special place ♪ [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ] captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is friday, january 13, 2012. welcome to "cbs this morning" here in studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose still with a cold and a sore throat. but that's not news. what is news? the pentagon tracks down marines who may have desecrated bodies. but will the video sabotage afghan peace talks? we'll hear from david martin and lara logan. >> i'm gayle kipg. we'll look at the role of religion in the campaign and a warning that being addicted to the internet may actually do damage to your brain. i'm erica hill. we'll hear from tim tebow ahead of his game this weekend. and it is friday the 13th. we'll look inside the

superstition and tell you why people freak out over it. >> as we do every morning, we begin with your world in 90 seconds. finally snowing. i'm happy. >> not watching jerry springer anymore. we're out there plowing, sanding, salting. >> the season's first major storm slams the midwest making a mess of roads and runways. >> a rough day is stretching into a busy night at both chicago airports. >> moved in stand by three times. it canceled at 7:05 and saturday. >> pretty upset. >> very tired. long day >> that video is deplorable and does not live up to the very high standards set up in the united states military. >> damage control as a disturbing video threatens the war in afghanistan. >> anyone found to have participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct must be held fully accountable. haley barbour, the more i learned.

i don't think he cared. >> he needs to answer to the people of the state of mississippi why he's created chaos. >> the army private accused of the biggest leak of classified information in u.s. history is getting closer to going to trial. >> everybody has a right to stay in the race as long as they'd like to. good competition it is helpful. >> good to see if someone is a wacko. >> no shortage there. >> been charged by a turkish court in connection with a secret film she made. >> all of that. >> tim tebow, jesus christ ♪ >> and all that matters. >> i remember how devastated i was when i found out i was not a real kardashian. >> on cbs this morning. >> my possible candidacy for the president of the united states of south carolina. i'm joining. [ applause ] first thing this morning, deplorable, that's how defense secretary leon panetta describes

the video that apparently shows u.s. marines urinating on the bodies of dead taliban fighters in afghanistan. >> national security correspondent david martin has an update for us this morning. david r good morning. >> reporter: good morning. while investigators go about the job of determining who committed what crime, the marines are asking themselves a more basic question. what made these guys think they could get away with this? the four marines you see were members of a 1,000-man battalion which recently completed a combat tour in afghanistan and returned to cam le june. who else knew about it? >> certainly the person who took the video. were those five marines by themselves or were others watching? how many marines subsequently watched the video? >> according to secretary of state clinton, they all could be part to a war crime. >> anyone, anyone found to have

participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct must be held fully accountable. >> you can't judge an entire unit by a few pictures. but an officer there says the photos of the battalion in action last summer, showing a sniper without uniform or body armor raised questions about the discipline of the unit. the four marines in the video and presumably the person who shot is are also members of the sniper team. snipers make up a small proportion of a battalion, perhaps 30 out of a thousand men. their actions cast a cloud over the entire unit which fought through last summer in the taliban heartland and lost seven killed in action. all four marines in the video have now been identified and there is a chance charges could be brought as early as today. >> david, thanks. chief foreign correspondent lara

logan spent a lot of time in afghanistan covering the war. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> the administration is clearly, because everybody is out, secretary of state, secretary of defense, the president's spokes men, how will the taliban use this in afghanistan and what kind of damage does it do to the united states' effort in afghanistan? >> it's a gift for the taliban really. it reinforces all of their propaganda. they want the world to believe that the u.s. has no regard for the afghan people and no regard forisse lamb. this video enforces that. this does it for them. u.s. soldiers and men have built mosques, no one cares about that. this is the image that will endure and the damage is already done. >> they'll use this to recruit new fighters. >> no question. absolutely. >> how does the united states in afghanistan contain the damage immediately? >> i don't really think there's anything the united states can

do. they're going to bring charge and do thing that reassure americans and people in the west that they take this seriously. that it's not acceptable and that it does not reflect american values. people have kind of made up their minds on this one, charlie, the moment they see the video. it doesn't mean anything in afghanistan if you bring charges or demote somebody's rank. nobody is hanging from day tree for this. that's the justice they're used to. there's not a lot they can do. >> david says the question is how did those marines think they could get away with this? when you look at that video, what do you see and think? >> i see stupid young infantry guys who have been out there and they did something that they know is wrong, they thought they could get away with it. they think it's funny. it's kind of frat boy mentality. its dis gusting and deplorable. it can't be justified. i was on a u.s. base in afghanist afghanistan. they were investigating allegations of soldiers posing with photographs. they took it very seriously.

i mean, there was a bit of fear over the base in the time i was there. these guys know it's not acceptable. they know. it's a stupid thing. it's the thing you expect them to do when they're out drunk and there's no excuse for it. they've unfortunately, tarnished the image of every other marine and soldier out there. and the other guys know this. they're all going to be mad at them for that. there's no love lost for the enemy there. think about the conditions these guys are living in. these things happen in war. this is what nations need to think about is when you send your troops to war, there are unintended consequences. this is one of those unintended consequences. it's not like the u.s. needed -- it's not help pull to the u.s. and the rest of the world and in the islamic world particularly and the u.s.'s image in those parts of the world has already taken a pounding in the last ten years of war. >> thank you very much, lara. great to see. a programming note. 60 minute will look at the

groupo n company. we'll follow-up on that on monday on "cbs this morning." there is a big freeze in the midwest this morning following the big snowstorm of the year. in just the past 24 hours, several inches of snow has fallen from missouri to michigan. parts of indiana saw more than a foot. cynthia bowers is in o'hare airport where hundreds of flights why canceled yesterday making for happy travelers. cindy, good morning. >> you can be sure of that, erica. you know, after three weeks into this winter, where things have been relatively warm, the midwest finally got a first taste of snow. 5 to 7 inches here and 19 degrees at this hour. this after a winter where temperatures hovered 10 to 12 degrees above normal. sonya and bruce wanted to get home to south florida. >> we're told we're on stand by until tomorrow x maybe saturday. who knows? >> reporter: but they were stranded like thousands of others in chicago as the storm moved across illinois, more than

