>> good morning. it's friday, august 17, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. mitt romney says he's paid at least 13% in taxes for the past decade. the obama campaign says go ahead and prove it. an alleged ponzi scheme has a hall of fame football coach in serious trouble. and why are all the glaciers disappearing in glacier park? but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i did go back and look at my taxes. and over the past 10 years, i never paid less than 13%. >> mitt romney turns attention back to his taxes. >> we have been very transparent to what's legally required of us. but the more we release, the more we get attacked. >> i don't accept his word on what his taxes say. let the public see it.

let them understand what's in those tax returns. >> i never paid less than 13%. there's kids in lemonade stands paying more than 13%. an air war against mosquitoes launched overnight in dallas. >> spraying mosquito insecticide from the air. the battle against the epidemic of west nile virus that's killed 10 people there and sickeneda the least 230 more. >> extra chemicals in the air is not something that i'm a fan of. the sink hole is getting bigger, and today nearly cost two cleanup workers their lives. to build a new irnterchange it took up just seconds to blow up a bridge. >> dramatic rescue at sea. >> a race car driver raced through the tunnel at more than 190 miles per hour. an intrepid fisherman known as shark tony hooked it from his

kayak. >> i just like to fish. >> lady gaga's bodyguard delivered a beatdown. >> tele-l telly is vallis is my biological father. one place i would not go on vice presidential running mates is to senator mccain. >> john mccain is giving advice about choosing a running mate? that's like donald trump giving advice for choosing a barber. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." charlie rose is off. after a week of brutal exchanges between president obama and governor mitt romney, the republican presidential candidate is trying to shift the debate this morning. >> he is offering new information about his taxes and explaining why he believes that medicare has to be reformed. jan crawford is in washington.

good morning to you. >> good morning, gayle, anthony, and everyone in the west. the thinks has always been in this campaign that anything that takes attention away from the economy, that's going to be a good thing for the obama re-election team. that of course is because the economy is what voters say they care about most. but now the romney campaign has decided to take on the issue of medicare. and yesterday, look at this, yesterday, romney pulled out a felt tip marker and had a white board to explain why. >> which of these two do you think is better? going bankrupt or being solvent? well, obviously, being solvent. >> reporter: between fundraisers in south carolina thursday, romney decided to talk about medicare, giving the press corps an impromptu lesson. >> the differences could not be more stark and dramatic. and i think as the people, as the seniors in america, understand what the president's plan is doing to medicare, they are going to find it unacceptable. >> reporter: both sides now claim they want a substantive

conversation on medicare, an issue that's long been considered a political third rail. >> this is exactly what we want to be talking about. these are the substantive issues that will be decided for this country and that will have huge impact on this country. >> this is a debate we want to have. this is a debate we need to have. and this is a debate we're going to win. >> reporter: romney with a white board is not entirely out of left field. he gave a power point presentation in 2011 to discuss his plan for health care. romney on wednesday may have wanted to teach his media audience a thing or two about his medicare plan, but like lots of students in the classroom, they wanted to talk about something else. specifically, romney's taxes. facing questions about tax returns he hasn't yet released, romney volunteered some new information on his tax rates. >> the fascination with taxes i paid i find to be very small minded compared to the broad issues that we face. but i did go back and look at my taxes.

and over the past 10 years, i never paid less than 13%. >> now the obama campaign put out a statement saying, listen, if that's the case, he should prove it. but romney maintains he's only going to release the last two years of returns. he says, anthony and gayle, that democrats will never be satisfied. >> jan, thank you. with us now is republican governor scott walker of wisconsin. good morning, governor. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> governor romney says he never paid less than 13%. the president says prove it. should governor romney be forced to release his tax return? should he release them? >> this whole issue is completely ridiculous. i talked to voters in my state, and they don't care about this. what they care about is their own taxes and most importantly what it means to jobs in our state. what i want to hear about from governor romney and what i have heard about from governor romney and i want to hear from the president, what will you do to turn things around? the obama biden campaign wants to talk about this all day because they don't want voters to look at their failed record. 42 consecutive months of

unemployment at or above 8%. looking at a candidate who said four years ago debt at $8 trillion was unpatriotic, and he's added $3 trillion to that. of course the obama campaign wants to talk about this. voters want to hear what you're going to do to turn things around. and only mitt romney and paul ryan really have a plan to do that for small businesses and put people back to work. that's what voters want to hear about. >> governor walker, wisconsin is certainly considered a key state. how much of a difference do you think your friend paul ryan will make, especially since he hasn't run statewde? >> well, you look at the first congressional district where i grew up in a small town. paul's district is book ended by jamesville where he lives and kinosha, who working class rural areas. and a little bit of suburban milwaukee county. in that district, when he first ran, it was almost evenly split. he has not won an election by lets than 60% since then. in a state that in 2000 and 2004

was decided by just a few thousand votes, adding a few thousand voters that in the past voted for barack obama, those are people who voted many times for paul ryan before, could be the difference. i think for a lot of voters in our state and across america who thought four years ago they were getting bill clinton, they are now realizing they made a mistake. the economy is not any better. the budget isn't as balanced as it was under bill clinton. it's time to acknowledge we made a mistake, and put together a comeback team, and that's what you get with romney and ryan. >> what can you tell us about -- and i understand that five minutes after he made his speech in virginia, that your phone rang, and it was paul ryan on the line. true? >> yeah. paul, you know, just setting aside politics, paul is one of the brightest and most courageous people i know in politics but also one of most decent people. paul and i grew up not too much apart from each other. he flipped hamburgers in the

back. his manager said he didn't have the interpersonal skills to work the front. obviously that guy is wondering what he was thinking back then. but paul is a decent person. i think the more people get to know him, the more they are going to love him and realize he'll be a great vice president. >> governor scott walker, thank you, governor. in afghanistan this morning, a local policeman opened fire on members of the u.s. military killing two american soldiers. also an afghan soldier shot at another unit of western troops. as kitty logan reports from kabul, that makes seven such incidents in the past two weeks. >> there have been two incidents today where afghan forces turned on the international troops they are meant to be working with. in the western province of farah, a member of the local police shot and killed two u.s. troops. still getting details of an incident. we understand the shooter was killed, but meanwhile we are hearing about a second incident, similar in nature, in the southern province of kandahar. there a member of the afghan security forces opened fire and

