good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday, july 6, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm erica hill. charlie rose is off today. and the focus this morning is questionnairely on jobs. another week's unemployment report could overshadow president obama's campaign pitch to blue collar worker. we'll talk to david akts el rod. i'm jeff glor. the summer heat just won't quit as temperatures remain in the 100 in the heartland. and on nancy reagan's 91st birthday, we'll look at why the former first lady is still a major player in the republican party. and i'm gayle king. this weekend marks number 72 for ringo starr. we'll talk with the former beatle. and we'll take you inside hill's kitchen. it's a new approach by the state department using food diplomacy. but first as we do every

morning, we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon, well over 100 degrees in the house. >> record breaking heat smothers the heartland. >> 24 states now under heat advisory. >> the extreme heat caused some roads to buckle in chicago. >> i have always heard them say hot enough to fry an egg. but to see it -- >> some level of drought condition. >> our paycheck will be short this year if we don't get some rain. >> search crews are moving through the great smokey mountains after violent thunderstorms hit the area. at least dozens were injured, and tens of thousands are without power. >> this was real freaky. >> employers only added 80,000 jobs in the last month. economists were expecting 90,000. >> mitt romney keeps raking in big cash. he raised $100 million last month. >> meanwhile, president obama is on a bus tour through ohio and pennsylvania.

>> i had a beer in amhurst. so i'm feeling good. >> george zimmerman will remain in jail for now. a judge has set bail at $1 million, but he cannot make bond. >> video just released showing a violent crash involving a dart bus. it crushed a car beyond recognition. >> the skyscraper, announced its arrival. >> the attempt for kotchman. >> congressman, congressman -- >> ashleigh -- >> are you ready? >> you are a pain in the neck. you know that. >> that's what we say about you, o'reilly. >> i'm more than a little bit. >> will retire after losing a leg in afghanistan. >> on "cbs this morning." ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home

>> welcome to "cbs this morning." the all-important jobs report for june has just come out, and the numbers show the economy is still not growing fast enough. >> and that it's likely to have a much wider impact, especially on the presidential campaign. rebecca jarvis is here with us. >> it was a disappointing jobs report. the economy added just 80,000 new jobs in june, too few to bring down the unemployment rate which was steady at 8.2%. keep in mind our economy needs about 200,000 new jobs every month for at least two years to bring employment back to normal levels. this marks the third straight month of anemic job growth, making it the weakest quarter for jobs since the beginning of 2010. excludeing government work, private sector employment was at

its lowest level in 10 months. so where were the new jobs added? well, the serveice sector. 25,000 new temporary jobs in june. and manufacturing jobs jumped 11,000. but today's report shows that the number of unemployed people in this country and the unemployment rate have basically remained unchanged. that is, flat, at these elevated levels since february. as a result, there are more than likely going to be calls for the central bank in this country, the federal reserve, to act. this morning we got news that banks around the globe from china to europe have been trying to stimulate their economies as well. erica and jeff? >> rebecca, thank you. those numbers will be hanging over president obama as he goes back on the campaign trail this morning. the president is finishing a two-day bus tour through ohio and pennsylvania to important states he won four years ago. >> as mitt romney finishes his new hampshire vacation, some in

his own party are criticizing his campaign strategy. norah o'donnell is with the president in cuyahoga falls, just outside of cleveland. good morning. >> good morning to you, jeff, and viewers in the west. today is actually four months until election day, and that's why the president is out on the road. courting blue collar workers in the solidly blue or democratic northern ohio. and he is doing that with a message that focuses on the economy but also on health care. >> i still believe in you. and if you still believe in me, and if you're willing to stand with me, and knock on some doors with me, and make some phone calls with me, we will finish what we started in 2008. >> reporter: in communities critical to that win in 2008, the president tried to connect again with voters here in northern ohio, all part of a carefully choreographed bus tour with the president stopping at a local diner. >> that's a pretty good deal right there. >> reporter: even picking up

some local produce. and ordering beers at a local bar. >> i had a beer in amhurst. so i'm feeling good. feeling steady. >> reporter: the president was also feeling good this week after his opponent took some serious heat for his campaign's apparent flip flop on whether the health care mandate was a penalty or a tax. >> the supreme court has the final word, and their final word that obama care is a tax. so it's a tax. >> reporter: in an interview thursday with dayton, ohio, station wdtn, the president took romney to task over that remark. for six years, he said it wasn't, and he has suddenly reversed himself. so the question becomes are you doing this because of politics. are you abandons a principle that you fought for for six years simply because you're getting pressure for two days from rush limbaugh and some critics in washington? still, much of the president's political focus has remained on

romney's business record as the head of the private equity firm bain capital. >> governor romney's experience has been in owning companies that were called pioneers of outsourcing. that's not my phrase. pioneers of outsourcing. my experience has been in saving the american auto industry. >> reporter: that message carefully amplified with these television ads running here in ohio. >> romney's companies were pioneers of shipping u.s. jobs overseas. >> reporter: mitt romney called those ads false and misleading in an interview with cbs news' jan crawford. >> reporter: are you worried about that? will that resonate with americans? >> that's the nature of politics. and i think it shows he's in a tough spot. he's grasping at any kind of straw he can find. >> reporter: but while the president is on a bus, mitt romney has been on a boat on vacation with his family in new hampshire, and now facing criticism from his own party. the latest from conservative bill kristol, editor of the weekly standard magazine, who

compared mitt romney to two other men from massachusetts who ran for president and lost. he wrote, is it too much to ask mitt romney to get off autopilot and actually think about the race he's running? now i've spoken with sources inside the romney campaign this morning, who tell me that they are going to be beefing up their campaign response. so they say and they claim that it's not in reaction to some of this criticism from conservatives within their own party. also the romney campaign is feeling good because they have announced they raised over $100 million that is now going to be the second month in a row that they likely outraise the president's campaign. erica and jeff? >> norah, thank you. norah o'donnell traveling with the president in ohio. earlier this morning before that disappointing jobs report came out, we spoke with david axelrod. we just heard that the president is charging mitt romney with playing politics over the use of the word "tax." the president adamantly denied

