san francisco zoo yesterday. weighed 130 pounds, 5'10" tall. very cute. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ♪ good morning to viewers in the west. it is thursday may 30 2013. welcome to "cbs this morning." a new ricin scare. poison letters target the u.s. mayor new york city mayor. and some hospitals are asking like fortune 500 companies. and ann romney in studio 57 and james lipton tells us why he once worked as a pimp. but we begin with today's eye opener the world in 9 second seconds. >>th a complex world, i'm not

angry. >> poison laced letters target the mayor of new york city. two letters mailed with a louisiana return address. tested positive for ricin. >> one letter opened at a mail center in new york. the other sent to bloomberg's gun control group in washington. >> this writer threatened the mayor, with references to gun laws. another day and night of tornadoes. >> relentless storm system putting a big section of the country on alert today. >> out of anowhere came this strong storm. i have nothing to hide. >> and a woman held on drug smuggling charges in mexico her lawyer says that she was set up. >> if the judge doesn't throw the case out it was will be -- >> one of the two prime suspects in last week's brutal hacking death of a british soldier in court today. a busy world.

a woman found a loaded gun on her seat. the owner of the gun left it by accident. >> all that -- >> and crashing into the dugout. and he makes the catch for the out. incredible play. >> the western conference finals are set after the blackhawks beat the red wings 2-1. >> and all that matters. >> country music's biggest superstars helped raise money for tornado victims in moore, oklahoma. >> lover you so much oklahoma! >> on "cbs this morning." ♪ it will all be all right ♪ ♪ oklahoma ♪ welcome to "cbs this morning." and good welcome to "cbs this morning." >> boy, do we have a full day.

>> we begin in new york. federal investigators trying to figure out who sent two threatening letters late withthreaten ing letters laced with poison. >> one sent to michael bloomberg, the other to his gun control group in washington. elaine quijano, good morning. >> good morning, charlie and norah. the officer who came into contact with the letter did suffer minor symptoms. now a joint terrorism task force, including the fbi and nypd, is investigating. mayor michael bloomberg stroke with reporters shortly after the threats against him became public. >> no, i'm not angry. there are people who i would argue argue do things that may be irrational, wrong. u.s. a complex world and we have to deal with that. >> a worker at this mail facility in lower manhattan

intercepted a letter laced with ricin, another letter discovered two days later in washington, d.c., in a building that houses mayors against illegal guns a nonprofit that bloomberg helped start. it was addressed to the group's director, mark glaze. both postmarked from shreveport louisiana. they threatened bodily harm to mayor and referenced his stance on gun control. a law enforcement official says that the letter addressed to bloomberg said something along the lines, this is a taste of what's to come if you come to take my gun. the mayor emerged as one of the leading gun control advocate and paid for tv ads, urging congress to approve background checks. >> tell congress don't protect criminals. >> reporter: bloomberg says the you the latest threat won't intim gait him. >> 1,000 people will get killed

with guns and 19,000 will commit suicide by guns and we won't walk away from those efforts. >> more testeds will be done to confirm the presence of ricin.- earlier this month, a man was sentenced for sending ricin-laced letters to president obama. ray kelly fears terrorists are gettinging momentum. john miller appearing there today. former fbi assistant director and new york deputy police commissioner. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> good to see you from dallas. what was commissioner kelly's warning about? you know what ray kelly did

at this conference is say out loud is what police chiefs are fearing as they follow events in london london, the boston marathon bombing. as we go into the coming year, the threat of terrorism has volved from what is al qaeda going to do less the threat from al qaeda, more the threat from al qaeda-ism. what kelly framed is the next attack if you look at boston, look at london, probably not going to be from somebody considered a member of al qaeda, trained overseas and came back to the united states but somebody who is brought into the al qaeda narrative on the internet, put a plot together himself and this is much harder to detect. watching a network and its headquarters, you might catch something. but it's just an individual his brother, and his friend, it's harder to uncover. >> president obama plans to nominate james comey, a former justice department official under president bush a

republican, to head the fbi. what does that mean? >> i think the white house tried to come up with the perfect choice as they could. what you don't want norah, is a messy confirmation with the fbi director, who has to be acceptable to all parties and completely independent. so with comey, you get a republican, that plays well with republicans, but you have the deputy attorney general in the bush administration, who made that midnight stand at the bedside of the attorney general and stood against of the re-signing of the warrantless wiretapping policies fought brutal interrogation policies and appointed a special prosecution in the cia leak case that arrested the deputy chief of staff to vice president cheney. have you a measured individual that may be acceptable to both sides without a big fight and has a lot of integrity built to

his reputation. >> a republican who has shown independence as well. john miller thank you. the irs scandal could be good news for the gop. the next big election 17 months away, but republicans around waiting to seize the opportunity. >> good morning, norah and charlie. revelations that irs was targeting people based on political view is emerging as a big issue in next year's congressional election. ith like shooting fish in a barrel. no one likes the irs. republicans hope to make a bigger point about the obama administration, which they say is stifling dissent to consolidate power. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell released the first ad. a two-minute web video slamming the obama administration for the irs scandal. >> i don't know about you, but i expect the leader of the free world has better things to do than dig through other people's

tax returns. >> reporter: with congressional elections more than a year ago, republicans have revealed a key part of strategy. hammering democrats for allowing the irs to target key groups. >> the message to the 2014 election is the difference between the growth of government agenda, and holding government accountable. this irs scandal plays right into that narrative. >> reporter: republicans are also reminding reporters that the irs will oversee compliance with the health care law. tuesday, the national republican congressional committee rolled out billboards where they are believed to be most vulnerable. accusing democrats of putting the irs in charge of your health care. that argument was also made in a new video wednesday by senator marco rubbo. >> the irs is deeply involved in

