it unsettled good morning to our viewers in the west. it's thursday may 7, 2015. welcome to cbs "this morning." tornados and flash flooding tear through the southern plains. more could be on the way today. quarterback tom brady's father calls deflategate framegate but the nfl is considering punishment. >> a mother/daughter reunion leads to accusation that a st. louis hospital stole babies from young women. >> we begin this morning with a look at today's eye"eye opener" your world in 09 seconds. >> a funnel forming. tornado on the ground. hang on a second, val, let's get

our bearings straight. >> twisters carved through the southern plains. >> multiple tornados ripped through oklahoma kansas and nebraska. >> building collapsed, houses off their foundation. >> the flash flood emergency. the main airport canceled all flights overnight. >> investigation by the nfl into deflategate finds tom brady was at least generally aware of the rules violation. >> these sure aren't deflating. these are only inflating, to get ready. >> the new york police department is assessing an online threat posted by isis against organizer of the cartoon contest in texas. >> the consequences you knew them. >> what do you mean i no the consequences? i live in america. i live in america. >> reporter: a fiery train crash in north dakota. >> a train hauling oil ignited several tanker cars. >> in this year alone we have seen five events of derailments with fires. >> polling stations have opened across the uk for the general election with millions of people expected to head to the ballot

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jb welcome cbs "this morning," dozens of homes are destroyed after dangerous tornados touched down in the south southern plains. multiple twisters slammed several states late yesterday. more than a dozen people were hurt. the storms also brought heavy downpours to some areas. many communities dealt with flash floods on top of the tornado destruction. >> thousands are without power this morning and many are assessing the damage after the tornados turned their homes into piles of rubble. more severe weather threatens this same area today. adrianna diaz is in oklahoma city outside a motel heavily damaged by the storms. adriana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, this motel in southern oklahoma city tried to prepare. they boarded up their windows but stood little chance against the tornado that tore right through here. tornados tore across the midwest. >> here we go. >> sirens filled the air as they kicked up pieces of debris.

some of them narrowly missing these cars. the roadrunner rv park in southern oklahoma city was hit hard. the storm overturned trailers and ripped them apart. at least five people there were critically injured. the damage in grady county scattered for miles. some buildings were seriously damaged, others completely destroyed. this pile of splintered wood and metal is where the bridge creek fire department once stood. overnight, police used flashlights to get a close look at the destruction. lance bergman rode out the tornado in his kansas home. >> it flung the basement doors open and threw tree debris and stuff down in the basement. >> it's a very impressive wall cloud. >> the thick clouds darkened the sky and brought heavy rain. >> we have been hit hard today and it's not over. it's not over. >> reporter: cars made their way trough window-high floodwaters near oklahoma city where this

pair helped each other to safety. one driver had to be cut out of his silver pickup after crashing in the dangerous conditions. the terminal at oklahoma city's airport was evacuated twice. hundreds took shelter in a pedestrian tunnel where they waited for the storm to pass. all public schools here in oklahoma city are closed today. flash flood warnings are in effect this morning in parts of oklahoma texas, and nebraska and more extreme weather could be on the way this weekend. >> boy that's not the news anybody wants to hear. thank you very much adriana. nebraska saw its share of tornados, too. one fast-moving twister crossed a highway. others struck homes. in all, there were around 50 tornados reported across four states. meteorologist scott padgett of our dallas-fort worth station kttv is watching. scott, good morning. >> good morning.

big systems working its way through yesterday developing more than 50 tornado reports as severe storms popped up and the potential is there this afternoon. we have a cold front working its way into the central plains. dry line developing from kansas through parts of texas and east of that really warm air is in place. there's a slight risk of severe storms for parts of nebraska south and central kansas also pushing way through west sides of oklahoma and into texas for the potential of storms with large hail damaging winds and maybe even damaging tornados. more than nine million, almost ten million people are affected in the slight risk area of parts of kansas and oklahoma. down to the southeast, area of low pressure possibly the first named tropical system of the season well before june 1. >> scott thank you. a few minutes ago, the agent for super bowl winner tom brady blasted a report that claims footballs used in last season's afc title game were deflated. nfl investigator ted wells found new england's star quarterback was at least generally aware that team employees were letting air out of patriots game balls. a statement from brady's agent calls the report a terrible

disappointment that contains significant and tragic flaws. elaine quijano of our digital network cbsn is at gillette stadium in foxborough massachusetts, with more on this. elaine, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom brady's agent says the report reached a conclusion before even looking at the facts. yee claims investigators don't even understand pro football. he suggests the nfl conducted a sting operation with a team that lost the title game to the patriots. the wells report names two low-level patriots staffers as probably deflating the balls to a level more to brady's liking in return for favors. >> end zone touchdown. >> reporter: prior to start of january's afc championship game against the indianapolis colts, investigators say locker room attendant jim mcnally locked himself in a stadium bathroom and deflated the footballs in less than two minutes. but the report also implies the scheme may have started long before that. last may mcnally texted equipment assistant john

