the federal reserve says the recession is coming to an end, but what does that mean for the job front and for your wallet? former vice president dick cheney is reportedly getting ready to write a tell-all book, and he's not mincing words abhis boss, president george w. bush. she contracted the h1n1 virus while pregnant, then gave birth while in a coma. now a young washington woman has died as a result of the virus. >> every organ in her body had enough. >> we'll meet her grieving husband. and coaching legend rick pitino caught in a sex scandal apologizes to his family and his school. >> i let them down with my indiscretion six years ago. and i'm sorry for that. >> could it cost him his job? early this thursday morning, august 13th, 2009.

captioning funded by cbs good morning. i'm harry smith along with dave price, julie chen, and maggie rodriguez. good morning. >> hey, buddy. >> there's so much anger, this vitriol we see day after day in these town meetings across the country. some of what is being said is very interesting and very provocative. we're going to try and determine this morning whether or not some of these bold statements are, in fact, true or not. >> not everyone knows exactly if everything they're arguing for is fact. >> there you go. >> so, we'll sift through that. also, a lot of government stimulus money out there right now, part of the recovery package, lots of people getting their hands on it. but is it too good to be true, and is all of it being used for good reason? we'll tell you about that and point out some of the scams that may affect you and your community. >> there you go. that in a little bit.

first, could the current recession, the worst this country has faced since the 1930s, finally be coming to an end? it may be if you believe the federal government. cbs news correspondent priya david is at the new york stock exchange with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: harry, good morning to you. the federal reserve says economic activity is leveling off. that's good news here on wall street. it means the worst may be over in a recession that's plagued the marketplace for more than a year and a half. in its latest report, the fed announced it will leave the key bank lending rate unchanged and continue its program of buying treasuries to keep money flowing into the system and mortgage rates down, a move they hope will encourage new home buyers to take advantage of record low prices. home sales were up 3.8% in the second quarter. >> this is a good time to buy. >> reporter: in a "wall street journal" survey released wednesday, the majority of 47 economists surveyed said the recession has ended. other signs the economy is improving -- imports and exports rose for the first time in

months, and third quarter numbers are expected to show a 2.4% growth in gdp. >> the worst is over, and a reskoefr is about to begin. but it's going to be a slow recovery. >> reporter: still, experts caution that although the economy may be stabilizing, we will continue to shed jobs through the end of the year and may not see a full recovery till the middle of 2010. and the latest foreclosure report released this morning shows a 7% increase in foreclosures over last month. so, there are indications there's still a ways to, go harry. >> still a lot of pain out there. priya david, thank you so much. here's david. joining us, michael santoli, associate editor for barron's. good morning, michael. is this fedspeak we're leveling out or is it reality? >> it seems like something close to reality, we're stable idesing, the pace of the decline in the economy has abated, so we're pretty much at a point where it's starting to look for an upturn even though ke we can't see too much tapgable

evidence just ye >> home sales are still up, but anemic, credit still hard to come by, unemployment is 9.4% as of the last numbers, higher than we thought it would be. >> right. >> what are the signs? where is it getting better? >> well, it's getting less bad. what we're seeing is a production rebound on manufacturers, but you had the cash for clunkers bill really ramping up factory activity, and you're seeing the pace of job declines slow dramatically. that's what typically happens around the time we transition from recession to an upturn. now, job losses are probably going to continue, and they typically have in recessions, even after technically in retrospect the recession was over. >> now, could this be a jobless rezmoefr in other words, are economists making major changes in these jobs which have gone away? a lot of them in manufacturing, a lot of these blue-collar jobs may never return. what does that mean for the recovery or who recovers? >> it means it will be a sluggish recovery, most likely. even with a quick burst of

activity, we still have too much debt in the system among consumers and governments particularly, and so i do think there's a chance of not so much a jobless recovery but a slow job growth recovery. >> in ten seconds, when does it really feel better? >> sometime probably early next year i think people will sense it's better. >> michael santoli, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> harry, to you. thanks, dave. former vice president dick cheney is known for keeping some secrets, but he is reportedly set to write a tell-all book. and you might be surprised at one of the targets of his criticism, his former boss, president george w. bush. mike allen is chief political correspondent for politico.com. he joins us from washington. >> good morning, harry. >> how surprised are you? >> not surprised, harry. this reflects some tension that's been going on between president bush, vice president cheney, that went back to the very first year of their term. i think one thing we can agree about this is is this good for president bush when you have

dick cheney out there saying you weren't crazy enough. that's probably good for his rehabilitation. we have the vice president telling friends that toward the end of the eight years that the president went soft, that he wasn't tough enough on their policies. and that's been the vice president's complaint since they got out. the president hasn't been out there taking the bullet. >> the quotation from the front page of "the post" this morning says bush was shackled by the public reaction and the criticism he took, which cheney looks at as a moral failing. >> yes. it's a tough way to put it, but what the point of it is, that the vice president says that the president should have been out there guns blazing till the very end. there were very big disappointments between the two at the end. as you know, the vice president pursued to the last day, to this day, a pardon for scooter libby, the aide of his that was involved in the cia leak case. the president went out of office, left scooter with that conviction, and it left a lot of bitterness between the two sides.