implementing obama care. on the front lines of it. >> georgia's john bero called it pettyly to particulars and anne kirkpatrick agree. the irs scandal is a serious problem, but launching more partisan attacks is not a serious solution. it's a very powerful issue. unpopular agency and enforcing an unpopular law. a majority of americans continue to oppose the president's health care law and charlie and norah, we all know how people feel about the irs. >> thanks january. a new threat from syria. bashar al-assad has new air defense missiles, courtesy of russia. more will arrive soon. >> and we have reached out to russian officials who are saying nothing. this move despite objections from the west and new reports about chemical weapons. margaret brennan at the state

department, good morning. >> good morning, norah and charlie. the u.n. presents with evidence of three more chemical weapons attacks that the uk believes were carried out by the assad regime this as the u.s. is increasingly concerned about a fierce battle raging in western syria, where civilians are being tar getted. the rebel held city of kusar, near the border has been under siege for more than a week. as president assad's army fight to gain control of the key supply lines that cross through it. syrian rebel commander warned there will be massive atrocities without immediate western intervention in a letter to u.n. security council members, he wrote, 40,000 syrian civilians trapped inside qusair are facing possible massacre.

there are thousands of hezbollah fighters from lebanon. a group the u.s. considers terrorists. the increasing role in the conflict was condemned by u.s. state department spokesperson. >> this is unacceptable and extremely dangerous escalation. we demand hezbollah remove fighters from syria immediately. >> reporter: the red cross is helping to evacuate civilians from qusair. president assad will stay in power through 2014 and likely run through re-election. rebel leaders says a political solution is only possible if he agrees to leave power. the u.s. is hoping to help negotiate that transition at a peace conference in june. and one of the men trying to get both sides to the table is u.s. ambassador robert ford. cbs news has learned while he continues that effort, he will be stepping down this summer.

charlie, norah. >> margaret brennan, thank you. the army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan villagers, including children plans to plead guilty. his attorney says robert bales will enter a plea june 5th that will spare him the death penalty. a judge and commanding general must approve the deal. a sentencing set for september. it would be the largest takeover of an american company by a chinese company. the price? almost $5 billion for smithfield foods. it faces heavy scrutiny. mellody hobson in chicago. why is smithfield selling, why is china buying? and would anybody fail to turn down that kind of offer? >> that's exactly right, charlie. price is right. 31% over where the stock is currently trading. a good deal for smithfield. on the other side the chinese company needs the food. that's the bottom line.

china is the biggest consumer of pork in the world. they had food safety issues there. to get the safety of the united states and our methodology and standards and there have been some talk about the fact that the chinese government is gently nudging corporate investors to move beyond just buying our debt, our treasuries and buying assets in terms of companies here. >> smithfield is an iconic american brand. they have 460 farms across the united states. i looked this up. they are the world's biggest hog producer, almost 16 million hogs per year. aren't there some concerns about having a chinese company in charge of this american agricultural product? >> i actually don't think so because here the issue is they are not importing pork to america. they are taking our pork and exporting it to their country. so there is no issue there. now, that doesn't mean this will

be a done deal because this still has to get through a very tough regular la tore environment. and who knows what the regulators will say. the committee on investment in the u.s. they have to approve this deal and there is a chance they will say no. they have nixed a couple of deals recently. >> mellody hobson. thank you. one of the interesting things in the wall street journal, one of the companies, they discovered a food additive banned in china and the u.s. but makes pigs grow bigger. you hear a number of senators like senator grass until iowa who has a lot of hog farmers there, questioning whether this should go through. >> and also precedence from congressional outrage, stopping the buying of the american company, in that case an oil company. in california rebuilding of one of the nation's most iconic bridges may turn into a bigger boondoggle. the san francisco/oakland bay

bridge years behind schedule costs soaring, and now outside investigators. why the entire project is hitting major roadblocks. >> more than a quarter million vehicles cross the bay bridge every day. a crucial connection, severed by an earthquake in 1989. that's when the state decided it would have to build a new, more flexible eastern span. the project is now more than a decade behind schedule. and the cost has quadrupled. more than 6.4$6.4 billion, it's the most expensive bridge ever built in the u.s. now, new problems could delay its scheduled labor day opening. these are the 2008 bolts, the ones we had trouble with. >> in march, caltrans noted 3 dozen seismic bolts had broken and more bolt along the bridge's bike path have fail. >> we are testing all of these issues in the field, during

construction fixing them and making sure the bridge is 100% safe before open to the public. >> reporter: when it will open is still unclear. on wednesday, caltrans says it needs to evaluate dozens of other bolts. at the same time california governor jerry brown has launched an independent caltrans review, which he insists was not prompted by problems with the bridge. nevertheless -- >> the confidence in caltrans is something completely eroded at this point. we want to re-establish that. >> reporter: the result of the investigation could determine if flaws in the bridge are indicative of larger problems that caltrans has to fate down the road. for cbs this morning, carter evans, los angeles. the midwest takes another day of extreme weather moving east it could mean thunderstorms, hail, flooding and more tornadoes. in nebraska, several tornadoes touched down yesterday afternoon, outside of lincoln. >> the twisters left damage and no one hurt. this could be the most severe

week of weather we'll see all season. meteorologist jeff berardelli is tracking storms. where do we see severe weather now? any letup? >> not over the next couple to few days. severe weather straight through saturday and perhaps even sunday. yesterday was a very busy day. today shouldn't be quite as busy as yesterday, but still isolated strong tornadoes are possible. in the zone you see right there, it does include oklahoma. from oklahoma city up to kansas city and des moines. now, notice tomorrow the threat shifts eastward especially on the northern edge to chicago, indianapolis. the ohio valley but still under the gun is oklahoma with a possibility of severe weather during the day tomorrow and there has been a ton of severe weather report over the last several days. in fact an active week with 75 tornadoes, and, unfortunately, more to come over the next several days. charlie, norah. >> thank you. time to show you this