jastremski saying he needed new shoes. "let's make a deal come on help the deflator." eight minutes later he added "chill buddy, i'm just [ bleep ]ing with you. i'm not going to espn yet." jas trem ski prepared tom brady's game balls which was brought for inspection prior to kickoff. on the sidelines in a game against the new york jets last october, brady apparently complained the footballs were overinflated prompting mcnally to lash out. "tom sucks, i'm going to make that next ball an [ bleep ]ing balloon." jastremski respond "he said you must have a lot of stress trying to get that done." >> i think we're still left with more questions than answers. when were these relationships formed, how far back do they go how much did brady directly convey to these guys? we don't know. >> reporter: cbs boston station wbz went to mcnally's house on

wednesday but he refused to answer questions. nfl investigators say brady sometimes lavish it had two patriots employees with valuable autograph memorabilia and jastremski with cash. jastremski even bragged brady gaved him this signed football from the day he passed a 50,000 yard milestone. after the deflategate scandal broke, the report notes brady and jastremski began texting and calling each other frequently something they had not done in the previous six months. "you good johnny boy" brady asked? "still nervous, so far so good though, jastremski responded. correspondent anna werner pressed brady about the incident. >> reporter: are you comfortable within yourself that nobody on sunday on the patriots side dig anything wrong? >> i have no knowledge of anything. i have no knowledge of any -- >> are you comfortable that nobody did anything wrong. >> yeah i'm very comfortable saying that. >> reporter: tom brady sr., his father, also hit back at the report. he told "usa today" he has no

doubt about his son's integrity. he called it "frame gate" flaming that the nfl has no conclusive evidence against the quarterback. tom brady himself may respond to the report when he speaks at salem state university tonight. >> thanks elaine. "new york times" sports columnist in bill roden is with us. good morning. >> good morning for some people. [ laughter ] maybe not in the brady residence. >> what's the worst thing about this? >> the worst thing about it is that a guy who's on top of the world who seems to have everything, great family a legacy, super bowl still feels so much pressure and the need to cheat. that's what blows everybody away that you don't have to do this. you didn't have to do this. why does somebody who seems to have everything need to cheat? that speaks to a large societal problem. why do people on wall street why do people seem to have all the money need to even have more money. and -- >> what do you say to penal who

say, look it doesn't matter because they probably would have won that game anyway against the colts. >> that's the problem. we have children and we say you know, don't cross against the light. "well, i got home safely." "don't take the car." "it's okay i got home safely." one day you might not. i don't care if they beat them 205-7. that's not the point we're talking about here. >> what do you think the punishment will be? >> i tell you what i think it should be. they should suspend him for at least half the season. at least half the season. don't fine him because he has more money than -- you know don't fine him, don't make this a financial penalty. suspend him, charlie. suspend him for half the season. what do you think about that? [ laughter ] >> you think charlie's going to do something, big rhoden? >> i like tom brady. >> everybody does. >> that's why i asked you what's damaging about this. >> his legacy. i thought at first, well he's won so much. but you look at a guy like president clinton, we had years of prosperity years of peace but sometimes when you think

of -- what do you think in the back of your mind is the sex scandal. and that's what's unfortunate. >> okay. what about the patriots and the nfl and how they handled it? >> well i mean -- >> 243-page report. >> i give them credit that they did it they followed the truth where it leads. but now what are they going to do? what's the penalty? it's one thing to do an investigation, but if they say -- first of all, they've already exonerated the owner. they've already exonerate it had coach so i'm saying, well what's the penalty. it's nice that they did the report, what are you going to do? if you're going to say well we'll fine him $100,000 or $2 million, he'll give them that on the spot. >> i'm sure bob kraft is listening. >> do you think he's the only quarterback who -- >> no. >> deflates his balls. >> we're trying to figure out a phrase. >> no, i think it happens but, again, we're talking about the premier quarterback in the

national football league who i think is probably one of the best of all time. >> thank you, bill rhoden. lumber liquidateors says it's pulling laminate flooring made in china off the shelves. "60 minutes" tested that flooring earlier this year, it found high levels of formaldehyde known to cause cancer. the justice department is seeking criminal charges against lumber liquidators. the company says it tested the air quality in 2600 homes with the chinese-made flooring. more than 97% passed. this morning, a major cocaine ring with global reach has been busted. police in italy with help from american law enforcement agencies carried out a raid overnight that captured an alleged mafia figure. the multinational sting operation had targets stretching from new york city to italy. allen pizzey gives us an extraordinary inside look at the crack down that took place. >> reporter: the operation began just after 3:00 a.m. local time. 100 italian police along with fbi and homeland security

agents. the targets were members of the most powerful crime organizations in the world. they are so closely knit and so feared that they're almost impossible to infiltrate. that's why they have to be hit like this in the dead of night under conditions of absolute secrecy and fast. the principal focus was this modest apartment an unlikely end for a drug ring that involved hand carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars to central america to pay the drug lords. the pivot point was this pizza parlor in queens, new york. the father mother and son who ran it are now in custody. working with the notorious gambino crime family they imported cocaine in shipments of yucca plants from costa rica. the goods went from ports near philadelphia to warehouses in the bronx where the cocaine was separated and sent on for sale in europe. the prime catch in the italian raid was franco fazzio, but he seemed almost amused.

