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sarah palin opens up about her marriage, her money, and a possible run for the white house. early this wednesday morning, house. early this wednesday morning, november 10th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs a brisk, chilly november morning here in new york city. good morning, everybody. i'm harry smith. >> good morning, everyone, hope you are having a good morning i'm maggie rodriguez. >> president obama still on the road from india to jakarta, indonesia, now in seoul, south korea. big g-20 meeting, big economies of the world, some not so thrilled with moofts of the fed last week buying back a lot of u.s. debt. we'll have more on that in a bit. >> but we begin in wednesday morning with this, it was to be a week of fun and great food. instead their cruise ship broke down. now the more than 3,000 passengers on that carnival

cruise ship are towed back to port and eating emergency rations like spam and pop-tarts and that's not the worst of it. priya david-clemens is here with the latest on when they might be back on land. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right, passengers are now three days into what should have been a seven-day vacation cruise. instead, they've been adrift at sea with hardly any power or basic amenities. this morning, they are being tugged back to shore here in san diego but officials say no one should get excited yet. it will still be some time before passengers touch dry ground again. at 113,000 tons and twice the size of a titanic, the carnival "splendor" dead at sea for more than a day with almost 4500 people on board, is now on its way back to land. >> it's a slow process getting back into port. >> reporter: one of two tugboats reached the stranded vessel last night and began tugging it the 200 miles to san diego at a

snail's pace of just four miles per hour. at that rate, the ship won't reach shore until late thursday evening. what was supposed to be a relaxing an enjoyable seven-day mexican rivera tour for passengers turned into a vacation horror story. at 6:00 a.m. monday morning, a fire in the engine room cut off power to the vessel and set it adrift. passengers were left with no air conditioning, hot water, working toilets, or any way to commune the outside world. >> it's my understanding that all the passengers are safe and as comfortable as they can be. >> reporter: tuesday, u.s. navy helicopters began ferrying over 70,000 pounds of supplies to the stricken ship. >> we got about, let's see, four planess double shuttling, going back and forth tries to the "uss regay". >> reporter: the ship ran out of

food tuesday forcing passengers to trade elaborate dinners and expensive buffets like this for relief supplies that are a little more basic. carnival cruiselines said they're doing everything they can and released this statement, saying, conditions on board the ship are very challenging and we sincerely apologize for the discomfort and inconvenience our guests are currently enduring. when passengers arrive back here on land they'll be getting a full refund for this trip plus a free cruise for some time in the future, perhaps the last thing on any of their minds. maggie? >> yes, they just want to get home. priya david-clemens in san diego, thank you. let's talk more about that effort on the phone from a me today, california, coast guard petty officer metcalf. good morning, sir. >> good morning, maggie. >> paint a picture. if we key see the ship right now in its immediate surroundings, what would we see. >> we have on scene the coast

guard cutter morgan all this as well as two tugs contracted out by carnival cruiselines. >> one coastboard cutter, two tugs, the mexican navy standing by i understand in case they need to help you? >> that's right, the mexican navy they did send a 140-foot patrol boat, as well. also, as mentioned earlier, the "uss reagan" was able to assist during this event. >> so it's a huge undertaking but moving slowly because this is such a big and heavy cruise ship. what is the best guess when it will arrive in san diego as of right now. >> right now, still predicting for it to arrive sometime, you know, between the afternoon or the evening for thursday. >> thursday. meantime, these passengers are on board initially it was reported they had no ac, no hot water, no working toilets. have things gotten any better for them. >> yeah. luckily, they were able to, you know, offer their backup generators, were able to bring back on running water, sewage, things of that nature. they do have internal lighting,

as well. so, they're not in -- >> in the dark. >> correct. >> what's -- is anybody hurt? is everybody safe? >> yeah, right now, you know, we haven't received any reports of injuries related to, you know, the fire or anything. but, we do have coast guard, as well as navy personnel on board, you know, to help monitor the health and well-being of all passengers and crew members. >> all right. we hope things continue to go smoothly. petty officer kevin metcalf, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> 7:06. harry. >> thanks. to that mysterious streak seen over the west coast monday. it was caught on video but, so far, though one really knows what it is, exactly. including the government. cbs news national security correspondent david martin is at the pentagon and has the latest. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. you're right, the pentagon is still not sure what that was in the sky off the california, except that it was not a missile

fired by the u.s. or some other country. the video of what looks, for all the world, like the contrail of a missile, was shot monday evening by ccbs cameraman gil leyvas from a news helicopter over los angeles. >> saw a big plume coming up, rising from it looked like beyond the horizon and it continued to grow. >> reporter: he zoomed in and stayed on it for about ten minutes. to him, it looked like an incoming missile. >> it was unique, it was moving, it was growing in the sky. >> reporter: the pentagon spends billions dollars a year making sure it is never surprised by a missile launch. so finding out what the camera saw became a top priority. both navy and air force insisted they had not launched any missiles. and the north american area defense command which is to track incoming missiles declared it had not been fired by any other military. but, it nobody could say what it was. the twitterotti had a field day. can someone please tell me how

our department of defense has no idea who launched a missile from california's coast? >> so, nobody in our government or military knows -- scary. if you misplaced a missile off the coast of california, the u.s. government would like to have a few words with you. >> the faa did not receive any reports of a missile from other pilots in the area or track any unusually fast objects. the air defense command determined the object was not traveling fast enough or have a big enough exhaust plume to be a military missile. the best guess now, harry, it was either an airliner or an amateur rocket but we may never know for certain. >> you know, it's interesting. i've been reading through all of this stuff and somebody said, it's all about the perspective of where the helicopter was versus the angle and probably it was an airplane. is there any sort of scuttlebutt consensus around the pentagon? >> reporter: scuttlebutt says airplane but nobody's willing to

