president obama moves closer than ever to passing health care reform picking up a for a more votes from house democrats. but you a controversial short cut has republicans up in arms. we'll write you the latest from capitol hill. flood fears grow across the upper midwest as residents use a million sandbags to keep the red river at bay. will you will it be enough. the investigation into corey haim's death has led to an arrest involving an alleged prescription drug ring. we'll bring you the latest from hollywood. and reports say oscar winner sandra bullock is splitting from her husband after being blindsided by his alleged pain dellity. is she the latest victim of the oscar curse? early this thursday morning oscar curse? early this thursday morning march 18th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs

good thursday morning. i'm maggie rodriguez. >> and i'm erica hill. harry smith is off this morning. >> just days away from giving birth. >> just a few. we'll see if we make it through the show. >> we have a lot coming up this morning including some really bad news for sandra bullock. not even two weeks after she has her big night, wins the best actress oscar, there are reports this morning that while she was filming that movie, her husband of five years, jesse james, was allegedly having an affair with a model and hair dresser. sandra bullock has reportedly moved out. we'll talk about that this morning as well as the supposed oscar curse. because every actress in the past 12 years has split up from her significant other. >> some rough odds there. first, we want to take you to capitol hill where house

democrats are in a last minute scramble to gather enough votes to pass health care reform. nancy cordes is there for us this morning. >> reporter: good morning. house democratic leaders now say they are aiming for a vote on sunday, but a number of their members are still undecided. that's because it's now thursday and no one has seen a final copy of this bill or how much it's going to cost. >> the vote that's taken in the house will be a vote for health care reform and if people vote yes, whatever form that takes, that will be a vote for health care reform. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi can only afford to lose 37 democrats, but according to a new cbs news tally, 67 democrats either plan to vote no or are on the fence. who are they? well, more than half of them are facing highly competitive races this fall. >> at the last minute, i think the democrats will be able to patch together enough votes in the house to pass the bill.

>> reporter: those members are getting so many calls from con statistic epts on both sides that house phone lines have been overloaded. we cooperate get through to anyone. back in their home districts, the pressure is just as intense. >> just vote no. >> reporter: republicans meanwhile remain unified in their opposition and are warning democrats not to use a parliamentary short cut to pass such sweeping legislation. >> democrats are so desperate to pass their government takeover of health care that they're willing to twist the rules of the house and the senate and trample upon the constitution itself. >> reporter: democrats did make some important pickups yesterday. congressman deny miss kucinich of ohio said he'll switch his vote from no to yes. and a pair of anti-abortion rights democrats also said they'll vote yes. >> one of the problems, these bills are not light reading, but they were supposed to be posted

a full 72 hours before the vote yet it has not. >> reporter: and if the problem is if they want to pass this bill by reconciliation, this which means they'd only need 51 votes, there are very specific rules they need to follow. so they've been going back and forth fry to go find price tags for various items that satisfy these rules. and until they hit on hose magic numb, they can't release the pill and its final priest tag to their members. >> so house democrats still plan to go go ahead with shall controversial strategy of basically passing a package of fixes. >> reporter: they are getting a lot of heat from republicans as you saw. republicans would say that this is unconstitutional. but it does shield the number of democratic members from having to make a tough vote on this controversial senate bill that is not exactly what they want. we won't know most likely until this weekend whether they do decide to go with that strategy or not.

>> could have save some pain come november. nancy cordes for us this morning. thanks in that. new to major flood worries. this morning eight rivers are at or above flood stage and folks are working like mad to hold the water back. heather brown of our minneapolis station wcco is in fargo, north dakota, with many, many, many sandbags behind her. >> reporter: good morning. the water is coming up pretty quickly. we're at almost 33 feet which is three feet higher than where we were yesterday here. which has people who live in this home pretty thankful that for the most part sand bagging operations here are pretty much finished. they've put out 37 miles essentially lining the river and they're pretty optimistic that this fence will keep water out of people's homes. >> we need more people. >> reporter: after a week of furious sand bagging, more than one million made. and now many of them piled up by

fargo teenagers for most homeowner, the only thing left is to wait and see. >> it gets old real soon. >> reporter: but city leaders say it's not the time to be compliant and forget no one can control the world. >> my world is upside down. i don't know where i'll be next year. maybe even next week. >> reporter: it's been a hard spring. partly because it's their second flood in as many years. last march, the red river hit a record level, almost 41 feet. and washed up in to hundreds of homes and caused millions in damages. >> just think of it like winning two slot machine jackpots in a row maybe on the negative side. >> reporter: but through this experience, had they learned how to fight the water, how to sick togeth stick together. and even how to better fill a sand bag. >> we know what this drill is, let's go out and get it done. >> reporter: how long will you be doing this? does as long as it takes. i think we're set for like the rest of the week.

>> reporter: now being here the second flood in a row, they are talking about long term plans. later this morning, we should hear some more details about one plan that could take ten years and cost between $1 billion and $1.5 billion. >> heather brown in fargo. thank you. and coming up, we'll check in with dave price. this morning the head of the cia says al qaeda's leaders are on the run in pakistan. the man behind a surprise attack on a cia post in afghanistan has been killed. cbs news national security correspondent david martin joins us with the latest. >> reporter: the cia has killed one of the key operatives in that suicide bombing of the cia base in afghanistan which left seven americans dead. his name is hussein al yemeni who hired his services out to al qaeda and other terrorist groups.

he was killed last week by a cia drone strike on his bomb making factory in the pakistani town close to the border with afghanistan. al yemeni provided the suicide vests worn by the double agent who talked his way on to the ca pace with claims key pinpoint the location of al qaeda's number two. the suicide operation which killed the base chief and six other cia employees was ork straighted by the leader of the pakistan taliban. he is believed to have been killed by an earlier drone strike. that means the two key operatives behind that deadly bombing are now dead. cea director leon panetta said yesterday that the recent campaign against al qaeda has driven osama bin laden and other top leaders deeper into hiding and made them less capable of planning major operations. maggie? >> daefd martin at the pentagon. thank you.

joining us now from washington as well, juan zarate. good morning. >> good morning. >> we heard from director panetta that this is driving the leadership in to hiding and limiting their ability to plan sophisticated operations. would you agree with that assessment? >> i think that's right. what we've seen since the summer of 2008 has been fairly consist want and relentless campaign to go after the al qaeda senior leadership. to the extent where the senior leadership ranks are really being depleted in a way that's forcing al qaeda leadership underground and forcing al qaeda to adjust how it's operating in the border regions. >> so the question is has al qaeda been so severely weakened that we as a result are safer as a country? >> i think no doubt to the extent you you can force al qaeda to keep its heads down, to force them to worry about more -- about their survival than their strategic interests, that's all to the good. but i don't think this diminishes the terrorist threat quoefr all and in the long term.