morning's headlines from around the globe. "the new york times" says the swiss government considering a big change in banking laws. it could mean releasing the names of clients, secret bank accounts, a long-time swiss tradition a long-time battle between the swiss and irs over tax evasion. and "the washington post," the chechen shot by the fbi was unarmed. he was being questioned about a triple murder in 2011, not a suspect in the marathon bombing. "the oregonian" is talking about genetically modified wheat. found growing. nine federal investigators on the scene. "the wall street journal" says hundreds of thousands of americans have dumped internet service and are taking advantage of more all right. we have a lot of sunshine

coming our way. couple of clouds out there right now. looking toward mount diablo, you can see a couple of patches of fog there but that's going to break up. we're talking more sunshine on the way today. and the temperatures are going to start heating up. cool in spots in the north bay though, down to 44 in napa, 52 in san jose, 50 in san francisco. this afternoon, mid-80s the warmest spots inland. 70s inside the bay. breezy at the coast. the heat cranking up though tomorrow much hotter 90s by friday and saturday, even into sunday. >> announcer: this natio weather support responsible soared by citi simplicity card. go to citi.com/simplicity to apply.

at a time when medical spending is out of control, some nonprofit hospitals are actually making a lot of money. "cbs this morning" investigates a very highly respected one. women are being told to lean in and have it all, but now men are saying what about us? rethinking how they juggle their family and career. and he's taken us inside the actor's studio. now james lipton reveals a role from his past. >> and i would say would you like a personal tour? would you like to see a sexual exhibition. >> what lipton says about being called a pimp. the news is back here in the morning on "cbs this morning." your local news is next. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by walmart. everybody's talking about walmart's low prices.

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>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good morning, everyone. it's 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. get you caught up with some bay area headlines now. arson investigators are expected back it the scene of a house fire in san mateo. the fire on view ridge drive began shortly after midnight this morning. the three-story house was unrenovation at the time so no one was inside the house. palo alto fire department is planning prescribed burns this morning to prevent wildfires in the coming summer months. they are scheduled to begin around 9 a.m. the smoke is expected to be visible from interstate 280, but not expected to affect traffic on the freeway. but if you see smoke, that's what's going on. >> we haver traffic and weather for this thursday coming up right after the break.

good morning. getting a check on the bay bridge, they did cancel that traffic alert it was on the upper deck after a motorcycle crash was blocking lanes. now the backup begins well into the macarthur maze. the approaches are slow at least 20 minutes. likely more to get on the bay bridge. also, westbound 580 we had a couple of crashes in livermore one approaching airway stacked up to the altamont pass. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> warmer weather on the way today. going to start to heat things up a little bit. more sunshine already beginning the day sunny skies and patchy coastal fog. toward the afternoon temperatures going to turn from 40s and 50s to 60s out along the coastline, a little breezy there, but 70s even mid-80s inland. then some 90s by friday and saturday and sunday, cooling off next week.

some incredible pictures coming out of galena alaska. ice channels are pushing water onto land and causing flooding. the national guard has evacuated people living in the town. chunks of ice are breaking off meaning the water may be receding. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this hour more women are the bread winners in the family. that means making a choice between work and family. see how men are dealing with that question in a different way. and we go behind the scenes with national spelling bee. you'll meet the man who puts the kids on the spot. that is ahead. spending is out of control. some nonprofit hospitals are making a lot of money. we've been looking at a very

highly respected one. terrell brown has a cbs investigation. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. they care for the sick and save lives. it also gets a big tax break but there are concerns in some ways it'sing atting like a fortune 500 company raking in big profits and driving up health care costs. the university of pittsburgh medical center is ranked one of the best hospitals in the nation. renowned for developing groundbreaking technologies like a robotic arm moved by a brain. but we were surprised to learn that this nonprofit hospital made almost billion dollars in profit over the last two years. while it spends just 2% of its budget on security care it gets a state and federal tax break of $200 million. pittsburgh mayor luke ravenstahl is sueing to revoke its nonprofit status. his city stands to gain $21

million a year. >> this is an institution that over the past years has gained $24 billion. revenue. that's just a way to say profit. >> umpc charity? >> i think they're going to be hard-pressed to say they operate the same as little sisters of the church. upmc, i am not. >> they would say it's political motivations. is this political? >> as a matter of fact i'm not running. at the end i have no reason to use this in any political way. >> reporter: the mayor was also surprised foo find at a nonprofit the ceo makes $6 million a year has access to a private chef chauffeur, and a jet, has one of the most expensive office spaces in the city, and has a dozen administrators that annually make more than a million dollar. this professor has published

paper os hospitals that are nonprofits but don't act like it. he also works in pittsburgh. >> there's a lot of concern here in the community. they have taken some actions that don't appear to be consistent with the organization whose mission is to benefit the community. >> some of upmc's profits are used to improve the facilities but there are concerns about how that money is spent. professor gainer says this state-of-the-art medical center looks like a palace. >> it is a tremendous asset to the community. on the other hand one has to ask whether it was so important to make it so beautiful or whether some of those dollars could have been use for better purpose. >> reporter: and while nonprofits are required to serve the community, upmc has closed hospitals this four neighborhood neighborhoods and opened them in more affluent ones. we tried to interview them.

there's more to this than just profits and tax breaks. in pittsburgh and in cities across the nation hospitals have been growing. the bigger they get, the more power they have to set prices and make insurers pay more. and patients foot the bill with higher premiums co-pays, and deductibles. it's one reason why health care costs have been going up. >> at the end of the day when hospitals charge higher prices who pays for them? dollar for dollar, the rest of us. >> while upmc wouldn't provide any answers to our questions, on youtube the spokesman responded to the mayor's lawsuit. he argued that more than 2% of umpc's budget goes to medical care if you include research and medicaid parents. >> last year upmc. >> it does not mean they shoumtd

strive to have a nonprofit operating margin. org authentications that don't do that go out of business and it does not mean that they should pay their officers and employees anything other than compensation marked at equivalence. >> while up ms. says it pays at nonprofit, that's part of the mayor's concern here. does the affordable care act do anything about it? >> it may be making the problem worse. it encourages them to consolidate and grow and create more efficiency. what we found is the opposite. instead of charging less they charge more. >> thank you, terrell. a new study finds four in ten women with chin under 18 are now the primary earners in their family. that is the highest percentage ever recorded, but men