over the months, the cheney side has said the president should be out there defending the policies that president obama's trying to change them. >> right. >> the bush side says why is the vice president out there picking fights we're never going to win? >> is this really about the scooter libby thing? it becomes clear in everything that has been written that as the president said unequivocally, i'm not going to pardon the guy, vice president cheney kept pushing, kept pushing, kept pushing literally until the last minutes that president bush was in the white house. >> you know, harry, i think that's a great point, because it got personal and the vice president did take this as a dis. he did think that it was left. that's why they've sort of gone their separate ways. they talk on the phone occasionally, but the vice president's working on this book with his daughter, liz cheney. they've been going back to the archives. and can you imagine the amazing records that vice president cheney has, having been a white house chief of staff, as you

know, they keep everything, defense secretary during war, a congressman. so, he has a lot to pull out. he says that it's for history, that he's going to be blunt. >> all right. mike allen, thanks so much for your insight this morning. do appreciate it. >> have a good day, harry. >> there you go. russ is off. >> yes. >> so, what do we do? we call miami, get one of our ace correspondents up here. >> that's a plan. >> absolutely. filling in on the news desk. >> flattery works. thank you, harry. good morning, harry. good morning, dave. good morning to you at home. two british broadcasters are reporting this morning that the man convicted in the pan am bombing over lockerbie, scotland, will be released from prison. the libyan is suffering from terminal cancer. 270 people were killed when pan am flight 103 was blown out of the sky in 1988. scottish officials are denying that report. a big name in college basketball, big-name college basketball coach, that is, is

under a dark cloud this morning after admitting he gave money to the woman accused of trying to extort millions from him after having sex with her. cbs news correspondent terrell brown is here with details. good morning, terrell. >> kelly, good morning to you. six years ago here, university of louisville, head coach rick pitino admitted a woman approached him in a restaurant and they had sex in a bathroom in 2003. today, pitino may be facing his greatest challenge, trying to save his career and reputation in the middle of a sex scandal. >> i love the game, love my players, love this university as well as this community. >> reporter: a sex scandal and claims of a paid abortion. university of louisville head coach rick pitino is one of the top coaches in college basketball. he's also a devout catholic in a hevesi catholic town. those allegations threaten his job and reputation. last month, karen cipher told police pitino raped her in 2003 at this louisville restaurant. one month later, she reportedly told pitino she was pregnant and wanted an abortion.

pitino gave her $3,000 he says to pay for health insurance. cipher says it was to pay for her abortion. the rape charge was eventually dismissed, but pitino is charging cipher with trying to extort $10 million from him. wednesday, he admitted having consensual sex with cipher, and for that, he apologized to his family. >> i let them down with my indiscretion six years ago. and i'm sorry for that. and i tell them that every single day. >> reporter: according to published reports, pitino met with cipher and her son again in february. cipher's son said pitino apologized. he offered to buy them a house and a car. in in march, pitino reportedly went to the fbi. afterwards, cipher was charged with extortion and lying to fbi agents. cipher has pled not guilty. meanwhile, pi ttino's contract includes a moral depravity clause, which means he could still lose his job. >> so, as long as they'll have me, for as long as they'll have me, i'll continue to coach here. >> pitino says he'll continue to

cooperate with authorities in this extors case. kelly? >> thank you. a bear on the loose caused a stir in a town east of los angeles. yesterday, the bear from a nearby angeles national forest took a dip in a back yard pool. it also checked out the garbage, then did a little wall walking to wrap up its afternoon outing. now here's lonnie quinn filling in for dave with a check of the weather. hi there. summer day. right? >> yeah. yogi, boo-boo, a little dip in the backyard pool. let's talk about our big weather picture because here's the deal, the midwest, you have had a run of some gorgeous weather and it's into the great-looking day for you, couple big state fairs kicking off today, the iowa state fair and the missouri state fair. weather couldn't be nicer. the east coast from about new haven to new york, philadelphia, all the way down right through florida, looks like you'll have some gray skies overhead, and that will lead to scattered showers and storms. on the backside, the tennessee valley looks

all right, everybody. wherever you are today, make it a great day. harry, my stage manager told me not very thorough with our new york city city weather today. >> hopefully better than iowa. that state fair -- >> yes. >> -- and it's huge and the competitions there. >> there you go. >> the pie, the butter. >> and you've been in there with those butter sculptures. >> it's a huge deal. >> big controversy this year whether or not to have a butter sculpture. >> this is true. it's true. >> of michael jackson. >> i think they decided not to do it.

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those loud and angry health care town hall meetings continue to rage across the country, and it looks like things won't quiet down anytime soon. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has the latest. good morning, bill. >> reporter: good morning to you, harry. those confrontations are the reason, one of the reasons, that the president pushed congress to pass health care before the

members went home for a month. now the opposition, organized or not, has a lot of questions and fears. it reads like something -- >> 99. >> reporter: opposition has grown beyond all expectations. >> we are not moving to socialism. >> reporter: many americans are angry or afraid that government action will lessen the quality of care and raise prices. the president has answered the charges, but the latest "usa today" gallup poll shows 34% of americans say the demonstrations have made them more sympathetic to the protesters' view. the white house says the town hall forum is still effective. >> the president believes that the town hall meeting is a structure where people can discuss those issues in a way that they think -- the way that he believes engenders a positive discussion. >> reporter: the president will take on his critics directly again stepping right into it at

town hall meetings in conservative parts of montana and colorado tomorrow and saturday. harry? >> bill plante at the white house. thanks. so, what is fact, what is fiction when it comes to health care reform? jonathan cohn is senior editor of "the new republic" and author of "sick: the untold story of america's health care crisis and the people who pay the price". jonathan, good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm going to get right to some of these questions, some of these hot-button issues that get repeated and repeated and repeated day after day, especially in these meetings. we just heard the mantei we don't need obama and his crew to tell us how to die. is this health care reform plan going to create death panels telling people how to die, true or false? >> absolutely false. i think this is probably the most outrageous claim we've heard. there is a provision in the bill that they're moving through that if you want to write a living will, you want to talk to your doctor about it, you want to do it the right way, make sure you're asking for what you want, then medicare will actually pay

your doctor to sit down with you and do it so, you can have the time and the conversation. that's all. voluntary conversation about living will. that's it. no death panels, no euthanasia, nothing like that. >> all right. the administration says if you like your current insurance plan, you get to keep it. true or false? >> true. the administration's plan basically says the whole point of this insurance plan is to tell people who have insurance you get to keep it. we're going to try and get insurance for everybody else. now, the one catch for this is it may be if you have insurance from your employer, next year your employer might decide to drop it. >> if there's a public plan to help replace it. >> well, that depends on how they design it, but it's possible. >> sure. >> and there are some people who say if they design the plan a certain ways, more people end up with it. >> right. >> but basically people get to keep their coverage. >> recently, a senator was confronted bay man to told him, keep your government hands off my medicare. is the health care reform plan going to slash medicare