it was a tax in 2009 when he was trying to sell this. the supreme court said otherwise. how do you reconcile that now as you try to sell a tax to the american people? >> well, look, erica, whatever you call it, whether you call it a mandate, whether you call it a tax, what it is, it's a penalty. it's a penalty on the less than 1% of americans who can afford health care and refuse to buy it, then show up in our emergency rooms and stick the rest of us with the tab. and this is precisely the argument that governor romney made for six years in his campaign, made as least as last week. and then as the president said, he got some heat from rush and the right, and the guys in the republican caucus on capitol hill, and he folded. >> but to your point, if it doesn't matter the word that you use -- >> more than the discussion of health care, it gives you an insight as to how he would operate if he was president. >> but if you say it doesn't matter the word that you use, why does it matter if he switches words, to your point? >> well, the point is he made a very strong stand on this and he's walking away from his

argument. the fact is, either you believe that free riders ought to pump & up the cost of health care for everybody else or you don't. and now apparently this fundamental principle that he was a leadier in america, the only state to enact this penalty, and now he walks away from it because he gets a little heat from his party, i think it's extraordinary. >> you keep calling mitt romney the outsourcer in chief, indicating he sent jobs overseas. fact check looked at this and found no evidence that mitt romney while he was still running bain capital shipped american jobs overseas. is it fair to keep those ads on the air? >> yeah. it absolutely is. first of all, those ads are based on reporting by "the washington post" based on documents from the security and exchange commission. we take issue with that particular fact check. the other issue is that governor romney keeps contending that he was not involved with bain

capital after 1999. and in fact, he remained as the chief executive and sole owner until 2001. and documents reflect that as well. so he -- you know, he can't run on his record and run from the record at the same time and we're not going to allow him to do that. >> david, last night, you said that mitt romney was the most secretive candidate since richard nixon. you said this to cbs news radio. i think that would strike a lot of people as extreme. you stand by those comments? >> oh, absolutely i do. listen, you mentioned $100 million that mitt romney raised. you know, he is the first presidential candidate since that time in recent years republicans and democrats have all revealed who's raising money for them, the so-called bundlers. you have no idea as we sit here who is raising this money for mitt romney. he is the first candidate, republican or democrat, who hasn't released a series of years of tax returns. his father was a pioneer in this when he ran for president and

said you have to release multiple years or else people can hide some of what they're doing. we just learned the other day, jeff, from the associated press that governor romney has this bermuda business, and he transferred it to his wife's ownership the day before he became governor of massachusetts so he wouldn't have to put it on an ethics form. this is the most secretive candidate since richard nixon. what happened after nixon was we as a country said we need a higher level of disclosure. so people know who their candidates are, what their entanglements are, and we can make judgments on it. governor romney and his campaign have stonewalled and are trying to turn the clock back 50 years on transparency and disclosure. so i absolutely stand by it. and the real question is, you know, is the news media going to press him? and i know that jan crawford had an interview with him the other day and had a very brief time with him. but i'd like to see those questions asked of him. >> david axelrod, thank you very joining us this morning.

>> good to be with you. the midwest is experiencing another scorcher. the high expected to hit 108 in st. louis today. that weather extending to the east coast. chicago looking at a third straight day over 100. that hasn't happened since 1947. >> all that heat can be a health threat, especially for the sick and ederly. dean reynolds is in chicago this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, 103 degrees here in chicago yesterday. only two degrees shy of the hottest day ever. and that 78-year-old record could be threatened today. it's been so hot in chicago that city streets are literally buckling, sending shoots of concrete as high as three feet. schools were closed on thursday, and residents struggled to stay cool. >> i want to state in the clearest terms possible that extreme heat and humidity are

more than just an inconvenience. they are dangerous, and can also be deadly. >> reporter: the sweltering temperatures may have claimed at least two lives so far. bringing back memories of the 1995 heat wave that killed hundreds. much of the midwest and even parts of the east coast are suffering. crops are endangered. but in chicago, the fear is that the high temperatures and ongoing gang wars will worsen what's already been a bloody summer. here's why. researchers say extreme heat triggers chemical changes in our bodies, such as an increase in testosterone. and that can boost aggressiveness. >> that kind of problem is particularly dangerous in an environment when you have a lot of gangs and a lot of guns on the streets. >> reporter: and while this weather is moving east, on the west coast, temperatures are not expected to exceed 80 degrees. and as the beach boys say, wouldn't it be nice.

jeff and erica? >> wouldn't it be nice indeed. thank you. turning now to syria. at a conference in paris this morning, secretary of state hillary clinton called on the international community to pressure russia and china to stop supporting syria's ruling regime. as margaret brennan reports, a top adviser to syria's president has actually just quit that regime. >> reporter: a close ally of syrian president bashir al assad is on his way to france today. this is the most senior combat unit commander to abandon the syrian military since the uprising began me than a year ago. his name is brigadier general manaf tlass. his defection is seen as a sign that the assad regime is weakening from within. that is part of the pressure and peel strategy that the international community is pushing to break assad's inner circle. secretary of state clinton says the next front is to implement more financial sanctions to tighten the vice around the syrian government.