" "oh, so the tv is here too. now the naples mafia will see me." he's known as the ambassador because of his role in the smuggling chain and despite their reputation for violence, the raid went off without a gun being drawn. the senior fbi case agent who cannot be identified says fazzio is in for a surprise. he's facing up to ten years in jail in the u.s. >> i think he has in his mind seth that he's probably innocent and he can prove that. i don't think he knows the overwhelming evidence that we have in this case. >> reporter: cooperation between the police here and the fbi and homeland security won high praise from the italian officer in overall charge. is that the key to success that you work together? >> yes. this is only one of the successes of this cooperation. in the past there is a lot of success now. this is only one. >> reporter: so this is an ongoing process. >> we hope so. >> reporter: by that he means more nights ending like this. both the italians and the americans say the operation was a serious blow to the mafia but

by no means what knockout punch. as long as there's demand, the senior fbi agent said they'll try to supply it. norah? >> all right, allen pizzey in southern italy. thank you so much. the organizer of a controversial draw mohammed contest in texas faces a new online threat this morning. the suspected isis member called for the slaughter of pamela geller. new york city police are investigating the threat. they met with geller on wednesday. she lives in new york and says she won't back down after the failed attack at sunday's event. jeff pegues in washington is tracking this investigation. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. authorities are still trying to determine whether the attack was directed by isis or inspired. meanwhile, we're learning more information this morning about how the two gunmen got there. before opening fire on police law enforcement officials say elton simpson and his roommate nadir soofi drove about 16 hours from phoenix to garland, texas. they arrived shortly before the contest featuring cartoons of

the prophet mohammed ended. >> we have a little situation here. the security people are running like crazy outside. >> reporter: both men were known to the fbi, but they were not considered high priority threats. simpson had even interacted on line with mujahid miski, a recruiter who specifically called for violence in the u.s. since sunday's shooting isis has continued flooding the web with propaganda. in the same posting that threatened the contest's organizer, a suspected american isis member proclaimed "there are more attacks to come" with 71 so-called trained solders in 15 u.s. states. another alleged isis member from britain wrote "you ain't seen nothing yet." sunday's failed attack has raised concern about who constitutes the top echelon threats in the country. simpson and soofi were not part of that group. the concern now is are there others like them lurking beneath the surface? gayle?

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spent the whole weekend with tom. >> asked about the deflate gate. his response was flexing his arm muscles as reporters tried to get him to talk. his response is these are not deflated. >> could we run that part again? welcome back to "cbs this morning." the climber who survived the avalanche and captured this

video. >> nepal earthquake remarkable reunion. a mother meets her daughter decades after she was told her baby died. the hospital where she gave birth is accused of selling her child and others. that story is ahead. time to show you some headlines. abuse of government credit cards found civilian and military employees charged gambling fees and escort services and other adult activities. pentagon officials say the government did not pay the charges. >> the "new york times" says johnson & johnson announces a plan today when you request -- the committee evaluates cases where ill patients want access. the move is believed to be the

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captured snow and ice barrelling to the camp. and spoke to a climber who shot the footage. >> the 22-year-old mountaineers name, he is back in germany and told me from there that while he is used to shooting videos on his trips he had no idea that this time he would be capturing a near death experience his own. at everest base camp on the morning of april 25 he was preparing to continue his climb when he suddenly heard a rumbling from below. >> i was sitting in the dining. and i noticed there was an earthquake. i took out my iphone and started

filming. the whole ground is shaking. do you hear that? >> i noticed that the people i filmed started running. i turned around and i saw what is happening and i was running myself. >> describe what you saw coming towards you. >> it was a massive cloud. it was like a tsunami made of ice. it was so big that i couldn't see the edges. it was just so gigantic. does it make a difference if i move now. >> reporter: he and two fellow climbers huddled behind a tent and gasped for air. describe what you saw immediately afterwards. >> once we were over the feeling that we would die now we looked

around and it was like a different world. everything changed. everything was covered by like a three centimeter solid ice. our bodies were covered. everything just complete change. it was a different base camp. >> reporter: he helped the injured climbers until the camp was evacuated. in kathmandu he says he witnessed the true scope of the devastation. >> we realized how big it was and how small our part of it was that we were just a few people in the mountains. i just felt quite unimportant at that moment. i felt there are people who need the help more. >> you feel like you have changed as a result of that experience? >> you know when you are very close to death you appreciate your life much more. >> he is back home now and says he is not afraid of climbing

after this brush with death. he is already making plans for his next climbing trip soon. >> now, that surprises me. to go that close to death. >> what amazes me is we have had two stories in which somebody took out a camera to record what is going on. >> the last thing i would be thinking about. amazing story. she was told that her daughter was dead. this is also amazing, almost 50 years ago. >> i didn't know i had a child but thank god a child was looking for me. >> the incredible reunion of a