make a definitive statement because they just don't have the data to prove it was an airplane. they have the data to demonstrate that it was not a missile, but they can't prove what it was. >> all right. we know what it wasn't. we just don't know what it was. david martin, thank you very much at the pentagon this morning, do appreciate it. >> scary! as that twitter said. erical hill with the rest of the day's headlines. good morning. >> good morning to everyone. president obama is in south korea this morning. there to attend the g-20 meeting of the world's major economic powers. the president arrived in seoul following yesterday's stop in indonesia. in sa highly anticipated speech to students in jakarta tuesday, the president talked of repairing relations between the u.s. and the islamic world. the indonesia information minister meantime under fire for a handshake with the first lady. mrs. obama was on a receiving line yesterday in jakarta when she reached the information minister, he appeared, if you look at the video here, to willingly shake her hand.

that is the issue, a conservative muslim, he's supposed to avoid contact with women he is not related to. the minister says he tried not to shake but his hand was forced. >> a boeing 787 dreamliner test plane had to make an emergency landing in texas yesterday because of smoke and fire in the cabin. just the latest in a series of recent in-flight problems. cbs news aviation correspondent nancy cordes joins us from washington with more. this fire actually happened, if i have it correct, the electrical equipment bay, which is have a pretty significant impact on some of the flilt controls. it's a little scary to hear. >> reporter: it is, erica. this fire occurred at the end of a six-hour test flight when the plane was coming in for a landing alt laredo, airport in texas. they noticed smoke in the back of the cac bin and some flight and engine controls stopped working as well. the pilot was able to land the plane safely. the slits were deployed on the runway and the several dozen

technicians on board were able to get off safely, a, as well but a setback for boeing already three years behind in the delivery of the dreamliner and that's. >> last week the issue of qantas airlines and air-bus 380 which blew an engine mid-flitd and hearing today singapore airlines is switching out the engines on a third of its a380s, what's happening, the two major players in the global market for this. >> >> reporter: sxaeblst. singapore airlines announced it may ground its entire fleet of a380s to examine the problem and as you alluded to qantas monday is grounding its fully of a380s indefinitely discovering oil leaks in several engines, as well. this is a big setback for airbus, really their new signature aircraft. so just like boeing, they are scrambling to frpg out what's happening. >> we've talked about the planes. but, there is actually more news with the people who fly those

planes. two different pilots unions calling for a boycott of the full-body scanners we see more and more of in airports. why are they opposed to the added security? >> reporter: well, they are coming out urging pilots to boycott the full-body scanners because they say their primary concern is the radiation since pilots have to fly so many times a month, they say they also have privacy concerns, as well. now, the tsa says these machines are safe and that the dose of radiation is about a two000th of the dose in a typical chest x-ray but still the tsa says it acknowledges the concern of these pilots and working with the unions to resolve the issue because full-body scanners are here to stay, installed in 65 airports around the country and counting, erica. >> get used to them, huh? nancy cordes in washington this morning, thanks. christmas coming early to google. the company announcing yesterday all employees will see a thousand dollar holiday bonus and get this google also says it will pay the taxes on that bonus so workers will keep the full

amount. plus, all employees will see a 10% raise come january 1st. may want to see if they are hiring. actress betty white has a new gig, not with google, though, she's a forest ranger. there's your money shot of the hug with smoky bear on hand, 88-year-old white made an honorary ranger yesterday by the u.s. forest service. she said she'd always wanted to be one as a young girl but women weren't allowed to do the job at that time. >> as excited as i am today and as grateful as i am, i know two people who would be over the moon, my mother and dad. thank you. >> white would spend weeks with her family at a time in the high sierras. time for a first check of the weather with dave price. i feel like were you a m

>> at 7:15, we've had our first check of the weather this morning. harry, over to you. >> dave, thanks very much. another emotional day on the stand for elizabeth smart. she is testifying in the trial of the man accused of kidnapping her eight years ago. as she recounts her terrifying ordeal. cbs news national correspondents ben tracy has details. >> reporter: in her second day of testimony, elizabeth smart described in graphic detail what she says her alleged abductor brian david mitchell did to her, plying her with drugs and alcohol, forcing her to walk around naked and raping her on a

daily basis. this is not a prosecutor making an argument. this is the victim looking at the jurors, telling them in her own words the nightmare that she had to endure for months. very powerful. >> reporter: she's now 23 but smart was just 14 when she was snatched from her bed and held for nine months. authorities frantically searched for her but smart says they missed an opportunity to rescue her. mitchell made her wear a vail in public and she says a detective once approached them asking if he could look under her vail. he said he was looking for elizabeth smart. he asked if he could be part of our religion for a day, just so he could see my face. mitchell told the detective, no. smart says she remained silent fearing for her life. i felt like hope was walking out the door. i was mad at myself that i didn't say anything. i felt terrible that the detective hadn't pushed harder, that he had just walked away. during her testimony, smart did not have to face mitchell. he was removed for the courtroom

for singing hymns. mitchell claims to hear the voice of god but smart says while he was abusing her, he never referred to religion. >> the prosecutor's saying he's not a religious zealot. he is a sexual predator who preyed on this child and was using religion to manipulate her. >> reporter: even after smart was finally rescued, she initially wouldn't tell police who she was fearing mitchell would kill her. he now faces life in prison if convicted. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. that brings back memories of that horrible, horrible ordeal for that young woman. >> so sad she has to relive it all. >> terrible. >> still ahead on "the early show" his confrontation on a school bus with kids bullying his daughter made headlines across the country. now he just cut a deal that will keep him out of jail. we'll talk to him about in an exclusive live interview. >> our travel guru peter greenberg has tips how to bring fares back down to earth. >> and sarah palin gets up close

