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i'm chris wragge. >> i'm erica hill. i feel like we haven't worked together in months. >> you've been on vacation, i've been on vacation. we're back. we have the world exclusive, the voca people. >> you may remember them from the under the radar segment here on "the early show." >> now they're over the radar. if it looks bizarre, we're here to tell you it is. >> but in a good way. >> very good way. so much to talk about, on a serious note, the president would like to push health care, but that is the last thing on anyone's mind. wednesday night, ended with the impromptu press conference yesterday, president obama on the front page of the major papers in new york and the same picture on "the daily news" on "the post" ". >> "new york times," same expression. >> the look of regret. i have a few. so much to talk about. it has has been a huge topic of conversation the past few days. we'll talk about it here, our top story. let's get right to t president obama shocked report with an

unscheduled visit to the white house briefing room. >> it was a surprise appearance, a step towards clearing the air. the white house had said president obama would no longer comment about the arrest of his friend, harvard professor henry gates, by a white sergeant, james crowley. but then obama called sergeant crowley and gates and offered words that stopped just short of an apology, for saying that cambridge police had acted stupidly when they arrested gates after investigating a break-in at his home. >> in my choice of words, i think i unfortunately gave an impression that i was maligning the cambridge police department or sergeant crowley specifically. and i could have calibrated those words differently. >> reporter: just hours earlier, police forces in cambridge surrounded sergeant crowley in full support. >> i think the president should make an apology to all law

enforcement personnel throughout the entire country took offense to this. >> reporter: after the president called crowley and spoke out, the cambridge police union released this statement. it is clear to us from this conversation that the president respects police officers, and the often difficult and dangerous situation that we face. we appreciate his willingness to reconsider his remarks about the cambridge police department. and crowley also has an invitation to consider. the president has invited both men to the white house to meet face to face and share a beer. bianca solorzano, cbs news, cambridge. joining us to talk about the issue of racial profiling from norfolk, virginia, joseph mcmillan, national president of the national organization of black law enforcement executives. and in phoenix, arizona, kevin robinson, assistant chief of police for the phoenix pd. good morning to both of you. you feel officer crowley did not act properly here. what do you think he was most at fault for? >> well, again, it is not so

much whether or not officer crowley acted properly as we understood the facts to be when they were initially released. the issue is whether or not proper protocol was utilized. once an individual, if in factoided himself inside his residence as a resident what then precipitated, that's what concerns us more so than anything else. >> you said initially concerned, now that you had a chance to read or see the police report, i assume you have, you see prof s professor gates was not cooperative and a bit combative. did that change your tone at all? >> the issue from the police report i have -- i had an opportunity to look at the police report that's been posted online regarding this incident, it still calls into question as to when the contact was initially made inside the residence, why did it continue? so we're not necessarily calling

the statements that were made by the white house into question or anything of that nature or even officer crowley's comments regarding what transpired. what we're saying is that police departments need to ensure the proper protocols are always applied when responding to calls for assistance to a residence. >> chief robinson, let me ask you this. you've been on the police force for decades. what is going through an officer's mind when he responds to a call like this and getting back to what agent mcmillan was saying, do you feel he followed proper protocol? >> let me start with the latter question first, whether or not proper protocol was followed. i don't know. wasn't there, don't have any information on that. it wouldn't be appropriate, i think, for me to comment on what happened between dr. gates and sergeant crowley. what we should be doing is what do we learn from that? where do we go from here? i think it is important that law enforcement understand that there's segments of our community who are not comfortable with us. but we can't stop right there. we have to also understand that

citizens have to understand the community has to understand that the terrific job that law enforcement professionals have across this country. and i think that goes to the first part of the question you ask, you know, what's going on. what's going through a law officer's mind when he is going to that call. you know, a myriad of things. it is going to depend on their background, their experience, have they been to that location before, a host of things the officer is protesting. it is probably in my opinion, i've been doing this for 28 years, probably the toughest job, you know, that you can imagine, going out there, making those types of decisions, dealing with people day in and day out, usually when they are probably having what could be considered the worst possible time in their personal lives, you know. now the police are there asking questions. >> let me ask you this. have you seen officers treat black suspects differently than white suspects in your career? >> i don't know that i could respond to that by saying have i seen those types of things. i've seen officers interact with citizens. i'd like to think in a positive

way, most of the time, the vast majority of the time. and sometimes that doesn't happen. but then again, you know, you have to ask yourself, and i think this is what we're taking away from this incident, with dr. gates and sergeant crowley and the president's comments, is where do we go from here? clearly this is not a -- it is not an issue that is going to go away, it is something that is still out there. it is something that needs to be discussed further. i think with dialogue, we start to understand where people are coming from. >> agent mcmillan, let me ask you the same question. do you feel black suspects and have you seen in your experience black suspects treated differently than white suspects? >> again, over anyone's career you'll see incidents where we'll call into questions how people have been treated but going back again to the comment just made, what's important is that we ensure community engagements, with citizens, that we're offering appropriately and the best way to do that is to ensure that the citizens of a community understand procedures of a

police department and what can and should not occur. in any encounter, police are deserving respect, police are deserving of cooperation from citizens to ensure we're getting accurate information. the citizens are likely ensured to have the right respect afforded to them by police departments. >> gentlemen, both, we have to leave it there. thank you very much. we thank you the both of you this morning. >> thank you. >> and to follow up, we mentioned earlier the president extending an invitation to both members of the professor and the sergeant to get together for a beer. apparently both have agreed to this point and who knows, maybe in the next few days or few weeks they'll be able to get together. >> would love to be a fly on the wall in that meeting. >> this will not go away. >> no. >> they'll continue to talk about it. >> more to come on that. we also want to touch on another big story, the economy. talk about good news. a positive week on wall street. stocks soaring, the dow, the nasdaq, the s&p all posting gains. in fact, it is the best two-week performance for the major indices since 2000. the dow rising to 9,000 since

