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updates coming up. good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, june 6th, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. erica hill is taking the day off. wisconsin decides to keep its republican governor rejecting a union led effort to get him out of office. a sign of things to come november? and we'll ask john mccain why he thinks lives are in danger. i'm gayle king. did the nypd go too far trying to track down possible terror suspects. john miller will tell us why they are facing a major lawsuit. should junk food ads be banned from the kids' shows? we begin with a look at
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today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >> voters want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. >> wisconsin governor scott walker survives a recall challenge. >> soundly defeating milwaukee democratic mayor tom barrett. >> the first governor in u.s. history to survive a recall attempt. >> the people you see here behind me can't get it done tonight, it's done. democracy is dead. >> the outcome could predict how the presidential race might go. >> the president's no show represents obama's goose is cooked. >> al qaeda's number two leader al libi is dead. >> terror network second in command killed in a u.s. military drone strike. >> investigators are looking as to whether or not the e-mail account has been hacked. >> 27-year-old claims the miss
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usa pageant was fixed and has resigned as miss pennsylvania. >> all that. >> the party is going on in the press box. >> many of my students don't know that i'm second lady of the united states. >> really? >> no. it's a community college. they are working. i don't mean it that way. >> with enough care and effort, you can grow your own broccoli. >> and all that matters. >> a dutch artist tribute to his pet is sparking controversy. he turned him into a remote control helicopter. >> on "cbs this morning." >> now you can say i have bad news about patches but i have great news about that dirt bike you wanted. captioning funded by cbs >> welcome to "cbs this morning." scott walker was the third
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governor in american history to face a recall election and the first one ever to win it. wisconsin republican governor has a job this morning after beating democratic challenger tom barrett 53% to 46%. >> now tuesday's vote was closely watched all around the country. dean reynolds is in waukesha, wisconsin, where governor wal r walker held his celebration speech. >> reporter: a good night for republicans and a bad night for dmocrats. he had the look of a man who just saved his own job. >> wow. tonight we tell wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. >> reporter: republican governor scott walker turned back the attempt to kick him out of
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office and turned wisconsin mostly red in the process. >> the election is over. it's time to move wisconsin forward. >> reporter: for the democrats, the loss was crushing though not entirely unexpected. milwaukee mayor tom barrett was badly outspent by walker and is now 0-2 against him. >> please, please, please remain engaged, remain involved because we will continue to fight for justice and fairness in this city and this state. >> reporter: according to an analysis by cbs news, walker won with strong support from republicans, tea party loyalists, and a majority of independents. and by 60% to 27%, wisconsin voters in our exit polls said recall elections are only appropriate when there has been official misconduct. that was not the case in wisconsin where the argument was
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really about policies one side didn't like. walker's decision to limit bargaining power of public employee unions kicked off lengthy protests last year which turned into a movement to show him the door. democrats nationally hoped for a resounding rejection of walker and his philosophy. and they worry now that other republican governors will be emboldened to follow his lead. now there was another result of some interest last night as part of the exit polls asked voters their preference in a presidential race between mitt romney and president obama. in that one president obama won by seven points. gayle and charlie? >> thank you very much. we now go to bill plante at the white house. bill, tell us what the white house is saying as they look at this vote in wisconsin. >> reporter: good morning. the white house isn't saying anything about this this morning because of course the president
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is very carefully kept his distance from the recall election. polling had shown all along that it would be close and walker was likely to win and around here they didn't want to get the president involved and didn't like the idea of throwing him out on a policy disagreement versus an ethics problem. the reaction was left to the obama campaign and the campaign put out a statement talking about the massive spending gap. governor walker raised 31 million to 4 million for challenger tom barrett and the price tag may hit $80 million with most of that money coming from out of state. a huge chunk of that money was from the super pacs but money came largely from out of state. the president won wisconsin in 2008 and he had a seven-point lead in exit polls last night. voters also said that he was
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likely to do a better job on the economy than romney. >> thank you. meanwhile, mitt romney and other republicans say the wisconsin vote is very significant for them. jan crawford has been talking with romney campaign officials. jan, what do republicans say? >> reporter: well, charlie, romney immediately issued a statement last night saying the result will echo beyond the borders of wisconsin and his campaign is making a point that voters in wisconsin and what wisconsin showed is people are rejecting liberal ideas and are ready for change. they want bold, new conservative ideas. that's their point. that's the point that romney has been making for the past year that america has to go in a new direction and they are hopeful that what they saw in wisconsin last night will echo across the country come november. >> jan, when romney campaign reads this and they look at it, how do they perceive this notion that the tea party has still
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influence they can convert into the general election. >> reporter: that's a great question. we saw they have a lot of influence and a lot of voters there in wisconsin certainly republicans support some of these ideas. and romney himself is arguing that he's going to run a bold campaign. he's going to govern if he's phe's going to try to tap into some of that enthusiasm that we saw in wisconsin. of course strategists are already saying he needs to tap into that ground game. republicans outspent and outorganized democrats in wisconsin and strategists say that romney needs to move right into those offices that governor walker had and get his operation going too. >> jan crawford, thank you. tomorrow we'll speak with former florida governor jeb bush about the state of politics today and the 2012 presidential race. the united states dealt another severe blow to al qaeda. sources confirm this morning that number two man, abu yahya al libi was killed in u.s. drone