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it's a at the pennsylvania stateline and there's a delay bind that one and meantime, the accident should be clear at amberwood road and no injuries in that one and 83 southbound slow from mt. carmel and 4 minutes at 46 miles per hour and 95 slow from white marsh and 0 minutes at 35 miles per hour. and the traffic is brought to you by bills. back to you, don. >> in the new, a local hospital settles a multimillion dollar lawsuit and andrea fujii is live outside of federal courts. st. joe's settled for $22 million. three cardiac surgeons noticed people working -- and they paid kick backs to a group called mid-atlantic in exchange for patient referrals. st.joe hasn't admitted to the schemes and most of the money

will go to the government and $3 million will be split among the whistle blowing surgeons. thank you, she lied about having cancer and a woman will be spending a longer time in prison. a judge has now added six years to her sentence for violating probation. >> thousands of dollars in computer equipment stolen from a charter school. 17 computers were taken from the christian arts academy along with other equipment. the police say they have people on the ground. and change is coming to camden yards. during the off season, the club level and upper deck will get wider seats and less intrusive railings will be installed in front of them and the seating

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much good. we welcome them. if you are thinking about flying this season i hope you have your tickets by now because air fares have shot up almost 60% since last year and aren't going down anytime soon. peter greenburg, our travel editor predicted this, back this morning not to say "i told you so" but to give you suggestions where might still be able to find deals even though you procrastinated. >> also this morning, sarah

palin brand new spread in "people" magazine at home with todd and the kids. lots of information in there and we'll tell you all about that in a bit. first though, the story that launch ad national discussion on bullying, remember this, the angry father caught on tape boarding a school bus and confronting the kids who were bullying his daughter? well, he finally had his day in court and before we speak exclusively with james jones, cbs news national correspondent jeff glor has more details. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: good morning, to you. many parents remember this, a dad who had enough, getting on his daughter's school bus to confront her tormenters got him arrested and a lot of sympathy. now his punishment. the story captured national headlines. a father caught on tape during an angry expletive-laced tirade. the mad dad is james jones, who boarded his daughter's school bus in september near orlando, florida after she was the victim of repeated bullying. >> i'm telling you this

>> reporter: jones was arrested for disorderly conduct but on tuesday, he reached a plea deal that will keep him from going to jail. jones' 12-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy was continually tauned and bullied on her bus. she said students spit on her and hit her with pencils. her dad snapped. >> it is just a very natural tendency to say, not only am i going to protect this child, but i'm going to get that person who put her in harm's way. >> reporter: jones apologized days later. >> i don't ask nobody to go on the bus and use the language i used in front of children. i would like to apologize. >> reporter: the story struck a chord with parents around the country who sent jones notes of support and even money to pay for his defense. >> a lot of parents are saying, wow, this was not good what he did, but we get it. we understand it.

>> reporter: and so, apparently

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7:30. air fares have been climbing since the summer. if you haven't booked your holiday travel yet you will likely have to pay top dollar for your airline tickets. lucky for you are watching "the early show" this morning because peter greenburg is here with solutions. good morning. >> good morning. i have to tell you, i did tell so you. >> i know. all along you said air fares would rise and they have in a big way. how big. >> big. over 59% some routes over last year. for example, boston and minneapolis over the thanksgiving vacation, $859. >> ouch! >> even southwest airlines from lax to laguardia, $900.

>> on southwest, you know what, i even though you told me so waited a bit longer than i should have to book my christmas tickets and i said, you know what, i'll try jetblue, a discounts airline so it was no cheaper. >> the law of supply and demand. if the seats are filling up they will adjust prices accordingly. >> what other things are contributing to the rise. >> first of all you've got fewer planes, fewer seats, fewer flights, a capacity issue. but there are ways around this to be flexible without having to be a contortionist. >> for example maybe leave on a different date. i tried fussing on a date and that helped. >> for example, if anybody leaves on the day of 24th, no simp three from me because that's why they made "planes, trains and automobiles" but if you leave on the 28th, as an example the cheapest i found on delta was 427 between l.a. and new york. on jetblue on the 30th, it goes down. >> i bet lu to leave like 6:00 in the morning, no. >> no. just a different date.

>> what about a different airport. >> look at alternates, milwaukee like the secret third airport. islip instead of new york. providence instead of boston, another favorite. those airports really work. >> what about if you do what everybody hates forego the non-stop part. >> keep in mind the airlines give you connecting times officially legal but are really suicidal. if they tell you there is a connecting time of 40 minutes over the holiday period, you know, what you miss that connection flight since all the other flights are full, you are not leaving on that middle flight but spending a night in another airport. give yourself at least 90-minutes connect time or don't book that flight. >> maybe too risky. maybe you can't afford the air fare. is another way to get to grandma's house. >> there is. a lot of alternatives on the train. for example between new york and chicago the cheapest fair we found was $579 but if you take the train, guess what, $172. >> oh. how long is that -- >> an 18-hour trip but you don't

have to take your shoes off, you can plug in your computer. >> trains are very nice. >> not a bad deal. the bus is cool, too. if you want to go between chicago and st. louis, that's expensive airfare, like $241. but the actual bus trip, $56. >> that's right, you talked planes, trains, automobiles but you can drive. >> you have to book those, too. the rental carp fleets have been reduced, as well. they took their cue from the airlines. fewer capacity brings higher fares. strategy, all strategy. >> thank you. up next sarah palin opens about her family, her husband todd and her new reality show. you'll learn some things about her this morning here on "the early show" on cbs. she felt lost...