the first time since january. unemployment remains a 26-year high. so the real question now is, when will we see the jobs come back? mark is a chief economiest for moodys, he's joining us this morning. positive news for some of the nation's biggest banks. still unemployment, 15.2% in michiga michigan. when are we going to see jobs start to come back? >> i think the job losses won't abate until this time next year. he would won't see meaningful job growth until 2010, 2011. the job market is one of the last things to recover. one of the first things is we have to see improvements in the banks. banks have to get on solid footing, they have to then start lending to businesses, businesses have to take that money, start expanding their business, then they start to hire. that's a long chain of events, probably will take about a year. >> it sounds like we made that first step in at least starting to see some of that positive news from the banks. going to take a while, as you said. where we will begin to see jobs

come back first? >> well, i think about a year from now we'll start to see some meaningful job growth. we are -- we do have some job growth in some sector, health care, educational services, the federal government is adding to payro payrolls. we'll see jobs in wholesale, distribution, trade, then professional services, accounting, legal services, computer software, and then year and a half from now, hopefully construction and manufacturing jobs, that would be nice. >> including auto manufacturing because, boy, have they been hard hit? >> that's going to take more time. the automakers have more work to do. but i think by 2011, '12, yeah, we'll see job growth there in the auto secretarier. >> we talked about it on "the early show," sectors that will never come back. how many jobs are we talking about that will never come back? >> that's a legitimate concern. a lot of these manufacturing jobs, a lot of construction jobs that we lost and, in fact, half of all the job losses that have

occurred in this recession have been in construction and manufacturing. many of those will not come back. i do think, though, we will see good paying jobs that employ high skilled educated workers come back and export oriented industries, everything from satellites, computer technology, instrumentation, to some of the professional services i was talking about, we'll start selling legal services and accounting to overseas customers. >> and even distribution, trucks come back early on. mark zandi, thank you for being here. appreciate your insight. now to priya david with the rest of the morning's headlines. >> good morning erica and chris. good morning, everyone. the senate votes tuesday on judge sotomayor's nomination to the supreme court. at the moment, at least 12 republican conservatives are lining up to vote against the nominee. most recently senators orrin hatch and john cornyn, claiming sotomayor is too liberal and

activist. some moderate republicans plan to support the 55-year-old appeals court judge who is expected to win confirmation easily to become america's first hispanic justice. michael jackson's former financial adviser says he's the person who his dream home in las vegas. he says he was in negotiations for the house at the time jackson died. you might describe it as the octomom show. nadya suleman who gave birth to octuplets signed a reality tv deal with european production company eye works. the children are expected to earn about a quarter of a million dollars collectively over three years but can't touch the money until they're 18 years old. a judge must approve the deal. now about 13 after the hour, over to lonnie quinn with our

firs these kids are going to get about 250 bucks a day is how this works out. >> they're making a quarter of a million. >> over the life of the three years. >> that's like 30$,000 a kid, right? and that's for three years, so 10 grand a year. how much is the mom making? >> doesn't say at this point. doesn't say how much she's making. it is all for the children, lonnie. all for the children. >> okay. a little shocking she's getting a reality show, don't you think? let's get right to the weather. look at this. kind of shocking for the northeast. feeling like summer out there today. a lot of heat, a lot of humidity, temperatures well into the 80s, flirting with the 90s. some of the nicest weather down out around seattle. summer there continues on a nice note. temperatures around 80 degrees with beautiful sunshine overad.

>> that's going to do it for weather. chris wragge, sir, over to you. >> lonnie, thank you very much. according to a new report in "time" magazine, during the final days of the bush administration, vice president dick cheney repeatedly pressed president bush to pardon lewis "scooter" libby. now the magazine reports cheney's efforts may have caused a serious rift in a once powerful political partnership. michael duffy is in our washington bureau and joins us this morning. michael, good to have you with us. you talk about a frosty relationship. according to your report, dick cheney got in the president's face about this whole thing. what led to this confrontation? >> this is vice president's top aide, long-time adviser on both domestic and foreign policy, he got in trouble with the law. what we find fascinating is two things basically, chris, one was

that the vice president pressed president bush three times for this pardon. and even after the president had decided it once, twice and with some pfinality, it kept coming back up. that was a window into this relationship that was the most important in the last ten years in our country, and transparent, opaque, difficult relationship to understand and this is the first time anyone climbed into their back and forth. >> did anyone on the staff know this relationship had deteriorated to such -- so late in the term? >> i think everyone on both staffs, the vice president's staff and the president realized this was coming to a head in a potentially very volatile way. everyone was quite nervous about it, both sides took fairly hard positions. the president at one point told his own personal lawyer, if he had to take a poll on whether to give libby a pardon, it would be 100-1 against and his staff. by the time the bush white house is coming to a close in the

final three or four days, it is really kind of both sides are at lager heads with each other. in the end, bush has to give the news to the vice president himself. >> i read again this report here that vice president cheney used an example akin to leaving someone behind on the battlefield. do you get the sense that maybe bush didn't entirely -- i know libby wasn't 100 -- or vice president cheney wasn't 100% straightforward with the president when he said scoot er had absolutely nothing to do with it, do you think president bush felt he had been levelled with on all levels here? >> i think there was concern deep down on some sides of the whithouse, we quote some people saying, even we weren entirely sure what the deal was between cheney and libby. i think bush decided not to do it because he didn't feel libby was remorseful and felt he had in fact broken the law. what is interesting is since they have left office this is another place where the two men have gone separate ways, bush retiring fairly quietly to texas, and cheney staying in the

fray here. >> there is reports this morning in "the new york times" that vice president cheney went to president bush saying he thought he should send the military to buffalo in order to apprehend the lackawanna six that president bush was dead set against. is this along the lines of what you're talking about and now with this new report of the lackawanna six, are we going to see there was a long line of decisions that vice president cheney wanted president bush to make that president bush ended up not making? >> i think we're both going to discover that they had differences on all sorts of things, the lackawanna thing was a few years earlier. but they also maintained such a tight and disciplined ship during their eight years. we didn't find out about them then. we're beginning to find out about them now. >> michael duffy from "time," thank you for taking the time this morning. we appreciate it. very interesting. >> yeah. i look forward to more of those details coming out. still more details coming out right here, though, what's next for america in space? we're going to speak with a scientist to the stars about the

