thanks for watching cbs 5 early edition. next local update at 70 5:00 a.m.. good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, may 9th, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. al qaeda gives a deadly mission to the long man. john miller has the inside story of the cia informant who broke up an airline bomb plot. i'm gayle king. when vice president biden talks about gay marriage, is he speaking for president obama? and when i see you at 8:00, secretary of state clinton says it's time we all stop worrying about our looks. i'm erica hill. mark zuckerberg is a no show. will investors decide they can trust a ceo in a hoodie?

>> first, we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> this time our guys got it right. >> a stunning twist in the plot to bomb a u.s. bound jetliner. >> the would-be underwear bomber was actually a cia informant who infi infiltrated al qaeda in yemen. >> i think the only guy who has had any luck with exploding underpants is anthony weiner. >> mitt romney won the primaries in north carolina, indiana and west virginia. >> north carolina voters approve a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman only. >> gay couple smoking with contraceptives be the worst thing. >> my god. heaven forbid. a sheriff's deputy grabbed a suicidal man just as he was about to jump off the bridge. >> josh hamilton hit four home

runs in a game. >> how about another. >> all that. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i said you should have thought about that before you tried to rob that lady. >> a moment of candor. >> no one has ever doubted i mean what i say. the problem is i sometimes say all that i mean. >> and all that matters. >> a paralyzed woman is the first person to finish a marathon wearing a bionic suit six days after the marathon began. >> apparently bush called 411 thousands of times to ask if santa was real. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." we now know why a plot to blow up a u.s. bound airliner had no chance of succeeding. the trigger man chosen by al

qaeda was a double agent working for saudi arabia and the cia. >> john miller, former director of national intelligence is here with the inside story. this is why john brennan couldn't tell us where. >> it was a good reason. he delivered the device to u.s. intelligence officials and provided information on the whereabouts of fahd al quso, the senior commander of al qaeda's wing in yemen killed in a drone strike last weekend. it's an intelligence victory but it came with a cost. u.s. intelligence officials faced a difficult decision. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula was looking for a suicide bomber. the target, an american jetliner. the only way for intelligence officials to ensure they controlled the plot was to have their own agent volunteer to be the bomber and then hand the bomb to the cia. the tradeoff, they would lose a source penetrated deep inside the organization. but they would save lives.

>> this is an intelligence cue. the fact that they got inside the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula network to disrupt this plot and to get location about senior al qaeda figures to include fahd al quso who killed last week. >> penetrating an organization like aqap is extremely difficult. few know more about adap than ali soufan. >> they believe their concept of jihad is their earthly dimension of believing in god. there's a religious drive that they have. >> the newest bomb is said to be redesign of the underwear bomb, the one that failed to blow up over detroit on christmas day

2009. had it worked, it would have looked like this. >> our team has to get it right every time. the bad guys have to get it right only one time. this time our guys got it right again. >> the latest design is said to have an improved detonation system created by ibrahim hassan al asiri, aqap's explosive experts. what does his bombs tell another explosives expert? >> it says he has the assets and intent and he has no conscience. >> talent? >> he has talent. he's good at it. >> with us now from washington, phil mudd. good morning. clearly this is a big victory but clearly there's a lot of threats that are still out there. >> there is because they stopped one plot in motion but the bombmaker is still there. there are others who will step up for a suicide mission and of

course they have lost a source inside the organization. >> do you assume, phil, that there are other sources and that this is not the only source that saudi intelligence would probably plant inside? >> i would assume that's the case. if you look at what's happening in the arabian peninsula over the last eight or nine years, the saudis stamped out al qaeda in saudi arabia starting in about 2003 and a lot of saudi members of al qaeda went down to yemen. some of them want to go home. some are tired. some of them have families back home in saudi arabia. those are the kind of guys made men in the organization already who could serve as double agents. >> so that is how you get someone in. on the surface it is interesting how you get this person in and get to the point where they are the actually the person carrying the bomb. >> i think that's right. it sounds easy to get somebody and find someone who is sympathetic inserted in the organization. my experience is that's extremely difficult. you want someone who is disaffected with the organization an maybe someone who is going home seeing that

his friends are starting to have families and realizing that his life as a terrorist is going nowhere and says what's the way out? the way out is to go to a security service and say i'll serve as a double agent if you give me a life afterwards. >> what happens to the guy who was the informant? >> well, there is a big payoff. that comes with extraordinary risk to go inside undercover and they will gather up that individual, his family, those at a neutral site and be deprevibr for a long time. there's a big payoff in the seven figures and he'll be relocated with his family. >> you post the dilemma of losing a source but having to meet the threat of a direct attack. that seems to be an easier choice to make than might otherwise be. you could not let an attack go forward, could you? >> no. on some level it's a no-brainer. it takes so long to get a source in there and to figure out ways to get that information out. there's always a temptation to

say maybe there's a way we'll be able to follow that bomb and track the flight and so on. the risk factor is too much. >> phil? >> when you are sitting at the table running an agent like this and watching this threat develop, you have a simple priority and that is to ensure even if you want to destroy the organization, you don't put american or other lives at risk. the choice isn't that difficult. if there are lives at risk, you have to lose the source. i would close with this, another shoe to drop. when does the bombmaker go down? my question isn't simply did we stop the plot? my question would be did we get information to stop the plotter? that's the bombmaker still out in the field. >> when you look at this there is a question of the corporation between saudi intelligence and the cia. do we assume there's good coordination now between the cia and other intelligence agencies? >> i wouldn't assume it's very good. i would assume it's excellent. let me tell you something. when you sit there and have to