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there's a new article in [ crowd simultaneously ] magazine out about her family and we're learning a bit more not only about sarah palin but also about her husband, todd. a really interesting look at their family. you know, they don't do interviews very often. you get this interesting picture of this couple that's been together for a couple of decades now and todd palin who retired recently from some 20 years working as we heard about he'd be gone six months working on the oil rigs in alaska scl, he's home and really seemss like from the article he is managing the day-to-day flow of this family and of sarah palin, her career. >> he shoots the video for her reality show and i thought what was really interesting, she has a say and gets to take part in the editing. she made this deal saying i'll do this show only if i can be there and dictate what's on the show so. far, the producer has said she's not asked for anything to be deleted. >> right. the one thing that jumped out at me one of the camera guys said she's good with a gun.

>> that's no surprise. >> you want to know that. you know, if -- you want truth in advertising. >> you want to know she's really, you know, walking the walk. >> exactly. exactly. >> which is some of what you are getting. it is interesting, the article talks off talking about she's eating reindeer chili. >> that's normal in alaska. >> poor rudolph. >> i had the same experience eating kangaroo in australia, perfectly normal. >> you have to get used to it. rabbit. speaking of eating sarah palin getting a lot of attention this week in pennsylvania. >> yeah, cookies. >> if you haven't heard about schools talking about nutritional guidelines, what should be offered in schools. >> mrs. obama a big pro poenent of nutrition in school. >> absolutely. sarah palin was about to appear at an event and said i hear they want to take cookies and cakes out of the school, talking about a nanny state, there is a bit of miscommunication. state board of education said,

look, we are not mandating what can and can't be in schools, simply guidelines but, boy has everybody riled up who should decide what your kid can eat and where. >> that was her point bringing the cookies saying the schools shouldn't tell you what you can eat but should be the parents and apparently got a huge round of applause when she made that statement in her speech. at least the people at her event supported what she did. >> there you go. >> we'll be right back. you are watching "the early show" on cbs. and dissolves completely.free, what a beautiful way to get fiber everyday. that's the beauty of benefiber. hi. chili's tonight? do i know you? yeah. your mother's brother went to summer camp with my uncle's friend's accountant.

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and 83 southbound, still slow and 8 minutes to get through that delay and 10 minutes between white marsh and 895. we'll look at the speed sensors and 21 miles per hour and slow speeds out on the beltway. and taking a live look at 50 and 97. that's the area where we have the accident working and we have heavy volume there. there's a live look outside at 95 at whitemarsh. and this is brought to yogi h.h. gregg. -- brought to you by h.h. gregg. and marty's in the first warning weather center. [no mike] and superday, it helps to turn that on. and we're going to a high of 57 degrees today and super,

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out in an exclusive interview. we'll hear from her about how she's doing and what she's doing to help honor her late husband. >> and how many times have you heard us say, it looks like prince william and ka kate middleton are finally going to tie the knot? >> right bimplts a hundred million thousand trillion times, right? >> give or take. >> right? this this morning we have inside information about a pact, a secret pact that prince william allegedly made with kate, yeah, for real, katie nicholl, the royal insider has written a new book. it is very telling and we may finally, finally have a definitive answer to that question we've been wondering about for so long. >> how are about that? first, though, erica hill has a check of the headlines this morning. good morning. >> good morning, again and to everyone at home. this morning, the stranded cruise ship carnival "splendor" being towed back to san diego, not expected to reach port until tomorrow by on the move. a fire left the "splendor" and 4500 people onboertd a drift off

the mexican cost. backup generators are providing some running water and sewage services. the navy is ferrying supplies, meantime, to the crippled ship. there is no air conditioning, however on board nor hot food. an update on the mysterious vapor trail seen over the southern california sky. we know what it wasn't. but, we still sdont know what it was. video of what seemed be too missile launch, it looked like one, was shot monday by the kcbs tv helicopter. the pentagon says, though, this is not a missile. it wasn't traveling fast enough or have a large enough plume. as for the faa, they are stumped, the best guess, a plane or amateur missile. the investigation, though, continues. president obama arrived inn

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popular actor lost his battle with cancer. in an exclusive interview with pat harvey with our los angeles station, his widow, lisa, spoke about their long marriage and her new-found activism. >> reporter: it was a year ago lisa niemmy swayze lost the love of her life, patrick, to pancreatic cancer, yet more than enough time for her to see life differently. >> there's nothing like being face sdthd with mortality for you to really see what's important. >> reporter: when the star was diagnosed with the deadly disease in january of 2008, lisa didn't realize what he would be up against. >> i know when patrick got pancreatic cancer, i didn't know much about it. he knew. his first thought was, i'm a dead man. >> reporter: but lisa says patrick didn't take it lying down. he continued to work, filming a tv series during his illness. >> the nurse said don't you think you've worked hard enough? he turned away and went -- he

looked like the hulk, like how dare she tell me when to stop. >> reporter: that same patrick tenacity hooked lisa early in their relationship. they met as teenagers in texas in his mom's dance studio. >> we had a lot in common. dancing, horses, we were both pilots, loved nature. >> reporter: they were married for 34 years. did you want children, lisa? >> oh, i would have loved to have happen but for whatever reason that wasn't in the cards. >> reporter: but lisa soon discovered the hand dealt to her, to educate others about the deadly disease that took her husband too soon with her feverish dedication, lisa is spearheading the cause to find a cure. now the spokespen for pancan, the pan contra tech cancer action network was recently honored for her courage and inspiration she gave to patrick and others in fighting this disease. >> it's a merciless deadly disease and so severely

