we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> if you're the head of a large private equity firm or hedge fund, your job is to make money. it's not to create jobs. >> president obama challenges mitt romney's business record. >> the obama campaign thinks governor romney may have misrepresented his role in bain capital. >> the romney campaign says the president is lying. >> do you believe there's anyting about his experience at bain that should be called into question? >> i think when you run for president, everything is called into play. >> made the decision to conceal this information a damning report about how penn state officials covered up allegations against jerry sandusky for years. >> joe in no way ever suspected that jerry sandusky was a child predator. >> reports that mitt romney is zeroing in on a running mate,

and that condoleezza rice is near or at the top of that list. >> i think her credentials far surpass barack obama and joe biden. >> jpmorgan chase's losses have almost tripled what was originally thought. >> the massive protests in downtown los angeles. at least one officer was injured. >> the u.s. olympic committee under fire because of the uniforms made in china. >> put them in a big pile and burn them. >> all that -- >> take a look at the terrifying crash in new jersey caught on camera. >> a look at the radar, we have showers starting to pick up. bear with me here. >> and all that matters. >> the honorable lady. >> when you start paying for the tickets, then you can criticize my tie, all right? >> on "cbs this morning." out. >> that would be cool. >> absolutely. >> come back when your hair grows out. [ laughter ]

welcome to "cbs this morning." for weeks now, democrats have challenged mit challenged mitt romney's record as the ceo of bain capital.hat took the financial firm that took . over failing businesses. this morning, the romney camp iso thos responding to those attacks in some of the most bitter talks of the campaign so far. and we'll have more on that in just a moment.a but first, charlie rose sat with the down with the president and mrs. obama at the white house on thursday for a wide-ranging charlie interview, and charlie asked the president about his attack on pre romney's business record. >> do you believe his presidency because would be a disaster because this is a man who's been a successful business person.ess person does that disqualify him or make him appropriately a candidate for a political office? politic how do you take the measure of >> i his business experience? >> i do not think at all it disqualifies him. but i also think it's important if that's his main calling card if his basic premise is that i'mt

o mr. fix-it on the economy beause i made a lot of money. >> but then what are you saying?me degree >> well, to some degree he saysis he that he understands the economy and the private sector. >> and they invested in better. businesses and made them better. >> so that's his premise.is entirely i think it is entirely appropriate to look at that record and see whether in fact his focus was creating jobs. and he successfully did that. and when you look at the recordhat h there are questions there that have to be asked. >> like what? >> well look you know, as i stione said, when some people questioned why i would challenge his bain record the point i made there in the past is if is, if y you're the head of a large private equity firm or hedge fund, your job is to make money. it's not to create jobs. it's not even to create successful business. make s it's to make sure that you're maximizing returns for your investor.

now that's appropriate.ap that's part of the american way. that's part of the system. but that doesn't necessarily make you qualified to think about the economy as a whole y job because as president, my job is to think about the workers. my job is to think about communities, where jobs have been outsourced and so it is not that he is disqualified what h because of what he's done. it is if that's your main claim, so if he doesn't talk about the fact that he's been the governorachusetts fo of massachusetts for four years very much -- >> or ran the olympics. >> then i want us to make sure you that we know what your theory is about how to grow the economy. and that i and that is a question that i think most americans want to know as well. this is the nature of running for president. >> now both campaigns actually turned up the heat over romney and bain capital connections accusing each other of spreading lies. bill plante is at the white house with that part of the story this morning.

>> reporter: good morning, and good morning to you out west. that's right. there's one issue so far that seems to effectively move the needle for president obama in this campaign and it's what bain capital did when mitt romney was in charge. it's the best weapon they have in their arsenal. so when a new twist on the story emerged on thursday, the obama campaign was all over it.xclusive in an exclusive interview with obama sa charlie rose thursday presidente obama said that romney's time atut his exp bain capital deserves further scrutiny. >> do you believe there's anything about his experience at bain that should be called into question? >> well, i think that when you y run for president, everything is called into question. when you're president, uest everything is called into now question. is >> reporter: and the question the obama campaign is now asking is whether romney remained in firm charge of bain capital while the firm invested in companies that sent jobs overseas after he had ake charge left in 1999 to take charge of the winter olympics. new reports show that romney and remained the sole owner and executi chief executive officer of bain through 2002.l with

in a conference call with c reporters, deputy obama campaignger manager stephanie cutter all but called romney a liar.r >> either mitt romney through words his own words, and his own m signature, was misrepresenting his position at bain to the s wa s.e.c., which is a felony or he was misrepresenting his position at bain to the american people. >>a romney spokesperson hit back saying he had no input on investments or management of companies after he left in 1999 apolo and said that president obama ought to apologize for the out of control behavior of his staff which demeans the office he holds.ght >> romney bought companies, drowned them in debt.weeks, >> reporter: for weeks, the paign obama campaign and its supporters have been attacking issue, romney on this issue, spending dollars millions of dollars on ads in swing states where voters have have suf suffered from the outsourcing of jobs.working. an attack, they believe, is working. the romney campaign responded thur thursday with an ad of its own. >> the obama outsourcing ng

attacks, misleading, unfair, and untrue. when a president doesn't tell the truth, how can we trust him to lead? >> reporter: the romney campaign has been fighting back. this morning they hit at the president's answer to charlie when he said that the biggest mistake of his first couple of years was not getting his story across. romney campaign people says it shows that he is out of touch with the struggles of the middle class. and they also put out a new ad this morning saying that -- holding the president, rather as a candidate in 2008 deploying scare tactics and saying that we expect more from a president. erica, lee? >> cbs news political director obviou john dickerson is with us now. so obviously, both sides are fired up. but at the end of the day, what marry matters is whether this bain capital line of attack resonates with voters. does it?stra >> well it remains to be seen.