deal with potential threats to citizens whether in europe, the united states, saudi arabia, any place, you'll talk to virtually anybody. if the balance is going to talk to somebody and let information out and maybe risk a leak or potentially put an american life at risk, that's an easy balance for a decision maker to make. you'll talk to people. in my experience with the saudis, they are great partners. >> thank you both. now to politics. mitt romney won three more presidential primaries on tuesday, indiana, north carolina and west virginia. voters in north carolina also approved a constitutional amendment to prevent same-sex marriages. some observers want to know if trouble is brewing on that issue between vice president joe biden and president obama. joining us with more, bill plante is at the white house this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. and good morning in the west. well, when the vice president seems to endorse gay marriage, he set off washington's talking heads. was it a deliberate signal to the gay community or just

another unscripted moment by joe biden being joe biden? on tuesday the vice president addressed his tendency to say whatever is on his mind. >> no one has ever doubted i mean what i say. the problem is i sometimes say all that i mean. >> reporter: in that speech to a conference of rabbis in atlanta, biden also demonstrated where he can be an effective spokesman for the obama administration. >> i hope by now no one doubts the president is willing to use power. the president is smart. >> reporter: the vice president's latest off the cuff moment showed that he can also be a liability, which is not news to the white house. he can be exuberant as when the president's health care bill finally passed congress. he can be careless as when he joked about chief justice john roberts flubbing the presidential oath.

>> my memory is not as good as justice roberts. >> reporter: he can be brutally honest, maybe too honest even about himself. >> hillary clinton is as qualified or more qualified than i am to be vice president of the united states of america and it might have been a better pick than me. >> reporter: sometimes the president weighs in on biden's impromptu remarks. >> i don't remember exactly what joe was referring to. not surprisingly. >> reporter: that jab annoyed the vice president who buttered up to the boss one day over lunch but their relationship is close. biden is one of the few people beyond his own circle the president has come to trust and sees him as someone who relates both to blue collar voters and to his longtime former colleagues on capitol hill. a relationship so close that the president joking with reporters at a recent dinner edited out a

quip about whether biden would remain on the ticket in 2012. >> it's hard to be funny with president of the united states sitting next to you but somehow joe biden manages to do it day in and day out. >> reporter: what are chances the president picks another runningmate? zero according to everyone around here. look for the vice president to play the role usually assigned to someone this that position to be on the attack during the campaign while the president takes the high road. charlie, erica? >> bill plante, thanks. with us now national journal white house correspondent major garret. welcome. are you buying the idea this was a slip or a flub by the vice president or in fact it was prearranged? >> i believe it was tactical and intentional. the president says he's evolving on gay marriage. you're either for it or against it. the gay community knows that. the president is not there yet. joe biden saying he's okay with it, arne duncan education

secretary saying that and you have two big administration officials raising this issue. why? to illustrate two things. the progress the white house has made from the gay community's point of view, don't ask, don't tell, allowing hospital visits for gay couples, all those things are brand new achieved by the obama administration and remind voters that mitt romney used to be progressive if you believe that's what it is on gay issues and is now conservative in a way that shows him as a flip-flopper. the administration sees this as a way to emphasize and underline what they've done, portrayed mitt romney negatively and the president is still in the same place he's always been. >> what's wrong with the president saying this is what i believe? he's not there yet. in his head he's not there or in political pragmatism he's not there? >> it could be both. i have to take the president at his word. i assume the president is not comfortable with politics of saying he personally -- >> there is north carolina too.

>> north carolina underscores the political peril for the president on this issue. north carolina is going to be tough enough for the president to win. indiana, virginia, elsewhere, some swing states and some mountain west states could be more complicated if the president comes out foursquare for gay marriage. on the tactics, i think it works as a net positive of the administration. i don't think it was accidental at all. >> let's look to senator lugar. 35 years now concedes defeat last night. there's back and forth this morning in papers as to whether this is victory for the tea party. what he said in a statement is partisans are dominating the political debate in the u.s. adding our political system is losing its ability to even explore alternatives. is this about a divided washington or had he been there too long? >> this is a unique story. orrin hatch has been in the senate a long time. he survived a tea party challenge in utah. he's going to probably win there. he's a classic case.

john mccain finished a primary challenge two years ago running an aggressive presidential campaign as orrin hatch did not. senator lugar did not. primary campaign got off to a slow start. he had residency issues in his own state and huge perception he had been in washington far too long and grown out of touch. when you're a senator facing a tea party challenge and you have that against you, you'll lose. >> one quick question. is it true the administration worries that there's a kind of what we saw in france throw incumbent out not only in europe but in the united states as well? >> every incumbent from the president on down should be worried. in the house you see incumbents win and get through. senate is more choppy. president has to look at his own polling data saying there's an unsettled atmosphere out there. look at the campaign slogan, forward. forward in one direction? it doesn't say where we are and that's a limitation for the president.