500 flights were canceled at the two chicago airports. all because the long delayed first big snowstorm of the season roared east out of the rockies. >> lots of people sliding, hitting the curb. it was bad. >> reporter: the snow and high winds turned roads into rinks. made commutes across the midwest treacherous and turned this tractor-trailer into an unwilling off-road vehicle near rockford, illinois. after a winter that's been so mild, earlier this week they were water-skiing barefoot near green bay, wisconsin. many midwest cities have barely seen snowfall since winter began with only 2.9 inches falling last month in green bay, 2 in des moines, iowa. 1.7 in chicago and 0 in terre haute, indiana. but the snowy weather was good news to some, including those who make a leaving plowing snow. >> not watching jerry springer anymore. we're out there, the guys are

happy. we're plowing, sanding, salting. >> reporter: in chicago, we got more snow in one day than we've had in three months, bringing out 300 snowplows along with people who actually like the snow and cold. >> january 12th and no snow. finally. finally snow and i'm happy. >> reporter: should be a much better day for air travelers. o'hare is up and running this morning. of course, as you know, these things tend to do this. the storm is headed your way now, erica. >> we can hunker down and get ready. people are kind of happy to get their winter it sounded like. >> reporter: some people are. you know what other people ay, we're going back up to 45 degrees on monday. a lot of people say, when you have one day without winter, it takes you closer to spring. a lot of people here live for the spring. >> still a long ways off at this point, cindy. thanks. in mississippi this morning, there's more outrage over the pardon of over 200 prisoners. >> haley barbour issued the mass

pardons this week as one of his last official acts. we're in yak sojackson, mississ. >> good morning charlie. this is the talk of the town in jackson. people trying to understand the governor's decision. even legislators hearsay they're just as confused as members of the general public. haley barbour pardoned 203 criminals and four of them were convicted murderers who were part of a prison work program that were actually working at the governor's mansion. those pardons are something that democratic legislator bobby moke finds disturbing. >> there's one thing that at least mississippians have a perception of and that is the path to pardon goes through the governor's mansion is to being a trustee. that's the thing that's settling in a lot of the minds of mississippians. they don't like that. >> that's what people are now beginning to believe.

if you're a trustee at the governor's mansion, you're going to get a pardon? >> if you've got a better chance than the guy sitting in a jail cell. >> reporter: for his part, former governor barbour told cbs news yesterday that there are a couple of explanations for the large number of pardons. first of all, he says that 189 of the 203 pardons are people who were already released from prison. in some cases he says for years and years. another 13, he said, were released because they were sick and as he said, were costing the state of mississippi a lot of money. he told us that we let them go because they were really expensive. but as for the four working at the dpof's mansion, he told us, he has no apologies about those pardons. >> thanks you. you may remember solyndra, the solar panel maker got a government loan and then went bankrupt. turns out that strategy did not stop there. >> the cbs news investigation has found a pattern of the

government pouring your tax dollars into clean energy. investigative correspondent sharyl attkisson is here with the story. >> good morning charlie. taxpayers backed more than a half billion dollars in solyndra loans. we found 11 companies beside them that got billions of tax dollars then declared bankruptcy or suffering other serious financial issues. most surprising perhaps is how bad off the government knew some of the investments were before committing all that money. >> take beacon power, a green energy storage company. we were surprised to learn what the energy department knew before committing $43 million of your money. documents obtained by cbs news show standard & poor's had given the project a dismal out look of triple c-plus. >> would you put your personal money into an investment that's triple c-plus in. >> not on purpose. >> economist sums up how bad it is. >> is it a junk bond?

>> it is. it's well below grade. >> the energy department was investing tax dollars in something that's not even a good junk bond? >> exactly. it has a 70% chance of failing in the long-term. >> in fact, beacon did go bankrupt two months ago and it's unclear whether taxpayers will get all their money back. the feds made other loans when public documents indicate they should have known they could be throwing good money after bad. it's been four months since the fbi raided bankrupt solyndra. it received a half billion tax dollars and became a political lightning rod. republicans claiming it was a politically motivated investment. we counted 12 clean energy companies having trouble after collectively being approved for more than $6.5 billion in federal assistance. five filed for bankruptcy. the junk bond rated beacon, evergreen solar, specter watt, aes, a subsidiary and solyndra.

