good morning. after weeks of allegations and accusations, a fourth woman comes forward. this time publicly with claims that herman cain sexually harassed her, after she asked for help finding a job. cain, though, is fighting back, insisting last night he did nothing wrong. there's not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations. >> we'll ask sharon bialek and her attorney about those accusations and why they decided to speak up now. dr. can rad murray leaves court in handcuffs after being found guilty of causing the singer's death. we'll talk with a friend who knew him for 40 years. and the sports world mourns the death of a champion as former heavyweight joe frazier dies at the age of 67 after a short back with liver cancer. we'll look back at his life and

his legacy this tuesday morning, we'll look back at his life and his legacy this tuesday morning, november 8th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs wow, what a shocking sunrise. beautiful stuff. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm chris wragge. we begin with a fairly new dprafic accusations of sexual harassment against herman cain. the woman who has come forward is the first to reveal her identity. she says cain groped her in a car 14 years ago. >> cain is holding a news conference this afternoon to respond to the charges. he says they are completely 100% false. we're going to speak with the latest accuser in studio in just a moment. but first, jan crawford is in washington with the latest. >> good morning, jeff. good morning, erica. the woman is named sharon bialek. she worked for a foundation of

the national restaurant association when cain was president of the group. she says this incident took place after she was fired and went to cain asking for help fiebtding another job. >> i'm coming forward to give a face and a voice to those women who cannot or for whatever reason do not wish to come forward. >> reporter: at a packed press conference, sharon bialek made her accusations against herman cain public, describing them in dprafic detail. >> he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg, under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and brought it towards his crotch. i was very, very surprised and very shocked. i said, what are you doing? mr. cain said, you want a job, right? i asked him to stop and he did. >> reporter: bialek says she met cain in 1997 at a national restaurant association

convention. about a month later, the association fired her, telling her it was unhappy with her fund-raising efforts. she says she contacted cain for help finding another job. she arrange a trip to washington to meet with him and said her then, boyfriend, booked her into a room at the capital hilton. when she arrived at the hotel, she said she had an enormous suite. >> i met mr. cain in the lobby at the bar at the capital hilton at around 6:30 p.m. we had drinks at the hotel and he asked how i liked my room, which is kind of normal. and i said i was very surprised. mr. cain kind of smirked and then said, i upgraded you. >> reporter: after dinner at an italian restaurant, she said he drove her by the restaurant's offices. he groped her after he parked the car. >> i asked him to take me back to the hotel, which he did. >> reporter: two other women

reached settlements in the 1990s. cain has repeatedly denied all accusations of harassment. he now is pointing at the media blaming it for double standards pep says if the media want to continue to talk about nonsense, that's fine. i'm not going to join them. it doesn't look like the citizenry plan to join them, either. last night on jimmy kimmel live, cain described what it was like to watch bialek's press conference. >> the feelings that you have when you know na that all of this is totally fabricated, you go from anger, you get disgusted because there's not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations. >> bialek says she told her boyfriend and another friend at the incident when it happened. she didn't complain to the restaurant association any more because she didn't work there. as for cain, he's going to hold a press conference later today

and is holding a press conference to respond to these accusations. >> thank you. joining us now, sharon bialek and her attorney, gloria allred. >> sharon, a lot of people are deciding, why did you decide to come out now? what's in it for you? >> absolutely nothing. i have so much to lose, but nothing to gain. it was a tough decision to make but i know i'm doing the right thing. >> but again, why? why did you decide to come out now to talk about it? >> because i wanted to be the voice or the face for those that wouldn't or couldn't come forward. those that know me know i'm pretty outspoken and i fight for my convictions and i really believe in this and i had to do something. >> sharon, when you saw herman cain say last night that there is not an ounce of truth in all of this, that it is completely fabricated, your reaction is what? >> you know, i did this -- i don't despise the man. i actually did it because i wanted to help him. i wanted to give him a platform

to come clean, to tell the truth. and he still hasn't done it and it's really a shame because he could have -- he could have switched it. ekdz have, you know, come forward. and i was trying to be nice about it, too. it just didn't work. >> but we know that he has said he is going to come out and speak later today. did you contact him at all before deciding to go forward with this press conference yesterday? >> i did not. >> do you think that he may have had a different reaction had you reached out to him privately, ahead of time? >> i think the real question is has he contacted her to say -- to admit to what he has done and then also to apologize, if he thought that was appropriate to do. but no, he hasn't contacted her. and the real question is, also, should the public believe four women, none of whom appear to know each other, or one man who has a motive to deny everything? i think the public can make that choice. >> and you point out you don't

know each other. so you don't know these other women? >> no. i haven't met them. i -- no. >> but gloria, you have been in contact with at least one attorney. is that correct? >> no. i'm not sure what you mean. >> with the attorney of one of the other women. >> no, i have not. but i know the other women have reportedly alleged sexual harassment. two of them received settlements after they alleged sexual harassments against herman cain. so i think herman cain now has the burden of answering certain questions. does he admit that he met sharon? does he admit that he went to dinner with her? does he admit that he was in the car with her? does he admit that he put his hand, as she allegations, under her skirt and groped her genitals. these are the kind of questions he needs to answer. what are the specifics of what he's done. >> well, i think, sharon, when herman cain saw you a month ago one acknowledged that he

