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two? and as president obama makes a late night appearance on letterman -- >> i was actually black before the election fp. a new back out reveals new details about the president's marriage. we'll talk exclusively with the author, "early" this tuesday we'll talk exclusively with the author, "early" this tuesday morning, september 22nd, 2009. captioning funded by cbs good morning. welcome to "the early show." i'm maggie rodriguez in los angeles this morning on the set of ncis, the number one scripted program on television. and coming up later, i will give you a complete tour of the set and we'll talk to the cast in anticipation of tonight's big premiere. harry smith is back in morning. good morning. >> good morning, maggie. can you believe the amount of rain that has fallen on the southeast? there's a lot going on with that. also this morning, we'll hear from, there it is, it's pain raining like nobody's business. we'll get a lot of details on that. and we're also going to hear

from president clinton this morning. russ mitchell with president clinton as he kicks off one more edition of the clinton global initiative, lots of questions to answer including on president obama's health care initiative. first, a warning this morning, the government wants transit system workers across the country to beef up security. three terror suspects currently behind bars, but with as many as a dozen others in the crosshairs of federal authorities. cbs news justice and homeland security correspondent bob orr joins us from washington with more. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. that fbi and homeland security transit warning this morning grew out of still sketchy evidence that najibullah zazi may have been planning attack oos new york trains. now, no plot has been confirmed, but also this morning the new york daily news is reporting that zazi has now told investigators that he was a jihadist intent on carrying out mayhem. sources say while nazazi is did

energy of a group attacking new york, but no specific targets have been identified, but sources say zazi was intent at setting off explosives at one or more locations and the plot may have centered on mass transit, a favorite al qaeda target. a cell phone video found in zazi's possession shows scenes of grand central terminal. zazi, who denies being a terrorist, has admitted attending an al qaeda training camp in pakistan. sources say he learned thousand construct home that bombs and officials say he has stayed in touch with his al qaeda partners overseas. in addition, backpacks and cell phones, like those used in the attack on madrid trains in 2004, were found during last week's raids in queens. and bomb-making instructions were found on zazi's computer. while zazi and two others now are in custody, sources tell us there is considerable concern still that the fbi has not completely disrupted any potential plot. other key suspects are still

said to be on the loose and investigation get a tors do not yet have a full picture of what they might be up to. harry? >> everybody has to keep their eyes open. bob orr in washington this morning. thanks. now here's has gone gi in wl a. let's go to the southeast now where the relentless downpours have turned sleepy creeks in to raging flood waters killing at least six people there, including a 2-year-old boy. this has been the worst flooding in the last 100 years. and forecasters say it's not over yet. cbs news correspondent mark strassmann joins us this morning on the phone from north georgia. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in atlanta, you can't get from here. hundreds of stretches of highways are closed and today's forecast calls for just with the last thing the area needs, another couple inches of rain. atlanta expected more water misery, more rains, more flash flooding. it's twept away 2-year-old preston from his father's arms. the toddler's body was found

hours later. >> just a freak accident. we don't understand why it happened and i don't guess we ever will. >> reporter: friday storm clouds pounded some areas with as much as 20 inches of rain. more than a foot fell on some areas yesterday, turning creeks into rivers and rivers into raging floodwaters. where scores of stranded people, emergency crews were their only hope. >> there was no way we could even try to walk out. we had water all around the house. so we really had to be rescued. >> reporter: but no one could save this burning home. floodwaters overwhelmed even this fire truck. and this morning's commute could be another nightmare, especially in low lying communities. this is an example of that commute. this is the intersection of 75 and 285 just north of atlanta. a major crossing point. and it's going to be bumper to bumper all the way in for tens of thousands. the good news perhaps is that

virtually every major public school system has canceled classes for the day and many of those kids will probably be staying at home and helping their parents bail out the basement. maggie? >> mark strassmann, thanks for the update. in wlit i can't springs georgia is darrin hughes this morning, a single father of four and his daughter kayla joins him. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> let me begin right off the bat by showing a photograph that one your daughters took because i think it really will help us to try to visualize what your family is going through this morning. it shows your water -- excuse me, your home almost completely filled with water. when you look at the photograph, what goes through your mind? >> devastation. it's heartbreaking. >> because you've lived in this home for 19 years and you watch helplessly as it fills and fills

and covers your memories and each room. what have you lost in your home so far? >> well, we've lost all of our furniture and all of that. we tried to put the pictures and so forth upstairs thinking that it would be fine up there. because we lost a lot of memories four year ago. so this time we thought we were saving them. however, when we left our home area last night, the water was in our second level. so we really don't know. >> so you don't know yet how bad the damage is. but because you went through this four years ago, i know that you have flood insurance. still, this must be, as you said, a heartbreaking thing to go through and i'd like to ask kayla to speak for herself and her three siblings. what has this been like for you, kayla, and your sisters and brother? >> it's been pretty crazy.

but i think -- i don't know. it's at least a little better, i think, like we kind of know how to handle it because of four years ago. but it's still awful because it's worse this time. it's a lot worse. >> yeah. well, i certainly hope that you have somewhere to go in the mean time.kayla, we wish your entire family the best and thank you for sharing your story. now let's check in with dave and get a forecast for all of you out there in the southeast. good morning, dave. good morning. let's review what's happened in this area in the southeast over the last several days. this is the area where we've just seen lingering storms, hard to predict, but they've sat over some areas and as we heard from mark strassmann just a little while ago, what they have done is provided anywhere from three to six inches of water over the metro atlanta area and much of the state of georgia.