>> major, nice to see you. thanks. rescue crews are heading to western indonesia to search for a missing russia plane with 44 people on board. air traffic controllers lost contact 12 minutes after takeoff from jakarta. it's the new airliner designed in russia since soviet union collapsed. facebook is the most talked about ipo in a decade but this week the company is encouraging the world's top investors to sink money into the original social network. >> that's mark zuckerberg's job. rebecca jarvis says so far his efforts are getting mixed reviews. >> part of the reason for all of this scrutiny is that the stakes are just so high for this ipo. of the last ten consumer internet companies that have gone public, just three are worth more today than when they made their debut as public companies. pressure is on to see if facebook can escape that trend.

>> mr. zuckerberg, do i have your full attention? >> no. >> reporter: now the world's attention has turned to mark zuckerberg, everyone from investors to users are watching for details of zuckerberg's private company goes public. monday kicked off facebook's so-called road show where execs try to sell shares to investors. no one knew whether zuckerberg would show up. when he did, he made an entrance. in a sea of suits, zuckerberg appeared in his trademark hoodie and according to one report seemed advivisibly nervous. they are confident in selling the brand, hoodies and all. >> every product experience you have is social and that's powered by facebook. >> reporter: that's the message of the 30-minute promotional video the company put together to try to win investors. it shined the spotlight brightly pchanged the world from his

harvard dormroom. >> he built the company and the company is him. >> reporter: as important as zuckerberg was to building facebook, he may not be the best at selling it. on day two of the dog and pony show, zuckerberg kept to smaller meetings and that video singing his praises, the company ditched it. >> as much as people have to respect the young man, there's always going to be a healthy dose of skepticism. it is incredibly unusual for the ceo and founder not to show up for this. this is the big dance. >> reporter: that big dance is going to make zuckerberg more powerful. estimates say he could make $17.6 billion when facebook goes public. and he'll maintain a 57% stake in the company. meaning in the end, the big question for investors is whether or not to trust the guy in the hoodie. >> you're buying him. you're buying his zany, wild,

brilliant creativity and if that comes with a hoodie instead of a pinstripe suit, that's fine by me. >> it may silly to pay all of this attention to whether or not mark zuckerberg is wearing a hoodie but some people say he's worn suits in the past. he wore a suit at the town hall with the president and a couple other occasions, if he didn't wear one to this meeting with investors, how seriously are you taking this ipo? at the end of the day, this is mark zu

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>> a few years ago mitt shared this touching childhood memory. >> my dad marched with martin luther king. >> now while technically it turns out that wasn't true, it feels true. in fact, you know what? as a boy mitt romney marched with martin luther king. let's do that. and as a direct result the barriers that could have kept a certain young black man out of law school fell away. so without romney's help, america would never have elected its first black president, which means that said president would never have given the order to kill osama bin laden so who killed osama bin laden?

>> i'll take a lot of credit. >> we thank you. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> at the john edwards corruption trial we're waiting to see if his former mistress, rielle hunter will testify before prosecutors finish their case. a former supporter took the witness stand on tuesday and admitted tipping off president obama's campaign that edwards was having an affair. >> there was dramatic testimony from a former speech writer. we go to the courthouse in groa greensboro, north carolina. >> reporter: this is the week prosecutors are wrapping up their case bringing in that other key witness yesterday who described edwards as knowing more about the money used to hide his mistress than his lawyers say. john edwards' former speech writer dealt a blow to the defense tuesday claiming the former presidential candidate knew that a wealthy donor was financially supporting his mistress, rielle hunter, and their baby girl francis quinn.

we had know that fred baron had taken care of things. edwards left that information out of a 2010 statement in which he admitted he was the child's father. button helped him draft it. we needed to take it out. edwards' lawyer says that andrew young took most of the money for himself to build his dream home. earlier tuesday young's friend and one-time donor tim toben also appeared in court saying he warned president obama's campaign to take a hard look about the affair. toben was shot that obama thought he could be the running mate despite the coverup. i was alarmed. i couldn't believe a man with a 4-month-old baby with another woman would seriously consider

running for vice president. but the defense tried to damage toben's credibility pointing to e-mails in which he called the former senator a pathetic little man and his wife, elizabeth, a power hungry control freak. toben said i thought he betrayed the trust of the people he spoke for. the prosecution has a full lineup of witnesses. six more including a former press secretary for edwards but still no answer as to the question that everyone is asking right now, will rielle hunter testify and if so, when? charlie and erica, back to you. >> thank you. erin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's day 13 of this trial. >> so what is the sum total of these witnesses that the defense is putting on the stand? >> reporter: well, i think wendy button in particular was one of the most important witnesses in

recent days. she was actually listed not by name in the indictment. her testimony was listed. she's really the first person who could tell the jurors that john edwards admitted to her that in fact he did know that his friend, fred baron and his campaign finance chairman was supporting rielle hunter. that is important in this case. when it comes to federal election law, ignorance of the law is an excuse. the prosecutors have to prove that john edwards knowingly and willfully fligviolated the law. that's what various aides, speech writers, but remember with wendy button, he didn't tell her that until i believe it was summer of 2009, a year and a half after his campaign ended. he said he didn't know details. he said he had only just learned about the bunny mellon money. these aides are a mixed bag.

