president obama pushes back hard against critics of his healthcare plan as hope fades it could be passed by august. >> one republican senator said "if we're able to stop obama on this it will be his waterloo." an online peeping tom catches a popular espn reporter naked in her hotel room. now she's fighting back. we'll bring you the latest on the scandalous video. and call it is the ipot. a controversial new iphone application that locates pot dealers in some neighborhoods "early" this tuesday morning, july 21st, 2009. captioning funded by cbs good tuesday morning. i'm julie chen in los angeles. harry smith and maggie rodriguez are in new york. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> rainy morning where we were

jules. good morning. coming up this morning, we have new information on how many cases of the swine flu we can expect in the next flu season. in an effort to be proactive, the government has come up with a forecast much the same way they forecast hurricanes. here is the number. 90 million cases in this country with 2 million deaths. that is a worst case scenario. and our dr. jennifer ashton is coming up later this morning to tell us what we can and should do with this information. >> we want you to meet somebody this morning. we want you to meet christina cooper but we also really want you to meet skippy the little kangaroo. he's 6 months old. christina has made it sort of the mission in her life to make sure this little baby survives. look at that. >> christienachristina, for all intents and purposes is his mommy. she carries him in that pouch 24 hours a day. >> more on that in a little bit. first, the fight over healthcare has become a very bitter pill. president obama goes on the offensive today not only against republicans but also some

members of his own party. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has the details. good morning, bill. >> reporter: good morning, harry. that's right. it's game on in the effort to find healthcare reform. the president has been on the job six months and now faces his first major battle with congress. as you said not just with republicans, he's calling in some democrats today on the house committee to do a little arm twisting or persuading i think they'd call it. the house committee has not yet acted on healthcare reform. recent polling shows a dramatic drop in the president's approval rating on healthcare reflecting public concern about what it may cost fueled by opponents of the plan. the president says reform will save money and accuses republicans of practicing the politics of delay and defeat. >> one republican senator said "if we're able to stop obama on this it will be his waterloo." it will break him." think about that. this isn't about me. this isn't about politics.

>> reporter: but both sides are playing politics and with a vengeance. this new republican ad targets voters in states where the voters are uncommitted. >> this risks our future and our health. >> reporter: the issue is how to pay for reform. house speaker nancy pelosi suggests revising the proposed tax increase on wealthy americans, limiting it to individuals making more than $500,000 and couples making $1 million. the president says he wants a deal by the time congress takes its august recess but in a broadcast interview, mr. obama displayed some flexibility. >> if somebody comes to me and says it's basically done it's going to spill over by a few days or a week that's different. >> reporter: but the white house still wants that deadline to keep the pressure on. they admit here there's no easy way to pay for the kind of healthcare reform the president wants, but they say he's going to keep at it 24/7. as one of them put it to me

yesterday, do you realize how competitive he is? harry. >> bill plante at the white house this morning, thanks. joining us from washington is republican national committee chairman michael steele. mr. steele good morning. >> hi harry. >> the president describes the need for healthcare reform as urgent and indisputable. would you challenge that? >> no i wouldn't. it is urgent and it is indisputable. the problem that i have with it is the rush that is unway here. this excessive push to get it done in two weeks. how do you do national healthcare -- not in the sense of nationalizing healthcare but looking at it on a national scale in terms of costs, programs and the ultimate relationship between the doctor and the patient. how do you do that in two weeks? >> although committee members have been working on this for weeks and weeks and weeks through the summer. >> yeah i know. it took a year and a half for us to create the medicare system. now we're going to do the entire healthcare system in two weeks

or six weeks? the point is take your time. we've gotten this far with the healthcare mess we're in. i think we can get another eight, nine ten months down the road to make sure we get it right. this impacts a lot of us. they're going to incur costs that the president is not laying out on the table. >> do the republicans have the best way to control or curb costs? >> sure absolutely. there have been any number of proposals by senate and house members that have been put on the table from portability to tort reform. the president put tort reform on the table. guess he had a conversation with the trial lawyers because literally within 24 hours he took it off the table. how do you do healthcare reform without tort reform? how do you do healthcare reform without insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, doctors, patients at the same table at the same time? >> should everyone be insured? >> absolutely.

you've got 47 million people right now who do not have insurance. out of 310 million americans, 47 million of them do not have insurance. so let's focus on how we get insurance into the hands of those 47 million without undoing what most americans, some close to 70% to 80% believe is a good access that they have to healthcare, and the cost right now is the biggest cost they've got to deal with. let's focus on that aspect of it. get in the cost under control and get those 47 million people into the program without bending the entire system without rushing. take your time and get it right. >> is it more important for republicans to defeat healthcare as it stands right now, or is it more important to defeat the president on this issue, as jim demint seems to suggest? >> first off, this is not about the president personally or otherwise. it's not about jim demint. it's about putting in place a healthcare strategy that we can move forward from knowing we've got cost contain, accessibility

is still there, and the quality is still high. this is about putting a good healthcare plan in place. what i said yesterday very directly to the president is when you go to your press conference tomorrow tell us the truth about the costs and let's talk about the timing. this rush in two weeks is not going to work. >> michael steele, we appreciate your time this morning. take care. >> you got it harry. now the latest on the u.s. soldier being held captive in afghanistan. the family of private first class bowe bergdahl says they're overwhelmed by the worldwide support for the safe return of their son. cbs news correspondent mandy clark is in kabul this morning with the latest on the search. mandy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a massive search for private bergdahl is being led by the 3,000 strong task force ucon as analysts scour the hostage tapes searching for clues. forensic experts are poring over images of private bowe bergdahl seen in this image distributed by the tal dan.

mike francesca says the two-week delay in releasing it raises questions. >> it raises questions whether they've had to move perhaps across the border in pakistan secondly have there been discussions between different groups in taliban as to what his fate should be. >> reporter: the background noise provides clues about his location. >> certainly, there is crockery and so forth, suggestive, i would say, of if not an urban area certainly an area where there's buildings and not necessarily out in the open. >> reporter: while the search continues, private bergdahl's family and friends in idaho have tied yellow ribbons in support of the safe return. and even with all the clues on the videotape, experts say it's still like searching for a needle in a haystack. maggie? >> cbs' mandy clark in kabul.

time to take a look at the rest of the headlines. russ mitchell is at the news desk. president obama still wants to close guantanamo prison for terror suspects by january. a key report finds he's running way behind schedule. it's now been six months since the president signed the order, and the closure deadline is just six months away. fewer than 20 inmates have been transferred out, and more than 200 are still being held while u.s. officials struggle with the question of what to do with them. scholar henry gates jr. is accusing police in cambridge, massachusetts, of racively after he was arrested trying to get into his own home. police charged the african-american harvard professor of disorderly conduct after a confrontation with an officer investigating a report for a robbery. gates was entering his house through a broken door. it is reported the national highway safety administration withheld information about the dangers of drivers using cell phones. "the new york times" reports the info was kept under wraps for fear of jeopardizing federal transit funds. the finding shows driver

distraction contributes to about 25% of all police reported traffic accidents. and new crash test results out this morning give two of the smallest two-door cars on the market high marks for safety. ford focus and volvo c-30 received top scores in front, side and rear crash tests. side crash test simulates a small car being hit by a large pickup truck or suv. it is now 7:10. dave price is off thise e morning. our pal lonnie quinn from "the saturday early show" is here. >> do i bring the good weather or what? >> this is fantastic. thank you, lonnie. >> we have a washout in new york city. there's a low pressure system off the east coast. that means rain from camden maine, all the way down to ft. lauderdale florida. not looking good there. the strongest storms are from dallas texas, into memphis. strong low pressure section in the midsection of the country. but the best of all is the pacific northwest. temperatures above average by

five to t degrees today, and nothing but sunshine with a white puffy cloud here or there. >> that's going to do it for weather. jules, out to you now. up next the swine flu. we'll tell you how healthcare officials are bracing for a worst case scenario. also ahead, a popular sportscaster is fighting back against a peeping tom. we'll bring you the latest.