benefits, true or false? >> false. of course government runs medicare. people sometimes forget that. something else people don't know is one of the things the reform plans will do is actually add a major medicare service, fill in that doughnut hole, that gap in medicare prescription drug coverage. medicare, like all plans, chooses what to cover and what not to, and since it is beginning to be a very expensive program, the idea is to give it more tools to make a better decision. will that down the road lead to less services? hopefully it will lead to less expensive services. that's what the argument is. but there's no plan to slash benefits. >> and by the way, medicare could go broke within the next decade. >> exactly. >> you see signs calling this plan reformed socialism because it requires everyone to buy health insurance. is it true that everyone will be required to get health insurance? >> it is true. everyone will be required to get health insurance. now, i don't know if you would call that socialism. the idea here is, you know, reformers want everybody to be part of the system. but, you know, this isn't free,

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jennifer ashton in just a little while. >> all right. thanks. first, this is one story we hoped we would not have to report. we have been following the case of katie flyte, a young washington mother who was diagnosed with the h1n1 virus and who gave birth to her second child while in a coma. on tuesday, katie passed away at the age of 27. >> reporter: katie flyte was six months pregnant when she began experiencing flu-like symptoms. she visited the hospital and her ob/gyn, but this her flu tests were negative, and she was sent home each time. katie's condition worsened, she contracted pneumonia, and ultimately went into res ra toir arrest. >> basically her heart, her liver, her gallbladder, her kidneys, every organ in her body had enough. >> reporter: in an attempt to save both mother and child, doctors put katie into a drug-induced coma. the child was delivered by c-section, a 2 pound 14 ounce

girl named abigail. but after weeks of fighting for her life, katie died on tuesday from acute respiratory distress syndrome, complications from the h1n1 virus. >> and her spirit had been lifting slowly to give us time to grieve, and there's no tear where is she's at. >> it's going to be kind of hard at first, though. >> reporter: katie's husband, kenny, is now left to raise their 2-year-old son, jacob, and baby abigail. joining us now is katie's husband, kenny. kenny, we are so sorry for your loss. >> thank you. >> i want to go all the way back to the beginning when katie first started to feel sick. did either you or katie think for a moment that she might have the flu, that she might have the h1n1 virus? >> obviously not. we thought that it was just a

cold. >> and as you went through these testing processes, was there any sense from the medical personnel you encountered that, well, maybe we ought to test for that or that they were -- they thought, you know, we better have our eyes open for this? >> harry, she was, like i said, 27 weeks, 26 weeks along. not one doctor even threw up, like, a red flag saying we should test for it. >> wow. left untreated, katie develops pneumonia, and in order to stave baby's life, katie is put into a coma. you have shared -- >> yes. >> -- on this broadcast what this experience has been like. as your wife was being put in a coma, did it ever occur to you for a second that she might lose

her life? >> yeah, it -- it crossed my mind several times, but the thoughts and the memories and everything just very real, very -- very sad. >> did she ever regain consciousness? was she ever allowed out of the coma? was she ever able to see abigail? >> no, sir. she's in a bert place now, looking down on her, but no, she never even knew. >> i know you have fell very strongly all along that it was very important to share your story with folks, especially so pregnant women would know that this is something they really

need to be conscious of. what -- >> and i will -- sorry. >> no. go ahead, kenny. >> i will continue to be an advocate for this because no one should go through this ever. >> how is abigail doing? >> she's a rock. she's doing very well. >> yeah. do you have any sense that you'll be able to get her home from the hospital soon? >> they're telling me 40 weeks, full term. >> yeah. >> but she is doing well so, there is a chance, i guess. they can't tell me that, but she's doing that good. >> that's great.

you, i think, have been a courageous person to come and continue to fill us in on what has transpired in this tragedy in your family's experience with this virus, and you just need to know how much all of us here are so sorry for your loss. >> i appreciate that, harry. and i want to thank you, all the viewers out there, and just for getting this word out that we need to be more cautious with this virus. they still don't have all the answers, and it probably will be a while before they even start to have some more, and that not to go into hysteria but just be

precautious. >> right. we'll keep you in our thoughts and keep our fingers crossed for that little baby, abigail, and hope that she comes home safe and sound. kenny, thank you so much for taking the time. >> thank you. >> we're so sorry. >> so am i. our own jennifer ashton is here. we have had this conversation for weeks now. you told me once that in your own practice as an ob/gyn you lost a young patient to the flu. as this is coming along, as we know as little as we know, this has to be an important cautionary tale, especially for pregnant women. >> absolutely, harry. and we do have some historical information about how influenza and infections in general affect pregnant women. we know that if a pregnant woman gets sick with influenza they have a four to five time higher

risk of getting admitted to the hospital and suffering serious complications. and the bottom line here, and kenny and his family have been great about making this point real to people, is that under no circumstances should the treatment of a pregnant woman with influenza be delayed for test results. the testing for this virus is not perfect. it's not even close to 100% accurate. you can get a lot of false negative result, and you should not delay treatment waiting for results or even if you get a negative result back. it's very important. >> and of course the biggest message of all is during pregnancy, if all the flags that have to be up in your awareness, especially now, it's got to be about this. >> absolutely, and treatment has to be started, and they should get vaccinated against the regular flu and when we have the h1n1 vaccine. it's very important. >> dr. ashton, thanks a lot. we're going to switch gears here a little bit. lonnie's outside, and he's got a check of our weather. good morning, lonnie. good morning to you, harry.

