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welcome to "cbs this morning." investigators in colorado are looking into what could be a key new piece of evidence in aurora's shooting rampage. >> james holmes allegedly sent a package detailing his plans to kill. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica and charlie and good morning to our viewers in the west. that package contained pages of handwritten papers from holmes, and first reports suggested it sat unattended for some time. but the university now says that is not true. the university of colorado denver medical school is disputing reports that a package allegedly sent by james holmes to a professor sat in the school's mail room untouched days ahead of last friday's shooting. in a statement, the school confirmed that it received a suspicious package, but that it arrived on monday, and it was,

quote, immediately investigated and turned over to authorities within hours of delivery. the building was evacuated while the aurora bomb squad dispatched a robot to screen the package. sources say the package contained handwritten papers that holmes addressed to one of his instructors, who is also a psychiatrist. in the documents, they say holmes talked about shooting people, and even included crude drawings of a gunman and his victims. >> gamers feel like they have a superpower. >> video from 2006 shows holmes giving a presentation at a science camp. aurora officials are under a strict gag order, unable to share information about holmes or the case. but observers like hal sherman say the new evidence could provide valuable information. >> the fbi has different people, they have the people to potentially look at the writing and discuss and see if --

particularly if it's the ramblings on somebody who is not coherent, what is their background, what is their education. >> reporter: after looking through the apartment for days, they turned the building back over to residents last night. holmes residence, which was once filled with a string of booby traps, is now virtually empty. >> there's still a few personal items that the public defender will get out, but the police and the fbi and the atf took a lot of stuff out. >> reporter: many of the victims of the shooting do not have insurance, and they are facing huge medical bills. some good news coming for them today. three of the hospitals who have been treating those patients say that they will limit or even completely wipe out the bills for those patients. that started with children's hospital of colorado yesterday saying that they would cover the bills for uninsured patients, and they will also help with co-pays for people who do have insurance. good news for them, charlie and erica. back to you. >> anna, thank you very much. john miller is joining us now.

take a look at this new evidence. help us unpack it. what does it tell us, how unusual is it, and what do we read into the fact that it might have sent this and perhaps other things? >> well, i think it may not tell us as much as we expect in terms of the burning question is motive. but we have found without knowing the content of these writings, we have found in these cases that even when the unabomber wrote his manifesto or the virginia tech killer sent his videotapes that the things they say have meaning to them but really aren't very clear to us. so don't know what value it will have there. the other conflict here, though, is when did they get it and when did they find it. the earliest reports on this quoting law enforcement sources said it was sent as early as july 12. those reports seem to be a little -- seem to exceed the calendar a little bit. it appears it was sent sometime before the shooting, maybe just before the shooting, but the

university is very clear that it arrived there on monday. and police and investigators were already there looking for something. >> in terms of who was sent things, the fact that this was a psychiatry professor, is there anything to glean from that or is it a simply coincidence? >> i think there is something to glean from it, but we don't know what that is until we get further into his head which is hard to do in this circumstance. but typically in a case like this, they may send some communication. the one person they thought understood them, an ally, or in the case of a person who had to drop out of the ph.d. program there, the one person they consider their nemesis. in this case we just don't know. >> when you look at what the police are doing there and trying to find out motive, where are they? i mean, are they baffled by this? so or is it more clear each day? >> that's a fascinating question because we have to divide our interest from there. police are much less concerned about motive than we are. we are story tellers for a

public that wants to know why this happened. motive is not an element of proof in a murder kiss. case. juries want to know it too. it's good to have. but they are also not on the deadline that we are. so they're going to look at everything and come to a collective decision on that over time. but it's interesting, when we talk to them, saying any more understanding, any more information, and they're like, no, but we are still going through it. >> motive not but intent is. >> yes, intent is. and this case where you have such a complex plot, so premade tated and multilayered, it's very hard for anyone to argue that there was an intent. >> john, thank you very much. in the presidential race, both candidates are talking about the colorado massacre and guns. president obama says gun laws are not strict enough, but mitt romney says enforcement is the problem. >> i don't happen to believe that america needs new gun laws. a lot of what this young man did was clearly against the law. but the fact that was against the law did not prevent it from happening.

>> i like most americans believe that the second amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms. but i also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that ak-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals. >> in london this morning, romney met with former british prime minister tony blair and current prime minister david cameron. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. right now the governor is inside meeting with the prime minister, david cameron. it is his fifth of six meetings he is having today with former or current british officials. he started the day meeting the former prime minister, tony blair. he has met with the opposition leader, ed mill band, among others. and he is saying that in these meetings he is stressing the unique relationship between the united states and the united kingdom. he is talking about the common concern for peace and a stronger economy. and also in some of these meetings there's been a discussion about the economic challenges that are facing europe and the need for more

trade and stronger trade policies between the united states and the uk. so a lot of meetings for the governor today. tomorrow he'll have more meetings. and tomorrow night, he's going to the opening ceremonies of the olympics. and he said in several meetings today that he hopes to take in a swimming event. that he's not going to be able to go to his wife ann's dressage horse competition. >> i assume that mitt romney is saying i'm here to listen, i'm not here to listen to my country or to criticize my opponent. >> reporter: well, that assumption would be absolutely right, charlie. one thing that romney has been saying today and even before he left the united states was that he is not going to come here overseas and criticize president obama or his foreign policies. he is here to listen and to learn, and that's what he's been doing in a lot of these meetings today. he leaves on saturday to go to israel and poland. >> jan crawford, thank you very much. with us now is john dickerson.

good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> so what can this trip do for mitt romney? >> well, first what it does for him is it allows him to go in front of people and look presidential. he wants to -- even when he says he's not going to be critical of the president, that's being diplomatic on the foreign stage, showing that he can do the -- play the role in stage craft that the president needs to play. and then also he gets to visit the olympics, which allows him to talk about that very important part of his resume. it's one of the untouched parts of his resume that even the obama administration can't criticize. >> can we read into what romney has said in his speeches the principle difference between his foreign policy and the president's foreign policy? >> not really. and as he said, he's not going to be making a lot of distinctions here. what we know about their differences on foreign policy is that romney is a lot more hawkish, has a much more kind of 1980s view of russia, and he is sayng the president has been weak in terms of america's role on the international stage.