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welcome back to "the early show." the u.s. government has come up with a forecast of the number of swine flu cases and deaths that we may see in this country in the next flu season and the numbers are staggering. joining us this morning is our very own dr. jennifer ashton. good morning, doctor. >> good morning, maggie. >> what are the numbers? let's get right to them. >> first of all, they are estimated by the world health organization to infect 2 billion people worldwide with h1n1. here in this country in a severe pandemic the numbers are even more shocking. we're talking about 30% of the population being infected and these numbers could reach staggering proportions. they come out with these numbers based on a computer program very similar to tracking and forecasting the path of a hurricane. >> we should say this is a worst case scenario.

>> that's right. >> let's take a look at the numbers the cdc is predicting for this country. >> exactly. >> very frightening, though. >> exactly. one-third of the population infected 90 million americans. 10% requiring hospitalization. about 1.5 of those patients needing to be admitted to an intensive care unit. and 1.9 million deaths. part of these estimates come from the 1958 and 1968 influenza pandemics. >> how likely is this scenario? >> howpefully not likely at all, but we want to prepare for a worst case scenario because they have social and economic impacts. >> why would they come wup a worst case scenario when it might not come to fruition and could scare a lot of people? >> that's not the goal here. we want to be clear about that. the goal is to prepare and get all our ducks in a row. that could mean talking to your employer at a job to find out if you can work at home when you're sick to school to even if you

know someone is home bound, making sure that person an elderly or impaired sick person is cared for if the person who delivers the care to that person becomes sick themselves. all of this is planning and is critical. >> these are the types of things we should be thinking about personally. >> right. >> how about the government? people don't realize, if this happens, there are all kinds of contingency plans that have to go into place. >> absolutely. it's a huge economic issue the government is looking at. medically, again, one of the big things will center around preparedness. we don't want to lose track of the regular influenza, which takes a huge medical and financial toll. people can't forget about that. we're going to hear more and more about vaccines and general influenza awareness. >> will there be two vaccines next year regular flu and swine flu? >> it's still evolving. we don't know the short answer. most of us are expecting two vaccines. people should really talk to their doctor about getting both of them. >> dr. jennifer ashton thank you very much. there's a new application

for the iphone that has critics fuming. believe it or not, it actually helps people find their nearest medical marijuana provider. "early show" national correspondent hattie kauffman has the story. >> reporter: take a look. cannabis clubs on your iphone. >> there's an app for just about anything. >> reporter: indeed there is. this $3 download from apple will literally pinpoint pot sellers near you. >> i have the hindu push. i think this is what you're going to like today. >> reporter: if a doctor prescribes it jason beck will dispense it. >> that's not going to be as good for your body pain. >> reporter: a brownie cooked with cannabis? >> if you see it in here it has cannabis in it. >> reporter: his is one of 800 cannabis clubs in los angeles alone. medical marijuana shops are sprouting up like weeds. in some neighborhoods, there are more of these dispensaries than there are mcdonald's or starbucks. this google search of one section of l.a. revealed 24 starbucks, 10 mcdonald's, and

more than 39 shops selling medical marijuana. >> money does funny things to people. >> reporter: l.a. city councilman ed reyes wants to limit the number of cannabis clubs. is it really legitimately that big of a demand for medical marijuana? >> i know the demand is there, legitimate is the question. >> reporter: that's the key word, isn't it? there could be fraud taking place on these prescription pads. >> exactly. right on point. >> reporter: to jason beck it's not about competition. it's about treating those most in need of medical marijuana. >> with 800, 900 potential facilities in los angeles county alone, you can't tell me that every single one of those shops is for the benefit of the patients. >> reporter: with apps now to find medical pot and all the potential profits, cannabis clubs are finding that grass is greener. hattie kauffman, cbs news, los angeles. >> is it me or have i seen this in an episode of "weeds" on showtime? or is it going to be one? or "entourage," one of those. >> the best application they have is finding bathrooms in big

cities. >> is that a real app? if not, it should be. >> believe me it's there. >> that one i'd pay for. >> i wonder though if this isn't part and parcel of the whole conversation that seems to be going on in the country about the legalization because the poll numbers just keep creeping and creeping and creeping higher and higher and higher. >> absolutely. look at amsterdam. coming up ahead on the broadcast, a popular sportscaster battles an online peeping tom. we'll tell you why downloading that video could cost you. >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by the mercedes benz you must experience. the amazing e-class.

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there's young skippy. >> hello, skippy. 6 month old skippy and his mommy, right? >> right. >> christina cooper. christina has been caring for him since he was 3 months old, and he weighed only one pound when his mother rejected him. christina created this pouch for him. he looks very happy there. >> he is happy. he's very affectionate. he loves to be petted and loves kisses. he's always most comfortable in the pouch right now. good morning, welcome back,

everybody. 7:25. 70 degrees outside. eyewitness news has weather and traffic together. we will start over with tim. >> well, we are definitely looking at a day of pretty -- pretty sticky, pretty humid start with cloud cover, but a little bit of sun peeking through. let's take a look at the forecast on this day. we are looking at temperature starting off just around 70, and we will see temperatures going up to about 80 degrees today. mostly cloudy and humid as we mentioned. a chance of thunderstorms possible through the afternoon. 66 degrees your overnight low with a chance of showers. partly sunny tomorrow and a chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers. now a look at traffic and the roadways, send it over to sharon gibala with wjz traffic control. >> hi, tim. good morning, everyone. our third accident of the morning on 83. the latest one on 83 southbound. at padonia road blocking the right lane with a slight backup to shawan. set you back three minutes. accident cold spring lane and cockeysville at tufton falls

road. another 32 westbound at 95 and irdman and lynndale. 95 southbound slow from white marsh to the beltway, the beltway is looking a little low from security to baltimore national pike. that will take you two minutes to get through. a look at the west side at 40 and a look at 95. not looking so bad at white marsh. delays picked up past there. this traffic report brought to you by the canton outback steakhouse. live adventurous, go outback. a change of heart. the mta is backing off plans to add audio to current surveillance system to help stop crime. mike schuh is live with the story. >> reporter: under maryland law video recordings are allowed in public places without the knowledge and consent of people recorded, and add audio in the mix you run afoul of maryland's wire tapping law. the mta came to this conclusion after floating the idea of adding audio recording to video surveillance, a move made by four other large transit systems in other states.