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they want to know if a closed st. louis hospital stole newborns and sold them. each mother was told their baby died after birth. decades later they say they have reason to demand an investigation. the emotional reunion fuelling suspicions. >> reporter: all women claim their babies were born here. the allegations of a baby selling ring started when a mother and daughter posted a video of their reunion on the internet. for 49 years bella price believed her daughter died moments after birth. this was the first time she held her in her arms. >> what was it like to see her? >> her fragrance is something about your child's fragrance. >> reporter: price was 26 years old when she gave birth to a girl she named diane.

the baby was three months premature weighing just a pound. she remembers her crying and then the nurse took the baby away. >> she said your baby passed. so it was believable and acceptable but at the same time it was hurtful. it bothered me. >> reporter: did you ask for the chance to say good bye? >> no. >> reporter: price went on to have three more children. last september she received a message on facebook from a woman living in oregon. >> i was wondering if you would be my grandmother. so i answered her. i said what makes you think that i'm your grandmother and that's my daughter? she said my mother believes you are her mother. >> is it your sense that her adoptive parents must have shared your name? >> yes. >> reporter: after a dna test confirmed they were related they

set up a surprise video call. their mom, diane is legally deaf. >> it's your mother. >> diane's response was overwhelming. >> i love you. i love you. >> she said she loves you. >> they were all women who had babies at very young ages 15 16, 17 18. some in their young 20s. >> reporter: attorney albert walkens represents the price family. >> there is not one adoption agency in the 1950s and 1960s in the st. louis area that catered to african-american couples seeking to adopt infants of color. >> reporter: the hospital closed in 19979. the mayor of st. louis released a statement to "cbs this morning" saying the alleged events happened a long time ago

when records retention practices were very different. we are working with alleged victims. she says her new daughter and grand kids are relocating to st. louis to try to replace what was taken. >> i didn't know i had a child but thank god a child was looking for me. >> asaside from thee joy, h how do youu handle thehe ananger? > i pray. . and there sadness to look at but i must focus on the joy. i must. >> reporter: price told us her husband of 40 years died eight years ago so he never knew he had another daughter. the attorney tells us he intends to file a lawsuit against the city. he thinks there could be even more victims. >> and if they are those victims will start coming forward.

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your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. good morning. i'm michelle griego. an alameda county family is missing after a camping trip to sierra county. they were last seen traveling in their 2015 black toyota tundra pickup truck. multiple agencies are trying to find them. a smoother commute for bart riders this morning. yesterday workers found a 10" gap in a piece of track near the civic center station in san francisco. the system needs $9.6 billion of work but they only hav

good morning. a check of the bay bridge, it's pretty brutal on some of the approaches right now. it's especially eastshore freeway it is pretty much solid speeds below 25 miles per hour from appian and pinole streaming down through the macarthur maze. that drive time is more than an hour from the carquinez bridge. and also likes like 24 back to telegraph, 580 through oakland. it's all because of an earlier motorcycle accident on the upper deck west of yerba buena island. your best bet use bart systemwide no delays. that is your latest traffic. here's roberta. >> thunderstorms in throughout the central valley this morning up to a half inch of rain in some locations, locally light scattered showers zooming in are our live hi-def doppler radar you can see the city of san francisco, a little wet for the morning commute. out the door this morning, look at mount vaca. wow, temperatures are into the 50s and later today from the 50s

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♪ ♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday may 7, 2015. welcome back too "cbs this morning." there is more real news ahead, including secrets foods won't tell you but we will. things you might think are healthy that aren't healthy at all. >> flash floods are happening in oklahoma and more coming for the weekend. >> he suggested the nfl

conducted a sting operation. >> suspend him for half the season. what do you think about that? >> they are so closely knit and so feared they are almost impossible to infiltrate. that's why they have to be hit like this. >> sunday's failed attack has raised concerns about who constitutes the top echelon in the country. >> new york city lawmakers called this attack outrageous saying there must be zero tolerance for hate crimes. >> what was it like? >> oh, baby girl and i found her, i touched her. her fragrance, there's something about your child's fragrance. >> a holistic doctor has developed a trick that can help you fall asleep in 60 seconds. yes. the doctor says all it takes is $99 and a mayweather/pacquiao rematch. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell.