he has also talked about this idea of american exceptionalism. a very loaded phrase, saying that he believes in america. that in fact is the slogan of his campaign. so when he's not overseas, that has been his message on foreign policy. >> "the new york times" has a piece today that i found fascinating because what romney is doing in europe and on to israel is in a sense trying to help define himself. at the same time, negative campaigning is trying to define the candidates in terms of their opposition. how do you see that? and how are they using this media and what are they saying about the other guy? >> well, this idea of believes in america that's part of -- has been a longtime part of romney's campaign, they are both trying to say the other candidate is out of touch with the american experience. the polls have shown and you talk to voters, they think something has gotten unhitched from the american dream. and what both candidates are saying is that the other guy doesn't know how to get us back on track because they just

fundamentally don't understand your experience. so barack obama on the trail, he talks about going across the country with his mother and grandmother, staying at howard johnsons, as a way to say i'm like you. i understand your experience. romney has been talking about the president's remarks about small business, saying he just doesn't understand what you're going through. he doesn't want the entrepreneurial spirit. so no wonder his policies won't work. it's a way to try and get at really fundamental views about america, and say that the other guy doesn't understand those views. >> john, real quickly on that small business front, of course the president's line recently about small business owners not building that business has gotten a lot of play from the romney campaign. is this working as an attack line for them? >> well, it is working in a couple of ways. one, remember a couple of weeks ago a lot of republicans were fidgety about mitt romney. this shows him back on offense. it also allows him to bring small business owners out and point to them. they have passionate stories about pulling themselves up by the boot straps. and those are the kind of stories that mitt romney isn't very good at telling.

we don't know how this will play out in the polls. but it certainly has got the president's campaign a little bit back on their heels. the president put out an ad that said of course he supports small business. so this is the romney campaign back on offense after being on defense for a few weeks. >> but the president was saying if you looked at the full context of that, he was talking about building roads on the businesses and they didn't build the roads. the romney campaign is trying to indicate that he said they >> exactly. what the president was saying is it takes a village, to use a cliche from a previous campaign, that no matter what you've done you've been helped in your life, whether it's by teachers or roads or the policeman on the corner. what the romney campaign is saying is that the president has a kind of -- if you look at the totality of his remarks, everything he said, he sort of says that small business owners have a kind of inflated sense of what got them there, and that's what the romney campaign is playing on, this idea that the president is good at striking a chord a lot of times. here he touched a nerve, saying to entrepreneurs, you kind of

think you've done too much while other people helped you too. that's the heart of this. >> john, thank you so much as always. >> thanks, charlie. so far, this is the hottest year on record in the united states, and we are seeing the most widespread drought in 70 years. >> and we have new information in morning on how the drought is affecting food prices. rebecca, good morning. >> good morning to you. we are seeing those first signs that mother nature is sending food prices higher. nearly 1,300 countries or counties, rather, in 31 states across the country have been declared natural disaster areas due to the drought and heat this summer. 88% of the corn crop has been impacted by drought conditions, and farmers are seeing unusually low yields and exceptionally high prices. corn is a key component in everyday foods as well as a major component of livestock feed. so any increase in the price is going to hit you in your shopping cart. now the usda forecasts that by

next year, the drought could cause meat and dairy prices to soar. beef could cost 5% more. dairy could jump 4.5%, and poultry and egg prices up 4%. and as the u.s. is the number one exporter of corn, the rest of the world is watching hoping our weather conditions here improve in the heartland because as we know, erica and charlie, food is at the heart of uprisings and revolution, and when we're a major supplier of it and there's a shortage, there can be major problems and a ripple effect across the world. erica, charlie? >> thank you. you mentioned too specifically the top corn. what about other produce, fruits, vegetables, dairy? >> the other produce has yet to be impacted, and part of that is because corn doesn't play as heavily. also irrigation plays into how those things are farmed. and as a result, we haven't seen them impacted nearly as much rising with regular food costs at about 2%.

>> one little bit of a silver lining. thanks. one thing is growing like mad because of this drought, and that is the insect population. in the next half-hour, we'll show you how that's actually good for other pests as well and what's being done to keep all of a showdown is looming in - syria's largest city, aleppo. after battling government troops for six days, rebel troops claim to have the upper hand. this morning the assad government is rushing reinforcement to aleppo, including helicopters and attack jets. it's rare for a western reporter to get into syria. it is difficult to establish communications once they are there. we had this report on wednesday from just south of aleppo. >> reporter: syrian tanks pulled out of this village yesterday, and residents here tell us they are thrilled to have their liberty. but look at the scene that was left behind. people here told us that helicopter gunships swooped in here on thursday and obliterated this entire street.

and just look at this crater. this is the result of the rockets slamming into the earth. it will take the residents of this village years to rebuild the damage that their own army has done. and even their newfound liberty is not guaranteed. those tanks only went to join the battle that is raging just north of here in aleppo, and if regime forces manage to crush that rebellion, you can be sure they will be back here soon. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. the "wall street journal" reports that members of a russian spy ring in the united states plan to recruit their children into the family business. that spy ring was broken up two years ago. u.s. officials say one child had already agreed to his parents' request. >> the pittsburgh post says penalties against penn state could have been much worse. trustees say the ncaa wanted to shut down its football program for up to four years after former coach jerry sandusky was convicted of child sex abuse. the board of trustees agreed to accept lesser penalties rather

than risk the so-called death penalty. a search for a man who briefly kidnapped baseball hall of famer cal ripken jr.'s mother. 74-year-old violet was taken at gunpoint in her own car on tuesday. 12 hours later, she was quietly dropped off on her street unharmed. "the washington post" reports prominent swimming coach rick curl took a leave of absence wednesday because of accusations of a sexual relationship with a teen swimmer. it allegedly took place in the '80s when the girl was 13. he is accused of paying a $150,000 settlement to keep it all quiet. and "the new york post" shows us a breathtaking image of skyscraper workers at one world trade center and brings back memories of a famous 1932 photo of workers sitting on a

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>> good morning everyone. let's get you caught up on some of the bay area headlines. a close call for an east palo alto family when a car slammed into a converted garage where you a mother and two young children were sleeping. they were trapped in the room but not hurt. that driver ran away and they're looking for him right now. oakland's new police radio system failed during the president's visit on monday and now officials are showing interest in joining other agencies in starting a regional system. the san jose city council is

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>> a good morning. crawling along on highway 4 working into pittsburgh. an injury accident at railroad blocking lanes. westbound 580 at credit line, or an accident in the clearing stages. >> low cloud to the breaking up along the bay area with sunshine and later in the day. '60s and '70s around the bay and '50s and '60s with patchy fog out towards the beaches. warming up nicely over the weekend.

