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>> the ferry building all aglow in orange. game one on tuesday night. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday, october 17th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." lawmakers lash out at the cdc over ebola, and we hear from one of the infected nurses for the first time. >> isis launches attacks inside baghdad amid reports the terror group is now taking to the sky. and pete rose tells "sunday morning" why he thinks he'll get a second chance at the hall of fame. but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> if we do what we needed to do, stay focused, then this is going to be something that is contained here. >> america fights to contain ebola. >> a health care worker is in quarantine on a cruise ship in the caribbean.
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>> the woman handled a lab specimen from thomas eric duncan who died last week. >> overnight, the first dallas nurse infected nina pham, arrives in maryland. >> an emotional good-bye moments before pham left for treatment in bethesda. >> bermuda is getting pounded with strong surf and strong winds. >> we have tropical storm anna. >> officials say isis militants are starting to retreat. >> the vice president's son, hunter biden, was reportedly kicked out of the faev renavy reserve in february after testing positive for cocaine. >> this is the new ipad air 2. can you even see it? >> i wonder if they're aware the phrase apple a day is just an expression. they don't have to take it literally. >> a girl is attacked by a shark
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north of sydney. >> i like whoa what the hell i just got bit by a shark. >> a baby bear got stuck in dumpster. mama bear was not happy about that. >> all that -- >> the kick is blocked and the patriots hang on barely for the victory. >> travis ishikawa hits one to the right. the giants win the pennant. >> -- and all that matters -- >> prince harry didn't seem too happy with the seating arrangements at a charity in london. >> i'm sitting between two men. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> by now there's a good chance you've heard about fangate. >> all this over a fan. >> hard to believe, isn't it? >> i don't blame crist for wanting to bring his own coolant. based on his skin tone, i'd say his temperature is about 450 degrees. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs
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welcome to "cbs this morning." gayle king is off. ebola concerns stretch from the united states to central america. a carnival cruise is on hold this morning, off the coast of belize. a passenger may have handled bodily fluids from duncan. the woman works at a hospital in dallas where duncan died last week. that worker is in isolation but shows no symptoms. the united states is working to bring her home. >> meanwhile we're getting a first look this morning at one of the latest ebola patients. a new video shows nurse nina pham smiling and talking with a doctor. this happened just before her move to a federal hospital. anna werner is in dallas where health officials are trying to get ahead of ebola spread. a anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning and good morning to our viewers in the west. health care officials are asking 75 health care workers who had contact with thomas duncan sign a legal document agreeing they
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will not go out in public and use mass transit. with so many health care workers side lined due to hospital exposure it was in the best interest of everyone to move her. a tearful nina pham receives a final visit from her dallas doctor before being discharged from texas health presbyterian hospital. pham seemed to have her sense of humor despite her battle with the deadly ebola virus. >> party. party in maryland. >> reporter: co-workers cheered and waved signs of support, as her ambulance drove away. pham, completely covered in a hazmat suit, boarded a plane for bethesda, maryland. her coworker, 29-year-old amber vinson, the second nurse to be diagnosed with ebola, made a similar trip on wednesday. she was flown to emory university hospital in atlanta.
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her family released a statement, thanking everyone for their support, adding she followed all of the protocols necessary when treating a patient in dallas and right now she's trusting in her doctors and nurses as she is now the patient. the cdc says vinson may have been ill days before she was diagnosed. the agency is expanding its outreach to passengers who were on the flight that vinson took from dallas to cleveland on friday, october 10th. frontier airlines is notifying passengers on seven flights who either flew with amber vinson or were on a later flight using the same plane. the airline says it is reaching out to 750 passengers in all. brianna aguirre has worked as a nurse at texas presbyterian for three years. >> i saw a chaotic scene. it wasn't organized. it wasn't safe. >> she says nurses were never trained properly to identify and treat ebola and she claimed the hospital lacked the proper
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protective gear and she saw medical waste left in open containers inside and outside treatment rooms. >> the thing that upsets me the most is how my hospital who i have so much respect for promised, promised to make our safety their priority and they promised to be transparent and they failed on their promises. >> reporter: texas health presbyterian released a statement responding to her claims. and the claims of some other people. that statement read, in part many of the comments we have seen or heard in the media are only loosely based on fact. and are often out of context and sensationalized. others, they said, are completely inaccurate. >> really interesting, anna, thank you so much. this morning president obama is considering an ebola czar. the person would oversee the country's response to the disease. that word comes with lawmakers
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pressing the cdc and urging a travel ban from west africa. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with mounting pressure on the white house. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. the president himself addressed the issue last night and he had to because so many lawmakers like ed royce of california say they want some form of travel restrictions. in fact, these are the statements we've received from lawmakers just in the past 24 hours. most of them come from republicans but at least half a dozen democrats say they want restrictions too. president obama told reporters thursday he's not philosophically opposed to a travel ban, but -- >> it is currently the judgment of all those who have been involved that a flat-out travel ban is not the best way to go. >> reporter: that's the same position his cdc director took in a hearing on capitol hill. >> if passengers are not allowed to come directly, there is a high likelihood they'll find another way to get here and we won't be able to track them as we currently can.
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>> reporter: but republicans were not convinced. >> we should not be allowing these folks in, period. >> reporter: after the hearing, colorado's corey gardner says the administration's position makes no sense. >> their reasons today is basically the same thing as saying we should make sure all children with chicken pox stay in school so we know who they are. >> reporter: about 150 from the hot zone enter the u.s. every day. customs officials are now taking travelers' temperatures at five of the nation's airports. dr. frieden says the cdc will no longer wait for a diagnosis before dispatching teams for possible ebola cases in the u.s. the agency has faced some bipartisan criticism. diana degette -- a colorado democrat. >> i would certainly hope here going forward, if a patient shows up saying he's from africa and he's vomiting and he has diarrhea that you wouldn't say well, we don't have the lab
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results yet. you would start treating that person like they had ebola. >> more than two dozen nations have imposed travel restrictions on people from the ebola zone but most of them are small african countries, a few caribbean nations that have imposed bans and the world health organization has urged countries not to impose flat travel bans because it makes it so much more difficult to get care and supplies into the region. charlie. >> nancy, thanks. >> america's confidence in the cdc is dropping. a new cbs news poll shows 60% of americans have a fair or poor view of the agency. that is a sizeable difference from last year. chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook is with us this morning, in washington. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> there's also talk of an ebola czar. what are the merits of that? >> i think it makes a lot of sense because we're certainly finding out the devil is in the details and it's tough for
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somebody like tom frieden, head of the cdc, to do all of those jobs so it makes sense. >> we know that nurse vinson has been traveling, and there are real questions about whether she was sick on board that plane and sick when she was in ohio. the bridal store that she visited is now closed. there are six schools in ohio and texas that are now closed. is this prudent or unnecessary panic? >> well i think there probably is a little bit going towards the panic side. the problem here it's not like one second when sudden you go from from not sick to sick. usually the temperature was 105. then they dropped it to 104, the cdc. now we realize, early on, what's a fever? if you're a little bit feverish, 99.5, you may be on your way to be getting symptoms. but the good thing about the science here -- >> can i stop you right there, dr. lapook?