the southern plains are facing the threat of more tornadoes. around 50 twisters touched down yesterday across four states. mre than a dozen people were hurt and thousands are without power. >> new video in this morning shows the destruction from the sky. piles of rubble sit where homes once stood. adriana diaz is at the scene. >> reporter: dozens of homes were affected, causing widespread damage. twisters were reported also in nebraska kansas and texas. the skies caused airport evacuation highway shutdown and sent debris flying. cars had to maneuver their way through window-high floodwaters and for the first time in history, oklahoma city declared a flood emergency. that city's airport was evacuated twice.

hundreds huddled in a tunnel, a pedestrian tunnel for safety. forecasters say the extreme weather could continue through the weekend. nora? >> adriana, thanks. we have the first response this morning after the deinvestigation of deflategate. the report claims that they took the air out of footballs. "it is unlikely that an equipment assistant and locker room assistant would take air out of the footballs without tom brady's knowledge. >> patriots owner robert kraft insists the evidence does not support the investigator's conclusions, but he says the team will accept the findings of the report. we asked kraft about the charges

after the patriots won super bowl xlix in february. >> reflect on what happened about deflated balls. >> tom brady is healthy and vibrant. i don't think there's any relevance to that comment. >> was it disruptive for the team? you suggested to the league that they owed you an apology. >> yeah. you know whenever you're privileged to get to this big game, there's always lots of distractions that come about. the bottom line is we won our championship game 45-7 and we won the super bowl 28-24 and the league pretty much had full charge of the footballs. so they're looking into it and i'm very comfortable with the people and organization we have. >> the nfl has not announced if brady would be disciplined. he could face punishments that

may include a fine or suspension. >> presidential candidate hillary clinton is in california this morning on a two-day fund-raising trip but former president bill clinton is in africa facing questions over the clinton foundation's fund-raising. >> there's one set of rules that's for politics in america and another set for real life and you just have to learn to deal with it. there's just no evidence. even the guy that wrote the book apparently had to admit under questioning that he didn't have a shred of evidence. he just sort of thought he'd throw it out there and see if it would fly and it will fly. >> the book's author tells "cbs this morning" what's not going to fly is avoiding answering these questions. >> some california residents are cracking down on water wasters this morning. amid this ongoing drought there. the city is under a tight deadline to cut water use by up to 36%. state officials recommend that people take two-minute showers and let your lawn die to conserve water. ben tracy shows us how social

media shaming may help this effort. >> high water use areas such as beverly hills have to cut the most. a 36% reduction means 85 55 fewer gallons per person each day this summer. los angeles is telling its residents to rip out their lawns and install desert plants. the city is also promising to crack down on water wasters. the los angeles department of water and power received more than 1,200 complaints in march but issued just 13 penalties. >> you really need to do that in the middle of a drought? >> some californians are taking matters into their own hands. >> look at this person. >> drought shaming videos are now flooding social media. >> so you are a drought shamer? >> i am a drought shamer. >> harrietels elles takes pictures

and show it is on social media. she's cut her showering in half. >> for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >> i think we all can do a little more conservation. >> you're absolutely right but nobody wants to be drought shamed. put down the hose! >> can the health care system reinvent itself to keep you alive longer? ahead dr. david agus will show us how he's taking a stand ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

some call him the best guitarist of all time. only on "cbs this morning," splash. is he ready for a guns & roses reunion? we'll ask him just ahead. we'll be right back.

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precision medicine is being called the future of health care. president obama announced in january he wants $215 million for researchers to explore the personalized approach. a new opinion piece in the "lancet" spells it all out and what's at stake. one of the authors is our own dr. david agus. he joins us from los angeles. good morning. >> good morning, gayle. >> this must be important for you to put your name on it. what does it mean? >> the world economic forum came to us and said precision medicine or personalized medicine is the same thing but is it good for society? does it benefit and reduce cost? most people were using it for disease, to treat cancer understand it better and very little prevention. when you use it for prevention it results to billions in savings. >> what can it prevent?

>> if you identify early who is at risk for things like heart disease, diabetes and some of the psychiatric disorders, you can intervene earlier. and heart disease and cancer diabetes are the big killers now. if we can make a big dent in those diseases there will be dramatic effects later on. >> how do you get the information to determine treatment? >> right now we use genetics. we can start to do things that are personal that are precisioned for you. you know it means the right dose of the right medicine for the right patient. going forward we'll look at other factors, we'll look at proteins and bacterias and all of that to start to personalize things. we say in our country age 50 get your coleonoscopycolonoscopy, yet many people get colon cancer before age 50. many people who get it don't have a polyp. >> is there anything you don't want to know about?

