get news 24/by going to me wusa9.com. >> bye. president obama goes primetime tonight, taking the battle for health care reform directly to the american people. >> do you ever wake up and say, damn, this is hard? damn, i'm not going to get the things done i want to get done? it's too politicized? >> we'll have more of katie couric's interview. >> michael jackson's resting place. has it set off a family feud? >> i fought to get him at neverland. it's his home. >> we'll tell you why jermaine jackson was fighting back tears talking about his brother. his wife and two children pulled from a burning suv. we'll talk to one grateful dead. >> call them the bar-bucks. while booze could be ordered at

some starbucks early this wednesday morning, july 22nd, 2009. captioning funded by cbs [ expletive ] [ expletive ] we want to meet you tina mann. she was at a snow boarding accident. at one point, she was told she would never walk again. thanks to her hard work and the devices, the devices on her knees around the left. amazing recovery has happened. amazing ability for her to walk again. we'll find out what that's about in a little while. >> we would also like to welcome kelly hildebrandt to the program. that's her name and that's his name. they're engaged. they met through facebook. i think it's amazing. kelly is a common first name.

but hildebrandt is not like rodriguez or smith. >> in some parts of the country. >> is it? i doubt it. we'll talk to them ahead this morning. first, president obama goes primetime pushing his controversial health care plan. cbs news correspondent bill plante has details for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president will give the staff a six-month report card. opposition to his health care reform is continuing to build. the president tonight will tie up the recovery of the health care reform to the recovery of the economy. he'll continue trying to convince congress and the public that things will work out, even if it's not as quickly as he had hoped. in an exclusive white house interview, the president insisted to katie couric that the reforms he wants are on track. >> i think we're moving in the direction where at the end of the day by the time we have a bill on the floor, we will be able to say unequivocally this will bend the cost curve.

>> reporter: republicans continue to charge that the health care bills in congress are too expensive and moving too fast. >> health care reform is too important to rush through and get it wrong. >> reporter: president reagan's last chief of staff said the longer it takes is the harder it will be. >> you get to the third 100 days after the august recess and people start saying, show me the beef. >> reporter: the white house doesn't dispute that the health care bill now won't be finished by the august recess of congress, as the president had wanted. but they say he'll continue to press and press hard, even against the democrats, who oppose it. maggie? >> cbs' bill plante. thank you. joining us to help breakdown how obama's health plan might affect you is jill schlesinger for "cbs moneywatch." we've come up with three scenarios. three real people each affected a little differently by this

proposal. hopefully therefore illustrate how each of you may be affected. let's start with debby smith from virginia. she lost her job in 2006 and lost health care benefits and said she can't afford the $700 a month it would take to afford her own insurance. she is the prototypical person that would help, isn't she? >> absolutely. she represents the 46 million americans that don't have health care right now. she'll have access to hopefully affordable health care. you see she has no income right now. part of this plan will provide credits to people who have low income. $43,000 or less for individuals, $88,000 for families. the other thing about debby is she has a preexisting condition that's pretty serious. approximate under the plan, she cannot be excluded from health care because that have position. i think debby ends up benefitting beautifully from the new health care plan.

>> but she does so critics say at the expense of the next two people we're going to show. small business owner letty hudson. she's from chicago and says shield love to offer her employees health care and benefits but can't afford it because she can't find an affordable group plan. under this proposal, she'll pay for it. >>letty has 35 employees. the payroll of her company was $900,000. that's a pretty hefty amount. under the house plan, if she does not provide health care coverage for her employees, she will be charged 8% of that $900,000 payroll. so if you have $250,000 or less in the payroll, nothing. between 250 and 800, some surcharge. above that level, that's a pretty whopping number, 8%. on the other side, the thing that's kind of nice is maybe there will be more affordable

group plans she could offer. i think she's really caught in a net here. this is going to be a tough one. >> lastly, dr. tripp gordon from new york. he has his own practice. he offerscaeah ltre and benefits to his employees. under this new plan, he could wind up paying the most, couldn't he? >> he has the fortunate and unfortunate ability to earn $350,000. under the house plan, anyone who makes more than $350,000 will have a surcharge of 1% of his income. by the way, nancy pelosi said maybe she'll bump that to 500,000. he'll pay a personal income tax on top of what he's already paying. again, he already offers coverage. his employees should be fine. >> jill, as always, thanks so much. here's harry. >> more on the health care debate. katie couric and more of her interview with president obama from yesterday. >> here's what i want to do. as i said before, i won't sign a

bill that i think does not reduce costs, does not keep deficit neutral and does not benefit middle class families in america. so i want to put the pressure on. ultimately, the test is, is this a bill i think will be better for the american people or not? if it's not, we'll keep at that time. >> if it's not, you'll have flexibility with the deadline? >> if i'm not happy with the end product, i won't sign a bill. >> surely, you don't want to ram something through. lbj took a year and a half to get medicare passed as olympia snow reminded you recently. >> she did. remember, we've been talking about this for 40 years. we've been studying this ad infinitum. a lot of members of congress started meeting and working through ideas. so we've actually been working on this for a good solid nine months now. and i think that if we keep