into two international soldiers that were working alongside him. there has been an alarming increase in these types of incidents. 30 attacks of those type so far. and the al qaeda leader says this is a plan of his movement. we can't confirm that, but for sure incidents of violence have increased in recent weeks. yesterday a blackhawk helicopter came down over kandahar, kills all 11 onboard. seven of those were u.s. troops. now we can't confirm yet if it was shot down. it came down in a hostile area. but nato says it is still investigating. for "cbs this morning," kitty logan, in kabul. officials in dallas have started widespread spraying of insecticide. they are trying to wipe out mosquitoes responsible for the worst outbreak of west nile virus in years. it's blamed for 10 deaths in america's ninth largest city. manuel dehorkes is in dallas

where the spraying went on for three hours last night. >> reporter: good morning, and good morning across the west. so far, there are 26 confirmed west nile deaths nationwide. more than 1/3 of those here in dallas county. so last night that, spraying began. two twin engine planes began targeting 49,000 acres in dallas county late last night. at least a dozen cities in the county will be part of the aerial spraying program. the cdc reports 693 cases of west nile nationwide, the highest mark since the virus was first detected in 1999. almost half of those sickened are in texas, and so far, dallas county 217 people have been stricken. >> the target, the mosquito that we're after, primarily is only active during the first hours after the sun goes down. >> health officials and biologists say the spraying is safe, and many welcome the emergency measure. >> we do support the spraying. every time we have stepped outside all summer, we have been swarmed by mosquitoes.

we know several people that have become ill with west nile virus. >> reporter: despite the outbreak, others remain concerned. >> i'm not a fan of spraying at all. i have an organic restaurant, for one. so for me, i have not had one mosquito bite all summer. for me to put extra chemicals in the air is not something that i'm a fan of. >> reporter: despy the concerns, the spraying can't happen fast enough for dallas mayor mike rawlings and the city council, who declared a state of emergency. >> we have people dying, ok? we have to have a sense of urgency to get this done now. that's what is the most important thing. >> reporter: this is the first time that dallas has seen aerial spraying since 1966. and for now, it will continue, controversy or not. >> manuel, thank you. south african officials say police were protecting themselves when they shot and killed striking workers at a platinum mine. witnesses say the miners carrying clubs and machetes rushed the police before they

started shooting. 34 people died, 78 were hurt. the mine had been at the center of a violent pay dispute that started a week ago. in this troubled economy, there was at least one industry that can't keep up with demand. gun sales are rising across the country. and so is the stock price of america's biggest gun makers. as tammie lightner reports, it's driven by a basic emotion, fear. >> reporter: it's not your standard soccer mom gear. >> there you go, ma'am. >> reporter: afterschool activities are in a league all their own. >> we are taking not only gun classes but knife training. combat. self defense. >> reporter: this los angeles mom is among a growing number of americans arming themselves out of fear. >> the mass shooting really in colorado has prompted you? >> it has. it has. all of the virginia tech shootings, the columbine, also of them. >> reporter: fear is partly why

10.2 million guns have been sold this year. a record pace 20% ahead of last year. also driving those sales, the fear of stricter gun control laws under a second obama administration. >> have you seen this type of spike during other presidential elections? >> i have not to be honest with you. i haven't. >> reporter: so you think this is specific to obama? >> i do. >> reporter: this range makes their own ammo and supplies a lot of the gun stores in the area. but say they can't keep up with the demand. and it's not just a local trend. nationally, one major gun manufacturer has stopped taking any new orders because they can't keep up with the old ones. the fbi tracks background checks on gun owners. their numbers project 3 million more guns could be sold by the end of this year. >> the fact that in the last month or so they spiked higher actually even surprised me because they were already so high. >> reporter: record numbers because moms like michelle schy

say they have no choice. >> i'm not going to let them go to a movie theater and be slaughtered. wikileaks founder julian assange may be staying at ecuador's embassy in london for a little while longer. assange was granted asylum by ecuador on thursday, nearly two months after he fled to the embassy. however, british officials say they will not let him leave the country. assange is trying to avoid sexual assault allegations in sweden. wikileaks says he will make a statement outside of the embassy on sunday, giving police the chance to arrest him. one of the most feared offshoots of al qaeda is looking for a few good terrorists. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula launched an online ad campaign recruiting suicide bombers to attack western targets. senior correspondent john miller, a former deputy director of national intelligence, is with us this morning. good morning, john. >> good morning. >> what do we know about this website and these posts? >> well, this is the website

that we watch very closely, the intelligence community watches it very closely. but also people in the world of terrorism watch it very closely. this starts on june 3, when we first see a posting that says the goals are, meaning the targets, personalities or individuals who fight islam and muslims, economic targets, military targets, media targets. and that was up there saying for lovers of martyrdom, for people who want to kill themselves. and it said that you would deal directly with the al qaeda leadership and their media to get the word out after your attack. this was followed up in recent days in august by another posting. and that one really reinforced the message, you don't need passports or travel tickets to confront the enemy and kill them. as they are around you on your right and on your left. so what they are really saying there is, you don't need to come to yemen. al qaeda of the arabian

peninsula doesn't need to train you. we can train you online with the but your targets are germany, france, great britain, and of course more than anything the united states. because al qaeda of the arabian peninsula, that offshoot in y yem yemen, is the one that has the ticket direct from osama bin laden when he was alive saying you take the lead in attacking the u.s. so far, these ads have gotten 3,500 hits. so it's generating some concern. >> does it seem odd to you, john, because it's so blatant? and we always think of al qaeda as such a security conscious organization. >> well, this website is pretty security conscious. number one, you need to apply to get on. then you are vetted by some very security conscious people who work there, checking your background and so on. and then if you do get in, if you're not active all the time, if you're not in the discussions, if you don't sound like you know what you're talking about, if you're not fluent in arabic, they take you off pretty quickly. they are very wary about intelligence services, lurkers and others.

