good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday, august 31, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. mitt romney asked voters to help him restore america while clint eastwood talks to an empty chair. we'll ask ann romney what she thought of it all. the gulf coast begins to clean up as isaac's heavy rain moves north. and the pentagon takes on the ex-navy s.e.a.l. who wrote a book about the bin laden raid. but first, a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> mitt romney launches his fall campaign for the white house. >> i'm an american. i make my destiny. we deserve better. my children deserve better. my family deserves better. my country deserves better.

>> what do you mean, shut up? >> clint eastwood. a lot of people are going to be talking about that tomorrow. >> legendary hollywood tough guy staging a mock interview with the president represented by an empty chair. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. you can't do that. he can't do that to himself. you're absolutely crazy. >> isaac continues to produce heavy rain, spinoff tornadoes and potentially damaging wind gusts. >> we had to climb on top of the house until the boats got there to get us. >> at least three bodies have been found. thousands of people are spending another night in shelters. >> i'm not coming back. i can't take no more hurricanes. i can't. >> the pentagon saying it may take legal action against the former navy s.e.a.l. who wrote a book about the raid where osama bin laden was killed. >> wait a minute. he's running the wrong way. >> going the wrong way. >> holy moly. how often do you see that? >> boy, he hit the bag really

odd. >> all that -- >> snooki and the situation. the sun is going down on "the jersey shore." >> for the first time ever, the ratings have dipped below the cast's blood alcohol level. >> i'm frightened of the balloons. >> why do we have a trust deficit in this country? >> on "cbs this morning." >> what the hell was clint eastwood smoking? >> i'll start it. you finish it. go ahead -- >> make my day! y! >> thank you. thank you >> thank you. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." mitt romney says america deserves a better future, and he is the man who can deliver it. the former massachusetts governor accepted republican presidential nomination last night. >> but this morning a surprise

convention speaker, clint eastwood, is generating a lot of the buzz. jan crawford is in lakeland, florida, where romney is holding his first post convention rally. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie and good morning in the west. last night was critical for mitt romney. he really had a chance to show millions of americans who he was, what he stood for, how he would lead. and it also was an opportunity for him to try to convince voters he should be president. >> now is the moment when we can stand up and say i'm an american. i make my destiny. we deserve better. my children deserve better. my family deserves better. my country deserves better. >> reporter: it was the speech of his life. the most important moment in his quest for the white house. it was a call for change, but also the story of romney's life. and his wife, ann, mother of five. >> i had to travel a lot for my job then, and i would call and try to offer support. but every mom knows, that doesn't help get the homework done. or get the kids out the door to school.

>> reporter: romney talked of his parents and their values and lessons he said he had learned. >> when my mom ran for the senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. i can still see her saying in her beautiful voice, why should women have any less say than men about the great decisions facing our nation? >> reporter: but it also was a message to voters uncertain about the future and disappointed in president obama. >> you know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. >> reporter: romney has grounded his campaign on the economy, and last night, after detailing america's struggles, took aim at the president. >> he took office without the basic qualifications that most americans have, and one that was essential to the task at hand. he had almost no experience working in a business. jobs to him are about government. >> reporter: quoting from a 2008 speech by then-candidate obama talking of his election, romney implied the president wasn't living in the real world. >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the

oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. >> reporter: it was a big speech of broad strokes. somewhat foreshadowed by the introduction by the rising stars of the republican party, marco rubio. but both were nearly upstaged by an american icon with an endorsement and a bizarre monologue. >> when somebody does not do the job, we've got to let them go. [ applause ] >> reporter: clint eastwood went over big with the audience in the hall, but his fake interview with an absent president obama, imagining him in an empty chair, got a quick response from the president, who tweeted a picture and the words, this seat is taken. now we have just learned within the last hour that romney's schedule has changed for the day. they are making an unscheduled

stop in lafitte, louisiana, where they'll meet with governor bobby jindal and first responders. and the campaign will then go on in this new campaign plane to ohio. they have a campaign event scheduled there tomorrow. and then to another key swing state of florida, hoping to build on this momentum that they felt last night. romney got some very good reviews on that speech. people were saying it was the best speech of his life. so whatever clint eastwood did, romney now is trying to do a command performance. >> jan crawford, thank you. with us from tampa now is ann romney. good morning. >> good morning. >> what did you want america to know about your husband as he spoke last night? and did it resonate in your judgment? >> you know, i -- i was very, very touched last night, as were my children, because i think for the first time, if you watched the whole evening, and i know that all of the american audience maybe didn't see all of that, where the people in our lives, in our past, earlier

lives, that spoke up and talked about the guy that i know, that i love, and the side of him that i cherish. and that was how mitt was there for people in time of need. we had pat talking about how when their 14-year-old son david was dying of cancer, how mitt was there, visiting him in the hospital frequently and helping this boy. and that was before there were any cameras or any lights. there was another story how mitt was there for another woman when her baby girl was born three months premature and how mitt was such a rock in their life in their difficult hours. there's story after story after story of those circumstances and events that happened in our life that people do not know about. and i think that's when i talked in my speech about how mitt does not do these things for political talking points. and he doesn't talk about them

about. you i was so glad that other people spoke up and talked about those things that mitt has done in his life, and that's what i wanted people to see, that other side of him. >> norah o'donnell is with us. >> hi, good morning, mrs. romney. i was there in the convention hall as well last night. there was a really touching moment before clint eastwood and your husband came out, this video that talked about a lot of the things you were talking about. your background together. mitt romney's parents and their love story. do you wish that video had aired in primetime instead of clint eastwood's monologue? >> you know, i think it's important that people do see that side of mitt. we appreciated clint's support, of course. but it's so hard to really get a sense of who this person is in such a short amount of time. but, yes, i do wish more people had seen those touching moments.