the president said in the an abstract he doesn't want to make it disqualifying. but whether or not it resonates with voters the president wants it to be a question of who looks who looks out for you, who's going to care going to for you. and romney wants to be who's romn oing to fix this thing. goin and so that's the question.that's and what the president is tryingnt to do is keep focussed on who cares about you and then r disqualify mitt romney on that >> o question. >> one of the other things that ey the romney campaign jumped on was what the president told t charlie yesterday when he asked e aske him essentially, did you learn anything? were there any mistakes from your first term that we can anything? learn going into a second term if you get one? let's listen to what he had to say. >> you know when i think about what we've done well and what we haven't done well the mistake of my first couple of years was thinking that this job was just ting about getting the policy right. and that's important.

but the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the that american people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and especially optimism, especially during tough times. it's funny. when i ran, everybody said, can well he can give a great speech, but can he actually manage the job?s, and then in my first two years, i think the notion was, well gling a you know, he's been juggling and of managing a lot of stuff, but you know, where's the story that tells us where he's going?s and i think that was a legitimate criticism. and so getting out of this town spending more time with the american people listening to bei them, and also then being in a conversation with them about where do we go together as a country. i need to do a better job of that in my second term.ng? >> better job of explaining?

>> well, explaining, but also inspiring. >> so he is almost suggesting that the narrative really is the problem. of a >> yeah. this is a little bit of a humble brag. a little bit of a i was so busy doing my job, i didn't talk about it. is so the question though, is whether the policies or the pack packaging. and for a lot of critics, this w sounds like you know we heard e k you. we knew what we were doing, and we didn't like what you were doing.e and the president talks about stories.st but nothing tells a story like success. and so -- but you know, in his defense, and there will be plenty of obama supporters that will say yes, he has done all th the great things but how do they get through? they so the real question is how much can a president communicate. ca in campaigns you talk but it's k but i in a very different way than youay you talk in office. and the question is whether a president can actually do that much as a communicator. co he has a great megaphone, but it can only take him so far. at the end of the day, it may bee that presidents have to do what they are going to do and o recognize they will take a hit, and you can't tell a good story effectively. >> when you look at it both not

candidates get a little criticism for maybe not you communicating as well.eeza ric it is being said that condoleezza rice is on the short list as a running mate for mitt romney. we asked her about that recently on thi on this very program, and she clear had a pretty clear response. we want to play that.ing you're >> you are not saying you would turn him down if he calls, are you? >> i'm saying there is no way that i will do this because it's really not me. i know my strengths, and governor romney needs to find someone who wants to run with him. people there are many people who will do it very, very well. and i'll support the ticket. >> that's a no or that's a it's not going to happen?ng >> that's a it's not going to happen. and no. >> so any chance -- she was a pretty clear there. but is there a chance that she could in fact change her mind? it' >> well it's almost a requirement of being a possible person is to say no. so she's done that part. of you have to say no. i think we don't know what the we inside of the romney process is.ing

to but talking to people in the campaign, she definitely is hat they'r somebody that they are looking at. at. she would be very dynamic in a number of ways. but the downsides for her, mitt had romney hasn't really had to talk about the bush years very much.een able he has been able to detach this himself from that particularly the foreign policy side.de. if she were on the ticket he would have to talk about eight about years of iraq afghanistan, was it a mistake, would you have was it gone in knowing what you know t now. there are a lot of issues there. and as many talents as she has, she hasn't had to deal with the pol domestic scene. she has always been able to say i deal with the adult stuff, the exploding things. but this would be daily cut and ut a thrust, talking about bain and all these things that are now part of the campaign.nd all t she wouldn't necessarily be able to fill that vice presidential role. >> she said policies aren't really her thing. >> yeah. >> but we will see. you never know, right? >> that's right. >> as always thank you. kn >> nice to have you today. of thanks. you can see more of charlie's interview with the obamas on "cbs sunday morning" ther this weekend. there is outrage and sadness ove this morning over charges that off top officials at penn state reports

of child sex sexual abuse by jerry sandusky. >> lawyers and relatives of those officials, including longtime football coach joe paterno, are disputing the conclusions from the university's official investigation. armen keteyian reports that the lead investigators has no doubts, though. of the >> the full force of the report by former fbi director louis freeh is still being did i guestgested, but one thing is clear. occur joe paterno's legacy is tarnished.ead fallout from the freeh report seemed to spread to every crack pe and corner of a shell-shocked rd penn state community. from the board of trustees -- ain >> our hearts remain heavy, and we are deeply ashamed. >> reporter: to the school's new president. all across this once happy valley and beyond. back >> it's really sad, bad for the university.

terrible for the paterno family. paterno >> reporter: the report, eight months in the making totalling ore th more than 430 interviews proved as comprehensive as it was condemning. laying out in detail what freeh nd called the callus and shocking by disregard for victims by the most powerful leaders at penn state university. some 14 years of serial sexual ov abuse by jerry sandusky covered up by paterno, former president graham spanier, athletic director tim curley, and senior vice president gary schultz. >> what's significant and gnifican shocking is that the four of is that t them, the most powerful people in penn state university, made a decision to conceal this information.rmation. >> reporter: as evidence, freeh produced a rash of revealing t two emails between curley, spanier, assis and schultz written about two weeks after mike mcqueary said ess he had witnessed sandusky sexual assault a young boy in a football facility shower in 2001. february 2001. in one in one curley writes he is

uncomfortable moving forward p with the plan to alert child welfare authorities about the incident a day after speaking with paterno. that same night spanier responds in another email he writing in part, the approach you outline is humane and a reasonable way to proceed.ents wer >> no sentiments were ever expressed to sandusky's victims. >> reporter: last night in an pelley interview with scott pelley jay paterno defended his father. >> joe paterno did not commit not any crim nat act. he did not cover up any criminal act. >> but freeh, a former fbi acu director, made clear that the penn state four were acutely a aware of sandusky's interest in young boys as far back as 1998 d and never took action, driven by a sad, simple truth. >> there's lots of consequences publici that go with pad publicity and the brand of penn state, including the university