the secretary is here in paris at the gathering of syrian opposition leaders and their allies. she had strong words against russia and china, the two missing friends at this conference. clinton said they have given assad a free pass by failing to implement sanctions and buying syrian oil. money from iran is also keeping assad afloat. now the syrian opposition says over 16,000 syrians have died since the fighting began, and time is running out. now the next stop is new york. we could see a u.n. resolution as soon as next week. the question is whether security council members russia and china will finally fully cut the financial lifeline keeping assad in power. for "cbs this morning," i'll margaret brennan in paris. we have more information on san diego's failed fourth of july fireworks display. the show was just one great big bang with nearly 20 minutes

worth of fireworks all going off at once. as brian rooney reports, officials are blaming computer problems. >> reporter: the show started abo where it should have ended. it also started at the middle and the beginning. san diego's fourth of july fireworks, costing about $250,000, went up in smoke in 32 seconds because of a commuter malfunction. tony perri is an independent television producer who had just set up his camera. wow, if this is the preshow, the main show is going to be amazing. it was almost like mushroom fireworks. >> reporter: the san diego show was supposed to be similar to seattle's fireworks extravaganza, synchronized to music, launched fro an offshore barge. shows like this depend on computers, which as everyone knows sometimes crash and burn. the company responsible for the show is highly respected, but also understandably embarrassed. >> we had some sort of file corruption or virus that you

could not see in the actual software firing file. >> reporter: tom pyatt was with his family in the harbor. >> gigantic ball of fire. my initial reaction was they are doing the intro and the grand finale all at the same time. >> his daughter, maya, was terribly disappointed. >> i thought it was just a test. >> reporter: when your dad told you that was the whole thing? >> yeah. i went, aaahh. >> reporter: half a million people were mystified until they realized their evening was over in a flash. >> it was the worst. >> no show. very sad. >> it was a ripoff! come on! >> reporter: but in a way, tony perry was happy with what he got. >> it kind of feels good, you know. it was like i got news. instead of just fireworks. >> reporter: the official name of the san diego fireworks is

the big bay boom show. you can't say they didn't deliver. for "cbs this morning," brian rooney, san diego. the violent thunderstorms slammed into the great smokey mountains national park in east tennessee on thursday. two people were killed. at least a dozen others hurt. rescue crews are actually having a tough time getting into the park because 70 mile per hour winds knocked down trees and power lines in nearby neighborhoods. more than 50,000

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>> is 726, time for the news headlines. in 15 year-old driver has life- threatening injuries after a crash in alameda this morning. five other teenagers in the car were also hurt. the smoke alarm alerted a family that their house in millbrae was on fire this morning. all four family members got out safely. immemorial may be held at the alameda county fairgrounds 4833 year-old jockey who died yesterday after being thrown from during a race. traffic and weather in just a moment.

>> good morning. northbound 883 oakland there is an accident blocking one lane so we see a few brake lights behind it. towards the coliseum you can see that things are getting a little bit crowded. we will let you know if that changes in a half-hour. the bay bridge toll plaza, and no metering lights, no delay at all heading into san francisco. >> we start out very similar to yesterday, lots of low cloud cover all the way in towards pleasanton. temperatures running in the '40's and 50's. temperatures in the '80s in the valleys this afternoon. 60s towards the coast. getting hot in the next few days with 90s in the valleys.

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♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home >> i feel for this guy. i really do. >> totally. the crowd wasn't sure how to react there. >> it happen last night at the twins-tigers game. or on the fourth of july, i should say. yeah. welcome back. >> it's a tough song to sing. let's just say that. >> it is. nancy reagan turns 91 today. the former first lady is taking on a familiar role this election year, as the first lady of the republican party. >> on thursday, mrs. reagan made

her first public appearance since a fall left her with broken ribs in april. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: it wasn't perhaps the kind of birthday greeting a 91-year-old might expect. but the reagan presidential ibrary hosting an exhibit from the walt disney archives, the worlds of politics and show business came together, much as they did in the reagan's own lives. mrs. reagan joined robert iger, chairman of the disney company, to open the exhibit. while nancy reagan rarely speaks in public these days, inside the republican party her voice can still be powerful and influential. in the 24 years since her husband left office, nancy reagan's endorsement has been sought by republicans. successfully by mitt romney. and a new generation has now come calling. including marco rubio, who saved mrs. reagan from a fall during his visit. >> she sort of, you know, is a living symbol in many ways of

what her husband's ideals were, and i think that's a good reason to respect her. >> reporter: but nancy's appeal isn't only about the past. >> she's not afraid. if she feels strongly about an issue, she'll speak out on it. and i think it's wonderful, how contemporary she has kept herself. >> this is me dancing with nancy at the white house. >> reporter: george shultz was president reagan's secretary of state. >> this is one of the things that characterized his presidency, that always nancy was right there by his side. >> could he have done it without her? >> i doubt it. because he depended on her. >> reporter: schultz himself is now 92. birthday wishes for mrs. reagan? >> happy birthday, nancy. and i hope to be 91 again. such a young girl. >> reporter: the woman who supported ronald reagan in the white house remains a living link to his legacy. for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, stanford, california. >> and with us this morning is

doris kearns goodwin, pulitzer prize-winning biographer and journalist. thank you for being with us. ronald reagan's diaries revealed how close they were as a couple. how much influence did nancy reagan have when he was in office? >> i think really huge. when somebody is a partner at the level that she was, indispensable to his well-being and his self-confidence, she exerted her influence in a number of ways. one, she understood he had an inner circle that mattered a lot because he delegated a lot of authority. she made sure in many ways who would be hired, who would be fired. she brought a more moderating influence in the last years toward the soviet union. and she understood stagecraft and setting and media, all the things that really mattered, but nothing mattered as much as he couldn't have been there without her. he says in those diaries when you are away for a day, i feel lonely already. i miss you at this moment. i look out a window and i want to see you there. probably one of the most passionate love affairs we have

had in the presidency. those diaries really revealed how much it was. >> doris, as we mentioned, nancy reagan has given her blessing to mitt romney. i wonder if ann romney becomes the next first lady, a republican first lady, do you see any similarities between ann and nancy? >> that's a really good question. i hadn't thought of it. i think in some ways you're right because they both have devoted their lives and their careers to their husbands, to the desire to protect them, family. and i think to the extent that the romneys got the endorsement of nancy reagan, what it meant was that reagan is the conscience of the conservative community, the most popular republican president in a generation. already an historic figure. just as fdr was for democrats. so that getting jfk wanted so badly to get eleanor roosevelt's endorsement. never quite got it. but i can understand why it matters so much. and there does seem to be some similarity between these two strong women who love their men. >> and you bring up the importance of ronald reagan.