and yesterday, in fact, we saw areas of 575 closed down. today, scattered showers. they should have less -- actually, less in the form of precipitation in them, but they still will be widely scattered and areas where you've already seen saturation could see some more flooding. so we'll continue to watch it, but the good news is the total accumulation numbers will be lower than they have been. in the mean time, we're still talking about scattered showers pushing back and working their way eastward through portions of the midwest, the southern plains and into importances of the south and the gulf states. we'll talk abo

that's a quick look at your weather picture. much more in a little while. harry? on this morning's flu watch, there are new guidelines from health officials about how many doses children will need of the h1n1 vaccine. dr. jennifer ashton is here with details. every day there's another headline, every day there's another sort of unveiling of information. what is the -- and this is very important news for parents. what's the news today? >> this pertains to children. the national sthinstitutes of health have released the results of stud did hes on kids and the vaccine. the good news it's safe and effective. the not so good new, parents will be spending a little bit more time at the pediatrician's office. 5-year-old tate and his orlando brother, harrison, are receiving their seasonal flu vaccines and according to new guideline,

they'll need to come back to the doctor's office two more times if they want to be protected from the h 1 n is virus. studies show children under age 10 will require two doses. in children 10 and over, one dose is effective. >> i don't think they'll be very excited about coming back. >> reporter: pediatricians are making preparations. >> so we're trying to leave appointment slots available that are convenient for parents, after school, we're trying to length then our office hours a little bit. >> reporter: on monday, the government announced it would order 56 million more doses, bringing the total number of vaccines to $251 million before of the more than 600 deaths from h1n1 in the u.s., 47 of those have been children. >> for those kids under ten who require two doses, they'll need to wait about 21 days in between injections. kids and adults can receive the seasonal flu shot and the h1n1 injection at the same time, but since the seasonal flu vaccine is already available, doctors recommend getting it now.

>> we'll have more on the seasonal flu in a little while. dr. jennifer ashton, thanks so much. joining us now from bethesda is dr. anthony fauci. good morning, doctor. how confident should we feel about these latest guidelines, about under 10, two vaccinations, over 10, one is this. >> first, they're not official guidelines yet. we were talking about the data that will inform the guide lirngs which will almost certainly be just like the seasonal flu, they'll come from the cdc and the fda. and i think we feel pretty confident about it. we tested the vaccine some children of various ages from 6 months up to 17 years. and what we saw with regard to the response, first the safety looked good. but the response that they gave, which means a measurement of how you would predict would they be protected with this vaccine. and that looked good similar to the seasonal flu vaccine, which we give every year to children. namely if you're 10 to 17 years

old, you really need one dose. it does it very, very well. between six months and nine, it is likely that you will see two doses. which is good news all around i think because that's exactly what we see each year with the seasonal flu vaccine. and that's what the guidelines will ultimately be based on, not official yet, but that's really what they're going to ob. >> as we sit here sort of parsing this out day by day by day and sort of trying to pull apart the strands of this flu virus and expected coming pandemic, has the government's response to this been he is sperl especially in terms of producing the vaccine, has it been prompt enough? >> i think so. this virus was just recognized for to the first time in april in mexico and in california and texas. and to get to the point where we now have a vaccine that's ready to be cued up, and we're

learning the kinds evof things how to use it, the kinds of doses. just about a week and a half ago, we did not know if this would be able to induce a response that would be protective. we know now that in adults and elderly we can, and we just found out yesterday that in children that's also the case, that the kinds of things that we would expect from the seasonal flu vaccine, we're seeing exactly the same with the h1n1 vaccine. >> so stay informed. stay in tune. watch the cdc website. why, thank you very much for your expertise this morning. do appreciate it. we'll talk with former president bill clinton about a lot of issues in just a little bit on "the early show." and the heart break of john travolta. he'll testify today against two men accused xf torsion after his son died. we'll have a live report. and you're watching "the early show" on cbs. i'm semi retired and i'm here to tell a story.

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president obama will speak at former president bill clinton's global in addition difference which gets under way in new york today. rous might be chtchell a is wit former president. >> when you look back at the initiative has done, what's the one they think you're most proud of? >> i think the thing i'm most proud of is not any specific commitment or even the fact that reach reached 250 million people, although i'm really proud of that. it is that we have involved so many people at every income level from all walks of life on every counntinentcontinent. and believing that citizens can change the world. >> president obama will kick it off this afternoon. how would you describe your

relationship these days? we've seen you guys all over the place together. >> we have some similarities in our back ground even though i never got out of arkansas much until i went to college and he was born in hawaii to a kenyan father an spent time in indonesia and kansas as well as hawaii when he was a child. but still we have similarities and i think he's got the kind of mind we need now because he's curious, intelligent, works like crazy, and he can juggle a lot of balls in the air at the same time. and if you look at problems that he faces, everything from afghanistan to health care and energy and all the economic problems, and none can be put off to the side. you have to deal with them all at the same time. i think he's doing well and he's fun to be with. we like to talk about these things. he's busy. i never try to -- i try never to bother him. if i have some business or someplace i think i can help, i always call either raum emanual

or the appropriate staff person, but i have enjoyed my conversations with him and we had good time at lunch the other day in new york. >> as a fellow southerner, jimmy carter said he believes much of the opposition to president obama stems from racism. do you agree with that? >> i would say it in a different way. first, i'm very sympathetic to what motivated president carter. if you are like him or me, if you're a white southerner and you spent a lot 6 your life fighting against racial discrimination and seeing the ugliness that it causes, you're hyper sensitive to it and you don't like it. and i get why he said it. but i think president obama's response was more appropriate for the president. that is, i believe it is true that some of the president's more extreme critics are also