so we also know there's been a number of attacks and significant things including the attack on the cia base where people connected to this website were involved. so it's got some credibility. >> is there not a way to shut the website down? >> that's the great debate, which is do you take these off. without saying who, what government, this website has been taken down before, but they pop up very quickly on another server, sometimes in another country. that's the nature of the internet. but the real argument is do you do better by monitoring them to stop an attack than by trying to knock them down and then having to find them again. >> john miller, thanks. >> thank you. time to show you some of the headlines from around the globe. "the new york times" says shares of facebook have hit a new low. the stock fell more than 6% thursday, closing at under $20. that's barely half of the $38 ipo price. thursday was the first day that early investors were allowed to sell their shares. "usa today" reports that the sour economy is creating more

extreme commuters. those are people who have to travel at least 90 miles to get to work. that's according to a new study of america's 10 largest metro areas. researchers say that the housing crunch is responsible. britain's "telegraph" reports on the ultimate onboard airline fee. air france passengers were asked to chip in for fuel wednesday after their flight made an emergency stop in damascus, syria. the crew was told it could not use the company credit card because of sanctions against syria by the west. they found the solution before passengers actually turned over their money. >> hey, anthony. anybody got any cash? and the "wall street journal" reports on a patent war between heinz and a chicago inventor over the dip and squeeze package. scott white claims he came up with a similar package back in 2005. heinz says it worked for years to develop the package. and fire crews are making progress against western wildfires in central washington.

firefighters say no more homes have burned in the past two days. the taylor bridge fire burned 70 homes earlier this week. in idaho, crews are battling about a dozen major fires that threaten small communities. and huge clouds of smoke can be seen in western montana where a fire has burned more than 8,000 acres. this national weather report sponsored by splenda essentials.

get more out of what you put in. the government calls a penalty on a former football coach accusing georgia's jim done -- of taking money from players and others for a ponzi scheme. we'll look at the charges and hear ha his lawyer is saying. the washington nationals are fighting for a pennant. they may sideline their best pitcher so he doesn't hurt himself again. >> don't tell me we'll get

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>> good morning everyone. let's take you caught up with some of the bay area head winds. two men died this morning in a house fire in the excelsior district. firefighters had a big problem getting around debris inside the home. a deadly crash in west oakland, chp was following a speeding car when it crashed into a palm tree. the driver was killed and a passenger was injured and hospitalized. the san francisco ethics commission of old conduct charges against sheriff ross mirkarimi but they will meet again to decide whether or not

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>> let's go live to the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on with flight delays. elsewhere, jumping to the maps in oakland, the seventh street on ramp remains closed for an accident investigation. that is a look at traffic, here is elizabeth. >> you might need your windshield wipers around some parts of the bay and the coast. we warm things up too '60s and '70s around the bay and 80s and low 90s in some of the inland areas. more clouds on,, ,,,,,,,,

this is the first this is the first we've seen of congressman jesse jackson jr. for several weeks. he met former house colleague patrick kennedy at the mayo clinic where jackson is being treated for bipolar disorder. kennedy, who had a similar treatment a few years ago, says jackson is in a deep depression and has a long way to go before he recovers enough to return to washington. welcome back to "cbs this morning." james brown is with us again. >> i'll keep it straight this morning. >> we like it when you're with us. >> sounds good. >> government regulators say they have broken up another big money ponzi scheme and charged two men with cheating investors. it started a long way from wall street on the football field. rebecca jarvis is here with that story. rebecca, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. some are dubbing him the mini madoff of college football.

jim donnan charged with an $80 million ponzi scheme that hit players and coaches at the highest levels of college football. >> in their second year under coach jim donnan. >> in the late 1990s, jim donnan was one of the hottest football coaches in the southeastern conference. today it's a different s.e.c. that's interested in him. >> we have charged donnan and his business partner, mr. crabtree, with quarterbacking a ponzi scheme. >> reporter: on thursday, the u.s. securities and exchange commission charged donnan with allegations of fraud, shaming the name of a once popular head coach. >> jim donnan pulling out all the stops. who expected that to happen? >> reporter: donnan started coaching football in 1990 at marshall university. well liked and respected, he went on to become the university of georgia's head coach in 1996. but after five seasons and no titles, his coaching career ended, and he went on to become a tv sports commentator.

in mid 2007, the s.e.c. alleges that donnan began putting all those power. connections to use in an elaborate ponzi scheme with another business partner. >> there was approximately 100 investors invested, approximately $80 million. there was a group of football players and coaches and things like that. >> reporter: the college hall of famer's role was to woo his high-profile friends and colleagues to invest their high profile salaries. the s.e.c. complaint says that donnan used his influence as a trusted coach to bring in former players, saying things like, your daddy is going to take care of you. and, if you weren't my son, i wouldn't be doing this for you. former kansas city chiefs kendrell bell, who played for donnan at the university of georgia, told cbs news he sunk and lost $2 million into the fund. but donnan's targets went beyond the players.

he was also able to convince some of the country's top coaches to invest. by promising juicy returns. former dallas cowboys coach barry switzer, virginia tech's frank beamer, and texas state's dan dennis franchione were just a few of the victims. >> they bought and sold damaged merchandise from various retail establishments and represented to investors that they were going to resell it at a profit. ultimately, they only used a small percentage of the money they raised. >> reporter: but donnan's lawyer is playing a good game of defense, claiming that the coach was unaware of any illegal activity. he told cbs news, quote, if there was a ponzi scheme, then he was a victim. but those in charge of the investigation beg to differ, and claim the coach played an active role. >> he came out ahead by $7 million. and his family profited by more than another $1 million.