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and he launches one deep to left field. >> milwaukee viewers outfielder carlos gomez hit what he thought was a long home run yesterday against the phillies. he went into his home run trot, made it around the bases. turns out, though, it was a foul ball. oh, well. good dress rehearsal, right, charlie? >> yes. he does the victory walk well. now he realizes that this moment, oh, no, i have to go back to bat. >> oh, well. maybe next time. sky diver felix baumgartner has jumped more than 2,500 times from plane and is training for his biggest leap yesterday. it is a 120,000 foot jump to break a 52-year-old record. >> baumgartner just made a

second successful test jump. mark, good morning. >> good morning, erica and charlie. yesterday they did the final tes jump before the final big one next month. you'll hear some startling numbers about how high and fast the human body can fall and survive. >> felix baumgartner strapped into a capsule one day and rose by helium balloon 19 miles above roswell, new mexico. he jumped from 96,000 feet. that's three times higher than cruising jetliners. he spent four minutes in free u freefall. he landed safely in the desert. >> felix has landed safely back to earth. >> since 1998, this base jumper turned sky diver had made a series of improbable jumps like this one in rio off the statue of the redeemer. and his 2011 plunge in taiwan

from the 91st floor of the taipei 101 tower. in the mojave desert north of los angeles, baumgartner has trained for his greatest leap of faith, so high it's out of this world. a free fall dive from 120,000 feet, that's 23 miles above earth. >> i think i'm born to fly. >> so you run out of tall buildings? >> you never ran out of tall buildings, but it's the same thing over and over again. how many highest buildings in the world are you going to do? i have to find something else. >> reporter: think about falling 120,000 feet to earth. roughly the altitude where the space shuttle got rid of its booster rockets. you could easily see the curvature of the earth and the blackness of space. it's a hostile environment. baumgartner's equipment, especially his pressurized suit, is his lifeline. is the mental part harder than the physical part? >> i think it's a little bit of

both. i also have a hard time to spend a lot of hours in suits because as soon as you lock your visor, you're in your own little world. you can only hear yourself breathing. it's hard to breathe. and i couldn't stand in the suit for a long time. i needed help from a psychiatrist to get over those feelings, those claustrophobic feelings. >> reporter: back in march, he successfully test jumped from 71,000 feet. that's 13 1/2 miles high. with each higher jump, 96,000 feet yesterday and 120,000 feet sometime next month, the danger& rises with the altitude. an instrument panel built into his suit tracks his vital signs. hit heart and respiratory rate monitored by his red bull team of scientists on the ground. >> everybody thinks about the big things. but the little details, they could kill you. >> reporter: in his practice desert jumps, baumgartner needs to master his falling technique. fall wrong, and his body could get out of control.

aerodynamic forces could spin his body like a top up to 240 rotations a minute. and his only hope of landing alive at that point would be a special stabilizing shoot. >> every time when you do something, it's a test. you have to pass that test to reach the next level. >> reporter: but there is very little margin for error? >> that's true. everything is based on the technique we have developed the last couple of years and my skills. because at the very end of the day, i have to pay for it if something goes wrong. >> reporter: in 1960, joe kitinger rose in an open air gondola and jumped, still the highest, fastest and longest sky jump on record. baumgartner wants to top that record with help from his training mentor, joe kitinger, now 83. think back to your jump in 1960. how different was the equipment? >> i compare it to driving a model t ford with me and felix driving a 2020 ferrari. the danger is still there.

that hasn't changed a bit. and felix is going through the same thing, except he's going to be four miles higher. >> reporter: so high, baumgartner could be in freefall for 5 1/2 minutes. he'll feel temperatures, including wind-chill, of minus 148 degrees. his top speed could reach 690 miles per hour. and he'd become the first human in freefall to broadcast mach one, the speed of sound. >> here they say you're crazy. >> your german is good. i'm impressed. >> so why? >> i love the challenge. that's the reason why i became a sky diver. as soon as i was a sky diver, i was looking for a challenge. and based on all of these results, we should be ready for the big one. >> this is not just some crazy stunt for publicity. nasa is following it carefully. with oimp each jump, baumgartner is trying to advance the science

of survival in high altitude. >> records are made to be broken, we all know, but why has it taken so long for this one to be challenged? >> it takes a lot to pull off something like this. when joe kitinger did it in 1960, the air force was involved in the space race, and they were trying to figure out how do we pull this off to catch up with the russians? in this case, it's just taken a long time to pull together the right guy to do it, the team of scientists and the money to do it. red bull reportedly has put $20 million into this thing. it just takes an awful lot to pull off a stunt like this. >> it's a remarkable relationship between the two of them. >> yes, it really is. kitinger could selfishly try to hold onto the record. instead, he is going around the world training with baumgartner trying to make sure that not only he pulls it off but pulls it off safely, lands back on earth and lives to tell the tale. >> and you get the impression that the risk is more dangerous than we might understand, notwithstanding technology and everything else. >> i jumped from 13,500 feet,

and the world looked pretty small below me. think about this, 120,000 feet, 23 miles above the earth. you can see the blackness of space behind you. it's a formidable undertaking. >> mark straussman, thank you so much. america is seeing a boom in bugs. the severe drought is causing a big uptick in the number of pests. we'll show you why it's more than just a nuisance. and even rock stars get the blues. tomorrow on "cbs this morning," we'll speak with new york editor david remnick's piece on bruce springsteen and his struggle with depression. ♪ ♪