politicians love to invoke reagan. and talk about whether or not they think he would be for or against something. how does all of that sit with the former first lady? >> well, i think what happens is for her, she has made her own independent ideas over time. she talked about stem cell research and being for that. she has as you said earlier on been able to be outspoken and still remaining a person in her own right, even after he's gone. but i think what we'll most remember about her was the graceful way she handled his alzheimer's, when she came out and talked about the progress of the disease. i'll never forget when she said the hardest thing is we have such extraordinary memories, and we can't even share them now because of this disease. and talked about that long goodbye. and was so classy. so i think in these last years, her stock -- this is a terrible thing to say, her stock has gone up, but i think it has because of the diaries, the love letters, the classiness with which she handled those sad last

years of his life. >> she is 94. but do you think we'll hear from her more during the election? >> i suspect if she's feeling well enough. once it's in your blood to be part of something, and those political campaigns come around and elections come, you want to be part of it. but it will all depend on how strong she feels. but it's a good sign that she's been out in the last day or so. >> you talk about her class and grace. when we look at politics these days, the conversation turns to division, partisanship. is there something else to be learned from both sides in the way she handled things? >> well, i certainly think when you imagine the honestly that it took her to talk about a progression of his disease and the straightforwardness with which she accepted it, that's something that we can look for on both sides. clearly, his presidency was not a bipartisan presidency in a lot of ways, even though he and tip o'neill got along better than any of the characters in recent years have gotten along. so that's something to remember. but i think mostly the way one

handle's one's self. love of palestinians aolitics a country. and she showed us both of those things. >> doris, thank you. >> you're welcome. imagine if you could set a maximum speed on your teenager's car. it's just one option being offered on new cars these days. so why do some drivers think their dash boards are too confusing? >> it's a mess, right? >> my new car is a little rough. i have to be honest. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." and i don't think it's that i'm an idiot. >> i don't think so. not at all. it's a mess. >> ok. good. ♪

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police are now investigating why the van driver failed to slow down. >> those always scare me when there's a backup on the exit ramp for some reason, right? the worst. speaking of driving, july 4 always a busy time. last month, auto sales jumped 22% from a year ago. >> and many of the cars are loaded with new technology. and learning how to use that new technology can take you down a rather bumpy road. >> good morning. >> reporter: hitting the road these days involves a lot more than just hitting the gas. >> and the future starts now. >> reporter: our rides have been remade with all sorts of high tech touches. wireless internet, voice activated navigation -- >> please say a command. >> reporter: and even a dash board concierge. >> your concierge is also a resourceful, personal assistant. >> reporter: so you can start the car and lock and unlock it with this ipad? >> yes. >> that's pretty cool. >> you name it, the car does it. >> reporter: car makers are

touting technology to lure new buyers. consoles look like cockpits. but some drivers are not quite sure they are ready for takeoff. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> steve freed just bought a 2013 ford escape. yet before he can leave the lot, he has to go to tech class. >> there's 10,000 voice commands in the car. satellite radio, cd, usb. you can receive text messages. it will email you a full detailed diagnostics. >> reporter: steve likes he can even control what happens when his teen daughter is behind the wheel without him. >> you can monitor so the car can't go more than 70 miles per hour. >> i lo of that. >> reporter: but learning it all is a bit overwhelming. >> they are going through every widget, button, gadget in the automobile. i don't think i have picked up on 50% of the tech that this car is capable of putting out. >> reporter: well, he's not alone. confusing technology is the number one complaint among new car owners, with negative

reports on entertainment and navigation systems up 45%. problems with voice command devices up 137%. >> a list of voice commands is now onscreen. >> reporter: technology complaints were a big reason for a drop from fifth to 23rd in overall customer satisfaction. >> absolutely nothing will work. >> reporter: analyst jessica caldwell says too many gadgets are raising concerns about distracted driving. but some automakers have been unfairly dinged by consumers who want the technology but don't have the patience to learn it. >> you may actually have to read your owner's manual. and people don't like to do that type of thing. i think there has to be definitely an awareness on both sides. >> it lhas tutorials and videos. >> this one comes on an ipad. >> you can sit in your living room and learn all the technology. >> reporter: an expert takes you for a test drive, including the

gages you customize. >> it used to be if you added a cd player, that was very advanced. >> that's right. >> this is pretty much command central right here? >> that's right. >> and what did i do? >> interact with it the same way as an ipad or an iphone. you can swipe like this. touch your icons there to select. so really it's very user friendly. >> reporter: yet some users may long for the day when they were simply drivers and the car wasn't trying to be so smart. >> goodbye. >> goodbye. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >> it's confusing. >> it would be nice if you could bea new car without all of it. >> well, you don't have to opt into it. some of it is standard. but for the first time we have one with a navigation thing. and i find it's more distracting to try to get it to tell me where to go than to actually look at the road and read the signs. >> yeah. >> there you go. >> so you put yourself in

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in a very appropriate this a very appropriate fashion later today. i'm nicole dinado live in east town. those details coming up. >> oh, my goodness. that's the way to start a thursday, nicole. wow. >> we heard that cat in the background. >> that's from grand rapids, michigan. i thought she was pretty composed. >> she did great. >> you did a good job, nicole. >> it didn't look like it was declawed. >> she handled that very well. >> congratulations to you. >> yes, because i think there might have been more language from other people. >> i think if she wasn't live on tv there would have been. >> it's 8:00. i'm gayle king. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> i'm erica hill. we mentioned secretary of state hillary clinton is in europe.