>> hicks says the s.e.c.'s next step is to see if they can get a settlement outside of court. if that fails, the case will go to trial. >> so those 100 investors are now victims, rebecca. is there any chance they'll get any of the $80 million back? >> well, i've spoken with donnan's attorney, and he says that donnan doesn't have anything. he is broke. so there's the issue there. but the s.e.c. is confident in this case. they believe they can get some sort of settlement. they say they wouldn't have brought charges unless they thought that was possible. >> the bernie madoff ponzi scheme was certainly larger, but can the two be compared? >> absolutely they can be compared. because what you see here is somebody who is allegedly taking advantage of his inner circle and using that inner circle to grow and expand his reach. >> and relationships played a big part of this. you talked about kendrell bell. >> a huge role. relationships are at the heart of many of these ponzi schemes. and that's what is so insidious about them. because these people rely on the

fact that they have close connections to bilk investors of millions. >> they trust you. >> uh-huh. >> rebecca, thank you. stephen strasburg is the best pitcher on baseball's best team. so why would you take him off the field? we'll have the story behind that controversial decision on "cbs this morning." kr

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oh! right in the helmet. >> wow! >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> we felt that one. scary at the little league world series. a player it beaned on thursday. he jumped right up and he is ok. what were you going to say about that, james? >> stepping all over you. i just couldn't wait. >> what? >> very thoughtful on the umpire's part to make sure the kid was ok. good move. the biggest story in baseball this year is the washington nationals. they are in first place in the national league east, and could make the world series for the first time ever. but now the team may have to leave its best pitcher in the dugout.

chip reid is at nationals park in washington with that story. chip, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning to you. the decision to bench all-star pitcher stephen strasburg sometime in the next few weeks is the subject of a raging debate here in washington. but the nationals insist it's for his own good. >> there it is. >> stephen strasburg is a pitching sensation. at just 24, he's already one of the best in the major leagues. his fastball screams across the plate at just under 100 miles an hour. and he's led the washington nationals to the league's best record, a fairy tale season that has fans dreaming of the world series. >> i think the nats are really the hope of the city. >> reporter: but sometime in the next few weeks, long before the world series even begins, strasburg's amazing season will suddenly end. in 2010, strasburg underwent what's known as tommy john

surgery, where doctors replaced a torn ligament in his elbow with a tendon from another part of his body. strasburg's doctors recommended he pitch no more than 160 to 180 innings this season. nationals general manager mike rizzo decided last spring to heed that advice. now with the deadline approaching, there is enormous pressure on rizzo to change his mind. >> have you had any second thoughts about this decision? >> i have not. i don't think i'd be doing my job as a caretaker of this franchise long-term to forego the long-term health of stephen strasburg for short-term games here in 2012. >> reporter: his decision has caused shock waves in baseball. some of strasburg's teammates and many fans fear they'll lose their big chance. washington's first world series since 1933. >> i think it's pathetic what they are doing. >> reporter: he was the pitching coach for the atlanta braves. >> washington has a chance to go to the world series. and don't tell me down the road

we'll get another shot at it. you might never get another shot at it again. to do this would be a slap in the face to the fans. >> reporter: even tommy john says it's a mistake. >> the golden ring on the merry go round comes around maybe only one time. >> reporter: what does stephen strasburg think about the decision? >> well, stephen is a warrior. he is a horse. and he wants to pitch. he's going to be angry about it. and we're going to have to rip the ball out of his hand. >> reporter: and rizzo won't say exactly when he's going to do that. but the guessing is it will be sometime in early september, and by the way, jb, gayle, and anthony, the washington press corps as you can imagine can be a real cantankerous bunch as it is in just about every city. and for the most part, they are supporting rizzo in his decision because he's been straightforward and honest about it from the beginning. >> chip reid, thank you. full disclosure, jb, you are a part owner of the nationals. strasburg is the second highest paid player on the team.

>> uh-huh. >> how difficult was this decision? >> not too difficult. once all the information was compil compiled. i think it was a very prudent decision, and as chip indicated, it was a decision made in the preseason, and the nationals have been excellent about telling the public exactly what they are going to do is sticking with the game plan, which has been an excellent one so far. >> they have a huge investment in him. $15 million a year. >> but far too often in the world of sports, you'll see some teams or ownership will push a guy out there because of what they are paying him. this is a decision as one of the executives said that erres on the side of what's best for him, as rizzo said. and i can't believe all of the trouble about this. >> does he want to pitch? >> he is supposed to want to pitch. but the best decision long-term is being made. rizzo says i canys i can sleep comfortably at night because i made the best decision for the long-term. everybody needs to chill out and let them do their thing. they have the best record in major league baseball. they are doing something right. >> $15 million over four years. >> i'm fascinated that you're

part owner of the nationals. >> me too. my investment probably equates to a per diem in comparison to the ownership. >> three female punk three female punk rockers now face years in a russian prison. this morning, they were convicted of hooliganism. that's a good word. for a protest against russia's president. we'll look at their high profigprofile fight over free speech on "cbs this morning."

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london, they've been getting support from big name celebrity. good morning, charlie. >> good morning, a russian jury has found them guilty of hooliganism. that is not a surprise. it's likely to rally more support for the controversial band. >> when they called the band pussy riot and began performing protests. they knew they would draw attention. that was the point. when they chose the main cathedral in moscow, the most sacred site in a russian orthodox church to bang out a

protest song against president vladimir putin, russian authorities decided it was time for a crackdown. three members were thrown in jail on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. they face up to seven years. >> we accept our ethical misdemeanor but an ethical misdemeanor should not be a cause of criminal punishment. >> soon after the women were jailed in february, supporters of them began making some noise of their own. their cause was taken up by artists and musicians around the globe who saw the case as part of putin's wider attempts to crush the protest movement and free speech. everybody from the red hot chili peppers to paul mccartney, who posted a message on twitter yesterday saying, i hope you can stay strong and believe that i and many others like me who believe in free speech will do everything in our power to support you and the idea of

artistic freedom. madonna recently performed with the name of the band on her back. >> they've done something courageous. i think they have paid the price for this act. and i pray for their freedom. >> may have lost her a few fans among radical groups. the remaining members of the band have said, whatever the outcome, women in russia and beyond should grab a face mask, gather together and cause a riot of their own in support. the case has become a test for president putin. what's been seen as a heavy hand against protesters. it is important to point out that a recent poll showed most russians are against the actions of the band if not the reason for the protest, the fact that it was held at the altar of a church. >> charlie d'agata, thank you. there have been glaciers for