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jimmy carter started talking about this behavior, and was speculating that perhaps this unseize u unease or poor decorum was because people was rooted in racism. is he on to something there or is that just something to talk about? >> well, first of all, i think it's important to realize that i was actually black before the election. so -- >> i want to hear about the summer you and your family had. how is the family? i know good. >> the family is doing wonderfully. we decided there wasn't going to be any fancy camps during the

summer or anything. they basically just goofed off all summer, which i couldn't do. welcome back to "the early show." that was president obama on the late show with david letterman last night. he was for the entire show. coming up, we have surprising insight into the president's relationship with his wife, michelle. we'll talk with the author of a new book on the first couple. good morning, maggie. >> i'm here in wl a. this is the set of the hit cbs show ncis. this is the map room. gave you a sneak peek of the squad room a few minutes ago. soon i'll take you to the lab and reveal some secrets about the lab. i'll also be speaking with the entire cast headed up by mark harmon and i'm going to be taking your questions. we've gotten so many by e-mail, on twitter. this is the number one scripted program on television. they're prehearing their seventh season tonight, so you'll want to stay tuned for the secrets of

ncis coming up. also ahead, we could finally hear what happened when jett travolta collapsed in the bahamas. two men are on trial accused of trying to extort $25 million from his father. john travolta is scheduled to take the stand today and reveal for the first time what really happened and we'll have a live report from the bahamas a little bit later on. but first, there's a controversial new book out this morning that takes us inside the marriage of barack and michelle obama. it claims among other things that they almost split up. joiningis now is christopher andersen, author of barack and mitch she will portrait of an american marriage. first things first. i'm starting to read this book and there's a lot of quotation marks. you quote characters in the book, michelle and the president, as if you were standing in the room. >> right. >> you only think about yourself, michelle would say, i never thought i'd have to raise

the family alone. >> they're very hope with their friends back in chicago and they tell them -- they told many family friends in which i and in hawaii and other places that i wept the details of what happened. and they've been very open about this period in their marriage. >> so these kinds of quotes then come from the mouths of -- >> their best friends from michelle and barack themselves. they said what wept on in these particular scenes. and it's very interesting because the strains in their marriage, they've been very open about. during the period when he was in the senate, the state senate, in illinois, he said it was a dark time in their marriage. it was angry all the time. >> here's what -- it's disconcert to go me because as i started to read this, i felt this reads -- this looks more like a novel than nonfiction. >> everything there has been said to me by people that were friends of the obamas and the obamas told them this went on between them and this is the dialogue that wept on between them. >> let's talk about -- i'm not sure they're bombshell, but

headlines from the book. and the one i think that people will perhaps pay most attention to is this notion that michelle was on fertility treatments. >> no, didn't say that at all. what i said was it for five years they tried to have children and they were very concerned about their ability to have them before malia came along. and, in fact, one of their best friends has gone on record as saying when she became pregnant, she was afraid to tell michelle because she didn't want to break her heart. she discussed adoption with some of their closest friends and then fortunately for them malia came along min 1998. i never said they were on fertility treatments. >> all right. that's been miscondition tr coc? what about this notion that did michelle veto hillary clinton as the vice presidential possibility? >> barack obama has said repeatedly that she is my chief counsel, i would never make a decision without going to her and asking her opinion. she, in fact, gave her pin i

don't know and that was that -- she asked him if he really wanted to have bill and hillary down the hall. >> so you extrap late from that -- >> no, what i said was that she had very strong input in terms of that decision. >> and what was the quotation, though? we don't want help down the hall in. >> did you really want them down the hall from you in the white house. you can live with that. >> and what about among other things he didn't like the phrase, yes, we can, and she liked it? >> absolutely and the campaign has verified that. the fact of the hear is when david axelrod, high school campaign manager floated this by, he didn't like it at all. he thought it was childish and corny and said she said, no, trust me, i know it will work. so she was the deciding factor there. >> how many -- we've talked many times before. you do a lot of reporting. >> yes. >> this one it me feels like it's on a little thin ice. why is that? >> i have no idea because the 200 people that i interviewed are the people closest too them

oefrts years and, again, the obamas have been very open about their marriage and that's what distinguishes them -- makes them i think a very special couple. they have said, you know, michelle has said many, many times i don't want people to think it's easy. we've had rough times. we have a strong marriage, but it's not perfect. >> christopher andersen, thanks so much for being here. to read an excerpt from barack and michelle, go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. dave's at the weather board. there's a lot going on in the east. you bet. we're focusing on the southeast. why? particularly in georgia. more heavy rain rolling through the area. the good news is probably lower numbers than we saw yesterday. this is video of ost event ll georgia, right over six flags. that's one of those roller coasters partially submerged. this gives you an idea of the volume of some of those torrential showers just rolled through the area, but then kind of sat over some localized areas. this morning they're still recovering and the problem is after upwards of half a foot

last week, you have upwards of half a foot this week in some locations. and the ground is absolutely sat includ rated. atlanta yesterday got between three and six inches. macon just under half a foot. marietta, again, some areas receiving as much as acceseven inches of rain. we'll see the same pattern through much of the rest of the week. also in the mid mississippi valley, southern plain, we're talking about strong storms today and high winds, thunder and lightning. we're talking about showers rolling through portions of the midwe midwest. high heat continues in the pacific northwest. meanwhile, look at these temperatures in the 40s dropping in to the 20s around areas in denver, colorado. well below the norm. and in the foothills and some of the areas to the west of denver, you're also seeing some snow on on the

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the trial is getting under way. >> reporter: maggie, good morning. opening statements are set to begin this morning in front of a jury of six women and three men. now, experts say this case hinges on the testimony of john travolta. he is reportedly here. according to "people" magazine staying in an exclusive gated community and is prepared to testify today. a local politician and a paramedic have pleaded not guilt, but prosecutors say pleasant bridgewater and tore reno nanlded 25 from john travolta and threatened to go public with a document related to the emergency care of his son. attorneys say travolta's testimony is key. >> he's got to take the stand and tell the jury what it felt like when he received that demand, how upset and how disturbed he was. nobody else can do that for him. >> reporter: 16-year-old jett

