heavy winds and serious flooding up and down the eastern seaboard. we'll have the latest. replacing rahm, white house chief of staff rahm emanuel expected to step down later today. who will become the president's new right-hand man and what will that mean for the president's agenda in washington? and a life cut short. friends and family remember tyler clementi, the rutgers university student who killed himself afters had intimate encounter with another man was posted online as prosecutors consider more charges against the classmates who put it on the web, that's all this morning early this friday morning, web, that's all this morning early this friday morning, october 1st, 2010. captioning funded by cbs how this affected you certainly had to do with where you were. we expected rain all day in new york city, it didn't really materialize until late in the last couple of hours, really

pouring. as you can see, there is a significant radar picture with that red and yellow and everything means it is pouring. >> some cities in the northeast are getting more rain in hours than they usually get in months. and that is where we rebegin this first day of october. good morning, everybody i'm maggie rodriguez. >> i'm harry smith. >> the heaviest rain now headed to new england. our correspondent seth doane is there to begin our coverage this morning in boston, where it is a very windy morning. good morning, seth. >> reporter: that's right, maggie. the wind really picked up overnight and as this powerful storm continues to push north, much of the rain and heavy wind will be over new england today. folks here are really paying attention to this storm, which walloped points south. the storm is blamed for four deaths in north carolina. a young couple was killed along with their infant daughter when their car ran off a rain-slicked highway and plowed into a watery ditch. their twin 3-year-old boys were

pulled out alive but one died a short time later. residents in craven county used canoes to rescue neighbors stranded in their homes by the high water. >> just keep your fingers crossed it doesn't come in because when it decides to come in there's not much you can do. >> reporter: ponds and lakes overflowed in carolina beach as heavy winds up to 60 miles per hour downed trees and power lines. >> it's crazy. i've never seen the water come up like this before. it's nuts. >> reporter: the storm has dropped a record 21 inches of rain in five days exceeding hurricane floyd from 1999. >> i think rain-wise it is extraordinary. this doesn't happen that often. >> reporter: as the system moved north, two maryland commuter buses collided as sheets of rain fell, injuring 26 people. there were train and plane delays along the boston to washington corridor and tornado watches extended from the outer banks to new jersey. now forecasters are warning about the danger of flash floods

as heavy winds and high rains enter this region and, of course, everyone will be paying attention to this making the morning commute, which could be quite dangerous for many. maggie? >> seth doane in boston, thank you. we are seeing that flooding first hand this morning in little falls, new jersey, for one where christine sloan is standing by this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. good morning, everyone. we've been getting torrential soaking rains throughout the morning. in fact, it has not stopped raining since 4:00 this morning. that is not a good thing for the folks who live in little falls, new jersey, especially those who have homes along the passaic river. if you take a look, the river has been swelling. the last time this happened was back in march when we saw the serious flooding in this communities. in fact, this river moved into the streets along the river, flooding homes, basements, cars were under water. and residents were literally using boats to get out of here.

so, as you can imagine, residents here are keeping a close eye on this river and streams and rivers across the state. we're live in little falls, new jersey, christine sloan, for cbs news. >> christine, thank you so much. our own dave price is keeping a close eye on things for all of us here this morning. let's turn to him in kansas city, missouri this morning for the first look. good morning, dave. >> good morning to you, maggie. let's go right to the maps and talk about what we expect for the day. two to six inches of rain in a wide swath from the northeast to new england some areas could see significantly more than. flash flood warnings and high wind warnings in effect throughout the region already this morning in new york. two to five-hour delays at the airport and in boston you're already seeing some gate holes, boston has winds, 25 miles per hours, sustained, gusting to 32. the winds are going to be heavy all day in new york, beginning to subside later and rolling into new england. that rain should subside by tomorrow and into northern new

england but the winds stick around through saturday. it is going to be a very tough day to travel, no matter what your mode of transportation. we'll have a full forecast for you coming up in minutes. harry, right now, we'll send it back to you in new york. >> dave, thanks very much. now to politics. in washington this morning, another top white house staffer is calling it quits. our correspondent bill plante has the latest. good morning, bill. >> reporter: good morning, harry. the worst-kept secret in time but the president's chief of staff, rahm emanuel, will announce he is ryaning today to pursue his dream job, mayor of chicago. the president will welcome his temporary replacement, pete rouse. famously combative. he told katie couric on "60 minutes" he ignored criticism of his abrasive approach. >> you've been in the crosshairs a lot lately. >> did you notice? what i do, i focus on getting what the president needs done on any given day. if all i did was pay attention

to the critics, i wouldn't have taken this job since a lot of people thought i was crazy. >> david axelrod says he will be missed. >> no one can replace rahm emanuel. i've known him since he was 20 years old and he's a force of nature. >> the president will announce a new temporary chief of staff today, pete rouse, now a white house counselor but formerly chief of staff for mr. obama in the senate. >> there is a complete loyalty and trust with somebody like pete. there is -- pete's strategic sense has played a big part in the direction of virtually every big decision that's made out of this white house. >> reporter: among the contenders for the permanent position, rouse, tom don lin and vice president biden's chief of staff, all far lower key than rahm emanuelual. >> rouse in particular is the polar opposite of emanuel. he is calm and quiet, reserved,