good morning, everybody. i have to tell you, we have some gray skies on top of us here in new york city. i will say little megan here is dressed very appropriately because i see some showers and storms for the east coast today, but it is hot in the midwest. i'm talking the northern plains now. i'm talking from bismarck to pierre, down to north platte, temperatures 95 to 100 degrees, it is going to be a cooker. now, the big picture is going to show you that front along the east coast i was talking about will bring the showers and the storms out there, but then you make your way out to the west coast. we're looking at the 70s around the san francisco area, skies looking pretty decent for this time of year.ma

you know, i realize i might have been a little remiss in finding out where megan is from. where is home for you? >> texas. >> texas? all right. i like that. all right. megan, thank you very much for being here. let's get over to dave. thanks, lonnie. up next, they flip, they flop, and they fill up with germs. warnings about popular footwear when we return. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. every day abou30 women in the u.s. learn

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running with scissors, dave, let's be clear. >> that's good news. >> the vast majority of people, believe it or not, used to walk around barefoot before the flip-flop was created and people were fine. if you have a healthy immune system, this does not pose any significant danger. >> so, none of this is surprising. we do it with sneakers every day, been wearing flip-flops for years. >> right. >> what's the moral of this story here? >> well, if you have a big laceration or cut on your foot or if you have a weakened immune system, common sense. wash it with soap. don't walk around with open-toed shoes or flip-flops. back tear. is all over the place. >> we've talked about germs on the counter, germs on the phone. >> right. >> is this stuff any more dangerous when it's on the foot? >> no, it really isn't. mow, have there been people who have gotten some pretty bad skin infections because they have flip-flops or they're walking barefoot? yeah, absolutely. cell phones are loaded with bacteria. they can contain e. coli, fecal

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the government stimulus is supposed to help your economic picture, but some people are taking advantage of it and trying to take your money. we'll tell you what to look for. from wimbledon to the white house. tennis legend billie jean king gets a presidential honor for her decades of activism. and how you can give your kitchen counters the look of granite without rocking your wallet. early this thursday morning, august 13th, 2009. there you go. nice crowd on hand here on the plaza. thank you. >> here we go. okay. we'll do -- one of my guilty

pleasures of the summer is the meryl streep movie. >> yes. "julie and julia." >> it's so good. she's so good. they're both so good. and part of it is that amy adams plays this character who did every single recipe in the julia child cookbook. and one of the thing she has to do is bone a duck. >> to bone a duck? >> exactly right. that wasn't bad. >> yeah. thank you very much. >> you'd have done that for fora ephron. >> i might have been in the movie instead of -- >> instead of meryl streep. >> right. >> it's not easy to do. >> and we're going to do it? >> we're going to debone -- anybody here debone a duck? >> it is going to be -- >> a turkey? >> it is going to be julia child meets lucy and ethel on "the early show" coming up in just a little while. you're not going to want to miss that. in the meantime, we want to tell you what's coming up this hour. we have pizza. >> yeah. >> katie lee is here. look at this. i mean, first of all, it's a delight to have pizza made by katie lee, period. let's just put that in order.

secondly, we're going to grill it. we're going to grill it. outside. >> i love that. >> it's not your grandfather's pizza. >> i love that. first though, kelly has a look at our headlines this morning. good morning, kelly. >> good morning, gentlemen. good morning to you. a new report finds home loans in this country failed at a record pace last month. foreclosures jumped 7% in july, pushed for the most part by the surge in unemployment. one in every 355 home loans was in default. california, florida, arizona, and nevada, states that led the five-year housing boom, were hardest hit. this morning, two british broadcasters say the man convicted in the lockerbie bombing is about to be released. abdul baset ali al-megrahi is suffering from terminal cancer and would be freed on compass n compassionate grounds. but there's no deal yet. 270 people were killed when pan am flight 103 was attacked.

russian warships are on the hunt for a russian cargo ship that may have been hijacked. the crew hasn't been seen or heard from since late last month. shirley macr accavivi ms ha.rema >> reporter: a 23-foot shipas h simplyas vashed. she left port on july 23rd carrying a load of tbernd a 15 russian crew members. 1e mystery begins the next day. the crew told officials in sweden they were stopped and boarded by armed men dressed as narcotics police and then released. swedish authorities say none of their forces went nearhe heship. the last confirmed sighting was in the english channel, one of the busiest waterways in the world. increasingly, there are suspicions of piracy almost unheard of here, and the ship's operators have said they think it has been hijacked. >> it's not under command of its master, it's not been heard of, communications are stopped, so, therefore, all of the jigsaw puzzle leads towards the vessel

being taken. >> reporter: the worried families of the crew members say they have heard nothing. the russian navy has now been ordered into the atlantic to search for the arctic sea with no record of a distress call, it's hard to know where to begin. maritime experts say the ship may now be off the coast of africa, sailing with a new paint job and a new name. sheila macvicar, cbs news, london. former vice president dick cheney will apparently tell all if his new memoir. this morning's "washington post" reports that cheney believes president bush turned away from his advice during their second term, had gone soft and showed an independence that surprised cheney. the "the post" says now that cheney is out of office, he has no reason not to express his views. senator edward kennedy was one of 16 people honored at the white house as recipients of the presidential medal of freedom. but senator kennedy wasn't there. his daughter, kara, accepted the medal on behalf of her ailing

father yesterday. in presentsing the honor, president obama saluted his lifetime of service. >> the life of senator edward m. kennedy has made a difference for us all. >> also among the recipients were sidney poitier, a british theoretical activist, stephen hawking, sandra day o'connor, joseph lowry, dancer, singer, and actress cheetah rivera and joe "medicine" crow, the last living indians plain chief and a world war ii veteran. katie couric has a preview now of on the's "cbs evening news." good morning. nearly 1 billion people, one out of six, do not have access to fresh water. a former nightclub owner is using his talent for promotion to change that one drink at a time. that's tonight only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." here's lonnie with another check of the weather. hey, there. >> hey, there, kelly. good morning, everybody. we've got the jacobs family from

ohio. they are with us. now, you guys are from woodville, ohio. you guys, it's kind of like a village. does it have, like, one street light or something? >> yeah. like, two. >> two. >> only one bar, right? >> right. >> jojo's bar, which, by the way -- you're 21? >> yes. >> happy birthday. head over the woodville and grab a celebratory drink. weatherwise, it is going to be cooling down for the northern rockies today. i'm talking places like spokane and great falls, boise. temperatures yesterday in the 80s and the 90s. the next few days you're looking for 60s and the 70s. i'm telling you, glacier national park tonight dropping into the 30s. the bigger picture, the east coast, scattered showers and storms. midwest, that's the place to be with some beautiful weather.