we have a cover story that hits newsstands today. it's called "men are people too. wts ee're joined by jeff glor who's husband and father to 3-year-old jack. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> the cover says men are people too. >> only men talk about this issue. there's a constant struggle and it always seems to involve women. we started to wonder where are the men? are they thinking about this. >> we noekt both partners are married. there are a lot of men dealing with their wives working. >> but you write men don't believe in balance, true? >> this is something i found talking to a lot of working

fathers. they think the idea of balance is just a complete myth. they accept that their life is chaos. they have young children. they don't try to hold themselves up to an impossible standard. they focus on getting what they need done done. >> jeff glor exhibit a. >> i don't know what that means. i work hard at my job and the time i get to spend with nicole and jack is great time. there's no balance. it's hard for people to understand when you have a job that's unusual, it's going to be different. >> the two of you have a different attitude about it. >> we've learned to have a different attitude about it. i think my wife is great about it. my son is only 3 1/2, so he doesn't fully understand. he sees dad at different times that other dads might but nicole is much better about it than she was 10 or 15 years ago. >> sheelah, what i think is interesting about this case is

the men don't worry about bans so they don't carry all the guilt. in some ways that's admirable. on the flip side you talk about mens have a sort of lean-circle which is asheryl sandberg talks about. >> all the research shows men this nair 20s expect to have wives who have careers. they want to be engaged fathers. they don't want the old model to only see their kids. >> what are they trying to do? >> well i found one group, deloitte in canada called deloitte dads. they basically start thad group a few years ago just to communicate to the fathers in the office that it was okay for

them to leave the office at 6:00, put their kids to bed, and log back on. >> here's what's interesting about that. the whole argument will be there will only be balance at home when men decide to do more at home and this art kl suggests men want to do that. >> we're spending more time on iphones and blackberries and computers at home. i talked to sheelah about this. i watched jack she came home and i had to go back. she said why don't you tell them you were on your computer in his room. >> that's a fascinating story. thank you so much. and some of the smartest kids in the country are about to get nervous. they're competing for tonight's national spelling bee championships. no balance in their lives. you'll meet the man they'll be answering to.

that's next. and tomorrow on "cbs this morning," the ceo of domino's pizza is here in studio 57. he'll tell how the largest domino pizza chain lost its way and what they're doing about it. that's tomorrow on "cbs this morning."

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they will take the stage tonight at scrips spelling bee. one very bright child will be crowned championship. chip reid has more. good morning. >> good morning, charlie and norah. of course the winner of the spelling bee is still >> hello, dr. baylor. >> hello.

how are you? >> i'm good. >> do you want a world? >> oh yeah. >> reporter: dr. joksacques bailey has been the skrips commentator. his job is to read each word precisely and then provide a definition and context. >> syothaform. am i correct in assuming you won't draw a picture for me on this one as well? >> bailey knows the feeling. he won the contest back. >> jacques bailey has won the national spelling bee. >> it means to study at night, something of this these kids may joan again. >> sit just my luck or am i

getting all french words? >> i haven't kept track. >> the contestant went on to misspell his word. bailey says that can be heartbreaking, but that's part of the experience. >> success is dealing with setbacks with grace and turning setbacks into experience that you can learn from. >> for a guy who knows some of the most obscure words in the english language bailey's favorite is easy to spell it'ssniet. >> it's bookkeeping. >> the other word isn't even a real word. >> supercalifragilistic- expialidocious. and i live to her in the movie and she says it wrong,. >> this contest began with 218 spellers. it's now down to 42 and tonight someone will go home with this. some amazingly smart kid, and

that child will been the cynosure of the world, c-y-n-o-s-u-r-e, which means center of the world. and with regard to the word being said incorrectly, there are calls to washington. >> meaning studying at night, which is what bailey won back -- way back when. all right. got a lot of sunshine coming our way, the sparkling waters out over the bay. looking nice there. and these temperatures going to start heating up today. not going to be hot today. but still warm especially inland. right now starting out a little cool in the north bay, some 50s into santa rosa, 52 san jose, 51 san francisco. still patchy fog by the coastline now.

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>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good morning, everyone. it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego. san jose police are looking into the city's 20th homicide. officers responded to reports of gunfire about 5:30 this morning. they found a man shot to death at audubon and santee drive near santee elementary school. the area has a history of gang violence. a house fire in san mateo this morning, the house on view ridge drive went up in flames shortly after midnight. most of the damage was sustained in the upper levels of the three-story structure. the house was under construction, so no one was home when the fire broke out. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment.

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good morning, we got a lot of slow traffic right now in the east bay because of an earlier fender-bender on the upper deck of the bay bridge. eastshore freeway westbound 80 very slow right now from the carquinez bridge to the maze. checking the bridge commute right now over at the toll plaza, they cleared an accident motorcycle crash on the upper deck. unfortunately, it is still stacked up east of the maze may see. that's traffic. for your latest forecast, here's lawrence. >> lots of sunshine in many spots now. still a couple of patches of fog near the coastline. looking good over san jose, though. and they are going to see sunshine all day long. what a day it's going to be. the next few days going to see these temperatures really warming up. 40s and 50s now, but by the afternoon up in the mid-80s in the warmest spots inland. a lot of 70s inside the bay, 60s at the coastline. next couple of days getting hot in spots. on friday and saturday, cooling off on sunday.

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♪ it is 8:00 a.m. in the west. welcome back to "cbs this morning." a new republican attack ad compared president obama to president nixon. we'll ask frank luntz if that ad is the right way to reach the voters. ann romnyey was almost america's first lady. we'll have an exclusive interview with her. first, a look at today's eye opener at 8:00. >> responding officers who came into contact with the letter in new york did suffer some minor symptoms. >> federal investigators are trying to figure out who sent two threatening letters laced with a deadly poison.