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i keep hearing shifting explanations about when you are symptomatic, when you are sick and when you are infectious. what is the answer? >> what i'm told by ebola experts i've spoken to very early on when you're starting to get a little bit sick and, you know, the virus is starting to replicate, the virus titer is ex-industry industrytremely low. i think you're pointing out a great question everybody's asking. in this continuum, when do you flip over into that moment of being infectious. it's hard to know that exact moment. >> i want to revisit the image we saw yesterday of the clip board guy. as we saw four workers in hazmat gear transporting nurse vinson to the nih. and then there was the one gentleman there who has no protective gear on. he looks like he's handing one of the hazmat workers something. he's carrying a clip board. what have you learned about this individual?
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>> right. i jumped to the wrongconclusion yesterday about that because i had that same concern that there was this moment when the clipboard guy seemed to be in direct contact with a man wearing the protective suit. it turns out the protocol was followed and i'll tell you why. i spoke to the clip board guy who turns out to be a doctor. he's the eyes and ears of the entire thing to make sure everything was done right. my concern was he was getting so close. he was getting clorox wipes but the man he was getting clorox wipes from was never closer than three or four feet of the person who was sick nurse vinson. the cdc is not investigating further. that's where we are right now. >> jon, thank you so much. in our next half hour, travel editor peter greenburg looks at whether a travel ban would make a real difference. that's ahead. the u.s. military says this morning that it has no proof that isis is about to join the air war. a huge rights group claims iraqi pilots are teaching members of the terror group how to fly three fighter jets. the reports follow the latest
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terror attacks inside baghdad. holly williams is in erbil. the capital of iraq's kurdish region. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. those unconfirmed reports claim that isis militants have begun flying warplanes over the aleppo province in syria. and here in iraq, the islamic extremeists continue to inflict deadly damage. at least 50 people were killed in the iraqi capital baghdad yesterday in a series of car bombs as well as a mortar attack on a residential neighborhood. in syria, though the battle for the town kobani has taken a new turn. just a few days ago, isis was in control of more than a third of kobani. now, after intense u.s.-led air strikes, including 53 over the last three days there are reports that the militants are retreating and local syrian fighters are telling us they've been coordinating those air strikes with the u.s. now, kobani is strategically important because it lies on the
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turkey/iraq border a major condokond wit for smuggling weapons. the battle is also a very public test of whether u.s.-led air strikes can halt the advance from the militants. charlie. >> holly, thanks. the winds are topping 100 miles an hour. waves are already rising along bermuda's coast. hurricane force winds will reach ta island by tonight. the last major hurricane to hit bermuda was fabian in 2003. it kills four people. this hurricane could be just as bad. meanwhile hawaii is bracing for hurricane ana which could reach them tonight. more than 200 have been rescued so far. they were stranded by a string of deadly blizzards and avalanches this weekend. at least 29 are dead. seth doane is tracking the rescue efforts from beijing. seth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.
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dozens of trekkers were rescued today. but it is believed there could still be dozens more trapped in the snow. improving weather conditions, meant rescue teams using helicopters could take more flights today in their search for stranded trekkers. rescuers are battling deep snow after a freak blizzard triggered those avalanches that buried some people in drifts more than six feet deep. it's believed that the winds were whipped up by a cyclone. which lashed india earlier this week. this person was among 12 israeli hikers airlifted to kathmandu, nepal's capital. >> we thought somebody is going to die. maybe we are going to die. >> reporter: before they were saved, she says she and others took refuge in tiny tea shops in the mountains. it's peak hiking season in this part of nepal.
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rescuers have been focusing part of their search near the hard hit thorong la pass. annapurna is the tenth highest mountain and is roughly 200 miles from mt. everest. vick has climbed everest, along with the tallest peak on every continent. >> people that were involved in this, in this accident typically, they were out on family vacations, and these are not professional climbers. they are not people who were looking to take on a mountain. >> reporter: hikers report absolutely beautiful conditions before that wild storm swept in. and rescue workers say that very deep snow is making it difficult for them to do their jobs. norah? >> seth, thank you. this morning cbs television is joining the shift in favor of online streaming. the network is starting a new online subscription service called cbs all access. the announcement less than a day
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after hbo revealed a stand-alone streaming service. good morning. >> hi, norah. >> what will this mean for the way we view television? >> as far as cbs is concerned, for $5.99 a month, you can watch a live stream over the internet. in addition to that there are 5,000 episodes of old shows you can access. this is the new wave of television watching. >> i do think it's the new wave. what cbs and hbo and others are trying to address are called cord nevers and cord cutters. cord cutters are cutting off cable, saying it's too expensive to pay $150 a month. >> saying it's billions of dollars, like the cable providers, comcast and charter. actually what cbs and hbo are going after are younger viewers who don't have a cable description which costs on
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average 90 bucks a month. they're paying pour netflix, apple tv watching a la carte television, which isn't as expensive. >> is it going to be damaging to the cable industry? >> we've talked to a lot of people about that. there's always a risk when you're upsetting the status quo. the conclusion most people reach is the viewers they're trying to get here are the younger viewers. they're just additive. they're trying to get more and more people to watch. after all, the millennials aren't signing up for the cable subscription subscription. another thing is live sports. the nfl is not part of this package. live sports is really what's holding the cable bundle together. if you're a sports fan, you really need that cable to watch espn and others. >> thank you good to see you. in san francisco, one swing echoed a legendary baseball moment. >> hits one into right! travis ishikawa hits one into right! the giants win the pennant! >> that home run beat st. louis.