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attacks. >> the fourth high profile terrorists to be assassinated by u.s. forces in the last 13 months. bob, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, gayle and charlie. this is a big loss for al qaeda. abu yahya al libi was one of the last senior operatives a key player at the core of that embattled terror network. abu yahya al libi was often the voice of terror and urged new attacks against the west. more importantly, in recent months al libi was top deputy to ayman al zawahiri overseeing plots and relations with terrorists. inside al qaeda, he was a star revered from his escape from a u.s. military prison in afghanistan and now with his killing by a u.s. drone, al qaeda has a serious hole in top
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management says longtime cia analyst phil mudd. >> there was someone coming in behind them. it's not clear who will fill them. >> reporter: there are numerous openings. in 13 months since bin laden was killed by u.s. navy seals, more than a dozen other top al qaeda terrorists have been killed by nearly 100 u.s. air strikes in pakistan and yemen. among the dead, american born cleric who was behind bombs on u.s. aviation and one plotting attacks to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11. this week's killing of al libi further strains relationships with pakistan demanding an end to u.s. drone strikes. the u.s. will not standdown but mudd says officials can't afford to ignore pakistani concerns. >> you can't walk away from the
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table. >> reporter: officials say a d badly weakened al qaeda is not capable of a large scale attack like 9/11 and there is very little experienced help and they focus now on staying alive. president obama says he decides when to attack high level targets like al libi. on tuesday an angry republican senator john mccain called for an investigation of these intelligence leaks. >> such disclosures can only undermine similar ongoing or future operations and in this sense it compromises our national security. for this reason regardless of how political useful these leaks may have been to the president, they have to stop. >> senator mccain is on capitol hill this morning. good morning, senator. >> good morning, charlie. >> tell me specifically what it
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is about these leaks that you think compromise national security. >> well, two of the highest priorities that we have as far as national security is concerned is the issue of the iranian nuclear -- attempts of iran to acquire nuclear weapons and the other of course is the issue of drones which are one of the key elements which you described in a previous story in how we'll keep al qaeda down. by the way, take a little issue with previous reports that al qaeda is making a comeback in iraq. they are still heavily engaged in yemen and other places. i'm sure the director of the cia would affirm that. the fact is that previous to this we knew that we were attempting to infect the iranian capability to develop nuclear weapons. this is all now out on the
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table. it is now all well known and these hurt our national security. by the way, small example, the doctor who helped us with eliminating bin laden, he was identified and shouldn't have been. he's now just been sentenced to 33 years in prison. there's a human side of this as well. this is the most highly classified information and now leaked by the administration at the highest level of the white house. it's not acceptable. >> you suggest it was leaked by the white house for political purposes if i understand you. david sanger of "the new york times" who just wrote the book said the explosion of information did not come from the white house. it came from other sources at thetime and that began to happen several months ago. >> well, i guess it depends on how you look at it. the white house confirmed those as being factual.
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all they had to do was say this is classified information and we won't discuss it. administration officials at the highest level confirmed these facts. they obviously shouldn't have done that. >> here's what david sanger says in his book. following practice of the times discussing national security i discussed with government officials the public risk of sensitive information that touches on high level information. at the government's request and consultation with editors, i withheld a number of details that they said could jeopardize current or planned operations. there was editing taking place there. >> there was editing. david sanger now decides and administration officials which top secret information highly classified information is okay to be revealed or not? in an honest environment, they would have declassified this information already if they had wanted to publicize the american people. this puts american lives in danger. revealing our most highly
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classified operations both in cyberwar and in drones. that's just a fact. >> senator mccain, you're calling on a special council to investigate. how likely do you think that is to happen and what do you hope will be accomplished by that? >> well, senator levin agreed for us to have a hearing. senator chambliss, ranking republican on the intelligence committee is deeply concerned about it as well given the post that he holds. this is a breach of national security. you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. >> i think i heard that in a campaign somewhere. >> somewhere. >> one last question. i think it came from your vice president, did it not, your vice presidential nominee. this is "the new york times" today. the story you heard. al qaeda's number two killed in a drone strike. clearly these things are done by this administration. they seem to be successful. is there a leak in national securit that reporting about
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these things is taking place? >> i think for example the elimination of these individuals is perfectly unclassified information and it's important information. the kinds of information that was leaked to "the new york times" and other outlets obviously are breaches of national security otherwise they would not be classified. what we're hearing from the administration now, it was really okay. it was okay then make it public. don't do it in your dealings with a reporter from "the new york times." that's what this is all about. of course it makes the president look very decisive and it gives little credit frankly to a lot of the other men and women who make these things happen. one of the things i noticed about leaders is they give credit to others and not take it for themselves. >> senator, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. it is back to business this morning in london after a massive, massive four-day party to mark queen elizabeth's
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diamond jubilee. >> the official celebrations come to a close tuesday in a grand style. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and gayle. it's hard to believe that just 24 hours ago these streets were filled with a million people. today the party is finally over and the cleanup now begins. it was the final hurrah after pomp and pageantry. standing on the balcony of buckingham palace, the queen was honored with a fly pass of second world war aircraft. the 86-year-old monarch smiled and waved at a sea of a million well wishers dressed in head to toe of colors of the british flag. they celebrated the queen's 60 years on the throne.