our media partner "the sun" reports the mta's act can director pulled the plug on that idea but said that action saint rebuke of the mta boss who came up with it. reporting live downtown, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. sending it back to you on tv hill. family members of the man who said gunned down two officers is apologizing this morning, the cousin of shawn sinclair said he took 30 ecstasy pills before going on the rampage. he and the officer are hospitalized and a second officer is recovering at home. a manatee spotted in havre de grace. they are tracking the wandering manatee that typically lives in the warm waters off of south florida. stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. up next, hotel peephole. espn reporter erin andrews at latest victim. plus baby kangaroo. meet skippy and see how

it is a soggy tuesday morning in new york city but we have a great crowd on our plaza nonetheless. welcome back to "the early show," everybody. hope it's a brighter morning where you are. jules, good morning. >> i hope it's going to be bright here. it's still dark right now. good morning. we have a lot coming up. in this half hour for the first time singer chris brown has apologized for attacking his ex-girlfriend rihanna. we're going to tell you what he said and why he now wants to be a role model. harry? also coming up this morning, it promises to be a very buggy summer especially here in the northeast. so much rain rain rain rain all that sitting water is just -- it's like a super fabulous petri dish for mosquito larvae. they're going to be partying on our back sides, and we're going to tell you what you can do to help prevent that. >> that is not a visual i wanted

this early. >> up here. >> thanks for clarifying. also this morning, you're going to meet one very happy joey. that's the word for baby kangaroo, a joey. see, christina rescued him and carries him with her 24 hours a day. we're going to have their story exclusively. how's your little joey doing in your pouch, miss julie? >> rumbling kicking, i tell you i'm giving birth to a chinese acrobat. we'll see if it's true. the kid's got a future. moving on now, it is many women's worst nightmare. having a peeping tom taking pictures of you. it just happened to a very popular sportscaster. now that video has gone viral, and she is fighting back. cbs news science and technology correspondent daniel sieberg has the details. >> reporter: this video purportedly shows 31-year-old erin andrews changing clothes in a hotel room. her attorney says the popular espn sideline reporter was

secretly videotaped through a peephole, or camera, planted in the room. does this incident surprise you in any way? >> it doesn't surprise me at all. this equipment has been available for many years. cameras are incredibly small. the technology is highly miniaturized. it's not that difficult to place a camera in an area where no one would ever imagine it. >> reporter: anderson intends to seek legal action against the person who made the videotape, but thatted could be difficult. >> who knows when this happened exactly? do they have any proof where and when this happened? >> reporter: while the andrews video has been pulled in recent days from websites including youtube, hackers set up bogus web pages claiming to host the footage. someone clicks on a fake web page and is told the browser's pop-up blocker is preventing the video from playing. the user is tricked into downloading malicious software also known as malware. another way for hackers to use online temptation to take over a computer.

daniel sieberg, cbs news new york. >> lisa bloom is a cbs news legal analyst. good morning lisa. >> good morning. >> what laws have been broken here? >> we're looking at the convergence of two big areas of the law. one is video voyeurism, which is a new area of the law struggling to catch up with technology, and the other is computer hackers. we don't know if it's the same person responsible for both things. on the video voyeur side that person could be responsible for fines and up to one year in jail under federal law. for hacking, we could look at thousands of counts if this person is caught and many years behind bars. >> if you're the sportscaster do you have a case? how do you go about trying to get the bad guys? >> certainly she's got a case not only for the criminal penalties i mentioned but for civil penalties as well. you could sue this person for humiliation, pain and suffering, damage to her reputation and her career. >> you've got to find the person. >> you've got to find the person and have mon yoi to satisfy the

civil judgment. how do you catch somebody who sets up a peephole in a hotel? >> how do you find the person and how do you prove they did this? >> as the piece said the technology is getting more and more sophisticated. it can be very difficult. it can be a tiny lipstick sized camera that could have been hidden in the hotel. that person canned have broken in, could have been a hotel employee. it's a big, wide field out there as to who the perpetrator is. >> are authorities doing anything to crack down on them? >> we're seeing more and more of them high school gyms and rest rooms and public changing areas and restaurants. more and more people sometimes we see the cameras on a shoe to look up the skirt of a girl or young woman. penalties are stricter if it's a child or minor being secretly videotaped. i frankly am surprised it's only up to a year in jail. for most of us women, this is our worst nightmare, only a few months behind bars for a serious violation of privacy. that's where the law stands right now.

>> those laws need to be changed, lisa bloom. >> absolutely. i'm right behind you. >> finally, if you did try to download this video because supposedly you can't anymore, did you do anything illegal there? >> you know what you did. it's like buying or selling stolen property. if you're buying something you know was stolen and this is something stolen from erin andrews, her privacy and reputation you could be charged criminally. but i don't expect prosecutors to go after this stuff online. >> their punishment is they got the virus. >> that's right. >> lisa bloom, thanks. in february singer chris brown made headlines after being charged with the beating of his girlfriend rihanna. now he's made his first public apology. cbs news correspondent bianca solorzano has the details. good morning. >> good morning, harry. chris brown begins his apology speech by saying he wanted to speak out earlier but was advised not to by his lawyer. >> i thought it was time that

you heard directly from me that i am sorry. >> reporter: r&b singer chris brown broke his silence for the first time since his february arrest for beating then girlfriend rihanna. in a two-minute video apology, which he appears to be reading, brown refers to the beating only as the incident. >> i wish i had the chance to live those few moments again, but unfortunately i can't. i cannot go into what happened and most importantly, i'm not going to sit here and make any excuses. >> reporter: some entertainment experts say it may be a desperate attempt to gain back trust and dollars. >> there's a mass of money at stake here. he has a comeback album in the fall. there's a lot riding on his comeback. so he needs the public to be able to forget the ryihanna incident. >> reporter: brown was arrested on february 8th when he and rihanna fought after leaving a pre-grammy party. 21-year-old rihanna was bit, choked, and hit during the fight. >> because we've seen pictures of rihanna with bruises on her face, it's difficult for us to

erase that memory. >> reporter: brown admitted his actions were unacceptable and says he regret that's mistake. >> i have told rihanna countless times and i'm telling you today that i'm truly, truly sorry, and i wasn't able to handle the situation both differently and better. as many of you know i grew up in a home where there was domestic violence and i saw firsthand what uncontrolled rage can do. i sought and am continuing to seek help to ensure that what occurred in february can never happen again. >> brown was charged assault likely to cause great bodily harm and making criminal threats. he pleaded guilty to the felony assault charge and is slated to serve five months of probation and six months of community service. >> bianca thanks so much. time for another check of the weather.thththth lonnie is filling in for dave price. >> good morning, everyone. it's going to be trouble in the south today. major cities affected by strong storms is dallas over to little rock over to memphis. large hail powerful gusty wind. how's this for a graphic? the letters are even shaking.