underfunded it just blows your mind and that has to change. >> reporter: 94% of pancreatic cancer patients will die within five years of diagnosis. and the average life expectancy after diagnosis is only three to six months. patrick was one of the lucky ones. he survived 22 months after diagnosis. >> i know, for all of those in the fight right now, that patrick is here cheering you on, because i know it would have been -- it would have been the highest honor for him if his illness had helped other people. >> reporter: what do you think he's thinking about what you're doing now. >> i think he would be very proud and, if anything, he'd probably be sitting up there going, you know, if you are going to do it, girl, you go! you go all the way. give 'em hell. because i know you can. >> reporter: for "the early show," pat harvey, cbs news, los angeles. >> we thank pat harvey for sharing that exclusive interview

with us. joining us now is dr. jennifer ashton. dr., good morning. >> good morning, maggie. >> why is pan contra tech cancer so deadly? >> a couple of reasons. first of all where the pancreas is located in the body it sits behind a lot of our abdominal organs so as the tumor grows, it really is largely hidden from the feel of doctors during exams and it doesn't start to give you symptoms until the tumor is really large and really engulfs almost all of the pancreas. by that time, it's usually too late. only about 10 to 15% of cases of pancreatic cancer are diagnosed at a time surgery is still an option. >> what are other options? i know for one you and i have talked about a vaccine in development. >> exactly. these new targeted therapies as they are called for pancreatic cancer and other cancers are really getting a tremendous amount of research and very exciting they are called targeted therapies because the way they work, they really just seek and destroy the cancerous cells on the pancreas and spare the rest of the healthy tissue. that's one area. immune therapy is another huge

area we've spoken about on this show. i actually spoke to a patient in a clinical try for the pancreatic cancer vaccine, which is also very exciting. individualized therapy and newer drugs that really target the growth factors that are on these pancreatic cancer cells as well as the blood vessels that feed the tumors so a lot of exciting research. >> how far off are we talking, any way to know. >> clinical trials going on at major medical centers in the country right now, maggie. so anyone knowing someone battling pancreatic cancer should try to get involved with one. >> is there anything we can reduce our risk factors for it? >> so many things are things not under our control t. affects men more than women, older people, as we age, most pan contra tech cancer is diagnosed after age 45. we can't obviously control those things. what we can control, smoking is a huge factor. it's implicated in about 20 to 30% of cases of pancreatic cancer. obviously, smoking is bad for the rest of your body but particularly a risk factor for

pancreatic cancer. alcohol consumption and obesity, all things that we can try to reduce and, therefore, lessen the risk. >> dr. jennifer ashton, thank you, jen. still ahead they both start their days at working moms named erica hill. but one goes to a tv studio and the other goes to a classroom. we'll see what our erica learned from her namesake when we return. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. blngsz [ female announcer ] finally there's a new choice in high performance detergent. introducing wisk with stain spectrum technology. try new wisk. we upgraded the formula, but not the price. ♪

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what will you do with your savings? ,, our namesake ser's continues this morning with a terrific teacher who also happens to be named erica hill, erica hill rochester, to be precise from st. louis, missouri. since i kim from a family of educators, my mom and sister are teachers i was really looking forward to spending a day in the classroom, where i learned there

was a lot to learn. look up erica hill on facebook and you'll find plenty of us, all leelgd very different lives. my day starts in the wee hours. >> good morning. well before the sun. >> here's my messy office. >> a well-oiled and precisely timed routine. once i'm fully coiffed, more research to be done, pow-wows with producers and final touches for the show. >> in a statement to cbs news. >> as we are preparing to go li li live. >> ready. >> my namesake, erica hill rochester is just starting her day in st. louis. a busy mother of three and elementary school teacher, this erica hill begins the day in overdrive. side by side, our lives, our routines couldn't appear more different. but looks can be deceiving. we both have precocious

4-year-old boys, babies, and breast pumps demanding our attention, though her supply has mine beat by a mile. as "the early show" goes on the air, erica is almost out the door. >> this is my home away from home. >> reporter: erica teaches just outside st. louis, where most of the students come from low-income families and regularly score below the state averages in both math and reading. >> good morning. >> but, 85% of her students read a year or more above grade level. >> pick a word, you guys, and you will learn. >> one of the main reasons the district -- >> that's good. >> -- moved erica from second to third grade this year. >> we should be starting on our morning work. >> the morning was a whirlwind of fast-paced lessons designed to keep the kids focused. and i was happy to pitch in.