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there's the music. 40 years after the first walk on the moon, space is still the final frontier. is there life on other planets? will we land a man on mars? is any of it really worth the money? here to fill us in, neil degraph hiason, you're a busy man. thank you for being here. there has been a lost space talk in the last week or so. we had important anniversary, the walk on the moon, a bruise on jupiter. they said recently the u.s. has

to cede the space lead to other countries if we don't reignite public interest in space. why is space and science so important? >> space, what i've found is that nasa as an enterprise is the -- there is no greater force of nature to operate on kids ambitions to become scientists. when you're a kid, nasa is the most visible space agency there ever was. that visibility fuels and stokes ambitions and the urge to want to become a scientist and engineer. without it, you got no force operating on people to make them scientists. >> how do you make people interested? when they look at what the budget may be for spending on space and look at the deficit, or the stimulus package, t.a.r.p. money, you think we got bigger problems than mars. >> however, unless you find out that space is where the asteroid will come from or you learn that venus has a run away greenhouse effect. greenhouse? that's going on here on earth.

venus is a planet gone bad. mars used to have running water. not anymore. that's another planet gone bad. i have to learn how other planets gone bad before we make our planet go bad. >> in speaking of planets gone bad this bruise on jupiter, basically a giant comet, will that happen on earth? >> that's a shot across our bow. there is a lot of debris in the solar system. jupiter is asking for it because it has more gravity than the other planets combined. it is more susceptible to be being smacked. this debris is out there. i don't want to be the laughingstock of the galaxy to go extinct from a comet when we could have deflected it based on a space program that we would have around us. >> i know one thing you do to get peopled interested in space on your show "star talk," a stand-up comedian, which can bring a lot of people in. when it comes to talking about mars it very serious. you think maybe, okay, little green men running around. what is really there then that we need to find out about? >> i want to know there is

evidence of liquid water, not only in the past, but in the distant past, but in the recent past. every place on earth there is liquid water, there is life. if you find life on another planet, i want to know how that life is encoded with identity, what formed that life? right now all life on earth is a sample of one because we all have common dna. life from another planet, now you're talking about biodiversity. and you want to understand life. in science, you never can claim to understand something until you have different examples that you can compare and contrast. >> we need all the little tidbits from our neighbors out there. >> all of it. people say, why spend money up there? we got problems down here this little thing in the huge cosmos, to say everything we know about and care about is right here, this is very -- this is like being a horse with blinders on. we're okay. whatever is in my feed bag is okay by me. this is not exploration. this is not discovery. this is not how we left the cave in the first place. >> we look forward to learning more from you. the new show, great to have you

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we're learning more about four killed during a helicopter crash. four died and they were returns from a charity event from hagerstown. they didn't have a flight plan because the tower was closed and eyewitness news learned they were concerned about the weather. the frantic search will continue for an 11-year-old girl that fell off of a boat yesterday afternoon. the coast guard crews searched through the night for the missing girl. a soldout crowd watched chelsea beat milan yesterday. and the real winners are the city and the fans. the game brought in $20 million to local hotels and businesses and the excitement also sparked talk of bringing the world cup to baltimore. the event here is a

possibility. let's look at the first warning forecast. the day looks nice and bright, a few clouds around, enjoy the day. have fun, that's our report, i'm gigi barnett, thank you for joining us, bye bye, everybody.

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when it comes to fighting pain, mother nature may know -- the surprising healing power of herbal remedies. >> i love this one, i'm fascinated by it. right now we want to get you caught up on some of the other morning's headlines. priya david is standing by. >> good morning, everyone. the h1n1 flu pandemic has prompted u.s. health officials to strengthen their recommendations for children and flu vaccines. the cdc says all children between ages of 6 months and 18 years should get a seasonal flu shot. while it doesn't give you protection against h1n1, the vaccine will help children coming down from both types of flu at the same time. president obama and the first lady had a special night out on friday. they attended the weekly marine corps parade at the marine barracks in washington, d.c. the parade is held every friday night during the summer and has been a fixture in the nation's capital for 52 years. iowa officials will assess

the damage from friday's hailstorm this morning. in degreely, golf ball sized hail pound everything in sight and stripped corn stalks and damaged windshields. luckily in injuries were reported. those are the headlines. time for another check of the weather with lonnie. hey, lonnie. got a special guest this morning, right? >> yeah, i definitely have a special guest out here. i got to tell you, this is, first of all, todd newfeld what a pleasure having you here. todd, officially a patent attorney, but not officially working at a patent attorney because you, kind sir, left the world of law behind and you're a balloon artist. >> i'm a balloon artist, full time, and that's what i do. that's what i love. >> can i see an example of some of the stuff you do? >> sure. this morning while waiting i put together a cool little sea turtle. and an adorable monkey. >> oh. and it is every bit of an adorable monkey. >> cute little monkey.

>> while you're with us today, you're going to be doing balloon caricatures of chris wragge, and erica hill, correct? >> that's right. that's right. i am. >> how long is it going to take you -- can we get a picture of chris wragge. that's a lot of man to make it out of balloons. >> yeah, it is going to take a while but i think the crowd will help me out and we'll figure out how to get his hair, his outfit just right, maybe a microphone. >> if you unstaple the hair, you can give it to him. >> it is actually a chin strap, like a helmet. >> all right. and by the end of the show you'll unveil those to us, right? >> absolutely. >> get ballooning, i guess. let's go to the weather here, guys, here's what i got for you. beautiful day for the northeast of new england, smer day out there. heat and humidity will be in charge. storms are going to be pushing through the area around iowa. and, well, actually iowa had a tough day yesterday. more like illinois, indiana, into the ohio valley today. behind that, beautiful weather for the mother plains.

>> they're loving the balloon artistry here. just quickly, todd, what part is this that you built right there if. >> i'm trying to get the shape of his face now with his jaw and where the hair is going to go. >> do you see any similarity at all there? >> yeah. >> think outside the balloon. but it is there. >> all right. >> chris, take it away. >> thank you, lonnie. up next, is fish oil better for your headache than aspirin. why herbal remedies could be just what the doctor ordered. this is "t early show" on cbs.