flash flooding as well. there is nice weather to be found across the good old u.s. of a. sunshine today in the northern plains temperatures in the 80s. west coast, top to bottom things look great. above average warmth in the pacific northwest. if you're looking for the heat again it will be the southwest. temperatures in the 110 degrees range once again. well, in our area, we are looking at temperatures pretty warm today, not uncomfortable but the humidity levels will be higher with a chance of showers. we are looking at temperatures getting up to 80 degrees. well below our average of 88 for this day. mostly cloudy and humid. a thunderstorm is possible. 66 degrees tonight. an early thunderstorm. then clouds will break. tomorrow, 84. partly sunny and warm with a p.m. thunderstorm around. tomorrow a bit of a break though and then another chance on thursday as another front moves in from the west. >> all right, everybody. i will tell you we are catching a soggy morning here in new york city. hope you're having a great day

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pouches. when i first got skippy, he did not have any fur at all, as you can see from the video. we did not have an incubator set up. his mother expelled him from the pouch. we're not sure why. we watched for a while to see if she would go back to him. we didn't have any females go back to claim him. at global wildlife center we have lots of room for the animals to roam around. there was no way to tell which was his mother. >> how big was he at that time? >> his head was about the size of a man's thumb. he was tiny. he weighed 500 grams. >> which is a pound. >> about a pound. and he was unable to temperature regulate. so we had to get him as warm as possible. i cut off the arms of one of my sweatshirts, put him inside it kept him close to my body because body heat is the best way to keep them warm. >> you have been basically making it up as you go. >> i have been.

i have a wonderful resource. i got on the internet, and there's a lady named linda staker. she has written a book called the complete care of macro pods. >> of course there's a book. >> i pulled out my credit card and got the book right away. while i was waiting for it to be shipped from australia, i e-mailed it back and forth. like any new mother i get very nervous. she's always there for me. >> look at the look on this animal's face. >> he's blissfully content. >> he's one very very chilled animal. >> what do you feed him? >> there's a special milk from australia. it's called womberoo. it's specially formulated for kangaroos. >> a combination of womb and kangaroo. >> the pouch actually came from australia. >> that's where he sleeps. >> that's where he sleeps at night. he's with me all the time. this goes in my bedroom. >> an observation, if we may, you seem incredibly attached. are you going to be able to cut

the cord when the time comes? >> it's going to be difficult. i still have six or seven months to work out my issues. hopefully by that time he'll be ready to go back too. >> dr. jennifer ashton are you a psychologist too? no. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. up next, mosquito repellants that contain deet. are they safe? we'll take a look. this is cranergy energy juice drink from ocean spray the great taste of cranberries naturally energizing green tea and

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start. 71 degrees outside. eyewitness news has weather and traffic together. we are going to start over with tim. >> well, good morning, mary, good morning, everyone. we are taking a look at first warning live doppler radar and we are looking at primarily the radar just showing that there is some light rain moving across the eastern shore. some parts of southern maryland seeing those showers as well, and other parts near the top portion of 95 up toward elkton, we are seeing light shower activity. so what we are going to be dealing with today really just a pretty nice day in store. temperature-wise, but we are going to be dealing with rain. looking at the possibility of some showers going right on through 80 degrees today with a chance of afternoon showers. a thunderstorm possible tonight down to 6 of degrees. looking at a chance of showers for then. the clouds break. tomorrow a bit of a break from the rain but we will keep in it. the potential for showers. 84 degrees our daytime high. now over to sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> overall not too bad. a few issues.

on 95 southbound at south street, a tire tread blocking the center lane. 83 southbound past padonia road. that accident is off to the shoulder. slight delay approach the accident scene of. 32 westbound a wreck at 95 on right shoulder and irdman at lynndale. fire activity at orleans and north gaye. the speeds on the top side and west side outer loops of the beltway. slight ones with 13 minutes there. no problems on 95 at white marsh. this traffic report brought to you by the owings mill outback steakhouse at 10904 boulevard circle. live adventurous, go outback. back to you, mary. the mta backing off plans to add audio to its surveillance system to help stop crime. mike vinciquerra has the story. >> reporter: mary, under maryland law videoings are allowed in public without the knowledge those being recorded, but add audio to the mix you run afoul of the maryland

wiretapping law. the mta ca came to that conclusion after floating the idea of making audio available to the video segments. the acting director pulled the plug on the deal but said that sanction not a rebuke of the mta moss came up with it. reporting live downtown, mike vinciquerra, amtd eyewitness news. mary, sending it back to you. >> the latest press conference on the wave of budget cuts. the proposed budget cuts will be put before the board of public works. new reports show maryland's bond rate something among the nation's highest. stay with wjz, maryland's news station. up next,

an suv flips and bursts into flames, trapping a family of three. >> wait for the kids. >> oh god. >> we'll speak to one of the good samaritans who helped pull the family from the burning wreck. intimidated when you talk about economics and finance. don't know your asset allocation from your derivatives? we'll speakteach you how to speak financial-ese. and from the tabloids to the stage. ♪ on your resume ♪ ♪♪ >> we'll talk to the cast of "octomom: the musical" "early" this tuesday morning, july 21st 2009.

welcome back to "the early show" on this wet tuesday morning in new york city. that's not keeping the crowd away from 59th and fifth avenue. they've got their umbrellas. i'm julie chen in los angeles. maggie rodriguez and harry smith are in new york. good morning again, guys. >> those poor people outside. >> troopers. >> everybody's on a cell phone. no one can see who's under the umbrella. we'll find out. lonnie will help in a little bit. >> they're getting their hellos in on the signs. that definitely helps. coming up in this hour we'll have an "early show" clothing clinic. we'll show you how to keep your clothes looking brand new no matter how long you've had them, and the reason for this is you can save huge money at the dry cleaners and at the stores. also this morning, you want to unlock the mystery of tofu. our old buddy doc willoughby is there. julie, i have to apologize. i taught english in taiwan 100 years ago when i was a kid, and i did not fall in love with tofu

that summer. >> that's because you haven't had mama chen's tofu. i love tofu. you have to come to my family's house for dinner one night and do it up so many ways. i'm curious how doc is going to do the chocolate cheesecake tofu. i love tofu. i'm not sure if i want to taste it in a cheesecake. >> the mystery of tofu. good morning, everybody. they'll be cleaning up this morning from one side of the southern plains to the other after a night of extreme weather. last night a wind driven rain and hailstorm flooded streets and danled homes in the town of college station in southeast texas. a similar violent storm hit the denver area overnight. meteorologist jennifer of our denver station kcnc joins us. >> reporter: we are in wheat ridge right off of i-70 at the