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melting a few remaini ining glas in the u.s. >> 2 million people visit montana's national park each year and most folks go there to see one of the masses of ice. but the glaciers are melting much faster than scientists predicted a few years ago and could be entirely gone in just two decades. >> reporter: it is a landscape so stunning, it's called the crown. >> it's really something else. >> reporter: over tens of thousands of years, massive sheets of ice slowly slid and chewed away at the rock carving out these valleys. but now these frozen forces of nature are in full-scale retreat. >> we are into something that is very unusual. >> reporter: dan is a scientist with united states geological

survey. he's been studying the glaciers at glacier national park for years. >> the glaciers are continuing to shrink every year and at some point they will be gone. i can remember where a lot of these glaciers used to be and see how much smaller they are. >> he has the pictures to prove it. they show how just in a few decades many of the park's glaciers have shrunk dramatically. since 1966, 11 of them have completely melted away. there were once 150 glaciers here in the park now there are just 75. the glaciers have been shrinking since 1850, yet scientists say climate change has made the melt quicker and more extreme. the average temperature in the park has risen 2 degrees, spring arrives about three weeks earlier and the snow pack has been declining for 50 years. >> the snow is melting faster

than it is being added to. so the glaciers are just getting smaller. >> she is a glacier guide. she took us across two turquoise lakes formed by glacier runoffs and led us on a hike 5 miles up the side of the mountain to the top of grinnell glacier, one of the park's most iconic ice sheets. in 1938, it covered nearly an entire valley, between 1981 and 2009, it started to quickly shrink. are you seeing more people come here because they know they have a short period of time to actually see this? >> i think so. we've made a lot of top ten lists lately, you know, that you have to come here before a certain time, before the glaciers melt and see the glaciers. >> the glaciers are just shrinking and shrinking. >> reporter: laurel first hiked here 23 years ago. she's shocked by how much of it is gone. >> it's quite interesting to see it change that fast. i find that a glacier sounds

pretty permanent. and all of a sudden you're like, no way, it can't. it can't change that quickly and yet it is. >> so there could come a day where you'd have to head quite a bit farther north to see glaciers, like here in alaska. 5% of this state is still covered in ice, there are about 2,000 major glaciers. yet the twilight of montana's glaciers is not just about the changing scenery. >> why should we care that these glaciers are melting so quickly? >> well, this is a huge portion of our fresh water on this earth. and when they're gone, we lose that. that's huge. >> the glaciers and snow melt seed the streams and lakes, important for animals that call this home. with hotter summers, some wild flowers are already disappearing, the forests are drier and more disease ridden, and there are more extreme wildfires. in 2003, 10% of the park burned.

>> due mainly to heat and drought. >> it was really dry out here. >> reporter: from the air, you can still see the ash and scar stretch across entire hillsides and valleys. >> it's not just the glaciers, it's an entire mountain eco system changing. >> how different does this park look 20 or 30 years from now? >> it will look different and it will be functioning differently. it'll still be, you know, a terrific landscape to come and enjoy, but it will have been changed by climate change. >> gorgeous, beautiful pictures. >> amazing place to visit. >> i wouldn't think that pollution would be a problem there. that's what's surprising about that piece. >> it surprised me too and i asked them about that. i said you don't think of this pristine wilderness where this is an issue. but they said it's like a petri dish. you can reallcan really see how climate is changing especially as that temperature starts to creep up. >> if the glaciers do disappear,

what does that do to the tourism? >> that's a big issue. this is an area that relies on tourism, 4,000 jobs dependent on tourism. this place will be gorgeous even without glaciers. but clearly a lot of people come there just to see those ice sheets and to walk on them. >> speaking of walking on them. five miles up with a tripod and you weren't sweating when you did the stand-up. >> the magic of television. >> i understand. can man do anything to offset this or slow this up at all? >> that is one of the things everyone's looking in to. the scientists say these glaciers would've disappeared in about a hundred years anyway, but now we're looking at ten years to 20 years, anything that

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angry birds, guilty pleasure? >> it's a cruel addiction. >> "50 shades of grey." that is the greatest pleasure to watch people on the subway reading about the whips and chains and stuff like that. just to know that -- >> playing the ipad. there's a lot more people reading it and you can't see how guilty their pleasures are. >> imagining that everyone on

the subway train is, is a great guilty pleasure. >> what is a.o. scott thinking? the sweet spot at ny times is a guilty pleasure itself. film critic a.o. scott and media columnist david carr talk about media and pop culture. they're here to talk about things that we probably shouldn't. >> david, let's start with your definition of a guilty pleasure. >> you're at a dinner party, everyone is talking about i love breaking bad. it's incredible. and what have you been watching? i said well i just did a marathon of cops. [ laughter ] you say, look, cops is about the pageant of america. where else are you going to see that many people in handcuffs with their shirts off? who can resist that sm. >> it's a guilty pleasure that no one likes to admit they're watching. it's like you have to explain.