>> she didn't deliver what the prosecution was hoping. didn't she write in a blog in 2008 something about him being a sociopath or certain things that were more expected perhaps of her testimony. >> reporter: right. actually she hasn't gone through cross-examination yet. they'll use that. she did describe sociopathic. defense will show her as she's bitter. she admitted she was bitter. it will be kind of hard to hear her down although i will point out she was shopping around a book proposal. again, the defense can say this woman is making this testimony because she wants to benefit from it. >> is there buzz around the prosecution is making its case or they are not so therefore the defense may go for some kind of directed verdict? >> reporter: you know, charlie, that's kind of standard at the end of prosecution's case. the defense does ask for a

verdict of acquittal. i think in this case, i think the defense has more reason to. big question is rielle going to take the stand? rielle hunter is a wild card. both sides say that she helps their case. i went back and i read the interviews she did with "gq" two years ago and said she was being used by the youngs and had no idea how much money so john edwards didn't either. she could work both ways. it's so interesting. every day is really difficult to see how good this case is. >> the question is whether campaign money was used for a private reason? >> reporter: yes. if it was campaign money used for private reason, that's against the law. if these were gifts and they were used for personal reason that he would have used whether or not he was running for the presidency and in fact that he was using it even after he stopped his campaign, then that would not be a violation of the

law. >> thank you. a little bit of a toy story gone wrong. airport security in rhode island find gun parts and bullets hidden inside a stuffed animal carried by a 4-year-old boy. how did that happen? >> and tomorrow former new york city mayor rudy giuliani will be here in studio 57. you're watching "cbs this morning." [ baby crying ] my turn. ♪ [ dad ] what's that? you got mommy a mother's day present? from where? whoa. nice. oh, i totally agree... ...she is the best mommy... ever. ♪ it's beautiful. [ male announcer ] save up to 30% on these diamond fashions for mom at kay jewelers. just one more reason kay is the number-one jewelry store in america. what's that? give daddy a great big kiss? ♪ every kiss begins with kay

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even ammunition in a very bizarre hiding place, had a lot of people concerned, both as they were going through security and then afterwards. >> reporter: on monday at t.g. green airport in providence, rhode island, a routine search turned into a major security scare. while screening a passenger's carry-on bag, tsa agents found the hardware of a .40-caliber gun, two magazines loaded with ammunition, and a firing pin, concealed within three stuffed animals, including a mickey mouse. >> stuffed animals were contained in the carry-on bag and the carry-on bag was going through normal screening procedures through the x-ray monitor. >> reporter: the bag belonged to a 4-year-old boy traveling with his father

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good morning. today in "healthwatch," is niceness in your genes? new data suggests being kind and generous is less about you and more about your genetic makeup. researchers looked at the results of a national survey that asked people about their attitudes toward civic duty, other people's place in the world and their charitable activities. people surveyed gave saliva examples for dna analysis. it showed niceness and feelings of responsibility of others or charity were connected with a gene that produces receptors for the hormones which are linked with socialability and niceness. researchers say niceness of the genes allow people to overcome the feelings of world being threatening. it's also clear connections between dna and social behavior are complex and life experience and other social factors contribute to how much we connect with and take care of others. nonetheless, perhaps the data should make us all a little more

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the great chuck barry born in st. louis, missouri. gayle, what's coming up in the next hour? >> charlie, i'm so excited. guess who's in the green room? let me tell you this first. "where the wild things are" are a childhood memory. we'll celebrate maurice sendak. and chris butler is in the studio, one of the bst titles, "they eat puppies, don't they". >> you're darn tooting. >> i can't wait to hear you explain where that came from. >> i'm ready. >> we're ready for you, too. secretary of state hillary clinton's feeling very comfortable in her own skin. she's getting lots of attention because of it. lee woodruff is joining our conversation about that. to that i say, leave hillary alone. is it better to save for kids college or own retirement? buy a house or rent? that's why jack otter is here.

i love this title. >> "worth it, not worth it". >> remodel the kitchen or finish the base? for a lot of people when you think about financial decisions it's complicated and very scary. >> because the financial industry wants you to be scared, they want you to think it's complicated so they have to sell you the answers. >> here's the thing about jack otter's book, what you say, there are right answers and there are wrong answers. it's not based on opinion. >> based on that and i'll help you get through some of that. >> it's based on math and research. he's done a lot of research. so has chris buckley. you're watching "cbs this morning." remember, catch us on facebook, twitter, google plus. we want to make it easy to find us.

>> time for the news headlines from cbs five. the threat is now over in southern san mateo county, that is the scene of a hazardous materials incident that happened early this morning. it began when men and were using chemicals to refined gold in the back of pickup truck. all is well now. santa clara county sheriff's deputies hope that a car will lead them to new clues in the disappearance of the teenager's sierra lamar. investigators announced they found a red volkswagen that might be connected to the 15 year-old disappearance. they're not revealing how or where they found the car or to the car is registered to but

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>> we will start you off in marin county, south down 101, a pretty heavy traffic down toward san rafael. there was a stall reported in the area which is not helping matters. westbound 237 in the red this morning. 14 minutes between 8008101. heavy traffic in san jose. the bay bridge is backed up well to the core mcarthur maze >> fog along the coastline, the temperatures will be cooling down for the next few days. clouds have moved in so grab a jacket with you. '40's and 50's right now in

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something i wanted to ask, his first name, pronounce it for us? spell that. >> vvbitnw. >> she knows how to spell her dad's name. i like that. >> i'm charlie rose with erica hill. over the past six years prescription for testosterone replacement therapy has doubled. you may have seen commercials telling men it is time to get checked. >> lost your appetite for romance and your mood is on its

way down you might have a treatable condition called low testostero testosterone. >> german researchers took a group of overweight men and restored normal levels. the group lost weight and improved cholesterol. urologist at cornell medical center is joining us now. >> how are you? >> i'm good. i'm thinking men around the country are doing the hula. >> we are not aware that men have low testosterone. it is the only male hormone we have. now we realize if you have a low testosterone level you can treat it. >> how does it get low? i didn't know that was possible? >> a lot of people think testosterone levels as you get older go below normal. at all ages it should be normal.