we know al qaeda has regional al if i have yales, we know there are individuals who are inspired by al qaeda. so going after their leadership is essential, but it didn't mean the terrorist threat goes away. >> and the fact remains that the core leadership of al qaeda, bin laden, are still out there. >> that's right. i think the task is still on happened to capture al qaeda's number within and two. and you also have other leaders who are part of the inner circle, the core, who have to be either killed or captured. you also have some leadership still in iran that needs to be contended with. so this job is not done. >> and then you have al qaeda recruiting people like the would-be christmas day bomber who have no ties to terrorism, no criminal history, and, therefore, very hard to track down. >> that's right. the enemied a dams consistently. so al qaeda core as well as the regional affiliates are trying to find ways to hit the united

states. abdulmutallab december 25th, a good example. nazi another good example. so we will see adaptations over time. but it's key to go after the al qaeda leadership and the recent attack against an urban center is quite important. >> certainly a good start. juan zarate, thank you so much. now back to erica. back in january, dr. jennifer ash top was in haiti treating earthquake victims when a badly injured baby who had been trapped for four days was pulled from the rubble. dr. ashton resuscitated the child. she was nicknamed baby jenny. later she was air lifted to a hospital in miami, but programs the most amazing part of her story was still to come. dr. ashton is here with an update for us this morning on baby jenny. and that video must get you ever time when you see that little tiny face. >> yeah, it's hard to watch because there were so many stories like this. this, of course, was one of the

most traumatic, this baby who was just a couple of months old was under rubble for four days when she was found, pulled out without any parents around seemingly, and brought into the medical facility in which we were working. and we were able to resuscitate her and stabilize her. she was in critical condition before she was able to be air lifted to the united states. >> and you got her on the flight at the very last minute. >> actually, this doctor from the university of miami who was at this tent hospital was really instrumental in getting her on that flight. the plane was just about to leave and he said we've got to get this baby on and luckily she was able to get on. >> so they get this infant on the plane. she has surgery. we're told that this whole time people think she's an orphan. >> that's right. >> a little bit of a change in that story now. >> exactly. on dna testing has confirmed that her parents are alive and well, they're in haiti sorgs they will be reunited with her, and we need to mention there were so many people involved in getting this baby's story out

there, in resuscitating her an getting her back to good health. people tend to focus on the doctors involved in this, but we can't did our job without nurses and we were lucky at this facility to have a knee owe nalgts nurse. so she had actually specialty care in the setting of the haitian earthquake, which was just unbelievable. >> so mice to have a good story her. her parents, hopefully the three of them will soon be reunited. >> it's incredible. babies are so fragile. they get sick quickly, but they also recover quickly. >> jen, thanks. we'll check in with you later in the show. want to also get you caught up on the other news of the day. betty nguyen is standing by it at the news desk this morning. good morning. president obama signs an $18 billion jobs creation bill later this morning. the senate passed the measure

yesterday. this bill gives a tax break to companies hiring workers who had been up employed for at least 60 days. it also funds highway and mass transit construction. the consumer products safety commission announced a major recall this morning of a popular children's high chair. graco is voluntarily recalling about 1.2 million harmony model high chairs because they can tip over. they received reports of accidents caused by loose screws and broken brackets. there are been 24 injury, mostly bumps and bruises. law enforcement officials say a brazen drug heist in connecticut is probably the latest in a string of drug thefts. $75 million worth of drug, mostly and it anti-grees aunt, because stolen from the eli lilly warehouse. they cut holes on the warehouse roof, lowered themselves on ropes, cut the alarm system and then hauled the loot away in a tractor trailer. these are suspects in a similar robbery in virginia last august

at glax owe smith klein warehouse. there were also similar thefts in mississippi and memphis fp. german police have arrested two in a daring height as a poker tournament. security video shows case or during the raid by four armed men. they scuffled with tournament guards and fled with more than $300,000 in cash. march madness is just about here and the ncaa basketball tournament begins today with 64 teams in four regional match-ups. and, of course, america's first basketball fan has done his own brackets. president obama pre-dipgts the final game on april 5th in indianapolis will pit kansas against kentucky with the kansas jayhawks winning it all. and with ncaa regional action about to start, time lapsed video shows you how they transformed the bradley center

in milwaukee from a hockey ring into a tournament basketball court. you can see all the action leave right here on cbs. teams tip off beginning at noon eastern time. > let's get to dave price, the guy with a lot of game with the first look at the weather outside. >> here's my prediction. colonel take it is all in a shocker. let's go for the maps. hey, stop the snik erg here.

temperatures in the 40s in places like fargo today. for the most part dry. but tomorrow, cooler temperatures just above the freezing mark. we'll continue to watch that. >> is it bad that i don't even have colonel going past the first round? >> well, it's a that is. >> it's only bad when you're talking about your relationship going forward with dave price. >> exactly. still ahead this morning, actor cory maim's death now

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hello again, it's 25 minutes past 7:00 o'clock. sharon will have the latest on traffic right after tim has first morning -- first warning weather. >> a chilly start, average overnight low is about 34 degrees. we have been right around 36 to 37 for this day and we're going up to about 69. good bit of sunshine, warm with the sun and a light breeze out but it will be very comfort able. 38 degrees tonight, clear and chilly again and tomorrow 72 degrees a little warmer than today. plenty of sunshine taking us right off into the weekend and we look to see temperatures around 73 saturday. over to sharon with a look at the roads with wjz traffic.