>> one letter was addressed to new york city mayor michael bloomberg. the other was sent to his gun control group in washington. >> republicans say the obama administration is stifling to con sal date power. >> this irs scandal breathes right into that. >> some incredible pictures coming out of galena alaska. >> the university of pittsburgh medical center get a big tax break? there are concerns it's acting more like a fortune 500 company. >> they're going to be hard pressed to be able to prove how they're operating the same way as the sisters of the poor. >> women are being told to lean in and have it all. now men are saying what about us? >> they don't want the old model. >> this contest began with 281 spellers. tonight someone will go home with this, some amazingly smart kid. >> right back ahead, he scores!

i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. the obama administration is struggling with three controversies. a new poll is asking americans which is the most important? the answer is the irs scandal. >> that's according to 44% of voters in a quinnipiac university poll. 24% chose the benghazi raid that resulted in the death of the u.s. ambassador to libya. 15% said the seizing of phone records from the associated press is most important. >> republicans are trying to use the irs scandal to their advantage. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell released an online ad yesterday comparing president obama to richard nixon. >> i didn't know at that time. >> i'm not aware of that. >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> i have no memory of anyone doing that. >> i didn't know that. >> i'm not personally responsible. >> do you believe it is illegal? >> i don't believe it is. >> when the president does it that means it's not illegal. >> what does the president believe?

does the president believe that would be illegal? >> the law is irrelevant. >> we're going to punish our enemies, and we're going to reward our friends. >> with us now is republican pollster frank luntz. good morning. >> good morning. >> so this is an online ad we should point that out, which means they didn't have to put much money behind it. do you think it will work? >> the challenge for the gop is to take an issue that virtually every american regardless of political stripes, feels uncomfortable about, how the irs behaves and whether it plays favorites with people. and not to overplay it not to politicize it. what's interesting is to watch so many democrats jump on with republicans and say to these people testifying before congress, what have you done? why don't yoeu tell the truth? the most important recommendation is that the truth always does come out. it is far better for this administration to be candid open, and honest rather than to get forced to have to explain why what it says on monday it

has to go back on by friday. >> frank, you think they're overplaying it, the republicans? >> no, at this point i'm actually impressed. one or two have used the "i" word, impeachment, which no american would support for something like this. for the most part they're asking the right questions. they're holding the administration accountable, which is exactly what the public wants. of all the attributes they think washington lacks, accountability is number one. that's why i think these hearings have caught the public's attention so overwhelmingly. >> frank, you do those dial tests where you play a clip and you have voters turn the dial to show what they like and dislike. on "face the nation" this past week, you did it with a senator. we're going to show a piece of that, then we want you to comment on the other side. >> i agree with those that say let's calm down let's be deliberate, let's be methodical let's be thorough and get to the bottom of all of these scandals so the american people can know exactly what happened. as i said at the beginning, there is a credibility problem

that this administration has. if we're ever going to regain the public's confidence they need to know what the facts are. they need to know we're doing our job by getting those out in public. >> frank, it was very clear what the people -- the people clearly had a strong opinion about that. what does it say to you? >> i'm looking at that green line, the democratic line which at some points was higher than the republican line. it doesn't matter whether you're republican or democrat. you want the facts. you want the truth. you expect the administration to come clean. i think that the greatest mistake of the obama administration so far in this scandal and benghazi and the associated press is it says one thing on day one and has to admit it got it wrong by day three. these scandals, when taken together, really do concern the public, feeling that washington is out of control. it's one of the reasons why there is less faith and trust in our government today than there has been at any time since watergate. >> all right. frank luntz, we thank you this morning. an arizona family is

fighting prosecutors across the mexican border. a mother of seven is in jail. she's accused of drug smuggling. her husband says this case is really nothing more than extortion. allison blair of our phoenix affiliate reports on the search for the truth along the mexico-u.s. border. >> reporter: yanira maldanado's husband gary walked out of a mexican courtroom visibly exhausted. the testimony of the officers who arrested his wife will be key to her release. when the court session began, they were nowhere to be found. their nightmare began last week after a funeral in mexico. the couple were on a bus back to arizona. authorities inspected the bus at a military check point and arrested yanira accusing her of stashing the 12 pounds of marijuana found underneath her seethe.

maldonado says his wife was framed for a bribe. officials demanded $5,000 for her release. wednesday evening, we caught up with gary as he crossed back into the united states in better spirits. >> all our witnesses yesterday came in for us the ones that were on the bus. that made us more optimistic. it makes you feel better that we had our witnesses come they gave their testimonies, and then the soldiers didn't come today to give testimony on what they put into this report, which to me shows that this is just made up bogus stuff. >> reporter: in her first interview from jail yanira was confident she'll be exonerated. >> i'm going to be free. i'm not guilty. i don't have nothing to hide. >> reporter: an assistant judge has until friday at 6:00 to decide whether or not to release maldonado. if she's not released it's likely she'll be sent to a prison in southern mexico where she will be held for several months until her trial date. for cbs this morning, allison blair, arizona. james lipton has interviewed

many of the world's most famous actors. "inside the actor's studio" sell celebrated its 250th anniversary last night. but the host is sparking a big conversation by revealing a secret from his youth. it was paris in had the 1950s when james lipton was a young man in search of his reach. he ended up in the sultry streets of the city's red light district. >> i don't believe in buying sex. if you haven't earned sexual adventure, you don't deserve it. i believe that to this day. i didn't want sex. my parisian friend he was much more casual. two beautiful women approach us. would you like to see two women make love? i said, i certainly would. >> one of the women became one of lipton's closest friends. >> it was platonic. anything else would have spoiled it. i certainly wasn't going to pay her. she certainly wasn't going to give it to me for free because that would have been my