working, then i'm confident we can get this done. i want the american people to understand i have no interest in creating a bad bill. that doesn't serve me or the american people. >> are you concerned at all if health care reform fails it will be a huge and devastating setback to your presidency and may put some of the rest of your agenda in peril? >> you know, i think that the easiest way to keep your poll numbers up and to garner good press is to do not that much here in this town and not to cause a lot of controversy. >> later outside, i asked the president about the current unemployment rate, which is at 9.5%. your administration projected

that with the stimulus package, as you know, unemployment could be kept under 8%. well, that was then. this is now. >> we blew through that pretty quickly. and i think that, you know, in fairness to my economists, nobody -- when we were first sworn in -- anticipated that in the first three months, we would lose 700,000 jobs per month. so i think the severity and the depth of the recession was something that really exceeded everybody's expectations. that doesn't change though, katie, the fact that because of the recovery package, we've still created jobs or saved jobs. what it does mean is that the pothole was a lot bigger than the amount of money that we could fill that pothole with. >> somebody on twitter asked me to ask you if you feel guilty

going on vacation with your family when so many families are struggling? >> if the question is, do i think every single day about the hardships that the american people are going through, absolutely. do i think the american people think that because of those hard suspects i shouldn't spend a little bit of time with my daughters, i don't think that's how the american people think about it. >> you're so confident, mr. president, and so focused. is your confidence ever shaken? do you ever wake up and say, damn, this is hard? damn, i'm not going to get the things done i want to get done and get the big things accomplished i want to get accomplished? >> are there days i say, boy, this is a big dose, absolutely. are there days where i think that, you know, we've suffered setbacks and i've got to continually question and

reexamine how i'm approaching problems, all the time. i mean, there is a constant process of reevaluation and self reflection that the job forces on you. but this country just makes me confident. i have faith that in the end, we will do what's right for the next generation. >> you can see every single minute of katie's interview with the president on our website, cbsnews.com. first, here's russ mitchell at the news desk. >> good morning to you at home. police in came bring, massachusetts dropped a disregardly conduct charge against harvard professor henry gates jr. but gates is still furious over what he sees at racial profiling by the arresting officer. >> he wants an jooef, which probably will not be forthcoming. he wants to make sure this officer is not in a position, or any officer in a position, of compromising the rights of any citizen. >> reporter: gates was arrested at his own home late last week.

he was trying to force open a jammed front door. a neighbor reported a possible break-in. >> why didn't the officer find out who he was. the simplest question, who are you and where is your i.d.? >> reporter: while charges have been dropped, gates is shaken by his treatment. >> you have to wait until you're 58 to be arrested. >> reporter: officers denied that race played a role in the incident. >> it was not professor gates' best moment and not the police department's best moment. >> reporter: gates tells the washington post he plans to make a documentary on racial profiling. michelle gielan, new york. >> secretary of state hillary clinton issued a warning to iran this morning. she's in thailand for a two-day security conference. clinton said the u.s. would consider arming allies in the gulf to combat iran. a massive scuffle in parliament in south korea. hundreds of politicians wrestled with each other.

the fight was over a controversial media reform bill. at least one person went to the hospital. there was no scuffling at the white house as the first family enjoyed an evening of country music last night. it's part of a music series to encourage the arts. president obama played host for a concert headlined by grammy winner alison krauss ♪ been a long time coming ♪ >> also brad paisley, right? >> yes. >> i'm a country fan, as you can see. alison krauss is incredible. >> she's been on this show a lot. the thing i was surprised though, no bob schieffer. who is a bigger country star than bob? >> i think -- i may be wrong -- >> cheered at the grand ole opry with brad. >> i think paisley and alison krauss opened for bob schieffer

and we were only aloud 15 secon seconds of bob's performance. >> do you realize you two are dressed almost exactly the same? >> just one wall between our offices. let's welcome to the weather wall and see what's going on. check out the scene. it looks like if you're in the ohio valley, tennessee valley, deep south, you'll see thunderstorm activity. looks like we'll see instability return to the northeast later. today should be a pretty decent day. if you hear that line, oh, the heat in the southwest is just dry but it's bearable, not right now. why? we have moisture coming up from mexico, which is making that unpleasant. get out the pool gear in the pacific northwest. still very, very warm temperatures, everybody. again, this instability driving up to the northeast is coming up from the bahamas. keep in mind the next 24 hours, you'll have a little break today but looks like more rain potentially into thursday.

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i'll miss you. >> reporter: two weeks since the jackson family gathered to honor michael, jermaine is speaking out, hoping to shed a positive light on his brother. >> through his positive work bringing pleasure and enlightenment to children who were dying in pain from people who were just -- couldn't afford to pay for the services. and i mean, he reached out. so to paint him to be this person that is not, it bothers me. it bothers my family. >> reporter: in private, the family is still arguing over whether to bury michael at forest lawn cemetery or neverland. >> the jackson are used to this meladrama in the family. >> i fought to bury him at home. every inch of that place is his,