she's on a 12 day trip through urope, asia and the middle ugh east. >> as chip reed reports, she's also concerned with what's on your dinner plate. chip, hello. she must have heard that we're a nation of fatty mcfat fats. >> she did. the idea is that diplomacy, the goal is to bring people together. there is nothing that brings people together like food. >> reporter: in 1992 hillary clinton was caught on camera making some very undiplomatic comments about cooking. >> i suppose i could have stayed home and baked cookies and have tea. >> >> reporter: 20 years later as the globe trotting secretary of state, she still doesn't spend much time at home, but cooking is never far from her mind. ever since she turned the state department kitchen into a tool of international diplomacy. christopher james is the department's deputy chef. >> does food have a role in diplomacy? >> absolutely. absolutely. it has such a huge role. >> reporter: the predict abl

french food that used to dominate french functions is largely gone. now foreign diplomats are served american food with fresh local ingredients. >> we have a spice that maybe they're accustomed to or we present it in a fashion that they've seen before in their country. >> hello. thank you. >> reporter: secretary clinton put her chief of protocol in charge of what's come to be known as food diplomacy. >> it's really important because they're going to talk about some tough issues with one another. we want the framework of those tough discussions to be relaxing, to be welcoming, to be inviting. >> marshall said that when israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was at the state department recently he was surprised and pleased to hummus at the table and when china's president visited a top chinese american chef was brought in to cook chinese delicacy. >> his eyes lit up. he was so honored by this

gesture. >> this week one of the nation's top chefs designed the menu for a meeting of protocol chiefs from all over the world. >> i believe that dinner, gathering people around the table you have an opportunity to send hidden messages. >> hidden messages? >> hidden messages through a menu, hidden messages through the food that you put on a plate. >> for example? >> now. >> to remind foreign diplomats of the hurricane katrina, he served louisiana gulf shrimp. >> it's like sending a message of saying, we need to be supporting american ingredients. we need to be supporting small fishermen. >> reporter: it would be hard to prove that good food makes for better diplomacy, especially now that they're so sharply divided on many issues, but don't tell that to unthinkable on at this miss jose andres who believes

all thinks are possible through food. >> better food, a happy table, probably, probably we will have a better world. >> reporter: gayle, erica, in about 20 years of reporting from washington, i think this is the first time i've ever talked about today from the state department. >> i think they're on to something, chip. i really do. does the secretary of state get involved in the actual menu planning? >> reporter: oh, absolutely. you can imagine she's very hands on in everything she does, and food is included in that. in fact, her office is on the seventh floor here. the kitchen is up on the eighth floor. if they're putting together a menu and they have something that they can't decide whether to serve it or not, whether it should be different, they send it down to her big office on the seventh floor and she does a taste test. >> the official taster. this goes beyond just the meals that they serve. this includes things like snacks for visiting dignitaries, correct? >> it does. for example, the hummus that netanyahu had when he was here. yes, yes, they always have snacks

available that are something that some official of the country would be surprised to find but really pleased to find because it's something that has some relationship to that country. >> thanks. great piece. before it was local katering companies. >> they want to be a good host. >> oh, yeah, why didn't i think of that before. >> food makes me happy. you know you can never have too much hummus. didn't i say that? i like that too. >> my son is obsessed with hummus. >> fine way to get some protein. >> and our

you prly k . you know that ringo star was last you probably know that ringo starr was the last to join the beetles, but can you believe that was 50 years ago? jeff told us that a second ago. i can't believe it. this morning we'll show you how ringo is finding new inspiration and getting ready for another summer of love. that's the story after the break. stay with us please. ♪ i get by with a little help from my friends ♪ ♪ i get high with a little help from my friends ♪ ♪ going to try with a little help from my friends ♪ ♪ what do i do when my love is away ♪ chili's lunch break combos start at just 6 bucks. so ditch the brown bag for something better.

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he became a beetle. >> octopi shade. >> got it. >> we caught up with ringo in new york where he's still getting by with a little help from his friends and computer art programs. >> the beetles! ♪ >> reporter: and it was 50 years ago this august that ringo starr joined the beetles. >> i don't know what beetles means. >> reporter: not that he counted. >> i think about it because people like you keep mentioning it now. 50 years. yes, that's right. >> reporter: is that significant at all? >> no. it's just another number, isn't it? you know, that's how it is. it was -- you know, used to be two years. oh, now five. now 40. >> reporter: no special celebration? >> paul and i, we go in the pub you mean? no. >> reporter: if he sounds at all sour, that's because he spent a

good part of his life trying to distance himself from the fab four even though that journey never really took him off stage. ♪ >> reporter: do you enjoy being on stage more now? >> no, no, i love it. i love being on stage because, one, i'm down to earth and a big show off. the other one is that i get to play with all these great musicians. >> my name is ringo. >> so it's a win-win for me. >> reporter: does it help playing with different folks every year? >> it does. oh, yeah. that was the start of ringo and the all-stars. >> reporter: stars band began touring in 1989 featuring a rotating cast of musicians featuring joe walsh and peter fram p ton. 12 years later he says the show is only getting better ♪ it don't come easy >> i'm playing more and more.

i have the energy. i don't know. it's just one of those turning points. >> reporter: tell me how the audience has changed in your shows. >> well, that's impossible. you know, the change from when? the beetle days when it was mad and loud? >> reporter: no. i would say since the all-stars. >> since the all-stars, the thing had a has changed is more people are coming to the show. ♪ >> and, actually, there's an age of more younger people coming to the gigs so we're not overloaded with, you know, people our age. i kept the whole rumor. >> reporter: it sounds like that. >> i'm checking the room and i'm listening for anyone that says, love you. i love you too. catch me crazy. >> reporter: it was on the road where star happened upon his

latest hobby, creating pop art using computer paint programs. he decided to print and sell the images for charity. at a recent event some sold for $12,000. >> reporter: i'm curious how you would describe this work. >> i think it's great. there was a guy on a star. you can get a lot out of it if you want to look at it. >> reporter: i didn't see the dog. >> you didn't see it? >> reporter: how about that. star is also raising another electronic media. >> you recently joined twitter. >> i did. all i ever heard about was really bad stuff about it. oh, i'm gone for a tea or whatever they said. today i told them the big news, day off, going to the gym. >> reporter: that is big news. >> yeah. >> reporter: what do you think? >> i just join in the revolution. i'm seeing what's going down.