and i personally, norah, for me, the more touching moments were the real personal testimonials, the real live people whose real lives had been so impacted by such loss and such difficulty in their lives and how mitt was there for them. and, again, without a camera, without anybody recording it, with anybody talking about it. and i think the important thing to know is that it's been very hard for mitt to open up about these things and to talk about these things. >> why has it taken him so long? >> because when something is that dear and close to your heart, there's something that you lose by sharing it or sort of trying to shine a spotlight on you. when someone is going through real, real difficulties, you don't talk about how, oh, i did this and i did that. that's not why we do it. we do it to be there for one another and to care for one another. and i am just really grateful

that mitt is the kind of guy that taught my children by a powerful example of living that. and the gratitude i have in my heart as a mother now is that my children saw their father doing these things that we don't speak about often or that we don't share often. but they saw him, and they saw how he lived. an example is so much more powerful than, you know, than saying the words and saying be there for your brother or sister. we saw mitt do those things. >> mrs. romney, i sense that was the message that you too were trying to deliver, you know, learning from the example that you tried to provide testimonial to. and that people should trust mitt romney. you said that in your speech last night. so i just have to ask you, it seems like because this time is so precious and it's so hard to try and communicate that message in this kind of world, the clint eastwood thing was a distraction. was it a mistake? >> well, it's -- you know,

again, we appreciated clint's support. and he is a unique guy, and he did a unique thing last night. but we're -- again, you can never take away from the fact that this country is in trouble, and people are looking for real leadership. and that i know that mitt is the man for this moment. and i hope most americans will sense too what i sense and what i hear from so many women and so many men across this nation. they are ready for a change. >> he made the point clear in terms of the women that he worked with and his chief of staff and all of the facts that so many people in his respect for women. but you seem to be surprised by the romney -- i mean, by clint eastwood's performance as the camera took a cut away of you. >> i didn't know it was coming. again, i can tell you we're grateful for everyone's support. and especially grateful for what a great night it was last night for us.

>> thank you for joining us this morning. i know it was a long and happy night. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> cbs news political director john dickerson is also in tampa. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> you saw what happened last night. it seems to have gotten essentially good reviews. not great, but good. where does the obama -- i mean, where does the romney team go from here? what is the argument that they take out of this convention to do battle with president obama? >> well, they try to expand on the themes that were a part of governor romney's speech. it's a two-part process. one, help people leave president obama. the economy is helping them on that score already. but part of what governor romney was doing last night was creating what they call a bit of a cliche, a permission structure, allowing people -- giving them permission to leave president obama. the second part was part of what ann romney was doing this morning, making mitt romney a

comfortable person that people can hand the reins too. >> john, we were both inside the convention hall last night. the crowd really liked it. there was a lot of enthusiasm about that speech. he hit a lot of different points. but i was struck by one thing, which is that all the signs that everybody held up said believe. and as jan crawford just pointed out, it's on the side of the plane, believe in america. but he never used those words last night in the speech. where was the thread that would have brought that whole speech together in terms of a unifying theme? >> well, i think there were two things they were trying to do. the whole night was supposed to be a kind of believe in america from the olympics to the marco rubio speech, which was about coming to this country, a land of dreams, that anybody can make it here. that was the kind of electricity they were trying to create in the room. mitt romney was trying to say, that set of beliefs, that american value system, is what i will take us back to.

and that's going to be the mood music of the entire campaign. and that's part of what he was trying to do with his -- the stories about his parents. and so i think that if he didn't hit it specifically in words, that was definitely what they were trying to conjure and will continue through the rest of the campaign. >> it seems to me, john, trying to create a sense of america is also a sense of optimism that america can recapture what they believe was its best. >> reporter: that's exactly right. he used the word "optimism" several times. in fact, in his effort to try and make people feel ok with leaving president obama, he said it was all right to be -- to be a fan of his. we were optimistic about him. that's the kind of people we are. so i think that's right. i think it's also, you know, when they are being negative about the sitting president, they don't want to be so negative that they beat people down. they always want to be able to say as bad as things may be, optimism is at our core, and that's what can lead us to a brighter future. >> john, i'm dying to get your

take on the mystery guest that was teased all week long at the convention. and then we learned of course it was clint eastwood, who had this to say about the president. >> i've got mr. obama sitting here. and he's -- i just was going to ask him a couple of questions. what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. he can't do that to himself. you're absolutely crazy. you're getting as bad as biden. of course, we all know biden is just -- biden is the intellect of the democratic party, so -- i'll start it. you finish it. go ahead -- >> make my day! >> john, this was a rambling talk in the midst of a heavily scripted convention. he was scheduled to go just five

minutes. i was there. i saw the red light blinking for another seven, eight, minutes like get offstage, and he just kept going on and on. did it affect the night? did it affect mitt romney's message? >> well, yeah. the mystery guest seemed to be a mystery to himself for periods of his speech there. [ laughter ] >> i think it was a great diversion. and i think certainly it did knock them off message for a moment. but i think it will live in history as an odd moment but i don't think it changes the trajectory of the campaign. >> it was the no good, the bad, and the ugly. john dickerson, thanks so much. this morning the remains of hurricane isaac are spinning over arkansas while the new orleans report is finally -- while the new orleans airport i should say is now open. isaac is now blamed for four deaths in louisiana and mississippi. more than 800,000 homes and businesses in louisiana still have no power. new orleans broke an all-time rainfall record getting more than 18 inches in 24 hours.

with all that rain, it's headed north towards the midwest. there is still significant flooding along the gulf coast, and thousands of people are in shelters this morning. byron pitts is in kentwood, louisiana, more the mississippi border. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah. authorities in mississippi say that today they will slowly breach a dam. they fear of it bursting, sending floodwaters into louisiana. that is very good news for the people living downstream. crews scrambled to keep this mississippi dam from bursting thursday and save nearby towns from 17 feet of floodwaters. some 60,000 people, families like the garmillions, were told they had 90 minutes to pack what they could and go. >> i think it's crazy. we moved here after katrina. and we're just praying that everything will be fine. >> reporter: late thursday, the coast guard released this video of a couple and their cat being rescued. their homes, like so many in laplace, louisiana, west of new

orleans, was threatened by floodwaters. in hard-hit plaquemines parish where a levee overtopped, officials confirmed the deaths of two people. in other neighborhoods, some residents barely made it out alive. >> the water started coming in the trailer. and we saw all of our vehicles floating all over the place. >> reporter: in three days, isaac dumped more than 20 inches of rain in this stretch of the gulf coast, submerging entire neighborhoods, taking down trees and powerlines. at one point, more than 700,000 households and businesses lost electricity. much of isaac's destructive power fell hard on rural communities and small towns. while some are pledging to rebuild, others plan to leave for good. >> we're going going to try to rent a car wherever we stop at and go to georgia. i'm not coming back. i can't take no more hurricanes. i can't. >> reporter: after that lake in mississippi, they'll continue pumping out water.