kippling village. this apartment complex that houses dozens of residents had a hard time going to sleep last night. the reason why, a massive storm rolled through here and hit this place hard. look at the size of these trees, numerous trees completely uprooted plucked out of the ground. it looks like massive root balls, almost the size of cars in some cases. when those storms rolled through, we're talking about explosive, lightning that was dancing all over the place. residents tell me they haven't seen anything like this before. many residents have lived here all their life. and the hail that came down caused some serious damage from quarter to golfball-sized busting out, shattering windows at the apartment complex as well as numerous cars. the good thing here today that we can say is there were no injuries sustained, at least talking to the folks here at the apartment complex. that obviously is great news. but the thing is that as the sun continues to come up this morning, we're going to get a better assessment as to just how

much damage this place did take on. i'll tell you what there's still from seven hours ago, russ hail on the ground about pea-sized. >> that's incredible. going to be a busy day. kcnc's jennifer zeppelin in wheat ridge, colorado. the state of california may soon have a budge heette. a compromise deal to close the state's shortfall was closed last night. the plan includes $15 billion in budget cuts. >> i'm very happy about the deal protecting education. made sure education gets fully funded. also very happy the budget will make government more efficient and also be cutting the waste, fraud, and abuse in some of the programs. >> the legislature is expected to approve the budget by thursday. president obama meets with congressional democrats today to discuss healthcare reform. it is all part of a white house push amid growing criticism of his reform plan. republicans complain about the cost and compare the plan to socialism. in a broadcast interview, mr.

obama discussed one of the most contentious proposals, a healthcare tax on the wealthy. >> people like myself who can afford to pay a little bit more in taxes should do so in order to help people who are desperate for a little bit of security. when it comes to their healthcare. >> and mr. obama will also make his case for healthcare reform in a primetime news conference tomorrow. right now katie couric has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." good morning. it's a high stakes showdown over healthcare. if the president losing control of the issue? we'll hear from mr. obama on that and other matters in my interview tonight only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." >> it is 8:05 on this tuesday morning. lonnie quinn is out on the plaza with another check of the weather. good morning. >> it's just a beautiful day here in new york city and apparently a trip to new york city was your 2003, right?

>> that's correct, yes. >> what's your name? >> brad metal. >> but it says over here why did it take so long to get here? >> my wife got pregnant and we kept having kids. you were producing. >> there we have it. >> they do they love the kids. that would be andon, owen and avery in harrisburg pennsylvania. let's talk about the weather. in the northwest, look at those temperatures today. 99 in medford oregon. lots of sunshine overhead. a really pretty day if you can handle the warm temps. big picture is going to show us nice weather as well around the northern plains. temperatures moderate in the 80s. strong storms from dallas texas, all way to memphis, tennessee. watch out for strong winds and in our area, we are looking at some rain moving across parts of the area. our forecast looks like this with looking at a tropical air moving in and cooler air moving out. that mix will bring us a chance

of showers. right along the bay and to the east around the delmarva. temperatures around the 70- degree range and see some sun but mostly cloudy conditions a chance of showers. temperatures getting up to 8 to degrees. for the next five days, 86 right on through sunday. overnight lows >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by the mercedes benz you must experience. the amazing e-class. >> you know we can't leave out the birthday girl. anna is 13. you are a teenager. congrats, young lady. happy birthday to you. mags, over to you. coming up next "consumer reports" and "shop smart" magazine have teamed up to find the best products for keeping your shoes and clothes in tip top shape.

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taking care of your clothes and shoes can be a pain. but it can also pay off huge. lisa lee freeman is editor in chief of "shop smart" magazine and she's here with tips to keep our favorite outfits looking great. >> good morning. >> you tested a burchlnch of stuff with consumer reports and came up with the creme de la creme. >> that's right. stuff to keep your stuff looking new. >> first up is hangers. >> hangers, size matters. if you don't have the right size, you'll get shoulder bumps. >> or sweaters. >> sweaters should fold not hang. the hangers haven't gotten bigger, but the clothes have. a typical hanger is 16 or 17 inches. you might need a hanger that's like 19 or 20 inches. if you're petite like us you might go with a smaller hanger. >> what should you look for, the wood? >> or the pad ones. >> depending on your needs.

what about garment bags? first of all, why would somebody need a garment bag in your closet? >> if you have nice things, a nice dress, silk blouses, things that you don't want to fade. also, wool suits and wool coats, they can get moth holes. this thing is going to prevent you from getting moth holes and getting faded from light. so protect your good stuff in there. you don't have to put your jeans in there. >> what makes this a good garment bag? >> it's breathable. it's cotton. you don't want to get the kind that's plastic because that can actually cause white shirts to get yellow and other problems. you want something that's going to breathe with your clothes. >> this one is made of? >> just breathable cotton. >> these are good. you tested these for preventing underarm stains. >> that's another really bad thing that can happen to your clothing. they're caused by acids and salts and deodorant mixing together with sweat. one way to prevent them is to use the kleiner shields. in a pinch, you can also use a

mini pad. >> you stick this on the shirt in here and it won't even show. >> especially if you're wearing a really nice shirt, like a silk blouse and you won't want it to get messed up. if you get an armpit stain, there's something called fell's napsa. it's a bar. >> shoe trees. i've never seen these adorable shoe trees for women. >> these are great. they keep shoes in good condition. they keep the shape. if you can't afford these, these are $20 a pair. tissue paper does the job too. >> not newspaper? >> newspaper you can use, but you've got to worry about getting the news print on the shoes. >> what shoes should have shoe trees? >> your good shoes. don't worry about keeping all your shoes in these. these aren't practical. >> i've never used shoe trees, just my husband. >> by the way, they absorb sweat, and that's one thing that really degrades the shoe,

especially the cedar kind. >> should we keep our shoes in a box? >> yes. you want to keep your shoes separated. you may not need to keep your sneakers separated but your really good shoes so they don't get stuffed up. if you keep them in a pile on the floor, they won't lost as long. you might not have them for more than a season or two. >> and what makes these detergents better than the others you tested? >> he with evident ittested more than 40 different detergents and this one came out the top. tide time and time again, is our top rated alternative. this one is bleach alternative is the best one. >> and this one for delicates. >> and we tested this against tide total care their new detergent, and this worked better and was cheaper. >> for more tips go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. everything she said today and more will be on there. up next if you feel uncomfortable talking about money, we'll teach you a few key words that will help you tackle those finances. the pontiac summer closeout is here;

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time now to talk money, but if you don't know your equities from your asset allocations, we have some help for your financial vocabulary. joining us now is pam krueger, creator of host of pbs' "money track." good morning. >> good morning. >> some people think that asset allocation is your favorite chair. that isn't it necessarily. what is asset allocation? >> there's jargon has useful jargon that isn't. asset allocation is one of those terms that you might want to get to know. all it is is how do i want to divide up my savings between big categories like real estate stocks, cash and the major categories. how much do i want in each category? it is a very important decision that you do have to make in your lifetime. >> right. because it's one of those things

that gets into diversification. >> exactly. the other word. >> the other big word. >> the other big word is diversification. when you're drilling down and you're looking at once you've made that decision as to how much money you want in each category we all want to own a little real estate or stock market diversification is within that category. say stocks which stocks do you want to own? you don't want to put all your money in one. you want to spread it out. >> in this day and age when people have been so slammed, their 401(k)s and everything else if they walk into the office of a fimnancial adviser, should they stop them and say, what are you talking about? put it in english. so much sounds like gobbledygook. >> this is such an important message right now. i think we've all lived through the worst financial recession and crisis and we're still in the midst of it. >> in modern times. >> i think there's a better way to work with your adviser.