some men have low testosterone. men who are overweight and men with a big belly. so when i see somebody in my office i can tell it is low testosterone. >> what happened when you take replacement therapy. this study it was amazing. men come in. they are overweight and tired and may have diabetes. they are exhausted, low sex they can barely stay awake and much less have sex. >> it is good to be awake when you have sex. >> some wonder. >> certainly for men for sure. when you increase testosterone levels they feel better and stronger and energetic and then they can workout and have self confidence. >> is it about energy or sexual performance or both? >> it is about energy. sexual performance comes with when you are energetic and

healthy. if your sex drive is low that is an indication of a problem. >> any down side risks to taking replacement therapy. >> there is. you only take replacement therapy if your level is below normal. >> if it is not? >> you don't take it. >> the weight loss. do you start the testosterone therapy first or do they have to lose weight? >> i never tell people to lose weight and exercise because they don't. >> you don't tell them to lose weight? >> it's not fair. >> you are a different kind of doctor. >> here is what i do first. i wrote a book called the male biological clock. >> do you like that or not? >> we have an example of a man who lost 100 pounds. it's hard to lose weight. for men the first thing you have to do is check your testosterone

level. if it is low and you replace it people feel energetic. they can go on a diet. self-esteem is boosted. >> you start with the testosterone. >> is there a concern that people could be looking at this for something else? do you worry about men thinking it could boost my sex drive? >> well, my concern is men who take it when they shouldn't when the levels are normal. they want to go to the gym and get a six pack which is ridiculous. men in their 50s aren't going to have six packs. my 16-year-old son has an eight pack so i have a keg. >> that's okay. >> it's not inevitable. >> no. >> is there a thing called male menopause? >> no. >> that word is out

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long. watch out angelina is what they are saying. "huffington post" looked at how much was paid for expenses. added up to nearly $4 million last year. 15,000 for jimmy carter's postage. 80,000 to pay george w. bush's phone bill and the rent on bill clinton's office. >> that's a lot of cash. our baton rouge station, wafb, hello you guys. the current must-have toy, the tanorexic doll. her lawyer says her client is a victim of tanism.

stop the crazy. >> we'll stop that crazy and move to this one. the home of the happiest place on earth is also the porn capital of america. they are talking about men's health list of hard core dvd purchases and porn searches on google. when you add it together orlando ranks number one followed by las vegas and then wilmington, delaware. >> that's a surprise. and the milwaukee journal sentinel reports a woman was fired from her bank job because she shop lifted 40 years ago when she was 18. wells fargo let her go after a background check. no fair, no fair. that was 40 years ago. i have to say when i was in middle school i stole a hostess

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♪ strike a pose so joe biden, the very straight forward way, gay marriage. how did this come? >> i think will and grace probably did more to educate the american public than almost anything anybody's ever done. >> here's my impression of ellen degeneres hearing that comment. wait. i always cut myself with these things. >> like it. secretary of state hillary clinton is back from an overseas trip that took her to three countries over the weekend. but it's not her diplomacy that's making news. it is her appearance. >> she appeared with no makeup, natural hair and glasses and the secretary makes no apologies. >> i feel so relieved to be at

the stage i'm at in my life right now, jill, because, you know, if i want to wear my glasses, i'm wearing my glasses. if i pull my hair back, i'm pulling my hair back. and, you know, at some point it's just not -- it's just not something that deserves a whole lot of time and attention. if others want to, you know, worry about it, i'll let them do the worrying for a change. >> lee woodruff has been watching secretary clinton's makeover and now she joins us at the table. and i love what hillary clinton just said. we have been looking at hillary clinton since she had the headband on a "60 minutes" piece years ago. she's saying, look, i'm going to do what i'm going to do. if you want to worry about it and talk about it, it's on you guys. i love that. >> i love it, too. i'm right in her -- >> but a heard a but. >> no. i've been talking to a lot of women about this issue. it's a very polarizing issue. >> polarizing how? >> because i feel like you do. i feel like, good for you.

i'm tired of the double standard. i'm tired of the conversation always about a woman's looks. and hillary, hillary gets nailed. did we do this to janet reno, to merkel? i mean, are they getting raked over the kohl's if they're having a bad hair day? the counterpart i'm hearing from other people, and they tend to be maybe younger than me s a woman has a responsibility to be put together. when she's going out. >> yes, but, this is not hillary clinton sitting around with her hair in a ponytail, not showering for three days, in her sweat pants, looking disheveled. she has a suit, hair is clearly combed. >> i walk around as soon as i leave this building with no makeup, my hair up, half the time with my glasses on. >> i get it. she's not slob, there's not vomit on her collar, chin hair braided. she's tired, maybe i have an eye infection so i'm going to wear my glasses instead of contacts.

