good morning. herman contain takes the lead over mitt romney in the gop presidential race according to a brand new poll out this morning as rick perry falls to fifth place with just single digit support. rescue teams in turkey pull a two-week old baby from the rubble as the death toll rises from sunday's massive earthquake. hundreds of victims are still missing and we'll have the latest from the disaster. >> lawyers for michael skaxon plead their case today as the defense plans to paint jackson

as a desperate, sleepless man who would turn to anything including propofol to get rest. we'll take you inside the courtroom. and red sox first baseman bill buckner helps the mets win a world series. now, a quarter century later, the two men linked by one play their unlikely friendship and why they're joining forces now for a good cause. it is tuesday, october 25th 2011. captioning funded by cbs good tuesday morning. i'm erica hill. good to have you with us. >> and i'm chris wragge. good morning to you, as well. >> really excited for bill buckner being here. >> can you believe it's been 25 years? >> no. >> met fans are still living that one. >> yes. some red sox fans are, as well.

bill buckner has managed to turn it into a positive. in fact, they're both turning it into a positive. we want to kick things off this morning with politics and a few surprises which shows herman cain is now leading the republican pack. most voters though it turns out still haven't made up their minds, even after eight debates and a few more which we know are to come on the calendar. jan crawford is in washington with more for us. jan, herman cain is now in the lead here, 25%. on romney followed by 21%. rick perry has slipped to sixth place as we see geng rich move up. walk us through these numbers, jan. >> what's striking about this poll is how big of a hill rick perry is going to have to climb if he is going to get back into this race. he led our poll one month ago and now his numbers have almost flipped with herman cain.

they just jumped right back each other. the more that people see rick perry, the more they seem to like herman cain. the other thing we see in this poll is that mott rimny's numbers, while people flip back and forth, mitt romney's numbers stay consistent. throughout your our polling, he's been in second place, like he is today, or tied for first. so we see him have this ground of support that i think will bode well for him as he goes forward. >> and looking at some of the other numbers from this poll, a lot of people are paying attention to this race. 70% of registered voters are paying attention. republicans a little bit more than democrats. overall, they're watching. when it comes to registered republicans who are going to vote in the primaries, 80% of them, jan, with say they haven't made up their mind yet. >> right. >> is that surprising? >> no. that's consistent with polls historically in the cycle.

78% of republicans are paying attention to this race right now. we've seen that reflected in the viewers who are tuning into these debates among republican candidates. and when i go out there and talk to voters and listen to these candidates, they're all saying the same thing. they think this election is historic. they have to get the white house back from president obama to put this country back on the right track. that's what you hear over and over. that's measured in the intensity of support among republicans. secondly, the fact that this many people haven't made up their minds, obviously, very good news for rick perry who is mounting an aggressive attack to get back into this race. watch out, herman cain you are the front-runner. he is going to start taking it. >> and we want to bring in now charlie black, republican strategist who has worked on nine presidential pains. charlie, good to have you with us this morning. >> thank you. >> when you look at this field, and you look at the number of republican primary voters who are still undecided, there is an

opportunity. who do you think could stand to benefit the most from that opportunity at this point? >> at the moment herman contain certainly has come from nowhere to establish himself as one of the front-runners, sort of a statistical tie with governor romney and your poll. rick perry could make a comeback. governor perry has a great record, he has a lot of money, he has very experienced national advisers. but governor perry has to win iowa. this is not a national contest. it's a series of state contests. perry has to win iowa to be competitive and standing between him and a victory in iowa is herman cain. so i think jan is right, they're going to be mixing it up some. >> rec pirri is releasing details today of his flat tax plan, obviously, hoping to change the conversation a little bit back to the economy. what specifically does he need to do between now and iowa to win iowa charlie? >> well he's competing for a bunch of conservative voters

with herman cain. the romney vote is solid and steady. it's especially solid in new hampshire. nobody else is going to win new hampshire. so it's conservatives have to peel away from cain and go to perry. that can be done with issue presentations. it's also going to have to be with contrast on the issues with cain. now, a flat tax is popular among republicans. so governor perry will get some attention from this plan. but there's one thing in it that's not going to be popular. he's limiting charitable deductions for people who make over $500,000 a year. the majority of money that goes to charities in this country is center those people. so this is going to be one problem in his plan. >> let me ask you quickly about michele bachmann who like rick perry, did pretty well out of the gate especially after that straw poll in iowa. we saw her numbers slip slip to 2%. there was falling out in new hampshire, the staff resigns. she says she's solely focused on

iowa. does she still have a chance here? >> well she does have a chance. if you look at iowa she's competitive. she's very strong in iowa organizationally. she's an effective campaigner. i think iowa is a tossup right now. bachmann, you know perry, romney, maybe even cain could win iowa. so it's a tossup and michelle is very much a competitor there. >> jan, one last quick question too, because i know i've been in touch with the perry campaign. have they give you a sense of what their exact strategy is at this point? does it jive with what you're hearing from the campaign? >> it does. we're seeing a mitt romney clawing his way back in this race. this is a guy that looked great in the preseason and when he got out on the field he fell apart. it's not really even halftime yet, so he can get back into this and win this thing. but he's going to start with an

aggressive strategy, saw it in the debate he has a new campaign staff, bringing out a lot of national advisers with experience to energize this campaign and as charlie was talking about, rolling out this flat tax plan today, that's going to get a lot of support from conservatives. he's under the microscope too. as charlie told us there are things in that plan that may not add up for him. >> jan crawford, charlie black, appreciate it this morning. thank you. now to the man whose job those republicans want president obama. he's in los angeles on a three-day west coast swing. as bill plante reports, the trip includes new campaign events and policy ideas with the same target in mind. >> we can't wait for an increasingly dysfunctional congress to do its job. >> that's president obama's new slogan aimed at congress as he begins to unveil a series of executive orders because republicans won't pass his jobs bill. in las vegas monday he