exploiting her sexually. we were stuck, but we liked each other. we were friends. anyway months went by. finally i ran out of money. one night i weptnt there and said i have to have go back to money. she said why? she said you're broke, aren't you? i said yes. she said, the problem is solved you're going to be my mac. >> mac is french for what some would call a pimp. lipton disagrees. >> a pimp exploits and abuses the women who work for him. macro does nothing of that sort. the macro works for the women. he's a procurer. he's an agent. >> he quickly became a pro. >> i was the only american there. they would be saying to tourists, would you like to see a personal tour to the louvre. i would say, would you like a

personal tour of a sexual exhibition? well, i did a roaring business. >> lipton spent close to a year with doing this. he says he has no regrets. >> i'm not ashamed of it. she was my friend. i was a help to her. we had some amazing adventures. i never intended to discuss it. i didn't intend to discuss it with you now. your lips are sealed. if you ever mention this, i'll have to killve to kill you. >> we're all dead. lipton's top ten questions, he could answer these. what profession other than your own would you like to attempt? if heaven exists, what would you like to hear god say when you arrived? hello, mac daddy. another side to james lipton we didn't know about. just goes to show you anyone has a back story. anything you care to share about your youth? >> no.

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before you say a word as you sat down norah o'donnell, miss fit, fit, fit said can you help me lose five pounds and we all had to say from where. >> your earlobes. >> you'll be listening with both siesd of your ear. >> we all agree on the issue. i haven't exercised in two weeks because of a punishing schedule. this is an important study. labels can be so deceiving. you see sugar-free and people think it has no calories. >> or gluten free or healthy. >> gluten free is a big one right now. but a candy bar is gluten-free and then people think they can eat as much of this healthy food as much as they want and not gain wait or suffer any of the deleterious effects like cholesterol or high blood pressure. >> i always say everything in moderation myself. >> this is funny. i always say moderation and

charlie says do everything with passion. but with food -- >> you're right. moderation. i once spoke with an actor who was in great shape and he said one of the things i did was eat half of what i was eating. >> they looked at six chain restaurants like mcdonald's and burger king and they had people estimate how many calories they were eating. almost everyplace underestimated their calories. most underestimated their calories especially from subway because it's perceived as a healthier option. >> that's right. we've all seen the jared commercial. how many calories should we take in every day? >> it varies between age, height, weight, activity. it should be between 1,600 and 2,000 calories a day but most eat more than that. >> how many do they go over that? >> anywhere from 500 to a thousand more. >> under obama care it will now

require that all chain restaurants list how many calories each food item is. do you think that's a good idea? >> well thing it's great idea. some studies have shown that it didn't make any difference but then i talk to people. gayle and i were talking about it. >> it makes a difference to me. it affects my choices. >> you look at 600 calories and a 200-calorie option i think it will make a difference. >> you have to consider things that are unfattening. too much fish is facilitiening. >> too much of anything you will gain weight. the same with losing weight. >> somebody told me if you take three bites of something you will be satisfied. that has not been my experience. do you think that's true? >> well clearly it's not. >> which is what i'm saying. someone says if you eat three bites you're okay. >> for some people you stop

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nice weather coming our way plenty of sunshine around the bay area today as high pressure builds in overhead. still a couple of patches of fog coastside but look at all those sparkly waters over the bay. it's going to be a gorgeous day today and some much hotter weather on the way. 40s and 50s now. by the afternoon, we'll see those temperatures warming up into the 80s inland. 60s and 70s around the bay. and 60s a little breezy toward the coast. the next couple of days high pressure builds in overhead. the temperatures soar into the 90s inland. and then slow cooling as we head in toward sunday. liz? >> okay, thanks, lawrence. and over at the bay bridge, it's been a messy morning commute all because of a fender- bender. a motorcycle crash earlier this morning. first we'll take you to the nimitz 880 near hegenberger. an accident involving a motorcycle blocking a lane. the bay bridge commute stacked

up east of the maze. all the approaches are jammed up, as well. again the accident long since cleared around 7:00. headlines corrupt. -- headlines corrupt.

elementary in san jose is closed adly shooting and good morning, everyone. it's 8:27. time for you news headlines here on kpix 5. santee elementary school in san jose is closed right now for a

deadly shooting investigation. this is a live look right now at the crime scene near the school. a man was shot to death in the area. they say the victim was around 20. officers say this is the fourth shooting of the night in the city and this mark san jose's 20th homicide of the year. this morning, arson investigators are at the scene of a house fire in san mateo. a house on view ridge drive went up shortly after midnight. it was under renovation. no one was home. the damage was in the upper areas of the structure. a fire broke out at 51st and east 12th near the coliseum in oakland. it was a grow house for pot. 70 plants were inside illegal wiring may have sparked the fire. have a great day. the next update is coming up at 8:55. see you then

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour vera wang is here in studio 57. she's in the green room right now. she can make any bride look and feel like a star. right, norah o'donnell. >> oh, yeah. >> she'll tell us what's next. >> what was adam levine thinking when he said i hate this country on live tv. he sits down this morning with lee cowan. we'll have a preview of their conversation. that's ahead. "usa today" looks at the impactim impact it has on medicare. they put 15,000 more into the program than they took out. congress is debating a new bill.