remembered you, but it ended very quickly. >> yes, because he was being ushered on stage. reflecting back and even on that day, i noticed that he was uncomfortable with -- you know, i think he thought about it and became uncomfortable. >> had you heard any other stories before that night 14 years ago or after? >> no, no. in fact, as i was sitting in the audience after i had reintroduced myself to him, i began to think, gosh, you know, he's running for president. i really hope this was the only time he's done something like this for his sake. and so, no, i did not know of anyone else. i thought maybe it was a moment in time, but obviously not. >> and you had never heard of anything else in your time at the national restaurant association? >> no, i hadn't. >> and i think it's important to know that she's a registered republican, she's not endorsed another candidate and not made contributions to any other

candidate. her only motive to to tell the truth and have a voice and help to empower women. >> sharon, because of the way you voted before, if he comes clean in your mind, could you see yourself voting for him? >> i think first you need to admit that you've done wrong because you can't say you're sorry nl until you've done wrong. so that's a loaded question and i -- >> if he did that, would you vote for him? >> i'd have to think about that. i hope that he does and i'd have to think about that one. >> appreciate you both coming in this morning. >> thank you. >> interesting question that it wasn't a no. interesting answer. >> a lot of things to watch for today. we want to turn to the latest on michael jackson's doctor, dr. can rad murray. he is on suicide watch at the l.a. county jail. >> the jury convicted him of manslaughter yesterday, as you know. ben is outside the courthouse. >> after a six-week trial here

at the courthouse, the jury took just about nine hours to reach their verdict and it was not the one dr. murray was hoping for. >> we the jury in the embossed entitled action find the defendant conrad robert murray guilty of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. >> dr. conrad murray had no reaction as the verdict was read. but outside the courthouse, a crowd of hundreds erupted. >> this is wonderful. this is about -- >> members of the jackson family sat through every day of the trial were clearly relieved. >> michael was watching over us. >> conrad murray was handcuffed in the courtroom. his attorney did not talk but the prosecutors did. >> our sympathies go out to the jackson family at this time for the loss that they have suffered. not a pop icon but a son and a brother. >> yet pop icon is how the

executors of michael jackson's estate want him remembered. in a statement they said, quote, michael is miss odd a daily basis, but his music and his genius will be with us forever. the trial lasted 23 dice and included 49 witnesses and more than 300 pieces of evidence. in the end, the jury agreed that dr. can rad murray giving michael jackson propofol in his bedroom led to the singer's death. >> michael jackson trusted dr. murray. he trusted him with his life. he paid with his life. >> the defense tried to paint jackson as a drug addict. they said dr. murray was a victim of jackson's behavior. >> he was just a little fish in a big, dirty pond. >> dr. murray will spend thanksgiving in the l.a. county jail. he's being held there without

bail until his sentencing and that takes place on november 29th. dr. murray faces up to four years in prison but most think he won't serve anything close to that because of overcrowding here. >> thank you, ben. also joining us this morning is jean kasaras. jean, you were there for basically the entire trial. as we see the video, there didn't appear to be any reaction from dr. can rad murray. from where you were, did you see any type of reaction? >> he keeps his emotions inside. he hasn't shown any emotion from the beginning. but it was a packed courtroom. and the jury came in, they were stoic. they did not look at him, which is always a sign. the jackson family, there were 15 members of the jackson family, randy jackson, i was right blind them and he had his arm around his mother and was massaging her shoulder.

and the judge had admonished the gallery that he didn't want any type of verbal emotion, but latoya jackson i think couldn't help it and a sleek came out and you heard that. katherine jackson started to cry as she has through poignant moments in this trial. >> you mentioned that the jury didn't look at dr. murray. did they look at all at the members of the jackson family? >> if so, it was a fast glad glance. they looked straight ahead and sat down. the foreperson was a male, 45 years old. he had his masters degree in business. that is interesting. he led the jury. >> there's been reaction from both sides. we saw a good deal of it in both pieces there. a friend of dr. murray's said the jury felt an overwhelming pressure to convict. but what's your thinking? you were there for the entire trial. did the jury do its duty as it

was strengthed to? >> i think it did. when you look at the situation, propofol in a bedroom without a lot of monitoring equipment. so right there, i mean, when have you ever heard of that? on the other hand, doesn't somebody have to become accountable and responsible for the king of pop's death? how do you not make someone responsible? and i think many people say this is a lesson for doctors. it is a doctor-patient relationship, not an employer-employee relationship. if the patient wants something, you don't do it if the violates your standard of care. but on the other hand, this negates patient responsibility. and i think there are a lot of doctors that are concerned about that for the future, because there is patient responsibility, also. michael jackson wanted this. >> jean, we're going to have to leave it there. appreciate your time this morning. thanks. >> thank you. i want to turn now to the loss of one of boxing's most high profile champions. >> we got word on monday that

joe frazier died of liver cancer. this legend in the boxing world was best known for an epic and unforgiveable rivalry with mohamed ali. >> smokin' joe frazier. >> he was born to south carolina share croppers in 1994, and he took to boxing early, developing a devastating left hook. a top amateur by 1964, he won olympic gold in tokyo and turned pro the next year, compiling a 32-4-1 record. but it was his 41 rounds and three fights against mohammed ali that are most famous. >> 9-6 for frazier. >> after personally lobbying for ali's reinstatement to boxing, the two took center stage at madison square garden in 1971, from frazier won ali's heavyweight title in the so-called fight for the century. he would lose the title shortly after to george foreman.

he faced off against ali twice more. ali won the rematch and then came their greatest fight of all. 1985's thriller. the fight linked them together forever. ali's taunts outside the ring were as brutal as his blows inside and eventually left frazier bitter. frazier lost most of the millions he made from boxing and faded from view. later, a car accident made it difficult for him to walk. >> 100 fights, you walk away fine. one car accident, and you hurt yourself. claren caught up with him a few years ago. while he always maintained he had won all three of his epic bouts with ali, he eventually found peace with his rival. >> did ali apologize fou? >> yes.