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. you feeling a little extra smart this morning? because our crowd is composed almost entirely of science and math teachers from all across the country. >> ooh, that's not my thing. i am completely not left brain. >> there could be a quiz. welcome back to the "early show," everybody. >> do you ever order your latte no home in at st no foam at starbucks? >> no. >> you may be able to order your beer no foam. they're doing an experiment with beer and wine to see how that

goes. if it catches on, they may do it all over the country. we'll talk about bar-bucks. >> you'll meet an amazing woman that doctors said would never walk again after a snowboarding accident. she'll show us how she got back on her feet. it's a great story. >> little 4-year-old david harper is on a long road to recovery. he was the little boy trapped inside his mother's burning suv on sunday. a crowd of good samaritans helped pull him to safety. david's mother and sister also were pulled from the wreck. joining us now from the ronald mcdonald house in milwaukee is david's father, chris. >> good morning. >> how is your son doing? >> right now he's -- he's stable but he's sti iy crn itical condition. he has -- his surgery, one of many surgeries, is going today.

and we're just doing a lot of praying and thankful for the people of milwaukee. >> everyone has seen this video after the suv crashes. it just ignites in flames. we talked to people who were there on the scene. as you've been able to watch these pictures, what do you think about these folks, unknown to you, who rushed to your family's rescue? >> well, i believe that there's angels. and i still believe the people of america, there's still good people in america. and i would have did the same thing. i mean, they're heroes in my heart. god sent them there and put them there. the words can't express the gratitude that i owe them to helping my family. >> i know you're from tennessee. you're up doing some work in the wisconsin area and your wife had driven up. had she explained to you what happened?

how did she end up running intor tree? >> she really didn't know. sh close hd eyes just for a h minute. it happened so fast. next thing you know, the vehicle was on fire and she was trying to get out. i've seen the video, but i'm going to choose not to watch it anymore. and i'm working with her right now. she has a lot of guilt associated, but she's -- we're trying to pull together. we're pulling together. we have a lot of good support system up here. >> yeah. that's a great hospital you're at there. >> yes, sir, it is. >> your son is sedated. you haven't been able to communicate with him at all? >> no, sir. he's heavily sedated. he probably will be for a while. i can't wait till the day he does open his eyes and i can hold him again. he's my little boy. he was special when he was

he was born premature and weighed one pound, six ounces when he was born. he's been through a fight all his life already. i know he'll make it through this one. >> chris harper, thanks for taking the time to speak with us. we wish you all the best. >> thank you. >> to find out how you can help david, go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. >> god bless. let's check in with our david, he's here with a check of the weather. >> an indoor day certainly if you're in the ohio valley. hello to everyone watching in columbus and down in louisville as well. half an inch to an inch of rain. fog and downpours and temperatures in the 60s, maybe the low 70s. that's about it. by the way, it stretches down to the tennessee valley and the deep south where you may have thunderstorms as well. we're going to see moisture coming up from the bahamas. that's going to bring

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that's a quick look at your weather picture. believe it or not, this may be a july where we don't have a 90-degree in new york. no sign that's going to happen in the next seven to ten days or so. >> very unusual. >> i've been watching the data, and i'll continue to report back to you. >> want to hear something else that's unusual? >> please. >> two people that are information, not married, but already have the same last and first names. meet kelly hildebrandt squared ahead on the "early show." and get ready to order your chardonnay or lagger. we'll tell yha wst' coming to starbucks. rl pt1h@ q; eys]d"@@i/pp

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on this morning's health watch, a revolutionary new device changing the lives of many americans who have lost the ability to walk. dr. debbye turner bell is here with the details. >> it is called the walkaide.

using technology similar to the wii game. it restores function to people like tina mann. once confined a wheelchair, she can now walk and even run. >> i've been skiing since i was little, 7 or 8 years old. i was young and naive and convinced nothing would ever happen to me. >> reporter: when she was 16, tina fell while snowboarding. >> my board hit a piece of ice. it stopped the board but didn't stop me. instantly i knew something was wrong but didn't know what. >> reporter: she injured her spinal cord. >> in 3 months, i was completely paralyzed from the waist down. the doctor came in the room and told me i had a 30% chance to recover and would spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. >> reporter: over the next eight years, tina slowly progressed from a wheelchair to full leg braces. she still could not walk without assistance.

>> i couldn't pick my foot up, no matter what i tried. >> reporter: this is tina walking unassisted. but this is with the help of a miracle device called the walkaide. sometimes you walk just because you can, does it take a while? >> i do, i do. i enjoy just being able to. >> reporter: the size of an ipod, the walkaide sends electrical pulses to the lower leg allowing the patient to pick up the foot. the walkaide can restore ability to people with cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injuries. for tina, walking wasn't enough. she wanted to face her ultimate fear, getting on a snowboard again, which she did, thanks to the walkaide. >> this is my miracle in the box. it just gave me my life. i'm just excited to see how far i can truly go. >> that was awesome! >> my possibilities are truly endless. >> miracle in a box and a very

courageous young woman. the walkaide costs $5,000 for patients paying cash. but medicaid starts covering the costs and some private insurance covers it on a case-by-case basis. >> first things first, welcome to the broadcast. you worked so hard on your own physical recovery and managed to get into the braces and start moving on your own. when this came along, how did it change your life? >> it changed it huge. more than any brace, anything else i've been through. it gave me back all of my muscle strength. this is now me walking. i don't have to rely on metal, on plastic, on joints, on anything to help me. my muscles are doing the work. >> that is absolutely amazing. what did you say, you had just won a -- >> she did very well in a rock climbing competition. she rock climbs and does strength training. we saw that in the piece. >> what did your family say when