others are struggling with potential problems. a home state project personally endorsed by senate majority leader harry reid warns of potential defaults in new s.e.c. filings reviewed by cbs news. it was already having trouble paying the bills when it received $98.5 million in energy department loan guarantees. some sun power landed a $1.2 billion loan guarantee last fall after a french oil company took over. on his last financial statement, sun power owed more than it was worth. first solar was the biggest s&p 500 loser in 2011. and it's ceo was cut loose, even as taxpayers were forced to back a whopping $3 billion in company loans. nobody from the energy department would agree to an interview. last november, the hearing on solyndra, energy secretary steven choo defended the government's attempts to bolster america's clean energy prospects. >> in the coming decades, the clean energy sector is expected to grow by hundreds of balances

of dollars. we're in a fierce global race to capture this market. >> economist maurice i says somebody as smart as the secretary, an award winning scientist shouldn't play venture cap val talist with tax dollars. >> a nobel prize mathematician is toik -- is asking the manager of the yankees to be the general in charge of america's troops in afghanistan. it's that absurd. >> a couple of questions. does the government believe that this kind of economic support to these companies is a success story? >> yes, i think they do. the energy department which wouldn't agree to an interview would tell you that this program is high risk by design. all of the programs are. they understand they're putting tax dollars at risk. but they've built into the program $2.4 billion in potential losses. that's already factored in. they understand there's a, what they say valid debate over whether this is the government's role.

they point out that both democrats and republicans in congress and democrats and republican's president in support of the idea. >> how do the companies explain the failure? >> the companies are saying, the ones that failed, there's nothing much to say about that. the ones still in business say they are different from solyndra. there's not many similarities. that their project have more support, that the projects are sound even though they've hit bumps across the way. in some cases they have guaranteed markets for nair clean energy products. i should mention one of the companies, aes, has canceled the loan and the house oversight committee is investigating all of this. sharyl, thanks. at the white house this morning, president obama is ready to ask congress to let him start shrinking the federal government. for more on that, we turn to correspondent bill plant. bill, give us an idea of kr is he doing this now and how important is it? >> everything he's done here is eventually political. he's taking on the sprawling

growth of government. this time, he can't do it alone, not by executive action. he needs congress to give him the go ahead to do this. here's what he wants to do. he wants to shrink government by merging six trade and commerce agencies because their programs overlap. that would include the small business administration, with which many americans are very familiar. this move would cut a thousand or 2,000 jobs, but only over time and the idea is that it would save $3 billion over ten years by getting rid of duplications. he'll point out that the last president to have this kind of authority was ronald reagan. the white house figures that this will resonate with many small business people and he does, by doing this, he takes on the dreaded bureaucracy and says i'm going to slay that dragon for you. again, political. >> bill plant at the white house this morning. bill, thank

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posted the sale of an iphone. they were concerned about the size of the crowd. hundreds of people waiting out there in freezing temperatures overnight. it is time to show you some of the headlines from around the globe. beginning with the new york times. u.s. since topped the iranian leader a warning. the obama administration talking about closing the straits of hormuz. that would lead so some kind of u.s. response. the democratic chronicle in new york reports contaminated tissue holders pulled from new york's stores. they're talking about metal containers which may have tiny amounts of radiation and may have been sent to bed, bath and beyond stores in 20 state. the los angeles times, emergency crews go to heather locklear's home. this happened yesterday after a 911 call. no word on why she was trach en to the hospital. usa today reports the international space station will have to dodge space junk this more than.

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you can't have the pac. you could have it run by somebody else. i think there may be a guy. jon? if you will, colbert super pac transfer activate. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> i am proud to announce that i am forming an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the president of the united states of south carolina. i'm doing it! drop 'em, jimmy. >> a lot of republicans say another candidate should get in

the race. welcome back to cbs had morning. here's what's interesting about that. there's some truth to the notion of the relationship between super pacs and political candidates. >> they nailed it very well. you can't say that he's not excited about it. stephen colbert. south carolina. >> definitely excited about it. >> i got it. >> britain's duchess of york, sarah ferguson is in the middle of a new scandal this morning. she's threatened with prison time in turkey for her role in an undercover documentary. charlie d'agata is outside buckingham palace with more. >> good morning, erica. the british government confirmed that the turkish authorities asked for assistance in the case against sarah ferguson. she's not commenting this morning. but the producers of the documentary say she is nervous about the threat of extradition. the charges stem from a documentary filmed back in 2008. the duchess wore a dark wig and a head scarf when she and her

daughter slipped into a turkish orphanage for hundreds of mentally ill children. among other evidence of abuse, they found children tied to benches and abandoned in cots or on the floor all day. turkish authorities were furious when it aired. why it's taken three years to bring charges now is anyone's guess. but yesterday turkish chief prosecutor announced plans to press charges against the duchess and the documentary makers for violating the privacy of children. friends say ferguson will be lived. >> sarah will be upset. outraged that the turkish authorities could blame her for something that they had done. and i think she will feel that, gosh, why me again? it's always me. >> in 2010 ferguson found herself the victim of undercover filming when she was caught trying to sell access to her former husband, prince andrew.