announced a plan to make it easier for homeowners to refinance. nevada has the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. retail track says one out of every 18 homes in the state is in foreclosure. >> nationwide more than 10 million homeowners are under water. that means that they owe more on their homes than those houses are worth. >> the plan eases the eligibility rules for refinancing, allowing people with mortgages owned by fannie mae and freddie mac to refinance no matter how far their home value has if an fallen. outside estimates says it could help about 1 million homeowners. >> this is targeted at homeowners that have done the right thing, that have made those payments. so what we say is they have to be current. >> president obama used the announcement to take a swipe at republicans in congress. >> we can't just wait for congress. until they act, until they do what they need to do we're going to act on our own because we can't wait for congress to

help our families and our economies. >> this is also a campaign trip. candidates come to california for money. monday night, the president attended two fund-raisers in los angeles. celebrities including will and jada smith, eva langoria melanie griffith and antoinenio ban banderas all helped to add to his campaign. wall street the dow gained another 105 points on monday. >> in just three weeks, the dow has gained back everything it lost in august and september. let's put it into context. what type of a roll is wall street on right now. >> it's on a significant roll right now. we're seeing the biggest points gain in the dow for a month ever on record. that said, there's a couple more days left in october, and we know from these manic markets that, really, anything can happen here. but what's been driving this momentum at this point is that

we've come away we've backed away from that armageddon cliff scenario. we're not standing on the edge of a cliff. we're not looking down the barrel of another recession. that said that's what primarily analysts are saying. it's not what every analyst is saying right now. but there are some stronger stories out there, caterpillar for example, biggest construction and mining company in the world just came out with very strong earnings. and that shows underlying that there is some growth in the economy. >> so then what should we be watching moving forward to see what's going to happen. >> there are a couple of big question marks. number one, the budget battle. we know lawmakers have to come back together hate in november and bank of america merrill lynch says if they don't get things done and if the $1.2 trillion in spending cuts the automatic spending cuts go into play, that could certainly have an impact on their growth and we could see another downgrade from moody's or fitch of our american u.s. debt. on you also europe obviously, a big thing.

>> talk about europe quickly for us. we talk about greek debt problems over and over week after week. how much are their problems tied to our problems and vice versa. >> it's important to remember that in the u.s., we get about 20% to 25% of our profits. so europe is a component here. if europe had been to a recession and some people do also think that could happen it would certainly impact the united states going forward. so nobody is waving the flag right now saying we've made it through storm. a lot of people are still watching. >> thank you. now, jeff glor is over at the news desk with a check of our other headlines. >> good morning. our news here a dramatic rescue in eastern turkey this morning. a two-week-old baby was pulled alive from the rubble of sunday's earthquake. mark philips is live with more on the continuing quake zone. good morning. >> good morning, jeff. the death toll has risen into the mid 1500s. as ever, it's the small human stories that capture the

imagination. and the small human stories in this play don't come much smaller. today's miracle, a 14-day-old bundle of joy found amid so much misery. ezra is her name a new life plucked from the scene of death. she had been trapped for 47 hours. the baby's parents are said to be buried in the wreckage, as well, their condition not yet clear. two days after the quake hope inevitably fades for survivors, but some have beat the odds. one unsettling fact is that many of those caught up in the quake tend to be young rather than old. there's a reason. a turkish journalist on scene. >> one of the fortunate facts about this earthquake is there are young people who are college students and who go to school here and who chose cheaper housing because that was the only thing that they could afford and now they are paying the price for it. >> relief agencies continue to move tents and supplies into the

region, but with winter coming on and nighttime temperatures dropping below freezing there's a sense of desperation in the air. earthquakes come suddenly, but the misery lingers. more than 2,000 buildings have collapsed in the quake. more than 300 people are dead so far. more than 1,000 injured. and one little two-week-old ray of hope named azra desert flower in turkey, i'm told. if ever there was a bloom in misery, azra is it. >> thank you very much. moammar gadhafi was buried at dawn. only a few relatives and officials were permitted to be there. his body was removed from a walk-in freezer. he was buried in that secret location along with one of his sons. the air force is investigating the crash of an f-15 jet fighter in nevada. a witness took photos of the single seat fighter falling from the sky and exploding on impact

yesterday. about 100 miles north of los angeles. the pilot did eject safely. and in the world series, the texas ranger res one win away from their first ever championship. last night in arlington, rangers catcher mike napoli was huge again in the series, knock a two-run double off the wall. they lead the series 3 games to 2. game six is tomorrow night

this morning in michael jackson's man slaughter trial, the jury will hear from a nurse saying jackson begged her for propofol. >> as bill whitacre reports, it's part of a defense strategy to put jackson and his life on trial. >> people are prepared and would ask to rest at this time. >> after four weeks of blistering testimony against michael jackson's doctor the defense took center stage monday shifting the focus and blame from conrad murray to the pop star himself. >> did he mention to you any specific medicine that he hoped to obtain for these sleep issues? >> he asked me about intravenous sleep medication. >> they want to paint the picture that michael jackson was an addict desperate for sleep, desperate that this tour was a success and that he was willing to do anything for it. >> attorneys called witnesses to

undermine the testimony of alberto alvarez, jackson's bodyguard, who said murray instructed him to clean up vials from jackson's room before calling 911. >> the suggestion being that he isn't really telling the truth, he's giving a story that best suits the prosecution's version of the accident. >> legal experts say what once seemed unlikely is now possible and conrad murray could testify. >> because the prosecution has done so well it may not hurt if he took the witness stand and it may be the only way that he could possibly salvage his defense. >> over the weekend, janet jackson announced she was postponing part of her australian tour to be with her family as the trial nears an end. bill whitacre cbs news los angeles. still ahead this morning dayton, ohio sent a message to immigrants. come on in, we're happy to have you. we'll st ask the mayor where

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the bottom of the hour. top flight sunshine right there. a good start to tuesday morning. welcome back to "the early show." i'm chris wragge with erica hill. >> good morning, my friend. >> a look at the biggest auto market in the world right now, it's china. rebecca jarvis takes a look at gm strategy and tells us why the china market may be keeping it afloat.