and the president probably isn't going to make a decision on a permanent replacement until after the election. he may decide he wants and outsider rather than insider like some of the people we just mentioned. harry? >> bill plante, thank you very much. as president obama's chief of staff takes his leave we bring a recent predecessor, andy card, known as the iron man of the white house during five years under president george w. bush, the longest stretch for any chief of staff since the 1950s and andy card is with us live in the studio this morning. >> good to be with you, harry, thank you. >> when you're in that job, your job, rahm emanuel's job, what is the most important thing do you for the president? >> help the president do his job. and being very candid with him. if the emperor has no clothes on, tell him he's naked! but really the job of the chief of staff is to make sure the president has all of the tools necessary to do his job, including being responsible for making sure his state of mind is

right. so, it's not just about the policy or the performance, it's also about taking care of the psychology. >> the ultimate gatekeeper in terms of who is, who comes to see him, how he uses his time. is there ever a confusion between what your agenda is and what the president's agenda is? >> it can be, yes. but, the president is the president, the chief of staff is not. and as it's the chief of staff's job to make sure the president has everything he needs to make tough decision but that the president never has an opportunity to make an easy decision. >> interesting. what has happened in this administration is rahm emanuel has come under criticism as having too much power. is it possible for a chief of staff to have too much power. >> probably, although i think that a chief of staff only does the job the way the president wants it done. so, i actually compliment rahm emanuel on how he did the job. i don't agree with his politics, his philosophy, i didn't agree with the policy but i think he did serve president obama very

well and helped president obama accomplish what he wanted to do and i didn't agree with what he wanted to do. >> sort of feigned praise, i guess. >> no, no, i praise him for how he did the job. it's really not a job but a privilege and rahm emanuel had the privilege and served it well. remember, the job is really article ii in the constitution. it's helping the president be the per sonification of a tremendous personality to preserve and protect the constitution >> who lobbies you, then? part of your job is to make sure people aren't constantly pounding the president. >> everyone lobbies the chief of staff, staffers, people outside, inside, even sometimes the president will want to do things the president shouldn't did and it's the chief of staff's job to say, i know you want to do it, but you can't do it now. >> really? when you say that, how does a president normally respond? >> with disdain. [ laughter ] no, no, there's so much information inside the white house that people wo are there

know more than people who are not. >> right. >> and i came to recognize that after i left the white house, not so much as when i was in it. >> easier for observe from some distance and know how much you don't actually know. as i'm wrapping up here, as the white house is going through the kinds of transitions that this one is, what is the most important thing to try to keep in mind? >> that you have a job that is bigger than serving the individual. you are also serving the ins tugs of the presidency. there is a great tendency to want to make an easy decision for the president but it's the wrong decision for the country. or for the presidency, article ii. and so, you have to step back and chiefs of staff have to have peripheral vision. most of the people who work at the white house have tunnel vision. >> very interesting. are you going to run for governor of massachusetts. >> i would love to, but nobody wants me to, harry. >> okay. andy card, thank you so much. always a pleasure to see you. more news now. erica hill at the news desk. >> good morning harry and everyone at home a. convoy of

tankers headed to afghanistan with fuel for nato and u.s. troops ambushed in pakistan this morning. at least 27 trucks attacked by a gang of 12 gunmen on route to karachi to quetta using an alternate route through afghanistan because pakistani authorities shut down the main crossing yesterday in protest of repeated u.s. helicopter strikes in pakistan. in south america, the president of ecuador is safe this morning after being rescued by the army from protesting police. hundreds of angry officers surrounded a hospital where the president was being treated for a tear gas attack. our correspondent mark strassmann has the details. >> reporter: chaos overtook the streets of quito, ecuador as roads were blocked and the airport shut down, at least one person was killed during a day-long police riot. the country's top military commander called for a dialogue but president rafael corray yeah staged a face-to-face

confrontations with the protest protesters saying if you want to kill the president, here he is. kill me! rebellious police responded by dousing him in tear gas. nearly asphyxiating him. security guards quickly shoved a gas mask on him and rushed him to a hospital. an american missionary there says he believes the revolt was nationwide. >> it was wider than just quito. the initial word that came out, there was a national police strike in the country, on a national scope. the country was without protection. >> reporter: by nightfall, protesters surrounded the hospital where corray yeah said he was being held practically captive. he vowed he would leave the hospital only as president or as a corpse. soldiers overcame police in a 35-minute firefight and rushed corray yeah from the hospital. he later made an appearance on the balcony of the presidential palace telling cheering supporters the violence was more

than a police protest, calling it an attempted coup. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. gloria allred says california's republican candidate for governor meg whitman knew for years her housekeeper he were nikki santillan was an illegal immigrant. whitman denies receiving a letter about her in 2003. >> neither my husband or i received any letter from the social security administration. >> now comes -- -- the smoking gun or the smoking document. >> allred showing a letter from social security with a note apparently written by whitman's husband. in a statement, he said he did not recall the letter but, quote, can say it is possible that i would have scratched a follow-up note on a letter like this. and it is also possible this is far from the last we have heard of this situation. there is good news from wall street. the dow jones industrial average showing its best september in more than 70 years but, of course, it is now october, which is traditionally a bumpy month

for the markets. our business and economic correspondents rebecca jarvis is on the floor of the new york stocks exchange this morning. good morning. let's focus on the good news. why such a great month? >> well, in a word, erica, it's relief, relief on wall street that things weren't worse than many were anticipating. a lot of economists had expected september to be a very bump ys, down-trodden months as far as economic data goes, from jobs to business activity, we did see signs things were less bad than they were expected to be. also, the double-dip fears, fears we would go back into a recession, that the market would dip back to the levels -- lowest levels we have seen in a matter of a couple of years, well, those, are very much off the table right now for a number of economists. they have lessened their expectations we will see such negative days ahead, however there is caution and number of employers still reluctant to make new hires particularly at the state and local government level where a number of state and local governments are facing