>> the news is much better on area roadways. we cleared up both big accidents, one on 95 southbound approaching the beltway and at 100 telegraph road. we have two other accidents working but they don't appear to be anything serious. route 32 at west linden church road and another one crownsville saint stephens wood drive at sane stephens church road and lake march boulevard and 895, 10 minutes at 36 miles an hour. there's a look at the drive times and speeds, beltway about 32 miles an hour between 95 and 83 on the topside outer loop. there's a look at 95. they're turning the camera but the delay is still there from the highway to approaching the beltway as you can see that traffic is still heavy this that area where we had that earlier accident. this traffic report is brought to you by sun belt granola bars. look for them in the grocery store today. back to you. baltimore county teen continues to fight for his life after a hit-and-run incident. >> reporter: good morning.

that car hit the 18 years old as he was walking his girlfriend home. that girlfriend tells wjz she saw a black car, perhaps a honda, with tinted windows leave corint-hian's lounge, driving southbound, where there are no sidewalks. that's when terrell chambers was hit and the car kept going. the family believes the passenger side mirror was damaged during the collision. he has been unconscious since tuesday. as police continue to look at security cameras in the area the family hopes someone will come forward. >> the man behind the murder- suicide attempts has a history of violence. court records show michael swift was diked march 1st on 8 counts of having machine guns, and unregistered shotguns. it was the 16th of march he shot and killed his ex-wife's fiancee before turning the gun and killing himself. for the second time this week some suspicious packages have been sent to the baltimore

special courthouse. a package yesterday is similar to the ones found earlier this week, some had white powder and something similar showed up at city hall as well. the investigation continues. stay ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

welcome back to "the early show." we have a nice little crowd growing out this on the plaza. going to be a beautiful day here in new york. and i'm sure these folks along with many of you at home are interested in about these new rules for airlines. it's supposed to prevent those flights from hell like this weekend's adventure on virgin america. a coast to coast flight that lasted 16 hours for some passengers. what does the bill of rights protect you from. also this morning, a tough turn of events for sandra bullock. almost two weeks ago, she was holding an as core and thanking

her husband, jesse james. but now after a tattoo model's story of an alleged affair with him, this year's best actress has reportedly left home. we'll have the latest ahead this morning. but first, an arrest in connection with the death of actor corey haim. california officials say a suspect in a prescription drug fraud case has been linked to the 1980s teen star who died a week ago. early show national correspondent hattie kauffman has the latest. >> reporter: authorities won't say who they've arrested in connection with corey haim's death, but they say the arrest is linked to a massive prescription drug ring. >> we have a prescription that was fraudulently obtained for vicodin in the name of corey haim, okay? and an individual connected with that operation has now been arrested. that's what we know. >> reporter: a teen star 20 years ago, haim had acknowledged his prediction to powerful pain killers before he collapsed in his mother's apartmt. >> he's not breathing.

>> are you with him? >> yes. >> reporter: just after the death, we spoke to haim's friend and co-star, corey feldman. >> yes, there were prescription medications. yes, he was still weaning himself off of those prescription medications. and, yes, he was still enduring and ongoing battle with drugs. >> reporter: while it maybe weeks before we know exactly what killed him, investigators say corey haim got thousands of pills from dozens of doctors. >> the addiction takes over and the patient wants to keep going. they doctor shop and then when they can't get enough doctors to prescribe, then they'll go the illegal route. >> reporter: the illegal route involves fraudulent prescription pads and formed doctor's signatures. the question now is how corey haim got a hold of so much vie company kin, valium and other drugs as recently as one week before his death. haim was bareried in toronto this week, but with the arrest, legal proceedings in his death are just beginning. hattie kauffman, cbs news, los

angeles. >> joining us from los angeles are dr. david sack, ceo of the promises treatment centers for people with drug and alcohol problems, and our cbs legal analyst lisa bloom. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> lisa, let me begin with you and talk about the legalities of all this. first we cecal cal bringing charges against the doctor in the michael jackson case. now we see help very publicly announcing this arrest in the corey haim case. they're clearly trying to send a message, aren't they? >> that's right. authorities here are taking prescription drug abuse very seriously and our attorney general jerry brown in this case has brought charges against one person, in the an made nicole case, against two and her former boyfriend. i think the message is getting out there and very clearly that whether you are involved in prescription drug fraud as an identity left individual, as a doctor who is negligencely prescribing or as an individual who is doctor shopping, the authorities will come after you. >> so i wonder how many other people are nerves because the attorney general hinted that this is part of a huge

pre-description drug ring. maybe more arrests to follow. >> yeah, i think what's happened was with this first arrest, they're hoping to bring someone into talk to law enforcement. now they have a fire lit under this person because an arrest has been made. probably they're trying to get more information from this person so they can make further arrests. but you're right, the drug ring has been called massive and i think this is just the first arrest. >> let me move to you, dr. sack. and talk about the bigger problem. why is it so easy for people to become addicted to pre-skrep pre-description drugs? >> they're mar cot ticks and they produce an intense sense of relaxation and euphoria which is very attractive. what's happened, though, between 1990 and 2000 was that four times as many people started abusing prescription narcotics because they were more available. they were more widely prescribed and there were fewer restrictions on them.

>> so if a doctor prescribes a prescription medication, he or she has no way of knowing how many other doctors have prescribed medicines for the same patient. >> that's a really big problem. doctors take their patients on faith, they take their word. and so if someone's going from doctor to doctor, they're not going know it. i think that it starts by asking every patient if they have a history of alcohol problems or other drug problems because those patients are much more likely to abuse narcotics if they're prescribed. and i think the second thing is that patients frequently will start to call doctors for early refills and that's another indication that there may be something wrong. >> so look for the warning signs. lisa, what about legally, is there anything on the books, possible resolution to have some sort of national registry for prescription drugs? >> that has been proposed by some people. look, i can go to a doctor today, i can go to another

doctor tomorrow and a third doctor the day after that. and try to get the same prescription medication if i'm an addict. and the only way to really prevent that is a national renlg have i so doctors can check in and see what this patient has from other doctors. that wouldn't prohibit people from getting the drugs fraudulently, but it would be a help. the problem on the other side of that are privacy concerns. patientsic are rightly concerned about having all of their drug medication out there in some kind of national registry. so that's the tension on that issue. >> all right, lisa plume, dr. sack, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thanks. now let's check back in with dave. he's got another look at the weather. good morning. let's take a check, we'll go right along the red river. that's where we were at the top of the program today..

our area temperatures are starting off chilly. we're looking at temperatures around 40 degrees area wide. we have 41annapolis, 39 rock hill and 44 the nation's capital and we're dealing with a pretty nice spring flow, pleasant mild air around the area. 60 degrees is the average nor this reason and

that's a quick look at your weather picture. hawaiian island on the windy side. >> too wad. i guess it's a good thing we're here then. thanks, dave. just ahead, the airline passenger bill of rights. can it prevent nightmares like this one we told you about earlier in the week? stay with us. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. [ male announcer ] as long as we're winding up our doing dials, let's wind 'em with precision. open our throttle to even more selection. and turn that savings swagger up full tilt. ♪ so when the time comes to bust open a can of doing... we've got all the tools for all the things we need to make 'em happen. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, get scotts nature scapes mulch for the new lower price of just $3.88.