>> also this morning, there are still plenty of other presents to buy and this could be the best time for you to get them because of price matching. so many retailers now saying they'll pay you the difference if you find something cheaper elsewhere. we'll take a look at those deals, find out just how good they are for you, take a look at the limits. we are going to help you make this work to your advantage. >> so you're saying a new car is totally out of the question? >> for me biegs one for you, yes. but if you want to by me one, that's fine. >> we'll work on that. illegal immigration has become an important issue in the presidential race. listen to what they're saying. >> they're coming here because there is a magnet and the magnet is called jobs. those pooim people that hire illegals ought to be penalized. >> i will build the fence. i will enforce english as the official language of the united states government. >> when i'm in charge of the fence, we're going to have a fen. it's going to be 20 feet high.

it's going to have barbed wire on the top. it's going to be electrified. and there's going to be a sign on the other side that says it will kill you. >> however, other officials are bucking this anti-immigrant trend. one of them is mayor gary light of dayton ohio. mr. mayor, good morning to you. >> good morning, chris. >> i want to make a clear distinction here, you're welcoming legal immigrants not illegal immigration. just give me a brief overview. >> well we have a bunch of legal immigrants here from russia. we have over 300 families fixing up houses and working and i guess revitalizing communities. and we actually wanted to -- we developed this program around helping them but we also found out that we had people from nigeria, somalia, rwanda korea, the philippines here, as well as

hispanics. we concluded since they were two to three times as likely to succeed in small business that we ought to reach out. >> and what has been the response in your community? >> locally, people have been receptive receptive. >> hates not been accepted on the further outskirts, places like cleveland, let's say? >> yeah. we have some people from lake county that have come here in opposition and i think one person in columbus came by. he wasn't really in opposition. he was sort of neutral, but cautious. >> so your unemployment rate is at 11%, which is two ticks higher than the national average right now. what was it about to bring that unemployment number down for your area what was it about this plan that made you come to this point and say, with i think this is going to work? >> well, the reality is you know, i grew up in england. i spent 12 1/2 years there. when i came over in 1982 though i'm an american citizen, i had a suitcase of backpacks, $600 and

the american dream in my hand. back in the 80s, someone told me, if you want to get rich in american people america, back any immigrant off the boat in any job prospect that you want and they'll make you rich. the reality is these people come here with the idea that there's opportunity in america. and they're, again, entrepreneurial, they're tunists, they work together. and rather than get a thousand people here working for one company, if we could bring a thousand people here who are entrepreneurs, we would have 5,000 or 6,000 people employed in about ten years because they'll be working for them. i'm looking back to the past and saying, this is what happened in the early 1900s. why don't we make it happen again. >> and you're going to have some illegal immigration issues here as well. what are you doing to try to combat that proper identification, things along those lines? is that something you're incorporating here? >> well we're looking into a

citizen i.d. concept that other city ves done just to people can get bank accounts. again, here in dayton, we really don't have a major illegal immigrant problem and -- >> but could you see a program like this potentially leading to that? i think that's probably what has some people a little bit up in arcs, correct? >> no no. the whole thing is geared towards citizenship. i mean we want to facilitate success and citizenship with anyone, whether they're here legally or illegal flip material laws still apply here in date ron. >> mayor, thank you very much for taking the time. good talking to you the. >> thank you. >> jeff glor is standing by at the news desk. we have a look at the headlines for us. good morning to you. >> good morning, erica. and our news here very interesting numbers in a just released cbs news poll republican primary voters were asked which candidates they currently favor, and herman cain

now holds a slim lead over mitt romney. they were tied earlier this month. rick perry, who led the field just a month ago has dropped to fifth place. we have an update now on a story we told you about yesterday. in guatemala, two women have been sentenced to prison in the case of an allegedly stolen baby adopted by a missouri couple. the child, named karen, now 6 years old was adopted by timothy and jeremy hannah hahn three years ago. a woman claiming to be karen's mother said the baby was stolen. in the western caribbean this morning, hurricane rina has strengthened to a category two storm. rina has winds of over 100 miles an hour. it is expected to strengthen before hitting mexico's yucatan peninsula. there's a big change in the air in colorado today. it hit 80 degrees in denver yesterday. tomorrow, temperatures will plummet 50 degrees. so around 30. they're expecting 4 to 8 inches

. good morning. a fine start to the day. humid, spring like, the temperatures around 50. it will go up to about 67. sunshine, tonight at 43 and patches of clouds and tomorrow near 70 and enjoy it while we have it. by thursday, chilly and the showers in the forecast, staying in the 50s up next it is the 25th anniversary of one of the most riveting moments, one of the most memorable moments in baseball history. >> we'll meet bill buckner and mookie williams when we come back.

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moment. two baseball players sat signing autographs mookie wilson and bill buckner, forever linked because of one unforgettable play. >> so the winning run is at second base. >> it was 25 years ago today. game six of the 1986 world series. the new york mets had just tied the game with an improbable tenth inning comeback against the boston red sox and the night was filled with energy. >> there was seismic activity at shea stadium. the place was rocking and rolling. >> with two outs the winning run on second base mookie wilson was at bat and then the play. >> a little roller up along first. behind the bench. it gets past buckner. >> throwing his hands to his head in disbelief. his team had won. >> to the mets jubilation. they would become champions in game seven. for the red sox, their fans and the city of boston another in a

long string of heartbreaks. and for the man who made the error? >> for bill buckner, this was the scarlet a. and it got so untenable for him, unfortunately, that he had to actually move away from the boston area. >> buckner, you suck. >> but buckner has made his own come back, even poking fun at himself on a recent episode of curb your enthusiasm. an omage to a single play that is an indelible part of baseball history. >> it's just extraordinary circumstances in an extraordinary postseason possibly the best postseason ever. >> and thank heavens he can laugh about it now. joining us now, bill buckner and mookie wilson. good morning to the both of you. it's great to have you with us. mookie, i can't believe it's been 25 years. bill, let me ask you has it been a long 25 years? >> no. it's been okay. it's been all right.