major budget shortfalls, where economists are focusing their attention in the months ahead, particularly in october. and, of course, at the end we'll have the elections and that could be a major game changer for the markets, as well. >> at lot of balls in play and to keep an eye of. thanks. finally for you, as baseball's regular season winds down to its last weekend, how about a play of the week for you? coming to us from a game in san francisco yesterday. you see that foul ball smashing down the right field line. do you see the catch? how about that? the one-handed catch. you may have noticed, too, holding a baby and a panda cap. talk about a great job of hanging on to both the ball and most importantly to the child. matching panda backpack. well accessorized. back to dave price, of course, in kansas city this morning with a closer look at the morning's weather. dave, good morning. >> do you know how much trouble that dad is going to be in when his wife sees that video? >> he held onto the baby.

>> nice to see you, erica. exactly, good for him. at 391st annual american royal barbecue, 500 barbecue contestants, the best in the world from all over the world competing for $100,000 in prizes. 55 degrees right now outside here in kansas city. and 260 right now in the big green egg where i'm cooking my kosher brisket. let's see what is happening across the country, a lot of weather it talk about so let's get through it. serious weather in the northeast we'll get to in a moment in the southeast drying out, in the 70s and 80s. southern plains, sunny, warm and humid with a nice gulf plain. in the northeast, a threat of severe weather rolling through sections of new england. high winds and heavy rains, airport delays and travel trouble. that's a quick loo

>> much more from kansas city in just a little while. harry, maggie, we'll send it back to both of you in new york. >> thank you, dave. still ahead the latest on the suicide of college student tyler clementi. was it prompted by a hate crime? we'll talk with the mother of matthew shepard, murdered because he was gay. amanda knox back in court today facing new charges. we'll talk to her parents. this is "the early show" on cbs.

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welcome back to "the early show" on the first day of the month. coming up a new legal channel for seattle student amanda knox still fighting her murder conviction in italy insisting she is innocent but she and her parents are accused in another charge. amanda in court today and we'll talk to her parents about the case in just a bit. also this morning, we'll get to the truth about flu shots. you might be thinking, wait, wait, wait, it's only october. is it too early? >> i got mine. >> well, you may be the smartest one in the room. but, that is one of four common misconceptions about timing and everything else. we are going to demystify flu shots with our dr. jennifer ashton in minutes. >> but first, the latest on the shocking suicide at rutgers university. one of tyler clementi's childhood friends says he was destined for greatness. this morning we have obtained new video of the rutgers freshman who killed himself after his intimate moment with another man was shown on the internet. "early show" correspondent jeff glor is still following the

story in new brunswick, new jersey. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: good morning to you. this morning prosecutors say they are serious about potentially upgrades the charges against the students accused here as the full scope of this loss becomes more clear this morning. by all accounts, tyler clementi was a gifted violinist. his teacher of five years spoke to us an "early show" exclusive. >> he was a quiet person, but when he picked up his violin, it was a different story. >> reporter: authorities announced thursday they identified the body found in the hudson river as clementi. now more details have emerged about the online events that led to the tragic end of his life. from clementi's online posting september 22nd, i texted roomie around 7:00 asking for the room later tonight and he said it was

fine. when i got back to the room, i instantly noticed he had turned the webcam toward my bed. police say it was the second time in three days today ruin raef tried to stream online a sexual encounter between clementi and another man. clementi, i haven't even seen my roommate since sunday when i was asking for the room the first time and him doing it again just set me off. i turned off and unplugged his computer, went crazy looking for other hidden ca mds. later that day, clementi took his own life, jumping off the george washington bridge. yesterday, talk show host ellen degeneres spoke out. >> this needs to be a wake-up call to everyone that teen-aged bullying and teasing is an epidemic in this country and the death rate is climbing. >> the new jersey governor was also visibly upset. >> as the father of a 17-year-old -- i can't imagine what those parents are feeling today. i can't. >> christie says he won't tell

prosecutors how to proceed with case against ravi and his friend molly way but may change if they find evidence of a bias crime. whatever the charges, clementi's family and friends are mourning the end of a promising young life. clementi was scheduled to perform with the rutgers symphony orchestra tomorrow night. officials say his name will remain on the program. maggie? >> jeff glor at rutgers this morning, thank you. >> 12 years ago matthew shepard a 21-year-old university of wyoming student was brutally murdered by two young men who targeted him because he was gay. since then, hi mother, judy shepard, whom you saw, has been an activist for issues involving gay youth and joins us this morning from chicago. judy, good morning. thanks for being with us today. >> good morning, maggie. i'm sorry to be here under such circumstances. >> i know. this is obviously different from what happened to matthew but still must have brought back painful memories for you.