this weather report sponsored by purina -- your pet, our passion. >> happy 21 birthday, girl. what's your name? >> whitney. >> very happy birthday to you. harry, over the you. in these tough economic times, some companies are accused of using the bad economy to get rich at your expense. our consumer correspondent, susan koeppen, has the story. >> good morning. attorney generals in several states are now going after some of these companies accused of using the the stimulus package and the offer of free government money to rip off consumers across the country. >> reporter: it starts with an

e-mail or a postcard in your mailbox. companies guaranteeing you a piece of the $700 billion government stimulus package. just call the 1-800 number and you're on your way. >> if you've been reading the papers, you know that recently our government released over $700 billion into the private sector. what you probably don't know is there is another $300 billion that must be given away this year to people just like you. >> i wanted to raise some funds for possible scholarships for the summer camp that i co-direct and also a small private school. ♪ in the valley two by two ♪ >> reporter: jeffrey sadow was very interested in getting free government money so, when he received a postcard from grant writers institute, he called. >> they had indicated that it eo get that grant money. eventually gave them his credit card and was charged $1,100 for the company's help in securing the government money. but red flags went up when he

received his packet of information. >> the paperwork was hastily and sloppily prepared, misspelled words. it didn't make me feel comfortable that i was going to get involved with a company for grant writing and they don't know how to spell the word "tuition." >> there is absolutely no guarantee of any grant from the government, and particularly with individual grants. >> reporter: north carolina attorney general roy cooper, along with two other states and the federal trade commission, are suing grant writers institute and several other companies, accusing them of deceptive business practices and misleading consumers. >> they take a thread of truth, and they weave a blanket of deception. the thread of truth is that there is federal stimulus money out there. the deception is that very little of it goes to individuals, and particularly not in the way that they describe it. >> reporter: cooper says government funding opportunities

can be found online for free. there's no need to pay an outside source. jeffrey sadow learned that the hard way. >> i suppose if anybody thought they had a chance to procure thousands of dollars for programs or things that that are near and dear to their heart, then they would probably go after it. in hindsight, i would not do that again, especially without checking on my company more in depth. >> reporter: an attorney for grant writers institute says the company is still in talks with the federal trade commission and the government is working on getting restitution for victims. harry? >> and if you think you have been scammed in one of these kinds of situations, what should you do? >> couple things. one, contact the attorney general's office in your state and in the state where this company is located, and also, if you paid for this on your credit card, dispute the charge with your credit card company. >> good advice. susan koeppen, thanks so much. we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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people to hear straight from the celebrity's mouth or straight from the celebrity's fingers. >> reporter: but there's a problem. >> everybody can sign up for any available name. >> reporter: take george clooney. there are several twitter pages in his name. problem is it's not the actor. there's also a wannabe kanye west. congressman don young was also impersonated, and he worked hard to clear his name. >> this became very personal because -- >> reporter: and the latest twitter i.d. theft victim st. louis cardinals manager tony la russa, who sued the site after dismayed fans read someone they thought was la russa tweeting the following -- lost 2 out of 3, but we me cch w chicago without one drunk driving incident or dead pitcher. la russa's lawsuit claimed a damaged reputation and emotional stress. twitter fought back. with due respect to the man and his notable work, mr. la russa's lawsuit wasn asorce judicial rn frivolous. die case has since been

smisd. a toddrehe the mounting concerns over identity theft, twitter released this statement to cbs news. "we see the need to verify those accounts at risk of impersonation for both the community and the user to have a better twitter experience." ashton kutcher with more than 2 million followers is one of the first to be verified. >> there are numerous versions of them so, the trick is to find the one that actually is the real deal. >> all right. if you want your own seal of approval, don't get your hopes up. they may not get to you just yet. twitter is hoping to verify more accounts in the future, but right now they're beginning with a small set, namely celebrities and sports stars. meanwhile, twitter continues to grow, adding another 3 million users, dave, just since may. >> so, the question is, is this any different from facebook or aol or anything where you can just sign up? and number two, how do you determine what's real and what's not in between now and when they fix this? >> it's a little different because with twitter it's so

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boning a duck. nils noren is the vice president of culinary and pastry arts at the french culinary institute and he's here to show us the correct way to debone a duck. good morning. >> good morning. how are you?

>> great job on bravo. the last couple weeks, i've watched. >> thank you. >> terrific. and i think this is probably impossible. >> it's not impossible, but it's hard. deboning a duck is hard. you know, i'm not going to pretend it's not. >> right. >> there are several ways to do it. i'm going to show the easy way, not the complicated taking 45 minutes because we don't have that. >> right, right. >> so, what we want to do -- >> you're going to debone the duck. >> what we want to do, we done have the wings on. so, what we want to do is we want to cut these wings off right here. >> right. >> you see where the joint is? >> right. >> right there. because it makes the duck a little easier to handle. >> uh-huh. >> remember, those knives are sharp. you get it? >> okay. i got one. >> okay. >> got it. >> there you go. >> done. >> and what we want to do afterwards, we want to go with the legs. so, as you see, right here --

right here. >> right. >> yeah. that's where you're going to cut in. then you take the joins and just pop it like that. like popping with the duck. >> okay. that's easy enough. >> yes. and then you cut it off just like this. what you do is -- >> i think i'm going to cut something other than the duck here. >> there you go. yeah. don't cut my hand off. that wouldn't be good. this is what i'm cutting. yes. here. >> wait a minute. this is shocking. this is shocking. too easy. >> you don't have to do it for me. >> the only one who needs help from the teacher. >> come on, man. all right. >> pointed in the right direction. >> done. >> and then the same with the other. >> this isn't very pretty. >> hold on a second. how long do we have -- >> the butcher makes it look pretty. we got the legs off. >> yeah. >> pretty good. >> look at this!