i don't know. i think i would have rather caught the baby than the baby. >> it was just one of those moments. bill, on a serious note, it's public record and public knowledge now, boston fans hadn't won a world searry necessary so long they abused you, for lack of a better term. i think most would say the treatment was unfair. do you harbor any type of resentment resentment? >> no. it really wasn't so much the fans in boston as it was the media. and the media kind of egged them on a little bit. but they're a lot of good fan webs they're a lot of good people. unfortunately, it was the perfect storm, you know with the red sox not having won in all those years and playing, you know a new york team it was crazy the way that you know 25 years later, people are still talking about it. and, you know it was not the seventh game of the world series. it was only the sixth. the game was tied.

we might not have even won. but for some rope it stuck. hey, it is what it is. >> but you have though dealt with all of it really well i mean considering what was thrown at you for so long. you've really now not only turned this around. you two have turned this into a great friendship. but you've turned this into a positive for you. you're looking at this 25-year anniversary and moving forward with it. yeah. a lot of things have happened. but hey, it was just a baseball game, you know? the reality, it wasn't lye or death. you know? and you can choose to look at life whatever way you want. i am still very fortunate have a great family, god was very good to me i have a great career, so hey life is good. >> i think that's the thing. you talk about you hate to have careers defined by one play especially a play like that. but this is a man who, for the folks at home that aren't

familiar with bill buckner, 22 years of baseball play you had as many hits at lou gehrig for the most part. it's an incredible career and a great body of work. mookie, let me talk to you. what has it been like in the last 25 years? >> it's been crazy answering the same questions, would you have beaten him to the ball if he had caught the ball. >> would you have? >> i don't know. i honestly don't know. you would be surprised how often we do talk about that moment. and the same questions over and over again. 25 years doesn't seem like 25 years. i guess it's a little different for bill but we have really come to accept our place in baseball history. you're right about ta moment defining our careers. we would both agree we've done

more than that. >> and you both are good friends now, but you're coming together to benefit the ronald mcdonald charities tonight, which is pretty important for a lot of folks. what are you doing there? >> the big thing we're doing is a meet and greet type of thing. we come there and thank people for participation, the support of the ronald mcdonald house. while we are there basically just to show our support, you know, because we have done work with the ronald mcdonald house before. so it's a good time for us to be involved with the community and keep baseball you know in the eyes of the viewers. >> we thank you guys for being here. you both look like you could go out there and play right now. bill buckner, mookie wilson we appreciate you guys for being here. still ahead, a little price matching for your holiday shopping, ahead.

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show," top of the hour here on a tuesday morning. i'm erica hill along with chris wragge. just ahead, the holidays are slowing creeping upon us. >> they're not creeping. they're here. >> i had a feel. it isn't enough to have low prices this year. sth all good news for us by the way. now stores want to match the

other guy's low price and then even give you a little more money. they have to do it now, though. two months before christmas. there's a lot of money on the line. stores do 40% of their business through the year during the holiday season which is great news for you. >> also if video games are on your christmas list go ahead, i know they are, think about this. recent studies show that about 10% of americans that play video games are addicted to them. that's right addicted. the same way people get addicted to drgs or other pleasures. this morning we're going to look at the signs of video game adekz and show you parents how to set boundaries so your children don't get sucked in. >> and sometimes we need to set the boundaries for the parents, too. >> have fun, dad. i can't ever get the wii away from him. first, though, we told you how u.s. car companies are bouncing back after a near collapse. but even before the bailout as general motors face bankruptcy its business was booming in china china. >> and so was the entire auto

industry. dealerships in china selling more cars than anyone else. >> hey, guys it's pretty incredible growth what we've seen out of china. last year general motors sold more cars in china than any other place in the entire world and more than in the u.s. for the first time in its 100 year history. automakers view china as critical to their growth. we got a first hand behind the scenes look at ta how this market does its business from the manufacturer to the dealership and we saw first hand what american brands mean to chinese consumers. at this showroom in shanghai you'll find plenty of chevy fans. >> what do you like about this camaro? >> the car looks cool. >> and they're moving fast. >> we're doing many of the same things in china that we've done in the rest of the world, but we're doing it five times faster. >> kevin wale is the president

and ceo of gm's operation necessary china, where the economy grew by a robust 9.1% in the third quarter and is fueling demand for cars. >> how important is china to general motors? >> oh i think it's tremendously important. china is the largest market in the world and it's the fastest growing market in the world. there was over 100 cities with more than a million people. >> last year, 16.6. kal cars were the old sold here in china. that's 5 million more than sold in the entire united states. and that's a key reason why general motors believed it must do business here in shanghai in order to remain competitive throughout the world. gm produces three brands in china, buick chevrolet and cadillac. most popular is the buick excel. gm sold more than 200,000 of them last year. but as gm's business in china continues to grow, that doesn't necessarily mean more jobs will

be increased at home in the united states. >> the philosophy with general motors is we largely build where we sell. so when you have excellent production facilities in the u.s. and europe in china and korea. so we don't try to ship into those countries on a normal strategy. >> china isn't just an attractive market because of its size. local demographics and social norms have played a key role. car buying here is mostly done with cash. so you'll use your debit card to buy this camaro? >> yeah. >> another difference between the u.s. and chinese markets? let's just say this isn't your father's or even your grandfather's buick. >> the people who are buying cars are younger, so the average age for someone who is buying a buick, for instance is around 30 in china compared to about 60 in the u.s. >> a lot of my friends have a bouck. >> nice wang bought his buick lacrosse three years ago for about $33,000. >> i love gm because they