>> 90 plus 10 is what. explain what you did. >> what do you need help with. >> holding the attention of these third graders is a daily challenge. a lesson in patience not lost on her students even erica wasn't sure she wanted to be a teacher. >> it never crossed my mind to be a teacher as a child. but, i just love it and i love -- i love making a difference. >> that dedication is what keeps her here. >> didn't you have a vocabulary sheet. >> even after shrinking school budgets have forced two recent paycuts. >> i love to do it. and i think that these kids need me. >> when the school day end, erica shifts into mommy mode heading straight to jay den's school. >> say bye-bye. >> bye-bye. >> then picking her up from the sitter. back home on to dinner.

i couldn't hech but notice erica never sits down, never misses a beat. her husband, shawn, arrives home just in time for erica's one luxury. >> where's my keys? >> an hour at the gym, where i tried to keep up with her in an advanced kick boxing class. i may only make it through half the class. i want to be like erica hill, that erica hill. after spending more than 12 hours with my namesake i couldn't help but notice how similar our lives and our days really are, especially the way we end them, standing up in the kitchen with our families. . >> he feel like, oh, this looks very familiar. i know this routine. >> the hours and the jobs may be different, but the demands, the challenges, and the rewards are very much the same. i have an intense amount of respect for any teacher and not just because, you know, of my family, but erica is just incredible.

the way she keeps those kids interested, the things that she has done for the school district, her principle could not have praised her higher, her peers and colleagues voted her teacher of the quarter and they voted her teacher of the year. she's so humble, a shining example of everything that is right with teachers in our country. >> after two paycuts. >> and two paycuts. her husband jokes, i don't know how much more we can take. there comes a point you are not able to take a paycut anymore but she's so dedicated to these children and knows how important she is in their lives and not willing to give it up. >> years later, any one of us could think back to elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school and name teachers who influenced who we've all become today. you can't underestimate the importance. >> and mrs. rochester is one for so many of them. the kids, by the way. >> how did you get to wear the hat. >> it was crazy hat day, that's why there was a hat. >> and she's super woman, not only does that but then the family, the cooking, the gym.

>> yeah. >> only i could appreciate the breast pump reference. these two were like, huh. >> i did, too, actually. >> i was in awe looking in her freezer. >> i know. >> guys tomorrow, we wrap things up, actually will horse around a bit with dr. dave price of smithfield, ,,,, ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit

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right shoulder on the inner lupe past 97 and a new one involving a scooter atsal road. and one on windsor mill on north rolling at church and one at rosedale and 95 southbound, still slow to 895 and typical delays on the beltway and 16 miles per hour on the topside outer lupe and maybe slower than usual on the topside and taking a live look outside, that's 695 at 97. and this is brought to you by xfinity. can ask about the triple play feature. and you can watch online or on demand. thank you, and a local hospital is allege idly a part of a kick back scheme.

>> reporter: don, st. joe's settled for $22 million. some doctors weren't getting referrals and they were claimed to have paid kick backs. and in exchange for patient referrals. they're not admitted to the scheme and most of the money will go to the government and $3 million will be split with the surgeons. and the attorney says this doesn't effect possible future cases. an unnerving report where a 23-year-old was raped taking out her trash in laurel. a man with a weapon jumped out of the bushes and raped her. and four new schools are opening in baltimore city. the school board approved the new openings for the 2011, 2012 school years. three will be chartered schooled.

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here. >> she may have listened into our control room. >> when they were prepping for the movie she did come here and do research and watched behind the scenes and i'll bet she picked up the line there. >> she just may have. >> we'll catch up with both harry and rachel in a minute. also ahead, next year would have marked the 50th birthday of princess diana and 309th anniversary of this wedding i'm sure you like i and everyone else in america -- >> do you remember watching? >> of course. >> up early in the morning. >> the big question now for the british will prince william choose 2011 the year he ties the knot with his long-time love kate middleton. we'll speak with someone who says she has the answer. >> the answer. >> yes. she has covered the royals years and has contact with the royal fami family. >> can she get us on the guest list. >> probably not but we'll talk to her. >> some may spend $150 on a beautiful centerpiece and you may sit at home thinking who would spend $150 for something

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and tomorrow, it will be another superday and temperatures about 56. check out friday, saturday and sunday. 60, 64 and close enough to call it 60 degrees. what a great mid-november weekend it's going to >> all right. no way home begins friday, heading out of town tomorrow. today is the last day to vote. by noon eastern time, everyone. anchorage, alaska, seattle, washington, newport, oregon, san francisco or san diego. keep in mind you can vote with your mobile phone right now or through noon, the closest race now between anchorage, alaska and newport, oregon for anchorage, star, star 08, newport, star, star, 06 and there are the other numbers or log on and vote online at earlyshow.cbs news.com/nowayhome

or log on to cbs news.com and navigate your way there. it is a very tight race between newport, oregon and anchorage, alaska. we will see where we wind up tomorrow morning, got to vote by noon. maggie, inside to you. >> very good. thank you, dave. it is the question burning up great britain these days will prince william marry his long-time girlfriend kate middleton next year. long-time royal watcher katie nicholl is author of "william and harry behind the palace walls" if anyone has the answer she does. she's live in the studio. so nice to see you in person. >> lovely to be here. >> usually speaking by satellite. >> it's been wonderful in new york. >> you have great access to the royal family and have inside information about this secret pact. >> right. >> that kate and william made in 2007. >> that's right. >> what is the pact? >> this is something i talk about in the book but you remember they broke up in 2007, they got back together and went away for this holiday together

and basically made an agreement they were going to spend the rest of their lives together. they had that break-up. kate said i need to know am i the one. william said, yes, you are. you've got to wait i've got to finish my military career, my training then i'm going to marry you. she knew all the way back then and they've kept this pact secret but it's their understanding, we call her waity -- now we understand why. she wasn't waiting for nothing. she knew this would happen. >> when does she finish his military career. >> he's now finished fully qualified as a search and rescue pilot what he's doing at the moment. the path is clear. we've watched avidly. so much seems to be happening which seems to indicate an announcement is imminent. i wrote a story about a royal coin that's being made. the royal mint are making a coin. the other weekend kate's parents, carol and michael, were at balmoral shooting. very significant because of