>> oh, absolutely, approaching the 12th an verse vee of matthew's death and absolutely brings home painful memories. >> i remember we spoke when you had just written the book about has the new and told me you hoped it would lead to more tolerance. do you think our young people, that we, as a society have learned anything since matthew's death? >> well, you know, we have such vicious rhetoric floating around the country, i'm not really sure who our leaders are and what they think ther yee communicating to our young people. all you have to do is go to the floor of the congress, media, the newspapers about the discontent with don't ask, don't tell and marriage issue and still seems we are trying to relegate the kay goount to second-class citizens. >> what do you think congress or lawmakers should be doing differently? >> well, they should be granting basic civil rights to the day community instead of continuinging to try to deny them. to me, that's what it, is basic civil rights. to deny them service in the military or job security on a federal level or even the right

to marry and receive all those benefits that are derived from that is just unfair and, in my view, un-american. >> in the meantime, though, i feel it has to include parents and schools who are educating children, teaching he them attitudes. what do you wish that the people who killed matthew would have known or would have been taught before they committed this atrocious crime. >> well, i just think it's so important to try to communicate to our children and/or students empathy to understand what other people's lives are like and a general rule of accepting everyone for who they are and respecting them, just for being here. self-respect is just so important. and if our society is not allowing us to even feel that, i don't know what the recourse -- i don't know what the recourse s. but, we work very hard in the school system to try to communicate bullying but if we don't deal with the issues of the bully, we really get nowhere. what we do at school needs to be told up at home. and what we do at home needs to be followed up at school. i think we just think someone

else is taking care of it and, evidently, this err' not. >> and something that's compounded bullying, the internet. 12 years when math tu was killed it wasn't an issue. how do you think it's contributing now. >> well, news gets out much more quickly, the yin and the yang, right. news gets out much more quickly but not always accurate. we don't know what is and what isn't the truth. the blogs fear is particularly damaging full of opinion with no accountability people take at sleuth truth. there is a real danger what happens on the internet now. >> what would you say to tyler clementi's parents this morning. >> my deepest, deepest sympathies to them and only they know the true soul of their son and that is what they need to hold in their hearts now. >> and what do you think should happen to the students who are accused in this crime? >> well, i hope they are prosecuted to the full extent of the law. what they did was reckless, thoughtless and hateful. >> let's hope as ellen degeneres put this, it is a wake-up call.

judy shepard, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you, maggie. up next, is it time for your flu shot? we'll tell you what you need to know as the new flu season gets under way today. this is "the early show" on cbs. . [ woman #3 ] i feel these aches and pains. [ woman #4 ] the guilt. [ man ] my sleep just isn't right. [ woman #5 ] i'm so anxious. [ man #2 ] i need to focus.

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in a typical year 200,000 americans are hospitalized, about 24,000 die from complications of the flu and our dr. jennifer ashton is here to tell us more. boy, that's all we talked about last fall, h1n1. >> absolutely. >> so, is h1n1 still still with us in some way this fall. >> is in this year's vaccine, harry, so you don't need two shots like last year which led to confusion and panic in some cases in people. right now there is por ra dick or in some cases no flu activity going on nationwide -- yet. >> yet. >> the cdc be tracking it every week. but right now, they're not even reporting from this year because as you said the flu season is literally starting today. >> the people who tend to really suffer a lot from flu and end up losing their lives are people who tend to be high risk. are flu shots only for people at high risk? tharnlsts is a big change this year last year we heard a lot about high-risk groups at the end of the year so taking into

effect this season, now the cdc is recommending that everyone over the age of six months be vaccinated against influenza because when you broke down the high-risk groups, it was pretty much the entire population. >> uh-huh. one of the other questions as we try to demystify the flu this morning is when to get vaccinated. is there a right time? some people say, you don't want to get it too early. >> you know what can, we hear that a lot from patients. in fact the sooner the better so the flu vaccine came out actually the end of august. we got it in my office a couple weeks ago, i vaccinated myself and my children lrp. the fact of the matter is it takes about two weeks to get the immune protection from the vaccine and there is really no telling when we'll start to see a lot of cases of influenza because flu is unpredictable. >> the vaccination lasts a long time. >> it will cover you all season but really the sooner the better. given at your local pharmacy, doctor's office, employment, schools, get vaccinated now.

>> a lot of people my age think that flu shots give you the flu. >> that young? that's actually a big myth, harry. there are two types of vaccines, the nasal mist and the injectable form. the injectable form that most people get, the shot, it is medically impossible for that to give you the flu. it does not contain the live virus version. if you get the mist, that does contain a weakened version of the virus and some people can get a mild flu-like symptom but definitely not with the shot. >> last one, the flu is like a bad cold. they are different. what's the best way to treat the flu? >> if you catch it early you can get the ante viral medication but make no mistake, if you have had influenza, you feel at death's door. people say you've never had it. we say in medicine it only takes one time and not something to play around with. >> dr. jennifer ashton, thanks so much. for more on flu shots just go to our partner in health webmd.com

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>> i think he should be involved in the movie, vo logical he play sully. >> -- the production team producing the movie, the same from the "indiana jones movie" he's a pilot himself. look at that, i think it is a match. >> of course part of a parlor room discussion. william h. macy we thought or richard dreyfuss. >> i'll go with the pilot. >> how about the wild card. someone said about how about alex trebek? >> is this just about the moustache. >> didn't he get rid of the moustache, too. >> -- not an angtor, people. >> that's what you think. little do you know, when he says good-bye to "jeopardy!" it's hello hollywood. >> i'm seeing the movie. >> such wonderful people, sully -- >> lawyerie. >> and his wife, fantastic. >> they'll both be consultants.

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amanda knox back in court today in italy. this has nothing to do with the earlier charges against her and her appeal process. she's been charged with slander. her parents have been charged with slander just about comments they made about how she was treated when she was first incarcerated. that story coming up in our next hour. [ commentator ] lindsey vonn! she stays tough!