trying to sell out prince william's uncle may be one of the reasons she was force odd to sit out the royal wedding. >> without an invitation, her best view was on tv like everybody else. >> ferguson's attempt to rebrand herself in commercials have only added to criticism here she's exploiting her royal keks. her tarnished reputation may be given a boost now that she's seen as a victim trying to do the right thing by exposing victims of abuse in turkey. now, if convicted, she faces 22 years in a turkish prison. authorities say it's unlikely she'll be extradited or face prosecution. worst case scenario, she may not be able to visit turkey again. >> charlie, thank you very much. joining us now, royal contributor: i want you to explain the duchess to me. >> it's a complicated topic, charlie. i think what's interesting with this is it's showing how fast the tide can turn. the duchess found herself in hot

water on numerous occasions. 2010 she was caught in a newspaper sting trying to sell access to prince andrew. she then got bailed out of her bankruptcy claims last year because prince andrew paid her debts along with a few friends. then her documentary, finding sarah, on own and suddenly she's making unfounded claims against her mother, claiming child abuse. when people called her on it, she said i was joking. for a long time, she's been considered a loose cannon. this might end up the ultimate redemption. >> she's getting a different reaction to this in britain. >> she really is. it's a surprising reaction. i couldn't believe it from twitter yesterday. the british media have long ridiculed fergie. she's been the butt of every joke. now everybody is out team fergie, we support you fergie. which is why i say this could end up being the best thing that's happened to her. >> why do you think they support her now? she's tried so hard to do the right thing recently, raised two lovely daughters. when you meet her daughters,

she's done something right when it comes by her girls. why do you think people want this to work out for her? >> the turkish authorities are going after the people ho made the documentary as opposed to the people responsible for the appalling conditions. i think that's people are supporting fergie. she put herself out there. it wasn't politically motivated. she went as a mother and humanitarian. she's done something right. >> are they just going after her because she is the name in this? a lot of the other people involved at least from earlier this morning when i was reading things, it didn't appear that even itv which was behind the documentary were the ones being charged. only fergie. >> that's what's so interesting about this. fergie's daughter appeared in the film. no charges against her as yet. she didn't fun the film or create the film. she just took part in it. itv has taken legal advice. but it remains to be seen as to whether anyone else will be charged. >> thank you very much,

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the playoffs continues this weekend. highlighted by tim tebow and the broncos. moving on to play new england. >> as he prepares for tomorrow night's game, the young quarterback sat down with james brown, host of the nfl today to talk about tebow magic. j.b. is with us this morning. good to have you with us. >> making it okay? >> yeah. >> okay? >> i'll get there. i'm looking forward to the weekend for two reasons. the big game and give my throat time to rest. doesn't get better than this weekend, does it? >> the drama is certainly there. we couldn't ask for more in terms of story lines in all four games this weekend. selfishly, we've got the best one on saturday night prime time. >> you sat down with this guy. tell us what you think about tim tebow. >> i was just telling gayle and erica shall the guy is a wonderful young man. there's no phoniness in him at all. what you see is what you get. he's been the same one from pop warner football. if you can win over a testosterone-laden locker room with crust i hard nosed guys in

there. bottom line is he's a winner. >> he's part of that, part of the appeal to people. he's a great role model to any kind, a nice guy. he talked about that a little bit with you. >> he did. as a matter of fact, yesterday in denver, kind of seems like today, he had a 16-year-old young lady who has a serious health challenge. that's been a part of what he's been doing all of his career, is working with kids like this. he didn't want to talk about the fact that he pays their way to the games home and away to encourage them. the big thing with him is he's using football as a platform for bigger and better things. who can argue with that. >> let's take a quick look at some of the conversation yesterday. >> i think number one, what my mom and dad preached to me as a little kid. just because you may have athletic ain't and you may be able to play a sport doesn't make you more special than anybody else. doesn't mean god loves you more than anybody else. you know, we play a sport. it's a game. at the end of the day, that's all it is is a game. it doesn't make you any better

or worse than anybody else. so by winning a game, you're no better. by losing, you're no worse. by keeping that mentality, it really keeps things in perspective for me to treat everybody the same. >> to match up. >> how can you argue with that? >> go ahead. >> if he had a better passing arm would be the perfect man. >> he does come to the nfl level the highest form of football without a polished skill set that's associated with an elite level quarterback. but he's overcome challenges each and every step of the way. hey, if he's learning at the nfl level and he's got his team in the post-season, that's pretty good athlete in my book. >> match him up with tom brady. >> no comparison. along with with aaron rodgers, they're the penultimate quarterbacks. tom is fundamentally sound. having come the same route. he was not a polished act, a high draft choice, but worked on his fundamentals and is arguably

the best quarterback in the nfl. >> i have to say, i'm smitten with him. i love that -- >> no kidding, gayle. >> i love that he ends every news conference by saying have a blessed day. i'm also fascinated by saying he's a virgin. makes no apologies about that. i'm not asking a personal question of you, mr. brown -- >> i would fail in a few categories here. >> i know you're a professional athlete. i think it's very difficult. you have women walking around practically with their panties on their head going hello. how realistic do you think that is? i've seen a couple of them. >> in terms of the groupies out there. >> for this position to make i'm a vir jij and i make no apolo apologies for it. >> it happens every day. >> literally, in more ways than one. litd rally and figuratively it happens all the time. he's prepped for the challenge associated that. that's probably the biggest hurdle that many athletes have to overcome, not get caught up in the glitz and glamour and

pulled down the wrong road. >> do his teammates respect him for this? >> absolutely. >> it seems opposite of how many of them behave. >> a football locker room is a tough locker room to win over. if he has a number of veterans who recognize he doesn't have the best arm but he's improving and they see the genuineness in him and his work ethic is second to none, they love him. >> if you win. >> bottom line. maurice jones said the same thing. >> super bowl, who does it look like to you? >> you know what, charlie, there's no dominant team remaining in the playoffs right now. you know, it's going to be offensively -- it could be the saints or the packers against, i rooted against. >> you're in new york. >> new york can play some great football. i think the packers or the saints. wow. new york. i'm going to have to go -- new york giant and the new england patriots. >> all right. >> we'll be watching this weekend with you. my friend.

nice to have you here. a reminder, you can see the interview with team tebow before the game. they return on sunday as the it you've seen the book of mormon on broadway, you know how mormons have to put up with ridicule to fear. we'll look at religion and politics and what might happen in south carolina.