you said you wanted to snowboard again? >> they were very apprehensive. they had watched the last eight years, they watched me struggle to get back. and they couldn't understand why i wanted to risk this, but i neededed it. i needed to get back on a board to go forward. >> to see you walking across the studio this morning and knowing what kind of shape you were in not so long ago, it's somewhere akin to a miracle. does it feel like that? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> can you explain -- it's just impulses that go into the leg that what? >> yes. what it does is activates the nerves that then cause the muscles of the lower leg to function. causes her to be able to pick up her foot. she has drop foot syndrome. it causes her to pick up her foot. >> is your upper body doing this or it does its on its own? we've seen technologies where -- >> you adjust it right for the

rate of the impulse. it knows where her legs are in space. >> oh, okay. how cool is that? well, thank you very much for sharing your story. >> of course. >> we will watch you walk around new york all day today. tina mann, thank you so much. we'll be right back. you're watching the "early show" on cbs. "cbs healthwatch" sponsored bylo kel rgg kellogg's rice kri cereal. good. ( laughs ) ( gasps ) do you hear that sound? they're popping! - really?! listen. - ( laughs ) ahhhhh... mmm. where'd the sound go? even when they've stopped popping, is it in your tummy? they haven't stopped working. now, every box of kellogg's® rice krispies® cereal... has antioxidants and nutrients... that help support your child's immune system. ( laughter continues )

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welcome, everybody. >> thank you! >> thank you. 130 teachers here this morning from mickelson exxonmobil teachers academy. i am intimidated by all the academics. >> dr. science is feeling a little -- >> like the degree i don't have may be taken away. >> welcome back to the "early show." there probably are plenty of harry smiths and dave prices on the internet, but kelly hildebrandt, she googled her name to see if she could find another kelly hildebrandt. on facebook finally she found one with the exact same name spelled exactly the same way. now she's going to marry him. >> i mean, is there anything more than that? or she just found him and -- >> that was it. that was all she needed. no, no. >> also, great summer drinks for you this morning. some will keep you cool. some will do other things.

some have more calories than others. we're going to sort of analyze all of that in just a little bit. >> uh-huh. and, by the way, we'll get down and hopefully not too dirty with the renowned street artist curtis goldstein. take a look at this. he's going to show us what he can do in one hour with a hand employ of chalk. some of this is actually -- good morning, curtis. how are you. >> i'm doing okay. >> are you feeling a little bit of pressure right now? >> just a little. >> ifouourom f f ohio, you'll be doing a us. this is a great way for us to -- i don't know -- exercise our creativity. >> we have science teachers, art class. all we need is a little gym and we have a full day ahd. >> summer school. we'll check on curt's progress. here's russ at the news desk. >> good morning. president obama will make his case for health care reform during a primetime news

conference tonight. there is growing resistance from both sides of the political aisle. even democrats are now saying mr. obama's august deadline appears to be slipping. the president met with conservative democrats balking at the price tag. mr. obama remains adamant he will not sign a bill that adds to the deficit but he tells katie couric progress is being made. >> by the time we have a bill on the floor, we will be able to say that this is going to bend the cost curve so health care inflation is reduced. that's good for american families. that will reduce their costs and make the system work for everybody. >> a major stumbling block is a tax increase for the wealthy to pay for the plan. a programming note. cbs will broadcast president obama's news conference tonight at 8:00. the u.s. army is asking people on the u.s./mexico border to be on the lookout for james gonzalez who disappeared on a

visit to the area. he may have been kidnapped. we have more on this puzzling case. >> reporter: what happened to army private james gonzalez such it's a question authorities and his family is trying to answer, more than a week after the soldier went missing near the mexican border. >> at first, you know, we just thought that she'd shhe'd show call. another day went by. >> reporter: according to the family, the fbi received a call claiming the 24-year-old had been kidnapped, demanding $100,000 ransome and that u.s. troops be removed from the border. family members last saw gonzalez july 11th, at his mother's house near corpus christi. the soldier said he was going to visit friends in the border city of laredo, texas before returning to post. he never returned. >> just hoping we get that phone call. you know, hoping we get the phone call they found him and

he's alive and well. >> reporter: don teague, cbs news, dallas. >> iwat a once in a lifetime total eclipse this morning. millions of folks across asia saw the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century. the eclipse lasted more than six minutes. pretty cool. speaking of pretty cool, dave price is outside for another check of the weather. >> nice to see you. all sorts of friends from all over the country. this is very impressive. the only thing that threw me was stevens misspelled. come on, people. i see it. i see it. phil mickelson, got it. you're from jay, oklahoma? >> we have one stoplight. hey, everybody from jay. >> how many people are there? >> 2,000 and about 15 dogs. >> that's not nice to say. 2,000 people, 15 dogs, one stoplight in jay, oklahoma,

where i guess jay-walking is not a problem. i can hang out with you teachers all day. you are a fun bunch. i like it. let's take a check of the weather. steamy and stormy if you are in sections of texas, rolling through new mexico into arizona. you know what? you say the heat is dry. huh-uh. you've got moisture rolling in from mexico. high humidity, downpours, watch for that. mid-section of the country looking good. tennessee valley into the deep south and portions of the ohio valley, it will be a sloppy day. right here in the northeast for you teachers, great weather. how do you like that? but some changes for the end of the week. a quick look at the national map. here nc