>> he did? >> not to me, but to the television. >> but he never picked up if phone and said, hey, joe, i'm sorry. >> no. but that's where we forgiveness around. >> what makes you be able to forgive him? is it age, time passes by? >> no. it's just like, you know, you have to forgive people. >> smokin' joe frazier was 67 years old. >> and in a at the same time, mohammed ali says, the world has lost a great champion. i will always remember joe with respect and admiration. >> sad loss. >> it is, indeed. "the early show" on cbs. my whole body hurt. it was an ongoing, deep pain.

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still to come this morning on "the early show," it's my favorite story of the day. i think you like it, too. it is good. >> we'll set the scene for you. you're 15 years old. you see a gorgeous woman who you respect as an athlete and walk by. >> an olympic superstar. >> of course you asked her to go to your high school dance. >>, of course, she would say yes.

beautiful show of fall colors there in central park. welcome back to "the early show." >> good morning, everyone. this morning, there is a growing focus on who knew what about allegations of sexual abuse by a former football coach and also when they knew it. >> two officials at penn state university face charges of covering up the alleged abuse. critics say the school's named head coach, joe paterno, should have done more to stop his long time assistant. here is cheryl miller with the latest. >> reporter: the day they gave up their post, tim curley and gary schultz were arraigned on charges they lied to a grand jury and failed to report a sexual assault on a minor that allegedly took place on campus. released on $75,000 bail, the two men were named in a three-year investigation former penn state defensive coordinator

jerry sandusky. >> from the outset of this investigation, he has always maintained his innocence. >> sandusky is accused of sexually assaulting at least eight victims, dating back 15 years. police commissioner frank noonan. >> this is not a case about football. it's not a case about universities. it's a case about children who have had their innocence stolen from them in a culture that did nothing to stop it or prevent it from happening to others. >> attorney general linda philips calls sandusky a sexual predator who found his victims from the lasecond mile, a chari that he founded. at least one witness stepped forward in 2002. a graduate assistant testified he saw sandusky in a locker room shower having sex with a naked boy. he told head coach joe paterno the next day, who in turn

notified curley. both curley and schultz met with the staffer but never followed up with police. >> your inaction allowed a child predator to victimize children for many, many years. >> reporter: joe paterno isn't facing charges because he quickly reported the allegations to his superiors. but in a news conference today, he's likely to face tough questions about what more he could have done. >> joining us now is pennsylvania state police commissioner frank noonan who has worked on this case for several years, starting when he was chief criminal of investigations in the state attorney general's office. frank, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> this case seems to get more revolting by the day. if it went on for so long and started so long ago, why has it taken so long for this to come out? >> well, that's an interesting question and certainly it's

something that everyone in law enforcement regrets. this went on for 15 years. you have to understand that these things are done in secret. the victims are children. they're usually from dysfunctional homes. they have some problems. and so who is going to believe them? so it's not till those children grow older, become adults that they can come forward and tell police what's going on. >> but even if you're reluctant to believe them, if there's that many, doesn't that become a bigger issue? >> well, certainly. but, you see, one child doesn't know about another child. these things are all isolated incidents until law enforcement is able to bring them together. and that is what we've done with this. >> frank, joe paterno took this up the chain at penn state says he did what he was supposed to do. my question is, did he do enough? >> well, you know, joe paterno

seems to be the focus of everybody's attention in this, but there were other people, a lot of other people that seemed to have had some information that didn't come forward. legally, joe paterno certainly did what he was required to do. and you'd have to ask him if what he did was enough, what he actually knew. but the requirement is -- the legal requirement is for you to pass it up the chain in the school and for them to notify the throttauthorities. >> totally understand the legal requirements. but if you were tacounseling to some other coach who maybe dealt with this in the future, would you advise them to inform authorities? >> not just a coach. any person in any walk of life, i would advise -- if they have information about a sexual predator with a child, that they would contact the police. that's what i would ask anyone to do. and if the information had come forward earlier in these

situations, they don't continue for 15 years. >> frank, any more charges that are going to be filed against sandusky here? >> well, the investigation is ongoing, so we'll have to just wait and see. but that's a possibility. there's -- other charges are something that may come in the future up against him or other people. but we'll just have to wait and see about that. >> frank, what are you expect to go hear from joe paterno at this news conference this afternoon? >> well, jeff, i guess i want to make it clear. i don't care about joe paterno. i don't care about penn state. i care about the kids that were victimized in this case. that's where my focus is. >> i understand and -- >> what he says or doesn't say, i don't care. >> i think some of these kids might say they care, too, because if someone had spoken up to police, maybe this could have been cut off much earlier. >> you're right. >> frank noonan, we appreciate you coming on this morning.