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gayle king has a look at what's coming up in our next hour. how could you top this hour? >> i'm going to try very hard, charlie. very hard with your help. do you have fear of friday the 13th. if you do you're a little worried. because today is friday the 13th. we're talking about superstitions. i'm thinking, have you ever heard the superstition, break your blackberry and have seven years of bad luck? maybe not. we have a room full of people. anybody that made it here today doesn't have superstitions. do you have any superstitions to share quickly? >> actually, no, i don't. >> no, you don't. deepak chopra? >> i think our whole

civilization is bamboozled by the superstition. >> on that note,

it's a weird fact. according to a new poll, 42% of americans say they are uncomfortable with the idea of having a mormon president. 42%. when asked why, the people said because we're still getting used to having a muslim president. yeah. he's not really muslim. >> i'm like -- he's not really muslim is correct. thank you, conan o'brien. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose with erica hill. mitt romney or jon huntsman wins the presidential nomination, we will face this question. is america ready for a mormon president? a new poll shows 56% of mormons

think so. but nearly half of them also say that they face discrimination. major garrett, congressional correspondent for the national journal is here along with father edward beck. faith and religion contributor. >> good morning. >> we have passed this test every time in our national public life. last time with john kennedy. what do you think is happening? >> i think there's suspicions around mormonism. it's a relatively new religion. it hasn't had a chance to seep in with the idiosyncrasies of the faith. you can look at newspaper articles about the prophet joseph smith and see that he was arrested, accused of fraud. there's a certain amount of secrecy. if you wanted to go to a mormon temple for a service, you could not go. people say well, why? it becomes dan brown-ish.

like there's a plot they don't want us to know about. there are little things and it's problematic and people wonder why. >> it's going to be debated publicly or privately in south carolina in ways that it wasn't in iowa or new hampshire. there's going to be a place in america where this issue is going to cut politically. it's going to be south carolina. >> fundamental christians there. >> more christians in south carolina and voting patterns in republican parties, take this into account in a greater way than new hampshire or iowa. it hasn't really come up, mitt romney said i'm not a mormon. i'm a leader. these are economic times and my resume matches the times. don't look at me as a mormon. look at me as a potential leader. so far that's worked. if he wins in south carolina, i guarantee you the romney campaign is going to say we've dealt with this issue in a way that doesn't need to be brought up anymore. it may not be true. >> should a candidate's religion matter? it's interesting to me. the majority of the mormons feel that they're christian but most

people nonmormons do not believe they are. should religion matter? >> faith in values matters. for most people it matters. it matters to some evangelical christians. if you say the bible is not prime si for you and you have a book of mormon, they're suspect of that. because the bible is everything for them. to say nothing of the fact that you can't go to starbucks? >> in the faith experience, it's important and has been important for the last 20 years among republican voters, particularly in the south. however, in this election, because the economy is so dominant, there's a likelihood that the economy, even for a -- is going to trump other issues. one other point about mitt romney and mormonism. when had i talk to evangelical leaders with, they don't lead with mormon and i'm suspect of his religion. that's part of it. but they say look, if mitt romney as a governor had been in his politics reflective of his mormon vool us consistently pro life, consistently hostile to

gay issues as the mormon faith issues, i would be more comfortable. he appears to be inconsistent from the religious point of view. that's what i've heard them say. >> in terms of the evangelical leaders rs there's a meeting this weekend of leaders where they're trying to come together and get behind one quote-unquote conservative candidate which all of the candidates are so different although they call themselves conservative. there's so many nuance toss what that means. how does that play out? >> on the benefit of the catholic. rick santorum, i think. i think he will oddly enough going to be the repository of evangelical christian support to the degree it matters. conversation with tim pawlenty, the former governor of minnesota, co-chairman of the mitt romney campaign. it's an interesting meeting, it doesn't matter. the race is over. >> he is more evangelical than most evangelicals. if you look at his positions, he's not in the mainstream of

catholicism. not with the bish ops, he's way to the right. they look at him and say we can go with him, he's with us on the issues. >> what's interesting is mitt romney and jon huntsman, in the life they have lived, have adhered to universal values in terms of family and the way they've lived their life. beyond faith. >> without a doubt. >> neither one them has made mormonism in nair private life or their public life certainly definitional of who they are. they've achieved and accomplished things across the board and mormonism is a part of their lives but not the defining characteristic of their life. >> to have a baby die after two days and the culture of life that he represents, to take that baby home to show it to your children as a respect for this life. to agree to do this campaign, when you have a daughter dying with a terminal illness because you any life, all life is sacred and you want to get that message out. he's walking the talk. there's no doubt. whether you agree with it, it's another issue. >> father