i watch it. but i really don't want to watch it. >> or you have to have some kind of bogus justification. i'm a big fan of the step-up franchise. because of my interest in -- >> that's horrifying. >> my scientific about interest in the human bellybutton. >> interesting segment with me learning. i'm the biggest square around. you guys say that our pleasures today, guilty pleasures are much less guilty than write about them and. >> and if you had i dud is like me. same thing with comic books. all of the stuff that used to be not respectable and now you can study it in college. you can get a degree in it. >> part of what happens is the

high and the low have been screwed together and mashed up. now that we can crack wise on facebook, crack wise on twitter. what used to be thought of low culture once annotated and written about becomes something more interesting. because we're all able to laugh together. >> we can all pretend that it's ironic too. which i think is a great dodge. i think people are watching these shows getting into them. >> you just watch tv. >> exactly. >> you just sort of zone out. it was interesting that you went around "the new york times" and asked some of your colleagues. >> when people think of "the new york times," they think of what? >> fuddy and duddy. were you surprise add the what your colleagues are watching? >> i thought it was stunning: i was deeply ashamed by some responses. one guy is hung up on the archie's. et the editor of the book review

watches carol king and james taylor singing you've got a friend. >> and also window dressings. >> one of the worst offenders was someone said the words partridge family at the morning times. >> you don't want that. >> also the great rock monster yes album tales of topographic oceans, i think. >> it's an absolutely unlistenable -- >> unlistenable. you have to be under the influence to enjoy it. so you're implicating yourself when you say that. >> under the influence. >> that guy failed the company drug test by mentioning that album. >> yes. >> it was a lot about reality shows. what does this say about us? really as a culture that we seem to really be, i hate the word obsessed with reality shows. a lot of us are watching the reality shows. >> cantina vega, a really smart young colleague of mine who i've had a high opinion of says i like anything with a wife in it,

the mob wives, the real housewives. i do think it's become a way of talking about the other. of finding someone else to laugh at. of feeling good about yourself. because they're very, very predictable. you know right when the -- when the woman is going to upend the table and freak out. somehow that satisfies our view. >> that is exactly a guilty pleasure or something you should feel ashamed of. is watching a show just to feel better than the people that you're watching. >> unbelievable. >> let's pivot here and talk about film. the british film institute says that citizen kane has been knocked from the top perch of the best film all-time? >> yes. this is the every ten years they do a poll. and mostly of film critics and citizen kane has been the consensus favorite i think for 30 or 40 years. >> years. >> all of a sudden, hitchcock

comes up. i'm not sure what that means except that maybe vertigo is a more sort of self-conscious movie about movies. and about the movie watching industry. >> citizen kane is kind of boring too? >> it's about newspapers and nobody knows what newspapers are anymore. what's squarer than that. >> i have the attention span of a gnat. >> movies being made for older people. like the meryl streep, tommy lee jones movie is really fantastic. but it didn't do well. it didn't open high. >> we're doing the show -- >> we're doing a show today and your psychic to mention it, demonstrates that hollywood is reaching out to people beyond the kids, partly because kids stay home, adults are willing to go to the multiplex and meryl streep -- >> you're ready to go. thank you both. thank you tony and david. can you imagine david letterman doing anything other

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i lost my best friend. like everything i knew switched. switched in a night. and i couldn't control that. so i had to deal with that. and that's not easy for me to understand or interpret. >> mm-hmm. >> and it's not easy to interpret on camera. not with the world watching. >> mm-hmm. >> so it's hard for me to even pay attention to my mind and figure things out because it became a circus and i felt protected. i felt like the only person they

hate right now is him. >> and i'm sure you know more about this than i do, but it seems obvious she still cares deeply for him for sure. rihanna telling oprah how embarrassed and confused she was after then boyfriend chris brown was arrested in 2009 for assaulting her. and welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> clear she still has some kind of feelings and i hear from reliable sources who shall remain nameless that she talks candidly about -- because she got that lot of heat for still talking to him, communicating with him. and oprah says once you see that interview, maybe you'll feel differently. it's sunday night. i'm looking forward to it. we've been looking back at charlie rose' conversations with america's great comedians. we go back to 1996 as david letterman talks to charlie about his life on the "late show." >> i can't imagine wanting to do anything that would be as much of a turn on as this.

you know? >> no, when it works, it's great fun. and this is the only thing -- i was talking to someone earlier, oh, you want to be in a situation comedy, a movie, and good lord, no. when this thing explodes, and i hope when it does, it doesn't hurt too many people. i'm done, i'll -- i would like to stay in television in some way. but i don't want to then, you know, it's dave, he's the goofy dentist, he's too much laughing gas, look out thursdays at 9:00 on cbs. that ain't going to happen. >> it makes carson all that more remarkable that he could do it that long that good. >> it makes me sick. occasionally there are -- i was flying somewhere and they had some kind of thing, they were showing clips from the old "tonight show." and it makes you sick. it makes you sick because i know what it takes for me to get through a 60-minute effort each night and then you look at carson and it's so easy. it's so smooth, it's so measu d measured. he's not breaking a sweat. he's not running around screaming. they don't have fireworks.

you know, they don't have monkeys jumping up and down on lithium. it's just johnny. and he's so comfortable and so -- here was a guy that understood his limitations and stayed within them and exploited that part of his personality to perfection. and i think that was the appeal of the man night in and night out, it was always going to be johnny. you could tell if he raised an eyebrow, he's upset, he laughed, he's happy. but it was never more than that and he was very, very good at that. i can't imagine another single personality attaining that status now. >> is that why you so badly wanted to assume that mantle? >> it was a pretty good job. it was a pretty good job. and when i was a kid, i just -- i remember watching the "tonight show" and thinking to myself, well, hell, i could do that. now, it's interesting i would have that impression because i think it's a testament of how easily he made it look where a goof ball kid like me would

think i could do that. and for me, it's not as easy as it was for johnny. but, you know, i did want it. it was a great job. and at the time there were not many jobs open. there were no other jobs open. so when i left my 12:30 show, there was nowhere else to go. so if i wanted to stay in broadcasting, it had to be the "tonight show." >> how different is the show you're doing and the show carson did for all those years? >> well, you know, we're doing circus time, you know. we get people swinging on things, setting fire to stuff, folks running around naked. and johnny come out and do his monologue, the favorite part of everyone's evening. and then maybe he'd do aunt blabby and that would be it. >> do you think you've got to do that? because that's where the audience is in 1996? or do you think it is simply a reflection of your sense of humor? of your comedy? >> i wish i could say it was a reflection of my sense of humor