>> right now to me knowledge is power. every disease would i want to know about because i would want to plan my life differently and hopefully i would intervene and delay the disease. to me i want to know but it's a personal decision. so for many diseases you need to discuss with the patient, or i do, and say do you want to know? >> i would think most people would say yeah but the american health care system isn't geared toward that. >> that's the problem. we're incentivized to treat at the insured level and doctor level. if you say to the insurance company pay now to do a test that may prevent a disease 10 or 20 years ago, they say that person is going to switch plans in four or five years so why should i do that? doctors are paid to treat and do surgery and other things. they're not incentivized to prevent. we need to change the system and change to prevention. i think that's how health care should go over the next decade

or two. >> a really good point. thank you, dr. agus. >> and are those chips really good for you? why do some olive oils come in those dark containers? we reveal what food manufacturers may not be telling you about your food. that's next here on "cbs this morning." ♪ ♪ cbs morning rounds sponsored by: so protect them... ...with k9 advantix® ii. it's broad-spectrum protection k ills fleas ticks and mosquitoes too. k9 advantix® ii. for the love of dog™. introducing lunch at outback every bloomin' day! hurry in for all your outback favorites. plus new aussie tacos, new savory ribeye melt and our delicious burgers. over 70 lunch combinations starting at just $6.99. it's lunch at last every day at outback. why am i so awake?

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i can't trust anyone anymore. >> what are you talking about? >> i'm starving. >> i hate those things. coach makes us eat those when we want to move up a weight class. >> what? >> it makes you gain weight like crazy. >> well just like rachelf experts 50 secrets food manufacturers won't tell you. and only on "cbs this morning" editor and chief is here with some of the big surprises. good morning. >> good morning. >> i really enjoyed reading through this all of the different surprises. excuse me. i have the hiccups.

one of the things you revealed is how some companies hide sugar. >> particularly they use different names for sugar. if a product contains a lot of it they might put evacuated cane juice. they use different kinds of sugar. >> you said there is a difference between multi grains and whole grains. >> if you see multi grains on a package it usually means many grains and not whole grains. so if you are looking for fiber in particular the word multi grain is a trigger to know it probably doesn't contain as much as you think. >> it is healthier to do whole grains. when you were talking about potato chips you said baked potato chips may not be as healthy as you think. why am i doing this? >> they are just conglomerations of highly refined potato flakes.

you might be better off having a real potato chip cooked in a healthier oil. >> bless you, my child. life changing for me. >> have that potato chip and that real -- >> labelling is really interesting when you look at the difference between green labels and red labels. >> just the use of the color green behavioral labs found that consumers think that the product is healthier. manufacturers told reader's digest that they know this and will use green on something that may not be as healthy. you need to be looking at ingredients, educating yourself rather than maybe falling victim to some of the tricks. >> what is the confusion about nitrates? >> so you might see no nitrates or no nitrates added on a meat product for example. this is often incorrect because if you see celery powder on an ingredient list the manufacturer will take that convert it into a chemical. it is naturally high in nitrates

and convert it into a chemical that is the same as nitrates. >> i will be looking at my nitrate free bacon very soon. >> i think the color green versus red is very interesting. i never thought about that before. you brought olive oil for a reason? >> they pulled olive oils off of supermarket shelves and 70% didn't live up to the extra virgin label. you need to have more confidence in the olive oil is in a dark container it is less likely to become rancid or if it has a harvest date on the label. >> dark bottle is better? >> it's better because the light can make the olive oil go bad. >> what is the harvest label? >> many of the best olive oil manufacturers have a harvest date on the front so that can give you more confidence that it is from a good manufacturer. it is more recent and hasn't been sitting on the shelf for a few years. >> why do manufacturers do this?

>> everybody is trying to get the most bang for their money. they are trying to appeal to consumers. they are trying to sell healthier products. consumers have clamored for lower calorie and either make it green or in the case of 100 calorie packs like i'm just going to eat it and they did a study and found that people with 25% less food if it is in a 100-calpack. you can't educate yourself on everything. if you care about sugar and whole grains or fiber make sure you aware of the words on the label. >> she is an italian business

superstar with an eye for fashion and fast good morning, it's 8:25. time for news headlines. san jose couple says the mexican government won't let them bring their new baby home after a law changed without warning. the couple has been stuck for weeks in the state of tabasco where their son was born to a surrogate mother. snow is falling at donner summits in the sierra. chains are required right now on i-80 between kingvale and the donner lake interchange. emeryville has approved a minimum wage hike that could eventually make it the highest in the nation. by 2019, all workers will earn at least $16 an hour. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment.