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every time you go aboard that plane, it's tough not worry you might end on the flight from hell. as we reported to you this week, virgin america passengers were left sitting on the tarmac for over six hours when bad weather forced their plane to land at a distant airport. and that was just part of their travel flight-mares it's being called. starting next month, new rules take effect. cbs news travel editor peter greenberg is here to explain. and this has been a couple years in the making. people really want passengers to have some rights. so what happens when this kicks in? >> under the new rule which is

kick in april 29th, if the airline doesn't take care of you after two hour, which means feed you, hydrate you, and after three hours if you want to go back to the gate, they have to go back to the gate, they could be liable for fineses up to $27,500 per passenger. in the case of the virgin america flight, if that had happened in april, that's a $3.2 million flight. >> and just to clarify, they can't may go you pay for that food. >> you're calling it food? sorry. >> those pretzels. >> exactly. so that's what will kick in. you have a two prong situation there. it's been going on for quite a while. >> so how effective is it going to be? >> the airlines have already said this is war. the president of continental airlines called it stupid. a number of airlines have asked for exemptions here at jfk where they closed one of the runways. the airlines basically said this off the record, if we see one drop of rain, one flake of snow, one thunder cloud, we'll cancel our flights. >> so this had could an completely different kind of

nightmare. >> here's what i think will happen. starting april 29th, it will be a wake-up call. you cannot schedule 34 planes to leave the run way at 8:00 in the morning. get a copy of war and peace. you're not taking off. i'd rather take a 9:00 p.m. departure that's on time than a 5:00 p.m. departure that's delayed for four hours. >> if i'm booking travel today, do i have to be concerned? >> remember that book i told you about? they'll start canceling flights because they'll see who can play this game and not blink. the airlines don't want to have to play this rule because that's a $27,500 fine per passenger. >> so did z. this mean vo yo have a peak bill of rights? >> you do. but they'll have to start rescheduling their flights. >> we'll have to rethink the way we travel yet again. thanks. just ahead, sandra bullock,

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it is now 7:47. academy award winner sandra bullock's marriage is apparently in trouble. as michelle gielan reports this morning, she has canceled a trip to london for her movie premiere after a report that her husband had an affair. >> you protect his blind side. when you look at him, you you think of me. how you have my back. >> reporter: "people" magazine reports that just eight days after taking home the oscar for his hit movie "the blind side," sandra bullock moved out of the los angeles home she shared with her husband of five years. reality tv star jesse james.with >> people will turn into total buffoons for the sake of being on any kind of it chlt v. >> reporter: bullock and james, who look like a very close and

happy couple at the award ceremony, were married in july 2005. but in touch oig magazine reports that while bullock was filming "the blind side" in atlanta, her husband was having an affair with a tattoo model in l.a. she told in touch oig, i would neff have hooked up with him if i thought he was a married man. he gave me the impression they were separated. wednesday bullock pulled out of the london premiere of the blindside with this statement. due to unforeseen personal reasons, a trip abroad to support "the blind side" has been deemed impossible at this time. if the alleged split becomes permanent, bullock will join a long list of actresses struck by what's called the oscar curse, relationships that have broken up shortly after winning best actress. among them, hillary swank, halle berry, reese witherspoon, julia roberts, and kate winslet. michelle gielan, cbs news, new

york. >> so sad. because as we were saying, she's such a nice person. >> and during the oscar, she gave such a warmfelt thank to you her husband. you thought they were so happy an nothing wrong. must have come as a shock. >> not all that glitters is gold as we know. although we should point out this is still just alleged, but i wonder if women who give amazing performances will say please don't nominate me. >> like the sports illustrated cover. >> it is. >> it's very sad. it doesn't matter if you're a sad or not, when a relationship like that ends, it's tough. and to have it thrown on the covers of magazines is even worse. >> we'll be right back. don't go away. i'm erica hill. station. station. station. station. station. raise your spoons.

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it's 5 minutes before 8:00 o'clock. a beautiful beginning to this thursday morning. traffic looks improved too, i hope it does. sharon has the traffic after the weather. >> we're looking at the last of the winter season. we're looking at 69 degrees right now. the temperature forecast high, some light wind around but certainly a very light breeze. 38 degrees tonight clear with a moon lit sky and then tomorrow 72 degrees, very warm with plenty of sunshine. the temperature continues right through the weekend. saturday 73, 71 sunday with a chance of showers late sunday, rain continues into monday. temperatures take a bit of a hit. 60 degrees monday.

55 tuesday. overnight lows down in the 40s to about 50. now over to sharon with a look at the roads. >> good morning. we cleared up both accidents on 100 and 95 but we pick up two accidents, irg-man avenue at bel-air and west north at north howard. another accident on route 32 at linden church road. meantime 83 southbound, to the beltway, 95 southbound 12 minutes and 895. there's a live look at the topside of the beltway out of the delays from bel-air to the valley. there's a look at 95, earlier delays there. this traffic report is brought to you by sun belt granola bars 6789 look for them in the grocery store today. back to you. >> pedestrian accident at the top of the news. a teen critically florida in a hit-and-run. we have the story. >> reporter: the car hit the 18 years old as he was walking his girlfriend home. that girlfriend tells wjz she

saw a black car, perhaps a honda, with tinted windows leave corint-hiana lounge going southbound where there are no sidewalks. that's when terrell chambers was hit and the car kept going. the family believes the passenger side mirror was damage during the collision. he has been unconscious since tuesday. as police continue to look through the security cameras the family hopes someone comes forward. the government speaks up in support of a recent gay marriage opinion by the state attorney general who last month said the state should recognize state marriages between same sex couples until the courts say other ways. he says the state always recognized contracts entered into in other states. stay with wjz13. why gender differences play a role in heart attack prevention and treatment and how to avoid being audited by the irs and ,,, mm

welcome back to the early show. spring is in the air. it never fails, the crowd gets bigger. it starts to wrap around the entire block. and i don't blame them. it's a spectacular day in morning city. >> actually we have a sign up saying sample sale at 9:00. no, i'm kidding around. >> we actually do have a sign up. it says meet dave price right up there. >> oh, stop.