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now it was her majesty's chance to show her deep gratitude and appreciation. >> the events that i have attended to mark my diamond jubilee have been a humbling experience. it has touched me deeply to see so many sizes of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere. >> reporter: at a thanksgiving service in st. paul's cathedral earlier in the day, the queen was a solitaire figure. her husband, prince phillip, has been in the hospital for two days being treated for a bladder infection. the prince is reportedly feeling much better the queen was said by her son, prince edward to be missing him. president obama had a message for her majesty. >> steadfast ally, loyal friend and tireless leader, your
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majesty set an example of resolve that will be long celebrated. >> reporter: today london is finally getting back to normal. people are going back to work including her majesty, the queen herself, who is today hosting a lunch for visiting leaders from different world
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>> time for some news headlines. life-threatening injuries in an officer involved shooting in south san francisco, an officer shot a man who he says pulled a gun on him at a gas station last night. president obama is flying to san francisco this morning and will land at sfo just before noon. he will head downtown to raise money for his campaign. san jose voters want changes to the city's pension system. they passed the measure 70-30% last night. opponents plan on fighting it in court. in court. ,,
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>> we have mass transit delays to report. capital quarter delays up to one hour due to a problem that happened at this as soon station. give yourself some extra time before you leave. cal train delays into santa clara, about 10 minutes late and train no. 215 about 11 minutes late out of sunnyvale. an accident east bound 92 at ralston. sluggish into san francisco on the golden gate >> we are off to a chilly start this morning with temperatures in the low 40's were some of the cooler spot. later today the highs will be in the low eighties for your warm spots inland. 69 in oakland and 70 in fremont today. upper 60s to low 70's by the bay. we hold steady this week for a few,,,,,,,,
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>> all types. >> welcome you back to "cbs this morning." a muslim legal group is claiming new york city's anti-terror efforts go way too far and violate the civil rights of innocent muslims. >> early this year the nypd was criticized for a program targeting universities and mosques in several states. john miller former fbi and nypd official joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, charlie, good morning gayle. >> good morning, mr. miller. >> the lawsuit that will be filed this morning is intended to take this controversy beyond the rhetoric and into federal court. the nypd says it's doing its job and doing it legally us, but a group of new jersey muslims charges that the nypd gathered secret files on them not because they were suspected of any crime but because of their religion. >> reporter: abdul mohammed is the eman of a mosque in new jersey, his like every other
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mosque was listed in this new york city police department intelligence report. ayman muhammed doesn't understand why his mosque was mentioned. >> were you surprised it was the new york police? >> certainly we were. we were surprised that this was going on period. >> reporter: and so were the imams of other mosques and muslim schools, muslim restaurants, muslim owned stores all listed in the nypd report. now some of them are suing. >> without question was unjustified and it was definitely without doubt an invasion of our civil human constitutional right. >> there would be people who would say in the post-9/11 world muslims are going to bear the brunt of a disproportionate amount of attention. >> all americans including american muslims care deeply about our safety and security.
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>> reporter: this is the executive director of muslim activists, the organization behind the lawsuit. she says no other religion seems to be under the same microscope. >> just to give you an example, there was reference in the document to targeting, for example, the iranian community, egyptian community, syrian community, but then there was explicit reference to the fact they weren't targeting syrian or iranian or egyptians or christians but the focus on muslims. >> reporter: the lawsuit charges that the nypd monitored meetings and postings of student associations. one of the plaintiffs is a molecular biology student at rutgers. >> what is the muslim student's association? >> it's a place, an organization where students can come learn about islam, participate, where there would be muslim or non-muslim students, we cater to the whole university community. >> did you ever hear any talk of radicalization? >> never. >> anybody ever suggest doing
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violence? >> i personally have never heard it before and i don't think anyone would actually say that in public because all the other muslims would not tolerate that behavior and that talk. >> reporter: nypd commissioner ray kelly and michael bloomberg have defended the practice saying the information the nypd collects is within the department's guidelines which are approved and monitored by lawyers and the federal judge. >> we have to be cognizant of what we do. we have to check, we have to make certain what we're doing is within constitutional bounds and that's precisely what we're doing. >> the question is, where is the line of demarcation so that people can -- police can do what they ought to do at the same time if nothing is going on and they have no reason to do it they shouldn't be doing it. >> so, here is the two sides of that argument. the nypd says if these are places out in public, if you can walk into a restaurant and sit
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there or attend a mosque or take a picture of the front of its nypd shouldn't be barred from going anywhere the public can go including an open meeting of the muslim student association and they say that is within their guidelines which they say is modeled on the fbi guidelines. the flip side of the argument, and this is what this lawsuit may end up dividing in federal court, the muslim community is arguing if you have a lead and need to follow it into our community, follow it, let it take you where it needs to go, but you can't come into the community and just catalog every business, house of worship, school, and put it in a violent stamp and secret and keep it forever if you don't suspect anybody has done anything. >> they're saying you can't paint us all with the same broad brush. what are they hoping to get out of the lawsuit? >> that's interesting. what they're not intending to get is money. they say the damages are nominal but hoping to get two things,
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one they want kind of tagging on charlie's question, a set of rules that says the nypd can't do this anymore and want a federal judge to put a stamp on that and want all the files expudged from the records. >> you're a former security official. would you need a lead before you would want to investigate some possibility of national security threat. >> well, i was in the fbi when we wrote or rewrote the domestic intelligence guidelines which decide what we could do and couldn't do and it required a proper purpose. we didn't have have to prove a crime had happened but we had to articulate a reason why we were looking at this place or person with the house of worship or something sensitive. >> john miller, thank you. remember the classic line in "field of dreams" if you build it, he will come. well, if you sue kevin costner, he will come to court. stephen baldwin did that and this morning we'll show you why both actors may have to testify.
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congratulations. >> the new miss usa was crowned over the weekend but now miss pennsylvania has resigned, suggesting that the pageant was rigged. on her facebook page, she called the miss universe organization which runs miss usa, listen to this, fraudulent, lacking in morals, inconsistent, and in many ways trashy. i'm thinking, charlie, that donald trump who was involved in this organization might have a thing or two to say to miss pennsylvania. he likes to speak up. >> do you think it would be in character? >> yes. that would not surprise me. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> kevin costner's new mini series "the hatfields and mccoys" is a hit but this week he's starring in an offscreen feud with one of the baldwin brothers. >> as lee cou hen reports he's suing costner over a business
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deal. the baldwin family, stephen, versus kevin costner. good to see you in the studio. >> may sound hollywood but there are millions of dollars at stake and the fact that baldwin and costner are in court together and may testify against each other has turned a dry civil pcircus.o a little bit of a it has all the makings of a celebrity spectacle, complete with lingering paparazzi. >> going into court today? >> feeling good, brother. >> are you confident of a win? >> feeling good. >> reporter: stephen baldwin exited stage right, kevin costner entered stage left. just another day in hollywood. but this isn't hollywood. it's the u.s. district court in new orleans where attorneys aren't just dancing with wolves, they're dancing with a judge and jury. with bp's deepwater horizon exploded and sank, sending millions of gallons of oil into the gulf, kevin costner was drawn to it like baseball players to a cornfield in iowa.