travolta died is this january after suffering a seizure. the ambulance driver told "inside edition" that both parents were emotional as they rode with their son to the hospital. >> he was crying. eyes were red. i remember them looking up at the ceiling and saying, god, please help me. >> reporter: trial evidence may include recorded conversations with the two defendants. >> there were negotiations, they were tape recorded, they have a record of what went on. so they have tried to create this sort of paper and tape recording trail to nail these people. >> reporter: his temperature at trial would be the first time travolta has talked publicly about the tragedy. he has canceled interviews for his films. is rarely spotted out. earlier this money, his wife and their daughter appeared at a photo-op to promote a film they made together. >> the john travolta sparkle is gone, that spark, that star power is gone. you're looking at a man who is

grieving. >> reporter: legal experts say this is an odd case because there is no smoking gun or photo involved in the extortion. instead, the document in question is a routine waiver that clears ambulance workers of liability if the travoltas had refused to allow jett to be taken to the hospital p. as we know, that didn't happen. jett was taken by ambulance and his parents rode with him. so that document never even came into play. john travolta is one of 14 potential prosecution witnesses. maggie? >> cbs's kelly koeb i can't in the bahamas. thank you. of course we will keep following that trial for you. up next here on "the early show," getting ready for the flu season? we have free vaccinations on our plaza today. come and get your shot courtesy of cvs. we'll tell you who really needs to get one here on "the early show." - ( funk music playing ) - let's put a few thousand kilowatts in a vise. squeeze some savings back into our budget.

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in this morning's "health watch," what you need to know about the seasonal flu vaccine. right now on our plaza, cvs is giving out free seasonal flu shots. if you're in the neighborhood, 59th and 5th, stop on by. this is for the regular flu now, not h1n1 as we've talked about, that vaccine not available until sometime next month. joining us now is the cvs chief medical officer. good morning. what has been the response been like at least in your business to the regular flu vaccine in because your pharmacy and others have offered flu vaccines before. have you seen more interest in it, are more people coming in to get vaccinated? >> a lot more and we started a lot earlier. the h1n1 issues surrounding the

fact that there's really two flu seasons this year, the regular seasonal flu and then the h1n1, has created a great deal of interest overall and we've encouraged people to get seasonal flu vaccines early and ensure that they do so before receiving the n 1 n 1. >> is there my down side to getting the vaccine early? >> no, there's no down side. you get the same immunity getting it early now. it will carry you through the winter. >> one of the old wife's tales is if there's flu in the vaccine shot and if i get it i'll end up getting the throughout the. glt twloou's been attenuated that's in the flu shot, so it's actually dead and it can't give you the flu. so it's important for people to realize that it's a myth i here from a variety of people throughout flu season. >> dr. brennan, thanks so much for stopping by and we'll have folks outside administering the flu vaccine all morning this morning. we'll be right back. you're watching t"the early sho" on cbs. a real airline is like? come on over here. bring it.

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raging floodwaters in the southeast have claimed the lives of at least six people, including a 2-year-old boy. >> there was really no way we could even try to walk out. we had water all around the house, so we had to be rescued. >> we'll have a report. beware of loan scams, companies preying on people struggling to pay their mortgage. we've got advice on how to avoid them. and a behind of screens tour of the ncia lab as we meet the entire cast of the mega popular show and harry hangs with ll cool j, star of "ncis los angeles," "early" this it tuesday morning, september 22nd, angeles," "early" this it tuesday morning, september 22nd, 2009.

captioning funded by cbs morning, september 22nd, 2009. captioning funded by cbs >> what are we working came? my mission will be to reveal the secrets of ncis season seven. >> good luck with that. >> welcome to "the early show." yes, i'm determined because season six ended on such a cliff hanger to get the entire cast to spill lots of good stuff coming up tonight when season seven gets started. i'm maggie rodriguez. we'll talk to the cast, we'll give you a tour of this awesome set from southern california. harry is back in new york. good morning, harry. good morning. dave's here, too. looking good out there. it's good show. >> i love that show. >> mark harmon's attitude in the show is just the best. he plays kind of a cranky guy. >> and rocky is terrific, too.

that whole -- i love it. >> ll cool j who is in the spinoff will be with us live here in new york. >> do you know what that stands for is this. >> i did know that. tell me. >> ladies love cool james.? is >> i did know that. tell me. >> ladies love cool james.i did. tell me. >> ladies love cool james.i did. tell me. >> ladies love cool james.i did. tell me. >> ladies love cool james.i did. tell me. >> ladies love cool james. rous might be chel is back at the news desk. good morning. good morning. the deep south is living up to its name this week. floodwaters in many places are deep and deadly. all because of a soggy air mass that's stuck over the region producing daily down pours oig likely to continue through the week. at six flags over georgia near atlanta, floodwaters have left roller coasters partially submerged. at least six people have died in the past two days and several more are missing. president obama is getting down to work at the united nations this morning. mr. obama will also make a bid for middle east peace.

bill plante has more this morning from the u.n. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. big day for the president at the u.n. he addresses the summit on global climate change this morning and he'll tell the assembled leaders that the u.n. is on the case, but they're skeptical. he also meets with china's leader. a mini summit with the leaders of israel and the palestinians. when he he he first met with netanyahu on may, they called on a freeze on settlements. nearly 5,000 live in the east bank and wez jerusalem. but netanyahu continues to owe pose a freeze. he's far more concerned about iran's nuclear program and many israelis don't see president obama as an effective advocate. >> israeli public opinion is some of the most skeptical about obama anywhere in the world. >> reporter: so today, the president will tell netanyahu he's serious about curbing iran as well as about middle east

peace. >> to get everyone together on the same page, because there is going to need an international effort here, then you've got to give us something to work with here and that something is progress, some movement when it comes to the palestinians. >> reporter: tomorrow is a really big show here for president obama, he addresses the general assembly, and he'll be followed and is certain to cross paths with the leader of libya, who let that pillar go and there's been some bad blood. he will not, however, meet with the or be anywhere near iran's leader who speaks in the afternoon. >> bill plante, thank you. this afternoon president obama will speak at former president bill clinton's global meeting. this morning i asked mr. clinton about the chances of getting health care reform passed. >> i believe he'll succeed because the fundamental culture of the country is different, because the economic adversity, the burden that our manufacturers are carrying

around is knee nor mus. our average hourly wages in america have not increased while the cost of health care has tripled. because the wage increases that workers would have gotten has gone to pay the employer portion of their health care. >> i also asked the former president what he's most proud of about his global initiative. >> citizens can change the world working on their own, matching people with money with people who can deliver better health care, better education, better economic opportunities, reconciliation across religious and political lines. >> since 2005, the clinton global initiative has received more than $46 billion worth of pledges. right now katie curry has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." is supporters call him the most pop youful man in tv news, but his critics say he's the angriest. now he's in the news.