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the last time they got to the world series on a game-ending homer was in 1951. that was bobby thompson's famous shot heard around the world. >> very exciting. it's 7:19. crowds moving in and rain is behind. it's sliding into the state bringing with it some rain toward eureka now. sliding into the north bay are showers there. cloudy throughout the day 60s and 70s. as we look toward the weekend, the good news is, those showers come to an end. lots of sunshine on saturday and sunday. another chance of rain as we head through monday. >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by voya financial. changing the way you think of retirement.
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pete rose believes he will be a baseball hall of famer. >> in your heart of hearts do you think you're going to get in? >> yes, yo do. sure. i don't know if i'm going to live to see it. >> ahead, they talk about the gambling bug that got him ba banned. >> the news is back here on "cbs this morning." stay tuned for your local news.
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the bay area illed when the 6 good friday morning, everyone. it's 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. here's what's happening today. in fact, here's what happened 25 years ago today. tragedy and chaos striking the bay area 63 people were killed when the 6.9 loma prieta earthquake struck. the bay bridge was closed for a month when part of that eastern span collapsed. a dallas health worker under voluntary quarantine on board a carnival cruise ship in the caribbean, u.s. state department says the person may have handled lab specimens from the ebola patient thomas eric duncan who died this past week. and, of course, the giants what a night they had. they are off to the world series kansas city. travis ishikawa unlikely hero hit a three-run homer to send the giants to a 6-3 victory over st. louis. it was a walkoff and look at the party! they will face the kansas city royals in game one of the world
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love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. good morning. traffic troubles continue for the bay bridge out of the east bay into san francisco. it's really a brutal commute. steel plates that caltrans installed yesterday, westbound 80 approaching the first exit coming into san francisco, drivers have to go more slowly over them and it's causing a ripple effect. san mateo bridge or bart are on time. with the forecast, here's lawrence. some partly cloudy skies to start your day but our hi-def doppler radar is tracking some rainfall. starting to move into the north in california but could see some showers in the north bay this afternoon. temperatures only in the 60s and 70s.
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this is the jets/patriots game. these teams don't like each other much. new york versus boston any sport, is always a grudge match. you get a real sense of that from the video the jets posted on their facebook page today. see if you notice anything wrong with this. ♪ they spelled rivalry wrong, rivary. even their graphics guys have concussions in the nfl. >> too easy. >> rivalry. welcome back to "cbs this morning." gayle king is off. sharyn alfonsi is with us this morning. >> glad to be with you. >> nice to have you here on a friday. coming up in this half hour, ebola fears are pushing.
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for a travel ban from west africa. peter greenberg shows us why that might not be a good idea and can create a major financial blow. >> plus a game where you can collect a lot more than $200 when you pass go, but some people might want to pass it up all together. that story's ahead. >> time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the wall street journal" says hunter biden, the son of joe biden, was discharged from the navy reserve. the journal said he tested positive for cocaine. cbs news has not confirmed cocaine played a role. sources tell the journal biden failed a drug test last year. biden worked as a public affairs officer. he was discharged in february. in a statement, hunter biden says, quote, it was the honor of my life to serve in the u.s. navy, and i am deeply regret and am embarrassed that my actions led to my administrative discharge. no comment from the vice president's office. >> "the new york times" says the director of the fbi is hinting at taking action to unlock
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encrypted smartphones. as we reported apple and google created this to prevent theft of data. comey is signaling the administration might seek regulations to force companies to create a way for the government to unlock the phone. >> the "arkansas-democrat gazette" says an investigation is under way to a train collision that injured 14 people. it happened yesterday south of fayetteville. a train was stopped on the tracks. a relief train came to help. they crashed into one another. >> "time" looks at a study on how to stop teens from drinking soda. the answer, show them calorie information. for instance it would take a five-mile walk to burn off the calories of one drink. researchers at johns hopkins university found this warning did have an impact on young people. they bought smaller sized drinks or none at all. and the "washington post" looks at more fallout from the ebola crisis. syracuse university canceled an
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a peer appearance by pulitzer-prized winning photo joushallist because he was in liberia two weeks ago. he reported on facebook the most disappointing part of this bad decision is the disservice to the fine journalist students at syracuse's newhouse school. lawmakers grill cdc director tom frieden thursday on travel restrictions. some demand travel restrictions. >> why are we still allowing folks to come over here and why once they're over here is there no quarantine? >> right now we're able to track everyone coming in. >> but you're not stopping them from being around other people doctor. is this going to be your maintaining position of the administration, there will be no travel restrictions? >> we will consider any options to better protect americans. >> cbs news travel editor peter greenberg is in chilg. chicago.
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good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> how serious is this incident on the cruise ship? >> it's serious to the extent no port is allowing the ship to come in. belize says they won't allow it in and others are following suit. creates a rather sticky and awkward situation. if they won't let it in, what will happen when it returns to the united states, will we let it in? this may be the cruise to nowhere for a while. >> why do you think a travel ban will never work? >> we have a ban on illegal aliens in the united states and that has never worked. >> you have too many points of connection and too many ports of entry. remember, a passport only tells you where a person lives. it doesn't tell you where they've been. >> are you saying you can't track a passenger then from all the way where they came? >> you can track it a little bit depending on the manifest. it doesn't always tell you where they started the trip. it just tells you they boarded the train. >> this is going to hurt the travel industry. how much? >> let's go back to hoof and mouth disease in the united kingdom over a decade ago. that hurt the british economy, $16 million. sars was even bigger.
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in this situation, it's going to get worse. because it's not about current bookings, it's about future bookings. if you look at the tour operators in africa, for example, in south africa east africa. their future bookings already for their satisfy faf fafys have flat lined. safaris have flatlined. if they're not going to go there, they're not getting on the planes to go there. it's going to be a ripple effect. >> i've got to think, peter, the cruise industry is worried this morning given there's the health care worker who was in contact with specimens from thomas duncan who died of ebola. what do you think the cruise industry is going to do now? they've already had other viruss in the past. >> they've had others including norovirus. you have to respond to the cdc every time you get 10% infected. this time it's different. you have one contact and all bets are off. it's not about screening passengers coming off a ship. it's about screening passengers before they get on. >> peter, i was on a flight from texas earlier this week and i saw a flight attendant with a surgical mask.