>> reporter: revolution, familiar territory for ringo starr whose back feed helped ignite a musical one five years ago. ♪ >> reporter: but these days he says he's just looking for a little peace. >> i don't know. i am looking for peace. i mean that in a loving way. ♪ >> artwork. >> i did not buy any artwork. do you want some? i kind of do. i liked his artwork. do you know what i think is cool about the job we get to do? you get to talk to people who you grew up watching, listening

to or reading about and that you get to have a conversation. so here you are talking to ringo starr. surely there's a beetle record someplace at your house. >> absolutely. >> so there's something very cool about that. >> i got to talk to paul mccartney a couple years ago. vastly different interviews. >> now i got the sense, tell me if i'm wrong, that ringo -- other people are more excited about the anniversary than he, is that true? >> for whatever reason, ringo's not encouraged to talk about the beetles anniversary. he wants to talk about his band or his art. you know, he's -- it's just not his first topic of discussion. >> i got a sense of that. >> for a number of different reasons he can be quite icy when asked about that. >> we did like -- i did like his art. >> yeah, it was cool. >> some of it's cool. i don't know how much he's going to pursue that in the future, but clearly -- i mean, listen. no matter what he does, he's ringo starr. >> exactly. he was selling some of it for

charity you mentioned. >> that's right. yes, the money does go to charity. >> nice piece as always. >> yes. >> thank you, jeff. houston may soon be going lin sane. we'll make this a long story short on "cbs this morning." erica's right, what? this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by beauty rest. life fully charged. it's time to live wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sleep system... from beautyrest.

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♪ we found jay-z as we looked around the web. can never go wrong with jay-z on a friday or any day. the presbyterian church usa is on record saying, do not spank

your children. the pittsburgh post gazette says church delegates narrowly passed a resolution calling for an end to corporal punishment. opponents say that should be up to the parents to decide. one say they should follow jesus example. love them, not hit them. spanking at your house? >> no. >> me neither. i just don't think it's necessary. >> i would feel bad. i can't tell them not to hit if i do. >> absolutely right. there's such perfect children. i would never have to worry about that. we told you yesterday about a florida lifeguard fired for leaving his post to rescue a struggling swimmer. now the huffington post reports that he was offered his job back. he said thanks but no thanks. lopez says he should never have been fired in the first place. now he is ready to move on. i'm guessing he'll probably get another job offer. >> yesterday, i thought they were going to ask him to come back. i thought he would go. he said never mind. >> spanking them right back.

>> oh, jeff. adele has the only album in america to sell more than a million copies this year. it sold more than 5 million copies last year. the grammy winner is on the way to a top -- second year in a row. >> never gets old. >> time to dust off the cliff notes. time reports a new addition of ernest hemingway's a farewell to arms will be released next week. what? >> the twist it will include all of the alternate endings to the book and there are 47 in total. >> oh, my goodness. >> like choose your own adventure, remember? >> exactly. >> lots of ideas. the new york daily news said lin-sanity may be leaving new york. say it ain't so. >> it ain't so. >> became the biggest story in sports. got a 40 or $29 million offer from the houston rockets. will the knicks fight to keep him? >> gayle might. don't let him go. >> they can match the offer. we'll have that answer,,,,,,,,,,

it's time for some news headlines. for boys and two girls were hurt when a 15 year-old crashed a car into a tree in alameda. the driver is treated for life- threatening injuries and the passengers less seriously hurt. there investigate whether or alcohol or drugs were involved. the state board investigating the death of a jockey at the alameda county clare and pleasanton. a 33 year old was killed when he wrote the final horse race of the day guess today. the fair organizers are shocked at the accident. a family of four escaped the burning home this morning thanks to their smoke alarm. a second fire almost started next door with a neighbor went to switch off its gas supply. the traffic and weather after this.

good morning. a lot of people have this friday morning of work and at the toll plaza they didn't turn the metering lights on with no delay out of oakland heading into san francisco. south of have a 17 at camden and accident with a few break lights even though it's on the right- hand shoulder. northbound 880 at fruit belt avenue exit now cleared off to the shoulder.

still slower speeds heading pass the coliseum toward downtown oakland. looking good as we get into the weekend with a look cloud cover stretching across the bay area. but clear in concord and fairfield still. heading for the afternoon plenty of sunshine and temperatures right now in the '50s with delays at san francisco airport with an hour and the decree minutes. and hour and 33 minutes. the next couple of days the high pressure building will warm the temperatures up especially and lintas may be low 90s in the valley and '60s and look at the coast line.

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. today, today rita wilson will take you home from bleak to she can in one week. >> viola. >> the talk today on cbs. ♪ wow. hello, long beach. i love being here, but i kind of wish i was in long beach. i love a pretty place and sunshine. welcome back to "cbs this morning." google the phrase travel websites and you get more than 700,000 results. that gives you an idea how confusing it can be just to choose the right one. >> luckily we don't have to choose. travel editor peter greenburg is here to show us five websites that can be especially helpful when planning that next vacation. good morning. >> good morning. >> i just realized i lost my list. here it is. number one on your list -- >> this is good. >> trip it.com.

>> i love that. it allows you to organize your itinerary into one location. you can sync it with your iphone or ipad. >> you have the application and do you plug in your frequent flyer miles? it puts in your information automatically? >> exactly. it kind of organizing it. now the program costs $49. it lets you manage your frequent flyer miles. go for the free application. it gives you everything you need. >> knowing flight delays could be helpful. >> it gives you a number of other free applications. >> the airline ones will do that for you. >> you know what's great with the airline, you plug it in, they'll give you notifications. half the time they give you a notification 1 1/2 hours after i've been on the plane. >> peter, how about when you check in at the counter and you say is the flight on time, they say yes, it's delayed an hour. >> you never ask if the flight

s on time. they always interpret that is the flight scheduled to leave on time. the titanic was scheduled to leave on time. >> what is the question to ask? >> i've heard that one before but i still love it. >> you may hear it again. no, the thing is ask what's the -- what's the tail number assigned to your flight. tail number 383. where is 383. it's in beleaise, i'm not goingo boston. >> then go to the gift shop. >> you've got dogvaca.com. >> yes. our animals are our family. this is a cool sight because you don't always have to stick your dog in a kennel. that's like warehousing. this is an opportunity, people who are vetted by this organization will watch your dog for you. you get to meet them. there's an insurance policy in case something goes wrong. necessity being the mother of invei inventi invention, this is a good idea. >> yes. you can go there and check it