this is the first morning here since monday without bad weather in the region. and, charlie and norah, that means that the work crews can really pick up the pace restoring electricity. >> this national weather report sponsored by big lots. big savings.

nine minutes before the aurora, colorado, massacre, suspect james holmes tried and failed to reach his one-time psychiatrist. we'll hear her response this morning and show you what another graduate school said about the man accused of killing a dozen people. and penn state's new football coach says the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal is a learning opportunity for his players. >> this is a chance for these kids to go out here, play good football, go to class, graduate, but also do something that's a little bit bigger than football. >> janes brown talks with bill abrian about starting a new

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a man faces murder charges for the deaths of a neighbor in there the community. the woman died after she was knocked down during an argument and hit her head on the pavement. an autopsy is scheduled for today. the district attorney's office is paying for another year of a program to keep students in school. and the dumbarton bridge will be closed for retrofit work. the clothes a ton o'clock tonight and remain until closed until 5:00 tuesday morning. at the traffic and weather after the break.

it looks like things and getting it is the along 880. look out for an accident. there some delays in and around the area. it's both directions. we look from northbound which is not too bad through oakland. we're seeing some stop and go conditions. this one is also blocking the lanes. we'll have a look at traffic. it is very great start off with this morning. the temperatures are in the '50s. the 55 in san fell and mid '50s in vallejo. and the coast warming cool. the '50s and '60s along the coast. this long holiday weekend looks the temperatures would remain much the same on saturday and a warm ,,,,,,day into monday.

>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> we have startling new information this morning about accused aurora, colorado, shooter james holmes. more than a year before the shootings, an official at one university had some suspicions about him. as john blackstone reports, a court hearing on thursday focused on what the suspect was doing on the day of the massacre. >> the most dramatic revelation was that just nine minutes before the theater shooting started, james holmes placed a phone call, his defense attorney said, to the hospital where the psychiatrist he'd seen works. that psychiatrist, dr. lynn fenton, testified she was never made aware of the call. but she did testify she'd seen holmes at least once and was concerned enough to contact campus police. his campus access card was

cancelled within hours. sitting across from fenton in court, holmes seemed to be paying more attention than in previous hearings. >> sign a mandatory protection order. >> reporter: but much like during his first unsettling appearance, he often looked around with a wide-eyed gaze as attorneys fought over the admissibility of what could be the most important evidence in the case. the day before the shooting, holmes mailed a package to dr. fenton. the bomb squad was called in when it was discovered in the hospital mail room. but investigators found only a notebook which reportedly had drawings depicting a mass murder. its admissibility as evidence was not settled yesterday. there will be another hearing in three weeks. here in colorado, most documents involved in the case have been sealed by court order. but before he came here, james holmes applied to graduate school at the university of iowa. that application has now been made public. in it, holmes wrote, i have always been fascinated by the complexities of a long lost thought, seemingly arising out of nowhere into a stream of

awareness. the admissions process raised flags about holmes. one official in iowa advised, do not offer admission under any circumstances. holmes was accepted into a ph.d. program at the university of colorado, where questions are now being asked about whether something more could have been done to prevent the killings. for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, centennial, colorado. senior correspondent john miller, former fbi deputy director, joining us now. just one question that i don't understand about aurora. here this man, mr. holmes, was talking to a psychiatrist. she tried to reach out to the police. >> she spoke to the university police. and this -- you know, all we have is the testimony. and it was fairly vague yesterday. she said she wanted to share information and her concerns. but when they asked her pointedly, did you warn anybody that this individual might be an imminent danger, the question

was, have you ever warned anybody about a patient, she said, no, i have never done that. it would have to be something i was very concerned about. so she's indicating that while she was talking to holms and treating holmes, she wasn't concerned to the level beyond the conversation with police she would say she was dangerous. >> do we know how many conversations she had with him? was this a series of conversations that she had with him about treatment? >> we know it was more than one, and we know that on june 11, by mutual agreement somehow, they ended his treatment. and that shortly after that, he was out of the school. but he was one of three mental health professionals that spoke to holmes at the school. >> and another very different story this morning is the ongoing fact of what happened to this book that is going to come out soon about what mhappened o the osama bin laden raid. the pentagon is now saying what? >> the pentagon's chief counsel has sent a letter to the navy s.e.a.l. who calls himself mark owen, who is the author of that book, saying, you signed two

nondisclosure agreements that you would never divulge classified information. one on this date, one on that date, one to the department of defense, one to the cia. and now you have gone and written this book. it was not submitted for clearance. and they say you could be subject to criminal prosecution. >> do you think that they will prosecute him? or is this more a shot across the bow? >> i think it's very doubtful they would prosecute him. he has five bronze --a one silver star, four bronze stars, five deployments. that twould be a real problem t take him into court after he put a bullet in bin laden, which makes him pretty likeable around here. but there is a saying saying, by signing those agreements you assign to the u.s. government all royalties and remuneration, that means money, from disclosure, publication, or

revelation of classified information. so what they are hinting is that he may not face criminal charges but they might go after the money from the book. >> i also think there's a political element to this, because the obama administration is under fire from republicans. they are accusing them of leaking classified information. here you have a former navy s.e.a.l. divulging classified information. so the administration has to look tough, don't you think? >> well, they do. but i think if you put your thumb on the wound here, this is the intersection of a bunch of competing narratives. you have the ops sec people, targeting the obama administration, saying you're doing the leaks. they have now turned around and said they think this book should be shut down. so you have a collision of political themes here. >> that is so interesting. i didn't know that. >> but also you have this scott pelley interview that will be on "60 minutes" saying, i have nothing to do with either of the two sides in terms of my own motivation. i wanted to tell the story of some heroic people. >> that's right. and i think it's going to be