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hildebrandt who met on facebook and fell in love. they're hit along with their moms, pat and marlene. you can guess the next last names, hildebrandt. welcome to all of you. this is unbelievable. you're from florida and you're from texas. you say there were one or two hildebrandts in your town and one in your town. to find one with the exact same last name, how did that happen, kelly girl? >> i was bored and searched my own name at facebook. he was the only one that came up at the time. i sent him a little message. >> what made you want to contact him, just the sheer remarkableness of it? >> yeah, i can't believe it. >> yeah. i wanted to tell him there were two of us. >> your response? >> the remarkableness with there being another kelly hildebrandt in the world. it was small take back and forth. >> eventually you started to

have sort of chemistry and a good vibe. at that point, did you worry at all that you might be related? my husband was rodriguez and i was rodriguez before i got married. a lot of people said, you guys kind of look-alike. you have the same name. you might be related. did you worry about that? >> yeah. that's something we addressed. of course, that was the curiosity there, i guess. do i have family in south florida? that's -- we talked back and forth and everything. we did some family research and everything. of course, found out there is no relation there. but a friendship had built. and just carried on from there. >> when did you realize that you were the one? >> he realize would it i think before i did. >> yeah, a little bit. pretty much from the first time i saw her in person. it was like -- >> i can tell you there are a lot of advantages to not having to change your last name. legal paperwork, licenses. having the exact same first and

last name, you've had a couple of challenges. >> he had booked a company cruise. when he went to put in the information, they thought he put in the same information twice and almost canceled our tickets. >> they thought he double-booked himself. >> yes. he had to call and explain, two people, one name. >> moms, let me start with pat. you are kelly boy -- kelly girl. i went over this before and still got it wrong. what was your reaction to the kids dating? >> we were happy at first. we were a little nervous how they met through the internet. but after we met him, we weekend him into our family. we love him. perfectly suited for each other. >> what did you think, marlene? >> they're perfectly suited. the name thing became totally unimportant after we met her. she's perfect. >> and she has a perfect name. very easy.

you guys have had to make adjustments in the house. now you call her kelly girl? >> kelly girl or baby doll. >> see, that works. do your friends have to call you something different so you don't confuse each other? >> our friends have our nicknames. some friends call me kells or something like that. we can tell by tones pretty much who's talking to who. >> my dad calls me kell-kell. >> kids in the future. >> yeah. we definitely want to have kids. >> kelly. not kelly. >> why? how much fun would that be? >> i don't know. >> we wish you the best of luck. we want to congratulate you on your engagement and thank you for coming on the show. >> thank you. >> this is for you. roses for kellys. >> that's so sweet. >> now we'll come back -- when you get married, you're going to

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sidewalk artist curtis goldstein is out on the plaza creating something really special. >> let's go to dave price for an update. how's is going? >> we're checking in with you right now. we're taking a look at curtis as he continues to draw on the sidewalk. he's got three assistants. curtis, can you tell me exactly what's going on right now? >> well, the kids are helping me with the place mat. >> the kids are helping him with the place mat. go ahead, curtis. >> and i'm painting paintings. >> this will eventually be 3-d. this is a breakfast. still around. all the details coming up. curtis, what is the method

you're using right now? what are you doing? >> this is traditional chalk sidewalk street painting method. i'm doing a 3-d piece, which is optimally viewed from one angle. it's been stretched to give you this 3-d effect when you look at it from behind. >> okay. so in just a little while, we are going to approach this picture from a new angle and you'll be able to enjoy it in 3-d. stick around. more just ahead. right flonow let's go back to y. >> we're busy trying to put these shoes on. these are called five-finger shoes, right? take a look right here. i keep getting the same two toes in the same spot. anyway, they're supposed to be the closest thing to walking barefoot that you can get. this company swears that, first of all, you'll feel like you're walking on air. secondly -- see, how messed up

it is? it strengthens your toe muscles and increases your agility and speed and you're supposed to walk and run forever in these. >> i've seen folks walking around in these. >> you have? >> see, this is where a lot of trends start like crocs so i wouldn't be surprised. >> it does take a while to get them on. >> you can't. i have two toes in here. >> mine isn't working. >> yeah. some doctors, i should say, have criticized it, saying it offers you no support whatsoever to your arch and you shouldn't walk forever in them. but at the beach, they're fine. >> it actually feels comfortable walking. >> did you get all the toes in the right -- >> i still can't. >> this studio smells rank. let me say that right now. and it's not tony. >> it must be you. it smelled fine until you got here. >> these are -- >> interesting.