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ails you, your doctor or possibly mother nature? some in some cases, natural remedies can be healthier than what is in your medicine cabinet. terry trespicio is here. let's start with tiger balm for headaches. >> it is something good for sore muscles as well. has camphor and menthol in it. that warm tingling feeling can help relieve a headache. >> in college, a pulled hamstring. >> good for a couple of things. >> what do we have next? >> here we have for arthritis pain, a lot of people suffer from arthritis pain and take all kinds of medicine f you take fish oil capsules, they're an anti-inflammatory and they can ease the stiffness and tenderness of joints. talk to your doctor if you're taking other medication. >> how many do you need? >> talk to your doctor about a specific dosage for you.

moving on to cold and flu. elder berry syrup, comes from the berries this stuff is really yummy. >> medicine that takstes good. >> it is medicine that taste really, really good. take it at the first sign of a cold or a flu. it shortens the duration of a cold. >> you're recommending garlic? >> yes. what is great about garlic, it is a very, very potent antiviral. chop item, let it sit for ten to 15 minutes, down the hatch, straight, raw. it is really powerful at fighting germs and cold and flu and all that kind of thing. swallow it or saute it and get it into a lot of different foods. >> don't talk or kiss anyone for a week. >> don't chew it, just swallow it. >> just making a necklace of it doesn't work. >> you got to get it down. the next thing we're going to talk about here is if you have a cough. this is eucalyptus oil. do a couple of drops into some

hot water. and then what you do is just create a steam, put your head over it, breathe in. be careful not to burn yourself, of course. what that does is loosen up the fl phlegm in your chest and give you more productivity. >> it smells good. >> it does. when you is a cough and your throat feels really raw, this kind of tea combines licorice roots, slippery elm, which coats the throat and soothes that irritation which can reduce coughing. here we talk about here, allergy remedies. now, unlike something you just pop right away and take and your allergy goes away, not going to happen. start six to eight weeks before allergy season hits and try corsatin which comes from apples and oranges and that calms your -- it is a natural antihistamine. >> droplets for under the tongue. >> put it in some water and drink it. what you do is you're helping to not respond so viciously to the

allergens. >> some bran over here. we know where we're going. >> conservation, we have to talk about it. if you're suffering from sluggish digestive tract -- >> i like that better. >> add flaxseed oil, that will get things moving as will trifla, known to soothe and support the digestive system. they're gentle but they do work. >> and the bran muffin. thank you very much. good to see you once again. for more on nature's benefits, go to our partner in health, webmd.com. >> bran muffin, a hammer ready to go. we're doing a little diy here on "the early show." i got my tool belt out ready to go. quick fixes you need to get done. you may think you don't have the time or the money, wrong. we have got it all for you right here, this is "the early show" on cbs. stay tuned.

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paying a handy man for a few little fixes around the house can add up to a big chunk of change. we would rather help you keep that money and still make the fixes. so we're calling in jake tyson. you may know him as diy network's handsome handy man, here with five quick fixes we can do ourselves. i even brought my tool belt for the occasion. >> how good do you look? giddyup! >> five quick fixes, first one you have is kitchen cabinets. >> seeing things you can do around the house, on the weekend, costs you next to no money, right? this is a common problem, kitchen cabinets, screws come loose because things get knocked around, kids slamming the doors, the hinges come off eventually. the common problem is the screw loses the backing. we have a quick fix to get that screw back in. a couple of matches.

>> matches, okay. >> pba glue. >> pba, what's that ? >> just wood glue. you stick it in the hole here. what this does, it gives you a solid base, right? >> for your screw. >> that's exactly right. simple as that, pass me the hammer. >> indeed i can. funny you should ask. >> thank you very much. >> you're quite welcome. >> good little helper. give it a good knock in. all you do -- >> not putting the screw back in. leave it there? >> you leave the screw out. this makes a solid backing, let it dry for four hours, put your screw in, no more. so easy. >> we solved the kitchen cabinet problem. i know a lot of people that needs this, that sticky door when you can't -- you got it open. >> happens all the time. houses move and drop due to aging. what you do here, is you see where it is catching, get a pencil and mark down here, so

you know where it is catching. it is catching by an eighth of an inch. get your block plain. >> 15 bucks, right? >> how did you know this? >> i have a tool belt. >> some hidden talents. lovely color. >> i picked it out, yes. >> most people take their door off, i don't. lazy man finds an easier way. >> i like it. >> then you just run your plain up. take your time. just adjust it here. >> and then you just keep checking so you don't do too much. >> keep checking. don't do too much. about a five-minute job. don't pay a contractor 100 bucks to do it. >> down to a minute. we have three things i want to get to quickly. >> don't put any lubricant, it attracts dirt and everything. you get sticky locks due to the weather or dirt or whatever. this is called graphite dust. give it a squirt. >> in there. >> a little bit on the key. >> okay. >> and this way -- >> that will just clean it out? >> too easy.

>> perfect. >> that's it. >> got that done. a stripped screw, got a few seconds for me. >> happens all the time. >> yeah. >> what you do is cut through, what you do here is you're making a hoshorter hole for the screw. >> i can get my screwdriver in. >> flat head screwdriver, bang, you're in. >> i can never figure out where to get rid of my paint. >> it is toxic. what we have here, the hippies at home, don't get excited, this is kitty litter. get your paint, disposing of old paint, put it in a glass bottle so people can see what's going on. >> putting the paint in with the kiddie litter. >> in with the kitty litter. >> once it soaks it all up, which by the magic of television, happened in the box next to us, you can put this in your dumpster? >> smell this. oh, please. it gets rid of the paint toxin and -- >> it is safe?

>> it is safe. wrap is in newspaper, throw it in the bin. >> i'll keep the tool belt. thanks, appreciate it. stay with us. there is much more to come. for more on the quick fixes and on jake, the handsome handy logon to our website. get ready for close encounters of a musical kind, the voca people.

♪ yes, jewel, yo-yo ma, now this. a global exclusive this morning in our "second cup cafe." our next guests are so out of this world, they claim to hail from the musical planet voca. they garnered 4 million hits online in three months. they are the voca people. and they join us live from tel

aviv, israel, this morning. shai fishman is their musical director. he joins us quickly to answer a question or two. where did this group form? where were you able to assemble this talented group of people? >> well, these funny aliens are from a planet called voca, that's a planet in which all communications is musical, and they happen to crash in our studio. and me and the director of the show, lior kalfo, we were trying to create a show for them that was musical. >> you'll stake your entire reputation and you're going to tell me that you do believe there is a planet voca? >> of course, just between the constellation of ursia minor and ursia major. >> i believe you. what the heck, let's bring in an astrophysicist, neil degrasse tyson. what do you think about this planet voca thing? no one knows the solar system look you do, is there a planet

voca? >> there are planets outside our own solar system. last i checked, none of them named voca. >> we have done some research. our crack staff "the early show" folks here, bring that back online for a second. i got to disagree with you. >> next to saturn. >> there you go. we may have to check your degree. neil, thank you very much for taking the time. shai, let's let the group go to work. we want to hear. what have 4 million people fallen in love with? let them go and show us the way. >> well, okay. before we begin, i think that scratcher wants to say something. hold on. ♪ >> yeah, he says they want to perform the history of music in three minutes for you guys. >> fantastic. >> so take it away. the voca people.