thank you very much. >> you bet. thank you. >> and you are right, it just gets more disturbing by the day. >> revolting. terrell brown is standing by at the news desk with a check of the other headlines we're following for you on this tuesday morning. >> erica, jeff, good morning to you. a fourth woman says herman cain sexually harassed her. sharon bialek says cain made unwanted advances towards her back in 1997. cain denies the charges. a report this morning says michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray, has been placed on suicide watch at l.a. county jail. murray is convicted yesterday of involuntary man slaughter in the singer's death. he plans to appeal. murray faces up to four years in prison. it promises to be another stormy day in oklahoma. yesterday, several tornados touched down in the southwestern part of the state. there are no reports of injuries. and scientists are

predicting a near miss in space tonight. an asteroid is expected to pass between planet earth and the moon. it's the closest encounter in 35 years. nasa says it is 100% confident it will not impact earth. up next, scott pelly asked some of the smartest people he could find how do you change what is wrong with america right now? looking at fixing it, they say

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with unemployment stuck at 9%, plenty of americans are asking how this country can get back on track. >> cbs evening news anchor scott pelley brought a panel of expert thinkers to a hall in philadelphia and asked them what they would do to move the country forward. >> everywhere at cbs news all around the country, we heard the same thing. we hear people saying, there has to be compromise, not left, not right, but forward. what is it that's happening in washington that prevents that kind of progress. >> it's completely special interests because the politicians in our elected officials today 95% of the time the president who raises the most money wins the re-election. they know they can go to certain industries and always be loyal to that industry, they're always going to win their re-election. i think that demonstrates that

they don't have to be accountable to the broad stoinltsys in their districts. they only have to be accountable to the people financing them. >> so much are approaching this from what we can't do. and if we turn that around and focus on the things we can fix and some small sesses and have building blocks that the people can get behind and say, hey, listen, one success, one foot in front of the next, we'll get somewhere. >> i think there's a requirement for the executive branch to move to the center, wherever the political center is, the executive branch has to be the centrist to allow both sides to kind of get together on one topic and move it forward. >> no matter who the president is, republican or democrat? >> absolutely. it's the executive branch, whether it's the mayor or a governor or the president. they have to move to the center if you want accomplishments for that office. >> we need to make sure all of us have an equal voice in our electoral system. we don't rye now because we have a system that discourages people

from even voting. that's truly un-american. >> i couldn't agree more. my generation finds it insane that you can bank online, yet you can't register to vote online. we have a completely antiquated voting system and i think it needs to be modernized. >> unemployment has been around 9% for more than two years now. >> eileen, can i just come to you as a ceo of a major corporation and ask you how dow create jobs in this country? >> i think when you have a vision as a ceo of where you want to go and you want to rally the troops behind you to get there, the only way you can do that is if you know there's an outcome, a chance that you can actually get there and have successes along the way. and there's too much smoke in the way to know whether or not to plan longer term for a business. >> eileen is saying as many if not most ceos are saying right now, the road is foggy. when it clears up, we'll know

how to invest. you're saying invest now and that will clear the fog? >> that's the way the system works. so we need to move it on the part of people now. >> you keep asking, what do we need to do to create jobs? big business doesn't create jobs. the vast majority of jobs in this country are created by small business. so i think there has to be less of a focus on what can we do with the fortune 500 companies and more of a focus on how can we create the kinds of environment that will encourage small businesses to continue to be in operation or to open up. >> i completely agree. in fact, it's not even just small businesses. the majority of jobs are created from new businesses. >> but i still believe that most of your quality jobs are created by big business peps most jobs with health care and those types of benefits come from big business. small businesses open up really fast, they hire people, but they don't necessarily create the high quality jobs or long lasting jobs that big businesses do. tell me one thing that is

working well, one thing that gives you hope. >> the one thing that gives me hope is the incredibly wonderful quality of this next generation, today's generation, into the leadership of the country, ultimately. they are brilliant. they seem to be willing to put the interest of the community before their personal interest. now, my generation has given them, therefore, per versely as it might sound, the opportunity of a lifetime. we have messed things up and we have this new generation coming along. and i am absolutely confident that they're good enough to fix it. >> it's a huge debate. we're going to hear more from scott and that panel tonight on the cbs evening news. ahead this morning on "the early show," more reaction from michael jackson's family and his fans on that guilty verdict in his man slaughter trial. ♪

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wow. >> i mean, it has exploded. >> yeah, really. it took a while for the colors to come out, but awesome. >> there you go. >> is there a better time of year? >> in new york city? >> yeah. >> i have to admit, pretty much ever season is great here, but stunning colors in central park. >> even the snow? >> it's the city. we don't have to shovel it. welcome back to the top of the hour on "the early show." i'm erica hill along with chris wragge. just ahead, the new book by gabrielle giffords and her husband, former astronaut mark kelly. it doesn't come out until next week. "people" magazine has an excerpt which it's going to publish tomorrow. you get a preview of it today. we'll get you a little more information on what it says, an

inside from people's sxlous exclusive photo shoot with the couple, as well, as we learn a little bit more about the recovery for congresswoman gabrielle giffords and what's happened with that shooting, how she's dealing with everything she has to learn. >> and how they may move forward, as well. do you remember who you took to your high school homecoming dance? >> i didn't go with a date. we only had one homecoming dance. i don't think any of us went with dates. so this was a date with a sophomore high schooler. he took lindsay vonn. >> hello. >> very cool story. he's sitting around at some event. she was visiting the school and he says why don't i walk up with her and ask her to go on a date. >> he's got moxy. >> and she said yes. >> we're going to talk more about what they danced to, if they might maybe do another dance together. >> we shall see. before we get to all that, though, we want to get you the latest on the michael jackson manslaughter trial. dr. can rad murray is behind