including the reputation of fund coaches, including the ability to do fundraising. it's got huge implications. >> in reacting to the freeh r, report attorneys for spanier, curle schultz, and curly made essentially the same argue it's not a full record of the facts omplet and there was no effort to conceal. made 120 meanwhile, freeh made 120 recommendations to penn state toendations ensure what he called a more open and compliant culture. and wow. >> wow is right. >> yeah. >> ground shifting is what you said earlier. >> it is.. >> thank you armen. >> you bet.t was it was six months ago today that t that the cruise ship costa he concordia ran aground on an aly. island off the coast of italy. >> and the 32 people who died will be remembered today during a memorial mass. on >> reporter: six months on and the vast hulk of the costa concordia is still lying on its side just offshore. it's the peak of holiday season now and so for vacationers it's attr kind of a sinister attraction. but for the family members of g her

the victims who are coming here emoria today, it's a memorial to their loved ones. concordia the 13th of january, the captain of the costa concordia crashed then his ship into the rocks and failed more than an hour to give the order to more than 4,000 ion int passengers and crew to abandon and ship. wha the investigation into exactly what went on and what went wrong and that night is still underway and so is the salvaged operation. but today is a day to remember. r there will be a mass for 32 of the people that lost their lives. two of the bodies have still not been found. elizabeth palmer cbs news. jpmorgan chase says the loss from a trading mistake earlier this year has grown now from $2 billion to $5.8 billion. ceo jamie dimon told stockholders this morning this has shaken our company to the core.

time now for a look at some ti of the morning's headlines. il the washington times says that the mayor is facing tough questions over monly illegally call spent on his campaign. gray says his lawyer told him the not to comment. w the "wall street journal" is reporting that syria's overnmen government is moving part of its chemical weapons arsenal. u.s. officials say that they are worried. it's unclear if they being moved to protect them or if they if t intend to use them against opposition forces. the omaha world herald says rs drought stricken farmers will . get some help. more than 1,000 counties across sp the nation have been declared national disaster areas. low >> "the washington post" reports a disturbing story this morning. a d.c. police officer allegedly threatened to shoot first lady sources michelle obama. sources say the white house motorcycle escort was overheard wednesday making that alleged making

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dozens of people who know george zimmerman tell the fbi he is not a racist. while the lead police investigator says zimmerman followed trayvon martin because of what he was wearing. we'll look at the new evidence from prosecutors and get reaction from martin's family. and starting tomorrow one of america's most iconic bridges will be gripped by gridlock. >> you've got like four lanes of trucks going down into two in one sharp go. that's not -- mathematically it doesn't work. >> we'll find out what's clogging up the george washington bridge and why the same kind of trouble could soon hit drivers all over america on "cbs this morning." >> this portion of "cbs this

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>> good morning happy friday the 13th. let's get you caught up with some of the bay area had winds. this morning the contra costa county sheriff will announce plans for dealing with more inmates coming from the state. an update in on the robbers fire in the sierra foothills, 10 percent contained the fire grew to more than 1,100 a. overnight. 150 homes are threatened. people are in line for school supplies in san jose this morning.

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little reminder here for you a little reminder for you of why you should not run a red light. see the car get hit there, goes flying into the air. it happened in new jersey after the driver ran a red light. he was arrested on dui charges. new jersey officials are using this accident from last month, releasing the video, saying to raise awareness of the dangers. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> amazingly, though, only minor injuries, apparently. >> that is shocking. >> air bags and seat bellsts. so raising awareness for that as well.

in florida, prosecutors have released new evidence now in the case of george zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman facing murder charges for shooting trayvon martin. >> the new material focuses on zimmerman and his reasons for following the unarmed teenager that night. mark straussman is in sanford, florida, where the shooting happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica and lee. there were no bombshells in this latest evidence but it does fill in some of the details. for instance, one witness, a child, felt pressured by sanford police to back up zimmerman's story, but no one investigators talked to believed that zimmerman was a racist. the new case documents include grainy images of trayvon martin's hoodie and blood-stained shirt with a bullet hole. another shows fragments from the fatal bullet. also included transcripts from fbi interviews with chris serino, then the lead investigator with sanford police. he said that zimmerman followed martin based on his attire, because of the hoodie, and not skin color. he says zimmerman's story appeared scripted, and the crime

watch volunteer had a little hero complex but he was not a racist. coworkers and friends and neighbors agreed.- all told the fbi he had no racial prejudice. >> we don't know if he is a racist or not. >> he is the lawyer for trayvon martin's mother. >> for some reason, he profiled trayvon martin as a criminal. and the only thing he knew about him was that he was a young black man walking with a hoodie. nothing more. >> reporter: zimmerman was suspicious of martin following recent burglaries in the neighborhood. in the year before the shooting zimmerman called police at least six times to report suspicious activity. in one recorded call to police zimmerman says he doesn't want to approach a guy he is suspicious of. but in another call you can hear his wife shelley zimmerman, tell him not to go after a suspect. >> he just went between the houses to the back. >> yeah. >> shoot.

>> he's looking at cars. >> i'm gonna -- >> no, don't. >> why not? >> don't go out there. >> ok. we'll get an officer out there to check the area. >> ok, thanks. >> you're welcome. >> it shows part of his modus oprendi. he tries to take the law into his own hands. >> reporter: when law enforcement arrested zimmerman on april 11, in his car they found another gun, three magazines of extra amo, and a folded knife. his lawyer told me that his client had good reason to be armed at that point. by then, he had already gone into hiding because of death threats. >> mark, thank you. cbs news legal analyst jack ford is with us. looking at this stuff that is coming out one of the things that stands out is the lead investigate who are told the fbi that he didn't think that zimmerman attacked trayvon

martin because of raise. how important is that? >> one of the things to keep in mind is just because something is concerned in a police report or interview doesn't make it admissible. you can have thousands of pages of documents with all sorts of opinions, but the reality is very little of it will actually get inside of a courtroom. for instance, somebody having an opinion saying he is a good guy, bad guy, guilty not guilty racist, not a racist generally speaking those witnesses don't get to say that inside of the courtroom. because the idea is jurors are told you're going to decide this case on the facts of the case alone, not on opinions people have. there are some exceptions to that. certain experts can give opinions. but a witness can't come on the stand in the courtroom and say, i think he's guilty. or, i think he is a racist. now, the fact that they are saying that might color some of the testimony, and a good defense attorney might be able & to sort of draw out something swlr to similar to that in the case. but just because you're hearing it doesn't mean that the jurors will hear it.