use your financial adviser as a teacher. you could take cooking lessons. why not treat your financial adviser or your broker like the same relationship. have that person teach you a little something. >> so when the guy says, or she says equities. >> stocks. >> do most people know what that means? >> probably half and half. maybe because we read it in the paper and it's just a fancy word for stocks. if you think about it it makes sense because owning an equity means you're owning a little l teeny tiny piece through a share of stock in a company. equities are just stocks. >> some of the other ones, i think people by and large have an idea what a mutual fund is. if they're talking about a mutual fund and somebody says index fund. >> index funds are newer on the scene. believe me i'm a big fan of index funds because they give you instant d-word diversification, at the lowest possible cost. what you're doing here is buying into an entire index, like the standard & poor's 500, largest companies.

with that one fund you can own little teeny tiny pieces of every stock in that index. >> i think you're very into the little teeny tiny pieces. i can tell that. last but not least, of all of the words on my list this morning, derivative is still the one that still -- >> murky. it's like dynamite. think of derivative even though we read it in the paper all the time and don't really know what it means. nobody understood them. >> even the people who are supposed to understand them. >> they're the financial dynamite. they're like side bets, basically. instead of investing in the market, you and i are going to place a bet. you're going to say on august 15th you think the stock market is going to go up or down. instead of investing in the market, we're investing in that bet. that's the best description of a derivative. >> just remember it's all the little teeny tiny bits if we have no other takeaway this morning. >> small amounts of money count, so yeah. >> thank you so much. lots of fun. for more help on your financial

vocabulary, go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. maggie? >> all right, guys. we won't say the d-word over here. the derivative word. >> we're talking mutual funds. >> all right. thank you so much. harry, come on over because i want to tell you about a really provocative debate that sprung up in eau claire wisconsin. how would you feel if somebody told you you couldn't do something that was legal inside your own home. >> not good. >> that's what happened. the homeowners association has voted to ban smoking inside individual homes. and the reason is because it's 34 units, and they say they're in very close proximity and the smoke could easily flow from one unit to the other. >> they're actually duplexes. i live in a big high rise in the city, and i'm telling you, we share the same vents. i can tell when my neighbor is smoking. my wife says the guy downstairs is lighting up. >> as long as tobacco is legal. >> but the flip side you have a choice as to whether to live there or not. if you want to move nobody is keeping you from moving.

>> might be the ideal place though. >> that's what they're thinking. some people might choose not to go there or choose to move out, but they're betting more people will choose to move in because it's clean. >> you have a duplex house. the guy who lives next to you is not a smoker he sells, and the smoker moves in. all of a sudden your quality of life changes. >> that's the idea to keep that from happening. jules, what do you think, fair or not fair? >> you're asking the wrong person. i want to make sure people can't even smoke outside on the sidewalk if they're walking in front of me. that tells you how i feel about this story as a nonsmoker and a pregnant lady. i'm getting a little crazy. >> something tells me some lawyer is listening to this right now, and there will be more to come. >> it has changed so much. i was running around the reservoir, and someone was walking and smoking a cigarette, and i said just not here please. >> in the park. >> in the park is fine but not where everybody is running for crying out loud. >> still to come we're going

welcome back. it's 8:25. 71 degrees outside. although it looks a bit hazy and humid today. here's weather and traffic today and start with tim. >> good morning everyone. looking at a few light showers across the region. a across d.c. and southern maryland and most of the rest of the along the eastern part of the day on the delaware side. with that said the forecast looks like, this temperatures starting off around 70 degrees. daytime high of 80. more humidity in the forecast than we have seen. lows around 70 degrees. again, a chance of showers and thunder showers in the afternoon. now for a look it at the roads to sharon gibala with traffic control. >> reporter: you can tell it's summer time light traffic with very few problems this morning. on 83 you can see an accident there. only slight delays. a new one on north charles at

west lake. and urban at lynndale, investigation of an earlier investigation at knox. 98 southbound 895 to the beltway with a new traffic pattern. there is a look at the drive times on top and west sides of the beltway. this drive report brought to you by the cochran firm. >> thank you. the mta backing away from plans to add audio to the current surveillance system. >> reporter: maryland law video recordings allowed in public places without and you run wild the wiretapping law. they floated the idea of adding audio recording to the video surveillance a move made by four or transit systems. the acts director pulled the

plug on the idea, but says that action is in rebuke of the mta boss that came up with it. reporting live. back to you on tv hill. a hyattsville nanny say is arrested after allegedly sexual abusing children in her care. she showed them pornography and grabbed her little brother and hid in their closet. being held on bond. the raceway rejected bid not decided by the courts but the court of appeals. says it should be left to the board. stay with wjz

it's hard to clap when you're holding an umbrella. >> and a microphone. >> there you go. good morning, everybody. welcome back to "the early show" on a very damp tuesday morning. >> this is -- i was telling him this is the best audience ever. thank you. really. i feel bad. this group here doesn't have an umbrella. let's share. >> thank you. >> there. >> they're our friends from nebraska you're protecting. >> i'll say what's coming up fwr here. >> all right. you've seen this picture on the local news i'm sure of the suv bursting into flames with a mother and two kids inside. we're going to speak to one of the good samaritans who helped pull them to safety. >> also coming up this morning, the saga of nadya suleman has taken a new turn. we're going to take you inside "octomom: the musical." >> nice. >> i can't wait.

>> there's like a bernie madoff reference, flying babies. it's got everything anyone could ever want. also ahead this morning, if you've never cooked with tofu, doc willoughby is going to show us three great recipes, including chocolate cheesecake. first, let's go inside where it's nice and dry, and russ mitchell is standing by at the news desk. >> you guys look like you're in a different zip code you're so far apart. >> these people don't want me to leave. >> i understand. vice president joe biden is work to go calm nerves in ukraine this morning. biden assured ukraine's president that america supports his efforts to join the uo and that the united states efforts with russia won't come at the ukraine's expense. >> the united states supports ukraine's sovereignty and independence and to make its own choices, including what alliances they choose to belong.