>> so now i get it. >> nice to see you all. >> welcome back, everybody. harry is off this morning. springtime is in the air, yes, but so is tax time. one of the scariest words in the english language is audit. >> don't want to go through it, trust me, been there, done it. not fun. want to go through it, so this morning ray martin is here to tell us what the irs looks for, things that trigger an audit and what to do if you get the dreaded news. also ahead, we'll meet a woman who really reserved something good. she won a house, her name chosen from more than 40 million entries. the same woman who nearly five years ago lost her home in hurg katrina. really looking forward to meeting her. >> that's what you like to hear about. let's go inside inside, though. betty nguyen is at the news desk.

>> here's some of the headlines. there are new details concerning that runaway toyota prius down a california highway last week. when a highway patrol officer arrived on the scene, a boarder patrol agent was already there. that indicates there could have been other witnesses. a police report released yesterday also says the driver, james sikes, appeared to pump the brakes and toyota reached the speed of 95 miles per hour. well, j.d. power and associates released its annual survey of auto depend ability and the winner is porsche. yeah that's a big jump for the german sports maker which came in ninth last year. now, number two this year is lip c lincoln with libuick and legx u tied for third. hundreds of thousands of people have view this had video on youtube. the sun newspaper says that after the wild 60-miles-per-hour ride, the driver in the car

emerged up hurt. you can believe that? well in, other news, the american-born terrorist suspect nobody as jihad jane is due in federal court in philadelphia today. colleen larose was arrested in october. the philadelphia inquirer reports la rose admitted her role in an alleged plot to kill a swedish cartoonist had who offended muslims. a british boy kidnapped in pakistan was reunited with his brother this morning. he was kidnapped from his grandparent's house from b. two weeks ago. he was released tuesday after a ransom was paid. three suspects in the case are due in court today. the 33 haitian children taken by american missionaries have been reunited with their families. the children were returned to their parmtss yesterday. they had been living at arrest orphanage since the missionaries were arrested fwhak january. the parents had given help to the missionaries hoping they would be cared for. katie couric has a preview

of tonight's "cbs evening news." sure he's 75, but he's still dancing and taking steps to help school kids take giant leaps in life. he's our american spirit tonight only on the "cbs evening news." if n now back to "the early show." want to take you back outside now. dave price out there with a great crowd this morning. >> a terrific bunch of folks. we have with us all the way over here, the

temperatures up to 69 with a good bit of sunshine and warm air, it won't be until sunday before we see a bit of a break. showers moving around the area.

38 degrees tonights and then for tomorrow, 72 and very warm with plenty of sun and the showers we're talking about come in sunday evening and stay with us through monday and we'll see temperatures take a bit of a hit into the first part of the week. overnight lows staying right around 40 to 50 degrees. >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by chase, introducing chase blueprint. manage your finances on your terms.ucing chase blueprint. learn more at chase.com/bluepri chase.com/blueprint. >> great school, but apparently this student didn't to too well in art class. but a really good try. in today's "moneywatch," the phrase irs audit strikes fear and dread in taxpayers. so you need to know how to avoid raising red flags on your tax return. ray martin is here with some good advice as usual. good morning. >> good morning. >> i was reading that the number of irs audits is statistically way down. is that true in. >> it's down from 50 years ago.

today you have a 1 in 100 chance overall. that's what the irs audits. but if your income is about $200,000 a year, your chances triple. if your income is a million dollars a year, you're five to six times higher. you to avoid it. >> a couple red flags. number one is incorrect information. like what is this. >> this is where you put in incorrect social security number or you make a transcription error from the numbers on your w 2 or 1099, income, tax withholding. it's really easy to make those error, but even easier to prevent them. so this is just -- what do you do in doub do? double check your entries. >> because trust me, if you get audited, it is the nightmare of your life. >> it's nerve racking for some people and, yeah, you want to avoid it.

>> red flag mum two is filing late. does that mean if you are file an extension you're more likely to be audited? >> absolutely not. but what would get you audited is if you file your return a week or two late or you don't -- you skip a year all together because you don't think you should file a tax return. you don't want to do that. what do you do instead? file a form 4868 if you think you'll be late, file a 4868 before april 15th, it will give you an excellent six month extensi extension. i encourage people to file an extension if they're waiting for corrected documents. >> also, sf you you pay too little, it might be a red flag. is there a way that you can work out a payment plan in. >> there is. but let's sea you owe $1,000 and you can't pay it, so you pile your tax rrn but you can't pay anything. wrong. don't do that. what do you to avoid that instead, file your tax return and pay what you can even if it's only $10. and include with your tax return a form 9465. this is an installment agreement

request. and what you'll say to the irs is, hey, i can only pay $10. come back and give me a payment plan. the irs will come back to you in a couple of month, definite and you payment plan over time that hopefully you can afford. if you can't, you can negotiate with them. >> so you have to include that for rm with your tax return? >> pay even something, even if it's $10, and include that form with your tax return. >> math errors increase your odds of being audited. are you talking about simple math errors or do they have to be egregious? >> the tax code and the forms are so complicated, but for example you claim all your medical out of pocket expenses, which you can, but only to the extent they exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income. you forget to do that calculation. allow do you avoid that? use a computerized tax preparation program or use a tax pro. that will eliminate that chance of an error. >> so you still get audited,

where do you go from there? >> most audits are a correspondence audit. you'll get a letter in the mail. so if you agree with the e rcir you you check i agree, and return on or before the due date. if you don't agree, include a substantive response of why you disagree. and include the detail and backup with that. or hire a tax pro to represent you particularly if they'll call you you to the field office. you never want to go to those yourself. hire a tax professional to represent you. they'll come back, get the information, they'll anxious the question and avoid the emotional aspect of it with you. >> thank you so much. and if you want more information, just go to moneywatch.com. up next, important results from a new attitude study on heart attacks and women. what you need to protect yourself. we'll be right back. sticking to a plan matters, especially when it comes to your finances. that's why chase cards come with blueprint. free and only for chase customers. with finish it, you can take your balance

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in "health watch," women and heart attacks. heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. and a new study finds women who have heart attacks compared to men who do are twice as likely to die within a month. and those are some sobering facts. dr. jennifer ashton is here with those details. twice as likely? >> that's right. >> why? >> we don't really know, but it has been money for some time in the field of cardiology and medicine that women just don't do as well. it's not clear whether there's differences in their biology. we know that their hearts are slightly smaller, so the blood vessels that supply the heart are absolutely smaller. that may be a reason. it's been these ri theorize tha hormones might be a reason. there is something we can do in the community that kicould impa. we're talking about usually

invasive testing, both dying moss tick a diagnostic and their you prapeu. and also things that are done to treat, usually a catheter put in that opens up those blocked blood vessels. women don't get them as often as men do and this might be a big reason why they don't live as long. >> because doctors don't think of it? >> it's not clear. obviously will's gender bias that we're trying to break new. >> in this study, the survival rights are a little bit different, but one of the problems as i understand it is the symptoms are very different. >> that's right. some symptoms do overlap, but typically we think of chest pain as the major symptom. in women they can deliver and women can have things like shortness of breath and it can happen in men, but it's more common in women. they can have a weakness. one of the most common ones is an mush fatigue.