very interesting to watch. he said it was about setting the record straight. now we'll find out if it was about the money if the government really targets that. it's a bit of a showdown. but i wouldn't be surprised if nothing happens. >> all right, john miller. thank you. i think we'll be talking a lot more about this. you can see scott pelley's interview with the author of "no easy day" next sunday night here on sbs on "60 minutes." this morning the new head coach of penn state's football team tells how they are moving forward. we'll be right back. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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here's a crazy college p here is a crazy college play from last night. after the fumbled punt, andre parker picked up the ball. would have been an easy touchdown, right? but instead he ran the wrong way towards his own goal line. parker went more than 50 yards before he was knocked out of bounds. well, charlie, sometimes we -- >> we just go the wrong way. >> we go the wrong way. and still we don't know why he did it. >> just got confused i guess, right? you're going the wrong way. >> speaking of football,

tomorrow penn state kicks off a new football season. it is the first after the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. the team is facing a heavy burden of double ncaa sanctions. >> and the man who will deal with this is bill o'brien, who is replacing joe paterno as head coach. well, james brown spoke with o'brien about the season that's ahead. >> it's very, very important that we realize penn state, the penn state football program, that we realize why we're in the position that we're in. what steps are we going to take to move the program forward. so it's challenging, james. but at the same time, life is about challenges. >> reporter: coach bill o'brien and his team, the nittany lions, are used to chalgs. but many of the challenges the program faces today extend far beyond the football field. >> we have to focus on playing good football, but in many ways it's about more than football. >> reporter: it's a conversation o'brien couldn't have envisioned

having a year ago. as he was gearing up for the nfl season as offensive coordinator for the new england patriots. but in january of this year, just two months after joe paterno's dismissal, o'brien was introduced as the new head coach of penn state, agreeing to take over a team plagued by controversy. is there any frustration on your part that you're even having to deal with that educating your players about child abuse issues and the like when it's all understood, your players had nothing to do with it, you had nothing to do with it? >> there's no question that our coaching staff, our players, that we didn't have anything to do with the actual what happened in the past, with the actual tragedy itself. but our kids understand that we care about children. >> reporter: going forward, the team is making community outreach a priority, paying particular attention to victims of child abuse. >> we've got to focus on football when we're on the football field. we've got to focus on class when

we're in the classroom. but we're going to definitely make time and do the best job we can to involve ourselves in the community in many different ways, including reaching out to child abuse organizations. >> reporter: but the kids, the young men, are looking up to you. what are you telling them right now, what stage are you planning, where you hope it will take root? >> we all chose to be here. they made a commitment to each other six or seven months ago in the weight room, on the practice fields, off the field, in the dormitories. they made a commitment to each other that they were going to be teammates and see this thing through no matter what happened. >> reporter: commitment is a theme o'brien preaches to his team. hoping to inspire not only his current players, but also the program's future stars. >> i made a commitment, and i'm a man of my word. >> reporter: like new jersey's brandon bell. two years ago, the senior linebacker began receiving letters from college recruiters, including one from penn state. >> first i went there, i got a good feeling about it. >> reporter: he's made several visits to happy valley, and

despite the program's gloomy outlook, brandon is sticking with his decision to become a nittany lion. >> me and my family talk about it. i think my main goals are still capable of happening going there. and i couldn't picture myself going to another school for five years, the next five years of my life that i didn't really want to be at. >> reporter: the crippling ncaa sanctions, five years probation, four years of no bowl games, and the loss of 40 scholarships between now and 2015, have cast a dark cloud over the future of the program. nine players have since moved on to other teams. and while some view the sanctions as a challenge, others like brandon bell see it as an opportunity. >> i think we'll really be remembered for how my class does, and even the class after this, coming off of the sanctions. so if we come out and show everybody what we're made of, i think we will be remembered. >> reporter: bill o'brien knows he has a tough road ahead. but he says he's ready to write

the next chapter of this program's storied history. and while he and his players are looking forward to getting back on the field, he says he'll never let anyone at happy valley forget its past. >> life is all about how you overcome adversity. and in my opinion, this is a chance for these kids to go out here, play good football, go to class, graduate, but also do something that's a little bit bigger than football. and that is to show that we've learned from the mistakes of the past, and to help people realize that children are so important to society, and that child abuse is something that has to stop. >> james brown is in washington. jb, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. how are you? >> very good. the interesting thing about him is that he says he never thought twice about taking this job. >> you know, charlie, i think, one, he is resolutely focused on being able to turn things around. he saw this as an ideal opportunity, despite all that's happened there. and he's got success in his background. he's up to the challenge.

and, charlie, a nine-year contract certainly gives him the opportunity to get it done in that time. >> how does he define success? >> one, he wants to rally the troops around him. in the immediate future, given what the challenges are. but he thinks beyond this four or five-year period, that he will have them back at elite level status. >> jb, you said four to five years. but in the meantime, they've got a lot of public relations to do. i understand there's going to be some changes to the uniforms as well? >> norah, there will be. what's indelibly ensconced is the simple blue and white uniforms with no player names. there will be names to signify that these players decided to stick with the program and see it through. and a blue ribbon on the front of the uniform to recognize and show support for victims of child abuse. and a hardy welcome to the new

teammate in the studio, norah. 15 years ago today, princess diana died in a paris car crash. we'll show you how the royal family's relationship with the paparazzi have evolved since that day. you are watching "cbs this morning."