bars this morning under a suicide watch after a jury found him guilty of causing jackson's death. >> as correspondent bill whitacre reports, jackson's fans have been waiting for this moment for more than two years. >> fans outside the federal courthouse in downtown los angeles could not contain their excitement. >> we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant conrad robert murray guilty of the crime of involuntary man slaughter. >> murray showed no expression when the verdict was read, but appeared surprised when the judge ordered him handcuffed and immediately remanded him into custody, awaiting his formal sentence in three weeks. while murray's emotions were difficult to read, michael jackson's family and fans were not. >> lock him up. >> we got justice for him. >> not enough justice. not enough for him family, especially, but we did get justice. >> i was very happy that it came out. but just knowing what's been happening with all the other

trials, it seems like it always goes the other way. >> i feel very, very good knowing that our justice system still works and now michael jackson can get rest in peace. >> michael jackson was watching over us. i'm very happy. >> dr. murray faces a possible four years behind bars for michael jackson's family and his fans, the conviction might not bring closure, but satisfaction that justice has been served. bill whitacre, cbs new, los angeles. for 40 years, jay randy taraborrelli was michael jackson's friend, photographer and confidant. he joins us this morning. nice to have you with us this morning. >> good morning, erica. >> how do you feel about this verdict? >> i understand that for a lot of people this verdict is a reason for celebration. i mean, it's been a long time coming and, you know, it does feel that justice has finally

been served. but, really, for me and for people who actually knew michael jackson and cared about him, there's a real sense of emptiness this morning because, after all, this verdict does not bring michael jackson back. and if anything, it underscores has tragic had it his death is and how needless it was. for me, i don't really feel that this is a reason for celebration. i think today, perhaps this is a time to reflect, reflect upon the life of michael jackson and a man, a brother, a son, a friend who lost his life because of a doctor's extreme negligence. >> you mentioned the emptiness. we heard that sleek from latoya jackson in court yesterday. she spoke a little bit as we just saw the fans on the way out. you've spoken to some of the family members. what are they saying about how this makes them feel not only in terms of the verdict, but also in terms of what's happened just over the last couple of years?

>> well, you know, i think that the consequences of this tragedy will have a -- you know, cf1 o effect on michael's family for many, many years to come. and especially on his children. i mean, they lost a father, they lost the only parent that they ever knew. but, you know, the children are very strong. they were raised by michael to be strong and resilient. and the family has gathered around the children now to support them through this. the kids were sheltered from a lot of this, but they're very social. you know, they've been on facebook, they have twitter accounts. they're out there living their lives. but, in fact, for the family and for the children, there really will never be chose your. i mean, this is never going to be okay. there's satisfaction that a verdict has been reached and that justice is served, but michael is gone and that's never going to be okay. >> one last question for you. there was a lot of concern before this trial started that it wouldn't just be dr. conrad

murray on trial, but that michael jackson's life and lifestyle would also be on trial. did that happen at all? >> well, you know, we learned through this trial that michael jackson was a man who was in need of help. and he needed help as much as anybody needs help dealing with anxiety and stress and insomnia. with and we learned that he really did not receive that help, that he put his faith and his trust in conrad murray and that he paid the price, paid the price dearly with his life. so i think that, you know, as a biographer, my job has always been to separate the man from the icon and in many ways, i think the trial did that. >> j. randy taraborrelli, thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you. terrell brown has a check of the headlines at the news desk. >> presidential republican candidate herman cain holds a new conference today to address the level of accusations of

sexual harassment against him. sharon bialek is the first to come forward. she says cain groped her when she asked him for help finding a job. >> i wanted to be the voice and the face for those women that couldn't or wouldn't come forward. and i'm -- those that know me now i'm pretty outspoken and know that i fight for my convictions and i really believe in this and i had to do something. >> cain denies bialek's claims. he says he listened to her news conference yesterday and told jimmy kimmel last night, he knew he had to speak out, as well. >> i had listened very closely. then when it was all over with, i said, well, i know what we have to do. there's not an ounce of truth in all ofcusationaccusations. today is election today, the presidential election now just a year away. in ohio, voters have a chance to repeal a law that curtails collective bargaining lights.

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>> reporter: with often outrageously energetic performances, pete townshend and roger daltrey of the who have been exciting audiences for more than 40 years. as a testament to the who's staying power, the 1973 album quadrophenia is being rereleased next week, a deluxe version described as the director's cut. >> he made the mistake of building the studio around us as we were recording it. it was a disaster. but now with new technology, of course, you can enhance it. >> and the whole point of quadrophenia, for me, was i want to replace tommy. you know, we were so sick of this playing tommy all the time. >> but both tommy and

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old"? >> that comes to mind. >> on stage, daltrey and townshend can imagine they've never aged. >> you run on to the stage, you make a lot of noise, you play heavy, heavy rock and roll, whatever is involved, and then you give them something mental, more loving. >> reporter: off stage, the two are showing who cares by helping those teenagers who are truly suffering. john blackstone, cbs news, los angeles. >> i love those stories. >> love the who. >> yeah. with you on that one. >> can't go wrong with that, right? still ahead here this morning, congresswoman gabrielle gifford in her own words. >> that's right. we have some more on her new memoir when she wrote with her husband, mark kelly, the challenges she has faced in learning to walk and talk again and how she and her husband are looking at the future.