so women can go in and say i just feel exhausted. that might be the sign of a heart attack or something like nausea. these are things that both women as patients as well as doctors need to have their radar up, they need to have a higher sense of vigilance. >> don't just like for all four of these at once. >> exactly. but women tend to go later, they tend to delay treatment. so there are multiple factors at play. >> such important news. there's also a new study out about pregnancy and asthma when it comes to your children. >> this is one more study that points to the fact that in ut row exposures or things that happen to pregnant women and therefore it can potentially affect the fetus long term can have some play. this was an associative study, so it didn't show the cause and effect, but it showed that women particularly minority women who are exposed to extreme stress

when they were pregnant, their babies had higher levels of an inflammatory blood marker when they were born and that in turn potentially is lengthed to future development of asthma. so multiple jumps here, but, again, you want to try to minimize investigation. but who isn't at stress when they're pregnant in>> pregnant or not actually. but still great tips. jen, good to have you here. and for more information about heart risks for women, logon to webmd.com. do a search for heart attacks in women. up next, a murder victim, her killer and the other woman. we'll preview the latest "48 hours mystery" when we return. you're watching "the early show." >> announcer: "cbs health watch" sponsored by citracal. citracal is different. it's calcium sit trait so it can be absorbed with or without food. aren't absorbed properly unless taken with food. he recommended citracal. it's different -- it's calcium citrate, so it can be absorbed with or without food.

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a guy that i had been involved with murdered someone and he cut up the body and the cops decided that they should charge me with the mute election. why would i just all of a sudden come in and like start mutilating the body? i had nothing to do with that. to me like he's the obvious suspect. i had a whole life in front of me. i had a plan. i was in chenlg and if i was college for a reason. it's because i wanted to be a lawyer and i was getting toward go to law school. that was not part of my plan. >> that is a sneak peek from this saturday's "48 hours mystery" about the murder of jennifer cave. the woman you injuries heard is laura hall. but five years later, there are still questions over her exact role. "48 hours" correspondent maureen maher has been covering the story from the start and joins us. so you have a young woman murdered, on young man charged with murder, and yet there's

this other woman. >> laura hall has beenvillely filed in the community of austin where she lives. but i think part of that reason is that laura, you never really know who you're going to get. there's lawyer rat articulate student, lawyer rat vulnerable woman you want to believe, and then there's laura who did such unbelievable behavior the dave the murder that it's beyond stupid and ridiculous. almost in-human. so i think people have chosen to focus in on her because she continues to talk, but her story is always changing. >> what are the latest developments? >> just in the last couple of week, a new witness has come forward and the defense attorney for the man charged with the murder now says that a witness has come forward who claims that laura hall told this witness that she was about to get away with murder. so they have been trying for the last few months to get a new trial for colton. they were once denied and it looks like with this information they will try once again because

they'd like to reopen the murder case and try to point the finger at laura, who as i said continues to have an evolving personality and evolving story. >> what a roller coaster for the family of the victim, jennifer cave. what do they say? >> for them they were pleased when there was a first conviction. laura was also convicted of tampering with evidence and for helping this young man escape to mexico, but they would like to see both of them locked up for good and never really to get out. i think they fear very seriously for their lives with laura out on the streets. >> i know that this is tough as a journalist to arranges but sense you've been part of the story, what is your gut feeling or what do the facts tell you? >> i think that laura is not telling us the entire truth. i think she probably was someone who was pulled in by this young man who had the ability to manipulate a lot of young women including the woman who was killed. she had gone away from colton who had a drug issue and then all of a sudden she was back with him. so we just don't know the truth about laura, but there's something more to the story.

>> i'm sure it will make for a fascinating "48 hours." thank you. and you can all watch it this saturday, in too deep airs at 10:00, 9:00 central h h,,,,,,,,,

it's 25 past 8:00 o'clock. a little cool but another gorgeous get up and go. sharon will wrap up another rush right after tim's first warning weather. >> still temperatures holding tight the middle to upper 30s around much of central maryland. right now we have 37 degrees. 40 hagerstown and 43 oakland and down on the shore and around the water temperatures still in the upper 30s, the most part 31 rock hallian 41annapolis. spring arrives saturday afternoon, until then pleasantly mild conditions, going up to 69 temperatures, with sunshine, down to 38 tonight. now for a look at the roads. we go to wjz traffic control. >> if you're about to head out, two issues that could get in

your way including a disabled vehicle on 95 southbound just approaching the tunnel, the left lane blocked. meantime an accident now in the city. harper roadblocking the center lane. bel-air another pedestrian struck northwest at howard. accident 32 westbound at the 29 off ramp. meantime 83 southbound still slow down to beltway 95 southbound slow from white march down to 895. there's a live look at the beltway at exit 41 on the topside outer loop, bel-air to delaney valley. 95 clearing out nicely. the delays begin south of there. the traffic report is brought by the cochran firm. call the firm at 800-the-firm. back over to you. >> a teen is in shot trauma after being hit by a hit-and- run driver. we have the story. >> reporter: the car hit the 18 years old as he was walking his girlfriend home. that girlfriend tells wjz she saw a black car perhaps a

honda, with continuallied windows leave corint-hian's lounge driving southbound on windsor mill road where there are no sidewalks. that's when terrell chambers was hit and the car kept going. the family believes the passenger side mirror was damaged during the collision. he has been unconscious since tuesday as police continue to look through security cameras in the area. family hopes someone will come forward. back to you. >> baltimore city police are investigate ago triple shooting from overnight that happened over midnight inside of the club uzo on bel-air road. two men were found shot inside of the club. they're in serious but stable condition. a third man walked into a local hospital with a gun shot wound. he's in critical but stable condition. police are looking into what happened there. the governor said the state should stop displaying real time traffic information on automated signs. he says he doesn't want the signs to be a distraction to drivers. there are now 23 of them around the state displaying traffic advisories and amber alerts to drivers and stay with us. maryland's news station. up next meet the youngest