i don't need to explain. i'm over 60 i love that. >> >> so do i. >> really? >> the fact she made, you should be allowed to grow older as you do. and she's very comfortable in her own skin now. especially now. and that's one of her more admirable qualities, of which there are many, intelligence, a work ethic, a whole range of other things, including feeling natural about herself. >> couldn't that be a great representation for women and for a woman in a role of power, as we see her, and a great message to young girls that, yes, you should look presentable. that i think we can agree on. >> but it doesn't have to be, you know, presentable that involves pounds of makeup and only contact lenses. >> but there's an argument sometimes made that somebody, in terms of men, they don't look presidential or if you're a president you shouldn't do that. you perhaps can make a case for certain kinds of things like that, but this is so far away from that. >> i think part of the problem

is we put our political figures and our celebrities in the same basket now. we should not expect our political figures to be red carpet ready. this is not what they're doing. she's on a gruelling four-city tour in southeast asia, she's got jet leg, probably ate bad food. don't know if she did. but let's think about what's that like, 18-hour days. she's just been in china dealing with that dissident. i'm exhausted thinking about that schedule. >> we all agree. >> i was trying to come up with an alternate opinion. >> some people feel differently. >> a lot of people, actually. >> why doesn't this come for men? this will be good for you charlie. why aren't men under the gun, if they have big tummies or their hair doesn't look that great. why doesn't this come for men?

>> it's a sexist thing. grow your hair. we'll see what you look like. >> men are distinguished. men get great hair, wear glasses, they're distinguished. they have a little weight? that's because they're very successful. >> i wonder what charlie thinks about that. do you have an opinion? >> why is -- >> well, i don't know the answer. and if there is, i think it's unfair. >> this is the next glass ceiling for women. let's stop -- >> the next glass ceiling for women? >> yes. let's stop talking about how women look and what they do. that's how men are judged. >> we say, go hillary. continue doing what you're doing. she's doing a good job and that should be the most important message. >> and it's perfectly okay to look terrific and smashing and wonderful. >> that's good, too. >> and be smart. let's not forget. >> i'll come in tomorrow with no hair and makeup done and see how long i get to sit -- >> i was going to say that and see what you thought. >> thank you, lee. >> thank you, thank you. thank you. we'll help you decide is it

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>> time for the news headlines. police have pace barriers around the edge of the occupied farmland in albany. police tell us they are restricting traffic in the area and vehicles needed to be moved off site. uc-berkeley said it is considering some type of legal action to remove the activists. the search is on for a truck driver who hit a four year-old girl in concord and took off. police say she was playing in the yard near her home and stumbled into the street. she was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. state senators will take up a proposal to save state parks. 70 parts are slated to close at

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>> northbound 880 as you pass the coliseum, kind of a slow ride out towards downtown oakland. we are following an accident near fruit veil blocking one lane of traffic. westbound 237, it is really

heavy this morning for silicon valley. heavy through milpitas, san jose, and coming out of the altamont pass we have a lot of brake lights. >> a little bit of fog moving in on the coast line stretching into parts of san francisco right now. you see some of the fog we're in the distance. that is a sign of the sea breeze kicking in and cooling down the temperatures. 59 in livermore, 52 in santa rosa. this afternoon not quite as warm as yesterday but still in the '80s in many of the valleys. the next couple of days it looks like the temperatures will continue to cool off through tomorrow and by friday, high pressure begins to build back again.

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♪ where was the thunder >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." britain's queen elizabeth performed one of her most traditional and important jobs. i bet she wasn't howling. >> the queen, celebrating her diamond jubilee, opened a new session of parliament in a very colorful ceremony this morning. steeped with history. charlie d'agata is outside parliament. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, erica. yes, this morning we got just a hint of the huge celebrations to come in just a couple of weeks' time. as expected, her majesty and her entoura entourage pulled off another flawless performance. it's one of those lavish ceremonies the british do so well.

>> my lord's -- >> reporter: full of pomp and pageantry, a nod to history, if outdated and ever so slightly ridiculous. >> this is, as americans say, this is prom day at parliament. this is when everyone puts on their glad rags and says, aren't we great? in a way, maybe they are. >> reporter: you could say keeping the great in great britain is what it's all about. at its heart the state opening of parliament is a symbolic reminder of the relationship between the crown and the government. in her gilded horse-drawn carriage, the queen makes her way to the houses of parliament. it's a task she's taken on since being crowned in 1953, through 12 prime ministers, from winston churchill and margaret thatcher, to tony blair and now david cameron. she's only missed two ceremonies, when she was expecting prince charles' baby

brothers. it really becomes a royal prom at house of lords when she arrives in her imperial state crown blinging with 3,000 diamond in full ceremonial robes. then a man called the black rod goes to summon the house of commons. three knocks and an order. mr. speaker, the queen commands this honorable house to attend her majesty immediately in the house of peers. then comes the queen's speech. not written by the queen at all but the very politicians she's delivering it to. >> my government's legislative program will focus on economic growth, justice and constitutional reform. >> reporter: she sets out the year ahead, in essence, pledges, outlined by prime minister david cameron and his merry men. >> watch the queen when she read the speech, she manages not to impart any sort of emotion. she doesn't tell us if she thinks it's good or bad. just does it brilliantly, objectively, and prince philip,

always grinding his teeth and holding his sword. he hates it. >> reporter: if the queen wasn't happy with the words put in her mouth, she certainly didn't show it. if she wants a quiet word with the prime minister, she just has to summon him to the palace in private. >> i always think it's good when people can put on their glad rags. i like that phrase. >> reporter: and the glad rags are out today. >> they look good. thank you from london. you all know queens don't have to worry about money, but most people, most of us, have to make some basic financial decisions in our lives. sometimes it all boils down to one simple question, worth it, not worth it? >> that happens to be the title of a new book by jack otter, managing ed editor of "cbs moneywatch." great to have you here. i love this book. every page is easy. let's go through some of the best points in this, which for so many people, given the housing market, you look at where am i going to live and you say, should i buy, rent, because