out. >> air b and b.com. >> this is a site that was started. it's peer-to-peer renting. now it's alternatives to hotels. you want to stay in a tree house, you want to stay in a castle. >> i would like a tree house. >> all these alternatives to regular hotels that people will rent you rooms in those things, very, very cool. >> a tree house? >> yes. >> explain tree house. >> there's a great tree house. >> climb upstairs. byo. tree house. >> like it's a real tree house? >> yes. >> i'm thinking i might pass on that. >> i knew you'd go for the castle. >> i'm a castle girl. i like that. >> the sound this have is great, ha pack for a purpose.org. >> it's part of both. a whole idea is a lot of people will go on a vacation and not know what to bring or how to properly pack. five pounds in your suitcase equals five pencils or five

soccer balls. things you can bring to the place you're helping out. it's in conjunction with a project you're doing. >> whatever is needed. it's a great resource. >> is this your favorite one? i know you're very big on volunteering? >> i am. it's one of the fastest areas in travel. you give back and what you get back is so much more. >> you're a fan of oyster.com? >> yes. this is fun. they send anonymous investigators to go to places where you want to stay. this is photo fakeout. let's take a look at a beach resort in the dominican republic. this is what it really looks like. >> oh, no. >> yeah? >> how many people have been bamboozled. >> look at the buffet at a restaurant. let's go to the next one. this is even wilder. once again, i hate brochures because they never give you the real picture. >> yeah. >> there's a buffet. isn't that cute? the happy couple. that's the real buffet. one pancake and a little egg.

just about it. my favorite one of all, ready for this? this is a hotel in loss angeles. watch this now. this is good. isn't that lovely? >> lovely. >> this is the real picture next to a mall, macy's. if you need to go shopping while you're in the pool. >> not so much. >> fakeouts. >> interesting name, oyster,.com. you have to open it up. >> finding a pearl. >> or macy's. >> thank you, peter. >> which is not the same guy who doesn't like shopping at all. >> no. >> thank you, peter. >> i love shopping. except if it involves a tree house. >> alan co-stars "the good wife." now he's taking on the scottish play himself. he's here somewhere in the building. >> we'll find him. >> there he is. >> there he is. >> you're blocking my view. ,,

the new cases. we still have judgment here. we can teach bloody instructions which are being taught return to plague the inventor. even handed gestures command the ingredients of our poison chalice to our own lips. >> macbeth starring alan and co-stars him in every role. the actor, singer, writer, director plays every role in the production. >> we also know him as eli gold on the cbs drama "the good

wife." it was your opening night last night? >> that's right. >> you knocked it out of the park and you're here this morning. are you as exhausted as i am as i was sitting there watching you last night? >> i'm tired. i'm a cbs slave. >> wait. we like to see you. >> no, but i'm not kidding. you did all the parts. at one point you became buck naked. we saw your bottom. >> where were you sitting? some seats have the penis seats. >> i was not in the penis seats. >> believe me, i was not in the penis seats but i was trying to go like that. right smack in the middle. you were fabulous. >> thank you. >> you talked nonstop for 1:46. it's a lot of dialogue. >> i did. >> you love it because? >> yeah, well, you know, it's funny. it wasn't my intention for this to happen. >> what do you mean? >> i didn't suddenly go, gosh,

i'd love to do macbeth and play all the parts. it just kind of happened. also, two other people in the show there. but they -- i got all the parts in macbeth. they're the narrator, the doctor and the nurse. when i come on i'm so happy. >> did you get a break? >> i got to lie down for 30 seconds. >> yeah. only 30 seconds. >> you need some tea, man. >> yeah, my voice is tired. you can't -- you know, you can't not do it. you can't not -- >> you cannot phone it in. >> right? you've been obsessed with this play forever, right? >> yes. yes. ever since he was a little boy. it's the first play i ever remembered. my brother, he got it at school. he was studying at school. he came home and told me about it. that was my first memory of any play macbeth. i grew up near all the great mansions in the play. >> you say macbeth, i thought

there was this whole super stigs thing that you're not supposed to say it. >> i made a decision early on before i started that my life would be crazy if i did that. you've got to do what you think. you sing macbeth, if you believe in that superstition, you have to go out of the room, turn around two times, spit and swear. >> don't do that. >> saliva everywhere. >> on twitter you describe yourself as a scottish elof trapped inside a middle aged man's body. at some point we have to get a shot of the outfit. i'm thinking you must be comfortable in your body, alan. you must be comfortable because i'm thinking how brave it is to be naked on stage. >> yes. >> i'm very serious. >> yeah. >> you must feel okay about yourself. >> i do. i do feel okay about myself and my body. it's different when you do it, when you're playing a part naked. it's not you, everyone's looking. you sort of feel like you're doing it because that's what the character is doing. i am comfortable. i think that -- and also i think

that's my favorite thing, like i think our whole obsession with body image and fashion, actually i think if you see someone that's comfortable with themselves, wearing what they feel comfortable in, that's sexy enough. >> i get it. i get it. >> i like that. >> eli gold on "the good wife" i heard you were reluctant to take the part. could you say in your best eli gold voice why you were reluctant to take the part. explain it to us in your best description. >> i didn't get it. i didn't get it. >> what didn't you get? what didn't you get? >> you know, a role you don't understand, the story, the show. i've seen pictures at the bus stop. that was it. julianne. then i don't have tv so i've never seen it. >> oh. >> controversial. i didn't really understand. i read it fast. i was like, what?