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and i just wonder what that does to most travelers. to me it made me pause for a minute. it's a little startling. what do they have to do to let travelers know that it is safe to fly? >> well these are strong visual images. i've seen those as well, of people in hazmat suits walking up and down the aisle. i flew the other day, two days ago from amsterdam to minneapolis. amsterdam is a major connecting airport from africa. remember, the underwear bomber came from there as well. the bottom line was there any screening in amsterdam for me? no. was there any screening in minneapolis when i landed? no. >> it seems we could do better. thanks, peter. pete rose is not a hall of famer. charlie hustle holds the all-time major league record for 2,456 hits. he won three batting titles, three world series rings and made 17 all-star teams. but in 1989 when rose was managing the cincinnati red, investigators found he bet on his own team.
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he was banned from baseball and declared ineligible for the hall of fame. "sunday morning" correspondent lee cowan spoke with rose about his gambling addiction and his prospects for reconciling with major league baseball. >> how could someone who loved the game of baseball as much as you did and do risk it all? >> that's a good question. i can't answer it. i wish i had an answer. i usually got an answer for everything. i just simply -- the best way to say is i screwed up. >> reporter: today the closest rose gets to the game he loves so much is signing autographs and recounting his glory days to fans willing to pay a price. former baseball commissioner faye vincent has little sympathy for him. >> i think it's pathetic. i think the whole current pete rose situation is sad. i almost feel sorry for him. i mean, i'm close.
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>> not quite? >> not quite. because i think he never really understands what it means to say he's sorry. >> reporter: rose still holds out hope that he will return to major league baseball's good graces and some day, perhaps, take his place among its greats in the hall of fame. in your heart of hearts, do you think you're going to get in? >> yes. >> you do. >> sure. i don't know if i'm going to live to see it. someone at some period of time will feel it in their heart to give me a second chance. i might be six feet under, but that's what you have to live with. >> you can see lee cowan's full interview with pete rose this weekend on "sunday morning" on cbs. a top-ranked young surfer in australia is recovering this morning, after a near deadly shark attack. kyra bell olson was rushed off the beach by a fellow surfer who heard her screaming for help. she will have surgery today.
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she said she didn't notice the shark until she felt a tug on her leg. >> it just grabbed my foot twice. just thought it was one of my mates. and then grabbed me a third time and i looked back and it was swinging me around and pulled me under. i was like whoa what the hell i just got bitten by a shark, oh, my gosh. >> the city shut down the beach after the attack. lifeguards and helicopters searched for the shark. the girl's family said they do not want it hunted down. saying, quote, the ocean is their home. it is a different way to play the rotarylottery. a new national contest may not be fun and games for those with the most to lose. that's next on "cbs this morning." ♪ ♪ i found a better deal
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states will soon get to play a new lottery game. it's the first of its kind in more than a decade. top prize between $15 million and $25 million. vladimir dude yeah looks at the jackpot and the kroefrs over what could be the real cost to players. good morning. >> good morning. the monopoly millionaire's club game offers you three chances to win. as they say, all you need is a dollar and a dream. ♪ i want money lots and lots of money ♪ >> reporter: this is the moment everyone dreams of. ♪ i want to be rich ♪ >> reporter: hitting it big. >> congratulations emma duvoll on your $2 million win. >> reporter: starting on sunday 2 million will be able to try.
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based on the popular board game and at $5 a ticket it will cost more than mega millions or power ball. iowa state lottery ceo terry rich says it's the answer to consumer demand. >> many times when we do research, people ask us why not give a lot of million dollar prizes, and i think that's where this game began. >> reporter: last year alone, lottery sales totaled about $68 billion. that revenue gets divided three ways. about 60% goes to prize winners, 15% to retailers and operating expenses and 25% or $17 billion to help states fund everything from education to housing. >> i think that local states are looking more and more for ways to raise revenues and lottery has been a very popular way to do it. >> reporter: but cbs news financial contributor melodylody hobson fears lit do the most damage to those who can let
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afford to pay it. >> it's like robbing peter to pay paul. those who pay for it are those who most need the education support from the state. >> reporter: the household income of an average player is between $45,000 and $50,000, but over the course of the last two decade decades, they found lower household incomes spend more. >> it's not a retirement plan. i'd rather see them invest that money and have it work for them. >> reporter: still it seems many can't resist the urge. >> and in case you're interested in the odds of winning the top p can chance is 1 in 73 million. the chance of getting struck by lightning, 1 in 12,000. people want to play and win but getting struck by lightning? >> vladimir thanks so much. ahead, a lot of sports men
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take on the kansas city royals in the world series. san francisco clinched the n-l- c-s last night at a- t-&t park. travis ishikawa hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the ninth for the the giants play the royals in the world series. san francisco clinched the nlcs last night at at&t park. travis ishikawa hid a three-run home run in the bottom of the 9th for the victory. events are planned in the bay area today to mark 25 years since the loma prieta earthquake. 63 people were killed when the 6.9 quake hit. most of them died in the collapse of the cypress freeway. san leandro police have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting girls at a target and walmart. an off-duty community police officer recognized the man from tv and social media. police caught him a couple of hours later. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment.
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once again the bay bridge all eyes on it now as it remains slow from end to end between oakland and san francisco. those metal plates are still there. caltrans put them down and they are causing drivers to go a little more slowly causing a backup now all across the span and on the approaches. it is backed up fully through the maze. of course the metering lights are on slowly. bart is on time. an accident northbound 880 at fifth has traffic backed up beyond the oakland coliseum. with the forecast, here's lawrence. we have some storm clouds gathering in the horizon partly cloudy skies out the door right now. looks like we have some changes in the works as we have a storm system that's slowly sliding into the bay area. slight chance of showers in the north bay by the afternoon. temperatures going to be in the 60s and the 70s. it comes through though late today and then overnight tonight. most of the weekend looking dry chance of rain on monday.
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look at all these children. they all lost their lives because of preventable medical errors now the third leading cause of death. only heart disease and cancer take more lives. proposition 46 will save lives with drug and alcohol testing to make sure impaired doctors don't treat someone you love. safeguards against prescription drug abuse. and holds the medical industry accountable for mistakes. i'm barbara boxer. let's save lives. vote yes on 46.