mortgage rates are so low. >> i come down on the side of buying but not actually because of the economics, because of the behavioral aspect of it. a house is a piggy bank you can live in. you would be better off in most cases, if you rented your whole life and put every cent you save into bonds, stocks, invest it wisely, 30 years from now, you'll be rich. most people won't do that. they buy sneakers, go out to eat, and in 30 years they'll have no house and the same amount of money. you're buying a depressed asset for less than 4% of other people's money on right now is a particularly good time to buy. >> i just want to say, where have you been all my life? because what you say in this book is it's -- there are right and wrong answers. after i read your book i've done a lot of wrong things. am i the only one? >> my father says to me -- he was angry at me. he says, why didn't you give this to me when i was 25. >> that's what i'm thinking about now. credit or debit, i always thought debit because it comes out right away. >> absolutely.

if people listen to nothing else i say it is if you are in deep credit card debt, cut up those cards. only use debit. but if you can pay it off every month, as you should, then a lot of protections of a credit card. for instance, with a debit card, you buy 30 bucks worth of gas, the gas station might put a hold on $80 worth until they reconcile the book and realize you drive a 3-s instead of a pickup truck. in a hotel they put a hold on your money and you could overdraft and then they reconcile the books. >> a lot of people's debit card doubles as a credit card. is it better to choose it as a credit card when you can do either one because you have more protection in terms of if somebody steals your money? >> i wouldn't mess around with that. i would get a separate card. if you don't carry a balance, get airline miles, cash back. debit as a debit. >> cars, you mention if we saved our money we could buy a new car. >> sure. >> my dad was a car dealer, full

disclosure, and he said, never, ever, ever, ever, ever buy a new car. >> i love the new car smell as much as anybody. but the fact is -- >> it is a nice smell. >> in the first two years of ownership, that value plummets. that's where you really take the hit. it's called depreciation. if you can let someone else take that depreciatiodepreciation, b preowned certified car, you're better off. right now there's a funny anomaly, during the down turn, not many people bought new cars. right now the price differential is not that much. don't lease. that's one thing i'll tell you. >> when it says savings, save for your own retirement or kids' college education. i always thought college education. >> i think retirement. >> i have two children. i can't imagine not saving for their college education, but follow the flight attendant's advice, put your own oxygen mask

on first. save for retirement. there are lots of ways to get loan for college. it's not easy but you can do it. there's no such thing as a loan for retirement. >> date the cutie in the cubicle versus absolutely anyone else and you said, absolutely anyone else, but you didn't do that. >> let's say i learned my lesson the first time in a small office. wasn't a good idea to be dating someone in the next cubicle. when i became more mature, in a larger office, i met my wife, married her, and glad i did. >> kitchen remodel or finish the basement? one says you should do one or the other. >> the main lesson to impart is don't think of remodeling as an investment. you're not going to get 100% back. remodel your kitchen because you want a new kitchen. when you face those two up against each other, usually you go with the basement because if you have an unfinished basement, you have more square footage. if you're an iron chef, go for it. >> nice job. i'm thinking, i smell a sequel.

>> i do, too. i'm thinking, what a great graduation gift, especially for kids getting out of college. >> it's all about getting started, just the simple stuff. >> nice job. "worth it, not worth it" is on sale. goes without saying, we think it's worth it. how about this for a book title, "they eat puppies, don't they"? christopher buckley knows how t,

author christopher buckley made a huge splash with his best seller, do you remember "thank you for smoking" and then it became a blockbuster movie. >> one of the leading names in political satire. his new novel focuses on china called "they eat puppies, don't they?" >> good to be here. >> very nice to have you here.

i do like hillary clinton. >> before you came in, charlie said, you are one of his favorite people. i saw a shot of you in the green room. you were cracking up. what did he say? >> he's one of the funniest people. look at the book he's written. read what he can do with a line and understand it. so, satire, tell me about satire and the place it plays today. >> well, satire is tricky in america today. you're in a losing competition with tomorrow's "usa today." i finished this book a year ago. if you look at the acknowledgment page, you'll see it's dated june 21, 2012. and it came out, you know, yesterday and two weeks ago, president obama was kind enough to pre-promote the book by making -- introducing the subject of canine budgeting. > yes, i was thinking about you. >> very nice. i would like to say, thank you, mr. president. next week there was a story

about wiretapping within the chinese bureau. there is a poisoning scandal going on in china. you can't make this up. actually, you can make it up -- >> and it's all lined up for you. in your book, your victim is the dalai lama. i have to say, just the thought of someone trying to poich the dalai lama, i don't know what it says about my sensibility, but it cracks me up. you describe him as a 75-year-old sweetie pie with glasses. >> the sandals and the hugs and all that. no, i thought he would -- in the book, the book is about those task with fomenting anti-chinese frenzy in order to get a weapons program. he's trying to figure out, what could get -- his superiors say it's time to put the red back in red china, although the reddest things these days --

>> bo xinli had that -- >> in detention being investigated for poisoning -- >> allegedly poisoning mr. hayward. it's interesting things going on. >> is satire hard to write? >> well, writing is hard, as you know. satire is -- again, with satire, what you are up against in -- especially in america is reality. so, you want to keep it just inside of plausible, perhaps, which i don't always succeed in doing. as many critics point out. but it is fun, satire. >> they say about your latest book, if i can mention the title again, because -- >> please. hold the book up. >> sure. "they eat puppies, don't they?"