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ask your doctor if lyrica is right how do you think things are going for your party, senator? >> we've had better days. [ laughter ] >> how many people have watched one of these debates? i'll bet you everybody in this

crowd [ applause ] >> it's been good for america. it's good for the process. it's good to see whether somebody is a wacko or whether they're not a wacko. >> no shortage there. >> if you were at all you superstitious, you probably can't talk today because you're extra jittery because it's friday the 13th. this year get used to that. mo rocca has a look at why some people hate this day so much while others love it. >> for most of us, friday the 13th is just another day. for others, it's a day to dread. triskaidekaphobia, the fear of friday the 13th. frig was the nors goddess for whom friday is named. chris de triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number 13. the most possible in a single calendar year this career. >> the superstition about friday. friday being an unlucky day is

quite old. >> psychology professor, stuart viez has studied the origins of superstitions. >> somewhere in the 19th century, probably in england, 13 god associated with friday and you got a double whammy of bad luck. >> 13 first got a bad rap in 1500 b.c. according to norse mythology, 12 gods gathered for adiner. when the god of mischief crashed the party making himself the 13th guest, all hell broke loose. the benevolent god balanceder ended up dead. does this look familiar? jesus and his 12 apostles gathered at a table set for 13. according to scripture, there was a betrayal of jesus leading to christ's arrest and eventual crucifixion which took place on a friday. we see the superstition all around us. it's actually what we don't see.

elevators rarely stop at the 13th floor. most airport terminals skip gate 13 altogether. the diabolical date has shown up at the multiplex. over and over. and over again. but while this day is a horror to some. >> my hand every night. because it's good luck. >> others actually embrace the day. country music superstar taylor swift is a big fan of the number 13. as she told leslie stall in an interview for 60 minute. >> what's that? >> i put a 13 on my hand every night. i draw it with sharpie and glitter. >> always 13? >> yes. >> unlucky number? >> no. it's my lucky number. it's come up so many time. i turned 13 on friday the 13th. my first album went platinum in like 13 months.

>> like taylor swift, lee an and bobbie manual have found the luck in a traditionally unlucky day. >> i was born on friday, january 13th, 1950. >> then we got engaged on friday, june 13th, 1975. and we got married on february 13th, 1976. all about 13 here. >> it's a day so special, they keep a diary of all the friday the 13th's they've spent together. i have to say looking at this, they're not all great luck. on friday, july 13th, 1979, you got the flu and threw up. >> that's true. i don't know why he had to write that down. >> the professor says some good luck superstitions think rab et ace foot, four-leaf clover can be beneficial if they reduce anxiety. he sees no value in the bad ones. >> what would you recommend that somebody who believes in the superstition do to get over it? >> try, experiment with doing

maybe one thing that would be a little bit iffy otherwise. >> skydive? >> i don't recommend stie skydiving at all on any day no matter what the day. but yes, i would go through with whatever plan that you were hesitant about. >> so all you triskaidekaphobia people, think of all the good things that can happen today and take a ride on up to the 13th floor. you might just be surprised. ah! >> thank you, mo. >> let me just state my position here. >> yes. >> i'm not superstitious, but if it gets you through the night, go for it. >> a good luck superstition or -- >> either way. >> the bad luck ones can be dangerous. i do not go under ladders. when i'm walk down the street in new york, i go around the ladder. i increase the chances of getting mitt by a truck exponentially. >> do you not go under the ladder because of a superstition

or because you don't want it to fall on your head. >> the same reason i throw salt over my left shoulder. i have a few of these. >> you actually do throw salt over your left shoulder. >> i do. >> i always say i'm not superstitious. i'll be walking down the street practically break an ankle avoiding a crack. then i go, but that's so dumb. that's so dumb to do that. for me. but i do it. what does that say about me, mo? >> knock wood. you do that? >> in our colleague, rebecca jarvis was going to go shopping for a wedding dress today and she canceled it. she's not even engaged. >> that's not true. i bought my plane ticket. >> she moved her fitting from today to tomorrow. >> anything different you do today because it's friday the 13th. >> i'm not. i'm thinking it's lucky for us. it's the final day of our launch week and i'm thinking so far so good. knock wood. >> i think your thinking gayle.

>> may i also -- i want a special thanks to leslie staal for interviewing taylor swift for me. she wanted to get experience in the field. let me tell you something, she's got potential, that lady. >> i think she does. >> somebody has to do it. >> exactly. >> she's a good egg. >> nice to show how we all work together. thanks leslie and mo. >> a little something that may give you anxiety. the chance you could be a digital addict. dr. deepak chopra says it's the same as a drug addiction. he has the cure. d . dule hill, i hope you're lis epg up. your local news is next.