produce cars more than 100 years, longer than any other producers. >> would you ever buy a chinese-made car? >> i don't know. not right now. >> chinese consumers, like niles, have helped make gm the top selling carmaker in his country. gm is back in the driver's seat heading towards a more profitable future. >> and the president of gm china told me after the company filed for bankruptcy in 2009 it expanded its chinese operation by 70%. he attributes that to helping the company get back on its feet. >> you mentioned how they're expanding operations in china. there's always a concern here about jobs moving from the u.s. to china. is there a a concern that jobs from the u.s. could be leaving and end up over there? >> it's a concern i had going on this trip. and i asked the president of general motors china if that was going to happen. he said to me they like to

produce cars in the markets where those cars are being sold. so as of now, he told me explicitly, that there are no plans to move jobs from the united states to china. but that said with the electric vehicle production and development taking place there, it's certainly something that might make sense down the road just from a business standpoint but not something they're planning on. >> how about asides from gm any american car companies doing business in china? >> gm was first in that market back into the 1990s. volkswagen, not an american company, got in around that time, as well. ford has been a little later to the game. but their plans to beef up the brands in china are booming right now. they want to add about 15 new models of cars into china in the next five years. right now, ford has five. >> all right. rebecca jarvis thanks. jeff glor is at the news desk with a look at some other news stories we're following

this morning. >> in eastern turkey more survivors were pulled from the rubble, including, incredibly a two-week-old baby. searchers found that infant in debris debris debris. the official dealt toll from the quake has now reached 266. elsewhere in the quake zone, survivors mobbed an aide truck. some threw blankets and other items from that truck. turk i didn't knowish police stepped in to restore order. >> at first light in libya, moammar gadhafi and one of his sons were buried at a secret location deep in the desert. gadhafi's body has been on display in the town of misrata for days. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. the bodies were beginning to deteriorate so they had to do something about it. late last night in a very secretive ceremony to two islamic sheikhs washed the bodies in the presence of several of gadhafi's family.

the body of gadhafi and his son were taken by four very trusted libyan rebels deep into the desert in secret. they said to have sworn a secret oath that they would never, ever reveal the location. the ruling authorities here are not very concerned. what they did not want was for the grave of gadhafi to become some kind of a shrine where any of his faithful mitrally to do whatever bad things they wanted to do in the future. that's not going to happen because it is a secret location in the vast vast libyan desert. so the only unresolve problem now, is his son safe? he's believed to be hiding trying to escape from libya. >> all right allen. thanks. herman cain is now leading a new cbs news/"new york times" poll in the race for the

republican nomination. 25% of republican primary voters say they prefer cain. mitt romney is now second. cain and romney were tied for the lead earlier this month. rick perry, who led the field just a month ago is now in fifth place. but the race is far from settled. 80% of those asked say it's too early to say who they'll vote for for sure and 70% of all voters say they are paying attention right now. president obama is continuing his fund-raising blitz in california today. in los angeles yesterday, he attended two fund-raisers. this afternoon, he'll be in san francisco for more of them. raising cash can make you hungry, apparently. so when the president arrived in l.a., he stopped by his favorite restaurant, roscoe's chicken and waffles. he met with some customeres and got some chicken and waffles to go. britain's queen elizabeth is in australia right now where she laid a wreath at a war memorial in kembra. she dpreeted well wishers in

brisbane where we're told a 23-year-old man was arrested after he got cheeky dropping . good morning. a fine start to the day, sunshine, not expecting any rain. looking at the forecast, the temperatures are 67. should be about three above normal, the 64 at night, the normal is 42 and even though it will be near 70, enjoy today and tomorrow. by thursday, the rain temperatures back in the 50s and we will be in the 50s all the way just ahead this morning, impossible new information between a link between hpv and heart disease. we'll tell you how to lower your rick for both.

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in this morning's heart watch, hpv and heart disease. new research shows when women who have been exposed to hpv are more likely to have heart attacks and strokes. >> this is a major problem because this disease affects 80% of women by the time they're 50 years old. joining us now is holly philips. we know, twoo how prevalent heart disease can be in women. this is the first time that there's been research that shows this link. tell us more about why this link is so important. >> erica, this is vary interesting study. it's a large study, looked at nearly 2,500 women. it found that those who had been exposed to hpv were more than twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke as though who hadn't. what makes it particularly

powerful is that these women were more likely to have a heart attack or stroke even if they didn't have traditional risk factors for the illness. like high blood pressure or high cholesterol or obesity. the virus itself seems to raise their risk. >> so what is the connection between the two? >> we can't say directly that the virus causes heart attacks. but we can see a link. it may have to do with laing called p-a 3. this gene helps protect our bodies against cancer and heart disease spt virus seems to activate it. that raises our risk for both. >> how do you lower your risk for hpv? >> the only way tone sure that you won't get hpv is to abstain from sex completely. condoms can help but they're not 100% effective. the vaccine can help. actually, just today an advisory committee to the cdc is

weighing whether or not the vaccine should be available to boys. boys can suffer genitile warts. >> so we've talked about this being more something that women need to be on the lookout for, but men are on the lookout, as well. the connection here you've made for females, is it the same for males? >> this study in particular only looked at women. but the gene we're discussing women have it as well. but really whatever we can do to prevent heart disease matters. it's the number one killer of both men and women. one in four of us will actually die of heart disease. so whatever steps we can take to keep our hearts healthy really matters. >> and awareness is a big part of that. so good to have you on. >> sure. just ahead this morning, we're pulling out all the stops to get you to shop for the holidays. to get you to shop now, how are they doing it?