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we told you earlier how millions of americans are facing higher food prices because of the widespread drought. turns out that the bad weather that is so bad for crops is good

for bugs. and that means it's also good for people in the business of trying to control the pests. >> reporter: if you think that the drought is bad for just the farmers, think again. gazillions of crawling critters are at this very moment seeking shelter from the hot and dry conditions within your yard or even your house. in iowa, mike o'toole of aa pest control is a busy bee. >> the insects are being driven inside because they are looking for coolness, dampness, someplace to get out of the sun and out of the heat. >> reporter: oklahoma has a particularly creepy problem. >> the heat will incubate the eggs, and they will lay eggs and produce hundreds. >> reporter: and he's not talking about chickens. >> down in here, you'll see a white egg. and underneath the egg is the black widow. >> reporter: in california, grasshoppers are dining on shrubs and driving homeowners nuts. >> they are never were. they are just everywhere.

>> reporter: you have ticks in missouri and convirickets in te spurred on by the hot and dry conditions that have pushed reproductive timetables up. the onslaught of bugs is great for the predators who live off of them. along with other rodents, bats in texas are digesting the dlektables, and they in turn are being consumed by snakes. copperheads in arkansas are moving into home gardens where the pickings are prime. bites are predictably on the upswing this year. >> the snakes are out, and if people are out, and they are going to come into contact. >> reporter: all of this because of the bonanza of bugs. but for some, the fun is over. >> i'm going to go ahead and kill her. >> reporter: consider the mayflies in minnesota. their parched carcasses now litter the sidewalks. in some cases, quite deeply. >> they are knee-deep. >> knee-deep? >> yeah. knee-deep in may flies.

>> reporter: it sounds almost sweet to be knee-deep in mayflies, unless you really are knee-deep in mayflies. for "cbs this morning," dean reynolds in chicago. >> knee-deep. it is a surprise wedding news of the year. north korea's new leader, kim jong-un, is married. his wife was introduced world on wednesday and her pop star past. that's ahead on "cbs this

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story. it's good to see you. >> good morning to you, charlie. a year ago, north koreans didn't even know that leader kim jong-un existed. now they find out he's married to a pop star. the first lady was announced in a way only north korea can. it was far from the circus of a royal wedding. but news of north korean leader kim jong-un's marriage was carefully orchestrated. state tv introduced ri sol ju as the wife of the young totalitarian. >> we've obviously seen the reports. we would always wish any kind of newlyweds, you know, well. >> and took twitter by storm. including the fake account under the moniker kim jong number un. if it seems sarcastic, that's in part because so little is

understood about the idiosyncrasies of this country that rattled world leaders with a failed rocket launch. for weeks there were questions about the mysterious woman on video to a kindergarten and at a recent concert much the new first lady had her own pop career. north korean list michael auslin wonders what this public marriage signals about a regime that has long kept its first ladies in the shadows. >> might have had a marriage to another political figure's daughter. but instead, he went with a singer. so you have to ask the question, was it a love match? >> the concern about north korea's nuclear arms is far from a laughing matter. a state department official says the image and a recent reshuffling within the military may be part of the campaign to cement control of the impoverished state.

two-thirds of the country's 24 million people now face chronic food shortages according to the u.n. >> i think the likelihood is very low if we're looking for a pyongyang spring. i think we'll be disappointed. >> and kim jong-un's new policies may really mask old ones. officials here at the state department say there's no signs so far that north korea will stop selling arms or return to party talks to end hostilities. charlie and erica, back to you. >> margaret, thank you. imagine stopping a spacecraft going 13,000 miles an hour and doing it in just seven minutes. some fantastic new video for you this morning which gives millions of people an idea of what that is like and we've got it for you ahead on "cbs this morning." >> this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by purina. your pet. our passion.

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gayle is at the desk. what's coming up in the next hour? >> i can tell you. if you could read only one book, it should be gone girl. gillian's flynn is burning up the best seller list. it's a thriller having people thinking how well do you know your spouse? in the new movie the campaign, you know -- director

jay roach will be here. charlie is in an extra good mood because charlie -- >> could morning. dozens of officers have guns drawn in a san leandro neighborhood right now and patrick silvio joins us live from the scene near kelsey and bancroft avenue. >> san leandro police are currently conducting a search in the neighborhood of east 14th, they believe there may be a suspect iii the backyards armed with a handgun. prior to this they were in pursuit of a jeep cherokee that was reportedly driving of speeds up to 100 m.p.h.. this may be the same suspect

that is not confirmed. right now the police are in a parameter. we will have more information as we get it. >>,,,,,,,,

>> lots of streets are closed around the area of the lease and bancroft due to that police activity happening right now. we do have a traffic alert at bailey rode blocking the left lane. for at least 30 minutes or more expect heavy delays. >> low clouds and fog extended on shore. temperatures are down right now in the fifties. in the afternoon we will see mostly sunny skies with '60s and '70s. patchy fog,,,,,,,,

listen to this. a recent survey found out women are more satisfied with life than men. [ cheering ] of cours most of them are just taking it so they won't hurt life's feelings. >> that's all right. you don't really want to hurt anybody's feelings ever. >> i'm gayle king. i'm charlie rose with erica hill. nasa is betting seven minutes of terror will help -- >> it's the title of a viral video promoting a mobile space lab scheduled to land next weekend. as bill whitaker reports, millions have already taken the ride. does >> the vehicle is alive or dead on the surface for at least seven minutes.

>> it's like something out of hollywood. but these out of this world images are brought to you by nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena. launched on the internet last month, these computer-generated images of the mission now hurdling towards mars are the hottest thing ever on nasa's website. almost 2 million views of a never before attempted landing using this hovercraft called a sky crane to gently lower the one-ton rover curiosity to the martian surface. it takes seven hair-raising minutes. >> if any one thing doesn't work just right, it's game over. >> in making the video, nasa tv producer john beck, has launched the space age into the digital age using entertainment to generate buzz about science. >> this mission is the coolest thing i think we've ever done.