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it's been ten months since a gunman shat arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the head and killed six others. we are now getting an emotional look at the congresswoman's recovery. >> she and her husband, mark kelly, wrote the memoir. "people" magazine got an exclusive look at the book. joining us now is betsy glick. these are interesting pictures. i think we have one here that we can show. what surprised you most about this? >> well, i think the memoir, as you'll see, is incredibly honest.

it's a very vivid detailed account of the shooting, of her recovery, which is ongoing, and also of the couple and their love story and who they really, really are. it's fantastic. >> and one of the things that has come out that we'll learn more about in the book is the fact that gabrielle giffords was going through fertility treatment at the time the of the shooting. >> that's right. >> that probably came as a surprised to a lot of people. >> absolutely. that is something we did not know. they were right about to try to have a baby, right in the month, basically, that she was shot. >> and there's some discussion, too, of -- because mark kelly does have two kids, two teenage daughters. >> that's right. >> and there's some talk, to, about what the relationship is like between his girls and gabrielle giffords. it wasn't exactly smooth sailing at the beginning. >> that's right. there's a really honest chapter about how the stepdaughters, now 14 1and 16 were not that into their stepmother. she wasn't around, she was

either in arizona or washington. she was a stepmother and they weren't that into her. then when she was shot, they suddenly realized what a phenomenal person she was and they were filled with regret. >> this has been an unusual recovery, to say the very least. because gabby processed this a couple months after everyone else did. they didn't realize what had happened and even when she found out, she couldn't really talk to people about it. >> that's right. the doctors advised mark kelly to tell her as soon as possible that she had been shot, that it was important for her to know that. but because she had such a serious brain injury, it took her quite a while to take that in. and then once she took that in, there was the extra realization that other people had died, including somebody she was very close to, somebody on her staff. and our excerpt, the stories of how this realization comes upon her are quite moving.

>> and you've read the full book, too, so you have an understanding of what's there. what do you think will surprise people the most in all of this as we learn more about her recovery and her relationship with her husband? >> i think it's sort of the whole picture. it's, as you mentioned, the fact that they were trying to have a baby. that is a big piece of news for the book. but it's the whole picture of, really, it's such a detailed intimate account of their lives together and their lives now. >> do you think she runs for re-election? >> they are not ruling that out. >> it will be interesting to see. >> it is going to be very interesting to watch and interesting to read some of the details. "people" magazine coming out tomorrow. >> and we'll see those pictures, too. a lot of people looking forward to it. >> a pictures tells so much. >> the pictures are beautiful. >> betsy, thanks for being here. >> the magazine hits news stands on friday. still ah

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beautiful and stunning central park on this tuesday morning. >> it is tuesday all day, as my dad would have said. >> welcome back to "the early show," everyone. i'm jeff glor along with erica hill. chris wragge is off this morning. coming up, a dream come true for a california teenager. his date for the homecoming dance was olympic gold medal i skier lindsey vonn. he decided, i'm going to ask her to the dance.

>> he didn't have a date. >> i'm going to ask her to homecoming and she said why not? >> apparently he did the douggy and so did she. >> they both did the dougie. also ahead, millions of people will not have as much money to spend this year for holiday shopping. so its most important, of course, that you get everything you can for that dollar. you are in luck. who better to help us do that than carmen wong ulrich who is here to help us not only avoid the crowds and the hassles, but to get the best price, as well. it can be fun. it's nice to choose gifts for people. >> what are you getting me for christmas? >> boy, i have to start thinking about it. >> we should talk about that. first, though, so many people love to pamper their pets. >> and that includes paying for their health care. but it can be tough for many people who are struggling for other bills when those costs

skyrocket. debbye turner bell is here with us. >> this is a huge number. do you know that pet owners spend $50 billion on their pets this year? and it's really a small price to pay for unconditional love. but in this economy, many people are forced to make tough choices when it comes to veterinary expenses. we met one family who faced that decision twice. >> daisy is considered an important member of the family. when daisy swallowed a rock and required $3,000 in surgery and treatment, she didn't hesitate. >> it was a tough decision, but it was the only decision that i could make. i just couldn't loose another dog. >> this is the second time they have been hit with a huge vet bill in three months. that's when their dog, jake, died after a long heartbreaking battle with cancer. the cost of jake's treatments

rang up a $7,000 bill. >> are you rich? >> no. >> so was it easy to come up with? >> it wasn't easy, no. >> to pay their vet bills, they maxed out their credit cards and borrowed the rest from family and friends. and they are not alone. according to a recent survey, 70% of pet owners are willing to shell out any amount to keep their family furry members healthy and happy. >> the human-animal bond is stronger than it's ever been. people are attached to their pets and they want the best quality care for them. >> the average cost of surgery for a dog in 2010 was $655 wsh a 47% increase since 2000. vet confidence for cats rose 73% in the last decade. >> veterinary care is expensive. >> more and more veterinary clinics are offer ct scans, mris that can imagine the entire