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how many shopping accounts for 40% of revenue for retailers. >> one powerful tactic is price matching. there's a lot of that going on in stores right now. here to help you take advantage of it is financial expert carmen wong ulrich. i want to announce you like you're in a sports arena. why are retailers now going to this, i guess, next step to -- is it basically to get people into the stores? >> pretty much. we have had so many years now, really, of consecutive losses in terms of how much are people shopping? where is the confidence for people to shop during the holidays? whether we're technically in a

recession or not, they're saying the housing market is still down the jobs numbers are still bad. they're ready to start shopping especially early in the season. everyone wants to wait until the last minute to get the latest sell. walmart, who has been the leader and always known as the absolute lowest place to get the lowest price had nine consecutive quarters. this is a big strategy for them to take it to the next level in terms of saying consumers, you can shop here and we will guarantee that you will get the lowest price. >> so walmart is doing that, but they're not the only big retailer. >> no, they're not. we've got sears, staples. sears is one upping people though. we will give you 10% of the difference on top of it. >> wow. so if you have all these companies doing this before you know it, they're getting people in the doors, but how are they meeting all their margins? >> in volume. there are some restrictions of

course. with walmart and target. these are print ads, so you have to have the print ads. >> on the printed price? >> right. >> this is not with the online retailers. you don't have to bring the item in, of course. and remember, i've been here talking about layways. this is very popular. walmart had a fantastic first week with this. part of the argument against it is you're locking in the top price. they will price match with lay away. >> oh wow. okay. so those are important things to keep in mind things to remember there. are there any downsides here inspect as a consumer if you buy something and get it at this price, a lot op of people don't like to buy too far out from christmas because what if somebody wants to return it? does this limit you if you get it early for a price match? >> no. and some of theory tailors like bed, bath & beyond they will honor internet prices, as well. people like me are sitting here putting promo codes, so they

have to be really, really competitive. here is a twist, though. with walmart, the other companies will give you the refund in the form that you bought it. walmart gives you a credit in the form of a gist card, so you have to come back and spend your money. >> this is competitive now. >> i think chris wragge is very excited about this. >> the big question is will people out there be? >> has it worked in the past? this exists, but maybe not on this grand scale and at this time of year as it's promoted. is the thing though. we are still in a time where folks are saying i don't want to spend as much money orr more money during the holidays. there was a survey that came out this week. 88% of americans said they're going to spend the same as last year or they're going to spend less. the luxury numbers are different. but walmart is saying, we will

match these prices. but if they were to poll the three of us and say, are you going to spend as much as you did last year? no. and it never happens. >> carmen has that kind of discipline. >> never happens. carmen carmen, thanks. still ahead, kids spend as much time on

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four officers negligent after an inmate was killed on a bus, the guards never noticed and the family filed a lawsuit and said that the prisoners were not properly monitord. two were fired following the death. the state may appeal the verdict. this morning, the police are look for two more women in a shoplifting and assault. the police arrested a 35-year- old and 16 year old in the case. each are facing armed rob row and assault charges. they were caught shoplifting mesad the store security, but they got the license plate of the car that they were in. the funeral services are set for the mother and her son that were found murdered. her estranged husband is charged in the death and she is expected to be charged in

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white house staff pick ten letters out of a thousand sent in by average americans. once in a while, the president even sends a personal check. you can only imagine the volume of letters he'll be getting in a couple of days now. >> they'll increase exponentially. >> now the letters are part of a book. >> it's a great read. i loved it. also ahead this morning, with from matthew broderick and casey ashlen. it's the new action comedy "tower heist." talk about a star-studded cast here, ben murphy allen alda, the list goes on. it is a lot of fun, a great flick. i really enjoyed it. they're going to join us this morning to talk a little more about it. but first, according to one

estimate, children spend about the same amount of classroom in all of middle school and high school playing video games. >> the american academy of pediatrics says 92% of school age kids play video games. nearly 10% of those kids are addicts. scary number for all of us. and here with some advice on helping us navigate those numbers, perhaps bring them down a little bit -- >> it's scary, isn't it? >> how serious is this among children? i mean what are the consequences to all of this time spend gaming and to this addiction? >> several recent studies say that an online gaming addiction can lead to depression eltit can lead to social phobia poor grades childhood obesity and dementia. >> even at such a young age? >> yes. ages as young as 10 years old,

they're seeing signs of dementia from an excessive use of these video games. >> it's such an amount of time and volume these kids are spending in front of the tv. does it surprise you? >> it does surprise me. but they're saying that 21 hours or more, that's sort of the sweet spot. zero to 21 hours, no problem. above 21 hours is when the addiction really kicks in. now, 21 hours sounds like a lot, but when you break that down three hours a day, maybe longer on the weekends, you realize a lot of kids are playing 21 hours or more. >> even three hours a day sounds like a lot. so beyond the actual time itself, if you're not sitting there with a stopwatch looking at what the how long your kid is playing a video game what are some of the other warning signs here? >> some of the other key indicators your child could have a performance is declining school performance, losing interest in sports or hobbies, even going to the mall with friends, a lack of self-interest

and self-care. so, you know hygiene goes down the tubes, bathing, sleeping eating, and then social withdraw. and then lying about playing or hiding the amount of time that they're spending playing these games. >> you see i think that's been one of the big problems with a lot of kids these days. back when i was younger and our parents were younger you're out playing baseball playing basketball, you're out doing things. you don't see that as much any more because these kids are so consumed with this. when you see commercials, the stuff is brilliant. but the kids are absolutely brainwashed. >> but probably the other thing, too, if there was an atari, it was miami in the living room or the family rooms. a lot of kids have them in their bedrooms. how do we set those boundaries? >> one of the biggest boundaries is get the gaming units out of the bedroom and into a common area so that you can really watch what they're doing .monitor their behavior. also set time limits. an hour a day is plenty. and more time on the weekends.