>> nothing to this. >> no. and then we have to take the breast out, right? so, there's a breastbone that goes straight in the middle. >> all right. >> so -- >> across the back. >> yep. >> over. >> you see the breastbone? >> oh, sure. >> right here. >> all right. so we have one minute. >> okay. we have to hurry up. >> along the bottom. >> then you cut it off just like that, boom. >> right. >> the easiest thing in the world. >> the easiest thing in the world. there are things easier than this. >> all right. how about that. >> even butchering a chicken would be easier. >> ear's dave. >> harry, you have yours? >> yeah. look at this. there's nothing to it. >> yeah. exactly. just like that. >> perfect. >> hey. >> that's beautiful. if you ever need a job, i'll

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borderline out there, harry. >> why do i think i need like a foghorn on a day like today? >> yeah. the ceilings haven't listed but hopefully today better weather in the northeast. >> you're in pilot mode. >> that's exactly right. >> as opposed to weather guy. >> actually, i'm in anchor mode. >> because you're not doing the funny weather guy thing. >> no, it's the eyebrow down anchor look man. >> take a look. >> what do you think? believable? oh, yeah. look at that. they are convinced, especially that duck-cutting incident. >> mr. credibility. welcome back to "the early show," everybody. julie and maggie are off today. coming up, looking to give some dull old countertops a

sharper image? well, getting the look of granite can be a lot easier than you think and a lot cheaper, too. we'll show you how in just a bit. >> hello, danny lipford. she made headlines in the legendary battle of the sexes, tennis match, and now billie jean king has a presidential medal of freedom to wear, as well. we'll talk with her about her amazing life and career, as well. speaking of amazing, our good friend kate kaie lee is he. there she is, making pizza on the grill. >> i that idea. >> a great idea. and joseph califano is here today, too. he's got a brand-new book talking about how to keep your kids drug free. >> a full half hour, 29 minutes, exactly, ahead. but first let's say hello to kelly in for russ at the news desk. good morning, kelly. good morning, gentlemen. two young buy buoys are fighting for their lives in toronto after being hit by a lightning strike. a bolt out of the calm sky tore a hole in the grass of a suburban soccer field. it hit the boys, ages 5 and 6,

and their mother, who's in stable condition. three others on the field were frightened but not seriously hurt. in france this morning, claims of exploding iphones. a teenager says he got a glass splinter in his eye after his girlfriend's iphone started hissing and then the screen shattered. reports last week said the consumer product safety commission has investigated about a dozen cases of ipods that have allegedly burned or exploded. and now the story of a 5-year-old hero. taliek goure dialed 911 after his pregnant mother passed out at their home here in new york. he told the dispatcher his address and details of what happened. taliek's mother is just fine, and he was sworn in yesterday as a junior paramedic. and here's your next "aw" moment of the morning. a mini march of the penguins. the san francisco zoo's four newest residents marched out yesterday to join the zoo's penguin island colony. maybe waddled out.

now here's lonnie quinn with another check of the weather. lonnie? hey, good morning to you. good morning, everybody. you know, i think most of us have heard about doctors without borders, where doctors travel all over the world providing medical help to people who maybe cannot afford it. but they can't do it if they can't speak the language and help the people in the foreign countries. you guys are a language learning organization. you help the doctors out? >> yes, we do. we actually, over the next year, we're donating up to $50,000 in product to the volunteers of doctors without borders to teach them the languages so that they can speak in the area where they're -- >> of course. got to be able to talk to your patients. >> absolutely. >> listen, bravo to you at pimsleur for doing that. here's how we see it out there. the east coast a scattering shower or storm throughout the area. i tell you, we are close to getting it right now here in new york city. the midwest, that is the place to be. what about tomorrow? you know what? the midwest will still be the place to be because tomorrow's forecast looks beautiful around

the great lakes, another picture-perfect day. coastal clouds around the southeast. the northeast, though, a big improvement tomorrow. a pleasant-looking day is on tap. here we go. well, to all the people at pimsleur, i say gracias and m merci and all those other things. harry, back to you. this portion of "the early show" sponsored by swiffer. swiffer gives cleaning a whole whoel new meaning. ever wanted to upgrade your

old koun tops to granite but thought it was too pricey? home improvement expert and host of "today's homeowner" danny lipford is here with an easy and affordable way to achieve that. good morning, dan. >> good morning, harry. >> you have granite examples. >> granite is beautiful, no doubt about it, very durable in a lot of ways. but, you know, these days a lot of people can't afford it. typical kitchen around $4,000 by the time you get the plumber in, remove sink and all the work that's involved. you can have that same look in that typical kitchen for about $50. >> 50 bucks? >> yeah. a little kit i found at a trade show a few months ago, it's about a five- or six-step process, very do it yourself friendly great weekend project and it starts with getting your countertops good and clean. this will work on a plastic laminate toucountertop surface, wood table even. >> doesn't matter. >> not at all. you want to tape off around your wall and clean it real well. the first step is using this black primer to prime over all

the old ugly laminate that you may have. >> this is the base thing that goes down. >> that's the first thing you do no matter what color you choose. gianni has a couple different kits you can use to make different ones but it all starts with blocking out the old ugliness first. >> that goes down first. if you stay with the black, is there a different coat of black that goes on? >> right. right. >> or white, you go with the white. >> and that's determined by the next three steps and these are just lit what will they call mineral paints. and they basically are, like i say, three different ways that you blend to create the look of the granite. >> there you go. and you apply -- it gets a little artsy. >> and a little messy if the wind keeps blowing up. >> the whole idea is to get paint on my shoe. >> what you do is dab it -- >> hold on a second. this has been preprimed with the black. >> that's right. >> then put the black stuff on top of that. >> right. this is just the black primer is all this is that's been dried for about -- you need to dry it