tonight a conversation with the controversial glenn beck. now back to "the early show." it is now 8:05. time to go outside to lldp. >> nice to see you. what are you cheering for? you don't cheer for the flu people, you fight the flu. let's hear some energy. we're here with an army of fighters from cvs, we have pharmacists back there, and we're giving away flu shots right on the plaza for the rest of the program. we'll talk more about that coming up. in the mean time, though, let's take a check of the weather, see what's going on all across the country. to the maps we go, batman. days of thunder that's what we're talking about in the southern plains and mid mississippi valley, hail, possibly tornadic activity. downpours today into the middle of the week. in the mean time in the southeast, the rain continues. another three to six inches in

some locations and the areas right around macon and met tremendous plex of atlanta just pounded. and as we head to areas of the west coast, we're talking about high heat continuing to roll through. meanwhile, in the rockies, we're talking about cool temperatures. >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by ihop. i honest's gone nfl. try the all-pro lineup only at icht hop. come hungry, leave happy.

so presidents get great gifts to matter where they travel, but check out what happened last night on the late show with david letterman. >> i want you to know that the main reason i'm here, not any of those top ten lists, but i i want it see that heart-shaped pe at a time toe. >> joining us this morning, mary apple who actually is the owner or was the owner, i should say, of the heart shaped potato. tell me exactly what went on last night. how did this all go down? >> i took the potato to the letterman show. >> you being totook the potato. >> and dave acted like he didn't really want to see it because the president was there and he had more important things to do. >> you understand that, right in. >> oh, sure. >> then what happened is this. >> the president came out and said he wanted to see the -- >> what went through your noggin? >> i was very excited. >> you see overwhelmed even now. >> i still am, yes. >> so the potato is in longer with you. could it wind up in the

smithsonian, could we be talking about the national treasure? could it be on the white house christmas tree? >> i'm hoping that it earns its way some to the smithsonian. >> do you imagine you'll get a thank from you the brd is this. >> i hope so. >> if do you, whether you bring it here so we can read it aloud? >> i will do that, absolutely. >> and then could you become a national historic treasure yourself. >> that would be wonderful. >> thank you so much for this exclusive interview. mary apple, who brought the president a potato last night on the late, late show. you've seen it here on cbs. harry, over to you at the news desk. >> well done, dave. >> thank you, harry. >> i mean, hard hitting, too. >> yeah. >> so good. all right. good job. up next, you're looking for help with your mortgage payments, right? be beware. there are lots of loan scams. advice on how to avoid them when we come back.

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the mortgage crisis has left millions of americans on the verge ever losing their homes. many have turned to foreclosure rescue companies for help. only to realize they've been scammed. consumer correspondent susan koeppen is here with the story. good morning. >> good morning. these companies are offering what consumers want to hear, that their homes can be saved. but the federal government warns that some of these companies are preying on consumers. when stephanie baxter and her husband started having trouble paying their mortgage, they turned to the federal loan modification what you center for help. >> attention homeowner, are you about to lose your home? >> reporter: fed mod as it was known had plenty of ads offering consumers help with their mortgages. >> we saw it on a commercial. and i talked it my husband about it. >> reporter: baxter said fed mod told her it had a 90% rate of getting loans modified. so she paid the company almost $4,000. >> i immediately fabsed them the

paperwork over. kind of felt like a sense of relief that, okay, i had somebody working on it for me. >> reporter: but her rehalief w short lived. >> my daughter said, mom, there's somebody at the door, they need to you sign for something. i open it up and it's a foreclosure notice. they're going to sell my house. >> reporter: after that knock at the door, baxter says her mortgage company told her fed mcht od had never contacted them. and she had a hard time getting in touch with fed mod herself. >> they took my money and wouldn't answer phone calls, wouldn't answer e-mails. >> it was very similar to that boiler room type of environment. >> reporter: this man whom we'll call peter is a former fed mod employee who asked us not to show his face. >> it's sales operation, it's not really a law firm where

there's lawyers walking around. that's just not the case. >> thousands of people were scammed by fed mod and very few were helped. >> reporter: john is with the federal trade commission, the ftc has filed suit against fed mod, accusing of company of deceptive acts or practices. >> if you're a consumer and you paid fed mod $3500 or $2500 to try to help you out of foreclosure and they didn't help you because they were overwhelmed, well, you know, they're in violation of the law. >> reporter: in a statement, fed mok ceo tells cbs news we have continued to reject any characterizations that attempt to portray the company as an improper or unscrupulous business. stephanie baxter is still angry. >> don't pretend like you're doing something and then months later i get blindsided and now i don't know what to do. >> reporter: and stefan thi baxter is now working with her mortgage company to save her home and using some of the free resources that are out there and available to homeowners.