and make sure that other parents are aware of your personal limitations so they can't hole up in somebody else's house and spend hours and hours on these games. >> if there's a parent at home saying my kid spends four or five hours a day on these things and it's obviously unhealthy, what could be a healthy boundary? if there was i don't know ground rules that you could lay out there for people? >> a lot of studies show up to 21 hours a week can have positive health benefits on kids. it can help make them happier and healthier. >> three hours a day? that seems outrageous. >> the key is a lot of face-to-face time. play cooperative games instead of competitive games. and a study by byu, brigham & young university says that girls especially who play video games with their mom and dad end up feeling closer to their parents. so there are positive benefits to this when it's done in moderation. >> that's the way to bond with

your teenage daughter. >> come on janie, we're going to play grand theft auto. >> i'm thinking more like tennis. jeff glor has one more check of the headlines for us this morning. >> police are confronting occupy oakland. protesters this morning in northern california, take a look. officers were sent before dawn to kick out about 300 demonstrators who have been camped out in downtown oakland. some protesters threw rocks and bottles and police responded in some cases by daerg down tents and firing tear gas. in florida, for the first time since casey anthony was acquitted for murdering her daughter caylee jurors' names were released in the case. the tragic death of indianapolis 500 champion dan wheldon last week has stirred more concerns of on-track

safety. cbs news correspondent cynthia bauers reports. >> one thing he was worried about going into this race was all that dirty air. >> reporter: with 34 cars jammed together at 224 mrn, there was little margin for error in las vegas. just 11 laps in dan wheldon was caught up and killed in a fiery crash. ♪ >> reporter: sunday racing colleagues, fans and family remembered the two-time indy 500 winner. and drivers followed up monday meeting at the indianapolis motor speedway to talk about the accident and how to prevent more. >> how we react to this is critical. and i'm very encouraged by what i saw today. >> drivers shrugged off criticism of race series executives decisions to run the race at a track many said was too small for so many racers driving pedal to the metal. >> and finger pointing is not going to do any good here at

all. >> high profile racing deaths have historically proven to be catalysts for change. >> the death of formula one driver eric senna in 1994 led to significant changes in a car. no one has died in a formula one race since. >> after iconic nascar driver's dale earnhardt's death in to 01 the league mandated softer crash walls and head and neck protection for drivers. there hasn't been a stock car race death in more than a decade. >> i've enjoyed this testing program. >> reporter: ironically dan wheldon was test driving a new indy car experts believed could save lives by being harder to control. they say the 2012 model will help weed out less talented drivers and cut down on overcrowded racetracks. one thing all drivers know, on the highway or at the raceway, with you are only as safe as the drivers next to you. cynthia bowers cbs news chicago. an amazing story of survival

this morning in canada a hiker, michael st. lauren was missing for ten days in the wilderness north of vancouver, british columbia. search crews came near them but he was unable to yell for help because he was so dehydrated. >> i could hear them they didn't hear me. >> he suffered frostbite on his feet, but otherwise, he says he is fine. finally, here this morning, the northern lights. a long way south. look at the sky over southwestern missouri last night. just spectacular, brilliant reds and oranges there. the northern lights appear far south of their normal range every few years and last night they were visible, even in memphis and atlanta. . speaking of the northern lights, the special are -- social media people talking about that red glow up to the

north on the horizon. sort of cool. i was watching the ravens, their own glow every day, president obama receives thousands of letters from average citizens. they share their feelings some of them vent their frustrations. >> and every evening the president reads ten of them some included in a new book ten letters, the stories americans tell their president. here is a sample of some of the letters read by members of the early show staff. >> dear mr. president -- >> dear president obama. >> to the president, i don't know if you'll ever read this, i hope you do. >> i know you are busy, so i did my best to keep this brief. >> since i lost my job, i have been on 40 interviews and filled out hundreds of applications and having yet landed a job. in michigan, mrb, jobs are very difficult to land. >> the gulf of mexico has and

the impact to this pressure resource has begun. what will become of my corner of the world? >> i am a lifelong democrat who happens to be gay. i just want to say thank you for taking such an active role in the anti-bullying campaign. >> you are not alone. you didn't do anything along. you didn't do anything to deserve being bullied. >> i would like to say thank you to my son, doug the lieutenant in the united states marine corps and surfing in afghanistan. he knows how much his family and friends support him but he also knows he is supported by his government. >> my name is stephan johnson and i am a senior at rome roman catholic high school in philadelphia. just a few months ago, i embarked in a journey that would lead me to become the first avenue can american high school student council president since my high school's founding in 1890.

>> i don't think all children are entitled to equal education. we are not black, we know not white, biracial hispanic or asian or any oh nationality. we are the future. >> ten letters was written by a washington post reporter. you really help to expand their stories. nice to have you with us this morning. >> great to be here. >> it's a fascinating read. the book itself. it gives you an idea of what it must be like for the president each night. they pick ten. how do they decide each day which ten they present to the president? >> it really requires an army. mail used to be handled inside the white house before the anthrax scare. now they've moved it off-site to a secret office building in downtown d.c. they're on the ninth floor of this building. every day, 1500 volunteers and 50 full time staffers sort

through this deluge of mail and they try to look for representative samples of mail. they categorize it by is it positive or negative? 50% is positive and 50% is negative obama will see five and five in his folder that night. if 20% is about the occupy wall street movement he'll see two letters about that. at the end of the day, the letters get sent to his desk. >> it has to be difficult. a lot of times, it's a similar situation on television. the only time you really hear from people a lot of times is they have to complain. especially in times like this the president is getting a lot of letters, which are tough to read than others. it's not so much hey, i love what you're doing it's how can you help? how difficult is it to make sure that every letter that the president gets like you mentioned, isn't just stories of hardship? >> i think that is hard now. initially, when obama started this, it was the second day in office and i think it seemed like a great idea. a lot of what he was reading were congratulatory notes. as time as gone on and things have been very difficult in the country, he sees everyone day