>> how are yours? >> i can't get the -- whatever. >> my toe is not going into the right spot. >> you like it, right? walk around approximate much. >> it feels good. it feels good. it really does. very comfortable. after a while, i would think it would get a little old. >> walk around so we get a feel. >> i'm not going to walk around. i'm fine right here. hey, go to brooklyn. look at this guy. >> there we go. >> i can't get the toes in the right -- >> hold on just a second. >> yeah, me neither. >> this is a life-changing experience. >> i've got to tell you, where do you go with these? like, is it for a formal night? >> no, no. >> i was reading about one guy benefit he. he's so hooked on him and wears them all the time. if he has to put a suit on, he tries to put them on and get

away with it. >> let's continue chatting. did you guys hear about joe bide e en and his comments about ukrainian women. what did he say. >> he said they were attractive, the most beautiful women in the world. >> he told the president he was blown away by the women there. you know, people criticize him for running his mouth. that's not exactly an insult. >> that's not controversial. that's the prime minister, is it not? >> yes, it is. and i was gl and i was googling famous ukrainian women. he happens to be right. the actress from the fifth element. she's gorg gus. we have a bond girl ingo quanti quantam solace and fa

i've been brown. nosing with all of these teachers all morning. and i got my seventh grade biology grade raised. >> what? >> yes. >> how does that help you now? >> it could change my life. >> you think? >> i think so. >> i got a gold star on my refrigerator at home for class participation. what do you have to say about that? >> i'm not that kind of student who kisses up to the teacher. >> you don't need that. you were the one in the front row. >> actually, you know what, i was. >> does anyone -- i do, i do. >> we know that. >> guilty as charged. >> welcome back to the "early show," everybody. great to have all these great teachers here from all over america.

math and science, working hard all week this week to sort of improve their skill set, right? yeah. partying hard every night too. >> you know what? what you didn't know about teachers that i'm learning here today is just amazing. >> how wild they can be. >> their students are watching, so let's leave it there. >> coming up, we've got advice on how to discuss financial matters with your spouse without setting off a war of the roses, so to speak. >> also ahead, important information for any woman who's having a baby or planning to have a baby. we're calling this one, "are you what your mommies?" >> we've got great summer drinks that we'll go through and see some are good for you. some are less good for you. some have a lot of calories. some have, like, a tremendous amount of calories.

>> this has tons or would if it were real, these pancakes. very nice job. >> our sidewalk renaissance continues with curtis goldstein. i have milk min my coffee. >> i'll get right on that. >> let's show people, if we can zoom in -- this is the picture. that is the picture curtis is going to be drawing for the next half hour on our program. >> that is seriously cool. >> in 3-d. >> this 3-d stuff is complicated. curtis wrote a book, which i read last night. the 3-d part is hard. but you have tips for beginners. anybody can do this, as long as they know a square and rectangle and circle. not something like this, but they can do a picture. >> i'll start out with a grid

and create a drawing first. once i'm happy with that, i'll put a grid on it. it helps me scale it up and get it right. >> that's nice. >> very nice. we'll check back in with you again and get tips for gir beginners. >> then we'll eat the sidewalk when the program ends. >> he's wearing a very nice hat. secretary of state hillary clinton called iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons unacceptable. she spoke this morning in phuket, thailand, where she's attending an asian security conference. >> iran needs to understand that its pursuit of nuclear weapons will not advance its security or achieve its goals of enhancing its power, both regionally and globally. >> as far as north korea is concerned, clinton says, quote, irreversible denuclearization is the only viable option. >> in chile, a pilot made a near

fatal area yesterday. amazingly he survived the crash and although he suffered injuries, he's expected to recover. >> a big hug from jupiter, the african lion. he celebrated his tenth birthday yesterday. a hug for the woman who rescued him eight years ago. she runs an animal shelter in colombia. very cute. very brave as well. it is 8:34. time to go outside to dave price and our final check of the weather. >> russ, i'm having such a good time with these teachers, i may go back to school. st. louis, missouri, hello to you. do we have duncanville, texas over there? right. there we go. nice to see you. colorado springs, colorado. by the way, in between all these teachers, sandwiched is the national endowment for national education. a nonprofit whose mission is to teach americans the best way to save money. it's a good time to do that. for more information, logon to

spendster.org. nice to see you and thank you for the tips. we appreciate it. why don't we take a check of the morning and seep what's happening all around the country. we'll put up the maps and tell you what's going on. in the desert southwest, hot and sticky. a low pressure system hanging around there along with moisture from mexico. it will make things uncomfortable. pacific northwest, you're looking good. mid-section of the country, good. plains up and down is gorgeous. as you head into the ohio valley, lots of rain today, some fog and some violent weather. or potentially violent weather as you head to the tennessee valley and down to the deep south where you could see thundershowers and hail. another coastal soaking through sections of the southeast. again, instability rolls towards the northeast as we head to tomorrow. the great weather continues in the mid-section of the country. if you have a pool in the pacific northwest, great weather. watch for thunder

that's a quick look at your weather picture. i got me a free t-shirt from the teachers. nice to see you. of course, we have friends who are visiting all the way down here too. we haven't forgotten you. maggie, we'll send it over to you. we'll see you in a couple of minutes. >> we keep waiting for you to crowd dive. >> this is a teachers' mosh pit. later on in the half hour. >> they got pretty excited about that. >> we have a doctor when i fall. >> thanks so much. are you what your mom eats?