>> so it's not clear still now whether she'll be able to stay in the house. >> still working on it, yeah. >> these companies tend to prey on people who need the help the most. if you're in the situation where you're sitting there saying i am stuck between a rock and a hard place, i might lose my house, what eat best thing you can do? >> the first call you should make is to the mortgage company to try to work out a deal. there's also free help out there for homeowners, go to hopenow.com, and they can try to help you, point you in the right direction, give you some guidance. but should you really twri tory avoid companies that are guaranteeing that they can save your house and saying they have a great rate of return in getting your loan modified. you should really be cautious of those companies that are guaranteeing that they can save your house. deal with your mortgage lender. >> that's the first call. susan, thanks so much. for more on what to do to avoid getting scammed, go to our website at earlyshow.cbsnews.com. up next, maggie's on the set of ncis where she's about to

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i am in the lab on the set of the hit cbs show ncis, which is the number one scripted show on television. an look who is here? sean murray, polly plays forensic specialist abby and sean playing timothy mcgee and they are here to reveal some behind the scenes secrets. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so cool to be in your lab. before we get to the tour of the lab, i'm speaking for the viewers this morning, soky just tell you something, that your

characters may not know, but as sort of the elephant in the room, she likes you. you like her. can you get it over with already? enough with the flirtation. >> we hate each other really. >> it's a very complicated relationship really. >> how would you like to see this play out between mcgee and abby? >> i don't know. why because the fans call you mcabby. they want you to get together. >> i think we sort of enjoy that not quite knowing where we're at. >> we're in the together, but then we get like jealous. we're not together, are you seeing someone? we're not together at all. are you seeing someone? >> so in this season, will there be a scene when you guys are working in here and abby will just go and just go for it? >> would you like to see a scene like that? >> right? can i pitch that idea to the writers? >> you can pitch whatever you want and you'll know before we

do. we never know what's going on until we get the script and then often we get in here and they'll be like, hey, good morning, here, we changed all your lines. >> i know what that's like. >> we'll film a scene in here that's been completely rewritten. >> well, maybe we'll see it happen. i want to get a tour, so let's walk over here. first of all, this is, for those of you when don't watch the show, abby's red bull. fans like people right in and say where can i get calf pal. >> they ask me everything, where do you get it. and we just made it up. it's fake. >> it's a made-up thing. >> yeah. for the first six year, it was hawaiian punch and then i quick eating and drinking refined sugars, and now it's unsweetened

cranberry juice. i'm like you've got to drink this, and everybody has that face -- >> everybody has to drink it. >> it's organic like hardcore 5 billion percent raw cranberries. >> and this morning, empty. so what do you want to see, sean, for your character? you can ever not be proby anymore? >> i think proby, as much as mcgee may not like the term, i think he's come to enjoy it. >> it's a term of endearment. >> it's kind of a nickname. it doesn't mean probationary, but that's where it comes from. it's sort of an identity. >> that stuck. >> yeah. and so i think as much as he kind of wishes not to be the proby, but there's part of him that enjoys that. >> and finally, it's breakfast time, so we hope that bert won't be doing what he normally does.

>> he's also a puppet. >> i didn't know that. >> you didn't know that? >> that's how they get him to talk. >> well, we'll watch the remere tonight at 8:00. can't wait for season seven. and (announcer) they're highly trained specialists. true professionals, always ready when they hear the call... guys, pancakes!

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first day of fall a little bit later on today. a nice crowd here on the plaza with us at 59th and 5th. welcome back to "the early show." coming up, we have a great guest with us on the plaza this morning. ll cool j. i was just telling -- i just said, you know, i normally don't let people who are cooler than i am coming on the show. >> and i just said you still have it. you still have it. >> that's how that works around here. also coming up this morning, don't let the bad economy keep you from asking for a raise. we'll show you the right way to do it.

maggie, how are you doing out on your set of ncis? >> harry, i'm snooping through gibbs' desk here trying to find some secrets from season seven. i got nothing, but i think i might be successful because if you walk over here with me, one of these guys is bound to crack. and i am going to try to spill some secrets. maybe the most likely is this one who i hear is a loose cannon. mary hart warned me about you yesterday. >> she's all legs. >> we'll talk to the cast of ncis, the number one scripted program in all of television. they're up early to give us a sneak peek. >> as we say, ll cool j in the house, he stars in the spinoff of n krchcis los angeles, which premieres tonight. your cohorts out there in los angeles. we'll talk to ll cool just in just a cup kucouple seconds.

first, though, it's time for you know what. >> what is what? you know what, harry, we've opened up our own minute clinic right here. people have been stopping by all morning. you can see this gentleman has just been coming up to get a flu shot. we're giving out free flu shots on the plaza courtesy of cvs. and people have just been coming by -- did i talk now did you plan on getting a flu shot is this. >> no, just walking by, so i stopped by. >> have you had a flu shot before? >> every year. >> so, again, a lot of people stopping by. if you are not in new york and you want a flu shot, 1-888-flu shot, that will give you the address of a cvs minute chin being a clinic all across the country and you can figure out where to go. but people are just coming up. did you plan on getting a flu shot this season? >> yes, this morning i wanted to get a flu shot. >> so there we go. terrific.

thank you so much. stick around, much more ahead. it's so simple, i don't know if wi we can -- boom. as fast as you can see flu shot, it's all done and you're set for the season. that's a quick look at the plaza. a busy morning here. let's go to the maps and take a check of the weather. looks like we are going to see some clouds begin to roll on into the northeast. the southeast into the carolinas is still going to be on the soggy side today with some heavy rains, potentially in already flooded areas. we'll continue to check on that. and you can look for more on the cbs evening news with katie couric. in the mean time in the southern plain, strong storms rolling through. thunder and lightning and high winds today. we're talking about snow at the highest elevations as you head out out to the rocky, even down to 7,000 feet or so. and as we head into tomorrow, high he high heat with temperatures climbing and it will feel like a winter chill as you head into the rocky mountains with temperatures well below the norm. temperatures in to the 20s

and that's a quick look at your weather picture. go out and get your flu shot. hair rirk we' harry, we'll send it in to you. a recent survey found average salaries have risen by less than 2%, the smallest increase in more than 30 years. in these tough time, people may be afraid to ask for a raises, but jill schlesinger, editor at large for cbsmoneywatch.com says