course the prince of wales had to give his permission. all these signs then i found out the weekend kate is having a wardrobe made for you. you only do that if you are about to become an official princess. you are watching and thinking all of the signs are here. this is going to happen. >> didn't her mother put pressure on them? when they made that pact they told her mother about it and they said the wedding would be imminent. here we are, three years later. isn't she telling me three years ago -- >> they made the pact in 2007 but actually what you are referring to a conversation she had with prince william, last christmas. because of this pact carol was worried and thinking is this ever going to happen like the rest of us and william assured her it was. actually a couple months later they were skiing and william was actually calling kate's father "dad" a reference to this agreement. the middletons are waiting, they know it will happen and hopefully the new year we'll have a great big royal wedding. >> 2011 would be a great year, his mother would have been 50 and they would have been married 30 years had they stayed

married. >> you are absolutely right. they could have done it in 202 at the diamond jubilee but diana will be overpressing in 2011. there are films being done on her. she can't be here on his biggest day so i think it is a way of honoring her which i think is -- >> you and i have spoken before they don't want a wedding as big as that. do you think it is kind of inevitable? >> you look at that footage ever 1981 and think can anything match on this sort of a scale. i think william and kate are very different people. they don't want a huge wedding. their friends have told me what they would love to do is run off to scotland and get married very quietly but it is not going to happen. it's got to be england. i think it will be st. george's chap chapel. let's not forget the queen loves a party, it won't be a tiny wedding, sorry guys. >> do you think kate middleton could be the next princess

diana. >> i think she could. like diana, we don't know very much about her. in this book i really had to dig deep. getting people to speak about her is hard, really, really hard but you realize she's just a very normal, normal girl but she loves the same things as him. they have a real friendship and i think she does have the potential to be like diana. she's a style icon, already. she wears something and the can frocks fly off the shelves. i think watch this face and she could be just as big. >> what about baby brother harry, we haven't spoken about him, is he still with chelsea? >> it is funny you should ask that. i have a bit of an exclusive. they are back in touch because, of course, they split up over the summer. she's gone back to outsouth africa, he's training in middle england but planning to go over there over christmas i think to africa. watch this face for a reconciliation. >> maybe not a doubling wedding but at least. >> we could have a wedding and another engagement. who knows. i say never rule these two out because they are great friends.

harry has said they are deeply in love with her but at the moment they are continents apart but let sees see if they make it work. >> oh, wow. thank you very much. we will definitely check out the book. >> i hope you enjoy it. >> harry. >> from "mean girls" and "the notebook" to "wedding crashers" and "sherlock holmes" rachel mcadam has a fascinating roles now set her sights on what we know well around here, playing producer of a news show in a big screen comedy "morning glory." >> okay. from now on, every single story we do is going to have to be sensational. we're going to be more aggressive, work harder and do it now. >> -- with speeds up to 130 miles an hour. >> here we go. >> -- 95 degrees. our own ernie appleby getting a sneak peek at this amazing new ride. isn't that right, ernie? >> oh, my.

oh, my. ohhhh ohhhhhhh! >> oh, yeah. this is a great idea. >> and rachel mcadams joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> nice to see you. >> nice to see. >> drew: i know you hung at some of the other shows but you were here for a couple of days. we talked a lot. >> we did. >> what was the most important thing you learned about morning television? >> you're going to get up really early. yeah. not 6:00. >> well, you were at the party last night and you got up at what time. >> 4:00. >> and you -- >> i left before you did. >> right. >> i was up after you. >> really? >> you are a party animal. >> i am, arrr! am i ever. here's a better question, what surprised you the most about what we do every day? >> well, i was -- i guess i was surprised at how much work it really is. i mean, i sort of never put it into context but, you know,

doing films, they come to an end at a certain point. but the news never stops. >> right. it never, ever does. >> no, it's just 24-7. and i was also, really, it was really nice to see how much passion goes into telling the news and how involved producers are in their stories and the people that they work with and it really is like a family. >> people really care. >> yeah. yeah. >> people really care and work really hard. your job is this new executive producer with this fourth-place morning show is to entice harrison ford to come into the fold. and he plays what, exactly? >> he plays the occur muj jonny hard-newsd, you know, anchor that's been kicked off the air for bad behavior and i bring him back out of retirement, against his free will. >> right. >> i find a loophole in his contract. he can't say no. >> yes, and drag him onto morning television kicking and screaming.

>> exactly. >> right. you know, speaking of this party, we have a nice picture of harrison ford. look at that guy with the bow tie. >> oh. >> you are very handsome. i love the bow tie. >> thank you very much. >> do you normally break out the bow tie or is an evening look and this is your day look. >> that's the day look and that's my sunday night look. >> oh, special. [ laughter ] >> harrison ford had some very flattering things to say about you, in terms of your preparation and how you worked and your commitment and everything else. do you know what a big fan of yours he is? >> oh. well, that's very nice. because i'm a massive fan of his. >> were you not intimidated. >> i was very intimidated, yes. i mean, he is like a hero of mine. i watched "indiana jones" until i wore the tape out. i really did. >> here's the other thing that's interesting about, this as i was sitting there looking at the screening looking at credits come by your name is above

harrison ford's, above diane keaton's, is this your, rachel mcadams' arrival movie? >> oh. i don't know. i mean, i really hope people enjoy it. i think it's a lot of fun. >> this is such a competitive business that you're in and people are always comparing, well, she's the new this or she's not -- she's different than the old that or the whatever and the whatever and all of these people trying to get these same jobs. you were a competitive figure skater once upon a time. does this serve you well in the difficult business that you're i in? >> i guess so. i guess there's a certain amount of discipline that comes along with being an athlete and learning -- learning that at a really young age. it just wasn't the right kind of challenge for me. and then when i got on stage, it was -- a different kind of scary. it was a scary that like i liked