>> he says the appeal is not the dazzling machinery, but the brilliant minds behind it. like the early astronauts, these jpl scientists are the heroes of nasa today. >> these are the hans solos. these are the space jockeys behind the rover mission. they're real people with real fears, real vulnerabilities. that's what the audience wants to see and engage with. >> animator, kevin lane, when he heard about the wild ideas for landing the rover, he couldn't believe his ears. >> i looked at him and said they're going to do what? >> the detail was amazing. >> he drew to jpl's exacting specifications so viewers would believe their eyes. >> they're getting informed without realizing it. that's what i was aiming for. >> nasa's production values have come a long way since voyager 2 in the '70s. it's a thrill ride. especially the high stakes landing. the parachute with the largest and strongest super sonic ever

built today has to be able to withstand 65,000 pounds of force even though the parachute itself only weighs about 100 pounds. >> the seven minutes of terror is also the amount of time scientists will be biting their nails waiting for the continuous radio signal to cross millions of miles signaling success or failure. >> i know when we get that signal, i know a lot of people are going to be crying, i'm going to be crying. >> nasa is hoping for the blockbuster success of the summer. they're already working on the video game version. for "cbs this morning," i'm bill whitaker in pasadena, california. >> fascinating footage. looked like it was done by steven spielberg. >> it does. what a way to get your attention. seven minutes, i've never been on the nasa website. >> i have not either. >> you haven't either? i don't feel so bad. i know charlie's been i was thinking. now i'm thinking i would like to see that. that's fascinating stuff.

>> wild to think about. >> it makes you one more time in awe of scientists. >> and the job they do. >> we did a lot of stuff last year of course on the final shuttle. i spent some time at space camp. gayle, i know how much you love smart interesting kids. >> i do. >> one of the things fascinating to me, they weren't concerned about the shuttle program. some of them were so focused on the next frontier and on mars and all of the things they can contribute to for research on mars and beyond that i imagine they, in particular, will be watching this closely. >> there's also the fascination about how lng it takes things to travel in space.

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as we looked around the as we looked around the web, we found a few reasons to make long stories short. usa today says a greek triple jumper will miss the olympics because of a very bad joke, what some people are calling racist. she used her twitter account to refer to african immigrants. they wouldn't let her travel to london. a security breach at one of the country's busiest airports. 11-year-old liam corcoran flew from manchester england to rome. he was looking for the restroom and that getting on the plane was easier for him than doing his homework. several have been suspended.

you know what it's like when you got to find a bathroom. >> the daily news says michael jackson's mother lost guardianship of the children. michael's nephew t.j. jackson was named temporary guardian. in the latest twist in the jackson family feud over michael jackson's estate, can you say drama, they claim their grandmother was kidnapped by jackson's siblings. paris jackson tweeted that her grandmother has come home. thank you, god. 24 point bold type underlined. the wall street journal says your summer vacation may not cure your work-related stress. a survey of thousands of executives and employees found 58% get no stress relief from their vacation. 27% feel more stressed after a break. only about 9% were able to completely unwind on vacation. >> you just came back from vacation. how much did you watch the news, erica? >> i didn't turn on a television

for ten days. i took a break to be refreshed when i was back with you. >> good for you. on wshm says a lobster named lucky larry is sure living up to his name. larry weighs 17 pounds, he was rescued from a connecticut restaurant this week. wow. he's ginormous. customer bought him and then released him back to the sea away from fishermen's nets. he's estimated to be about 80 years old. his rescuer said it was the most expensive lobster he never ate. that is lss. we like that story. >> i do. i feel guilty for all the lobsters i killed at my summer job in college. charlie is in the green room with the great phil mickelson. they'll talk about the pga, the ryder cup and maybe phil will give charlie a couple of tips. that's ahead. it's time for this morning's "healthwatch." here's dr. holly phillips.

>> good morning. in "healthwatch" today, getting in the swim. if the scorching summer sun makes it too hot for your normal outdoor exercise routine, consider swimming. it won't just cool you down. research shows it can also lower your blood pressure and protect your heart more than other workouts. in a new study, researchers put those with high blood pressure into two groups. some had to swim a few laps, the other had no additional exercise. the participants in the swimming group experienced significant improvements in their vascular function. now in a first of its kind finding, researchers noticed multiple benefits. first, swimmers' systolic blood pressure, the top number, decreased by about nine points. swimming was found to improve elasticity in the carotid artery, making it easier for the blood to pump from the heart to the brain. swimming burns about the same

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right after the colorado massacre, thousands of people news website, reddit.com.social a user who was wounded uploaded some of his photos. >> the pictures have been viewed some 60 million times. alexis o'hanian, the co-creator of reddit is with us now. >> thank you for having me. >> what made this such an opportunity for reddit? >> you know, the reddit has consistently grown over the years. it turns out sports fans have been using reddit to keep real time updates going about sporting events that they watch together. this just happened to be the

first major news event where there were critical mass of users all paying attention to this story and submitting and contributing to what they were perceiving as what was going on. >> go ahead. >> it turns out that some of the information alexis when it came in was false as happens in stories like this. are you concerned there's not a way to regulate that? >> well, it's tough. we saw a few years ago everyone said twitter was revolutionizing journalism. today is reddit. and then it will be some other site. they aggregate primary accounts. but they need to be taken with a ton of salt. what i want to see more of, though, is actually less of a rush from large news organizations to sort of be first. we saw just recently an important supreme court decision that two major networks got it very wrong. it was reading text off of paper. >> cbs was not one of them. >> cbs was not one of them. the internet, whatever tools people are using are always going to win on speed. what i want to see is we'll know

that we'll get a lot of data. not all of it will be accurate. that's what journalism is for. >> when you look at what's happening today, tell me what it is is must-viewing, must-seeing for you? when you get up -- >> you know i visit the front page of reddit. >> given. >> that's for communities that interest me. we're getting ready for football season. i'm excited about rg3, i'm diehard redskins fan. >> finally some hope in washington. likewise, world affairs and all -- everything that's going on right now. syria, for instance. i'm a little jaded about u.s. politics these days. >> because? >> i'm still reading it. but it's tough. because whenever i turn on my tv, i see so much of the same kind of rehashing as we anticipate coming up in november. >> let's take a look at the economics of social media. i mean, there are reports today that zynga may very well not have the earnings report