body, complex surgery, even radiation and chemotherapy. >> they want to take that extra step, do the diagnostics and focus greatly on quality of life. >> it's a lot of money. it's a lot of spending. and even know it's a lot of work that we have to put in, you know, to pay it off. >> while they are paying back to avoid such large vet bills in the future by doing everything possible to keep daisy healthy and out of harm's way. >> and no more rocks in the house. now, the best way to keep costs down is preventive care, but every pet owner should understand having a pet is a responsibility, so you should be prepared for paying for proper medical care when the need arises. >> talking about that preventive care, though, what's the best way to do that? >> three things. first of all, as erica mentioned, visit the veterinarian regularly. that will catch things early. second thing, dental care. people don't know how important

taking care of the teeth is to the overall health of the animal. third thing, obesity. it can cause diabetes, heart disease, arthritis. all of those are very expensive to treat if the animal comes down with them or if they get way down the road with them. those are ways you can keep those huge bills down. >> simple common sense stuff, but the right thing to do. >> absolutely. it's the least we could do. >> especially for all that they give to us. nice to see you. terrell brown is over at the news desk. >> good morning to you both. more ohm horns are struggling to pay their mortgage. transunion, more than 6% of homeowners missed two or more payments from june to september. that's 0.5% higher than the previous quarter. poverty in america is at an all-time high. the number of poor hit a record 49 million last year. and the poverty rate for the

elderly, asians and hispanics is higher than previously known. dean reynolds reports. >> the folks at the davidson center in new york city don't need a new census report to tell them poverty may be worse than thought. gladys harris is a widow, two months shy of your 90th birthday and living on social security of $950 a month. >> everything has gone up. >> everything. >> she's talking about the cost of living factored into this latest report. by that measure, the elderly are much worse off. under the revised calculation, the poverty rate for americans over 65 went from 9% to 15. %. gladys needs a new set of teeth. but at a cost of $2,000 and with no dental insurance, it would break her small bank.

>> i have to pay cash. >> you have to pay cash for your new set of teeth? >> that's right. >> 81-year-old korean wore vet george powell is grateful for his veterans benefits, but stroungs for money to keep his home warm. with an income of $1,300 a month, he and his wife are squeezed. >> do you think the country is aware of this situation involving its elderly citizens? >> i don't think so. if they did, they would try to do a little more for us. >> ron haskins of the brookings institution says because it includes factors like out of pocket health care, housing or food, the new calculation provides a more comprehensive picture. >> it costs money to get to work. it costs money to have your children cared for. there's no consideration to that in the current measure. so there are lots of very important technical improvements in the new measure. >> and the elderly are not alone. the hispanic poverty rate overall has jumped to 28% in this new formula largely because

of low immigration participate in the safety net program. and the hispanic rate now surpasses that for african-americans for the first time. den reynolds, cbs news, new york. >> and here is one from the good deed deserves another department. 61-year-old victor geesebrook and his wife were driving along i-94. they happened to stumble upon a car with a flat. they stopped to help. we fastforward, victor suffers a heart attack. his wife franticly flags down help. the car stops, a nurse jumps out and immediately starts cpr and saves his life. that nurse, she was one of the two women victor helped change that flat tire just a few minutes earlier up the road. you just never, never know

the people of afghanistan have been through a lot, especially in the last 30 years. many have not had much reason to laugh until now. >> now there's a ground breaking local broadcaster who is hoping to give them a reason to laugh. and it turns out it's being very well received. here is mandy clark. >> we have a responsibility, obviously, to -- >> meet afghanistan's first media mogul. saad mosehi. he runs two radio stations in the country. he priced himself on programming

considered controversial in this conservative society. like sanga guitar, which translates to alarm bell. >> it's a bit like the jon stewart show in the u.s. they take all the ridiculous things that happen in this country. for example, the last presidential elections, they had this suspicious character. who when out campaigning, well, what did he stand for? corruption. >> why do you think it's important to satire corruption? >> because nothing else has really worked. but i think comedy is very important and the afghans do love a good laugh. >> but not everyone is laughing. hanif faced numerous death threats when his company cuts too close to the bone. >> i've been threatened to my face, over e-mail, even on the phone. i have been physically attacked,

but i won't be silenced, he says. then there is the ministry, shot in the style of the office. but instead of michael scott, who follows the minister of garbage who is incompetent at his job. >> all the things that the minister was attempting to do, things that we see on a daily basis, the nepotism and the corruption and, you know, it's not merit-based. it's who you're related to and how they're trying to always milk the system for what it's worth. >> have you offended anybody? >> well, the question should be who haven't we ovened? but yes, of course, we get sued and whether it's for defamation or whatever. we've been prosecuted on many charges. we have a lot of outstanding cases in the court. it's an ongoing battle. >> it's not just politicians who are offended. religious conservatives have condemned some of the programming, like the afghan version of deal or no deal. an afghan star, similar to "american idol."

for their western sensibility. now he's bringing what many would consider the ultimate american classic to afghan viewers. "sesame street" debuting this month. >> who is your favorite character? >> i don't know. cookie monster. >> cookie monster. why? >> it reminds me of myself. i can't help myself. love sweets. >> he also can't help himself in spite of these dangers when it comes to pushing programs that help afghans laugh at themselves. mandy clark, cbs news, kabul. holiday shopping, basically almost upon us at this point. retailers may not be too happy about the latest news. there's a new survey out which finds nearly a third of all americans expect they'll have less money to spend this year on holiday shopping. >> so here to help you get the biggest bang for your buck is carmen wong ulrich. she joins us this morning. >> good morning.