>> vice president biden said a stronger relationship between the u.s. and russia would benefit the former soviet republics like the ukraine. secretary of state clinton is in thailand this morning. she'll meet with thai officials today and travel to a seaside resort for a southeast asian security conference. topping the agenda at that conference are human rights abuses in myanmar and north korea's nuclear program. california's hot dry weather has touched off an early season of brush fires. several blazes erupted yesterday, including one that threatened 150 expensive homes in san bernardino. and you've got a same name wedding. kelly hildebrand will marry kelly hildebrand this fall. the male kelly and female kelly are not related. she was a student in florida and worked in financial services and recently moved to texas. they were curious about meeting someone with the same name when they met on facebook. >> we started messaging back and forth a little bit on facebook just basic conversations.

he called me and we started talking a lot on the phone. >> she was wondering if i had a texas accent and i was like well, i don't know. maybe give me your phone number and i'll give you a call. >> after kelly katrina hildebrand and kelly karl hildebrand met face to face they fell in love and will tie the knot in october. lonnie quinn is outside with ourt.t. final check of the weather. >> russ thatay have been one of your best ad libs yet. kelly hildebrand married kelly hildebrand, and they're not related. i'm telling you, this crowd has got it going on. maggie a little earlier on was pointing out this poor gal out an umbrella. not only do you not have an umbrella but this woman's water from her umbrella is falling right on top of you. what's your name? >> dottie. >> maggie did it for you. i'll do it for you now. there you go, my sweetie. all right. here's today's weather.

here's what it looks like out there. we've got a low pressure system with a lot of stormy activity from dallas into memphis. we've another low pressure system off the east coast. it's going to get wet weather from maine all the way down to the florida keys. west is beautiful. southwest is hot. looking ahead to tomorrow. you know what that hot and sticky weather is going to continue around the southwest. when i talk about hot and sticky again, we are talking 110 degrees plus. that's a quick 110 degrees throughout and only two 90 degrees day since april. one in april and one about a week ago. about 80 degrees. the forecast look like this, 70 degrees range. a better chance of temperatures in the mid-to-upper 80s by the end of the week. 84 tomorrow and then up into the 86 range and holding from thursday to sunday. lows

>> get a shot here. look at her glasses. look right into the camera. my dear you are soaked. >> it's fun. >> they're having fun, harry. over to you. >> thanks lonnie. a family of three in milwaukee is lucky to be alive thanks so some good samaritans. their suv hit a tree flipped over and burst into flames. a crowd of people frantically pulled the mother and her two children from the burning wreck. one of the people who sprung into action and helped those folks a lot is jason lepkowski, and he joins us this morning. good morning, jason. >> good morning. >> so you were following behind this suv, and what did you see happen? >> well i didn't really see it happen. from one minute i looked up at my navigation system and it happened that quick. it instantly hit the tree flew right back into the road blew up almost instantly. i've never seen something like that. it was just like a movie, just

like hollywood. >> so you jump out of the car, and you're trying to get close to the car. it's completely engulfed in flames. what was that like? what were you seeing? what were you doing? >> it was definitely intense. as soon as i seen it i didn't even hesitate. i slammed my truck into park and jumped right out. i heard the people inside there and the first thing we went after is after that windshield so we could get the first couple people out. >> so you were trying to bang on that windshield to get it open and drag the folks out of there because they were basically stuck inside right? >> yes. they were stuck inside. and then we started smashing a hole -- you can see i'm one of the first people to smash on that window. it's continuing to burn and it's pretty hot at this time. it blows up. we hear all different things going off. i was pretty scared myself. >> that was my question because you're there. i don't think people realize just how intense the heat from a fire like that is. yet everybody was pitching in. there were a lot of people pitching in there trying to get that window open, trying to get those kids out.

with very little regard for their own safety. >> we didn't even think about it. we seen that there was people. we heard those kids and when you hear something like that you jump into a different gear and you don't think about it. you know i'm a father of three of my own. i didn't even think twice. just ran and jump in there and let's get them out. thank god the firefighters and everybody came together. >> it really looked like they got on the scene very quickly. the cops and the fire people got there really fast. >> very quick. it all happened within minutes. but it seemed like it took a long time. but when you're in that predicament predicament, it takes a long time it seems like. >> i'm sure the family is very appreciative of everybody who pitched in. jason, thanks for sharing your story. we do appreciate it. >> thank you. >> be well. now here's maggie. >> harry, thank you. we're going to continue our conversation about how to use bug sprays safely. our dr. jennifer ashton is back with more. hello. >> hello, maggie.

>> we established earlier the epa has said it is okay to use bug repellants with deet in low doses. >> correct. >> there are things you have to keep in mind if we're using deet. >> the most important thing for people with small children is that the cdc says deet is approved for children over 2 months of age. really what's helpful when using something like deet you can actually apply it to your clothing. you don't have to put it directly on your skin. the other thing is both for the environment and your protection you can actually use pumps instead of aerosols. it doesn't really go all over. >> this is the way you want to go if you're using deet. >> yeah more focus. also applying it outside rather than indoors is a good idea. obviously, you want to avoid your face and your hands. lastly when you come inside wash it off. >> immediately. >> absolutely. >> some people still aren't comfortable with the idea of using it all. are there other natural alternatives? >> there are some great ones. we're going to go through them.

the first one is oil of lemon eucalyptus. this can be used on children over 3. it not only smells good it actually can be effective. the next one is something called ir-3535. it's a biopesticide. we have that there. >> this is sit ronella. >> most people know about citronella. these are the candles that work in lotion form. you do need to reapply it after about an hour. soybean oil. i love this one. this is a mixture of coconut oil, geranium oil. very natural, effective. i'm going to use it on my kids this summer. this one is permefrin. it's not for skin use. the shirt has been treated with this. this can last through 70 launderings. this is something you apply only to clothing. >> without having to reapply? >> yes. you don't put it on your skin which is very important. you apply it to clothing.

again, it generates enough of a zone of safety around you that it's really effective. >> i know you really want to get to what to do if you do encounter amos quito bite which most of us inevitably will. what happened with your daughter chloe? >> she came home covered in pretty bad mosquito bites. this can happen to children or adults. any time there's a break in the skin bacteria can enter. it can spread in a superficial infection that can be potentially severe. you can apply something like anti-itch gel, cal mine lotion baking soda which you can mix three tea spoons of baking soda with one teaspoon of water. ice works great to prevent itching. the bottom line is the more you scratch, the more you have the possibility to spread infection, and it can become severe leading to something called cell lights. this is a real issue for adults and kids. >> dr. jennifer ashton thanks. go to the website for all the information, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. jules, over to you. >> thanks a lot maggie.

nadya suleman is back not as tabloid fodder but on stage. the story of a mother of octuplets have given birth to a new play here in los angeles called "octomom: the musical." here's a sneak peek. ♪ octomom the musical ♪ >> i'm telling a story about people who just can't have enough. what's happened in the last six months to the country, and especially the economy, is it's really forcing us to address that issue. ♪ children are our future that's right they're quite smart ♪ ♪ your fifth and your sixth on your resume ♪ ♪ and they're all mine they're all mine ♪ >> like octo the way i make her is because she's a little crazy because she really wants money and wants to be famous and, when

she doesn't get it, she goes crazy. ♪ the uptons and the waltons and the weightkaetones and the partridges ♪ >> it's kind of what's so funny about everybody in the show. if they don't have what they want they go insane and they keep going more insane until they get what they want. ♪ we're going to make our dreams come true ♪ >> in "octomom: the musical," i play bernie madoff. ♪ i'll make some money for you ♪ >> i think octomom and bernie and some of the other characters in the show represent the -- i suppose the excess that we see if you turn on the tv and we see in our society all around us. ♪ i'm the big fat daddy of park avenue ♪ ♪ you would be helping the country you would be on national news ♪