it's all in how you do it. good morning. >> good morning. >> this sounds like the fool's errand to end all fool's errands. i mean, really, seriously, going in and asking a boss for a raise in these days and times? >> i know it sounds crazy, and it's true, base salaries have stagnated, but the variable compensation that adds in bonuses, profit sharinsharing, options, that's increased to a loornlger part of your total compensation. so there could be ways to beef up your compensation. >> serious question, though. we're looking at phenomenal unemployment levels. hundreds of thousands of new people going into the unemployment lines every month and in this atmosphere, i would be afraid to even broach the subject. >> you have to find the eye of the tiger, because you bring something to your organization and your boss needs you. that's the deal. >> so let's go through how to exactly do this. and your first piece of advice

is what is this. >> talk face to face. i can't stand when people say you e-mailed your boss. that's like breaking occupy a post-it note. don't do that. you have to present your list of accomplishments. keep that spreadsheet handy. and focus on the money you have saved or made for the company and the additional responsibilities you've assumed since the recession began. >> because of these other down sizes and everything else, you're doing all these other people's jobs. i'm this much more valuable to you. >> you are critical to this organization an hered here's wh about about. >> what other pieces of advice do we need to be paying attention to? >> when you're thinking about this, think about, also, other ways to get your compensation. so you may want to say, hey, what about if i could get maybe a negotiated future raise. i'm not going to-t give you anything now, okay, how about in six months. boss says no way. then set a date for your next discussion, set specific goals that you can achieve. that will help you out.

>> this eye of the tiger thing, i'm very serious about this because you have to play this with a certain amount of finesse, right? if you're in there as the squeaky wheel, sometimes the squeaky wheel gets greased oig, sometimes it gets kicked off. >> and if your boss says we cannot give you money there, are other things that you can get. and that's important. because you say no money, how about some other kinds of compensation. in more vacation. how about you pay for my education, get me a better title. how about i get actually a thighser offinicer office, get the quality of life better. these things do matter and do you have to go in believing in yourself. >> so all of these things are the things you ought to do. what should you absolutely not do? >> we are? n. in a recession, so don't go in all cocky and don't use the rules of the past. don't threaten to leave because no one's leaving really.

harry says i had an offer from another network. maybe that's not the greatest idea. and don't talk about how hard you work. everybody is working hard. they all know you're working hard. go in there, be confident, and be clear about what you need and why you deserve it. >> can we just set like a 1-800 number so all the viewers can call you and get this pep talk? >> i'm here for you. i'll coach you in your next contract. >> thank you very, very much. for more career advice, go it our web partner, c cbsmoneywatch.c cbsmoneywatch.com. we're here cracking up very early this morning on the set of ncis. this is the squad room which you know well. also known as the bull pen. and three of the big stars are with me this morning. cote de pablo, michael weatherly who plays tony, and mark harmon. you don't have to bow if me, that's okay. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> very early here in los

angeles. first of all, your name, coty, is that your real name in. >> it's my real nickname. my real name is maria jose, which is sort of a long spanish. >> what's the rest of it? >> maria jose depablo fernandez. >> we're both from miami, we know a million people we discovered. and we both worked as spanish tv in the same place. and now we're both here on cbs. you are on this hit show. and i want to ask you, mark, why do you think that ncis is bigger than ever? because this really is the little begin that coulk engine . >> we all really like each other after 144 episode, a great crew, great cast, and we work hard. not that that's a guarantee in anything, but i think we've built our audience steadily over seven years and there's a lot of people responsible for that.

>> i think one of the reasons that people love the show is not only because it delves into the science and cases, but also because you throw a lot of comedy in. it's like a dramedy. so i want to ask you, michael, where does that come from? >> he does this a lot. >> i thought it was going to come from him. the truth -- do you mind the origin story? i was messing around which statement toy a sometimes i do, and i had to lines in the scene, which is dangerous. so i'm chatting with a back ground artist who was -- this was years ago. >> she was pretty. >> she was attractive. >> what a shock. >> and all of a sudden i felt this stinging pain in the back of my head and slight whip lash and harmon was standing over me and he said not while we're working. and then he walked back over and that was it. that was not in the script, but then when they saw it, it became -- >> is it stuck. >> 145 episodes of me getting

smacked on the back of the head, which i often deserve. >> and which we all really enjoy. >> let me ask you, season six ends with the mother of all cliff hangers, poor zeva is left behind in israel, she's no longer on your team. she's being attacked -- don't start this back and forth here. this is from the show. and then cow back without her and you have all sorts of resumes on your desk looking for people it replace her. i'll show you a clip and ask you about it. >> okay. you pick. after we get back, first things first, got to their row down perspective agents. it has to be a woman. >> those are just the woman. >> coming there anyone else, that might be considered a lapse in judgment. >> okay being you both pick. >> that makes much more sense. >> i don't want you to find a replacement. i want zeva. is she coming back? >> vul you'll have to see.

we're only a couple hours away. >> give me something or i'm busting out the interrogation techniques. >> it's sort of like burton and taylor. i think we could get married like several times and there might be who is of a trade of virginia wolf. >> so she might come back and marry you. >> or she's cleopatra. >> i think there's a small hint that you're standing here interviewing her. >>. >> see, you're good. that's why they pay you the big bucks. thank you so much. we'll have much p more with the cast ofncis here on the early show oig. but for right now, let's send it back to new york. i'll tell you, i'll be staying tuned because i want to see if harmon will give you one of these right, you know -- i think that will show that you belong if you get a little pop in the back of the head. we'll watch. >> harry is saying he'll watch to see if you give me -- like that will be my initiation. we'll see how it goes.

and ncis is so big there is now a spinoff, it's called "ncis los angeles." it also premieres tonight and stars ll cool j. he plays special agent sam hanna, and wrote wrote a song abo about the show. let's take a listen. ♪ >> is there anything you can't do? l lcht cool j is with us this morning. always a pleasure. >> good morning. >> we talked last spring as this was being announced. now you're at work. you've had a chance to shoot several episodes already. >> yes. >> what is it like? >> it's a lot of fun. it's exciting. i get to go home to my family every day, which is great. long hour, but challenging, but we have a lot of fun. chris o'donnell and he a lot of fun to work with. my crew is great.