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wet and wild out there this morni morning. we'll tell you why so many folks have come out to our plaza this morning. >> and why so many are wearing pink. >> i bet you can figure that one out already. welcome back to "the early show" i'm harry smith along with maggie rodriguez. coming up another day in court for amanda knox. the college student from seattle serving a murder sentence in italy right now. she and her parents are now accused of slandering the local police department because they say she was roughed up during questioning. we're going to speak with her parents about the brand new case in just a bit. also ahead, believe it or not, it has been 25 years of farm aid. the first concert to support america's family farmers was back in 1985, right after the big live aid event. this year's farm aid concert is tomorrow and we will be speaking exclusively with willie nelson who's been putting these shows together since the very first one. first, though, a check of the news and erica hill is at the news desk. good morning, again. >> good morning again to you and everyone at home. a powerful and deadly rain storm

is clobbering the east coast this morning. soaking rain causing widespread flooding moving into the northeast including parts of new jersey at this hour. there are power outages, travel is snarled, to say the least. at least five people were killed in north carolina, which so far has borne the brunt of this storm. a convoy of tankers headed to afghanistan with fuel for nato and u.s. troops ambushed in pakistan this morning. at least 27 trucks were attacked by a gang of gunmen. the convoy was on rote from karachi to quetta. our cbs news correspondent reports from kandahar. >> reporter: fuel and vital supplies destined for nato bases in afghanistan up in flames. late last night 12 armed militants their faces covered chased drivers away and set 27 trucks on fire. the supply trucks were an easy target, sitting ducks stranded in the tribal areas along the border because the crossing into afghanistan has been closed for two days now. the pakistani government --

following a series of nato helicopter air strikes inside its air space, the latest one left three pakistani soldiers dead. american bases rely on a con stont flow of fuel, food, weapons and ammunitions, about half come by road through pakistan so keeping those trucks rolling is vital for the mission here. mandy clark, cbs news, kandahar air field, afghanistan. a key member of the president's inner circle white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is bowing out planning to run for mayor of departure. it will be made official at a white house ceremony this morning. former president carter is celebrating his 86th birth today. mr. carter waved to reporters leaving the hospital before flying to washington yesterday. here's katie couric with a preview of tonight's can "cbs evening news". >> good morning, they spent time behind bars. now, they're spending time with their families.

how a woman with conviction is putting children first by giving their moms a second chance. the inspiring story is tonight's "american spirit" only on the "cbs evening news" now become "the early show." >> dave price is in kansas city this morning with another check of the weather for us and some fine headgear. >> thank you very much. ten-gallon hat. don't know what it is in metric but it's a big 'un as they say down here at 391st annual american royal barbecues, brisket, pork ribs, shoulders and butt, that's not the but but the b tudz tt we have johnny trigg with us from texas. you got back from bringing good barbecue to 2,000 troops in queue wait. talk about the difference between a pork rib and a beef rib. >> well, pork rib comes off of a hog. beef rib comes off of a cow.

[ laughter ] >> have you ever killed a man with your raw hands? >> you don't trip me out, i got a gun in this boot. >> all right. let's move on. how do you prepare this thing? put some stuff on. what do we have? >> you take some of this excellent rib dust. >> do you have to rub it in or -- >> well, you sprinkle it on there and do a little rubbing like this. >> how long do you cook this stuff four? >> about four hours. >> about four hours, i'll see you in just about four hours. let's look on over here. we have tuffy stoney from richmond, virginia making chicken. >> yes, sir. >> what's the key to the perfect chicken? >> as you know we are cooking for a lot of money this weekend. the purse is $100,000. one of the tricks you have to have in chicken, bite-through skin. if you don't have bite-through skin you won't be in the top ten and then won't be in the money >> you heard it first. more barbecue in a while but first to the maps to check out what is happening. serious weather throughout the northeast. keep in mind storms with high winds rolling through and gusty

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conviction and 26-year sentence for murder. knox arrived at a closed penitentiary police van. if the charge of slander is thrown out it draws into question the conviction of murder f. it goes against her, knox faces more time in jail and at her appeal, the prosecution will demand that she be given a life sentence. witnesses in court today said knox, who cut her hair during the hot summer in jail, looked drawn and pale and had put on weight. the slander charge is based on statements she made while being interrogated as a possible witness after the discovery of the body of her house mate british student meredith kir sher in a blood-splattered room. >> i was very, very scared. because they were treating me so badly. >> knox said she only confessed to being in the house at the time of the murder after she was hit. there, there, there, she said. remember, remember, remember. the scene in court today was

almost deja vu. the judge is the same one who originally committed her to trial. the prosecutor was on the state's team and the lawyer representing the police is acting for the family of victim meredith kir cher in a civil suit against knox. and outside, the circus continues to grow. two movies, one of them stars "hero's" actress hayden pant tarry are being put together and two books have already been published. a former jail mate wrote knox was not well treated when she originally went to prison but after her conviction she was accepted by the other inmates. two more books are due out soon and the hearing against the slander charge resumes in a week's time. harry. >> allen pizzey in perugia, thank you! man today knox's parents curt knox and edda mellas join us from seattle, their home town. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> what are your lawyers telling you about this? you were with us earlier in the

stud kwlo this week with these new charges against you and against amanda, will this have any bearing on her appeal? let me start with you, curt. >> well, alt this point in time, i think it's really just a timing issue. they postponed the real merits of the pretrial for slander until the first part of november, and it could start coinciding with her appeal. so, hopefully, that won't create any detriment. >> ed today, are the lawyers concerned about these two things sort of running concurrently? >> you know, i think the lawyers have always seen the slander charges as more of a, i don't know, distraction, i think, is what they call it, from their main goal, which is the other trial, the appeals process. but, you know, it's kind of -- it's just one more thing that we have to deal with, one more