that feeling. >> right. i think you probably made the right choice, it seems to be working out for you. >> thanks. thanks. >> great to see you. >> nice to see you, too. >> really nice. >> thank you so much for sharing all your wisdom and insights with me that day. i know you had a billion things to do and it was really very kind of you to sit down with me. >> it was my pleasure, believe me. >> oh, thank you. >> "morning glory" opening today. rachel mcadams, thank you. >> thank you. thanks very much. >> now erica. >> like the bow tie. could wear it to thanksgiving dinner, perhaps. from buying the turkey to setting the table thanksgiving can have a fowl effect -- on your finances. earl show contributor katie lee is here with great choices from lavish to low budget to help you get through the holiday, you could look like you spent a million bucks without actually spending it. >> exactly. the holidays get really expensive especially if you are hosting thanksgiving dinner. >> exactly. >> you have great splurge versus

steal options for us. >> yes. >> the first one being the turkey. >> the turkey. planning ahead is key because it is actually about planning to start ordering it even two weeks out. our splurge turkey is a heritage turkey. have you heard about these. >> we have heard. >> getting much more popular. it doesn't have the same characteristics as a traditional turkey. this dates back to the turkeys that they found in the new world when they came here. >> first thanksgiving. >> only 25,000 of these are produced a year. >> wow. >> versus 200 million of the conventional stur keys. this one is from dartanian, it was $130. this is a splurge. >> and serves how many. >> about 6 to 8 people. plan on about a pound and a half of turkey per person. our steal turkey, this is a delicious free-range turkey. it was frozen and it was $20. >> big difference. >> much less expensive, still free range, it's delicious. the recipe for this turkey is on the website. the secret for getting this

beautiful golden brown is maple syrup, it also always look like it came out of a magazine if you do a little base with maple syrup. >> i like it. the fancy turkey -- a lot less. >> and a free-range turkey always tastes better i think it is more to spend a little more for it. >> your place settings can add up but if you want to sproous up your table you have opgs, right. >> very important to have nice place settings but can spend a ton. a spurnlg from william sanoma, i like plain white dishes because the food is highlighted. this was $500 but we went to [ inaudible ] and you buy them separately, three to six dollars a piece. i spent $30 for five pieces plus two wine glasses. >> that's fantastic. when you buy things by the piece when uncle eddie comes over and breaks it, it is very easy to

replace after he had too much wine. >> exactly. >> first the centerpieces this to me looks like traditional thanksgiving a beautiful centerpiece. >> that's our steal. >> you've been busy. >> the centerpiece really makes the table. it can cost a lot of money if you go with flowers these are from stone kelly, beautiful florist here in new york. they can really add up for instance these peonies in the summertime are four dollars a stem but in the fall $12 a stem. they can really add. they are gorgeous. we went to the craft store and i love this, a cornucopia that was $8 and i filled it with some gourds and indian corn. this looks so beautiful. it was $12. >> total. >> for everything on here. >> wow. >> get creative. let your kids help and everybody can be part of setting the table at this time. >> really fun. >> when we look at the wine, you're actually in luck if you are fan of this because it comes out in time for thanksgiving. >> exactly. with wine, the sky's the limit. you can spend a ton of money.

our splurge is a pinont noi, great pairing for turkey but like you said, this comes out the third thursday of every november, perfect of thanksgiving and it is actually best pairing is with turkey and stuffing. >> fantastic. serve it slightly chilled, you want to put it in the refrigerator about 15 minutes before you serve it. >> you can get for, what, $10 a bottle. >> an average of $10 a bottle and it is part of the season look vs. festive and a great 2k3wi69 going to somebody's house for thanksgiving. >> is there anything you can't do, your dishes afterwards. finally. >> candles, very important to have the nice ambience. these are hurricane vaez i bought a pottery barn for $35 plus the candles but, you know, when you get flowers, you never know what to do with all those vases, i save them and use them for my table. i filled them with cranberries and put in the tea lights.

>> i love these vases i think we have too many collecting dust. >> mine collect dust. >> but you could collect your own a corns, depending what's in your yard. >> yeah. >> i like it. great ideas, as always. as you mentioned we can find more on the website on steals and splurges. stay with us. we'll be right back. you are watching "the early show" on cbs. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

i stayed up late last night to watch another great episode of "the good wife". >> and? >> thanks, in part to two very special guest appearances michael j. fox was amazing and our own erica hill. >> pretty catchy. >> no one is taking credit for this video yet but how are you

dealing with all of it? >> well, it's difficult, but i think that's just modern politics. >> is there, perhaps, a good point to be made here? i mean, you have shot up in the polls and you've done this as the friend of the down-trodden yet we see you getting cosmetic surgery. were you concerned about your looks? >> no. about a year ago, i was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. >> the thing that is so great about this show -- >> besides erica's performance. >> -- the show itself. wow, gist everything -- us that was a mock-up of a jib-jab video we sort of washed during the campaigns, everything taken slice out of slice out of daily events and turned on their heels. >> the writing is phenomenal. the acting is incredible. >> i -- i don't even know what to say except a sound effect. >> she doesn't have to act, though. she played an anchor. >> i played me. but that's the strange part

because, you know what -- >> oh, you were really believable. >> thank you. [ laughter ] >> i'm going to have you do my next contract negotiation. >> it says a lot. the last time they used you like a sprit second and you got a lot of time there. >> next time, who knows. >> i see "the,,,,,,,,,,

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