expected. some people say that might also influence facebook. >> i mean, they are different businesses for sure. i think zynga has been trying to convince people to continue that insane growth that they've had. gaming, it's not that guaranteed. likewise, facebook, the hope is that they can continue to grow interest and grow desires. this user base hits a billion people. the challenge of all these sites, it's a challenge for reddit and any user-driven site. the community is where the value is. you can't keep users around. they will go. these are the challenges. >> the values of the community and the question is how do you build on the community? >> how do you keep them engaged and continue to grow but most importantly keep those users coming back. >> you think that social media especially has tapered off in a sense? it has reached some kind of limit of how many people it can continue to keep engaged? >> what's interesting is we've had -- we're approaching a

billion people on facebook. that certainly looks like a ton of people. we're still seeing plenty more activated as more and more people get connected online. as long as the innovation keeps coming. last month it was pinterest and in another few months it will be something else. we haven't reached that final end point for it. i get so excited every morning. here -- i'm 29 now. >> at the age of 23, you're a multimillionaire when you start this. you said it wasn't your desire to be rich. you had what you said a waffle housey pif any. >> you were going to go to law school. >> you love a waffle house? >> yes, charlie. have you tried the hash browns? >> syrup on them? >> you have to. >> i was an undergrad at uva in my third year. i was decided whether or not -- i was talking lsat prep courses

and my buddy and i were in the middle of one of these and we got up and left because we wanted waffles more than law school. i realized if i was going to be spending money and time, i should be want to be a lawyer. in the end, i wanted to make my dent in the universe to paraphrase, jobs. that's what i feel like i've been trying to do. i try to temper that success with the knowledge of knowing, i've been kind of living my life on cheat codes in a lot of ways. i take -- i take good stock of the fact that i was born with this life lottery ticket. born into a middle class loving family as a white male in the u.s. >> ovarian lottery. >> exactly. i didn't do anything to deserve that. i ended up with it. one of the things that excites me is the internet is this platform for a ton of people to achieve and succeed. i keep that in the back of my mind every day. >> what's the next big idea? >> that's what i was thinking. >> i can't tell you guys. i'm trying to invest in it. >> what's coming? the question is for you and

everybody else is how do you monetize? >> yes. >> that's one big idea. >> the cloud is the future i assume. beyond that? >> geez, i left my crystal ball at home. i will say this. one of the things, i hope to -- i launched a travel site. there are lots of companies right now winning base on user experience. any time you're frustrated, know that there's probably some geek somewhere trying to make your life better by reinventing it. >> you said nerds need to be in the room. >> you've never told the figure about how much the acquisition was that you made. you have this opportunity now. >> you have ten seconds. >> a lot of stuff is googleable these days. news. phil mickelson is here. çi ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> good morning. it is 825. dozens of officers have guns drawn in a san leandro neighborhood. patrick is live at the scene near bancroft avenue with an update >> san leandro police are currently conducting a search in the neighborhood, they believe there may be a suspect running through backyards with a handgun. just prior to this they were in pursuit of big jeep cherokee that was reportedly driving at 100 m.p.h.. this may be the same suspect but that is not confirmed. renner has been set up on elsie

street. other intersections are worn sybil bancroft and east 14th. there is a report that someone may have knocked on a window on civil street asking for help. we will have more information as we get it. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> good morning. rolling delays on the end jude law line at sixth street and cane. mass transit is on time other than that. traffic alert in the left lane of highway for back up all the way to antioch. we have a broken recount vehicle, a slow around fish ranch road. he's paid drive times are sluggish. the cardenas bridge to the maze of on the short freeway about a 30 minute ride. >> low clouds and fog extending on shore. it will be slower to burn off today which means we will see cooler temperatures. fifties and sixties outside. towards the afternoon we will see mostly sunny skies inside the bay. still some low,,,,,,,,

competition. >> at the olympics a big soccer team. it's against france. u.s. fell two goals behind and then scored the next four. the americans play colombia saturday in their quest for a third straight gold medal. welcome back to "cbs this morning." golf great phil mickelson is here with us in studio 57. he's won four grand slam titles and was just inducted into the world golf hall of fame. he and his wife founded the exxon-mobil teachers academy helping teachers understand math and science. i'm pleased to welcome phil mickelson here. >> thanks, charlie. >> what you're trying to do, you and amy with respect to math and

science and where does that come from? >> we're passionate about math and science. we understand the important role that it plays in keeping america great and helping us compete on an international scale. we've fallen back in those areas. in fact, we're not even to fulfill the jobs in math and sciences. if we can get more college graduates into math and science, we can have more job opportunities. more than that, we just feel like we've got to change the moment momentum. it starts at third through fifth grade. we've partnered with exxon-mobil to create this teachers academy where we give the third to fifth grade teachers techniques to inspire their kids into math and sciences, hopefully keeping them interested throughout the rest of their educational experience. >> how is amy? >> she's doing great. she's here with me today. she's going to come with me over to the jersey science center and see the teachers during the academy. >> how is phil's golf game?

>> the last two months, charlie, i haven't played my best. i've spent a lot these last five days trying to see what's going on. i think i've identified a couple of things. one of the biggest areas, charlie, mentally i haven't been focusing as fine as i need to. i've been letting where i don't want the ball to go kind of creep in, in my head as opposed to where i want it to go. >> mean you want to keep it in the fairway. >> and swinging with a purpose, playing with more of a purpose. i've been a little lethargic the last two months much we've got some big tournaments coming up. in the next nine weeks i'm playing sen of them. this is an important stretch. i've been working hard to turn it around. it's been a fun challenge. >> you went over to the british open. you had more time practice before than you ever had? >> i played at the scottish open too, yes. >> did that help or hurt in the end? because you didn't make the cut.