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♪ ♪ good morning to our viewers in the west it's friday october 17th 2014. welcome back to cbs "this morning." breaking news on ebola, president obama will appoint an ebola czar and we'll talk with dr. david aegis, here's a look at today's eye-opener at 8:00. with so many icu health care workers sidelined, it was in the best interests of everyone to move nina pham. the president addressed the issue last night because so many lawmakers want some form of travel restrictions. >> the ebola czar. what are the merits of that? >> i think it makes a lot of sense. because the devil is definitely in the details. >> unconfirmed reports claim
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that isis militants have begun flying war planes over syria. dozens of trekkers were rescued today, but it is believed there could still be more still trapped in the snow. cbs television is joining the shift in favor of online streaming. >> i think you guys are worth more than $5.99. >> someone who loved the game of baseball as much as he did and to have risked it all. >> the best way to say is i screwed up. >> the monopoly millionaires club game, all you need is a dollar and a dream. >> the giants win the pennant! >> the last time the giants got to the world series on a game-ending homer was in 1951. this morning's eye-opener at 8:00 is presented by walgreen's. and for our viewers in the west we begin with breaking news -- minutes ago, cbs news confirmed that president obama
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will appoint a former white house aide as the ebola czar. leading the government's response to the ebola outbreak. ron klian, he held a white house chief of staff position under vice president al gore. we've been asking this question who's in charge it looks like the president has responded. go we have a leader someone with business credentials and someone who has had experience leading things through the government. hopefully we can say the same thing and work as a team to fight this horrible outbreak as ebola. even though there are only few cases, we got to stop it in its tracks. >> why is an ebola czar needed? >> we have the cdc doesn't have authority in states there are 2500 health agencies and 5,000 hospitals. so we need someone to bring them together as we can do the same thing and to fight together against this. because now you have a lot of different armies working there. so we needed a leader. >> do you think that he has the
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ability to bring together the medical community when he doesn't have any medical background? >> it's a key question. it was a little surprising to me that it wasn't somebody with a previous medical background. but they chose someone with leadership skills. leadership skills hopefully will trump that. >> what is one of the concerns you've had. we talked about it here with you. sort of the changing explanation. i mean at first, the cdc said you're not symptomatic until you have a 101.5 fever. right? that's changed. >> then it was 10 0.4 and then it's 99.5. we get black-and-white statements and it changes a day or two later. the public says, do we want to believe them? hopefully it will be one voice and a strong voice, it will be transparent and based on data and together we can make an impact. >> what could have been done differently at this point? >> well obviously is that the nurses should have been better trained. obviously there should have been protocols in place on how to do things. and some of the statements that were made violations in protocol. it can be treated in every
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state. yet they transport them to different states. we go through the list of things that were said. we obviously have to learn better. and so we have to learn from every experience learn with a was done in africa in these texas hospitals and improve it so we can have a converted effort to stop it. >> you talk about a czar. do we have the infrastructure to deal with this in our hospitals? you know what's out there. >> there are four centers in the united states that are gradeeat at containing these viruses. the patients are at them now. there are about 20 beds in these centers. so ehave ro leewe have to rely on community hospitals to up what they do and be trained to do it right. i get emails about ebola. an email won't do it this needs to be a physical training this needs to be a call to arms. >> let me ask you about nurse amber vinson who has ebola, was transferred to the nih. she was on the plane, traveled from texas to ohio. she's getting married.
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the bridal shop she went to in ohio is now closed there are six schools in ohio and texas that are closed. is that panic? or do you think that's prudent? >> i just don't think we know. it's certainly probably an overreaction. but in the big scheme of things you would be very upset it if you didn't overreact in this regard. we're not really sure about all the mechanisms of spreading the virus. we know it's bodily fluids. we know in general most people have 21 days until they express symptoms. but there's new data that 12% of people may have symptoms after 21 days we're starting to learn more about this virus. and as we learn more we're getting better fine-tuned on what to do. >> most infectious disease doctors that i talk to say we know about ebola. it's been around for decades we know about ebola. why is this sort of changing explanation about the response to ebola? >> well we haven't had in this country. we know about it based on what happened in africa. small little village. >> they don't get on airplanes and they don't get on cruise ships. >> and so you know the big questions out there, what are
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the family members of this gentleman from africa not get sick, they were around him and his bodily fluids. yet a nurse involved minimally did get this. i don't know all the answers and we need to learn from this. >> thanks, dr. agis this is interesting. this morning we look at the face of ebola. an emotional video shows an american victim. >> hi. >> party in maryland. >> nina pham is the first nurse diagnosed with ebola after treating a patient in dallas. last night, she left texas health presbyterian hospital pham flew to maryland for more treatment. minutes ago, officials at the national institutes of health in bethesda said pham is in fair condition. her colleague, amber vinson is getting treated in atlanta hospital with another unidentified ebola patient. and a news cameraman is
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recovering from ebola in nebraska. earlier this week, we showed the story of britney maynard, the young woman with brain cancer moved to oregon where it is legal for doctors to help her hasten her own death. maynard's decision sparked a national discussion about end of life issues. and this sunday "60 minutes" looks at another complicated story. a pennsylvania nurse named barbara mancini was prosecuted for allegedly helping her terminally ill 93-year-old father overdose on a bottle of morphine. in her first tv interview, mancini shared her story with anderson cooper. >> this is barbara mancini and her father joe, in happier times. at barbara's wedding in 1994. yorshaw had served in europe in world war two and earned a bronze star. he was industrious and strong-minded. and ktactive into his mid 80s, by
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last year he was suffering from kidney disease and a host of other ailments his doctors said he expected to live six months or less and he was telling anyone who wanted to listen he wanted to die. >> he had very focused convictions about how he wanted to live and being independent was a big part of that. >> he didn't want to wind up infirm in a hospital bed on a feeding tube? >> absolutely not. he was adamant he never wanted to be in a hospital. >> he put his wishes in writing and made barbara his health care proxy. he stopped taking medications that might prolong his life and program that prescribed small doses of morphine to ease his pain. in february of 2013 at his home in pennsylvania that barbara says he asked her to hand him the bottle of morphine. >> he asked me to hand him the bottle and i did. i had the dosing syringe in my hand. he took the cap off and he drank what was remaining in the bottle.
