tv which is amazing. >> which women do you like? >> i named two of my favorite. whitney cummings, tina fey, melissa mccarthy. there's so many women on tv right now that are funny. >> do your parents watch the show? >> they do. >> you know where i'm going. >> i do. >> because, i think -- and i like the show, too. eye been watching since day one. it seems to me, it just seems to be getting a little raunchier, seems to be pushing the envelope. do you think that's true, number one? say? does your mother have to number one, do you think it's true? do you think they are pushing -- >> i think we do push envelopes. that's what makes comedy

ground-breaking, you are going against something that's never been done before. the thing about our show, i will say about our writers and our show, if you look at the jokes, everything is coming from a real place. a real character place. honest, truthful moment within the story, within what's going on in the moment. so, i always say that, you know, even though they're out there jokes that push boundaries it's always coming from a true place of the character. never truly for shock value. >> i have to applaud you guys -- >> i'm thinking about that. >> oh, i don't know about that. >> go ahead, mo. >> i have to applaud you for only having a somewhat ridiculously large new york apartment. all these new york sitcoms like in "friend," they must have been working for goldman sachs, but yours is somewhat -- >> everything in there is vintage. >> i love how it's done. this is what your producer said about you, michael patrick king. beth is a gold mine, a deep well of talent. that's nice. but you had to audition for the

role seven times. >> i did. >> why is that? >> well, i -- i was -- i had just done a couple of guest stars. i was on "na nanny, living in a apartment, so waitress, nan ydy it all. they have to make sure that i could carry, you know, the pressure of doing a show every week on national television. >> you have certainly -- seven auditions were worth it. you're a knockout in this show. >> thank you. >> i love the set-up piece with marsha stewart. she'll object the finale. what was that like for you guys? >> it was amazing. actually, michael patrick king said it was the first time when he seen me at a table read ever shy away from the dirty stuff. like my face would get red and nervous sitting next to her because i felt so embarrassed and like we had to be very proper. but she's hilarious. >> she can be dirty. >> martha is hilarious? >> her xhecomedic timing blew m away. she was funny.

i was quite impressed. >> that's coming up on monday. >> can i add one thing? >> no. >> there's going to be a backlash against cupcakes. i like the show -- >> are you cupcake'd out? >> i'm not. >> i think they're too cute. and i think it's -- our culture, the i think we we need to go back to cake where we share pieces of a whole. >> mo rocca, i respectfully -- >> i just wanted to make that point. >> i respectfully disagree. it's always good to see you. always good to see you. >> and i need to make mai t 8:00/7:00 central right here on cbs. when we come back, elettra wiedeman des n is here in studio. a big name in fashion. get this, nutrition coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

fashion model elettra wiedemann has been on fashion kors for decades. >> this child of hollywood is a ceo, activist and philanthropist on a mission to bring healthy eating to the fashion world. >> hello. >> you look so much like your mom, rossellini. >> they say about your pedigree, modern day renaissance modern, fluent in french, english and spanish, but how is your pig

lat latin? i'm really good at that. what i like is you like to combine two of your pags, fashion and food. we think, is that possible, fashion and food? >> it is. i started goodness, a pop-up restaurant -- >> explain what a pop-up restaurant is. >> mine something that exists for four or five days at a time. there's a different chef and a different menu every day and the food is locally sourced from local farms, seasonal. we're kind of educating people about what's in season at that time without them know they're being educated, which is the best way to be educated, right. >> it's called goodness. i like the name of the restaurant. >> it's been a great success. we started in september and then again in february and i just did one in iceland, at design march festival and we had over 1,000 people coming over four days just for one meal. we only served lunch. it was really, really full all the time. >> so, part of this, correct me if i'm wrong, too, you wanted to have this new york fashion event so models would eat. obviously, people have this thinking of, like a model is not going to eat. you say it's very difficult to

do when you're doing a lot of fashion week shows. >> well, it is. you know, fashion week is actually, the busiest week for us. it's the week you have to bring your "a" game and look your best. which is hard after four or five days to live on such little food. i created goodness for me because i was always wanting to eat something healthy i could be healthy and engage with local culinary theme. i would be in in these amazing cities. now, they all come to me. i created it for myself. i'm lucky other people think it's a good idea. >> so, of all these things you do, what brings you the greatest satisfaction? >> a new thing i started doing is training for triathlons. i just did my first race and i'm totally obsessed. so, i think that that's going to be a major new thing in my life. >> what did you love about it? >> you know, i'm very competitive by nature. >> you're competitive. you're competitive. and it gave me a great outlet. i'm basically paid to go to the gym and to be healthy.

to have something to do at the gym and have a coach and a team and a purpose and the i train with people who are just starting like me and i'm training with professional athletes so the bar is higher and higher. it's amazing what the human body can do. >> when i look at your mother and grandmother, they're both so strikingly beautiful. growing up, did you feel pressure to look pretty, did you feel that at all? >> when i was growing up, i had braces and i had a back brace i wore 24 hours a day so being a fashion model was on my radar, which is why i got good at school. hi to focus on something so --. >> congratulations to you. >> thank you so much. >> fashion, food, triathlon. show off. >> great to see you. >> pleasure to have you on the program. >> that does it for us. up next, your local news. we will see you tomorrow on "cbs

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