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>> we have to find a way to get a grip on oil. his interest in the environment using typical force. he thought a perfect solution to bp's cleanup crisis and testified before congress about it. >> if we can find oil thousands of feet in the ground at depths that boggle the mind surely we have the technology to clean up our own mess. >> no job, no money, no women. things are really looking up. >> reporter: like barney rubble in "the flinstones" stephen baldwin had been one of costner's side kicks on the project. turns out bp had taken costner up on his offer and plunked down millions to buy the cleanup machine. baldwin claims that costner knew the company was about to score a multimillion-dollar bonanza but never told baldwin and now he wants his multimillion-dollar
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share of the profits. costner calls the lawsuit frivolous but refused to settle out of court. so like a hollywood cliffhanger, there seems to be one more fine from the bp disaster that needs to be put out and this drama, like the trial, could last up to two weeks. >> the most surprising thing about this story to me is kevin costner is involved in the business of these kinds of devices which bp is so interested in they are willing to buy. >> right. he spent a lot of money on this overseeing it, investing in it. he lost some 20 plus million dollars on this very same technology for years because no one was willing to buy it. one of the reasons he went to capitol hill to say this should be one of those things that is out there safety measures for the oil and gas industry as a whole so when the disaster happened that was a perfect opportunity for him to try to sell it. by the time everything went through, the well was capped and they never -- >> they never used it. >> it's fascinate jug kevin costner, very high profile,
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stephen baldwin not as high profile but his family is well known, the two of them are in court and they couldn't work it out ahead of time. nobody likes their dirty laundry exposed the is way. >> kevin costner's attorney said he refused to settle out of
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not on hormone replacement therapy. they were divided into four groups. one group dieted, another did intensive exercise, a third group dieted and exercised and a control group didn't change their diet or exercise habits. at the end of the year-long study, women in the diet or diet plus exercise group lost an average of 10% of their body weight and saw reduction in estrogen and other hormones associated with breast cancer. the study estimates just 5% weight loss could lower breast cancer risk by 22%. women in the exercise only and control groups didn't lose weight overall and they also didn't lower their hormone level. the study shows just a small weight loss could lower your breast cancer risk and, of course, it comes with a host of other health benefits as well. i'm dr. holly phillips. >> announcer: "cbs healthwatch" sponsored by dove deep moisture
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>> lots of brake lights as you work your way through 101 in the peninsula. a stalled vehicle on the southbound side near 92. northbound is sluggish into san mateo. as you work your way along the dumbarton bridge look out for a broken-down vehicles blocking lanes. capitol corridor out of sacramento delayed for about one hour. >> temperatures are getting down into the 40's earlier today but we warm things up. plenty of sunshine and a little bit breezy later today. low 60s along the coast and hovering near 70 by the bay. for the rest of the week,,,,,,,
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take a look at this. talk about a track star. this is an incredible show of sportsmanship at a high school track meet in ohio. here's megan. she helps arden cross the finish line after arden had collapsed. megan says she was just doing the right thing and others would have done the same thing. because she was on track, charlie, to win the meet but stopped to help her competitor and then doesn't win. i would like to think i would do that, but there's a little part of me that thinks i would cross the finish line and go back and help her. you, of course -- i know what you -- i won't speak for you. what would you do? >> i don't know. you have to look at it. what it reminds me of is all of the acts of heroism in war and same thing people say, why wouldn't i do this, it was an
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instinctive, my duty i want to help somebody. >> i know. maybe -- i guess you don't know until you're in the moment. right now special mommy hug to you, megan. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose. erica hill is off this morning. the walt disney company is changing its advertising rules to try to stop young people from getting fat. the media giant says it will stop running ads for junk food during children's programming. >> so the ban will apply to disney tv's and radio network stations and websites too. jim axlerod is in the studio today. a look at the significance of this announcement. good to see you. >> good morning, gayle. you know the commercial for fast food and sugary breakfast cereal that seem as much a part of saturday cartoons as the characters themselves. 2015 you won't be seeing them on disney channels. disney is the first media company to put such a far-reaching ban in place which is why so many people are calling it a potential game changer in the fight against obesity.
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>> food and beverage companies wanting to advertise on shows like "good luck charlie" and "shake it up" are going to have to meet certain nutritional standards for serving size and calories. fat and sugar content. no more junk food. >> as it turns out doing the right thing for kids just happens to be a start strategy for the walt disney company for its businesses. >> reporter: gone will be commercials for sugar drinks like capri sun and snacks like oscar meyer lunchbles. >> huge because of what disney is, a smart company that has a special relationship with the american family. >> reporter: first lady michele obama has made fighting childhood obesity a signature issue and was at disney's press conference to lend some high-profile support. >> i am so thrilled about today's announcements. i am thrilled that disney is stepping forward in such a big way. >> reporter: public health
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advocates are hopeful the pan signals a shift in the fight against obesity. the private sector isn't alone in this fight. last week in new york city, mayor michael bloomberg announced a plan to ban the sale of large sugary drinks and sodas. >> nothing wrong with one full sugared drink. it's if you have three sugared drinks every day you're going to be obese. >> reporter: he took heat from critics saying he was overreaching, an out of control nanny state. currently 36% of americans are obese and that number is projected to rise to 42% by 2030. so perhaps the u.s. has finally reached a tipping point. >> this is not a one-month diet that nation has to go on. this is a change in the way we eat and how active we are. >> let's bring in trevor butterworth writing about the issue for "the daily beast" and "newsweek." do you think these are effective
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tactics because we are a nation that really is out of control when it comes to weight? >> well, the entire world is actually becoming out of control when it comes to weight. but -- and i think public health experts think this can't hurt, but really, how much is it going to help? i don't think the science supports it that much. the problem is, not so much that the kids are seeing advertisements on tv but they're actually spending hours watching tv. >> yeah. >> and some of the latest studies show what they're doing when they watch tv are eating snacks. >> yeah. >> so what we need to do, what parents need to do and what's been shown to work, is set rules with your kids for limiting the amount of tv you watch. i mean, advertisers wouldn't be advertising on tv if kids weren't sitting around for hours. >> yes. >> and we have terrible kids are -- we have six hours a day some demographic groups are watching tv. >> i get that. trevor, i love your accent. >> i'm actually irish. >> i love it.