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we're learning more about four killed during a helicopter crash. four died and they were returns from a charity event from hagerstown. they didn't have a flight plan because the tower was closed and eyewitness news learned they were concerned about the weather. the frantic search will continue for an 11-year-old girl that fell off of a boat yesterday afternoon. the coast guard crews searched through the night for the missing girl. a soldout crowd watched chelsea beat milan yesterday. and the real winners are the city and the fans. the game brought in 0 million to local hotels and businesses and the excitement also sparked talk of bringing the world cup to baltimore. the event here is a possibility. let's look at the first

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the last word, the president admits he added fuel to the fire

in the case of harvard professor howard gates. is in the latest example of too much talk from the oval office and is all the constant communication hurting president obama? proper protocol. what should you do if you're stopped by police? tips for you this morning on how to avoid crossing that thin blue line. palin's plan, the alaska n governor officially resigns tomorrow. is there a larger campaign in her future and does she have a shot at the oval office? we'll tackle that debate in our early line. ♪ i get around get, round i get around ♪ >> from youtube to your tube, the voca people are stars, but today they're live with us in their worldwide tv debut, early this saturday morning, july 25th, 2009.

good morning, everyone. welcome to "the early show." i'm erica hill, also of cnn's "ac 360." >> i'm chris wragge. welcome back. welcome back, everyone. >> plenty of energy. that may be because they're excited to see you, but also for the voca people. they're amazing. >> wragge or voca people, who are you more excited to see? they're good. they're good. they are good. those voca people are crazy, huh? >> no, talented i call them. >> talented but a little crazy. >> they march to the beat of their own drum. >> they're not from this world. >> we proved it that there is a planet voca. it is real. don't worry. >> breaking news there. boom, your headline. we're out of here. we'll talk about garage sales, it the weekend, everybody wants to sell some things. we'll show you how to put on the very best. >> get rid of all your stuff and make some money too. >> susan koeppen is here and she's an expert on all things

consumer. our top story, the debate continuing this morning over the arrest of african-american professor henry louis gates by a white police officer. president obama admitting he added fuel to the fire by jumping into the fray. kimberly dozier is at the white house this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. the president never said he was sorry but he said it was a situation where two good men probably overreacted and so did the american press corps. >> hey. >> reporter: the commander in chief never used the word apology in his surprise appearance friday afternoon. >> i think i unfortunately gave an impression that i was maligning the cambridge police department or sergeant crowley specifically. and i could have calibrated those words differently. >> reporter: but he acknowledged his words had helped ratchet up a media frenzy. he said those words at wednesday's primetime news conference, reacting to the controversial encounter between

sergeant james crowley and prominent african-american professor henry gates, crowley arrested gates who appeared to be breaking into a home that eventually turned out to be his home. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. >> reporter: the cambridge police had demanded a full apology from the president, but after friday's phone call with crowley and the president's impromptu press conference, the organization said we appreciate his sincere interest and willingness to reconsider his remarks. mr. obama called on americans to spend more time listening to each other and trying to understand that race is still a sensitive subject. >> i think that me commenting on this and hopefully contributing to constructive as opposed to negative understandings about the issue is part of my portfolio. >> reporter: mr. obama said he hopes this becomes what he called a teachable moment, that

everyone learns from, and then moves on. erica? >> all right, kimberly dozier at the white house this morning, thank you. well there is much more to say about this. perhaps it is a teachable moment, maybe it will be moved on from, but not quite yet. it is not the only thing the president is talking about this week. of course, his goal this week was to push and talk about health care reform. he did plenty of talking, in fact, if you look at the number of interviews he gave this week, some are saying he could be facing a serious case of overexposure. in the past week alone, the president gave six interviews, three of them were labeled exclusive, held two news conferences. with all that exposure, is the president maybe talking too much? and could it hurt him? democratic consultant joe trippy joining us from washington. always good to have you here with us. that's the first question, is he talking too much? >> i think you do risk overexposure, but on health care, this is the most important agenda, he's going to risk it, he was going to use his popularity, he's got to use it on the issues.

>> whether it comes to the case of professor gates, obviously dominating the headline, the president spoke out about it earlier this week, i want to read a passage from his book "the audacity of hope "which may lend insight into the president. he says -- this was obviously very personal for the president, and in a much different way than health care. but was it wise for him to weigh in on this issue? >> well, erica, i mean, the real problem here is whether he -- whether it was wise or not, it detracted from his health care agenda. here he's done these six interviews, three exclusives, done all this trying to push the health care agenda right now when it is really stalling on the hill. and instead we're talking about the gates controversy and the president's comments. so, yeah, it may have been, you know, right for the president to weigh in, particularly with how

he feels about it, but i think it was bad timing for him. >> when it comes to you mentioning health care, which is what he wanted to be talking about, the press comments wednesday night, over half the audience he saw for his first primetime news conference, is the american public losing interest because they're hearing so often from the president? >> i think that could be happening. one of the things when you -- his time is precious. we used to, in the -- when we only had three network, everybody gathered around to watch what the president of the united states said. now with the news cycles and with this president being so visible and out there so many times, i think there is a risk of real overexposure and the american people losing interest. >> so what is your advice to him then? does he just need to maybe take a step become for a little bit, take that summer vacation and step away from the microphone? >> i think on health care he's got to continue to push. he's got to risk it, because that's the only asset this administration has.