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mateo bridge it's not better, unfortunately. that southbound 880 approach from hayward is stacked up around 238. it's heavy on the flat section of the span and then of course we have the closure -- more on that at noon. here's roberta with your forecast. reports of hail in the fremont area. a funnel cloud in sebastopol. we have had a half inch of rain with thunderstorm activity in throughout the central valley. and this is our live hi-def doppler radar picking up some precipitation now. it is moving into the santa clara valley. you see that we have had some rain showers right there in san jose. let go ahead and take a look at the current conditions in san jose. see the mostly cloudy skies. we have an air temperature now that stands at 51 degrees and the wind is blowing out of the south to 12 miles per hour. later today, numbers will span the 50s at the beaches, 60s bay and peninsula, a few low 70s and 75 in fairfield. scattered showers today. the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm. we'll keep our eye to the sky all the way through friday and a

♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour she helped keep ferrari rolling and models moving down the run way. only on "cbs this morning" we will introduce you to the italian ceo hoping to put clothing giant lands end in the fast lane. slash is in studio 57 with an announcement and a look at a remarkable career. that's ahead. it's time to show you headlines. "wall street journal" says

buyers. most employees were not fired. some received promotions raises and bonuses. rita wilson opened up about her double mastectomy and said her breast cancer was discovered only after she demanded a second opinion. for me this is about telling people you can get a second opinion, just so easy to say i am being paramoid but you should trust your gut. i was so amazed so blown away by the care my husband gave me. it w a and was b by her side. gladad she is okay. actctor jamames f francnco gives a pepersononal t take e in the "wawashiningtonon post" onn mcdonald's s slumpmpingg perfrformance and says m mcdonald'd's

was there foror himim when no one elelse was.s. francoco atete fries f from m thee hopper anand for the trash. he said he practiced accents on customers. you will probably know land's end from famous catalogs. it started out in 1963 as a yachting supply business. today the company brings in more than $1.5 billion a year. lands end parted ways last year with sears. the future of the american label could depend on an italian touch. a story you see only on "cbs this morning." >> anybody who would see you out and about knows you are very sharp. on a scale of 1 to 10 you are an 11. so i'm thinking how many pieces did you have in your closet before you took this job? >> first of all, i'm in land's end today. >> this is land's end.

we need to be always number one. >> reporter: appointed to the top job in february she faces real challenges. in march land's end had to recall some of the children's sleep wear. the materials used failed to meet federal standards for flammability. >> we take this very seriously. we don't control our product from the beginning and through the process and the end. we will continue to do that. we will continue to do that. >> the word recall you hear and it must drive you nuts. >> of course. >> that recall certainly didn't help the company's stock which closed wednesday at 2,863, more than 27 points off the 12 month high of 56.25. >> people say we have been struggling a little bit in recent years. that's why i'm here.

i always made a company succeed and actually even more than succeed from the expectation. >> what is new. >> reporter: she goes against expectations for a company whose stock can trade as outdoorsy casual wear. her previous jobs were at ferrari. high fashion house though she says there is no plan to trade in polos and tote bags for seek sequins and stilettos. >> my friends trust me. they felt if i think this was a good opportunity for me i should go for it. some were more skeptical. >> what did you say to friends ho were skeptical? >> i was trying to convince them that this is a company that has

the biggest opportunity in the market to grow. everyone loves land's end. >> reporter: she says before she ever imagined working for the company she was a customer because of her 7-year-old son. >> because he wears the land's end uniform for his school. this is how i get to know them. and then i start to shop and i was so impressed by the customer service that i can say this is the biggest trend of the company. >> reporter: it is headquartered on a sprawling campus of dodgeville. >> we have to work together as one team. >> reporter: she is leading company while splitting time between new york and wisconsin. >> i looked at the water tower that says dodgeville and then driving through times square and i'm thinking how does she navigate the two worlds. you do. >> i do and i like it.

what i vision is the nonobvious make things unexpected. of course, this was an unexpected choice but only when you do take changes you can grow. >> reporter: the lands' end campus buzzes with activity though products are made overseas all customizing is done in wisconsin. that means hemming iconic chinos monogramming the tote bags and emblasing the shirts with logos. the campus is also equipped with a fitness center that includes exercise classes and a swimming pool all available to employees at no cost. >> this is the philosophy of the company. the founder always said if you take care of your people if you take care of your customer the business takes care of itself. i totally agree with that. >> we interviewed jash welsh who

said he thinks it is important for the top person to be friends with employees and engage with employees. do you think that is a good policy? >> i am a people person. i want to create a strong team. i want to say to them i work for you, you work for the company. i try to help them. and i try to always raise the bar of what they need to achieve. of course, i'm demanding. >> what do you mean of course i'm demanding? >> i'm demanding because we can do better. so i believe that there is no perfection but excellence. >> you gave us a great sense of why you wanted the job. why do you think they wanted you? >> strong business mind with passion for success, knowledge of how to create an appealing and wonderful offer to the

consumer and how to conquer consumers. >> how to conquer consumers. are you worried about being able to accomplish that? >> it is just a question of time. >> that's good. >> she is a fire cracker. she has lots of good ideas. i'm wearing lands' end today. this is important because it has pockets. it is less than $150 which i know is a really good deal. >> did you have lands' end clothing before you went to see her? >> me no speak english. i do now. >> lands' end is big in my family. you are right. she is top notch. i think she will help reinvigorate an iconic american company. >> i do have lands' end night shirts that i sleep in. >> that's just another female ceo. how about that?