thing amanda has to go through. >> here you are, the same judge is involved. it's a prosecutor involved. there are a lot of the same people who were involved in the earlier trial are involved in this procedure. i mean, at some point, do you sort of wonder, does it feel like they're out to get you? >> well, yeah, you know, we were surprised that they allowed the same judge to -- to sit in on this case. and so, it's a little disconcerning and i guess it is pretty unusual and leaves us all wondering why they are using the same people over and over again. >> curt, does it feel like that to you, that amanda has become a convenient target? >> you know, it really does. i almost look at these slander charges as harassment related to her. hopefully, it won't deter from her actual appeal trial and we're looking forward to that beginning in november. >> each time we talk to you, you're buoyant, you're upbeat,

you're positive, you try to drive home, you know, a story of hope and, you know, some sort of positive outcome on the horizon. but, so far, none of this has really gone very well at all. cur td, how do you speak to that, and how do you maintain? >> well, you stay strong for amanda. and, you know, we look forward to hopefully a happy outcome from the appeals trial and that she'll get to come home. we know if they really focus on the evidence and really look at the physical evidence during the appeal, we believe that they're going to find that she was wrongfully convicted and they'll fix it and she'll get to come home. >> that would make sense and if logic applied but it hasn't applied so far, at least from what we can see. edda, how do you go along without feeling, at some times, like your voices are not actually being heard? >> well, you know, we all have our moments of despair. we all do.

amanda does, we all do. but, we just know that, you know, wal lowing in that kind of feeling isn't productive and we just need to fine a way to get through another day and to going and to keep fighting because we are not leaving our innocent daughter in jail for a crime she didn't commit. >> thank you both very much for taking the time to speak with us again this morning. do take care. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. >> now here's maggie. >> thanks, harry. up next a first for "undercover boss," the hit show follows a female ceo working alongside her employees. you'll be surprised by one of the jobs she had to do, when we come back. ♪ i love my grandma. i love you grandma. grandma just makes me happy. ♪ to know, know, know you grandma is the bestest. the total package. grandpa's cooooooooool. way cool. ♪ grandpa spoils me rotten. ♪ to know, know, know you

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ceo, kim schaefer. >> i just need to see the credit card you charged the room with. it matches. what do i do here? >> go okay and check it in. shift f8. now tap on keys. >> keys? >> uh-huh. right on this one. >> perfect. >> we'll go under "payments." >> ready to go to the water park? >> we're willing to do this but there's there. >> ouch, kim schaefer joining us this morning. you survived though. >> i did. >> a moment you were working the front desk at a resort and discover much to your dismay it just takes way too long to check in. what was the most important thing you discovered or learned from yir experiment? >> people walking into our lodges, that check-in is really their entry point to the lodge and the experience.

they are there to spen time as a family and we want to get them in having fun as quickly as possible. we are a bit of a victim of our own success. i was definitely truss vated by the whole process and everybody wants to come at the same time there. was a line out the door of people trying to -- to get in. so, it was an eye-opener to see it. >> and now, you said in the show it would be one of your first priorities for fix that. you got to see so many different types of jobs. there's a moment in the episode where you have to actually actually pick up poop from the pool. i'm watching this going, that is the ceo of the company scooping poop. was that humbling for you? >> it was very humbling. it was one of those moments where i'm like, really, i've come this far? to do this. but i figure, you know, this is what the employees have to go through so it's nice to see how they have to deal with things, what they have to go through and all about making our company better. >> are there challenges that are specific to being a female ceo?

>> i think it as a female ceo i've kind of not really separated myself from the male counterparts but i do think one of the things i've identified with even during the show is i'm a working mom. and so, there's always those challenges of realizing that we want to take care of everybody. we want to do everything. and, you know, you're making those trade-offs and that consideration of how we have a career and feel good about ourselves but, also, take care of our families. that's always front and center and even during the show i recognize that i'm not the only woes that to go through that. >> so many people. you and i both have two children. you did something i did not do. you said you gave birth to your son on a friday and were back to work on monday. >> yes. >> are a workaholic? >> probably when you put it like that. it's hard to deny. i love work. it's always been just a huge part of my satisfaction in life. i have my family, and i have my career. and those are my two priorities

and that's what i spend 99% of my time focusing on. i love what i do, i love the company, and i love my family. so, trying to balance that, it's tricky. but -- >> you have a very sportive husband, though. >> i have an amazing husband. he's -- he's absolutely wonderful and he does a great job with the kids. and that was a consideration that we were fortunate enough to make. not everybody has that choice. and so, you know, being able to balance this and have the support that i do, it really makes for a much calmer household going forward. >> looking back now on your experience on the show, was it all worth it? you did have any trepidations to begin with? and how did it end for you. >> i think anytime you go in and take a look at your company kind of unfiltered, not knowing what i was going to be doing and who i was going to be meeting, i think that there's always, you know, i'm a little nervous about that but i know that we have a great company. i see our guest service scores. so, i felt comfortable enough that i might be able to really

take something out that would help our company move to the next he level and be better than we are so that was kind of my trepidation coming in. i think coming out, i'm just so pleased. what we do for our guests every single day was just overwhelming for me. i was so inspired by the people that i met, i wouldn't change that skerns for the world. >> kim schaefer, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> pleasure to have you here. >> thank you. >> you can watch "undercover boss" sunday night at 9:00, 8:00 central on cbs. harry? >> still ahead the one and only willie nelson getting ready for the 25th farm aid concert. he's going to tell us, exclusively, why farmers out there still need his help. ♪ you look like an angel