person to row across the atlantic ocean by herself. plus, a woman wins a home worth over $2 million years after ,,,, ,,,,,,

so the if i recall official start of spring may be a couple days away, but i think it's begun out here this morning. >> a great day. welcome back, everybody. daveaway, but i think it's begut here this morning. >> a great day. welcome back, everybody. dave be you're outnumber a little bit. >> but there's so much testosterone here, it evens out. >> actually, a lot more estrogen. >> yes, be careful, betty, it may be contagious. just ahead, talk about a great story. a former science teacher, she

loses her house to hurricane katrina. she just won a dream home in an hgtv contest. myra lewis is here with us this morning. can't wait to meet her. and the home is gorgeous. also ahead, we've been talking about that sandra bullock was so happy thanking her husband when she won the oscar. and now she reportedly left him for a tattoo artist. we have someone from in touch here to give us all the details. and somebody who has been in a public marriage that wasn't exactly what met the eye. and we will meet the youngest person ever to row across an entire ocean by herself. 22-year-old katie spotz of ohio rode from west africa to south america arriving just a few days ago. she's got to be tired. she'll tell us the whole incredible story and the adventure that she was able to -- >> why not just take a cruise? >> or a plane.

>> exactly. >> speaking of tired, yesterday in your opinion dublin. now you're here. that was pretty whirlwind. >> we had a great time in dublin. great way to celebrate st. patrick's day. and it is so much fun to be back with you and everyone on the plaza. let's take a check of the weather. we'll bring up those

let's do something really neat. do you want to meet a senior who is actually not going graduate after the class trip? what's your name? >> brent. >> he's wearing a sign that says mr. morrow is extremelied old and he's the principal of your school. congratulations. nice move. maggie, back inside to you. >> and in case mr. morrow hadn't seen that, now you made sure

that he did. thank, dave. as we've been report, bad news for sandra pull lock. there are reports that she and her husband jesse james have split. this after tattoo model michelle magee says that she had an affair with james. here to talk about all of that are joumana kid, the ex-wife of jason kidd, heidi bank, and noah levy, senior editor of "in-touch weekly" which broke the story.ah let's start with you, noah. it was almost two weeks ago that she was thanking her husband at thes on cars. how did you break the story? >> this is the result of a lot of hard work and a lot of research, but it's unfortunate result of hollywood marriages. they just don't seem to work out. and it seems like you have this powerful award winning actress and she can never have a man that stays loyal. >> we'll talk about that with heide in a minute. was there any case that there was any trouble prior to this?

>> definitely, there was. sandra wasming the briblind sid. yes, sir city was leading her to believe he was separated. sandra seemed to be the doting partner, being loyal to him and his daughter from another relationship and trying to make this relationship work. >> so it would seem that she really was blindsided by this. >> sandra seemed to have it all. >> heide, we're talking about two known actors would w s who in the spotlight. is this surprising, why does this happen so freequently? >> there are enough marriages that have worked, but we focus on the ones that don't. the first thing she said to him was i want to be the first one i could trust to hold my back. immediately trust issues.

she's got something going on in that area. so i'm not surprised that this has shown up. >> we saw had this with tiger woods and elin. can this be fixed, is this beyond repair? >> every relations ship is fixable. every relationship can survive. the thing to look at here is he's the bad boy. there's a lot of indication here. she was amazing this year helping in that custody battle. a lot of stress on a relationship when you're in a custody battle. even if it's not your child. and she did say i feel like a mother to this child. but, you know, wrestling with the ex-wife who was a porn star, a lot of questions in that area. a lot of questions about jesse and his own self-esteem because she had a big year. and when the man has a big rear and the woman has an okay year, it usually works. i hate to sound sexist, but it's just because that's the way it is. >> but she was having a big year

and he was having trouble trouble, so maybe he sought solace somewhere else. >> exactly. and my heart -- everybody i know america's heart is with her and him, as well. hopefully they can work this out because they did seem like such a wonderful couple. >> joumana, you and your husband seemed like a wonderful couple, as well. you had some relationship in the spotlight that didn't turn out to be everything that people thought it was. what must sandra bullock must be going through right now? >> i know no matter how much you want to say you don't care what people say and who cares, you do. you're embarrassed and ashamed because it was built up to be something that was so perfect. and i think she should have nothing to be ashamed of because she poured her heart out there. and when she did say that she had her best year because she finally found someone who had her back, she spoke her truth at

that point. and i think that makes us love her even more. so hope friday not too ashamed. i think probably hurt, devastated, shocked. she was blindsided for sure. >> what complicates this is that she's a stepmom just like you. how do you deal with this when there are children involved, how do you explain to them? >> with my own children, you just -- you have to be very careful and just make sure that they don't feel caught in the middle and they don't feel that that's a good guy or bad guy and that adults aren't perfect and sometimes it's just how it works. i love my step kids. >> do you still have a relationship with your step kirds? >> yes, i do. i love them very much. of course i don't see them or speak to them as often as i would if we were married still, but they know they can count on me, call me. i love them. it's not something you just don't stop loving. two beautiful children that i'll never stop loving. >> jjoumana, thank you so much. heide, noah, thank you.

myra lieus lost her home five years ago in hurricane katrina. recently her life changed again in an instant when the hgtv network came thknocking on her door. >> you are the new proud owner of dream home 2010 hgtv. how do you feel? >> i am blown away. i am blown away. this is unbelievable. oh, my god. >> what's going through your mind -- >> what a knock on the door. as the winner of the network's annual dream home giveaway, myra will soon be living in this gorgeous home near santa fe, new mexico. myra lewis joins us in the studio morning. great to have you with us. congratulations. as you were watching yourself reliving that moment, you look like you're still in shock a little bit. >> i think i've got past being overwhelmed to be overjoyed at

that time this point. >> these homes are gorgeous. who wouldn't love to win one. but did you ever think it would really be you? >> no, but you know what, from the first moment i saw that house, i just loved it. it resonated with me more than any of the previous homes that i've seen that were given away and i've been in this for years trying to win one. but this one was particular to me. and i entered every single day. >> which you can do, you can enter once a day every single day. >> you and your sister were reminding one another don't forget to put your entry in today. is she jealous at all? >> i think she's as happy for me as she would have been had she won it. >> you're a life long new orleans resident. you have deep, deep roots in. you're deeply tied to the community. really involved in the community. is it tough to pick up and move to santa fe? >> well, you know, i think it's going to be a gradual thing. as i tell my friends, i do not intend to give up my little piece of new orleans either so that i can always come home and