and comedy. mostly at the core i think it is. i don't know if we have to do that to attract and keep an audience. i don't know. >> why do you do it? >> because of the competitive nature of the current marketplace of television, which is now seems like infinite. you feel -- you feel that's required. and lord knows, i don't know if it is required. but that's the feeling. that's the sense. it's got to be lively. >> the feeling of you or your staff? >> everybody. and i think we have contributed to this, sadly. i think we've bit on our own bait here because when we first came on the air, it mean, every night we had hot air balloons going up in the audience, people jumping out of blimps, it was just nuts. but we thought, you know, this was our one chance, we've got to load it up and go here. and i think that then the "tonight show" from that experience, i think, they also decided well, look what these guys are doing, we've got -- >> we've got to do that plus. >> yeah.

>> and i wish i could tell you i was confident that's the right way to do it. when i see shows like this and other shows, i'm reminded that maybe what you really need here is legitimate communication between two people chatting and people watching. and i don't know -- >> you don't trust that? >> no, no, i don't. i don't because, you know, i've read too many things about our show, you know, it's dull, it's old, it's tired and you think, well, yeah, that's me. i'm here, yeah, present. i'm dull, i'm old, i'm tired tonight at 11:30. >> what do all of those writers do? you've got 15 writers? >> i guess, i don't know. good heavens. >> i met most of them at the christmas party they come up and introduce themselves. yeah, i've been seeing you steal supplies. what is it they do? >> do they write the sketch, the monologue, or what? >> well, yes. >> what do you do? >> i actually do very little. i actually do very little.

>> is that true? >> and it's just as well. >> no, come on. you come in there -- this show is your life. >> yes. >> as this is for me. >> yes. >> you'd rather -- there's nothing you'd rather do. >> that's right. >> and you are driven, obsessed to make it as good as it can be. >> and my influence on this production is as it has been for a long time the ultimate yes or no. and when you have really good people, you're going to get more yeses than nos. that's my only contribution to this is hopefully saying yes more often than i say no. >> what makes a good show? >> we have an audience of about 500 people, they come from wherever they come from, they write in for tickets, six months, three months a year in advance, they get plane tickets, babysitters, hotels, park their car, walk, wait in line. so we get these people in there, and if at the end of the evening i get the sense these people are disappointed i realize i've failed. and what makes a good show for me is any single element or any

combination of elements by design or accident that pleases these people and makes them satisfied with the difficulty they've had to endure to get there. i feel like, great, that's it, stop the clock, no more calls, this show will be fine. because i think that sense of enjoyment, you know, breaks through the glass. >> do you think you're the best judge of that? >> yes. >> do you really? >> yeah. >> i know people have said to me they come to you and say great show. >> you've got a lobby full of them here yourself. >> nobody needs them. >> yeah, of course. >> but you know what's a good show? >> yes. i do know because i'm sitting right there. i feel it. >> and how many times a week do you have a good show on the average? >> not as many as we would like. >> 3 out of 5. >> 3 out of 5 would be great. i'd sell my soul for 3 out of 5. and sometimes we get there. sometimes we get 5 out of 5. >> wow. >> wow 3 out of 5. >> baseball average, huh?

if they can get there. >> that's high. >> isn't it nice to see david letterman because he does so very few interviews. if we thought about it, we could count how many he's done in the last ten years, and just to see him and charlie together. i'm very smitten with charlie rose. to see the two of them together. and david is the same. >> only 16 years ago. >> only 16 years ago. >> love the transparency, it's a nice cerebral conversation, much like we do here. >> and we're trying to keep it not dull. >> we try to go for more than 3 out of 5. we do try to do that. >> aim for 5 out of 5, see what you can get. you can find more online, go to charlierose.com. andy grammer's catchy songs have made him one of the biggest new names in mufb. music. he'll be with us next on cbs. there's andy i,,

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♪ ♪ i know it's hard know it's hard to remember sometimes ♪ ♪ keep your head up >> you're welcome. you're going to be singing that song for the rest of the day. just a couple of years ago, andy grammer was performing on the santa monica pier making whatever money people would give him and then he hit the top ten on billboards, adult pop chart with the first two singles. the man who brought us "keep your head up" and "fine by me." hello to you, andy. >> good to be here with you. >> when you look back, here you are on the santa monica pier, you had your car battery, the power of the guitar, really singing for your supper as it were to here you are today one of the top artists in the country. you have to think wow. >> and it's crazy. this is totally crazy. i was telling you guys, i feel

so professional right now. the coffee, the morning news. this is great. >> what was your tragedy back then? >> you clearly had a strategy. >> the thing is, if you go out and play, you can see the guys in the subway, as well. if you sing softly, nobody stops. you have to choose, break dancers are a bad thing to be next to. if people are legitimately doing flips next to you and you're singing like a soft, sweet song, it doesn't cut through. i learned how to beat box and try to make as much noise as possible. and it was a whole underground pay homeless guys to stand next to your or hold your spot. >> you can test music out quickly, can't you? >> you really can. what's cool about street performing, nobody has anything invested in you. and when you start to play for your friends, they go, you're so good. oh, my gosh, that is the best song i've ever heard. >> everybody just walks by. >> and you play it, nobody

stops, doesn't give you any money. >> i would imagine you can't be thin-skinned if you're going to be a street performer. were you going through your mind, you know what? this worked well, i'm going to write this down and incorporate this in? >> yeah, a lot of it -- all the information's there for you if you're willing to take it and not get too down on yourself about it. you'd be playing for a long time and finally someone would come up to you and you'd be oh, awesome. we're eating dinner and it's like -- if you could just turn down a little bit. oh. >> but when you wrote "keep your head up," that was sort of your own pep talk to you. >> yeah. >> what had been going on in your life during that time that you thought i've got to write "keep your head up?" >> i'd been on the street for a long day and i hadn't sold any cds, it was like eight hours of singing just to the world basically making a statement, i want to be a musician and i'm