for about six hours. >> okay. >> then you simply take a wet sponge. all this is included in the kit. then you start dabbing. you don't run it or anything. but you dab along like that. >> right. >> and then -- >> then. i'm looking at this. >> not looking so good, huh? >> it doesn't look like marble to me. >> wait for this. now, dab in your color. >> okay. >> dab a little of that, then blot it on the side. now kind of basically do the same thing. >> now it looks like marble. >> you probably asked the wrong guy to do this. am i doing this right? >> yeah. there's basically no wrong way. just -- >> look at that. >> see what i mean? it starts blending in. you want to do about a three foot by three foot section at a time. >> this is soo too funny. >> to tell you the truth, gianni provides you this in the kit so you can practice before you attack your counters. >> sure didn't look like it was going to work and look apt it now. >> then you have your white that

you come back. >> right. >> and you start dabbing it in. >> right. >> you can even add some of this after it's dried. you can start working it in a little bit more to create the overall look. and then you just keep playing with it. it seems like it would be fun for the kids but i'm not sure you'd want the kids involved with this. basically, you blend in the colors you want and allow it to dry overnight. >> okay. or if you just say, you know what, i just don't think this is worth it for me, maybe this is d -- >> you can go as individually as you want on it. >> there you go. >> after that, topcoat, a clear topcoat that you go over it a couple times in order to dry. and then once everything is complete -- >> look at that. how about that? >> this is what it'll look like. >> very impressive. >> and like i say, the whole kit, $50 will do a typical kitchen. you can change up the minerals

to create almost tiny typ nk>> danny lipford, thankd, you much. for more on the granite countertop paint kit, go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. well done. here's dave. cool. you know, the presidential medal of freedom is the highest honor a civilian can receive in this country, and tennis legend billie jean king was just one of the people getting that very award at the white house on wednesday. cbs news correspondent john blackstone has more on this trail blazer for women's rights. >> yeah, baby. >> reporter: as billie jean king shows her trademark enthusiasm -- >> break point. >> reporter: offers advice. >> contact on every single shot. >> reporter: and signs autographs, players like 14-year-old gabrielle know that a legend is in their midst. sort of. just between you and me now, did you have any idea who billie jean king was before you came to this? >> no, because i was -- i -- no.

>> reporter: but they are fast learning she is one for the ages. >> tennis gave me a platform. but when i was 12, i had an epiphany that i wanted to change things. >> reporter: as a female tennis player. >> changed everything for women's tennis. >> reporter: in her stellar career, billie jean king won 39 grand slam titles. for most, the prize money was just a third of the men's champions. she pushed for equal pay that women now have. and she was a driving force in getting the federal law known as title ix passed, guaranteeing women equal access to school sports. >> everybody used to say how radical i was. i always just thought i was pragmatic. >> reporter: she's dominated women's tennis. her most celebrated match was against former men's champion bobby riggs. it was billed "the battle of the sexes." >> and i knew it was going to touch the emotions of people, and it did. it was -- oh, it got pretty heated. >> reporter: it remains the most

watched tennis match ever. 50 million viewers for what seemed like a giant spectacle. but to king the stakes were a lot greater. >> it's about history, about changing the way the world thinks. >> reporter: her continue sincing win wasn't just a victory for women's tennis. it helped move whole game into the mainstream. >> tennis went up for all of us. everybody won. everybody won from that except bobby. and yet he won, too, because he helped make a difference. >> reporter: for a new generation that has come to expect equality, billie jean king's battles are a revelation. is it important to have that history? >> yes. >> reporter: why? >> because it's my teacher. >> reporter: john blackstone, cbs news, san diego. >> harry, over to you. >> thanks. nearly half of all high school seniors admit to using illegal drugs. what's a parent do? here with advice is former

secretary of health, education and welt fare, joseph califano. his new book is "how to raise a drug-free kid: the straight dope for parents." joe, good to have you back here again. among boys and girls, is there still a gender gap? used to be the boys were the ones who were experimenting like crazy. >> now, as my book shows, and parents should know, girls are drinking, using drugs at the same level as boys and with respect to prescription drug abuse, the painkillers, the mood changers, girls are using -- more likely to use them than boys. >> wow. okay. and these numbers, they change a little bit from year to year by and large. they're still huge. >> they're still large. and the point of the book is that parents -- two things. a child that gets to age 21 without smoking, using illegal drugs or using alcohol is virtually certain to be home free for the rest of their lives as an adult. and the greatest influence on those kids is parents. and this book is about telling parents all the things they can

do, how to be engaged -- >> i want to get back to that in a second. what is -- what is the dug drug that kids are most likely going to experiment with? >> the four most likely drugs, tobacco, number one, alcohol, marijuana, and prescription drugs. that whole array of prescription drugs. >> and when is the time when the kids are most vulnerable? >> well, you know, it's interesting. parents don't realize this, but in the first four years, lower school kids, all good. tell mommy not to smoke and momny not to drink wine. >> grammar school. >> but the first six months of middle school, i see those eighth-graders, a girl will be smoking a cigarette or a good athlete will be drinking beer. that begins to change. the first six months of high school another time of higher risk. and the first six months of college, the greatest increase of alcohol and drug use of any age. and that's where parents should be there. >> how do you have the conversation with your kids? i mean, you just beat the drum, beat the drum, beat the drum, or

is there a way to have a conversation with a kid that basically says this stuff is out there, you're going to try it at some point, but this is what you need to know? >> no. i don't think -- i wouldn't have quite that conversation. >> i'm just curious. >> okay. i think, one, you have to build a relationship. you have to have communication. >> sure. >> you have to have a lot of engagement, involvement of activities, oh things. the only thing you talk about is don't use drugs, in one ear and out of other. if you have a relationship, having dinner, taking the kids to church or synagogue, you give it to the kids straight. i mean, they'll ask questions. you answer their questions. >> okay. and the question they're going to ask you, especially with baby boomers, is, well, i assume you did this. you know, why shouldn't i do it? >> very good question, harry. and there i think the first thing, the first thing, when your son says, you know, didn't you use drugs, momny or daddy? say, first of all, why is your child asking? your child is probably asking because he's either been offered