proper nutrition in pregnancy is key to the development a healthy baby. new research shows it can prevent long-term health problems as well. dr. jennifer ashton is here with more. you're an obgyn. >> that's right. >> what did researchers find? >> this is a student that came out of england. they looked at an embryo before it was implanted into the uterus. they restricted these diets to very low protein. what they found after a normal diet in pregnancy and after pregnancy is that the embryos that became rodents had severe effects in terms of high blood pressure, cardiovascular or heart dysfunction, abnormal growth patterns and even behavior abnormalities. take-home point here, one more piece of evidence that shows us that what we eat when we're pregnant can have long-term consequences for these future outcomes. >> let's make sure future moms

get the protein they need in pregnancy. >> 60 grams a day of protein. pretty obvious examples. anything from an egg, doesn't have to be fried or scrambled. fish or chicken. cottage cheese. >> when women are pregnant, they give them prenatal vitamins. is it enough to take a vitamin or should you get those from your food as well? >> yes and yes. you need to take a prenatal vitamin. you want to get that foalic acid in your blood as much as three months before conception. if you're trying to get pregnant, you want to get 0.4 milligrams of foalic acid pretty much every day. it's very important in the first trimester. fortified cereals, beans, great sources. >> you hear about vitamin d.

>> we hear about vitamin d in everyone. vitamin d for all of us is very important for healthy immune function. it affects brain function as well. the national guidelines for pregnant women have not changed yet to include more vitamin d. keep paying attention. we'll probably hear more about that in the future. >> is there a danger of pregnant women getting too much of a good thing? >> that's always a danger, whether you're pregnant or not. the biggest thing is vitamin a and high doses, above 10,000 units a day can be harmful. what's in a prenatal vitamin and healthy diet, you'll be fine. >> it's so hard for pregnant women to decide what should i eat, there are so many different opinions among doctors. what do you tell your patients? >> you want to heat a helpful, well-balanced nutritious diet. you want to get well-balanced things, things like calcium, protein, iron.

you don't want to live your life in a plastic bubble. if you overeat in pregnant and there's a lot of sabotage. everyone tries to feed us, you will pay the consequences if not in your pregnancy, later on in life. >> you shouldn't gain too much weight. >> just recently they put out guidelines about too much weight in pregnancy. two-thirds of women are obese, the weight gain recommendations have dropped to as low as 11 pounds. i tell my patients in the delivery room, most women will lose 10 to 12 pounds. pretty much 10 pounds after that, you'll lose in the immediate postpartum period. after that, that weight is yours to keep. lose this you're eating for two philosophy. you only need an extra 100 to 200 calories a day when you're pregnant, which is nothing. >> thank you. over to you, harry. >> thanks, guys. want to chill out with your favorite drink but worried about

the calories? we have light and cool drinks that won't weigh you down. courtesy of frances largeman-roth, senior food editor. we'll look at these different categories of drinks and compare one with the other and see which of the two is maybe a little better than the other. >> exactly. we'll start with the vitamin water, multi-v. this is light. 11 essential vitamins in there. if you want to go lightest, the diet lemonade from snapple, only 10 calories. >> are either particularly good or bad? >> you're going with sugar versus an artificial sweetener here. it depends where you want your calories to come from. >> you have to understand. we are surrounded by science teachers here. >> oh! >> so this all better be absolutely accurate. >> it will be, i promise.

i promise. >> they're recording this. >> i promise. now we are on to iced tea. this is from lipton. a white tea, 60 calories. these are sustainably grown tea leaves. then the crystal light, only five calories. it's a raspberry green tea. >> is this supposed to be sweetened? >> yes. if you like your tea sweet, you're going to like this one. >> that is seriously sweet. >> those artificial sweeteners, 5,000 times stronger than the regular sugar. antioxidant pack. they actually both have one. white and green tea. then the coffee coolatta from dunkin' donuts. if you like your coffee fix but want to cool off at the same

time, this is a great one to try versus the 40 calories from mcd's, 40 calories. nonfat, made with sugar-free vanilla syrup. give it a taste. again, this is for your sweet tooth. >> this is really sweet. >> yeah. >> that's really, really sweet. >> then for frozen drinks, we have a pina colada, 194 calories. >> people really enjoy sweet things. >> americans love their sweet drinks. you would lose 100 calories. made with fresh pineapple, pineapple juice, rum and light coconut milk, 194 calories. i plan to burn this offense by pushing my daughter uphill for 30 minutes in the stroller. >> but you're not having this this morning? >> no. i'm not going to start my day this way.