or the best asset to make the case to the american people that they need to rally and help him pass this health care agenda. after that, i would take a breather. >> joe trippy, always good to have you here. thank you. >> thank you. >> chris, over to you. erica, thank you. how would you react if questioned or pulled over by the police? here is sergeant ed mullens. sergeant, good morning to you. why do you think this escalated to an arrest? >> i think it escalated really for a lack of communication on professor gates. i've come to learn his house was previously broken into. he's had a forced entry on his door. an independent witness saw him force entry into his own house, but didn't recognize him. so we have a police officer responding with all of this information, knowing that he could be in a situation that is confrontational. >> other side of the coin where people are able to establish

he's the rightful owner of the home and maybe things are heated, do sometimes officers have to have a thicker skin and say there is in the a situation here, i'll walk away from this rather than there be a problem? >> at all times we're supposed to have a thicker skin it helps with dealing with the public. in this particular case, the officer, if you read the report filed, did everything possible to avoid a confrontation. and professor gates pursued it, out to the front lawn, and became belligerent and nasty and condemning the officer. >> you got five tips for people out there if they're ever in a situation where they're pulled over or have to confront a police officer. let's go through them one by one. you say follow direction. obvious but i'll let you explain. >> follow direction is, you have to take into consideration the police don't get up every day with the idea of harming the general public. they're there to help. so if you're being stopped or dealing with a police officer, you know, don't take the position that you're in danger. take the position of, you know, what's going on and communicate with them. >> tips two and three, don't raise your voice and b, no crazy hand movements.

you have to be calm and relax. >> correct. hand movements are something we always watch for because always concern of a weapon. and that is going to happen. >> and just keep your voice at a -- >> don't let your voice become confrontational. >> if you're pulled over, turn the interior lights on in the car as the police officer -- policeman or policewoman is approaching the car so they can see what is going on inside the car and no sudden movements to the glove compartment. >> lower the windows and let them see what's inside the car. nothing to hide, no big deal of doing it. >> do police officers take into the account people that are generally nervous? >> yes. the average person is a law abiding person. so dealing with the police, it may be for going through a stop sign. >> don't be hostile. >> being hostile is a reason for confrontation and putting a police officer in a defensive position. >> sergeant mullen, thank you very much. we appreciate you taking the time. now to priya with the latest headlines for us this morning.

>> chris, thanks. good morning, everyone. president obama used his weekly radio address to rally support for his plan to reform health care. mr. obama said the disparity between what small and large businesses pay for employee health insurance is, quote, unsustainable and unacceptable. many republicans and some democrats oppose obama's plan calling it too expensive. when the senate takes up sonia sotomayor's nomination to the supreme court this tuesday, at least 12 republican lawmakers will be voting no. the latest to announce their opposition, orrin hatch of utah and john cornyn of texas. however, sotomayor is expected to win confirmation easily to become america's first hispanic justice. the toxicology report on michael jackson's death is expected next week. however, a law enforcement source tells cbs news a expected, a preliminary autopsy shows the powerful anesthetic diprivan may have had a role in jackson's death.

it has been reported that diprivan was found in jackson's home. it is about 11 after the hour. let's go on out to lonnie quinn with another check of the weather. hey, lonnie. >> priya, how goes it inside? we have a good time out here on the plaza. apparently a big crowd here from madison, minnesota, right? and i'm learning that madison, minnesota, is the lutefish capital of the world. this is like half jell-o and half fish. do you like it? >> yes. >> i think that's ludicrous. all the best to you, my friend. let's talk weather. we have a cold front around the midsection of the country. it stretches from the great lakes, into about the central plains, the heaviest weather will be around illinois and indiana, making its way into the ohio valley today. beautiful weather for the northern plains. sunshine, temperatures in the 70s, and zero humidity for you guys.

>> i got to tell you, i think it was grandpa over here, leaned down and said, did you tell the truth, do you really like lutefish? >> yes. >> what is your name? >> grant. >>you to gilroy, california, for the garlic festival today, more garlic grown there than anyplace else in the world. we want to thank our kind viewers out there who watch us on koin, a beautiful day for the festival, temperatures up to 88, hot one out there. what's this now? you can talk.

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sarah palin stepped down as governor of alaska tomorrow at a picnic in fairbanks. her poll numbers are already steadily dropping. in today's early line, we ask is sarah palin a viable future candidate for the gop? joining us to tackle that one, republican strategiesty eiesy i buchanan. i would like to begin with you, in the past you've been a vocal supporter of governor palin. if she came to you and said i want to continue my political career, what kind of future does she have? >> she's hurt herself badly if indeed she wants to run for president of the united states, erica. as much as i'm crazy about her and think she's enormously talented, she's done two things in last six months which damaged her opportunity. that is she hasn't really gotten herself an expertise on the issue. she comes down to the lower 48, unprepared for the media, in my personal opinion, with trite

responses to their questions. and secondly, she's quit. quitting is not a good thing. it will hurt her badly in the long run, makes her less electable. >> and quitting has been as much as she's tried to avoid that label, ann, that has stuck with her since her resignation announced on july 3rd. you're convinced she can overcome that. >> yeah, i don't necessarily disagree with bay on the first one. i don't know if sarah palin wants to run for president, but she's already a bigger story than the president of the united states. so two stories yesterday. for the first time, this mr. popularity president obama's popularity, public approval ratings fell below 50%, for the first time. and a former vice presidential candidate, sarah palin, public approval ratings fell to 40%. what was the big story? she's already bigger than obama. she attracts a crowd. >> but is attracting a crowd enough? she needs to gain some expertise. >> sure. that's why she quit. that's why i think those two criticisms are mutually

contradictory. she's up there, had 17, 18 ethics complaints filed against her. everybody wants her to speak for them, everybody wants to attack her and she has her hands tied behind her back because she has to be governor, no only in terms of fund-raising. >> the only way to have a future is to step back -- >> she's too big to be stuck in a governor's office in alaska. >> is she too big to be stuck in the governor's office? and if she wants to move beyond that governor's office, how does she get the expertise that bay mentioned she needs, specifically on things like foreign policy. >> michael jackson is also a bigger story than the president of the united states but the american people aren't going to vote for him. if she hasn't got the expertise, she's never going to get it. basically quitting for the stated reason that you can't get anything done in your job and because you can't endure the criticism you're receiving and then cashing in in order to make a lot of money is not a good resume with which to run for president of the united states. she was a calamitous candidate in october of 2008. we have never seen poll numbers

for anybody decline as fast or any national candidate decline as fast as they did for sarah palin. the more american people know her, the more unacceptable she became and that trend is going to continue. >> bay, it seems to be split in many ways. sarah palin has a strong following among the conservative base. but within the party there seems to be a lot of division as to support. would she be a help to the party if she didn't look at elected office but went for something like fund-raising? >> we already have ann coulter. we don't need two. ann does an excellent job and this would merely be a copycat. >> let me do an excellent job on this. michael jackson comparison is silly, david. sarah palin is not a singer. these are both politicians. every night the news is -- >> ann, the focus this morning, the focus this morning, ann, the foc focus, though, is sarah palin. >> apparent lly she's getting ratings or everybody wouldn't be talking about her.