>> i played well at the scottish, not the british. sometimes you need a few events to look back and find out what's going on. one doesn't always do it. if i look back over the last couple of months, it's easier to identify where i've been going off. i haven't played with the same purpose, the same intention whether it's approach heading into the golf tournament or whether it's on each individual shot. that's what i'm going to try to focus on these coming months to get this back on track. >> what makes a difference? if phil has a great tournament or doesn't make the cut, is it your mental -- is it all in your brain? >> not always. but sometimes. sometimes it can be a mechanical breakdown. but for the most part, i've been hitting a number of good shots. i feel like the bad shots have crept in not because of a mechanical issue as much as a thought process issue. >> you've got very good coaches including butch harmon. what do they do for you that you

don't already know? >> i love butch. butch has a great eye for the swing that he's able to easily and quickly identify what's wrong and what to do to fix it. >> how do you come back from something like the british open? you saw what rory didn't have a good british open either but he came back from a disaster and won a grand slam. what does a player have to do to come out of a bad either tournament, especially if it's a big tournament? >> surprisingly the difference between winning and the cut is not as great as on paper. over my 20 years career, there have been a number of times that i missed the cut and won the next week. a lot of it has to do with changing your mental outlook as opposed to any mechanical issue. >> you told me you were watching bubba watson on this program. >> i was. >> he was explaining what he did at the masters. then you were explaining to me the difference for a lefty and a righty and the difference in terms of if you're hitting a

hook or a slice. >> we were talking about the shot he hit on 10 in the playoff. a lot of this gets back to science, charlie, believe it or not. a left-handed player hitting that shot that bubba hit on 10 is able to close the face and get a better gripping on the golf ball to create that amount of side spin that he had. whereas, there was much more deflection, say, if a right-handed player was trying to open the face to hit a big slice. a lot of times it will slide up the face and not get enough grip, not get enough spin and so the science of that shot allowed bubba or left-handed players to hit that shot much easier than, say, a right-handed player who would have had to open the pace. >> is the game today more competitive than it's ever been? are there more good young players than ever which makes it even harder to win? >> yes. it is much more global sport and much better players at a younger age. however, there's still an

element of experience that will allow players like ernie els who just won the british open to come out on top. guys that have won major championships, been in the thick of it, were all in contention at the british. there's still an element of experience that allows you to play a golf course a more effective way. to hit shots that some young players may not have been exposed to this early in their career. that's oftentimes can be the one or two stroke difference between winning and losing. >> adam scott has a great swing. he works with butch. whose swing do you most admire other than your own? >> well, i thought one of the best swings i've ever seen was fwhak 2000 when tiger was dominant. i thought from a mechanical point of view, it was as perfect of a golf swing i have ever seen. >> yet at the same time, since then he's been trying to change it for one reason or the other. >> that's true. more than an aesthetically pleasing golf wing, it's understanding your swing to take out half the course much you have to take out one side of the

course or other. everybody has something different that they must do to eliminate half of the course. you can't play effectively if you don't know which side you're going to miss on. if you know that it's going to be on this side, the one side or the other, it's much easier to play aggressively and swing confidently. one quick answer, one answer. your favorite course in the world? >> it's augusta. for a couple of reasons. one, the history is there. i i've won there. masters. yes. i've actually won my third green jacket in 2010, which was emotional having amy be there. the reason i also love it is i can go out with a 15 handicapper and they always can finish the hole. they're never taking out of the hole. there's not bunkers that they can't get out of. there's not rough that they take four or five swipes and can't get out of. they always can advance their ball and finish the round. they injoy it. the course is fun and playable for the average player. for a good player, it's challenging to score low. i think that's the sign of a great course.

>> and great greens. >> very challenging greens. >> always good to see you. thank you, phil. >> thanks, charlie. >> pleasure. a reviewer says gillian flynn has written the hottest book of the summer. gillian is here to talk about "gone girl," a,,

award winning author, gillian flynn's latest novel is already being called this year's best thriller. the dark disturbing gone girl has spent six weeks on "the new york times" best seller's list. gillian flynn is with us now. great to have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> sort of sucks you in. twisted. there weren't enough scary women in fiction. >> yeah. >> i am pro scary women in fiction. i feel like there's a lot of over the top scary women. there's a vampy soap opera

villain he ises. as soon as they unsettle you and make you fear for your life, i don't think there are a lot of those in fiction right now. >> that's one of your gifts. >> yeah. >> let me just say that amy is very scary. i was up until 4:23 wondering how it was going to turn out, what is she going to do, it's one of those things, especially if you're married, it makes you look at your spouse and say how well do you know a person? were you trying to scare all married people? how is your marriage, gillian? >> you know, i did want to write about the dark side of marriage. my first two books had unattached narrators, they couldn't make a connection at all. i wanted to go the opposite way, which is what happens when you try to be with someone for life. in this case, very bad things happen because of that. >> they were both unlikable. do you think? >> i special in unlikable challenging narrators. i like that.

to me, i don't read because i want a hero narrative. i read because i want to see how people think and poke around in people's brains and psyches. to me, the more challenging and strange and odd a person is, the more interested i am. >> i got to follow-up on gayle's question. how does your husband feel about all of this? >> it takes a big man when his wife comes to him and says, honey, i'm going to write this thriller about the darkest side of marriage and i'm going to poke around in it and everything, he did not blink an eye. he said go for it. do it. don't censor yourself. >> your marriage was not really an inspiration? >> thank goodness, no. >> just to clarify. >> that would be very sad. let's give people an idea of what it's about. here's amy, nick. celebrating their fifth anniversary. as they're celebrating the anniversary, there's clearly issues and amy disappears. then it's off to the races. you think phil may have murdered

amy. then you take us where? >> then you -- you're inside nick's head for a while and wondering if he did it. >> thinking about phil mickelson. >> sorry. >> you're inside nick's head for a while. you're kind of going it's him and then amy's journal entries, this love affair, everything is wonderful going up to the day she's missing. they're dueling narrators. they're dueling. each wants you on their side. they're manipulative. i kept switching back and forth between the two. i like what erica was saying about your marriage, though. you're down writing this stuff. where are you? >> we have an old victorian house in my house. it's in this tiny basement layer underground. >> so i'm picturing you, gill yap, in the basement and writing

some twisted things. but it's very, very well done. very well done. so you come upstairs and then do you just have to make a switch between that's that and what i have is this? >> i mean, i absolutely do. all day long in this dark despairing marriage, this toxic, toxic marriage, spewing this kind of anger and i can hear my husband come home from work upstairs. and so we have a saying at home which is leave the crazy downstairs. >> i like that. >> leave the crazy -- put it on the table. i usually shut down and to cheer myself up, i watch like a dance number from singing in the rain to kind of -- that's my palate watch gene kelly dance a little bit and go upstairs and be a normal person. >> i see a movie. >> i do too. this must make you appreciate your husband a little bit more and what you have. >> absolutely. i like our marriage because, i mean, we talk a lot.