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and san francisco formats before it o'clock 14 hours to cross the bridge before it closes for the labor day weekend. the shutdown will allow the crews to do size but retrofit work clothes from tent tonight until 5:00 tuesday morning. take to 37 and the cemetery ridge for an alternate. legendary bay area journalist has died join in the mercury news in 1958 and stayed with them for 47 years and to the retired and spent most of the retirement years on his column years in the column celebrating people levenson character in san jose the valley. he recently did commentaries on the radio and he was 76 years old.

good morning. a live look at the bay branch it's very quiet with no metering lights and towards the golden gate bridge the same story with light traffic and to san francisco. a broken down vehicle on highway one southbound blocking lanes and the cause delays. it will feel a little cooler today with an used to with the sun trying to come out with the lot of fog and some look cloud cover and drizzle around the coast and the bay. by this afternoon warming things that the '50s and '60s around the coast as seventies and low 80s and some of our inland spots. some other day for tomorrow and a warmer sunday and monday. a warmer sunday and monday. ,,,,,,,,

now you're here, not in tampa. >> right. >> where the convention is going on. you went to every convention, every republican convention since reagan. why aren't you there, sir? >> well, i asked what they'd like me to do, and they said they'd like me to be a surrogate speaker in new orleans this week. and i thought, are they trying to send me a signal or what? >> what does that mean for your party and all of those people down in tampa? >> well, for me personally, the fact that i'm here having this conversation probably means that -- >> all over. >> what would we do without our infrastructu infrastructure? you can't compete without infrastructure. >> government does that. >> of course, there's a role for government. >> again, we know why you're not in tampa. it is 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm charlie rose. gayle king is off today. >> and i'm norah o'donnell.

governor mitt romney is not wasting any time hitting the campaign trail the day after accepting the republican presidential nomination. last night at the convention he let americans into his life with a series of personal stories, but it's another speaker that's getting much of the attention this morning. jan crawford is in lakeland, florida, where romney has been campaigning this morning. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. when a political campaign rolls out a big hollywood star, it's supposed to give the candidate a boost. clint eastwood did get a lot of applause, but a lot of pundants and strategists are saying it was unnecessary side show. the campaign should have rethought that, had that video, because it took away from mitt romney's message. >> the next president of the united states of america, mitt romney. >> reporter: romney's first goal for thursday's speech was to tell voters his story, who he was and where he came from. >> we were mormons and growing up in michigan, that might have

seemed unusual and out of place, but i really don't remember it that way. my friends cared more about what sports teams we followed than what church we went to. >> reporter: and matched a drum beat by political insiders who humanized the former governor and executive, like how his parents' marriage lasted 64 years and how his father george delivered gifts from the florist. >> because every day dad gave mom a rose, which he put on her bedside table. that's how she found out what happened on the day my father died. she went looking for him because that morning there was no rose. >> reporter: romney also was direct in attacking the president's rhetorical flourishes. >> president obama said he would slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. [ applause ]

>> reporter: by many accounts romney performed well with the speech. going for a knockout, the campaign invited hollywood icon clint eastwood to speak earlier in the night about much speculation about a mystery speaker. eastwood started his remarks reminiscing about president obama. >> thought this was great. everyone was crying. oprah was crying. i was even crying. >> reporter: but the remarks seemed to veer off script, if there was one, of a highly choreographed and actually timed convention. like when he talked to an empty chair representing the president. >> i wondered all these promises, then i wondered about, you know, when the -- what? what do you want me to tell romney? >> reporter: cbs's bob schieffer

said they couldn't understand why they showcased eastwood on romney's night. >> why on your night of nights when you're trying to tell your story to the american people would you give them something else to talk about? >> reporter: now the obama campaign responded almost immediately last night on twitter. they sent out a picture, a tweet of the president sitting in a chair in the white house with the caption, this seat is taken. the romney campaign said that eastwood's performance was completely spontaneous, ad lib, no teleprompter, unscripted. it's kind of ironic. in many ways that ad libbed, unscripted, he's anti-romney. jan crawford, thank you. we bring in frank luntz, former republican strategist. here's the question. >> good morning. >> is this a one-day story about clint eastwood or is it more important because it did not give an audience at home to see a video that everybody thinks

was well done and gave a really interesting insight into mitt romney? >> i have to answer yes to both questions. i don't think by this weekend you're going to be hearing anything about clint eastwood, but the fact that we are talking about it now means we're not talking about the language in the presentation mitt romney put forward. it fs so essential for him to introduce himself, his personality, his family, what he thinks, who he is. not just what he believes, charlie, but who he is. he did that effectively in the first half of his speech. because we're focusing on eastwood, it's not what romney wants. >> much of the focus of the convention was humanizing romney, helping him connect with average voters. frank, i know you were looking really closely at the words that mitt romney used in his speech. how many times did he use certain words and what does that tell us? >> well, he used the word america more than practically every other word combined. he's trying to draw a contrast

between himself and barack obama, suggesting, maybe not so subtly, that romney understands the trials and tribulations of at least the business people and employees and that barack obama doesn't. here's the key in that. barack obama is saying, i get you, the person. romney is saying, i understand america. now which one wins? i can't tell you in the last two months, but they're both essential components to the messaging from both candidates. >> you pointed out i think he used the word america 90 times. some words he didn't use last night, immigration, and he did not use the word afghanistan. and the conservative bill crystal wrote this morning that over 2,000 americans have died in more than 10 years of that war, a war that mitt romney supported, yet in his speech to be commander in chief he said not a word about afghanistan nor did he you the utter a word of appreciation for the troops that have been fighting there.