>> how are people cutting babb right now? >> the data you just mentioned, a new survey from visa says only 7% of americans are planning to spend more this holiday season. that's a tiny amount. 31% say they're spending less because they less to spend. and over 80%, almost 90% of americans are saying, i'm spending the same as last year or less. what retailers are hearing is we are bargain shopperes and bargain hunters from now on. this has happened the past couple of years. >> so whether or not you're cutting back, it's still smart to get the most fof your money. >> always. >> what are some of the best way toes stretch those dollars this year? >> here is a great one. this is one of my favorites. discounted gift cards. so on top of all the sales prices and promo codes, you can go online and basically buy a gift card for less than face value. anywhere from 3% to 20% off. >> what's the catch? >> there is no catch.

you're getting the cards. there's a couple of great sites that i would recommend, actually. one is plastic jungle, card pool. gift card granny. here is the thing. the more popular the retailer, the less the discount. 3% to 5% for a big retailer. even the airlines have discounted cards that you can use to buy the gift. make sure the cards are dated august 2010 or more recently because they fall under the card. they don't lose their value in five years. make sure you get free shipping on those cards. if you don't, it doesn't matter. we all know that husbands are lazy, men in general. >> i love you're speaking for all of them. >> you don't want to run around to every store. i'm wonder fg you're going from store to tore to store, if you can save time. >> i don't like to do that, either, because i'm lazy and busy. price matching. so we know that big retailers are price matching.

walmart and target will price match on print ads. then there's online price matching with bed, bath & beyond does that. then also some retailers are price matching and putting 10% of the difference to you want sears, lowes and home depot. >> is it a hassle going through that at the store? >> if you're talking about a big purchase, this can make a tremendous amount of sense. you're buying appliances, electrics, a huge amount of sense. >> black friday is right around the corner. always been billed as the biggest shopping day of the year. is that when you're going to get the best deal? >> it depends. this year, it's going to be a little bit more because we have something else called max midnight. are you ready for that? >> what's black midnight? >> the stores are opening up at midnight thanksgiving evening, which is technically the start of black friday. >> macy's -- >> target, macy anticipates,

kohl's, best buy, you can get some really great deals. >> amazon let's you keep a wich wish list for black friday and it will alert you to price alerts. black friday.org, they'll send you e-mails on items that you want. >> then if you want to shop at midnight, you can. >> and we'll get videos of you doing it. >> let's not. >> but not of carmen. she'll be home with her bunny slippers on, betcha.

you may have heard skiers say no guts, no glory. on friday, a high schooler decided to ask out another skier who happens to be a famous

athlete. why not ask her to go to the homecoming dance with him the very next night? why not ask? she might say yes. >> joining us from colorado are now parker mcdonald and the woman who made his famous, olympic gold medal skier lindsey vonn. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> parker, this idea came from where? >> it came out of the blue. i was sitting there at lunch and i didn't have a date and all my friends were asking who was i going to take to homecoming? and lindsey vonn was sitting a couple tables away. >> so that was totally your idea, parker, it wasn't your friends egging you on? >> no. i don't go under peer pressure like that. >> and it worked. so you walk up to her, and what did you say? >> yes. i said, what are you doing tomorrow night because there's a dance.

and i was wondering if you wanted to go with me. >> did you get the idea at all, parker, from some of these other celebrities that have been asked to go to dances, timber lake got asked. >> no. i actually got it from my friend, nick braun. he gave me the idea. >> nick is wishg that he actually kept his idea because, lindsey, you said yes. so you were there, you're visiting at the school. parker comes up and asks you. walk us through, what did you think? was there any hesitation on your part? >> there was a little hesitation. i was like, what exactly is this going to be and what time? and i just had to pause for a minute. but parker was such a gentleman and he asked me so politely that i just -- i couldn't resist his face. >> and by the way, lindsey, so you didn't get a chance to go to a school dance? this was your first school dance? >> yeah. this was my first school dance. so when he asked me, you know, b it kind of ran through my head.

i've never been to a school dance. so it was my first time and parker was, like i said, a complete gentleman and it was a great night. >> was it everything you had expected? i know you're, what, 27 now. >> i'm 27. >> was it everything you were thinking it would be back when you were 15, 16? >> yeah. well, i guess it's better late than never, but yeah, it was really fun. i think the dancing was definitely quite a bit better than probably when i was in high school. parker had some pretty good moves, so -- >> oh, my. >> it was a fun night. >> parker, what did you dance to, everybody? >> i danced to everything. >> teach me how to dougie. >> really? >> yeah. >> did you do the dougie with him? >> i did do the dougie with him, yes. >> wow. >> it was pretty funny. >> so lindsey, you drove parker and a few of his friends, is that right? >> yes.

actually, he invited me over to his friend's house for, like, the family pictures and stuff. so i went over and then i pretty much all the kids wanted to ride in my car over to the dance, so i think we may have fit a few too many kids into my car, but my audi definitely handled it well. but we pulled up in style. >> we made an entrance. >> yes, we did. >> now maybe you guys can have a reunion when you both compete at the 2014 olympics. >> definitely. >> it's a great story. we love having you guys with us. parker, nice work, buddy. >> good job, bud. >> thank you. >> thank you both. >> thank you. >> so we asked parker quickly afterwards in the break if he would take her to the prom if lindsey was up for it. >> he said he would and she said she might. >> there you go. >> what a stud. have a [ screaming ] [ zapping ]

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