she has a quality, people are attracted to her and she's a quick study, she can learn if she wants to and i totally agree this is bad for her to quit. she's already done everything she needs to do. she turned down the governorship, to the lieutenant governor, a fantastic right winger. >> there is a commitment you make when you run for elected office. and that is to the voters that you're going to be there in office fighting for them for that period of time. she broke that trust. that is extremely -- >> the voters of alaska are delighted with what she did because they're sick of the investigations. >> and i've run campaigns, i'll tell you, you have somebody who quits and what you do is tell the people, you can't trust that person, to stay in there for them -- >> we know that the alaska voters do not feel that way. >> i'm going to jump in here. >> they support what she did. >> she's not running in alaska. she's not running in alaska. >> we can see because she's not running in alaska, ann, you got to give david a word, go ahead.

>> i think this exchange shows what a wonderful uniter sarah palin is. if this is the effect she has on republicans this is not what you need. this is -- the republican party right now faces a couple of burdens. we know from the bush years -- i'm speaking as a republican, not competent, not effective. we better find somebody who is seen as competent and effective. the governor quit because she said i can't get my agenda through the state legislature, it is harder to get things through congress, she's not going to be much of a president. >> we have to leave it there. a heated and excited discussion. i appreciate the three of you being with us. this is not the last time, i have a feeling, we'll be discussing this. just ahead, we're taking you under the radar. we'll show you the video that asht ashton kutcher is talking about. crest pro-health provides... ...unbeatable protection against plaque and gingivitis vs. the leading mouthwash.

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>> good morning, everyone. president obama continues his push for health care reform on his weekly radio and internet address today. mr. obama cited a new white house study suggesting small businesses pay a lot more, up to 18% more, per employee for health insurance. and bigger companies do. the president calls that unacceptable and he says that will change if his health insurance bill becomes law. so-called octomom, nadya suleman's octuplets may soon be starring in a reality tv show co-starring their other six siblings. she signed a deal with a european production company to have the children earn about a quarter of a million dollars collectively over three year. a judge must still approve the deal. astronauts aboard the space shuttle endeavor and the international space station have the day off today. they rest up for monday's fifth and final spacewalk. friday's spacewalk ran more than seven hours as astronauts installed four new batteries in

the oldest of the station's solar rays. and it makes history for the most people in space at one time, 13. those are this hour's headlines, to lonnie with our last check of the weather, hey, lonnie. >> you know what? this is the all important unveiling, remember todd n newfeld, our balloon artist, doing the caricatures of chris and erica, are you ready, everybody? i want an honest opinion when you see this, if it really looks like them, let's take a peek here at what we've got. i'll take -- i'll take this one. oh, yeah. like who's this? get over here, wragge. i need you too, erica. >> which one is which? >> which one's which? i think the hair is perfect. >> i'm erica. >> that doesn't look anything like -- >> that's a compliment.

>> what do we think, yea, nay? >> i never knew i had so much collagen. >> i think it is pretty impressive deal to be made out of -- look at chris, even a striped tie for you. >> everything but the earrings. >> a microphone. >> all right, we'll talk a little weather now, check out -- look at the lips on you though, huh? they're good for tv. >> right. >> we'll talk about the weather because we have a little bit of weather, some big time weather pushing through the area around illinois, into indiana, eventually ohio valley today. beautiful weather up and down the east coast. beautiful weather up and down the west coast. the central plains, that's why it is going to be gorgeous outside. low humidity, sunshine, temps in the 70s. wragge suputting his -- that's closer look at your weather.

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where the sale is. >> in front of your house or put these up on telephone poles around, the coffee shop? >> kwhwhenever you can. check with your town some towns don't allow garage sales or signs. places like craigslist, the penny saver, the newspaper, people are looking for garage sales. they're looking for the ads on those sites. >> especially now. when they get there, want to make sure you're organized when they get there. >> organized. >> get the early bird. >> first things first. big ticket items, furniture, lawn mowers, this is great advertising. put this stuff out front. set it up like a store. have things organized. we have all of our pictures here. >> all our art work is together. >> electronics, dvds, toys, book clothes. have everything organized so people don't have to fumble around looking for stuff. >> keep a better eye on it to make sure nobody walks away with your stuff. >> if you have electronics, have a place where people can plug it

in to test it to make sure it works. >> so you can't just pawn off the broken blender. >> the blender is working. >> i don't know how to turn it off. make sure you have an electrical outlet. i wouldn't have thought that -- >> if somebody buys your microwave, they want to make sure it works. >> toys, 50 cents or whatever. when you price things, though, you have to figure people are going to bargain down a little bit. >> price to sell. we want to get rid of this junk. it may be your favorite toy or your favorite book, if you want to sell it, price to sell. make sure you have little stickies, you know, and prices. price everything. people don't want to come to your garage sale and start guessing, you know, and find you what if it is a busy saturday and you are 20 people at your garage sale, they don't want to are to try to figure out, who is the owner, how much is this? they want to say this is 25 cents, this is great. >> you have all of the clothes

hanging up. it can be a tough thing to sell. >> clothes, very hard to sell. make sure that they're cheap. if you want them out of your house, cheap is good. i want to say my girlfriend just had a garage sale last weekend. she made $3,000. >> at a garage sale? >> $3,000. >> what did she sell? 18 lawn mowers? >> i went to the preview sale on friday. she sent me a north face ski jacket for two bucks. i thought it was going to be like 50, 20. two bucks. she said even on a day where she made everything half price, she made a thousand bucks that day alone. >> that's amazing. you can make a lost money. you should have change on hand, obviously, plenty of money to make change for people. you also suggest making money on drinks. >> if it is a hot day, summertime, we want to walk down here, have a cooler with some ice, some water, some sodas, and charge a buck for those. people will buy sodas or make a