get my little infusion of new orleans culture. so that will be important to me that i will not cut ties completely with new orleans. >> so you'll have two places then. >> hopefully if i can swcan swi. >> your sister will probably let you stay with her. >> yes, she has an haveextra bedroom. >> what was the first thought going through your head there? as we watched your face, what's going through your mind when that knock comes on the door? >> when i saw him standing outside my door, all thoughts wepts out of my head. i did not remember what i said, what response i had. i know i was clutching my heart because i felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. >> you say you've been doing this for year, but this home in particular really spoke to you. what was it about this home that you said that one's for me? >> everything about that home. and i've been in that area. i have visited that santa fe. in fact, i drove the albuquerque/santa fe corridor and then i spent time at a

retreat near there. so i'm very familiar with the area. i love the fact that there are those tremendous views all around. i love the outdoor courtyard, et cetera. the colors in the house, the furniture in the house, the tile work, the artwork, it all speaks to me. >> and clearly it was meant to be. it's been a long five year, but congratulations. we're looking forward to the house warming. >> okay. >> maggie, back over to you. we're going from that back house to a little stein any boat. katie spotz says she was the worst rower on her college team, but a few days ago, she became the youngest person ever to row across an entire ocean solo and the first american to row a boat without help from one continent to another. after 70 days, five hours and 22 minutes, but whose counting, the 22 arrived sunday in georgetown.

she returned late last night and she joins us exclusively gothis morning. how did you get the idea in your head? >> the idea found me. i was chatting with a person and they mentioned their friend rode across the atlantic and i thought it sounded like the good idea. >> even though you were the self-proclaimed worst rower on your college team? >> i like setting the bar pretty high. >> so you commit to it, you call up your parents. what was their reaction in. >> they immediately said no, you're not.? in. >> they immediately said no, you're not.>> they immediately you're not. they certainly didn't want their daughter out at sea alone. >> you got a lot of sponsor and there's the boat. how big was it or small? >> it was 19 feet long. i had a cabin in the back that i would sleep in. it was pretty much the size of a coffin.

and then i had the rest of my supplies out in the bow. >> did you have any boats or anybody following you to keep tabs on you? >> i had a tracking unit, but other than that, i was completely alone at sea. i didn't even see a human until over two months in to the journey. >> what about nonhumans that are scary,dolphins, whales? >> the wildlife wasn't terribly threatening. one day i felt a bufrng of bumping on the bottom of the boat and it hooked hike shark, but ended up just being about eight or nine tuna fish, but still must have to get the heart beating. >> did you ever have anything scary happen, did you cap size? >> i had some near capsizeses. as i was rowing in to south america, the winds and currents were this opposition, so it caused some really turbulent waters. so i actually ended up rowing another 400 mile just to make a safer landfall. >> and what did you eat?

>> i had-a millilf a million ca board and the majority came from dehydrated meals and i supplemented those with trail mix, energy bars. >> so you never got to stand up during all this? >> no. when i arrived, they had me climb up a ladder and i expected i wouldn't be able able to walk. as soon as i had my feet planted, i was just swaying backnd forth. it was a real challenge. >> you forgot how to stand and walk. >> yeah. i just kind of was in the cockpit and it's only about four feet long. so -- >> oh, my gosh. so are you feeling land locked, are you ready to go out again and do something else? >> i definitely have some ideas shall rest before worrying her with the next one. >> yes, please give your mom a break. but congratulations. now back to erica. >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by campbell's healthy request.

umm, umm, good for your heart. there's always a lot happening at the "early show" and especially with some of the ladies here. recently american baby magazine asked maggie and myself if we would be a part of the magazine, which we were very happy to do because our good friend day ina points is also involved and we couldn't say no to you. so this was a pretty good -- we had a good time at our photo shoot. >> we got some great pictures and not only did we take them, but we've printed them and we have them. here it is, here's the cover. >> it's awesome. thank you so much. >> it was really fun to do. >> there we are, even larger than life. >> who thought that these two bellies could get any bigger. >> "the early show" is having a baby boom. >> isn't that the truth.

julie chen started it. us two. debbye turner bell who is on maternity leave and so many people behind the scenes. >> the person who did my makeup was pregnant. >> definitely a baby boom. so i don't know if you're up for number three. >> i'm not drinking the water while i'm here. >> thank you for giving us this chance because i've gotten so many e-mails who say we're an inspiration, proof that you can juggle it all. >> you are. >> and in heels. no easy feat. >> you also have some great things for moms to be here. we're sort of going through some of american baby's most recommended baby shower gifts. >> these are all super baby shower gifts. i don't know if you want to start with many the stroller there on the end. >> i have to idea what the best stroller is. >> this is a great city stroller. it's an umbrella stroller, it retails for $130. and what's unique about it is that on many, the back doesn't

reklein all the way so if you have a really little one or somebody sleeping, you can't quite get them down to a reclining position. but this one does. and then the bucket underneath, you can take off and back it a backpack so you can wear it. >> and light weight is really big for me. >> compared to some of the massive price tags on the others, a great deal, too. >> had this is also unique, thi the rock and play, and most of the rocking things are not acceptable for sleep. this is one where it actually is acceptable to put your baby in here at night to sleep. so if you have a baby who has reflux and you need to tilt the baby up, this makes that possible. >> that's about $50 you said. pretty reasonable, as well. and so many moms swear by this. >> this is $45 retail and it's in american baby all the moms tell us this is the exception must have.

you can put it at your waste if you're feeding the baby or you can sit the baby in it. >> invest in a bumper pillow. >> my girlfriend danielle swears by these blankets. >> is this a blanket that you automatically swalgd in? >> yes, you use to swalgd the baby. but you can use it for other things, too. and here is the monkey onesie, it's $20. and lots of accessories that you can get with it. >> and it holds up really well. >> why is it so exception to give a new mom? >> because you use them all the time and babies spit up and you're running through like five of them a day. >> did everybody here that? we want onesies. >> bottles. >> had is an orthodontic nipple,

which means it's good for babies who have colic and it's also great in terms of how their mouths and teeth form. >> is it plastic or glass? >> this is bpa-free. >> and this is good for traveling because it's inflatable. >> and this is from munchkin. the tub is $15. individual duckies are $3. and if you -- i don't know if you can see it, but when the water is too hot for baby, this will turn white. >> some great stuff as always. >> i have a surprise for you, though. . >> we'll do it as soon as we get back. there is much more coming up. and check out more at our website.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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