the sort of unrelenting journal entries of hardship and what people are going through in their lives. but there's also you know it's a mix. there are valentine's day cards from fourth graders. there's a mother in michigan that is filing for bankruptcy. it's hope and its des operation, all in that same folder every day. >> which is what he wanted when he started asking for these letters 37. >> i think most presidents for the last couple hundred years have read the mail. obama is the first to make it a daily science, which fits in with the way he usually does things. he says every day he wants ten letters. he wants them to be categorized this specific way. he wants them exactly at this time. and he always writes back usually one or two of these. >> in the book the president sent out personal checks on a few occasions. >> he has. and having read over his

shoulder for the last year i can see how sulhe would feel compelled to do that. in some ways it's great that he's moved by them that way. in other ways if government is working in an ideal way probably the president, the most powerful politician in the world, feels like there's more he can do than write a check. >> it's a great read. it must have been tough for you to narrow it down to the ten letters. >> it was. it was a reporter's dream. a wealth of great stories in that envelope. >> thanks, guys. >> and you can read an excerpt of ten letters on our website. up next matthew broderick is here to tell us what it was like to work with eddie murphy and steal from allen alda if that's something you've ever wanted to do. it's a new movie,

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the new action comedy "tower heist" follows a crew trying to steal back their money from a bernie madoff-like tycoon. >> and it is a cast chock-full of stars. >> they only work the west side of the street. >> i'm in a restaurant with josh and a couple other guys from across the tower. >> i love you. >> what are you doing? that's supposed to be a secret. >> i can't tell my life we're having lunch? >> we're not having lunch. we're casing the side of the building. >> i didn't say what restaurant we're at. >> you said the restaurant from across the tower. >> i didn't see which restaurant across the tower. >> hey, we can order here whatever we like because lunch is on me. >> matthew broderick good

morning, guys, we're happy to have you here. >> the movie was a lot of fun. >> you're here in a fairly auspicious day because you're a mets fan, right? >> yes. >> you're a red sox fan. yes. >> 26th anniversary, game six of the world series. did you guys realize it was the anniversary or it was not until you ran into these guys in the green room. >> no, i did not wake up sxand think about that. >> i can't imagine why not. >> every morning i say, how long has it been yet? examine how perfect that you guys celebrated with them. >> you know, it's funny. matthew is not really a mets -- are you really a mets fan? >> i am really a mets fan. >> i overheard you say you were a cardinals fan. >> you know what i try to do? i find out what a fan that person is which team and i say i am also a friend and i get a lot of friends that way. >> when you saw buckner, because i know as a red sox fan, that was an open wound for a lot of years when you saw him.

did you walk right by or did you acknowledge him? >> not at all. i only woke up about seven seconds ago, so y -- >> you didn't recognize him? >> but i said -- i didn't have anything to say. i said hey, guys what are you talking about here today? and they said -- someone said they're talking about the play. i said, oh the play. but yeah it seems like a funny thing. it's great that they can talk about it. it's not a big deal any more. >> no it's not. >> for us it's not. >> no. they're friends now. they came together and they're doing some work for charity now. the movie, it's a lot of fun. i have to say, i laughed a lot sitting there in the theater. luckily i wasn't the only one laughing. how great was this to make inspect and as i understand it, it's the first time you both worked with eddie murphy. >> yeah, yes it is. >> it was great. i worked with ben before. he directed "cable guy" that i was in. but eddie murphy is a legend. and i came up at the same time

as him so it was a thrill to even just meet him. >> you were also a legend. matthew is a ledgeend. there's a lot of talk. i had been spending time with matthew the last couple of days and i realized all the amazing movies that he's been in. >> you're in some of my all-time favorites. ferish buehler. goonies. >> i loved goonies. >> thank you. >> as i'm watching it i was thinking, there's a red car, there's a parade, you're there. i mean i sort of was speccing d danke schon. i don't know. >> yeah. not exactly. he's a little more melancholy. >> how many years as it been since ferris buehler? >> actually, 75 years today. >> you look great. you really do. >> thanks. >> does this look good for you to film this in new york?

this is home. >> it was wonderful. my family, we live in new york. it was like having a regular job. >> we had the premier last night and there was a party afterwards. and matthew brought his 9-year-old son. we stayed out until 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning. >> i wasn't out that late. >> no, your son was. >> he still has not come home. no he's just 8. so he was -- i was -- i hope it was okay to take him. >> you probably shouldn't even have bothered going back to the hotel, knowing that you had to be up here this early. or maybe -- did you even go back last night? >> i stayed here in the studio. >> you were if guy sleeping on the couch this morning when we got here? >> that was me. >> favorite part of making this movie, casey, i'll start with you. was there a favorite day that you had on set? >> there wasn't a favorite day. but making movies, it's like four months five months it can be. it can get tedious sometimes.

this movie because of brett ratner, the director, and because of the guys involved there was a lot avenue of energy. every day was a lot of fun. >> i'm told we have 10 seconds, matthew. >> i sort of feel the same way. it was a great group of people. we always managed to enjoy ourselves. >> guys, thank you. thank you very much.

. it will be a beautiful day, the high around 67. tomorrow is 70, a good amount of clouds, enjoy these mild conditions as we have them. by thursday and the weekend, back to the 50s. >> the top of the news this morning alocal prison inmate, a family has been awarded over 18 million in damages and we have

more on that story. >> the jury found the state of maryland and four officers negligent. phillip parker junior was killed on a bus in 2005. the fellow inmate said he killed him without the guards ever noticing and the family filed a lawsuit, saying that the prisoners were not properly monitord. two were fired after parker's death. the state may appeal the verdict. a man tried to lure a 14- year-old into his van yesterday morning. the teen ran to the house and the mother called police. the van is said to be dark in color and the front windows are

tintd. and a request to killingtroke love from slamming her head into a wall, the report said it was from drinking alcohol and taking prescription medicine. get ready to pay more to drive on the tunnels, they will go from $2 to $3 and on the bay bridge, up to $4 and the tolls will increase on i 95 and the bridge on route 40. the increases will bring in $90 million in the first year. the raven's fans are likely feeling the sting of last night's loss in jacksonville. no first downs in the first half and gaining only 16-yards.

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