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>> could you have stopped him? >> i could have. i think. he did it pretty quickly. no, i didn't try to stop him. >> well, find out what happened to barbara mancini in anderson cooper's report sunday on "60 minutes." to some surprised homeowners in pasadena california a mother bear found a cub that was trapped in a dumpster. they took a walk in a neighborhood, went swimming in a swij swimming pool and then climbed in the tree. the movie award season kicks off here on cbs. queen latifah will host the first-ever broadcast of the hollywood film awards. for 17 years the private event has honored the biggest names in movies. this year, everyone can watch. you can see the hollywood film awards on friday november 14th only on cbs. the red carpet preshow begins at
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7:30 p.m. 6:30 central. followed by the awards show at 8:00 and then charlie, gayle and i will take part in one-hour special at 10:00 p.m. bringing you highlights from the event and talk to the big winners. ahead, is ebola the october surprise for the mid-term elections? our political director john dickerson and republican strategist, frank luntz will join us >> announcer: this morning's
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two teachers one school and terrible secret. the california's middle school girls targeted by two adults at the same time. one a male science teacher and the other a female teacher and coach. the crimes the girls suffered and the scars left behind are the jikt of tomorrow night's "48 hours." we have a preview from tracy smith. we have to warn you there are details you may not want your kids to hear. >> when i started going through the flashbacks and remembering
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everything that happened to me i didn't want to live anymore. >> kristin, a three-time all american swimmer and now the associate coach at women's swim team at california berkeley started having those flashbacks in 2010. >> i didn't know if i was going crazy. i could see the stuff that had happened to me happening again. >> the long buried memories dated back to when she was 14 years old, the first time kristen said she was sexually abused by a trusted teacher and coach from her middle school, a young married woman named julie. >> julie slammed my body on the bed, molesting me and kissing me and stuff. >> the abuse, kristen says went on for 3 1/2 years as her obsession intensified beyond belief. >> she was everywhere. she would come into my house and be hiding under my bed when i would go up to my bedroom at
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night. >> she literally was under your bed. >> yeah. i just felt this grab around my ankles. i was just paralyzed with fear. >> the abuse also happened inside this middle school and incredibly julie was not the only teacher there sexually abusing students. >> so who was mr. witters. >> he was a science teacher at my school. >> he would tell me they was special and he would touch me through my clothes and under my clothes. >> this woman asked that we call her jane doe and not show her face. >> how bad did it get for you? >> i often thought about killing myself and i did try on two occasions. >> jane and kristen did not know each other but were living through similar nightmares. >> i was having a hard time not killing myself. >> kristen's husband scott cried when he heard his wife's story. >> it was hard because you knew how much pain there was for her.
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>> he said, i love you, we're going to get through this. we have two options. we can find her and kill her or we can go to the police. i just said we'll go to the police. >> the investigators needed proof. kristen would have to phone julie, the woman kristen considers a rapist and pretend to have feelings for her. >> you touched me or kissed me or whatever and i can't get over it. >> i just want you to know i'd do it over again. >> good morning. this is disturbing on so many levels. did the school know about the abuse? >> the school knew about dan witters the science teacher. there are memos that show they knew two years before he started abusing jane doe. they could have stopped it. instead they sat on it and did nothing until a group of girls came forward and they couldn't ignore it anymore. >> what's incredible to me is to appreciate the impact on the
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victims. both girls thought about suicide. >> yes. people still snicker, especially when it was a female teacher. i wish this was serious. this is serious. these girls were suicidal. >> how were they connecting it to put it together? >> when christenkristen came forward. >> and it all came out. >> yeah. >> there's a story on the front page about hannah graham the university of virginia girl who went missing and people who are abused and people who speak out and prosecuting individuals because they're continuous abusers. >> so true. teachers need to step up. go to the police. by law you're required to go to the police. >> you can see tracy's full report, "kristen's secret" tomorrow night on "48 hours." she's written so many books she's worn off the letters of
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two keyboards. killed when the 6 point 9 magnitude good morning. it's 8:25. i'm michelle griego. 25 years ago today, tragedy and chaos struck the bay area. 63 people were killed when the 6.9 magnitude loma prieta struck. the bay bridge was closed for a month when part of the eastern span collapsed. a dallas health worker is under voluntary quarantine on board a carnival cruise ship in the caribbean. the u.s. state department says the person may have handled lab specimens from ebola patient thomas eric duncan duncan, who died. and the giants are headed to the world series. travis ishikawa hit a three-run homer to send the giants to a 6- 3 victory over st. louis. they will face the kansas city royals in the world series. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment.
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good morning. it is still ugly on the bay bridge trying to get into san francisco from the east bay. the problem are these steel plates that caltrans put down yesterday. and they are forcing drivers to go extra slow and now look at the ripple effect behind the pay gates. i want to show what you some of our sensors look like. obviously it's still slow end to end across the span. and then 580 is backed up solidly all the way beyond highway 13. 24 is backed up to telegraph. and the eastshore freeway is
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also pretty brutal out of berkeley. san mateo bridge is a much better alternate right now. just some slight delays behind the pay gates. bart, all trains on time so far. they are in recovery mode. there were some earlier ten- minute delays. still a hot spot delay northbound 880 after an earlier crash at 5th. with the forecast, here's lawrence. we have a lot of clouds making their way into our skies now. partly cloudy out there right now but as we head throughout the day, those clouds thickening up even a chance of some showers on the way. check out your hi-def doppler radar. you see the rain already making its way into far northern california. could see some showers in the north bay as we head into the afternoon. so with that in mind, the temperatures going to be down a little bit increasing clouds throughout the day. you will see about 68 degrees, some showers possibly into santa rosa. 72 in san jose. should stay dry there. 64 in pacifica. this weekend looking good. we are going to get the showers out of the way. lots of sunshine on saturday and sunday. a chance of more rain on monday.