was that a mistake? >> well, that's been the language that's been used over the last three days, so perhaps mitt romney could have done it, but if you've been watching the republican convention over the last few days, they have done salutes to the troops repeatedly, even on thursday night as well. >> this was a big night for him to say and to identify himself. it was one of the important things about being president, you're commanding the chief and you're putting american lives at risk and show some appreciation for certain. >> i mean, that's -- that's -- that's a fair point. you only have so much time. actually, i do think it's fair to challenge the decisions to have clint eastwood have so much time because it took away from what mitt romney could have talked about. it took away from what he could have said. >> here's what's interesting, frank, to interrupt you. nora could see the clock there and saying that the red light came on saying, get off the stage, and he ignored it for 5, 6, 7 minutes. >> yeah. >> there's also this. you see coming out of this

speech and you see this as the challenge, and it's a big story today in "the new york times." they have to convince people who like obama and who voted for him before and are reluctant and have some misgiving about not continuing with him and giving him four more years. that's the goal of this campaign. how do they do that? >> well, they did it with a speech last night, but they're going to repeatedly have to do it. it's going to have to be soft and gentle, charlie. you can't tell someone who voted for barack obama that they made a mistake. that individual has to come to that decision themselves.selves. second, you don't want to ask someone to repudiate what they did. you have to say, look, you voted the correct way back then because you wanted hope and change, but the question now is, do you expect the next four years to be any better than the last four years. i think the romney campaign going to have to ask a lot of those rhetorical questions. not make statements, not push people, but pull them into those

rhet when princess diana was when principle sentencstens princess diana was killed 15 years ago today it was a wake up call for the press. this morning we'll show you how diana's death led to a new relationship between the media and the royal family. stay with us. you are watching "cbs this morning." [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues

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not since grace kelly, the princess of monaco, who also died in a car crash, had the world been as in love with a princess of wales. she and the current man in her life died in the twisted wreckage of this all but collapsed mercedes while they were making a mad dash through paris trying to get away from the paparazzi who camped on her doorstep and dogged her every footstep. that "60 minutes" clip is a tiny portion of the coverage from the weekend princess diana was killed. it happened 15 years ago today. >> over the next several days millions mourned diana's death and condemned the paparazzi who

were following her that night. this morning elizabeth palmer looks at how life has changed for reporters and the royal family. >> reporter: i'm standing outside kensington palace, which is where diana lived, and these golden gates remain a focal point 15 years later for anyone who wants to come and pay tribute to the woman they called the people's princess. diana died in the wreck of a black mercedes which crashed at high speed in paris tunnel. and blame fell immediately on paparazzi. the photographers who had been chasing the car jockeying for shots of the celebrity princess. at her funeral diana's brother called her. >> the most hunted person of the modern age. >> reporter: mirag tanna is the different paparazzi. he has to get prince william, kate, and third in line to the throne, prince harry. >> no one's life is worth

risking for a picture. >> reporter: in the end the inquest into diana's death blames not the photographers but the drunk driver of the car. still, tanna says, the accident changed everything. >> we are in a better place now. we have guidelines which we have to abide by. we can't follow them, chase them, do all of this kind of stuff. so in that sense it is a safer place for celebrities, for royalty. >> reporter: photographers pursued diana relentlessly, in public of course, but also at home and on vacation. right up until the night she died. but that tragedy and its aftermath marked a turning point. as the royal family suddenly found its traditional stiff upper lip out of sync with a nation that had loved diana's public image of humanity and compassion. mark is a pr analyst and historian. >> they woke up after diana and after a period of mourning

grieving, a group of people got together and said, look, this has to change. the whole idea of cynicism towards the media changed into an idea, look, we've got to work together. >> reporter: but as the royal family came to grips with this approach, the newest celebrity member of the royal entourage revived old fear. in 2007 photographers swarmed kate middleton who, at the time, was not yet engaged to prince william. it was deja vu. diana's ordeal all over again. an angry palace sicked its lawyers on the press pack and the result was a new deal. photographers would get access to apparently candid royal moments and in return they'd quit long lens ambush snapping of royals who thought they were in private and yet ended up in the headlines. on the whole, the deal has worked. >> the last ten years, frankly, have been sensationally good. harry in afghanistan was a great

story if you look at the royal wedding. if you think of that moment, not just the kiss on the balcony, but the open top car, by getting controlled activities they're pushing further and further away the bounty hunters of paparazzi. >> reporter: so far away though he says that royal coverage is now just royal spin. >> it's all controlled and then you just see william and kate as, you know, lovely people who are doing, you know, the best things in the world and doing the paralympics, literally they control everything. we'll see a staged picture of harry at the olympics. you'll never see the real harry. >> reporter: actually, we did, just last week. professional photographers may have backed off in the 15 years since diana's death, but there's a new threat to royal privacy.

>> oh, yeah. >> reporter: cell phones. the fact is, we're all paparazzi now. the technology's evolved, but one thing that hasn't changed at all in 15 years is the public's fascination with britain's royal family. for "cbs this morning," i'm elizabeth palmer outside kensington palace in london. seeing that story reminds me that we all know where we were when we heard the news. it was one of those events. >> it was late in the evening, around dinner type, just after dinner time. it was hard to pull yourself away from the tvs. >> immediately you didn't know she was dead. there were reports she had been this a car crash. >> seemed like a terrible car crash. amazing. 15 years ago. another story we're watching, navy and notre dame are going a long way to start the new football season, all the way to ireland. we'll see how people there are getting ready for tomorrow's big game. your local news is next.,,,,,,,, ,,,,

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." this month apple became the most valuable company in history with a stock value of $623 billion. well, then a week ago apple won a billion dollar patent victory over samsung. >> rumors are swirling that the latest iphone is coming out in the next few weeks.

cnn editor at large is telling us all these things about apple. brian, good morning. >> hi. >> let's begin with this question. what are the ramifications of the lawsuit in which apple won over samsung? >> this is interesting. you know, the lawsuit sounds like it's apple versus samsung but it's really apple versus google, and specifically the android operating system which google fosters, if you will. they bring it to these various other manufacturers who use it to go after apple and have had amazing success. steve jobs went to the grave saying it was a big rip off of their technology, but it's not just samsung they're going after. they want to spook the herd of all the companies that use it, have it reverberated up to google and have it changed dramatically or gum it up. >> this lawsuit in the market is a great tribute to steve jobs? >> certainly. this lawsuit is something he would be very pleased to see happen because according to that biography that came out around the time of his death, it was the thing that just stuck in his