>> there's all this talk about you and o'donnell. is this some bromance going, right? >> a bromance is this we? well, we do get along. we have great chemistry. it's kind of like that midwest meets that urban innercity thing. and it really works. we gel well together and we've been having a lot of fun and i hope as the season progresses we can have that same kind of chemistry that the original guys have. >> i want to take a look at a clip of the show. >> what are we? if anyone asks. >> city inspectors. >> nobody talks to city inspectors. >> i'm a realtor, you're my client. >> do i look like a realtor is this. >> okay, i'm a realtor. you're the guy looking for the apartment, okay? can we go? >> we love -- part of the reason

folks love the show so much, the people in the show, you get actual characters to play. >> yeah. there's some great characters. it is a procedural, so there are some things in it that are kind of like formulaic, but there's a character wlmt to it that take it is to another level. my character's a former navy s.e.a.l., speaks a few different languages. chris' character is like a master of disguise and has been a lot of different places, the fbi, cia, now finally at ncis. but we still haven't learned everything about our character, so we're as much in the dark as the public because you find out as the show goes on. >> is there enough macho -- so much macho just in that car. >> but there's wherein todlinda phenomenal, as well.

we also have daniella, also. so there's heart in the show, as well. >> you can do a bunch of different things. you've had so much success doing many different things. to hitch yourself, your identity, your future, to something like this is not a decision that's easily made. >> no. >> why did you do it? >> i had a great experience on another drama. i did the season opener of another drama a few seasons ago and i caught the bug. i really wanted to act. and i wanted it a to act on a r basis and challenge myself and experience something new in my life. and part of that process is thought continuing to do the same things that you've always done. so i decided to commit to the show, commit to what i thought was a great team. i believe in the ncis brand and hopefully people enjoy the show. >> we'll look forward to seeing you tonight. >> thank you very much. >> ll cool j.

"ncis los angeles" premieres tonight at 9:00, 8:00 central, right here on cbs. up next, we're back with the cast of ncis and they will answer your tweets when we continue.

welcome back to ncis on the set right here live for you. and we have the entire cast to answer your questions this morning. we have mark harmon, mike weatherly, rocky carroll and sean murray, you know them well from the hit show. good morning, guys. so many questions for you. keep your answers short so that i can get to as many as possible. these are from tv.com and from twitter. the first one is for mark. dave, returning to the head slapped theme, do you ever catch

yourself catching people on the back of the head when you're not on the set? >> no. >> wow. he listens to direction. michael, do the slaps really hurt? >> yes. >> all right. you know what, don't take me so literally. i need it to be an entertaining interview. >> i can be faster. >> so let's go to rocky. donna would like to know have you ever met the real n krchlnc what do they say about your show, do they like it or not is this. >> yes, i have. i met members of the real ncis and my character is based on a retired ncis agent, leon carroll. a great guy who is our technical adviser. >> so your character's name is a combination of your real name and his name. >> there you go. >> that's interesting trivia. let's go to david who, by the

way, is new grandfather. congratulations. >> yes, number six. >> when was he born? >> last wednesday on our wedding anniversary. >> and david's birthday. >> we had quite a week and now another birth of a child. >> something in the water. let's get to the question to the guy that seems to take pleasure in talking to bodies. what's it like acting with real stiffs? >> i always worry about it because it's freezing cold in there because the air conditioning is so great and these poor ak tors an actresses come along and line on a steel table. and so our main concern with the bodies is to keep them warm, keep them happy and let them go home this one piece. >> alive. >> go home alive. we have a tweet for sean. this is from staysity. is mcgee ever -- i already asked you if he was ever going to have a relationship with

abby, but is he ever going to have a hot burning relationship at all on the show? >> we'll see. we'll see. i think there's a good possibility of that. >> okay. we like that. coty, michelle wants to know how has your experience as an immigrant informed your understanding and/or portrayal of zeva? >> i think tremendously. i think that's pretty short. >> you can go ten seconds more. >> this is like a big question. it deserve s is big answer. it influences me every day. i make mistakes all the time. i have a good friend of mine who says that i get lost in translation. so when i got this role, it was a little bit of that. >> thank you, everybody. catch the season premiere tonight at 8:00 right here on cbs. best episode ever or so i hear.

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cloudy tuesday in the making. great to have you here. we will get through it together. time to get the garden greened up. i don't know about but i think my pepper plants will be producing until november. anyone need peppers? a batch of rain approaching the richmond area. visibility is improving. up to three miles in gaitherburg and the temperature up to our north in the middle 60s where it is 73 leesburg, 68 fredericksburg. by the lunch hour i think it is safe to say it will be cloudy most of area. a couple of isolated showers south and east of dc. later in the afternoon and

tonight we will have a better shot of rain getting in here and temperatures, despite the clouds an rain showers moving in 77. angie, good morning. good morning, kim. hey, everybody. just about four minutes from our 9:00 a.m. show. hope you join us for that. but first fog is the big story of the morning. a lot of it on the top of our beltway as well in upper maryland, in virginia 395 northbound. we are jammed up from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. that's a 25 to 30 minute drive. on 66 eastbound, the jamup from 123 to the beltway on the outer loop as you make your way to the beltway. debris on the roadways out there. but the jam up 95 to georgia. we are seeing slow going on the inner loop to the right of the screen past university. an accident on 295 northbound. approaching the naval research lab. it is off to the right shoulder and the delay from the beltway is clearing. >> next couple of days more

clouds certainly than rain and still a few shots to get wet. we'll least keep friday looking good. the 9:00 a.m. show is ex. next.