it's a sweet day for rock fans. slash is here in studio 57. >> now we're talking. >> does he wear

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rolling stone and "time" magazine called him one of the greatest guitarists of all time. he sold more than 100 million albums world wide. it all started with one band trying to make a name for itself on the sunset strip. ♪ welcome to the jungle ♪ ♪ we got fun and games ♪ >> reporter: the world knew their name when guns n roses shot into the rock scene in the early '80s. their 1987 debut album challenged synthetic pop sounds and heavy metal hair bands of the decade. as their lead guitarist, slash created some of the most recognizeable riffs in rock

music. ♪ sweet child of mine ♪ >> reporter: but the rapid success led to tensions between slash and lead singer axl rose. ♪ nothing lasts forever and we both know hearts can change ♪ >> reporter: in 1986 slash quit. ♪ in the cold november rain ♪ >> reporter: in 2002 he teamed up with two former members and built the band. their hit slid them atop the chart. slash spent the last five years playing with miles kennedy and the conspirators. and in his video for the single "beneath the savage sun".

the goal of the video is to raise awareness of endangered elephants. slash partnered with fund for animal welfare and joins us now. when you see all that history -- >> it's sort of a trip. >> what kind of trip? >> it's a trip down memory lane is the best way to put it. >> how are you different today? you just said you have two kids. >> i have 11 and 13 year old. i'm sober. the rest of it is the same. out on the road and making records and doing what i have always wanted to do. >> is the music the same? >> it's not the same. i think my overall approach is an extension of what i started out wanting to do. >> how long have you been sober and is it difficult for you? do you not want us to see your

eyes this morning? >> it's way early for that. >> they are there. you want to leave on your glasses. >> how long have you been sober? is it difficult for you? >> a little over nine years. it's not difficult for me in the sense that i enjoy being soeb. it's always a little bit of a struggle. i don't struggle with wanting to get back into it. i got myself out. i did it to such an extreme. >> what is so fascinating there was a documentary talking about prominent black people. i thought why is slash on that. i learned you are biracial. i was so surprised by that. so as a kid growing up did you struggle with your racial identity? was it difficult for you? >> i don't think i actually identified with exactly what it was. i knew i was very different with

the kids i was going to school with. i didn't really specifically have an understanding what the racial issue was. >> your mom is black and your dad is white. >> i remember filling out forms and my mom if she put white in there or black it was always like -- how do you answer that question? >> i was in high school and college in the '80s and '90s. we listened to guns n roses a lot. a lot of people want to know will there be a reunion? >> it has been a thing talked about by everybody for the last 18 years. >> have you spoke to axl rose? >> we haven't talked in a long time. a lot of the tension that you were talking about has dissipated. we don't have the issues anymore. it's something that is more perpetuated. >> would you want a reunion?

>> i got to be careful what i say there. if everybody wanted to do it and do it for the right reasons i think the fans would love it. i think it might be fun at some point to try to do that. >> what would be the right reasons? >> that's a hard one. it starts to get into a complex thing. it's really between the guys in the band. >> is it likely you think? >> never say never. >> the new video that we saw part of tell us why it is important to you. >> we wrote the song. my singer miles and i went to south africa a couple years ago and spent some time over there. very aware of the ivory trade and sort of destruction of the whole elephant species. and so seeing them in their habitat and meeting with

poaching rangers inspired the lyrics to the song. i thought the great thing to do would be try to raise more awareness in the u.s. about how significant the u.s.'s contribution is to the ivory trade. i don't think a lot of people know what is going on. to raise awareness about it so we put together a very telling video from an elephant's point of view the death of one of his own. >> what is the name on your birth certificate? why are you called slash? >> saul. >> why are you called slash? >> it is a nickname. >> great to have you here. thank you for coming. you are watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. save up to $300 on the cooling comfort of tempur-breeze.

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we're coming up on 9:00 and we have bad traffic around the bay area. south bay no exception. coming up northbound highway 17, you're seeing a lot of slow traffic from highway 85 all the way out to 101. it's because of a couple of earlier wrecks. and again you can see the delays in the guadalupe parkway and 101 coming into san jose. but yeah, that highway 17 commute is the worst. bay bridge still recovering after that early-morning accident. now it's slow on the upper deck westbound 80 slowing on the incline portion of the span and the eastshore freeway is a mess from pinole down into richmond, berkeley.

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