not leaving until something happens and nothing happened. so i'm taking my cart, you know, with all my stuff. my little like -- my rug for vibe and i've got all that stuff and walking it up the parking garage and saying, man, i'm going to go home and cry or write a jam right now. >> when did things really turn for you? in your view, what changed your career? >> that song. the thing is, you need one song for the world to understand, oh, that's what you're about. i'll check out your other stuff. once keep your head up hit, that was cool. >> and your videos has been described as innovative. for you, that means what? >> well, "keep your head up" was the first interactive music video. you can watch me and choose what happens and where i go. we got an mtv online video music award. that was incredible. >> and now you sit here today, are you using social media? because you look at the justin bieber numbers, the katy perry

numbers, and your numbers right now are lesshan 70,000. you still thinking, okay, i have work to do in social media's key to you? >> totally. you know, the numbers thing, we can always grow numbers wise, but what's so cool about the social media thing, i don't think there's been a time in history where musicians can be so connected to their fans. >> that's true. that's true. >> i don't know what you used to do. like if -- >> pointing at all the old people -- did you see? i don't know what you -- >> that's terrible. i want to tell you -- >> it was an honest thing to do. >> in the olden days, if i wanted to play a show in seattle. what do i do? so i call my friends, could you put a couple posters up? >> pretty much. >> that's insane. now you're like, i'm coming to seattle tomorrow and everyone's like, awesome, see you there. >> we know what professional means, old. >> i got professional for a second. >> congratulations. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much.

>> congratulations. i cheer you on. >> i appreciate it. >> when we come back, we'll look at our favorite moments of the week when we come back. did andy grammer make the cut after calling us old? >> yes, he did. yes, he did. >> probably not. you're watching "cbs this morning." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

tomorrow on "cbs this morning saturday" with labor day weekend coming up, you might want to plan a ride on the wild side to close out the summer. peter greenberg will look at america's fastest, highest and scariest roller coasters. that's tomorrow on "cbs this morning saturday.." >> couldn't get into roller coasters. i'm a big, big chicken. all we can say is happy friday. i don't know if you enjoyed it as much as i did having you two

at the table. >> pleasure being here. >> go head, mr. brown. how was it for you? >> it was a blast. i should not be feeling too bad when gayle says we'll call you next time. >> i call. nice to see you both. that does it for us. as we leave you, we'll look back at the week that was. in the meantime, have a great weekend. happy friday. >> it was one against two tore a while. now it's two against two. we're going to bring a message to the country. here's how you get the country back on track. >> the battle for the white house got especially nasty with both sides throwing hey makers at each other. >> he's going to let the big banks write their own rules. unchain wall street. they're going to put y'all back in chains. >> mr. president, take your campaign, the division, and anger and hate back to chicago. >> did you write those words yourself? >> of course. the president is running to hang on to power. i think he'll do anything in his

power to get re-elected. >> they'll say stop it, grow up. hot, dry, windy conditions making life difficult for firefighters. they're battling dozens of wildfires burning in ten western states. >> firefighters battled this blaze throughout the night. this fire has now destroyed nearly 70 homes. >> everybody's house is gone. my friend, my neighbors, people i care about. >> james brown is also with us. great to see you, james. >> good to see you again. >> i'm excited that you are here at the table. >> oh, good. >> what -- namt that's mind blowing. >> i'm marveling at how anthony is blushing. up can't -- >> all of them to a man say coach, i'll do whatever you want me to do to win the gold medal. >> i actually thought i saw you jumping up and down on the sidelines. >> thank charlie for the notes he sent me in london about how to attack the zone for zone defense. >> we know where they wound up too.

>> you can always count on charlie for advice. you never see where the men on the set are talking about fashion. >> that's terrifying. >> i matched my pen to my outfit. >> the fashion segment of the show has been cut. >> took a lot of coffee because i'm jittery about gayle. >> ice cream solves everything. >> it's been my problem. >> it's early in the morning but the foup tans are still on. >> a lot of people are probably still gambling too. >> the infestation of -- >> what the heck were you thinking sm. >> have you done anything like that? >> no, only boys do that. that's a sweeping generalization. >> that's slander. >> you're the younger man. >> i'm a cougar. >> did you -- did you guys engage in intellectual gymnastics when you met? >> no. we did have a wonderful exchange. i remember feeling quite buzz after our talk. >> what kind of buzz was it?

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good morning. in the headlines of fire in the house and san francisco excelsior district this morning with the results to the elderly man died in the fire and firefighters struggle to navigate to a large amount of debris inside and not able to reach the victims in time. in oakland a driver would at freeway speeds through the city streets and ended up dead wrapped around the palm tree as chp officers of the honda civic run a stop sign and began to give it chase it smashed into the palm tree seconds later and the driver was pronounced dead at the sea and a passenger woman was taken to hospital. an idling fire truck was not the ignition source for the chevron

refinery fire in richmond. the truck owned by chevron headed in take shut off a valve that would've prevented the trucks diesel engine from overheating and exploding once the vapor cloud developed at that refinery last week. a check of the weather. we're starting to see clearing now especially inland but a lot of cloud cover fog and drizzle on the coast and they all that will burn off but early this afternoon the '60s and '70s and around the coast and '80s and '90s in the end. more cloud cover roll into the first half of the weekend this saturday partly cloudy and sunshine returns for sunday and tuesday to thursday cooler temperatures. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

as far as the traffic goes a nice ride so far in the bay area with no delays in both directions on the san mateo bridge. traffic on the bay bridge light working your way toward the tollgates and no delays in to san francisco. the accident at south 880 past fremont over to the side with lots of green on the sensors with no major to laius. antioch with foggy conditions there pacifica and the golden gate bridge.

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