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>>lc welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour best-selling author jodie pekoe is in our green room with a highly anticipated new novel with a surprising twist. and we'll learn which of her books might be the next one to hit the silver screen. >> this morning's headlines from around the globe. the new york times looks at how joan rivers died. the medical examiner said she suffered brain damage caused by low oxygen. rivers stopped breathing during a routine medical exam. she was sedated with propofol it is the same drug linked to the death of michael jackson. the seattle times says starbucks employees can start having visible tattoos. the move is aimed at allowing more self-expression. it is one of the few changes at the coffee giant. workers will also get a raise
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for customers. the company will launch a campaign to give ten people free starbucks for life the goal enrolling more customers in loyalty programs. and britain's guardian says france wants to stop binge drinking. the french health minister is targeting young people those who encourage excessive drinking could be jailed for a year. the bill will be presented to french parliament next year. the spread of ebola in dallas puts a spotlight on how the government handles a crisis. in the cbs news poll out this morning, just 26% of americans think the country is on the right track. 65% think it is on the wrong track. meanwhile, 37% rated the cdc's job performance as excellent or good. 60% said the cdc was doing a fair or poor job. that poll is a shock for an agency that has the strong reputation. cbs news political director john diggerson is with us and frank
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launt, welcome. so what do we have when we see public institutions suffering a crisis of confidence in institutions that we depend on are not believable. >> it explains partially what we're going through in the election cycle. you see people have such a sense of anxiety. we knew people didn't trust politicians. if they didn't trust politicians they had guardrails they could grab. that was institutions. government institutions, churches, the local police. now they reach for that guardrail and it isn't there for them. we also see things like faith in the american dream, an old idea where if things fell away you could still believe you're the next generation which would be better. we have seen a drop in the way people feel about the american dream. so people are reaching out for the guardrails and they aren't there. and that creates a sense of anxiety, and that kind of feeds on itself. >> what do they have to do to regain that confidence? >> the problem is the institutions that have the greatest impact on us the cdc, the fda, the epa, those are the
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responsible for health and safety are the ones that had the biggest collapse. in fact in some cases it is 20 30 point drop in the last 15 18 months. so there is not much the politicians can do not much the business leaders can do. and even the media. even the media has gone through a collapse in confidence so the people who report the information about whether we should trust politicians, we don't even trust the people who report that trust. >> i think one group that -- the fbi comes out, okay among all things and that was not true in the early '90s. if you're an institution, stay out of the news. the fbi has been relatively out of the news. once you get in the news like the cdc, you're on the way -- >> the military has a high rating. >> always has. up in the '70s, that's the last institution. >> what is interesting is the highest level of trust in government came during the reagan administration which was the most anti-government. and the lowest level of trust is right now, and one could argue that this president has been trying to preach trust or at
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least involve the government to help people. there is another message there, the less the government does the better able government is to do it well. >> john, we're seeing confidence in congress. i guess it is a paltry 9%. nothing new that people are fed up with congress. how do you think it affects midterm elections coming out? >> i think people are disappointed with congress when it is not an election year they look to washington for solution or some sense of competency. they get a continual dose of incompetence. then you go to the elections and look at the conversation as it is taking place in political commercials, in debates, and what happens is the way the structure of our campaigns are run now, where things are targeted to narrow groups that are going to turn out, the conversation turns out to be about nothing that actually affects people in their daily lives. so it reaffirms what people think about congress normally these people are having heated debate about something that doesn't matter to me at all. >> like the fan. >> the fan is an acute moment of
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stupidity, but look at the just day to day conversation in which people are arguing over a tiny little plot of ground over here when people say, my life is this huge field of unanswered questions that nobody is addressing. >> you talk about unanswered questions, you can't help but talk about ebola. how does ebola specifically affect the midterm elections? >> i think the way republicans would like it to affect the midterm elections is they have been trying to paint the picture of general incompetence around this president and the democratic party. they seized on whatever is in the headlines at the moment. in the way we all cover things and i say we, i mean the larger media, everything gets to kind of ten on the scale of one to ten of freaking out. when things are constantly at ten, all the opposition party has to do is just point to the number ten and say, be nervous, be scared and that turns out whoever is not in power. >> but this is ten, right here. everyone walking to work today in new york, this is one of the most sold newspapers across the
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country, this is what they see. whoops. so when we don't have faith in the scientific community, when we don't have faith in the health care community, what can we have faith in? i think this is going to hurt incumbents, but not just on the national level. look at the governor's races across the country. there are a number of incumbents from both political parties that look like they're going to go down. the highest number incumbents beaten as governors is five in 1994. >> go ahead. >> i was going to say, rather than a republican wave this year, you think it may be more of an anti-incumbent wave? >> exactly. it is a way to send a message to the elites that you have not only let us down you've truly failed us and we want to punish you because you have punished us. >> this is a cynical, sad conversation we're having just to -- you talk to people there is still a great deal of hope in the country. that's where some of the numbers are so low is people still are looking for solutions to the people who are giving the speeches on the stage. they haven't completely written them off, although in a sense they have, but they are still in
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desperate hope that somebody will arrive and give them an answer. >> they want the answer. i don't believe there is still hope. in the focus groups i do the level of anger and cynicism and just absolute -- >> that kind of atmosphere plays into the hands of people who want to call for radical answers. i mean who push for the most conservative, most in terms of not democrats, republicans, but most toughest measures possible in terms of quarantine, in terms of inspection, in terms of all of that. >> i think what it encourages is maybe the most conservative, but also in some sense the most liberal. it calls for people to make grand promises. what happens when you have trust this low, you need a series of trust building exercises in government to create small incremental benefits the way local governments. if you fix the dmv, you can fix the bigger stuff. fix the tiny things that affect people in their daily lives, build a foundation and do the larger things. the problem is the way our elections work is people come out and promise these sweeping grand claims that the opposition
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is venal, i have the answer to everything. you'll always be -- >> do they have any similarity to the immigration debate? we have to close in our borders and do all these things that -- >> well -- >> at the extreme. >> it leads to people that's also part of the problem with our structure in politics. they say close the borders, what you have is republicans speaking to an active part of their base not to a larger solution but it also suggests if you do this one thing, the problems will be solved. there is no problem that has a single solution like that. >> thanks so much. a novel a year for more than two decades, author jodie pekoe is in our toyota green room. see why he's