draw. he thought so many technologies, major and minor, were taken from apple in the android smartphone. all the way down to the buttons having rounded corners. >> there's a lot in the book, of course, about how much steve jobs -- really his dislike i guess is a nice word for it of google. >> and his obsession over detail. >> exactly. this report on thursday that google ceo larry paige and the apple ceo tim cook met to discuss patents and intellectual property stuff. does that mean some deal is in the works? what does that mean? >> boy, i would have loved to have been a fly on that wall. >> yeah. >> an interesting meeting. i mean, what do these guys have to talk about? google and apple, both very strong, very rich companies. neither one's afraid that the other one is going to bankrupt them, put them out of business or put the serious hurt on them, but the stakes here particularly high for google which needs to keep all of these other companies like lg, samsung, htc, feeling good about android so that they keep carrying out this

platform that makes google a big winner in mobile. that's the whole reason that android is out there on google's behalf, a big part of the reason. so i think google had a little more to get out of that meeting, but honestly it might have been a courtesy call to be serious. >> is there a judgment now on the stewardship of tim cook so far? >> yeah. it's all thumbs up. i mean, this company, as you guys mentioned, it's hit these incredible benchmarks. it's at 660 something dollars a share. very likely will push through that. it's turning out a dividend now for shareholders which it never did during the jobs era. he's making interesting moves for shareholders, customers, employees. most importantly, the legacy of jobs, it'll be managed best by cook in the next 12 months or so when we can see if this company can bring out more wow products as opposed to just very successfully evolving the ones that already were developed during the steve jobs era, which is mostly what we're still riding on. >> so we'll see first a new

iphone, correct? >> that should be announced at an event that's expected to be happening in mid september. i can tell you two things we have to see on that phone. one, it must have a 4 inch or larger screen. the iphone is the little dinghy phone of smart phones right now. it's really lock step. then it has to have what's called 4g networking which is a much faster way for the phone to get on the internet. any time you're in cellular contact, it will feel like it's in broadband. apple isn't playing there but the competitors are. >> the new wow products, what's in the works? there's been talk about this ipad mini which kind of to me sounds like a smaller version. what's the difference? >> that fits into the category of semi-wow. that would be taking the current ipad, making it more affordable. you carry an ipad. they look at it and go, that's cool. wow, that's a lot of money. if they can bring the size down by 1/3 and the cost down by 1/2

like so many other seven inch tablet makers are doing, that opens up a big bottom of the market for them. for wow products, i'm watching for them to create a television late this year or early next. even more importantly than that, you've heard about this supposed work they're doing to create a new kind of cable box that merges streaming and cable television and eventually shows the path of the future where everything we watch is streamed not pushed over the cable the way it is now on a schedule and a channel arrangement. >> for that to have economic consequences we don't even imagine. >> that would change the rules in the television business dramatically. everything about distribution, promotion, discovery of programs and the idea of appointment viewing. appointment viewing is largely based on something airing on a certain device on the wall at a certain time, but that's already changing. apple could put their foot on the gas of that revolution. >> one quick question before i go. what is the biggest challenger to the ipad today? >> biggest challenger would be the google nexus 7.

it's a 7 inch tablet, interesting, just like we expect apple to roll out. comes out about half the price of the cheapest ipad. it's very carriable. it has good basic dna. >> can you tell charlie's a tech nerd. >> ryan knows that. >> he's got all that stuff. thanks so much. it's only happened once before. the fighting irish playing in ireland. we'll go to dublin this morning to preview notre dame's big ,,

navy and notre dame have one of america's classic football rivalries. they meet tomorrow for the 86th year. the 86th year in a row the game will not be played in south bend or annapolis but in dublin, iron land. vern lundqvist of cbs sports are there to cover the big game.

good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> hi, charlie. >> so what's the reaction in dublin to be able to see these two great american dynasties? >> well, there's a buzz about the town. we've got 35,000 americans who have come over, both navy and notre dame alumni and fans. but it's actually secondary to the old gaelic semi-final. it will be a terrific game. >> in perspective around here, football is second place. >> right. we're not prepared to comment on the old gaelic semi-final except the winner between dublin and county mayor will play donogals next month. >> beyond that -- go ahead. i'll just make this point. beyond that understandable more attraction for the other sport,

are they interested in american football? >> yes, i think so. >> oh, i think everywhere. i traveled all around. we went to the bum ready castle, everywhere i saw not only notre dame and navy fans looking around and curious about the football game, but the locals asking me questions about the game. they know it's coming. they recognize notre dame and navy as two of the icon football names in college football. they're anxious for the football game. >> charlie and nora, just a quick point about this stadium. it's called aviva stadium. it's only three years old. they have to convert it from a rugby pitch to a football turf. they're a little bit behind the process. we expected both notre dame and navy to practice on the pitch today but they've been told, stay away. we're still lining it for football. >> vern and gary, i'm jealous. the o'donnells are from

dunnegal, and irish eyes are certainly smiling. but talk about the larger business angle of this. why did these two college teams decide to have this game in dublin? we've seen the nfl do some overseas games. what's the business angle? >> well, it's the second time they've tried this. they were here, the same two teams, in 1996. i think that the department of tourism of ireland saw great benefit in hosting this. there's a theme of -- all irish theme that's called the gathering. you'll hear a lot about that during the telecast. it's an emphasis of all things irish that begins on january 1st, 2013. >> the tradition of this game, notre dame plays navy at home every year, but in the other years when they play navy they play in other stadiums, nfl stadiums around the country or overseas. this is really a navy home game over here in ireland which has

everybody a bit confused, but navy has got this game here and they're going to be playing a football game that seems kind of like a fun game to everybody. everybody's involved and going out and talking about it but also very important game for notre dame and navy. when they look at their schedules, really notre dame needs to win this game. they kind of have to shut everything out and concentrate on a navy team that is very determined after last year kind of booting away a lot of games that they had a chance to win. >> how do you see the college football season ahead? i see the rankings include southern california, alabama, louisiana state, oklahoma, oregon. vern, i don't see duke on the list. >> well, they aspire to get inside that top 25, charlie. one of these days they will accomplish that. you know, gary and i, we do the s.e.c. every week. >> right. right. >> i think we're informed about all of college football, that's our task, but i still think

southern cal is deservedly in that top three. don't discount arizona, they won against vanderbilt last night. >> i think you did nail it, charlie. when you look at this coming season, it's the named teams again that are looking and are favored to get back. >> vern lunt kwis and dairy danielson, thank you very much. they will call the action tomorrow starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. notre dame against navy from dublin, ireland right here on cbs. >> and it took more than 70 years, but it seems that superman and wonder woman are finally getting together. wahoo! we'll have the story behind their budding romance which is causing quite a controversy. we'll tell you why. that's when "cbs this morning" continues. ♪ ♪ ♪ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