who is this person? what are they talking about? >> it was going to be difficult. i remember saying, i just don't -- i don't think it's me. >> now you're doing it. >> it's really good. that's why it's here. >> now we have a reason. >> you're negotiating. i love it. it's a big part of my life. >> you've already started filming season 4? >> yes. we just finished the first episode of the season 4. >> i erred heard. congratulations because you reviewed your vows. >> i did. >> in january? >> yes. yes. >> so marriage still good? >> yes. >> you still happy in love? >> very. yeah. that was the part. maybe that's why. i've been away in glascow. that's a nice thing when you

remember why you're with someone and why you love them so much. >> i do too. continued success. >> i'll be away a lot. >> so many people will tell you that very seriously. you appreciate one another more. >> yeah. >> get back together at some point. >> really. really. bravo. thank you. >> macbeth runs in new york through next saturday. catch it if you can. we will see him again on "the good wife" next fall. >> he says more juicy stuff to come. we can never get enough pandas. in japan a newborn is making big headlines they say. why is that? we'll take you there right after the break. this is "cbs this morning." ,,,,,,

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. in japan they're celebrating a much anticipated arrival of panda was born at the tokyo zoo for the first time since 1988. >> the mother is a 7-year-old and her unnamed cub are saiding to said to be doing well. our reporter is in tokyo watching the reaction. >> reporter: that tiny voice unleashed huge excitement across panda crazy japan. barely visible through night vision video monitors, japan's 16th panda baby weighs in at just a few ounces, small enough to fit in the palm of a human hand and carefully sheltered away from the public. i came to see the baby today says this 6-year-old girl. but they wouldn't let us see it. waiting the arrival of the pink hairless official took officials by surprise. right after the birth, the baby started crying quite intensely.

so we realized it had been born. the mom and her partner arrived in china last year and were exhibited after the march 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident lifting spirits for a grieving japan. last spring she became pregnant via natural breeding. i'm standing in front of the panda cage at tokyo's zoo. now they've been showing giant pandas from china here since 1972. never before have they been able to breed a baby panda as easily and flawlessly as they have this time around. zoo officials here are literally ecstatic. nervous zoo officials say the giant panda seen here feeding and cuddling her baby seemed made for motherhood. the birth happened suddenly but went extremely well said the zoo president. she's a natural mom and i'm absolutely delighted.

it made me happy to know the pair of pandas created this baby without scientific intervention all on their own. the baby panda, sex still unknown, will be sent back to china in two years. japan retains naming rights. the zoo is expected to keep the new bundle of joy under wraps for about six months before showing it off to the public. for cbs this morning, lucy craft, tokyo. >> our panda appreciation week continues. >> you love pandas. >> how can you not love a panda? we've had a panda story for three days. look at the people lined up. we're not the only ones that like pandas. >> tomorrow on cbs this morning saturday, pandas. just kidding. holiday weeks like this are busy ones for hospitals. so how do you choose the best one? on cbs this morning saturday, we're taking a look at a new survey which shows you the hospitals that could be hazardous to your health. so we'll look out for that. and we should point out, charlie rose back with us on monday.

nice to have him at the table. >> very nice. >> and one of our favorite segments we're doing now -- >> i'm glad it's friday. >> i'm glad it's friday, too. we're ready for a break. first, a look at the past week and the names of all the people that work so hard to bring you this broadcast every day. have a great weekend. >> take it easy. it easy. more than 2 million people in the u.s. are waking up to another day of no power and high >> many of them are asking their power companies, why is it taking so long? >> take a look behind me. that is why it is taking so long. >> this morning, much of the country is still wrapped in an oppressive dangerous heat wave. >> it's 104 degrees in the shade right now. >> you sweat and stay inside. it's a hardship. >> are you hot? it's supposed to be hot. >> meanwhile in colorado, fires continue to burn throughout that state. >> when you see the fire that descended, you can understand why for many residents who went back, there was nothing left.

>> there's hope. we need do something. we're all okay. >> the supreme court has a final word. obama care is a tax. like it or not, it's a tax. >> when you call it a mandate, whether you call it a tax, what it is is a penalty. >> it's up to you to decide what vision makes more sense. >> tributes are pouring in for andy griffith who died in his north carolina home. >> andy was the most easy to like man i've ever met in my life. >> i came up to airport and hear that theme whistled behind me. >> the bouquet toss can get a little competitive at weddings. >> she went for it, though. the effort involved. >> impressive. >> it's not funny to laugh when someone falls down getting hurt. that was kind of funny. ♪ this is crazy ♪ here's my number ♪ so call me maybe ♪ >> it's the tune that --

>> it's stuck in your head. >> words to the song. >> all we have to say is you're welcome. >> pretty much the greatest thing that anyone has ever seen. >> pandas sliding down a slide. never gets old to me. >> it is official. mermaids do not exist. >> good to know. >> be careful what you do in a chicago taxi. also pronounced taxi. >> lessons of reading your script before you go on air. >> that would be willie geist. >> works at the exxon station. >> buying women's cosmetics. >> i love how lss gets stacked while i'm here. >> well yaer. >> what's your favorite eye cream? >> our executive producer, vice president of programming, lots of big titles there, chris licht is watching. >> two american treasures right there. >> absolutely. >> the fourth of july just wouldn't be the same without the boston pops. >> watch them on ,, ,,,,

>> police are investigating whether drugs and alcohol were a factor in a crash involving six teenagers in alameda this morning. the 15 year-old driver is being treated for life-threatening injuries. five others were less seriously hurt. a laser pointer was directed at two flights coming into sfo last night. it targeted a virgin america flight from chicago and a skywest flight from calgary. many passengers can expect a difficult weekend if you are taking the n or j church lines. disruptions' between 7:00 tonight and 5:00 monday morning. >> it looks pretty gloomy

outside right now with gray skies around the bay area. delays at sfo of one hour 33 minutes. fog will camp out towards the coast line leaving fog in. warmer temperatures for most of us today as the ridge continues to build in. temperatures looking good towards the afternoon. '60s and '70s around the bay and out at the coastline. the weekend looks great and we even get a little bit hot in some spots. 60s and cooler fog out towards the coast.

>> good morning. is not too bad out there right now for the commute. northbound 880 has been a little bit slow because of an earlier accident. overall things are improving as he passed the coliseum. no delays for silicon valley commuters. golden gate bridge traffic is extra light heading toward san francisco. they did finally turned the metering lights on at the bridge. have a great weekend. ,,,,,,,,