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devices. internet addiction may actually damage the brain the same as too much alcohol or drugs do. dr. deepak chopra has been looking into this and he joins us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> you know we're interested in this. >> yes, of course. >> explain the connection between the brain and an addiction to your blackberry or to the internet. >> actually, nia dick tiff behavior, addictive behavior means compulsively repeating that behavior at the cost of everything in your life. you miss out on relationships, social interactions, health, well-being. nia addictive behavior will cause the same thing in the brain as a drug will do. the study is very valid. once there's damage, then that perpetuates the behavior. it becomes a vicious cycle. the behavior damages the brain. the brain reinforces the

behavior. soon, it spins out of control. >> with imaging, you can see it happening in the brain. >> that's what all the studies are about. >> how do you know when you have a problem? i'm never far from my blackberry. >> then you probably do. >> okay. >> no. i could get by with it, you guys. but i do find -- >> oh, sure. >> i really could. i checked before i leave the house. i check again when i get in the car. i'm still thinking that i don't really have a problem, per se. how do you know when you cross the territory? >> denial. hello my name is gayle, i have a problem. >> there are a lot of people like me. >> is it interfering with your personal relationships, diet, exercise. all the things that make a full life. when people focus only on one thing at the cost of everything else, then there is a problem. >> which is hard for some people to find that line in today's society. we're so dependent on technology

in so many ways. >> technology, by itself is neutral. we can use the internet to rewire the planetary brain if we want because your social networks are extensions of our brain. occupy wall street, these are all symptoms of that. if we know that we are in control and not it in control, then the same technology becomes healing. >> i think i'm okay. i think about the young kids coming up today. five-year-olds have these ipads now. some schools they don't even teach cursive writing anymore. should we worry about them becoming addicted? >> technology is not stoppable. that's the problem. as it proceeds, i think darwinian principles will take over. those who will adapt will survive. those that don't adapt will get sick. >> if you have an addiction to the internet and you pull back, you can see how the brain changes? >> absolutely. what you can also see, if you practice mindfulness, awareness

and lot of studies on this, that you rewire the brain in a completely different direction. so you can actually, through mindfulness techniques, which are basically observing yourself, your thoughts, your feelings, your emotions, you can see neurons fire in a different direction. there's hope. with the new technology of biofeedback, neural biofeedback, which may be the most successful way of healing the addiction is technology itself. >> yeah. >> because you talk about the way you can actually cure this. the way you're speaking about it, it's more of a cure in the rewiring as opposed to trading -- like a drug addict, trading it with a yoga addiction. >> people are addicted to exercise, to sex, to yoga. you name it. we are an addicted civilization. >> great to have you here to talk about this. dr. deepak chopra. thank you. you may recognize him from the hit show "psych" and the west wing.

"cbs this morning" now. dule hill is here with us. you can ca

there he is. actor dule hill tap dancing on his hit tv show "psych." right now mr. hill is starring i a broadway drama produced by singer alicia keys. he's with us in studio 57. good morning. >> good morning. >> dule hill. >> that's me. >> i'm wondering how often that happens to you. yesterday i was talking about you and somebody said i used to watch dule hill on west wing all the time. did you have to spend your time saying ktul. >> i don't know how they get dale. you think my parents made a typo. >> dule hill and erica hill. we should say in full disclosure, no relation. >> not true. we're cousins. >> we're long lost cousins. see you at the family reunion. >> i'm looking forward to it.

>> the doctor was here, talking about addiction to the blackberry. i have to say, since you walked in the door, mr. hill. >> i saw it too, absolutely. >> you've been on the blackberry the whole time. do you think you have a problem? >> i do have a little problem. a little tweeting problem. i will admit it. >> tweeting. i was saying to deepak, he has 22,000 tweets since 2008. i have 12,000 tweets since march. >> since march? >> you may have a problem. >> i respond. i'm engaged. i respond to people you see what i'm saying? there it is. >>let talk about you -- >> i'm going to get you back. >> go ahead you two. >> go ahead. i don't want to interrupt the family reunion. let talk about you and stick fly. i went opening night and alicia keys, the producer, the composer. i have to say it's a family drama. you want to give it a couple sentences about how you would describe it. >> i'd say it's about a family that goes away for the weekend.

before the bag is unpacked, all the deep dark secrets start coming out. it's about a family dysfunction, daddy issues and so on. >> there's a couple twists and a couple of turns. >> right. >> it's the type of thing -- >> daddy issues. >> what did you say? >> who doesn't have daddy issues? >> i don't have any daddy issues. >> we all do. whether you love -- >> i don't know. >> erica and i -- >> i love my dad. >> i don't have any daddy issues either. >> whether you love your dad or hate your dad, there's still issues. your dad is like a god or he's this devil or something in between. you know what i mean? >> i love it. >> every night i would think it's different because the audience is different. i think you feed off of what the audience is doing. >> yes. then even though you're doing the same words, the same track you're running, it's different every night. as long as you stay engaged. the levels are different and what the different actors are giving you is different. >> i look at something in

acting, i think it's such a difficult job to do that same thing every night and keep fresh. not only for the audience but for yourself to stay engaged. >> by really staying engaged. as long as you stay connected and don't get into it by doing it by rote, then it's fun. it's fun going on an entire emotional journey. with film or television, you do a scene, once you do it, it's done. you never do it again. something about doing again and again, you learn more about the scene. like a guy -- just the other day, doing a scene, i realized he was doing something. wow, i never noticed that. >> that's the beauty of that. a lot of people do remember you dule hill from the west wing. are you a political person? are you politically engaged? >> i try to stay abreast. i have to admit doing "psych" in vancouver, i get removed. when i'm out of the country -- i try to stay. >> reggie love. >> a lot of that.