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>> but don't you think, though, that kids are influenced by what they see? i know you say parents should crackdown and parents should make the decision but that is not happening. >> they -- yes. but actually there's a new study that came out that showed that kids are now consuming tv in a very different way than they use to. multitasking, multi screening and when researchers asked them, why are you doing this? they said so we don't have to watch the advertisements. so -- which is probably not great news for any of us here, but the -- you know, again, my focus is let's look at things that actually work rather than things that could be spun politically that seem like good things, seem like we're doing something because wart against obesity -- war against obesity is looking good in fighting the war against obesity. >> i guess my question is, you have 12.5 million american kids who are obese. >> yeah. >> 17% of the population. couple that with this statistic.
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$1.6 billion in advertising that kids are bombarded with specifically about food and beverages. so when you have those two put together, how can this not be helpful if what they're going to see starting in 2015s is those $1.6 billion or a portion that appears on disney networks will be for different food and beverages. >> again, you know, yeah, maybe. but again, if you look at how this issue has been studied you don't -- one of the things that australian researchers found recently is there is a -- the relationship between seeing ads and consuming food is kind of weak. >> let me see if i understand your argument, it is that yes, obesity is a huge problem, the rising increase of diabetes is a huge problem, yes maybe government should use a bully pull pit, but you do not believe that television influences the obesity? >> maybe a little bit. but not hugely. it's not me personally believing. i don't see it in the studies.
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i don't see any proof that changing advertising is going to have anything but a marginal impact on this problem at best. >> you know, i think what happens is, that we saw this with mayor bloomberg last week. everything gets lost when it's political. the battle lines are drawn and hear complaints about the nanny state. what's interesting is when business takes over, commerce takes over, then it's not just a question of sense, it's a question of dollars. it's hard for me to believe the biggest tainment company is going to make a decision like this unless they expect the culture to follow. whatever we debate about the effectiveness this marks a major turning point culturally in our attack. >> sends a message. >> i think, you know, obviously food companies are really cognizant of the fact that there is a problem, they don't want to kill their consumers, they want to be seen to do good so this is a real opportunity actually for
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so you want to know the best place to do or find just about anything? well, our travel editor peter greenberg can tell you. he's going to give you some of the recommendations from his new book. if your son or daughter is graduating this year you may not want to cheer for them. what? we'll make that a long story short on "cbs this morning." cheer for them. we'll make that a short story here on cbs this morning.
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>> open up a book and start reading. >> we talk about pets. new jersey takes pet safety seriously. the new york daily news reports drivers in jersey who fail to restrain their cat or dog in the car can be ticketed. it's the only state where driving with loose pets is a p singer sheryl crow made headlines last month for forgetting lyrics during a show. now we know why. crow has revealed she was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor last year and says she's not so worried about it. crow god an mri because of memory problems that date back to the 1990s and when they found the tumor she said i knew there was something wrong. >> snow white and the huntsman a box office hit but the new york post says little people have a problem with it. little sized actors digitally shrunk. advocates for little people say that's offensive and denies little actors potential roles.
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how can cheering at glad ways be illegal? harrisburg, pennsylvania, affiliate says shannon cooper was arrested after whooping too loudly during her daughter's ceremony in south carolina. she was charged with disorderly conduct and placed in a detention center. after she got out cooper said she was thinking, are you serious? are you all for real? they always tell you to hold your applause plays don't say anything, but sometimes graduations are so deadly boring. >> not only that parents have put so much into it. >> yes. >> they want to celebrate. to be arrested for disorderly conduct that must have been some whoop. from pizza to perfume, peter greenberg knows where to find the best of everything he says. he's been circling the world for decades and this morning found time to stop by studio 57 with a look at the best places to go. peter's list right after the break.
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♪ if you need to get some perfume or maybe some wine, we're about to show you the best places in the world to do it. >> cbs news travel editor peter greenberg has made it easy for you. took him 30 years to travel around the world so he put it into his new book called "the best places for everything." i like that you -- i like the wide variety that you've chosen because it's very random. >> it is. it's everywhere for bird watching, medical tourism, to dig for fossils. it's done in a way to give you an idea of where we've been. >> let's start with pizza. >> i'm a new yorker. i live for thin crust pizza on
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the east side, however this is a place in italy, up the lift to the top of the mountain and they make the most unbelievable thin crust four-cheese truffle pizza in the world. it's worth a chair lift ride, even if you don't ski. >> you had me with truffles. >> oh, yes. well, truffles is a different story. most people think truffles, what, france? >> yes. >> i beg to differ. the best truffles anywhere, it's in western australia. nobody knows it but the chefs know it. they have the same temperature as france but you can get them out of season, southern hemisphere. >> what about wine? >> you want to get involved in the process so sonoma, california, to a grape camp and get up close and personal with the harvest. and you go to france to a small champagne house. no tour buses there. it's you and the family, they give you a pair of knee pads, do you the harvest and come back in and celebrate. >> we should go. >> i don't know the difference
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between good wine and boone's farm strawberry hill. so i'm going to take your word on it. >> boone's farm? wow, we're dating ourselves. >> wow, that was a long time ago. >> let's talk about bartels & james now. >> perfume. >> perfume you're going to find it in bermuda because there's a woman there, isabel -- i'm still going off bartels & james. >> i'm looking at her thinking -- >> i know. >> isabel blends the perfume from natural scents from the flowers in the island up. get to do it, too, bermuda. >> swimming with sharks? >> that's where you have to take a trip because that's off the coast of costa rica about 350 miles off the coast, 36-mile boat trip. it's probably not high on your list -- >> at all. >> but if you're a thrill-seeker, that's where you go, swim with whale sharks and it's amazing. >> if you're a pleasure seeker, on a boat, what's the most beautiful sight you have ever seen to wake up to? >> oh, that's in fiji for me.