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month begins today, october 1st. we have special guests with us this morning. all of these people on the plaza out to send a message they are breast cancer survivors, soerters and also iris danker susan g co-man survivor of the year and joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. come on in and join our little huddle. tell us why this month is important for you, iris, as a survivor? >> this month is about raising awareness and educating women how important it is to go out and get their mammograms. it was 14 years ago at my first routine mammogram i went out and i was diagnosed and early detection saved my life and i made it. my girl that i was -- spread the word that early detection is most important. >> so many people are spreading that message especially this month. everywhere you go you see retailers doing something involving pink for susan g. komen, right? >> absolutely. you can't look anywhere without

seeing a pink ribbon or pink in a store, big companies and retailers, they're selling products to benefit organizations like komen. and go out, help, you know, look at your website. you know, we can't do enough to help raise awareness. >> thank you, iris. thank you so much. if you see something pink in a store go in and say what's this about? chances are it will have something to do with susan g.komen and they will contribute some portion of your purchase to that cause. thank you. >> thank you. >> you know, the nfl has gotten involved in this in a big way. >> that's right. i've got some sweatbands. >> there we go. >> look at. this every football that's going to be snapped in the nfl season this month, the month of october, will have that symbol on it right there, that pink ribbon. isn't that amazing. >> it is amazing how many were talking about it seeing it sunday and watching monday night

football. >> amazing what we can do if we all do it together. >> as we've said so many times there are no degrees of separation when it comes to breast cancer. my mother was a 29-year survivor. what is being done is appreciated by people all over the country. >> thanks, iris. also this half hour we'll look ahead as farm aid celebrates 25 years helping america's family farmers. we are sxeg exclusively to willie nelson, who is still putting these shows together every year. >> also this morning, you remember the impossible shot from the top of -- you know, kyle field, texas a&m? absolutely. well, we've got "dude perfect's" absolute trick shot that will amaze the world, one no one has seen yet they say may be the most difficult in all. we'll have an exclusive preview in minutes. >> also renowned chef scott peacock back with us to share

recipes from his latest. two phrases to live by, make it mine and cook once, eat twice, a phrase that comes in handy in my house. >> first back to dave in kansas city eating more than twice, i'm sure, with all that great barbecue. dave? >> hmmm, it smells so good in kansas city right now, maggie. guys, this serious business. first of all, the american royal barbecue isn't about competition simply or prize money it's also about scholarships. they provide almost two million dollars in educational scholarships a year from this thing. so, it's a big deal. we've got boy scouts and bud scouts and also rob day with tell-it envy, the name of the team. he does this for a lig, that's all he does, competition barbecue. what do we have, rod. >> glad to have you in my town. this is a 15-pound whole brisket. >> right. >> big boy. >> there is a lot of fat. are these two sections? >> absolutely.

this is called the point and this is called the flat. this is a little more lean and this has a little more fat. we use both this competition. >> how long do you have to cook a brisket based on how many pounds something like this is? >> it depends on your timing but these cook anywhere from 8 hours to 16 hours depending on the temp you cook at. >> biggest people make cooking a brisket on a food. >> they oversmoke their food and plan on a timeline. >> harry, i tell you all the time never oversmoke your food. you can do this at home this is like a $13,000 unit, even customized but you can do it at home on your own grill. we've added a new class fi cakes this year, kosher brisket. i rarely eat meat, you probably know that but i cooked this baby up and we'll check it in a minute. meantime we set that grill and go to the maps. here'ses what happening across the country. severe weather in the authority sdooeng and new england. high winds and tropical

storm-force gusts. the southeast drys out, meanwhile the south >> all right. oh, that's g. we've got some kosher barbecue for you. what do you think? take of it. how is it? oh, my god.

it went so well for me here. back to you guys. >> enjoy the rest of your day, dave. a quarter century ago farm aid began with an all-star concert to raise money for struggling local farmers. tomorrow night in milwaukee marks the 25th farm aid concert. willie nelson, the man know started it all, has taken the stage every single year. he talked to us exclusively on his tour bus with our cbs news correspondent betty nguyen and gave you the full scoop. >> yes, he did. >> what an amazing -- >> can you imagine 25 years it is hard to believe it has been that long. the problem is still out there, a number of family farmers run out of business. in order to stop that trend willie nelson and friends keep taking the stage to raise money and awareness. i caught up with him this year at this year's farm aid. how are you? good to see you. >> you, too. >> country music legend, willie nelson is most at home on the road. in the course of a 50-year

career, that road has taken his past countless farms and fields and in 1985, as nelson toured america's heartland, he saw heartbreak. >> they've watched their families sweat blood and tears out on the farm and die out there trying to save their own family farms. >> large factory farms were taking away the livelihoods of small farmers. many could no longer to stay on their land. willie nelson, who grew up on a farm, took action. >> called your friends. >> called john mellencamp. >> and within just six weeks, farm aid was born. 80,000 people packed a football stadium in champaign, illinois for a 12-hour show feature something of the biggest names you'll ever see on one stage. a mixture of music and mets message. >> it's all going for the best of causes, to save the family farm. >> the event was a huge success, raising $10 million for the cause. but 25 years later, family farmers are still struggling.

do you think americans get how difficult it is for the small farmers these days? >> not at all. >> skip connett and his wife operate a small organic farm in austin, texas growing a wide variety of vegetables and raise livestock. they nearly lost everything during the prolonged texas drought this decade. >> you are not only worried about the farm but your livelihood and being able it pay the bills. >> how close did you come to in the being able to pay the bills. >> we were there. >> our water bill went from about two or three hundred dollars a month to a thousand dollars a month. >> really? >> yeah. >> desperate for help, every door they tried to open slammed shut except for one. >> farm aid is the only group that helped us. >> what did that do for you? >> it was -- it transformed us, you know, it gave us hope because it made us feel like someone knew we were suffering and they cared. >> today, their farm is thriving and a model for sustainable agriculture. >> piggy, piggy, piggy.