they say restricting immigration could deplete medicare. "los angeles times" says spending for father's day is catching up with mother's day. sales up over 2%. they're expected to top $13 billion. mother's day sales have gone up 0.2% but they still add up to $17 billion. father's day, by the way, is june 16. remember dads need love too. >> the worst flight in america is united flit from newark to new jersey. it's supposed to be a 97 minute trip but the trip has run chronically late. it's been more than 30 minutes late at least half the time. >> is san francisco merry news looks at therapy dogs. they go around and take the anxiety of of air travel. the pets unstressing ishas spread

from ya. to los angeles. and the "washington post" looks to neil patrick harris. he's been named to host the awards and is also hosting the tony awards on sunday june 9 right here on thbs. neil patrick will be with us in studio next week. now to an interview you'll see only on "cbs this morning." for the very first time since the election ann romney is sitting down for an interview on her own. she and her husband mitt recently celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary. go, an romry. it's good to have you back again. >> thank you. good to see all of you. >> you look happy. you look good. >> i'm feeling terrific. >> on november 5 team romney woke up thinking victory is within reach hours away victory is ours. at what point during the day did you all realize it's not going so well? >> about 6:00 we started getting a little worried. exit polls weren't terrific and

about 8:00 panic button was pressed and i don't even know what time we gave the concession speech, 10:00 or 11:00 that night, but we all, as you might imagine, had expected to win, and so it was -- it was not the best day. >> even that night, weren't people still saying hang in there, hang in there? >> yes. >> who was saying that? >> karl rove. >> he was like don't give up don't give up. we're going to win ohio we're going to turn around. things didn't follow the way we thought it was going to happen. >> can you discuss the range of emotions because you were obviously sad immediately afterward and then in an interview you did on fox you seemed extremely angry. how do you feel now. >> i don't know if i was angry. frustrated maybe. now, happy. i'm really happy with my life. i'm really happeny. i think it's hard what the country is going through. there's a breach of trust all americans feel with the government.

>> what do you mean breach of trust? . if we look at the three scandals that are going on right now, and in particular i saw the polling numbers with the -- how people are upset with the irs scandal, we have to have trust in our government. we have to believe that they're doing right for us. when we feel like they're breaking our trust, it's deeply troubling. >> do you and your family and your husband spent more than eight years hoping to become president and first lady. did you become -- do you regret you did that? >> never. it was the most extraordinary experience. i loved it. i love the american people. i love doing the campaigning. >> but what didn't you love? >> i didn't love being on the road every day. >> but that's part of the process. >> right of course there's good and bad with everything. >> did you become cynical about the political process that perhaps the way politics worked in america the country did not get to know the man that you thought -- >> that was the most frustrating

thing for me. >> why is that? >> i think, you know the -- just the process of trying to vet someone, the opposition or even in your own party you're competing, there's so much negativeity involved. it's hard to know who's telling the truth. there's this trust thing. who do we trust, who do we turn to. >> mrs. romney as you know, i covered the obama white house. one of the things during the campaign was destiny in terms of the women and the hispanics. the night on election night when i was with bob schieffer and scott pelley, we found out there was a 20-point gender gap. that was the largest recorded. why do you think -- you are the -- you were the star in many ways at the convention.

why do you think there was so much trouble connecting with women voters? >> those are things people are going to have to process and go through. but, again i think the negative nature of the cam parngs characterizing my husband as sort of more ruthless as a businessman. >> but as you know there's criticism that you let that happen and that was the bulk of the campaign and that was the intent to do from the beginning and the democrats understood that. >> well, i don't know. >> you do know that in fact there was a characterization in terms of commercials at the time way before the convention. >> yeah. you'd always love to turn the page back and go back and say boy, if we had the crystal ball, wouldn't it have been nice to have done things a little differently. but i still think, you know every campaign makes mistakes. both sides make mistakes but i still think at the end of the

day -- >> what would you -- one do-over. can you pick one? and what are you all doing now. >> do-over for me is -- i really honestly don't think anything i could have done differently. i think we did everything we could and that's why i feel fine about it. we did whatever we could. we left it on the tachbl weble. we're happy. we're done. >> no regrets. >> no regrets. life is wonderful. i'm full of joy. >> what is he doing? i always think men need to get up in the morning and have somewhere to go something to do. what has he done doing? >> he's been an extraordinary husband for me. i've been doing what i wanted to do for a long time. riding a lot. i've been competing a lot. mitt's been supporting me and watching me and helping me. >> can we say mitt romney, stable boy? >> he's really good at. but he's writing.

he's doing a lot of travel with me. >> 2016 who would you like to see the republican nominee be? >> there are some great candidates out there. mitt and i are always very very partial to paul ryan. we don't know if he's going to run. >> were you disappointed in governor chris christie at all? >> no regrets. people have no idea what goes on behind the scenes but things are made into bigger things than people think. there are some great guys out there. chris is a great guy. we love him. it's all good. and we have no -- we have no bitterness toward anyone. >> the republican party was very upset with him, they thought being overly chummy with president obama during hurricane sandy. behind closed doors -- >> you know it's interesting. mitt and i, we did this to serve. it didn't turn out. we are fine. it was a service for us to be able to have that opportunity to

do this. we have no bitterness at all. >> what do you think about the governor's surgery? what do you think about that? >> good luck to him. i hope it works. >> one of your sons says i want to be in politics you would say go for it. >> i'd have -- i'd really have to think about it. >> really? >> i would. >> why? >> it's a very different environmental right now. i think it's a very tough environmental to be involved right now, and i think that's a sad commentary. >> thank you. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> really good to see you. thank you, ann romney for coming. thank you very much. when it comes to brides,

perfect. >> i know. right? >> mm-hmm. >> i should probably keep looking. >> do you think there's something better than vera wang?

>> i'm sorry. do they keep that next to something is that's better than chokts? >> many women have dreamed of walking down the aisle in a vera wang wedding ring. now she's about to walk off with a big award. veerra wang good morning. >> good morning, guys. so happy to see you all. >> congratulations. >> we're happy to see you. >> congratulations. that's a big deal to win the lifetime achievement awards? >> it's totally a big deal because it's from your peers and that's what makes it so incredibly significant. not only from the other designers but journalists. the people sometimes that sometimes rshts seen and are behind the camera. i don't mean just them wu their work, so it's a big deal. >> has there ever been another fashion journalist who's gone on to become a great designer? >> thank you, charlie, for

saying that. i would have to think about it. >> because you're the youngest fashion editor at "vogue," right? >> i was. >> at 23. let's think about it for your a second. we know 23-year-olds. >> i can. i have one. >> we know "vogue" magazine. 23 here you are vera wang style editor. what did do you to make it possible? i marvel at that. >> thanks gayle. i think some of it was i wasn't just so happy to be there and really honored to be there and the very fact i was put in a position where i could grow and earn was such an enormous benefit to me a blessing really, and i think that was the part of it. passion for the job, the desire to be there, the feeling that i was lucky and privileged. and that meant a lot. >> but your first passion was ice-skating. if things had gone differently