♪ oprah, the cbs early show ♪ >> my aspiration is to give birth to 14 separate companies of the show touring simultaneously and we will name each company after one of the special lady in la habra's children. ♪ waa waa waa waa ♪ >> i wanted to create a really fun musical that captured this moment in time. ♪ octomom the musical ♪♪ >> no word yet on whether nadya suleman has made a reservation, but the producers do say they are keeping a seat open for her at every performance. a big seat just in case. >> harry was laughing his head off during the whole thing. >> i love the idea of it the whole thing. >> the song especially waa,

waa. >> i love that. i love the whole idea. >> jules, have they said when jon and kate plus eight, the drama, is coming out? >> that's a great idea. i didn't even think of that. it would be the drama because of the split, right? >> certainly an opera, right. >> tragic. >> up next if you're terrified of tofu not you, julie, we'll tell you what it is but you've got to see what we do with this chocolate tofu cheesecake.

11231][v it's been around for about 1,000 years now, but tofu remains a mystery to many people. doc willoughby executive editor of "gourmet" magazine is here to unravel the mystery of tofu. >> what's up doc? you've never heard that before right? never, never, never. what is tofu? >> i think the best way to think

about tofu is as cheese that's made out of soy milk instead of cow milk or sheep milk or goat's milk. basically, they take dried soybeans and soak it up and make soy milk and put a salt into it and causes curds to form. they discard the whey push the curds into blocks and that's tofu. >> doesn't sound bad if it's like cheese. >> i think people have had bad experience with tofu. >> is it true that tofu doesn't have flavor? it just acquires the flavor of what you throw on? >> that's true. it has a delicate nutty flavor or you can say bland. >> 0 our whole purpose this morning is to help alay the fears and cue tofu trauma? >> that's right. it's like an asian convenience food. you don't have to cook it. you slice it into blocks. you can cook it. it's very versatile. it tastes great. the dish this morning is the one that converted me to a tofu lover. it uses a lot of european

flavors, which i think is easy for us just getting used to tofu. >> this is the one over here? >> this is the one right here. >> we start over here. >> how do we prep it? >> you slice the tofu. it's packed in water. so you drain it and slice it and put a little salt and pepper. then you put it in an egg wash. >> salt pepper egg, that's it? >> gives it a little richness. makes a nice crust on the outside. >> what kind of oil is that? >> that's just vegetable oil. the crust will make a nice contrast with a very creamy smooth texture of the inside tofu. >> what is the one to your right over there? what did you do with that one? >> that is a classic asian dish. this is just tofu we heated a little bit. it's got a classic sauce with sesame, soy, garlic classic asian flavors. we use that as an appetizer. >> i don't want to taste that. >> no. it's not cooked. >> it's really good. >> i'm going to taste that one,

the one that's converted. i'm going to taste that. >> this is so good. >> really? okay let me taste this one. >> you taste this. >> i don't want to taste that one. >> there's a peppery thing in here. what's that? >> there's some korean pepper flakes in there. >> very nice. this is really good and so good for you. >> absolutely. totally good for you. >> i don't know. >> the dish isn't finished. >> oh. >> when it's finished, you'll love it. >> wait a minute. hang on a second maggie. just in case we put some champagne out this morning in case you needed something to wash down the -- >> i adore, for the record your food normally. >> we'll try just a little taste with this dressing on it. >> we have tofu trauma in the studio this morning. >> we have a dressing with mustard and mayonnaise lemons capers. and we have a salad that goes with it, arugula and tarragon.

these tastes are bitter and are going to match up well with the tofu. >> i think what bugs me is the texture. if i get a little crunch in. >> if you eat this with a little salad, i think you'll like it much better. >> i'll give it another try. >> good. >> and if you eat your entree you'll get your dessert. >> i have to eat this. i'll have a ton of salad and a little tofu. >> you didn't get any tofu. >> yes, i did. >> can we roll the videotape? >> no. it makes a significant difference. i love the dressing. very good. >> and now that you've had a taste, you can move on to the chocolate tofu cheesecake. >> that looks delicious. >> it is. it uses silken tofu which is a little bit different. it's made like yogurt. it has an incredibly smooth texture. we started out making this cheesecake for people who are lactose intolerant and wound up all of us eating it whether we're lactose intolerant or not.

it's also got a quarter of the fat of the regular cheesecake. >> look how amazingly delicious that looks. >> it's got bittersweet chocolate. how bad could it be? >> i could eat that all day long. >> so now you're a tofu convert, right? >> i wonder if maybe we did this segment in the wrong order. >> eat dessert first. >> start with the champagne, move to the cake, and then get to the entree. >> tofu champagne. >> jules, your mom has got to make this chocolate cheesecake thing. >> it all looks delicious to me, though. >> really good. >> doc, is this ready to go? >> you can have a little bit. might be hot. >> we're going to put all the recipes on the web, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. doc willoughby, thank you so much. want a taste, harry? >> lonnie won't be able to talk tomorrow. have a great day. your local news is next.

hello again everybody. still 71. we have tim williams with updated conditions from the weather center. >> we had showers along the eastern edge of the bay and really haven't seen much more activity anywhere else. just along the top and down in southern maryland towards la platta and pax river. is of the that even dissipating through the morning. the forecast looks like this with temperatures near 70 degrees. we have a daytime high of about 80 with a chance of afternoon and evening thunder showers. down to 66 tonight. tomorrow, 84 and a bit of a break. a chance of rain there. on thursday and friday see the chances starting to dwindle just a little bit. 68 86 through the rest of the week. the mta backing off on adding audio to the systems. >> under maryland law it's okay to record anything you can see in public places on video. but once you add audio it's a

different story. when you add audio to the mix you run afoul of the maryland wiretap law. the mta came to this conclusion after floating the idea of adding video recording to video surveillance. a move made by other large transit systems. reporting that the mta acting director pulled the plug on the idea but says the action is not a rebuke of the mta boss that came up to it. report card time for maryland school systems. state school assessments due out today. officials say results of standardized tests will show in school districts are meeting federal standards. while most have shown steady improvements baltimore is city and prince george county schools usually trail the state. holding a phone-a-thon to help safe tuften county high school. they are closing the school says it's more than a half million

dollars in debt and enrollment dropping. the clock is ticking and the school year starts in five-week. the state attorney general is questioning whether the victor cullen academy the young people that find there. 14 juveniles escape and one teen is facing adult charges. don't know if mason is retiring but not stopping the ravens from scouting for a are replacement. drew bennett an eight-year nfl veteran and played with the tennessee titans. training camp takes off next week. o's in new york with a tough game against the yankees. they struggle in the new stadium. plenty of home runs hit. this remains close in the end. o's lost eight straight to