>> and the same for the investigators saying he has a hero complex, which i guess the prosecutors could jump all over. >> as a prosecutor you'd like to get that in there because that would explain if you're the prosecutor what you would say is aggressive action by him. but the bottom line, a judge is not going to allow somebody who is not qualified, not a psyche first psychiatrist, to say he probably had a hero complex. but what is interesting is the same investigator said i could see where he would feel that this was suspicious, because trayvon martin was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and wandering aound there had been burglaries. well, a good defense attorney might be able to get some of that into the case in some fashion, and that is huge for the defense because that's exactly what george zimmerman is saying. i had a reasonable belief that i was in fear of my life. and that's what they have to prove. it might turn out he didn't have a reasonable belief. but if there are circumstances

suggesting that, that's good for the defense. >> a lot of what we have been hearing could ultimately not end up in courtroom. >> they make great headlines. >> give us a lot to talk about. what is the benefit, then to putting this information out there ahead of time? >> the reality is it's the law in florida. florida is a state that says all of this stuff gets out there. other states prosecution gives it to the defense. the defense gives it to the prosecution. sometimes the judge will say i'm going to put a lid on it. it happens to be a state where the rules say everything gets out there. it actually can create problems for both sides because potential jurors might be hearing stuff that is not going to get into the case. so now the lawyers have to work through that in the jury selection process. >> you read my mind on the next question about the jurors. thank you, jack. traffic on the world's busiest bridge can be pretty rough, even on a good day. now new york and new jersey commuters are bracing themselves for severe gridlock. that may actually be putting it mildly. we'll look at what's happening on the george washington bridge

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a high performance aircraft. i experienced hypoxy first-hand in an f-22 simulator as the flow of oxygen was reduced to my machk mask. >> can you describe what you're feeling to me? >> dizzy. >> reporter: only after i pulled the emergency oxygen did i realize how far downhill my ability to function had gone. >> i thought i was going straight and level and i was still -- >> you were continuing to climb. >> i was going up to 32,000 feet. >> reporter: the real f-22 can pull 9 gs, subjecting the pilot to gravity nine times. listen to this pilot's breathing and watch his chest heave against all the equipment he wears. one standard piece of equipment is this vest. when hooked up to an oxygen machine, it inflates to protect my lungs from exploding at high altitude, but also makes it harder to breathe. that, says komisarek says commander

kevin williams, turned out to be the cause of the hypoxy. >> the vest was inflating anytime you pulled gs on the aircraft which was making it more difficult to take air in. >> reporter: f-22 pilots no longer wear the vest. even without it there have been two cases of pilots running short of oxygen. the air force says those were mechanical malfunctions unrelated to the other. but until they can convince secretary panetta it really has solved the mystery the f-22 will remain on a short leash. for "cbs this morning," david martin, langley air force base, virginia. >> understandably still a lot of concerns. >> scary stuff. >> it is. that it is. yesterday we told you how some style experts are giving a thumbs down to the u.s. olympic team's formal uniform. there is even more criticism this morning. that's because the clothes of the athletes for the opening

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new york city's george washington bridge is one of the busiest bridges in the world. starting this weekend, drivers who use it will face a six-month long traffic nightmare. >> a nearby highway is getting badly needed construction work and experts say get ready for more of the same no matter where you live. elaine quijano is on the bridge driving across it as we speak. elaine? >> erica and lee, 100 million vehicles use the george washington every year to travel from new jersey to new york. even on good days traffic can often be stalled. now, with the start of a new construction project, things are expected to get even worse. perched high above the hudson river, the iconic george washington bridge carries thousands of cars and trucks a day, more traffic than any other bridge in the world. but starting saturday, traffic on the already congested gwb, as it's called, will come to a grinding halt with thousands of cars and thux expected to be

gridlocked for up to five miles. the reason? a rehabilitation project that's set to begin further down the expressway on a bridge called the alexander hamilton which carries vehicles into new york city on the opposite side of manhattan. >> it would be horrible. so we have to leave like an hour before. you've got four lanes of trucks going down into two in one sharp go. mathematically it doesn't work. >> the red arrows on this map show the three major roadways that funnel traffic from new jersey on to the eastbound lanes of the george washington bridge. it's feared this will make the new york city landmark a choke point for traffic entering manhattan. >> but the george washington and the alexander hamilton bridges are critical points along the northeast corridor. each day more than 100,000 trucks travel from new jersey to new york to deliver goods to long island and new england. >> they may not be karma ged on

as we saw in california but it could be car pock lips. >> major traffic disruptions will be more common in the coming years as the need to replace crumbling roadways across the nation becomes even more urgent. >> with our infrastructure in the condition that it's in even though this is a major project and disruptive to the flow of traffic, it's something that needs to be done. >> construction on the alexander hamilton bridge is expected to last six months affecting drivers coming from new jersey. after that work is done workers will move to anotherer area of the bridge and that means drivers from new york will have to deal with the traffic headaches. erica and lee? >> elaine, any recommendations from transit officials as to how drivers can get around this? >> d.o.t. officials say they don't have any recommendations right now and there really aren't any mass transit options. there are buses, but that really

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>> let's start off with a live look at the nimitz. everything is moving fine pass the coliseum towards downtown oakland. in a word we have a couple of hot spots. northbound 880 and another in the southbound. two accidents in both directions in the same area. otherwise if you're heading to milpitas 237 is a little bit slow leaving milpitas. >> let's get you out there right now, the clouds have made their way on short to some of the valleys. by the afternoon the numbers are still warm or hot but no

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robert blik. robert blake you know was accused and acquitted of killing his wife back in 2001 but last night he went on the piers morgan show to promote it. he got very upset when piers asked about the murder charges which aren't mentioned in his book. >> i made a deal to come here and talk about anything in the book. i excused you from that deal because i thought you were going to be cool. now you're trying to drive it into the [ bleep ] ground and i don't know why. i'm telling you you're starting to look silly. >> he looked silly. you're the one dressed like you're going to an audition for the sequel to "magic mike." >> you decided not to go with the vest today?