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most people go for the sunsets. in fiji, you go for the dawn. >> what's the best place to go swimming with pizza? thai think about that. i thought that was good. my type of pizza. best place to spend new year's eve. >> this will surprise -- it's not times square, sorry. >> that surprises me. >> off the coast of portugal, the most incredible fireworks displays in the world. 66,000 of them in one night. think about that. they have the world's record for this. and that is -- >> new york city's not bad. >> it's not bad, but if you want to own the place, you go to madera. >> way back when when we were doing a pilot for "mcgyver," moab. you have beginning trails, eight-mile, medium trails and going into orthopedic surgery trail. you can do it based on your
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>> good morning. let's get you caught up on some of the headlines. one man is dead following an officer involves shooting in south san francisco. there is now a memorial where it happened at a gas station. officers say the suspect pulled out a gun and that is when the officers started shooting. . volunteers are searching for sierra lamar. earlier this week diverse finished looking for her in the u.s. reservoir. airforce one expected to land at sfo just before noon today. president obama back in town for another campaign fund- raiser. tickets range from 5000-
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>> good morning from the traffic center. we're actually starting to see a bit of an improvement at the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is backed up just
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beyond the parking lot. over to the map, with the update you, some delays for cal train near the santa clara station. the and should be backed up to speed for bart. delays in and out of san francisco's stations in both directions. 10-15 minute delays due to a medical emergency. an accident southbound 101 as you approach 84. >> it chilly start to the day but we warm up as we move on. outside, blue skies and a beautiful shot of the golden gate bridge. later today we will see temperatures by the bridge at about 64 degrees. warming up into the low eighties for the east bay. we will cover their for the next few days with a brief dip on friday. on friday. warming again this weekend
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i like your nurse's uniform, guy. >> these are o.r. scrubs. >> oh, are they? >> i'm a detective, you know it? >> oh, i love ferris wheels. >> me, too. we need to stay on task. pthere's our meat. i was thinking about changing myself to a bulldozer. do you want to come? >> what time? >> 1:00, 1:30. >> sounds good. should i bring my own chain? >> we always do. we love each other. >> yes. >> think about what i'm saying. are you sure you're ready for this? >> yes, we are. >> let me rephrase it. >> we're in a hurry. >> are you chewing -- spit out the gum, sister. in fact, everybody.
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>> i cringe. i cringed at that part. i hate chewed up gum in my hand. welcome back to "cbs this morning." that was just a sample of the memorable characters played by jason schwartzman. >> he teams up director wes anderson's new film "moon rise kingdom" opened to enormous praise. yea son joins us in the studio. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> first of alling anything wes anderson does seems to get lots of good attention. >> well, i'm happy that you say that. you know, this movie has gotten a really good response. i'm happy for wes because he works so hard on the movies. write them for a very long time, makes them for a very long time. so, when they're received and you get a positive feedback, it's so good for him. >> when he does that, do you expect a call from him when he comes up for a new idea with a movie? >> not at all. >> you guys have history, so don't you expect a call? >> i expect nothing. i expect nothing.
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we have a great -- you know, we met on "rushmore," the first time i ever acted. we met -- we made the film together. you know, we became best friends. and i love him very dearly. we have a relationship that's totally separate, you know, i think from movies and such. but when we get to work together, it's an incredible thing. i'm very honored to do it, but i don't expect it. >> you don't? >> i don't expect it. >> wes, he doesn't expect it. >> i don't expect it. >> but his mother expects it. >> let's talk about your mom. francis ford coppola is your uncle, nicolas cage is your uncle. so as a little boy you thought, i'm going into acting? >> that couldn't be further from how it was. >> what did you want to be when you were a little boy? what did you think? >> taller, first of all. and then, i don't know -- >> how tall are you?
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>> sitting here right now? >> no. when you stand up. i'm 5'10", how tall are you? >> not 5'10" somewhere between 4 feet tall and 5'10". >> other than taller? entertain in some capacity, but acting was something that i didn't really think was a possibility. i grew up in l.a. you know, there's a lot of kid actors around you. i used to go to this place -- i was something called like kid cuts or something, and i hope i didn't just trademark -- say something that's trademarked. >> that's okay. >> the person that cut my hair, you know, on like the mirror in front of me would be head shots of all these little kids whose hair she cut. you know, they'd be dressed up like little vampires or astronauts or cowboys and spiky hair. and i just felt at a young age, well, if that's -- if that's what it takes to be an actor, i don't know if i have that.