>> reasonably priced. >> they say people that like buckley's work, his reputation stays intact, his ability to amuse and offend is still there. is that what you want to do? amuse and offend? >> no, it's all about making money, gayle. i'll do that any way i can. >> you also wrote a book about your parents. >> i did. >> right after your dad died. >> so this is my return to satire. i wish they would say his long awaited return to satire, but they haven't said that. >> how about anticipated -- >> easily anticipated. i'll go for that. >> was that book so much harder to write than satire because it was so deep and loving as well as candid and personal? >> no, that book actually -- i won't say it wrote itself, but it wrote itself in 40 days, as a

matter of fact. no biblical references intended there. it wasn't a book i had to research. it was about my parents. both died within a year. i had no intention of writing it and one day i sat down and wrote it. they were two larger than life -- >> they were. >> you knew them well. >> quite well. no one like bill buckley on the scene today. i mean, he really was not only -- >> well, there's charlie rose and gayle king. >> no, we're not -- >> no, no, i can't even get in the conversation about bill buckley. i admired your dad very much. what was the most important thing he taught you as your son? what did he leave you with? >> i won't say i learned all the wonderful lessons that he imparted. he was a profoundly generous and patient man. he was a good man in so many ways. i learned about maybe 16% of

that. but i would say his generosity. to which i aspire but cannot say i completely learned. >> he spoke at his dad's memorial service and he said his dad taught him three things. plant a tree, have a child and write a book. >> that was actually jose marte. i was quoting, a great cuban leader. not a bad -- >> not a bad way to live. >> he did all that. he sailed around the world. and he changed history -- >> we have to remember another great person today so i have to say thank you very much for coming here. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> the book is called "they eat puppies, don't they?" >> i like the title. we remember the great maurice sendak when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

for those who don't know maurice sendak's works, read his book. for those who don't read, they've got lots of pictures. >> i'm a bit of an artist myself. let's see if i can do a quick portrait. can you hold still? >> three-quarters -- >> look at me. big sports fan? >> no. >> basketball? >> no. >> basketball. you like to skateboard? >> no. >> okay. >> nicely done. tributes have been pouring in for beloved children's book author maurice sendak who died yesterday at age 83. >> best known for "where the wild things are." it sold more than 19 million copies. we thought we would show you who was really touched by that book. >> you want to see something

cute? let's find ethan. i wonder where he is. >> ya! >> where the wild things are. >> by maurice sendak. >> maurice sendak. >> that's right. >> made mischief of all kind and another -- >> the wild things. >> and max said, i eat you up. >> so he was sent to bed without eating. >> that very night in max's room, a forest grew. >> until the ceiling hung with -- >> vines. >> and the walls were filled with -- >> forest. >> very good. >> and the ocean came by with a private boat for max. >> and he sailed off through night and day. >> night and day. >> uh-huh. and in and out of weeks and

almost over a year to -- >> where the wild things are. >> yes. >> when he came to a place where the wild things are, they roared their terrible roar and gnashed their terrible teeth and showed their terrible claws. >> tell my friends, be still and tame them. >> where the wild start. >> and sent the wild things off to bed without their supper. and max, the king of all the wild things, was lonely. and he wanted to be where someone loved him best of all. i think he's missing his mommy. >> then all around from far away, across the world he

smelled good things to eat and so gave up being king of where the wild things are. >> they said, please, max, don't go, mate, we'll eat you up. but max was over the island. >> and max said, no, the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws. but max stepped in his private boat and waved good-bye. >> and sailed back over a year in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him. and -- and it was still hot. the end. >> love that piece. >> the magic of being able to connect with children. i read again what one 8-year-old

wrote to him. how much does it cost to go where the wild things are? if it is not expensive, my sister and i would like to spend the summer there.

>> good morning. santa clara county authorities say they think that sierra lamar is still alive. investigators announced they found a red volkswagen that may be connected to the 15 year-old disappearance. morgan hill teenager was last seen going to school on march 16th. all clear on the peninsula following a hazardous material situation. some men are using chemicals to refine gold in the back of pickup truck. university of california students may be forced to pay more for tuition. officials are considering a plan to raise tuition by six percent in fall. that's if the state does not increase funding by $125

million. >> some fog and low clouds out towards the coastline, temperatures will begin to cool off just a few degrees. looking good in the valleys, a gentle breeze blowing but that will help to cool down the temperatures around the bay area today. 60 in san jose, 52 in santa rosa. by the afternoon many of these numbers will be in the '80s. some 60s in san francisco and out towards the coast. the next couple of days temperatures will continue to cool off. much warmer temperatures expected over the weekend. we will check out your time saver traffic coming up next.

>> we still have a lot of gridlock around the south bay. a couple of accidents on northbound 101 and juliet, still blocking one lane. and in northbound highway 85 by winchester boulevard. wayne's are blocked here as well. a lot of slow traffic around downtown san jose. we have also been following accidents around the nimitz.

drive times are still pretty heavy. even though the accident is still cleared, more than half hour between 238 and the maze. ,,,,,,