>> yeah. got it in the closet. that interview is one long beep. >> it is kind of yeah. and kind of like a train wreck you can't turn away from. >> fascinating to watch. >> that it is. it is 8:00 on this friday morning. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm erica hill. gayle and charlie are off today. >> i'm lee cowan. this morning lawmakers in congress are coming together to criticize what the u.s. olympic team is wearing at this month's opening ceremonies in london. >> it's not the way the uniforms look although that has actually raised some eyebrows as well the issue here is where they are made and it i not in the u.s.a. >> reporter: one of the most memorable moments at the opening ceremony is the parade of nations, when each country's athletes march into the stadium bearing their flag dressed in uniforms often emblematic of their nation's heritage. this year the american uniforms feature a berret and an oversized ralph lauren logo. >> i am so upset that i think

the olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves, i think they should be embarrassed, i think they should take all the uniforms and put them in a big pile and burn them. >> it's not the head gather or the polo logo it's the uniforms themselves because they're made in china. >> we have people in the textile industry who are desperate for jobs. >> they worked so hard. they represent the very best and they're so excellent. it's all so beautiful and they should be uniforms that are made in the u.s. >> reporter: outsourcing of jobs is one of the democrats signature issues in the 2012 campaign. to many american athletes in chinese-made uniforms feel like a bad fit. >> i think what the committee did is did is absolutely wrong. >> they don't have time to change it now anyway. opening ceremonies are two weeks? >> it would probably be a little tough, although i wouldn't be surprised if there was a little scrambling going on behind the

scenes to do something. >> change the labels really quick. >> do you think anybody would notice? make sure it's american people sewing them in when you change for a long time for a long time nose jobs and face lifts were the plastic surgeries of choice. these days however, it's the chin implants. >> yes. believe it or not, it's become the fastest growing cosmetic procedure in america. as ben tracy reports, the way we communicate online may have something to do with wanting a

stronger jaw line. >> reporter: in our wired world, a lot of our face-to-face time is now taking place online. video chats are more popular than ever, but they're also making some people feel like they're not quite ready for their closeup. >> i saw a profile that i didn't want to believe that was mine. it was awful for me. there was -- there wasn't a chin. there wasn't any definition. >> christina englehardt is a real estate agent in los angeles. she did not like what she saw. >> if people can see me the way i see myself i wasn't okay with that. >> reporter: that's why christina went to see plastic surgeon, dr. jason diamond, who says picking out a new chin is like shopping for shoes. they come in all shapes and sizes. >> the way an implant works, it sits right on the bottom of the jawbone, just like that to give it that extra little projection.

>> reporter: on average the surgery costs about $5,000 and it takes a week to recover. >> what people are going for is a strong, sharp line. you don't want wavy lines. you want a nice crisp line. >> reporter: since the recession ended cosmetic procedures are again on the rise. in just the past year there's been a 71% jump in the number of chin implants. a greater increase in braes augmentation, botox, and liposuction combined. it's not just women taking it on the chin. more than half of all chin implants last year were for guys. >> so when your patients come in do they say i want to look like x, y, z. >> yeah. women want to look liken never lopez and hali berry. men want to like like johnnie dep. >> reporter: joe williams wanted to look older and like a super hero. >> i see confidence. i see strength a great profile. it even brings out my smile

better. >> reporter: dr. diamond understands the allure of looking better even though that is his real chin. >> there are people who watch these kinds of stories and they say, this is so vein. it's just about looking a certain way. what i say to people is when you are overbaetweight, and you can diet and work out. chin and defects and other areas in the face won't be improved by exercise. this is a way we can improve somebody's defect to make them feel good about themselves. >> reporter: christina englehardt is thrilled with her new chin. >> when i see my profile now i'm not embarrassed anymore and it's made a big difference in my life. >> reporter: and she's now more than willing to show her face when it's time to talk. for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. it is fascinating in this new world that we live in where everybody is so focused on each little tiny part of you what is the most distressing for people. >> right. the fact that people look at

jennifer lopez and hali berry and be focused on their chin. really? >> you're saying you're not a chin guy. >> i'm not a chin guy. it's all about the eyes. right. right. eyes. >> eyes. >> eyes. >> the eyes have it. a celebrity who needs no improvement, host of around the world in 80 plates will tell us what he's learned from all the different cultures. he's been off traveling. if eating junk food is your weak spot, a simple tip to curve your craving ahead on "cbs this morning." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've

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get this, guys. ♪ get this guy. farmers in france started giving their cows two bottles of wine every day in order to make better beef. unfortunately, all the cows wind up doing is texting their ex-milkers. i love you. that's funny. >> chef curtis stone is going to be with us this morning. he travels the world looking for new taste sensations. wonder if he found any in our

greenroom. he's going to show us how sometimes one man's trash is another person's treasure. >> not a bad gig. right now though it is time for this morning's health watch. good morning. today in health watch, visions of junk food. if you find junk food irresistible, maybe you shus just close your eyes. new research finds looking at pictures of fattening foods is enough to make us hungry. it turns out seeing high calorie items stimulates the appetite control center which makes us crave food. in the study, women were shown photos of high calorie foods, local ri foods and non-food items while mri scans were done on their brain. after looking at the high calorie food photos the mri scans showed that the areas were activated and they weren't activated by non-food photos. high calorie foods increased

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chef curtis stone began his career in australia and he soon made it to the top of the culinary world. now the best selling author and tv host is about to put a lid on his latest chef. >> around the world in 80 shelves. curtis stone is here. nice to have you here. >> nice to be here. >> didn't bring food. >> i'm a little bit slow getting out of bed. >> this early hour.

come on. it's a fascinating show in that you get to travel around. obviously you get to learn a lot about a culture through their food. any place that you had really wanted to go to sort of experience as a chef? >> i'm really excited about learning a lot about their culture through them. it's a pretty crazy culture. they've got incredible food that's an ancient sort of cuisine that dates back to centuries before. that was really exciting. it was a fun show. we went to a dozen different places. we had this incredible chef fight it out in different spots. it was really really exciting. >> very much too, it can be one culture's trash, it's another person's treasure. >> right. >> which you seem to learn a lot about on shows like "survivor" about who will eat what. it's different in this context. >> they're not eating bugs. >> absolutely. we had these great chefs sort of came to compete.