>> skip and erin oonz say the farm aid donation certainly helped pay the bills but they also got something far more valuable than money. >> going, wow, there's actually somewhere there who cares about small farmers. >> they realize that somebody is helping and somebody's at least thinking about them. >> it has to have a bit of a psychological effect and provides, i guess, if anything, a sense of hope to these farmers out there. >> if we did nothing but give them hope, went then, that's worth a lot. >> today at age 77 willie nelson still has that spring in his step and fire in his belly. and when small farmers like skip and erin get in trouble, he questions who else will answer those calls for help. >> why is our government not doing it? why do they leave it to willie and the boys out there for 25 years to do it? >> so, how long is old willie and the boys going to keep doing it? yep, he will be there. nigs to willie, this year's farm

aid line up, mine you all working for tree includes john mellencamp, neil young, the dave matthews band and kenny chesney. the previous 24 concerts have raised more than $37 million to help family farmers, that's a whole lot of money and a who the lot of good. >> an incredible organization. for a lot of people they love the idea to buy local and support local farmers especially in this tough economic climate sometimes those goods are more expense issive. >> yes, they r. the family farmers admit to that, no doubt it will cost you more. but here's the difference, if you have a megafarmer with produce like this here, they'll pick this early and will be shipped hundreds of miles away so you are not going to get produce as ripe or, say, flavorful as you would if a family farmer picked this out of their farm in the morning and perhaps got it to your table by the end of the day. >> and that's why they are pushing more local farmers markets. great story. >> thank you.

it was fun. >> i can imagine. to learn more log on to our website earlyshow.cbsnews.com. harry? >> all right. erica b. a year ago when a trick basketball shot that seemed too good to be true started burning up the internet. take a look. it was the shot seen 'round the world from the third deck at kyle field at texas a&m, almost 200 feet up, nothing but net. >> yes! >> what? >> the guys responsible for the trick shot who call themselves "dude perfect" have received more than 20 million hits online, thanks to their wide variety of jaw-dropping baskets. since their break-out a year ago they've appeared twice on "the early show," most recently to debut their now famous shot from the sky. now they're back with a new video that could be their best yesterday coby cotton, tyler toney, cody jones and cory cotton, four of the six members of "dude perfect" are here

exclusively to show us their latest shot. 'morning guys. >> 'morning. >> how are you, harry. >> you look better than a year ago. >> i don't know about that. sgloof let's get to this new video. before we take a look, let's get a bit of a set-up. where did you do this. >> in dallas. in dallas we filmed this at a cross tower that was really, really cool. >> who had the inspiration? >> i guess it was kind of a collaboration of ideas, but, you know, we had some guys at the church and stuff that talked about doing it and we said, that's a great idea and kind of challenged us to do the shot. >> you are talking about going, way, way, way up in the sky. >> way up high. >> okay. all right. that's enough set-up. let's take a look. this is the exclusive worldwide first viewing of "dude perfect's" -- >> it is. >> -- most recent accomplishment. >> yes, sir. >> here we goimplts this is the cross tower shot.

>> oh! >> that's it! >> yeah! >> ooh. >> wow. so, how -- how high up is that? >> i think it was actually over 150 feet up in the air. and then, we took a range finder out there and it was like 72 yards, about, straight shot. >> oh, down. >> coming straight down. >> okay. right. right. why does this look so much harder than like the kyle field one? >> one, it was at nighttime so depth perception is obviously a little bit different at night than in the daytime. and if you'll notice in the video, i'm actually strapped onto a ladder on the edge. and so, i didn't really have a lot of -- >> there's that, then, too. i take it took you a little longer to get this done? >> it did. we started filming at 11:00 and finished at 2:00. >> in the morning. >> yeah, in the morning. >> and was one enough? >> one was not enough on this

one. >> you did it again some. >> oh, you mean made it again. >> one was enough for the make, definitely. >> all right. how do you all participate in this? you took the shot. >> yes, sir. >> what do you guys do in the meantime? >> it is definitely a group effort. if you see from one of the top angles a guy sitting down, kneeling down that's me a dangerous place to be with the camera because the ball is coming in hot. >> you are sitting there with a camera like this and the ball could -- >> for every make do you see there, are probably 400 or 500 rebounds that i've picked up for this guy. so, that's true friendship right there. >> you know what, somebody sees got to do that. >> they do. >> that's right. you guard the boards. >> all the time. >> what do you do? >> we all really take turns doing stuff. we all shoot. tyler with the big guns he was the quarterback. on a big shot, he we go to him. >> the camera guy. >> that's a big diesel. >> a year ago we had you on and

nobody believed it was real. on the website there is so much stuff on there. >> thank you. >> you show the technique a bit because it is -- >> technique? >> you don't throw like this. >> the one-armed show because it gives you a lot more power. the one-armed throw is definitely the way to go on those long ones. >> all right, dude. keep milking it. >> harry, we want you to be an official "dude perfect" here so we got you a little shirt. we are launching merchandise online, which has been -- >> ha-ha. >> out shooting hoops in your backyard feel free to throw on the d.p. shirt. >> i'm sure i will. >> thank you. >> harry, thank you. many of you grew up with the berth homes and garden cookbook in the kitchen, got-to book in 80 years. the latest edition has hundreds of recipes for today's cook and

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