something or he's going to a party or he's seeing other people use it. >> right. sure. >> find out why. that's a good question, son or daughter. why are you asking that question? then get into that. and then if they want the answer, answer them honestly. tell them, sure, but we know a lot more about marijuana today than we did 30 years ago. it's stronger. we know more about what it does to the adolescent brain. >> much stronger. >> the developing brain. it is much stronger. you know, we know a lot more about what alcohol does to the developing brain. and you don't have to tell them every single thing. tell them the consequences, the consequences. but, you know, you don't tell them everything about your sex life, you don't tell them everything about your finances. answer them honestly. you don't need to scare them. the book has a glossary in there describing what all of these drugs do in simple terms that you can go over with your child. it's an original paperback, harry, so any parent can buy it. it's about 11 bucks on amazon. it's 15 bucks retail. we want every parent to be able

to get it. >> way to go.fa "how to raise a drug-free kid: the straight dope for parents." joseph califano, thanks for coming back. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. to read an excerpt, go to our websit website. up next, katee lee with pizza on the grill.

this portion of "the early show" sponsored by all. choose all and win the battle for dirty clothes. there are certain pizza places on the upper east side that just normally stop off at dave's house. >> right. it's a regular route. >> a regular delivery. >> he calls up and they go right over. >> you love pizza, too. >> i do.

i'm crazy about it. and katie lee has fantastic recipes for homemade pizza on the grill. >> you wouldn't think of that normally. >> you wouldn't think of it, but your grill is not just for steaks and burgers and dogs this summer. you can put your pizza dough right on it and it tastes so good. this is a real crowd pleaser. >> smells great. >> from scratch, too. >> made your own dough? >> making homemade dough is real easy. you want to start out with your yeast and make a little starter, just some warm water. >> right. >> a packet of yeast. a tablespoon of flour and a teaspoon of sugar. >> yep. >> you have this, you have dough. >> there you go. >> easy as that. it takes about an hour to rise. >> okay. >> then you get started. so, i have some here, harry, if you want to -- >> this looks like whole wheat. >> yeah. i do a whole wheat one with honey instead of sugar. this one is a little healthier and has kind of a nutty flavor to it. it's really yummy. >> yeah. >> you ready? >> yeah. >> take one of those. >> right. >> just with your hands.

you don't have to have tongs. pick it up, turn around, there's a grill behind you. you can see i have two areas on my grill. this is the hot area. >> right. >> all right. >> harry. >> you want to spread it out, harry. >> the grill has to be clean, right? >> yes. that will keep it from sticking. that's the most important thing is a clean grill. so, this is going to take about a minute. >> right. >> then we'll flip it and it comes off looking like this. >> look at that. >> it looks like a pita. >> it does. >> it doesn't stick? >> it does not. when it is done, it will bubble up and pull right off. that's when you know it's done because it won't stick. >> sister, throw he me one of those. >> harry, for this one, corn and tomato pizza. i know you're skeptical but it tastes like little sugar bursts. >> little sugar bursts. >> it's delicious. put some on there. come on.

don't be afraid. >> you put oil on the top? >> oh, yeah. let's oil it. i forgot. see, i was so busy scolding you that i forgot. >> do this, do that. unbelievable. >> so bossy in the kitchen. >> yeah, really. she's a taskmistress. >> oh, my goodness. all right. >> so, over here we're going to do a shrimp scampi pizza. for this one, mozzarella, little parmesan. >> okay. little parmesan. >> dave, don't you need some corn? don't you need a little sweet -- >> no, harry. i just need garlic on mine. >> and some shrimp. >> and some shrimp. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> looks good. okay. now, put that on the grill. >> okay. >> by the way, i had a little bite before we put everything on. put it back on the grill. >> put it back on the grill. >> on the cooler side? >> on the cooler side. this one's ready to flip. see how it picks right up? >> little bubble there. >> right like that. easy. harry, that looks beautiful.

>> yours is beautiful. mine is functional. >> cover it up and five minutes later it's going to come out and look like this. >> yeah. yeah. >> i have a couple other pieces. this is a sausage with onions and peppers. >> that looks good. >> i've got a pro sciutto peach and ricotta. really yummy. let's try some of these. i want you to try the corn and tomato pizza and tell me how you like that corn. >> is it cold or warm? >> this is cold, but cold pizza is good. >> if you think about it, the cost per serving is not a lot either. >> not at all. >> farmer's market, get some of this stuff. >> you can play around, experiment, let the kids help. everybody kind of do their own pizza and try it. what do you think? do you like it? >> it's like little -- giant pebbles of -- what did you call it? >> sugar. >> the corn. >> how long does this take -- over here? >> five minutes. >> for these recipes and more, go to our website, earlyto show.cbsnews.com. there you go.

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ocean city, a little stormy this afternoon. i think most of us here will be partly sunny and again we are looking at temperatures in the middle 80s. bethesda to north beach, 82. budd's creek 83. cumberland is looking good. 83, as well. kenny burns is in for angie >>ff . > outbound new york avenue we have a right lane bl ked. that is due to the earlier fire activity. brief delay in the area. inbound new york avenue heavy d slow f m the times building to sbbladenurg road. 50 inside the beltway, we veadha a report of an accident at 410. no delays reported in the area with it. outer loop, easing up, delays are forming from new hampshire avenue continuing to georgia. inner loop in virginia a slow springfield to 66. outer loop through alexandria slow go frommizen hower to telegraph road. >> thank you. seven-day forecast is up. we have nice weather coming in

today and tomorrow. i know i have a few chances of thunderstorms on here. this is more of the garden variety late-day thunderstorms and most of them should be to the east. we will turn hot to the weekend. sunday's high of 90 and that will be the case, lower 90s as we look at next week with scattered thunderstorms on wednesday. the 9:00 a.m. show is about to begin. join us for that and watch behind the scenes at my blog at wusa9.com. where i a have a live chat room up and running. we will be looking for you there. stay with us. @a