♪ ♪ american movie goers spent more than a billion at box offices this summer watching their favorite comic book characters, but not all the super hero action is on the silver screen. >> as carol brown reports, two of america's greatest comic legends have a surprise for their fans. hey there, carroll. >> it just got good. with estimated sales of nearly $700 million in north america, there's a lot riding on the fate of our beloved heroes. for hard core fans, the story line remains the best. the bet seems to be paying off.

it's a bird, it's a plane, it's super man kissing wonder woman? yes, if you can believe it, the man of steel has finally stolen a kiss. many comic book lovers never thought it would happen, but d.c. comics knew it had to do something to keep the aging super manned brand relevant. >> we're not here to safeguard these treasures, we're about keeping them contemporary, moving forward. that means adding things to mythology. that means taking chances, changing things up. >> jim lee who drew this month's couple, he said the company realized how much was riding on the super kiss. >> we had planned this for about two years. we put a lot of thought into the moment itself and the ramifications and repercussions of this kiss. >> last year dc comics relaunched the justice league, a monthly comic book which

announced all of the players. they feature familiar characters, but their history is brand new. >> we've been publishing for about 75 years, sometimes you kind of forget how convoluted some of these story lines can get. when you remove the barnacles off that ship and start fresh, it's very inviting. >> raphael soo-hoo says you have to accept all the new realities. >> it's a completely new paradigm. just superman and wonder woman are together and we have to live with that. >> reporter: comic books command a loyal following but the big money is in the movies. with the success of batman and the avengers, perhaps a wonder woman/superman blockbuster is around the corner. >> the movies are terrific, but they're regional based material. the comic books, people tend to forget about them, so why not do something in the comics that's amazing, big, huge.

let's completely start over and redo everything. i think that's what the magic of this is. new rules. new universe. you can do whatever you'd like. terrell, show me what you've got there on the ipad. >> you think of a comic book, you think of this thing. this is becoming the new comic book. it is adopting original practices. comic book lovers love this. the pictures are more vibrant and crisp. >> this question about the relationships, twhoopd lois lane? >> she got herself a new man. the histories are wiped clean. lois got herself a new boo. forget the movies, get the comic book. >> do your kids watch this? will they be interested in this? >> justice league. they'll be interested to know that now wonder woman and superman have a budding roo he lagsship. they'll want to know, are they getting married? >> right. all about keeping it -- >> are they getting it on. >> all right. terrell brown, thank you so much. we appreciate it. and, charlie?

>> thank you very much. that does it for us. as we leave you, let's take a look back at the week that was. have a great weekend. we will see you on monday. as the gulf coast prepares for isaac, governor mitt romney is getting ready for the most important political week of his life. >> all that planning, all that work, all that campaigning, it goes to show you you can't plan for the weather. >> we had to err on the side of safety. >> from west of new orleans to floor at that's panhandle. >> at one point the rain was falling in sheets. >> the first signs of debris that's falling across in front of us. >> the hurry cane? >> one way or the other we will get it done. >> soon to be co-host of "cbs this morning" norah o'donnell joined me here in tampa. >> you notice how he smiles when he says soon to be co-host. >> he always smiles. >> few moments in american politics when you have a captive audience. >> this is a chance to have a direct view. >> not bragging now, it's informing people of the man. >> his name is mitt romney and you should really get to know him. >> the greatest threat to medicare is obama care.

>> a cat/dog he's not bad but no meat on the bone. >> maybe she wanted us to pick a guy like me. i've got plenty of meat on the bone. >> you've seen a few of these, haven't you. >> charmly, i've soon some really good one. >> you see, mr. president. >> unfortunately. >> shut up. >> pretty bad ones. >> i'm sorry, i can't do that to myself either. >> will not gut welfare reform. >> what the president is doing. >> these are the fact checkers who are looking at it. >> just look at the situation in korea. >> two american soldiers in afghanistan were shot and killed this morning. >> they're caught inside a tank. >> might have one. can't go to sleep at night without the headlights on. >> everybody's talking about hurricane isaac. >> the satellite picture and new images, it's a large storm. >> all comes from science. >> part of my life is trying to be a positive influence, especially to young girls in science. >> even at the u.s. open you

can't get away from "call me maybe." >> more stressful, more difficult right now? >> it can if you let it. >> questions for charlie? >> i've dealt with charlie before. >> i've never seen my dad in a bow tie. did he ever wear a bow tie? >> i can honestly say, charlie, i've never see you suffer from anxiety. nora, i don't know about you yet. >> i love her name. >> can i talk about your movie? >> how dare you. >> we're dealing with everybody from hollywood folks to the housewife. >> give me some hollywood names. >> ben franklin, thomas edson. >> let alone, landing on the mo moon, neil armstrong. >> quality base here. the angel has landed. >> he thinks i shook hands with him but i think i patted him on the shoulder. >> he was an incredibly modest person and there was no romanticism to armstrong. >> mr. chairman and delegates, i

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the weather has a lot of fog and low cloud cover and drizzle. by this afternoon the temperatures to warm up not by much '50s and '60s to run the coast and '70s to love 80s in the inland spots. the fog will burn off. sunshine once again tomorrow in the temperatures don't warm up until sunday and monday with the return of the '90s and then seasonal weather by the middle of next week.

and traffic center good news in time to the weekend the earlier accident along southbound highway 101 in pacific cut has now been completely cleared and all lanes are not open. residual delays of how one and get yourself extra time and elsewhere northbound 887 streets in the accident reported blocking lanes to stop and the conditions of flight delays working your way towards the bay bridge toll plaza. the toll plaza is not doing too badly with traffic very light to there until sluggish northbound golden gate stack into san francisco with no major delays.