strawberry daiquiri. strawberries have less sugar than pineapples. >> the daiquiri is better? >> yes. it will take you 15 minutes to burn off with a set of push-ups. >> how did she do, guys? >> thank you. >> you'll be invited to all the science classrooms. >> i love it. >> very good, frances. thank you, as always. for more on the light summertime drinks go to our website at earlyshow.cbsnews.com. >> it's always tough to talk about money, especially with your significant other. but ramit sethi has fool-proof advice that will make a lot of dollars and cents. our last segment was so great. you laid it out so simply. how should you bring up the topic of money when talking to your significant other? >> most of us would rather be found naked and prancing around

listening to kenny g than talk to our partners about music. >> i like kenny g. >> we're seen as condescending and judgmental. the first thing is how to make your partner the expert. go in with a great attitude and ask them questions. you might say, should i get a savings account? what's a good savings account to get? get more advanced and say, i'm thinking about getting this book but i can't work through it by myself. would you be willing to work through it with me. >> it's important to have this conversation how early on in the relationship? >> as soon as you're comfortable. probably earlier than you think. >> you need to know if you have different philosophies on money. that could be a dealbreaker. eventually i assume it has to go to a more serious conversation where you have to bring certain documents with you and plan for your financial future? >> yeah. you want to go in with a bunch

of documents. we can talk about that. it's not a big dramatic meeting. this is a baby step. it's not a race. you're doing it slowly. after you work through simple questions together, you might bring a list of things like your accounts. you should bring how much you owe, how much income you have, your expenses and a list of short-term and long-term goals. that's really important. it affects the way you spend money together. >> what is the best way to stick with a financial goal once you make one? >> well, you have to work with your partner. so sticking with it regularly is something you want to do. you want to demistfy the taboo of money. i had a friend dating a guy for mo four months. she said we're thinking of moving in together and we set up a joint savings account. not because they were talking about moving in together but because they were saving for a house. it's weird to save before you're married. they knew what they were doing.

>> what if you're partner doesn't share your willingness to save? >> it's really tough. the first thing you want to do is set some goals. rather than nagging and saying, oh my god, you bought another iphone? that's typically what we do. we nag and explain and do that for 30 more years. say, let's set a goal. let's go on vacation six months from now. to do that vacation, we'll need to save 100 bucks a month. if they buy a new iphone, you're talking about the plan, not the person. >> let me confess something. i was in a little bit of debt when i met my husband. he's a big saver. he completely converted me to this philosophy. like you said, slowly. it was like a diet. i would fall off the wag only. now i'm completely a believer in saving. once you start to see the benefits. >> how does it feel now? >> it's amazing. now i'm more of a saver than he is. >> once your partner helps you,

not judges you, you can start saving effectively. coming up with a plan, not focusing on the person but creating a plan together. >> thank you so much. good to have you on. so much more that ramit has to say. go to www.earlyshow.cbs. coming up next, our sidewalk artist is ready to teach us a thing or two. vo: since 2006, walmart has sold over 260 million compact fluorescent light bulbs. saving our customers over 7 billion dollars on their electric bills. save money. live better. walmart.

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thing. looking at this, it's hard to believe that anybody, even us mere mortals can do this. >> not anybody with no artistic talent. su curtis is an accomplished artist. >> but the basic stuff. >> the basic stuff. it washes away. it's not like it's going to be there for vor long. >> the next rainfall, it's gone. >> somebody said it goes back for centuries. >> it was originated in the renaissance where they would go to the cathedrals and raise funds. they'd have their chalk boxes and people would drop coins in the chalk boxes. >> we've had guys on the upper west side do replications of famous works of art and draws a gigantic crowd. >> it's a phenomenon that is sweeping the country. it was introduced in the united

states in the 1980s and there were 50 festivals around the country and thousands of artists and well over a million people see this painting all the time. >> i love the book. it teaches you to do a basic choo-choo train and the first 3-d creation, which curtis created. how hard was it for you to learn this? how long did it take you to master your craft? >> i don't know. i've been doing it for probably ten years. i also do large-scale public muirals in the city of columbus, ohio. i'm working on a 75 x 25 mural in westgate park for that community. >> thank you. congratulations, curtis. how about a hand for curtis? if you want to see more of his work, go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com.

i' >i'tem > ogormekiisolm t ma rtcikeuc > eping you company weather will be like yesterday. 73 and humid. 64 cumberland. ocean city sitting pretty at 81. look at more local numbers. to sour south we showed you the 80-degree mark in southern maryland already. 75 fredericksburg ever. 66 winchester. hagerstown 70. you can see the murky skies this morning. the washington monument getting skirted by clouds and haze but generally speaking the weather should be dry most of the day. a slight chance of an afternoon shower. unlike yesterday if you get one probably a slow mover. last night northeastern maryland picked up two inches.

we missed it on that one. the humidity is 81%. as for the weather today we will be in and out of clouds throughout the lunchtime hour. up to 81. at 5:00 working on 85 a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. angie goff, good morning. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. hope you are excited for our 9:00 a.m. show. about to get started. before that talk about the road answer new tieups that could slow you down. bebin with this southeast southwest freeway looking at the third street tunnel. we have crash activity. watch for crews. 270 southbound from montgomery village avenue to montross. you are slow. in virginia 395 northbound is stacked fr the capital beltway to the 14th street bridge and expect to be below speed. that's a look at traffic. over to you. >> i heard a rumor on the 9:00 a.m. show we will be perfecting the perfect cheeseburger and look

at my possible wedding hair. as for the weather is it is a good hair day? humidity is a little high. isolated shower or thunderstorm today. scattered ones tomorrow, 86. look at the weekend. it turns hot and 92. in to next week in the upper 80s. don't forget you can get your forecast if me on twitter, just follow me. my i.d. name is weather kim. we will be back for the 9:00 a.m. show.