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i don't want that gel anywhere near me. >> did your mother ever say, don't do this? it's too hard, it's too chancy? >> well, she's been on supportive and really has led by example. i mean, she never encouraged me to do this, but when i was young, i grew up -- she was always watching old movies, listening to music. so i think at a young age i was a witness to what -- like, movies and stuff can do to you. she's proud of me, right, mom? >> yes. it's like osmosis. it really is in your dna, you have to say. >> i don't know about that, but -- no, i don't mean to contradict you, i just -- >> yes, you do, you mean to contradict. that's exactly -- >> i mean, i will say that she's very cool because she always -- you know, she is a proponent of have a life beyond hollywood and stuff. you know, try to get into -- >> take my advice, jason, don't contradict her. >> oh, really? >> oh, yeah. >> how do you know? do you know something about your
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momma -- >> no, i'm saying don't contradict gayle. >> i'm not going to contradict you or my mother. >> there will be hell to pay. let's talk about "moon rise kingdom" if you don't mind? >> i'm not going to contradict. >> you it's a sweet love story. i love the saying about love people, when you fall in love for the first time, there is nothing like that. i dropped my earring. you may continue. >> i want to tell you something. >> go ahead. >> you look beautiful with or without that earring. >> then i won't put it on. >> i mean, i'll put it back on your ear if you like. wes anderson said that when he typically will write a film, he starts with an idea for a character. and develops that character and then kind of makes the movie around that person and develops the plot. he said with this film it began with a feeling, wanting to make a movie about the feeling of falling in love for the first time. the nostalgic feeling of that. in this film about these two young 12-year-olds who fall in love and try to run away together, do you -- like when i
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watch, do i feel like that -- you know, he captured the feeling of being in love and also the adventure of falling in love for the first time and thinking you can't outrun the adults and search parties going after you. yeah, it's very heartwarming. when i -- >> do you remember that feeling for yourself, falling in love for the first time? >> yes, yes i do. >> and? >> it hurt. well, i feel like it was staggered. i first fell in love with the actress cherlyn flynn but that was a pipe dream. she's not going to go out with a 6-year-old. >> i hear older is good. >> but a 6-year-old, i mean, if she -- i would have loved it. it would have been the most incredible year of my life probably. but anyway, i loved her. i remember being 12. do you remember it? >> yes. we're not that old. >> no, but some people -- >> yes, i do remember. >> jerry johnson. >> really? >> yeah, bad boy.
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charlie, what are you thinking? >> i was thinking -- i wanted to ask him about his best acting experience. most teachable experience you had, but this is going so well. >> i'll talk about obsessions -- >> that's a good question. answer that, please. >> what's the best acting experience or lesson you have learned in this young life? >> well, i don't know what i've learned but i would say it would have to at some point maybe come from mr. bill murray, who has been in many of the films wes has done. i've gotten to work with. it's not like he says something, you know, that's like a -- like a nugget or something of advice, it's just the general way he works and carries himself. >> try to define that. >> i really almost can't. he's mystifying. when i'm around him, i sort of feel like this is a god of comedy, like the president of comedy or something. i just look at him and stare at his face and his hands and his body and i'm just like, what is
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it about this person that makes him so incredible? when he's on set, i think the thing is, he works so hard, he makes everybody around him work really hard. and he's always trying to figure out another way of trying something. he's experimental and free. that's one thing he did say, but i read it in a magazine. he diplomat say it to me. >> that counts. >> he said, you have to be relaxed when you work. so, i'm trying that out here right now. how do you feel? is it working? >> you know what we call this, the "x" factor. >> this? >> no, what bill murray has. >> yeah. one time i was actually -- he doesn't know this but i'll say it. one time i was sitting next to him. we had a very long car ride and he dozed off. i did just stare at him for like 25 minutes or something in the car. >> and he dozes well, though, doesn't? he. >> he slept deep. he looked relaxed. >> this has been such a
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pleasure. who's our next guest? "moon rise kingdom" is the movie and you can see it in select theaters. >> it will come to you. i love you. it loves you. you put the earring back in. >> and i love you, jason. >> that's amazing. >> thank you for coming. >> hey, guys, this is awesome. these books look great. the news is going well -- >> you can stop talking now. the name of your movie is "moon rise kingdom" in select theat s theaters. he was immortalized in "band of brothers" and now being ♪
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this is the 68th anniversary of d-day, allied invasion of nazi-occupied germany. >> nearly 10,000 allied soldiers were killed or wounded in that attack. mark strassmann has the story of one of the many brave americans on that day. mark, hello to you. >> good morning, gayle. 73,000 americans from big cities and small towns hit those beaches in france. and only they truly know how murderous the fighting was. this story is a snapshot of how valor overcame terror. >> reporter: on d-day, 73,000 american gis stormed normandy's beaches and helped save the world. but hours before, a new kind of soldier had already jumped behind enemy lines. paratroopers, 13,000 of them. one was sergeant bill gaurnere, now 89. >> he got up and said, move, move. >> reporter: in june of '44, he was a 21-year-old from south
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philly. he belonged to company "e" of the 101st airborne, nicknamed easy company. none had ever seen combat. >> you take july 4th, fireworks, you magnify that 10,000 times. >> reporter: you flew that that. the commander had been killed in the jump. lieutenant dick winters found himself in charge. the 26-year-old's first battlefield was part of the largest amphibious assault in history. >> he led it all the way. he would say, follow me, hurry up! keep going, keep going. kept throwing grenades. >> reporter: the heroics of easy company inspired the hbo series "band of brothers" based on the best selling book. eight hours after they landed, winters led a dozen men in an attack. 50 german soldiers in trenches guard an artillery battery and
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four heavy guns shelling omaha beach. winters improvised an attack on a fixed position. that's still taught at west point. easy company destroyed all four guns. he personally seized military maps revealing the german army's positions all along the normandy coast. winters was awarded the distinguished service cross, the army's second highest medal for valor. he retired to lancaster, pennsylvania, his hometown, and died last year at 92. jordan brown also lives in lancaster. in winter's heroism, brown discovered a cause. not forgotten, they are remembered. >> reporter: two years ago when brown was 11, he read about people raising money to build a statue of winters in normandy. brown began selling bracelets inscribed with winter's motto, "hang tough." the statue cost $250,000. jordan alone raised $99,000.