like in argentina, for instance something awful in america, i don't want to cook that when they didn't serve that in argentina the local ar dw entines were like where's the sweet bread. it was really fascinating looking into the culture. >> we're hearing so much talk about the drought here in this country as well affecting food prices. how do you think that is going to affect folks? >> i think it's going to have a huge effect, actually. the water crisis worldwide, australia's been in a drought for the last 40 years. america is seeing some massive water shortage at the moment. we don't really feel the effect until it affects the price of our food. corn, for instance, the midwest is the biggest sort of area supplying corn to the countries country. there's a shortage of water which will drive the price of corn up which will drive the price of other commodities up like chicken and beef that rely on the corn for the feed. >> you think this time we'll

really feel it? >> i think we will i do. look, nobody knows apart from the man upstairs about how much rain is going to come down but if it continues the way it is i think the water shortage is going to be a big problem. >> how will it affect not just food prices but what we actually put on our plate and what we eat? could it actually force us to eat better in some ways? >> i think so. i think when you look at food in the way that we do eat, it's a huge problem, what we're faced with at the moment. we have epidemic proportions of obesity and diabetes. there's some speculation around heart disease and how that's sort of affected by what we eat. i think when food does become a little shorter, we have to be a little bit more sensible about it, which is a good thing. >> in this culture of celebrity chefs, how much pressure is there on folks like you to really provide people to eat well and to sort of practice what you preach really? >> look i think in life when you're given a lot you owe a lot. as a chef who has had his dreams

come true through food it's sort of my responsibility to help educate and help people through diets. whether you choose stable ingredients, support your local farmers, all of that is important. there's a huge trade in america towards farmers markets, grocery stores taking more responsibility. i work with an incredible grocery store in the midwest of the country. they've gotten an amazing attitude towards where they source their food from. there's great steps being taken, which is good. >> you talk about the obesity epidemic. you were part of the biggest loser. what do you see as being the main contributing factor to that problem in this country? >> i think the problem is processed food and that convenience-driven food. if you're not cooking the food you have no idea what's put in it. when you read the back of some of those packs you think to yourself, i can't pronounce this stuff and i have no idea what it is. as a chevy sort of look at it even i don't know what it is and i'm in the food industry.

>> what's the answer for the average consumer? they don't get what half the stuff is? >> right. if you don't know what it is don't put it into your body. it's a big thing. we talk about the cosmetic industry, putting creams and lotions on your skin if you don't know what's in it. the food goes into your body. the last thing you want to do is put stuff into your body that's going to make it sick. in my humble opinion, if you eat what comes out of the ground you'll be much healthy err for it. >> your co-host was arrested for dui. have you spoken to her? >> i spoke to her last night. she's doing fine. when you go through this stuff in life and you make some decisions that you're not so proud of. i'm sure she's had a tough time. she's doing all right. >> you have some good news in your life. >> yeah. >> little engagement action? >> i did. i got engaged. my darling girlfriend. >> where did you get engaged? >> now my fiance.

we got engaged on the coast. >> not a bad place to get engaged. >> yeah. she said yes. >> i like the perma grin on your face. it's really sweet to see. you guys have a cute little man too. >> we do. he's 8 months old. he's the cutest guy in the world. yeah, i'm feeling very blessed right now. very happy. >> a lot of good things going on for you, right? >> absolutely. >> really nice to have you here curtis. thanks for stopping by. >> thanks so much for having me. >> continued success with everything. have a great wedding. >> good luck with the end of the show and bring us food next time. >> otherwise lee might get angry. it's not pretty. it is not pretty. emmy winner brian cranston used to be "malcolm in the middle's" dad. now here's a look at your local news.

it's time for the news headlines. hot and dry and windy conditions giving firefighters a hard time in the sierra foothills. the senate on wednesday of grown to 1,100 a. between forest here hill and colfax. only 10 percent contained in 150 homes are threatened. the santa cruz county sheriff's office not a sermon a criminal case against the giants slugger saying there's not enough evidence to move forward with an arrest. a woman accused him of sexual assault at a resort last month the district attorney will review the case.

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♪ how can you not move when you hear that song? >> you're doing a great job. >> i challenge lee cowan not to dance. welcome back to "cbs this morning." brian cranston has entertained us for years and made history as the first performer on cable to win three emmys in a row and outstanding lead actor. >> now he's back for one more season as the chemistry teacher turned meth dealer. >> does this arrangement get a little tricky at times? absolutely. i try my best ethically.

>> ethically? i'm sorry, i must be hearing things. did you actually just use the word ethically in a sentence? you're not clarence darrell, you're a two bit bus bench law lawyer and you work for me. >> "striking bad" appears this weekend. i love it when you react to that clip by going, ooohhh. >> it's dark. >> he's a bad dude. >> he's bad but he's kind of fun to watch. >> yes. yes. he's fun to play too. my goodness. >> i would think so. i read that you got this script and you immediately picked up the phone and said you wanted to do this. why? what did you like about it? >> it's so descriptive and visceral and visual when you read something that just takes your imagination away. it's like food for an actor. you can't help but starting to work on the character right from the get-go. i was dreaming about how this character would look and act and

walk, and i just had to get in right away. fortunately, vince gilleyigan, the creator of the show i worked with him on x files and he remembered that and he was my champion. >> what do you make of the success? it's almost more popular now than ever. >> i think it's very relatable. you have a man who is a good guy at the beginning of our series. high school chemistry teacher. he's got a special needs son he's trying to provide for. health care coverage is not what it could be or maybe will be soon, but he has to have a second job. it's a little humiliating for him but he's willing to do it. depressed from missed opportunities in his life. struggling from paycheck to paycheck. there's a lot to relate there. he has this diagnosis of terminal lung cancer two years to live and as a man he just decides, i need to have some kind of control of my destiny.

even if it's two years, i want to do something, leave some kind of mark. so a simple plan of using this chemistry background to cook crystal meth. >> what a plan. >> what could go wrong? >> what could possibly go wrong with that plan? >> we talk about how dark it is but what makes that work? because there's dark humor in it as well. it's not for everybody. >> it's certainly not for everybody. no, our show is very pungent. it has a taste and a smell to it that if you like your -- you know, if you like your meat separate from your potatoes and your vegetables you're not going to like this. >> may be rough for you to watch. >> we mix it in here. >> what's incredible is you have this huge following. "people magazine" just called it tv's best drama, which is kind of nice to see. >> that's nice. >> and yet the show almost didn't get made. >> right. >> so what was it that someone finally said, all right, you know what, let's give it a chance? >> courage is what it was.