-- >> thinks did not go differently. i once joked with friends. nancy kerrigan michelle quan they all attained very very high degrees and obtained an olympic goal. but the real truth is many of us train just as hafrmd we have the same sacrifices, same hours, same discipline, same pain and we don't achieve anything to speak of and so i really learned from that that it was more about the process of it and doing it just doing it like niky said rather than like the end also or the goal. >> michael kors called you black belt chapper. >> he's right. he's one of my best friends. >> what is it you know about shopping? >> i think it started with my mother. i've got to blame someone. she used to love to explore london, pairris when i was very

young. more so she was good about it. she said every person is unique and how you look and how you are should be part on your mantra. and she told me that, ingrained that into me at a very very young age. >> you know how many brides a vera wang gown is sort of an achievement. why are they so expensive? >> whoa. loaded. >> before you answer that the vera wang brides norah o'donnell, alicia keys mariae mariah carey. why is it so expensive. >> i'm waiting for charlie. >> many want to wear them but they're expensive. why are they so expensive?

>> i'm a fashion designer who designs wedding gowns as opposed to a bridal designer. and i came in with nogsknowledge -- my knowledge of passion but no knowledge of bridal per se. i came in with a freedom, rule-breaking without knowing it. it was instivgtive and whatever i felt. what i thought girls should wear or be available to them if they wanted to. and with that freedom and fashion edge i think that really changed. >> the other thing that fascinates me is the vera wang brand. i'm not from new york but i knew of your bride line. you have station ery, china. how how does that go from being a

journalist to a businesswoman? >> painful and not only that i have no choice. i think when you start there's a certain innocence that comes with that freedom and as you evolve you begin to see the parameters of what you can and can't do. so i made decisions that are very tiny that will affect an hour of work. i make decisions that will impact the lives of people who work for me. so it's -- you know in fashion as well. microis a is a -- >> you started bridal designs for your own wedding and now you're separating. here's a question for you. martha stewart said she's going to tryon line dating. >> i heard that. >> when you're ready to date, is that something you're going do vera wang? >> probably not. i say probably not because i

have my daughter and i have my nonex-husband, not yet but separated. i would take something or someone or another kind of lifestyle for me to even consider that because right now my whole life for the most part is my company and where we're going with it and inclusive of that are my daughters who hopefully one of them will want to do something in the company going forward. so far neither, but you know in all fairness they're college age. >> they're young, vera wang. >> everydy >> everybody feels good in a vera wang design. >> thank you guys. >> charlie, i'm waiting for you and you're already done. >> congratulations, thank you. >> that's interesting. >> a long conversation. >> it's a longer conversation we've had.

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maroon 5's adam levine is certainly stirring up controversy. he was heard on his tv show "the voice" saying under his breath i hate this country. >> levine went on twitter explaining it was a joke. lee cowen recently sat down with levine. ♪ >> reporter: reitz no surprise that maroon 5's recent hits all come off an album called "overexposed." their front man, adam levine is everywhere these days -- on stage, on tv. he's even got a new celebrity

fragrance. >> capitalism is not my enemy. i am cool with doing things and trying things. i guess thinking in kind of a uniquely entrepreneurial way. i love that. >> reporter: how long do you think you can keep up this pace though? >> not too much longer. >> reporter: just this wycheeek he caused a stir when two of his singing contestants were on the chopping block. he later tweeted it's not a joke. but it's not the first time his mouth has gotten him in trouble. >> i'm very much okay with who i am. i'm comfortable enough in my own skin to say that even though i tend to be a bit impulsive with some of the words that i select. >> you can watch lee's entire interview with adam levine on "sunday morning," right here on cbs. >> he certainly wants to explain it. >> really been an interesting day from ann romney to the stories we've been covering.

that does it for us. up next, your local news.

san jose i >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. good morning,it's 8:55. i'm frank mallicoat with your kpix 5 headlines on this thursday morning. san jose investigators are searching for a suspect in the city's 20th homicide of the year. officers have blocked off streets near santee elementary school. the school is closed for the investigation right now. this morning they found the body of a young man nearby. officers tell kpix 5 that the victim may have been waiting for his uncle for a ride to work. officers say this is the fourth shooting of the night in that city. >> caltrans will face scrutiny beyond the problems with the bay bridge construction. governor brown ordered an independent review of the transportation agency. wisconsin-based state smart transportation initiative will be paid more than a quarter

million dollars for a top-to- bottom analysis. this comes as caltrans is dealing with a series of problems with the new eastern span of the bay bridge including those broken bolts corroded tendons and bad welds. here's lawrence now with a look at some mighty hot weather coming our way. lawrence. >> we're going to get those temperatures cranked up. high pressure is building in overhead. sunny skies into san jose. a couple of patches of fog still toward the coastline but we're looking at mostly sunfully skies as we head toward the afternoon. high pressure will continue to strenthen. eventually offshore winds will begin to develop for tomorrow and that is really going to heat things up. highs today going to be in the 80s inland, we'll see some 70s inside the bay and 60s out toward the coastline, a little breezy in spots. next couple of days, cooling off sunday and monday. your "timesaver traffic" is coming up next.

good morning. slow traffic in the south bay. coming up northbound 101 approaching great america parkway in santa clara, an accident just reported blocking one lane. but it is really stop and go from 280/680 interchange past the accident scene both directions heavy through palo alto. 280 though is fine. otherwise, westbound 237 we had an earlier crash approaching lawrence expressway. that is now gone. but speeds are still backed up all the way into milpitas. and a quick look at 880, where it is slow going heading towards downtown oakland.

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