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author jodie picoult's dark plot lines and narratives about relationships and families resonate with so many readers. she wrote 23 novels in the past 22 years. here are just a few. in 2009 cameron diaz starred in the movie version of picoult's best-seller "my sister's keeper." jody picoult good morning. 23 novels in 22 years, three
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kids, four dogs two donkeys, two geese, ten chickens a few ducks. really? you have time to write books? >> well i have a really great husband who is the animal caretaker. i don't have to worry about that. i have the best job in the whole world. >> when do you write? >> i write during the day. i had little kids, i was writing when they were at school. i had an eight hour school day in which to work, which is when most people work. >> you do it when the kids are there? >> i do. >> which has to be an amazing feat. >> i used to write in 15 minute blocks. i would write if the kids were watching barney on tv. i would take my laptop and sit in the line at nursery school pickup and i would write waiting for the kids. >> do you start with an idea or a character or a question? >> i usually start with something that is worrying me. you know it could be something i'm worried about as a mom, a wife a woman, an american, it keeps me up at night. if i keep thinking about it it is probably a great idea for a
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book. >> this book is when you were coming -- >> exactly. my daughter my youngest was going off to college. it hit me harder than i thought it was going to. and then i read this amazing fact, which is in the elephant kingdom in the wild an elephant mother and daughter stay together their whole lives until one of them dies. i thought what if we do it that way? so humane. i began to do a little more research on elephants and realized i needed to write a mother daughter book about what it means to be left behind and sort of wrap it up in this elephant research to be a story about how the people you love never really leave you. >> do you know who your readers are? >> i do very intimately. one of the reasons i love going out on book tour is actually because i get to meet them. they're not just sales figures on a page or in an e-mail. you get to hear them say, this is how your book really affected my life. this book saved my life. this book made me a reader. this book made me go to law school. i love hearing the stories that they give back to me. >> but what percentage is men,
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women? about even or -- >> no, it is more even than you would think. i actually have been called a women's fiction author and i decided i was going to track my e-mail, because it didn't seem right. 49% of my readers are men, based on the e-mails. >> you've written comments about gender discrimination in the publishing world. you tweeted, it's bs. if a woman writes about family, it is relevant to women only. if a man does the same groundbreaking and literary. you also called out the new york times. why? >> well not really the one you need to talk to about this. what i'm trying to do is support other women writers. it is important. women are the largest buying public and yet we know for a fact that more women -- more men are reviewed than women writers. and there are more male reviewers than females. a great call called vita started the dialogue about gender discrimination in publishing and they have done a wonderful job of tracking it. people should check it out. >> you said someone has written
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a book badly transmitted to film, you said i don't understand why hollywood continues to fix things that are broken. how difficult is it when you hand over your writing to hollywood? >> it is like giving a baby up for adoption. you hope for the best. let's face it, the book is always better than the movie. it is a good book. >> i started it last night, which is why my eyes are lick this like this now. ahead, most unforgettable moments of the week. you're watching "cbs this morning." e moments of the week. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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watch any channel live on any device around your home. the x1 entertainment operating system only from xfinity. it's so great to have you here. >> great to be here. so much fun on a friday. >> great week we've had. >> indeed we have. be sure to tune in tonight to the "cbs evening news with scott
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pelley." as we leave you we take a look back at the week that was. have a great weekend. health officials ask 75 health care workers to sign a legal document saying they will not go out in public. >> there was a breach in protocol. >> in monrovia while it's clear there's a greater awareness of ebola, it's not enough to stop the spread of disease. >> we're going to hit 10,000 cases relatively soon. >> after takeoff the passengers began to hear disturbing noises. that was the plane cracking and coming apart. >> the walls are caving in. >> isis is fighting hard now west of baghdad. >> they're looking for control over their election with the police crackdown that brought you all out. >> horrific hazing was not an isolated incident. >> one would flick off the
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lights. one would hold down the freshman. >> kesha is making allegations against a top producer. >> it's not true. >> there are some people who missed important developmental stages. >> i would rather die than be in the united states senate. >> this afternoon, let's hurry up. my pasta's getting cold. let's go, all right? >> is this an example of pope francis trying to take the church in new directions without changing the doctrine? >> that's a way to do it. >> i was blessed in many ways. >> married to candy.
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>> yep. it seems like one day i woke up and all of a sudden everything was terrible. >> oweyotan, thanks. you say we're in a veggie renaissance. >> a veggesaince. >> the veggie transport system. >> i was walking "the walking dead." would i be a better vampire or zombie? >> you'd be a great zombie because you have a great cheekbones. >> i'm going as a 64-year-old woman. it's my birthday. not scary. >> this is a drop cam. >> you can see it at night. >> how does that work. >> with the thermostat it the tell you when you're home or away. >> what's that? >> this is the screwdriver you get. >> oh, you know what i was thinking. >> i usually know what you're
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your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. the giants will take on the kansas city royals in the world ries. san francisc good morning, it's 8:55. time for some news headlines. the giants will take on the kansas city royals in the world series. san francisco clinched the nlcs last night at at&t park. travis ishikawa hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 9th for the victory. events are planned all over the bay area today to mark 25 years since the loma prieta earthquake. 63 people were killed when the 6.9 magnitude quake hit. most of them died in the collapse of the cypress freeway. san leandro police have arrested a man accused of sexual assaulting girls at a target and walmart. an off-duty community police officer recognized the man from tv and social media. police caught him a couple of hours later. now here's lawrence with the weather. >> we are seeing a lot of
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clouds moving into the bay area now. hi-def doppler radar is tracking a few showers but not here just yet. out the door we go. with those clouds, they will continue to roll on in throughout the day becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon. and the hi-def doppler radar is showing some showers in toward eureka, spreading further to the south now. those coming into the north bay as we look toward the afternoon hours. then maybe the rest of the bay area overnight tonight into tomorrow. temperature-wise, we are looking at some 70s and a few 70s. cooler than yesterday. and then as we look toward the weekend we are going to get most of that rain done that we'll see overnight tonight early tomorrow morning. if you sleep in, it will be gone. lots of sunshine on saturday and sunday. maybe some more rain on monday. we are check out your "kcbs traffic" when we come back. - ( helicopter whirring ) - ( roars ) ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ ♪ come and get it ♪ ♪ get it, get it ♪ ♪ when you're ready come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na ♪ ♪ na na na na na na na ♪
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up, still no relief in sight for bay bridge commuters trying to get into san francisco, unfortunately. those steel plates on the western side of the span continuing to cause some problems for drivers. they installed those and drivers are forced to go more slowly. the approaches are really bad still. you notice the eastshore freeway there at the bottom of your screen that drive time almost an hour from the carquinez bridge to the maze. 580 is solid from beyond highway 13. and 24 still heavy out of the caldecott tunnel.
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