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and today along the people gathered to unveil this statue to dick winter, rifle at the ready, leading from the front. and to all the junior officers who led american men on that day of days. >> bonjour. >> jordan brown spoke last. the latest generation saluting the greatest generation. >> he was always unscathed as men and, therefore, they trust him. he never thought of himself as anything special. not each after the war. >> he was a born natural leader, period. >> reporter: winters never sought attention but in 2000, he hung tough with filmmakers for this interview that closed the band of brothers saga. >> he said, grandpa, were you my hero in the war? grandpa said, no. but i served in the company.
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>> it never fails to touch me when you see a story like this. about people who did this without expecting any kind of reward. >> you've walked out, as i have. it's unthinkable when you're there how horrific it must have been. how american kids who just were walking into what was essentially death sentence and just how guys like this survived by the sheer grit and determination and basically telling themselves i'm going to try to figure this out and i'm just crossing my fingers and pray and hope that i make it. >> i'm still so touched by mr. garniey. he can tell the story so well and a sense of humility in his story telling. >> for years, he couldn't talk about it. his son when he came home from vietnam, dad, what do you do in the war? it was a long time ago. it was only the band of brothers and then the story came out and that family yesterday were doing that interview and their son gene telling me you know what? i learned even more today
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because he told you stuff he has never told me. very interesting guy. very tough guy! >> tough guy? >> 89 years old, lost a leg during the war and broke his collar bone a couple of weeks ago. his handshake was as firm as it gets. i would not mess with that man. >> a different hero is noticed,, [ alarm beeping, motor revving ] [ motors revving ] ♪ [ motor turns over ] [ liquid pouring ] [ chain saw buzzing ] [ male announcer ] what if everything ran on gas? then again, what if everything didn't? the 100% electric, zero-gas nissan leaf.
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♪ pro athletes can run faster, jump higher, hit a ball farther than we can. for that kind of talent they get huge rewards. >> along with enormous salaries they're treated as heroes and celebrities. author stephen amadon in his book "something like the gods" he looks at why we hold them in
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such esteem. welcome. >> hello. >> why do we hold them so revered. >> they can stop time. they can take us out of our lives when they're performing at their best. as the ball rolls toward the cup at augusta or three-pointer at the end of the final four, heading towards the bucket. you know, you are no longer a person with a mortgage and a job that may be difficult. are you in a moment that's kind of perfect and strong and almost eternal. we really -- we thank them for that. we admire them for that and forgive them a lot for that. >> you also say, though, that it's more than than they're bigger than politicians, movie stars and any famous person in the world and also important what they do off the field also matters to us. >> yes, that's really changed. 50, 100 years ago, you know, sports wrirlts saw it as their job to protect athletes, protect them as heroes. graerm pierce said if you're not in the hero-making business, don't be a sports writer.
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now with the internet and other things we feel much more intimately connected to the athletes. so like tiger woods, whereas joe dimaggio's marriage to marilyn monroe was off limits -- >> ended in 274 days for cruelty. if you thought he could have ended it that way and we don't know all the details, that's just crazy. now we know everything. >> that's exactly the point. can you imagine dimaggio's marriage to marilyn monroe and we don't have every detail, whereas tiger woods' unfortunate episode we know more than we want to know. >> is it because you think there's a way to keep score with with athletes? there's a game, a winner and loser, which unlike so many other areas where we honor people, whether it's theater or science or whether it's business. >> i think that's exactly right. and i think that, you know, what that does is it offers athletes the possibility of redemption. you know, last sunday -- >> tying irwoods came back. >> right, on the 16th green.
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that amazing chip shot which jack nicklaus said was the greatest shot in history, he'd know, rolling towards the cup. he was redeemed because he was able to win. he was able to be what he was when we loved him. >> what was interesting about it from looking at it was that he showed all the emotions that he showed when he was at the top of his game. >> yeah. and that is -- i think that's why we love the athlete. there is this possibility -- >> the exhilaration. >> yeah, the transcend ens and the renewal, you can be young, what you were when you were a kid on the playground. >> and get a second chance. in your book you cover from achilles and lebron, but mohammed ali -- >> he's the greatest of athletes. not just because of his heroism in the ring but because he embodied so much of the what athlete could be outside the ring. he was a political lightning rod.
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a civil rights leader. >> the book is called "something like the gods" thank you so,,
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>> the morning. let's get you caught up with some headlines. opponents of san jose's measure b are expected to file papers to challenge it in court. it calls for major changes to the city workers' pension plans and opponents believe that parts of the measure are illegal. stockton is one step closer to bankruptcy. stockton is a financial mess because of high pension costs and some other economic issues. ray bradbury died overnight in l.a.. the man behind fahrenheit 451 and the martian chronicles was 91 years old. although slowed in recent years
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by a stroke he remained active turning out new work. the president is in town and let's find out about the weather >> 8 will be a beautiful day. we're off to a chilly start, though. blue skies outside. we will see the wind start up later on today. low 80s in the warm spots in lent. we will stick with this temperature range for the next couple of days. this weekend, warming into the low 80 saturday and upper 80s on sunday.
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>> if you're headed out the door you are in for a slow ride especially lawn 680. southbound mostly as you work your way to warm the creek and northbound sees some slight delays. we have an accident with a motorcycle involved blocking lanes and you will see delays as you come away from they're headed towards the caldecott tunnel. once you get to the bay bridge is not as bad. still dealing with bart train delays out of san francisco in both directions. the rest of mass transit is on time. northbound 880, a back up due to an accident now cleared to
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the right shoulder but the damage is done. have a great day. ,,,,,,

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