>> yeah? >> yeah. the head of sony who is our studio, said, this is probably the worst idea for a television series i've ever heard. but the tv department -- the heads of the tv department believed in it so he said go ahead and make it. and amc is a very courageous network putting on shows that are very different, that cannot be seen on other outlets, and so the culmination of that and to take some chances. >> do you think part of the success of just the timing the climate that we're in right now? maybe a show like this wouldn't have worked five or ten years ago. >> i definitely believe it. it was pitched six years ago. i think if it was pitched seven years ago it would have been thrown out. >> yeah. >> i think there has to be a confluence. the stars have to align for things to work out. actors know if something is well-written and if something is good, but we can't possibly know if something is going to be a success. >> yeah. if you could, man.

>> i know. >> i mean, wouldn't that be great. i have to ask you, you've been married 22 years. >> 23 years. >> 23 years? >> yes. >> congrats. >> thank you. >> and you credit some of that success to a long marriage to counseling. >> absolutely. >> how so? >> you had counseling before we got married. >> preemptive counseling? >> well, because i was now in my 30s now. i thought, this is -- this is too important to waste the time or take chances especially. i'm probably the last member of the team to want to go into counseling. >> no comment. >> no comment there. >> but we made a pact. we said that if either one of us feels like we need to get a tune-up, that's how i look at it, if you're going in for a tune-up and if your engine if your relationship is running a little rough and you don't even know why the idea of fixing it yourselves is absurd. how do you -- would you really

lift up the weight of your car? >> great analogy. >> just talk it out. >> i like this. >> so it's worked. >> i like when you say we're in it for the long haul. >> yes. >> isn't that what it is? >> absolutely. >> we're grad you're in "breaking bad" for the long haul. >> thank you. hope it continues. >> "breaking bad" returns sunday night on amc. and when u.s. troops leave afghanistan, what happens? a reporter who has covered the war torn country for years will

♪ charlie spent thursday at the white housnter charlie will stay at the white house with the president and the first lady. one of the issues facing the president is the cost of bringing the troops home. before he went to washington charlie sat down with veteran combat reporter dexter.

>> as troops get ready to return in 2014 the big question is what happens after they go. many afghans are predicting civil war. it was written by pulitzer prize winner dexter fillkin. he joins us right here now in studio 57. welcome back. >> hello. >> so what's happening on the ground and what does it say about the future? >> well you know best case scenario, the americans leave at the end of 2014 not entirely but they stop fighting the end of 2014. but what's happening as that date approaches is everybody else is getting ready. all the afghans, they're making calculations in their head. so the civil war in afghanistan that took place in the 1990s after the soviet union left it was basically a north/south thing. the minorities why in the north. they're kind of squaring off.

they're getting ready. they're thinking about it. they're talking about it. so when i went there it was a conversation that is already taking place all over the country. i just had to kind of tap into it. people are very, very worried. >> one of the questions you ask is can the americans remove themselves entirely from fighting in little more than two years and expect the country to hold together. >> right. and that's it. i mean we're going to hand the baton to the afghan army 325,000 police and soldiers, and that's it. can they hold the state together while we get out? and that's the big question. >> so what do you think? you've been there. >> well, it's pretty fragile. pretty fragile. maybe it will hold together. if you look back, again, history is interesting. if you look back to when the soviet union left in 1989 after having been there for 10 years, we've been there 11 nobody gave the afghan army a chance. they said three months it'll collapse. they held on and they fought very, very well.

so it's possible that we will all be surprised and the afghan army will do incredibly well and they'll take over the fight and we can get out and everything will be happy. doesn't look that way at the moment. i mean, the places where i went it was very, very shaky. things don't work the way they're supposed to. there's been some negotiations that have been going on to try to make a peace deal with the taliban which of course sounds great on paper. >> who's negotiating with whom? >> the americans have been talking with the taliban very quietly about these things and that's -- you know on paper that would sort of solve everything, but the problem is that if you talk to the northern half of the country, they're very worried about that. they say no deal with the taliban. nothing that brings them back. and if they do then we fight. >> why should the taliban negotiate? >> that's a good question. i mean, all they really have to do is run the clock out. 2.5 years we're gone for the most part. we leave 10,000 troops 15,000 troops, and that's the thing.

the american commanders will tell you that the taliban are hurting very badly, that the americans have decimated their ranks. >> what do you say? >> you know i remember general mccrystal are a finite number he said. i think that's true. you can keep killing them forever and they're going to keep coming back. >> how long will we be there notwithstanding the withdrawal in 2014? >> well, i think the plan at this point is we stop fighting at the end of 2014. all the combat troops gone. and they have -- - >> there's a presence? >> yes. what they call an enduring presence. so no one's given a number how many american troops are going to stay there. say 10,000 15,000 those are the numbers that i hear. what does that mean? that means they train troops. they -- you know they fly. maybe they fly airstrikes,

things like that. maybe some special forces guys to kill some al qaeda people. but basically no fighting. i think the plan is if it works, those guys stay there indefinitely. it'll be korea. that's what they mentioned. look at the korean war, you know? the american troops are still there, you know 60 years later. and that worked. >> yeah. >> we don't know if this is going to work. >> dexter thank you. 13 is nice number to know if you're buying a baker's dozen but for some people friday the 13th as in today makes them want to hide under the covers. mo tells us how this day got so spooky on "cbs this morning."