special deal, if you buy anything today or two items today, a free soda, something to make it sell. >> a little something to cart it all away. you don't want them to say, i'll be back for it later this afternoon. >> if you have bags and boxes, a way for people to get the stuff out of your house that is a huge sale. >> i like it. next time your friend has a garage/tag/yard sale, give me a call. >> i will. >> susan koeppen, thank you for being here this saturday. come by anytime. >> i will. >> chris wragge, you picked up the tips, right? >> that was a dynamite tag sale. "chef on a shoestring" coming up next. we're in the kitchen with domenic chiaromonte from match restaurant. we have cheesecake lollipops, vertical lasagna and it is all next on "the early show" on cbs. come back with us. nothing beats walmart's unbeatable prices...

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. that's right. they're right along the building there. that's -- sorry, we're back on? as executive chef and co-owner of match restaurant outside of toronto, domenic chiaromonte has put food to an art form. he's this week's "chef on a shoestring" and it is time to put him to a test and see if he can create a three-course meal for under 35. good morning to you. let's first start out with what is on the menu this morning. >> we're going to do an organic baby green salad with sake and pear dressing, a vertical lasagna. >> vertical? >> yes. >> and cheesecake lollipops. >> anything different about the vertical lasagna rather than having it lay horizontal? we'll not do too much with the salad. >> pear, sake, rice wine vinegar, mix it all together and pour it on there. >> i will say this, my co-anchor pointed out earlier, great presentation on the salad. i've never seen one of those.

>> the glass is beautiful. >> the bowl makes the salad, folks. even if you mack a lousy salad, put it in a great bowl and there you have it. the lasagna now. >> i have onions, green onions, little bit of garlic. i'll add some chicken. this is a chicken meat sauce. you don't are to use chicken, you can use veal, vegetarian. i would cook it through because it is chicken. stir it up. >> what is the theory behind the vertical lasagna, just presentation or -- >> i love lasagna, when i see it on the plate, it drives me nuts because it is flat. we try to beautify it a little bit and stand it up. >> that looks fantastic. you got the chicken, you got the -- >> i'll add some tomatoes. may want to stand back in case i get the suit. >> no apron today. >> tomato paste, season it up, little bit of basil and i'll cook this through about 40 minutes and it is ready to go. this is the final product.

>> final version there. through the magic of television, looks great. you can use chicken, sausage? >> you can do this all the day before. you can blanch your pasta, make the sauce, have the cheese ready, assemble it the day of and put it in the oven and you're good. we're going to get some sauce, spread it out here. okay. there we go. our two cheeses. >> just two? >> asiago and parmigiano. >> what? >> okay. we're going to go like this. roll, roll, roll, roll. >> there you go. you need any help with the restaurant, just give me a call. >> put it on top here. >> right. >> just pile it up so it doesn't fall. >> that is great. >> that's it. we put it into a roasting pan, like that. and i have the finished -- >> throw it in the oven.

>> about 20 minutes. everything is cooked. flash forward, 20 minutes later, and it is vertical. >> delic. >> a little garnic and there you have it. it is beautiful. >> next to our cheesecake lollipop. >> i didn't mean to race you through the lasagna. but this is what everybody has been waiting for all morning. you have no idea how tough it is to keep the staff away from these thing for the last two hours. >> you have a party, leftover cheesecake, don't know what to do with it, take a few pieces, right into the food processor, add some peanut butter. >> to make it low fat, correct? >> right. >> this is to make it low fat, the oreo cookie. >> the cream cheese. just put that in and you just want to pulse it. just like that. stir it up. very easy. >> it sounds like it tastes

good. you can throw peanut buttercups in there too, if you'd like. >> anything. this is the finished product. you scoop some out, just put it on to a plate, and you're going to add your stick and you got to freeze it. >> how long? >> i say 30 minutes. and they come out like this. >> better to make them day off. don't make these too far in aadvance. >> pick them up, dip them in. you can dip it in, stir it up. >> you're saying add more chocolate to it would make it better. >> that's in the a bad thick. may i try one? only 30 minutes? that's amaze iing. >> i'm with the salad. i'm good with that. >> dangerous, it is so good. >> i love the presentation. we talked about how much we liked that. we can do it ourselves. >> you can do that with all of

your food, instead of serving it horizont horizontally, serve it vertically. >> a whole new world. that's amazing. >> lonnie, have some cheesecake. >> i'm in front of the salad. >> a great treat. let's see how you did in comparison with some of the other chefs we had here. how low can you go? $34.58 is your grand total. you came under the $35 mark, which is good. but is it great? pa he didn't -- >> horizontal. >> all the food was horizontal, no cheesecake. we're not sure if he's going to win. that was wonderful. how about that? >> domenic chiaromonte. for his recipes or any chefs you've seen along the way, head to our website cbsnews.com/saturday, all the information is there for you. another shot of our colleagues

here, all in enjoying domenic's creation. cheesecake, and lasagna on the same plate. we'll be right back, folk. more of our world exclusive live from tel aviv, once again, it is the voca people. that's right. let's get vocal out here, people. come on. we're excited. don't want to miss that. we're coming back right after this. this is cranergy energy juice drink from ocean spray, the great taste of cranberries, naturally energizing green tea, and b vitamins. it's a "good for you" kind of energy that helps you get stuff done. and when your days look like this... you need all the help you can... get. hey, your wednesday just opened up. now 40% more cranergy for your money. look for our bigger bottle in the juice aisle.

before we leave, go ahead, lonnie. >> i just want to -- i just popped a little of -- now look, chris wragge has a combover. >> so unfair. >> you cannot tell where that toupee is attached. >> you can't. >> it is amazing the work they do in makeup in the morning. >> monday on "the early show," the michael jackson autopsy report will soon be released. what will be in it, we'll find out. >> early next saturday, should you stay in shape for your mate? talk about a weighty issue.

that one will be fun to talk about. >> yeah. >> and another takeaway tip from today, if your food is boring horizontally, serve it vertically. now we leave you with more from the voca people live from tel aviv. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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