when we have arguments we reverse engineering. wasn't it crazy when you sd this and why did we do that? a lot of that helps to create gone girl. i couldn't have done it without my husband, actually. we are able to kind of talk about that side. every couple has that give and take. gone girl is to the extreme. >> that's what marriage is, lot of give and take. the ending i thought satisfying and disturbing. twas that your intention? >> unsettled. >> mission accomplished. >> mission accomplished. >> congratulations. >> thank you. gillian flynn, the name of her book is gone girl. it's on sale at wherever you like to buy your books. what could be more timely than a movie mocking american elections? we'll ask director jay roach who inspired the campaign. he's next on "cbs this morning." ♪ [ ukulele strumming ]

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his latist movie the campaign stars will ferrell and zach galifianakis will do anything to win. >> that's my baby to kiss. >> excuse me. >> excuse me. you don't take a swipe at my hair. >> ♪ ♪ >> oh, gosh. >> why are we laughing about a baby getting socked in the face, jay roach sm. >> it's a movie. >> that's what -- that is so true. you clearly do it with humor in

your movies. welcome jay roach. >> you clearly do it with humor. i get the sense there are issues that you're trying to raise about politics these days. >> well, what's going on is crazy. i think sometimes it's therapeutic to poke fun at it. it helps me. i get worried about how the campaigns go these days. so we just got two of the funniest guys on earth to go at each other and sort of kind of tap into the sort of spirit of the crazy negative campaigning that's going on. we make fun of it. my kids are afraid of monsters. i show them monsters inc. it helps sometimes to laugh at stuff that scares you. that's what we were up to. >> i don't know if this helps that's afraid of politics. if you show them this movie. >> i think when you all -- when you watch jon stewart or the so colbert, you're all laughing together. i'm not the only one who thinks this is crazy. other people do too.

>> is it automatic that will and zach would be good together? >> it is automatic. those two guys are two of the funniest improvisers, smartest men alive. i also had seen them pick on each other in funny ways. we just thought if you can find the right arena to pit them against each other, it would be hilarious. that he wanted to work together and we said politics, come on. that's what's going on. >> i'm thinking, was there a lot of improvisation on the set? i'm thinking with the two of them, there had to be and how hard it is to direct that. >> it's fun. i've worked with a lot of great improvisers. we have a good script to start with. they come into the writing room and improvise as well. it's sort of writing and improvisation throughout the whole thing. you can see in the film, i mean, a lot of it is very free, very crazy. that can only happen when they're sort of just going at it on their own. >> how do you know what's funny sm. >> i don't -- i never know. that's what's so terrifying about doing comedy.

you never quite know. the audience tells you finally and we preview a lot. if it makes me laugh, i'll say do it again. if it doesn't, move on. >> if the audience doesn't laugh in the previews, you change it? >> oh, yes. it's kind of like adiner conversation. if i'm telling you a joke and i'm sensing you're not liking it, i'll speed it along or change the joke the next time i tell it. >> exactly. >> you've been quoted as saying that politics is painful but politics is also very funny. what's the painful part? >> it just seems like it should be different. i mean, it seems like politics would be about learning what a candidate wants to do with the country and now it's so much. i was reading on "the new york times" today that some huge number of negative campaign ads are running like thousands of them. they're all negative. it's sort of depressing sometimes. again, our approach is just to try to make ourselves laugh about it. >> it's always been interesting to me that politicians are

fodder for late night comedians. >> sure. >> it is because, in part, that it's a common reference for everybody. >> yeah. it's true. we all tune in to the same debates or the same -- nowadays, the same gotcha moment or something gets sent around virally. but i think that's also why comedy helps. because, again, you share the reaction to it. the sense of the absurdity of what's going on. >> politicians now feel that they have to be part of it. they have to go on programs, saturday night live or letterman or leno, jon stewart. >> try to be funny. which is sometimes really painful too. >> everybody says they don't want negative campaigning, but yet, voila, there it is. >> it's smear or be smeared. your opponent smears, you better smear first, preemptive strike kind of thing. the whole science of turning a good thing into a bad thing. the spin doctor thing.

i talk about these films as sort of my resume pieces to someday make my own political ads. >> thank you for ,,

>> but morning. heavy police presence with guns drawn in a san leandro neighborhood. patrick is on the scene, are people in the area being told to stay inside? >> yes, people are being told to stay inside and this is while many people are trying to head to work. no one is allowed into this parameter. police are conducting a search in the neighborhood of elsie and east 14th. they believe there may be subject running around in backyards with a handgun. a jeep cherokee was reportedly driving 100 m.p.h. and this

might be the same suspect. police have set up a perimeter, according to a scanner traffic there is a report that someone may have knocked on a window on civil street asking for help. we will have more information as we get it. >> traffic and weather are coming right up. it

>> the morning commute continues

to be very busy especially along 280, an accident northbound at stevens creek boulevard. give yourself some extra time. traffic alert clearing westbound highway 5 at bailey rode. northbound 101 at the old bayshore highway, an accident on no. 880 near the old or highway. 580 is a little bit better. traffic is slow northbound through oakland. >> plenty of low clouds and fog around the bay area this morning. drizzle showing up out at the coast. temperatures will remain down today compared to average. right now, '50s and '60s beginning to show up outside. by the afternoon we're still looking at pleasant temperatures. '60s and '70s around the bay. patchy fog out towards the

coast and it looks like tomorrow we will warm up a couple of degrees but much warmer over the weekend. ,,,,,,

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