this is an impressive feat coming to us from revere beach. it's made out of sand. the annual sand sculpture contest in massachusetts north of boston honoring the 100th anniversary of the famous ballpark. wicked awesome. welcome back to "cbs this morning." well, it's only july but today is the third friday already -- friday the 13th of 2012. that's a good thing because that's as many as you can have in one year. that's great if this day makes you nervous. >> here's mo rocca. >> for most of us friday the 13th is just another day. for others it's a day to dread. friggatriskaidekaphobia, that's the fear of friday the 13th. frigg was the nors goddess for whom friday is named. triskaidekaphobia a fear of the number 13. >> the superstition about friday, friday being an unlucky

day is quite old. >> psychology professor stewart buys studied the origins of superstitions. >> probably in england, 13 god associated with friday and you got a double whammy of bad luck. >> 13 first got its bad wrap around 1500 b.c. according to norse mythology, 12 gods gathered for adiner. when the god of mischief crashed the party, making himself the 13th guest, all hell broke loose and the benevolent god ended up dead. and does this look familiar? jesus and his 12 apostles gathered at a table set for 13. according to scripture, judas betrayed jesus leading to christ's arrest and eventual crucifixion which took place on a friday. we see the superstition all around us. actually, it's what we don't see. elevators rarely stop at the

13th floor. most airport terminals skip gate 13 altogether. the diabolical date has shown up at the multiplex. over and over and over. but why this day is a horror to some. >> on my hand every night because it's good luck. >> others actually embrace the day. country music superstar taylor swift is a big fan of the number 13. as she told lesley stahl in an interview for "60 minutes." >> what's that? >> that's a 13. i put it on my hand every single night. i draw it with sharpie and sometimes glitter. >> always 13? >> yes, it's good luck. >> it's unlucky number isn't it? >> no. it's my lucky number. it's come up so many times in my life. i turned 13 on friday the 13th. my birthday is the 13th. my first album went platinum in 13 months.

>> like taylor swift, lee an and bob emanuel have found the luck in a traditionally unlucky day. >> i was born on friday, january 13th 1950. >> we got engaged on june 13th 1975, and we got married on february 13th 1976. >> all about 13 here. >> it's a day so special, they keep a diary of all the friday the 13ths they've spent together. >> looking at all this they're not all great luck. on friday july 13 1979 you got the flu and threw up. >> that's true. i don't know why he had to write that down. >> professor bice says some good luck superstitions, rabbit's foot four-leaf clover can be beneficial if they reduce anxiety. but he sees no value in the bad ones. >> what would you recommend that somebody who believes in the superstition do to get over it? >> try, experiment with doing maybe one thing that would be a

little bit iffy otherwise. >> skydive? >> i don't recommend skydiving at all on any day. no matter what the day. but yes. i wouldn't -- i would go through with whatever plan that you are hesitant about. >> so all you friggatriskaidekaphobia, think of all the good things that can happen today and take a ride on up to the 13th floor. you might just be surprised. >> thank you, mo. that does it for us as we look back at the past week. want to show you the names of the people who brought you this broadcast. have a great weekend. lee, thanks for being here. >> great to be here. the nature of this office is to tell a story to the american people that gives them a sense of unity, purpose and optimism. >> congress is not going to pass this proposal. >> i think it's good politics clearly. >> they raised $106 million in june alone. >> i got to tell you, the crowds didn't like it. >> that includes obama care.

>> 7.25 an hour. that's not enough to pay the bills. >> the opposition got a big boost yesterday in the form of a major diplomatic defection. >> that's what israelis inside iran, they come and go. the crazier the story got, the truer it got. >> some people believed you had to go back nearly 70 years to see this kind of tension. >> the day after we contacted the va he got a call from them. >> he is suffering from a mood disorder. >> who knew what when? >> wasn't too much on my part. >> the lower 48 hit 90 or 100 degrees. >> just one shower that's all we need you know. >> good evening, europe. this is the north american continent live july 23rd 1962. >> lee ready? >> i don't know. >> oh, my god. i was thinking how do i return that serve? >> hi elijah. >> hello.

i can hear you. >> oh, no he can hear us. >> now a song. >> ernest borgnine was 95 and still a working actor when he died sunday in los angeles of kidney failure. >> oh, my god, he's here. then we proceeded to get pretty stiff. >> i feel bad -- i mean, i feel good. forgot how to talk. >> so glad to see you again. i wanted to be a rock'n'roll star. >> i was a music fan. >> i didn't get a kiss charlie. >> that can be arranged. >> he won't admit it but he uses this color to bring out his eyes. >> would be happy to be -- >> first on my list. >> we have that on tape gayle. nice to have you here. >> it's a good week. it's unique for people in their life. they change it for the better. >> and this is crazy ♪ >> two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun.

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>> good morning, it is a 55. 20 protesters are under arrest after clashes with police in downtown l.a. last night at a monthly l.a. park walked event. protesters used chalk to write on sidewalks and buildings, they began throwing bottles and cans at police. several protesters were reportedly hurt as police used beanbag rounds and batons. a bay area soldier from world war two will be buried in a few hours. his remains arrived sfo yesterday.

he and six fellow marines died when their plane crashed in the south pacific. they were found in 2007 with identities confirm through dna. the memorial service will be at golden gate national cemetery. >> more low clouds and fog to start off and cooler temperatures coming our direction. fog is spreading well on shore and it looks like we will see more of that throughout the weekend. that will continue to drop the temperatures back to normal. the trough will move in and bring cool air off the pacific. throughout the day today we will see very cool temperatures. 50s and 60s by the afternoon some eighties and maybe some low 90s well inland. the next couple of days the temperatures drop probably below normal. we will check out your time saver traffic coming up next.

>> even as the morning commute winds down was still see a couple of hot spots out there. southbound 880 brake lights across the stretch near stevenson boulevard. slow sensors on 101 through menlo park and palo alto. back outside, one of the live time saver traffic cameras, this is westbound 237 slow me

leaving milpitas. a quick check of the golden gate bridge, no delays.

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