i compare you to reggie love. have you ever met him? >> yep. >> have you discussed the character? >> what did they say. you played the personal aide to the president which is what he is too. >> really, i mean, didn't really say too much. i learned more from chris inscope, president clinton's personal aide. i didn't know about the job at that point. chris was the one who took me through and i walked around with chris and saw what he was doing and things like that. with reggie, it was more like how you like your new job? you like that spot down there? >> do you watch for things that -- the first time i went to the west wing, i thought i'm on the set of the west wing, which is a terrible thing. i love the show so much. it felt like oh, wow. do you ever watch things that happen in government, a press briefing and say i really know how that goes down because of the research that you had? >> yes. i've been to the white house a few times. that's one thing. >> i love that. i've been -- did you hear that,

erica? i've been to the white house. >> john spencer, you know, bless him, would always say, we wouldn't get this if we were on a cop show. we'd have so many wonderful experiences being on that show. i always related it back to some episode. because we had so many advisers in politic. >> now we can cheer you on, on broadway. >> there it is. >> cheer you on. congratulations. the play is great night thank you. >> a new season of "psych" starts february 29th o on usa network. he's on broadway right now. just ahead, they're big, buff on the football field. but they're not playing football. they're cheerleaders. meet the nfl's only co-ed squad when "cbs this morning" continues.

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the ravens who play on sunday in the nfl playoffs. we're going to see why the ravens cheer squad is rather unique. >> good morning, erica. they are unique. not because of the cheers they do or the colors they wear. but because of their gender. >> from two by fours to two by 12s and heavy timbers. >> by day, jim sells lumber. >> if you ranked stereo typically macho jobs, working in a lumberyard might be there. >> absolutely. i have customers who, i walk in and i have to change when -- i wear jeans and a sweatshirt. if i walk in with khakis and a polo shirt. what are you doing, pretty boy snimt imagine if the customers could see him in this outfit alongside the other male cheerleaders for the nfl's baltimore ravens? >> by a show of hands, how many of you used to make fun of male cheerleaders sm. >> i still do. >> he's a veteran of the afghan

war, moonlights on the cheerleading squad. along with a d.j., a plumber and an aerospace engineer. >> i brought in a bag that said cheerleading on it, and got a bunch of weird looks to people. i had to explain to quite a few people in the office. >> people give you a hard time about it. you go in the field with all the ladies, they like you have the best job ever. >> since 1996, when the ravens began in baltimore, they've been the only football team in the nfl with a co-ed cheerleading squad. so unique that the news organization reuters followed them for an entire year and shot this footage. >> what can your women do because you also have men on the team? >> a lot more. >> it's more gymnastics ability and flipping and twisting. >> the director says there are a number of pluses. physical and practical. >> well, i think there's less

caddieness. you have 40 women and 20 males to help balance it out. >> it is a strenuous balancing act. pthese guys say the audiences just waiting for hem to drop one of the women. ooh, that hurt. >> are you okay? >> it has happened before. i mean, you hear that crowd. they're like oh. >> it's bad. >> while these guys are the brawn, they know the women are the beauties. the men don't even make it into their own team calendar. >> compare the amount of tv time you guys get, the guys compared to the women. >> one thing, we're the 1%ers. >> take a picture and i swear i saw you on tv. >> while there may not be fame or fortune shall the stipend is just $100 a game, there is something that, for these guys is just as valuable.

>> while the game is going on, you're watching the whole thing. you're seeing it all first hand. literally the best seats in the house. >> let's go! >> after a year long tour in afghanistan and 60 hours a week selling lumber, jim is happiest right here. >> like adult softball. you can come here and not worry about the world. it's a nice break. >> i like these guys. number one, they've got a great sense of humor. where they said we're the one percenters. they make it look easy. i know it's got to be difficult throwing women in the air and catching them. >> it is. you can see their muscles shaping. they did a contest while we were there. they lifted the women up above their heads and held them on one hand and tried to see how long they could hold them up. the one guy held up for 57 seconds. >> how much did she weigh, sir? >> i didn't ask her. a lot of them way 120, 130

pounds. >> trust. >> absolutely. >> you throw me up, make sure you catch me. >> do you want us to throw you up in the air, should we do that. they do build this trust. we didn't measure it, but sometimes they're throwing the women up 30 feet into the air. >> they're at least, i think one if not two of them have a fear of heights. yet they're tossed in the air like that? >> we get everything. you plan everything. it's a dance. it's a routine. but we're scared of heights. when we get flipped up in the air, you have to kind of -- they have to keep smiling the whole time. they have to pretend they're having a great time. it is really quite strenuous. >> did you consider it for a nanosecond when they asked you, we'll throw you up? >> honestly, i thought it might look ridiculous. you know the reporter interaction. >> we've all been there. >> try it off camera next time. >> they say it's like a family. there really is -- we saw a bit of flirting.

but there is a brother/sister relationship in many cases. but there was one marriage. one of the girls met one of the guys on the cheerleading squad. happily ever after >> they're the only ones? >> so far. >> so far. >> but it was really a fun thing to go into. incidentally, they practice separately from the football team. >> huh. i love it. great story. seth, thanks. tomorrow on "cbs this morning" saturday, rebecca jarvis will look at tim tebow. that does it for us as we bring you now the names of all the people who have brought you "cbs this morning" on our very first week. have a great weekend. we'll see you monday. >> we're going to win this thing, i hope, coming down the road. i count on you. >> his record was so great as governor of massachusetts, why did you -- >> can we drop the pious pa loney in. >> thank you new hampshire. tonight we made history.

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