captioning funded by cbs good morning. it's friday, january 20th, 2012. welcome to "cbs this morning" in studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm erica hill. charlie rose is on assignment. newt gingrich lashes out after being asked about his marriage at last night's debate. one poll shows him leading mitt romney ahead of tomorrow's important primary. a raging wildfire wreaks havoc out of reno, nevada. i'm gayle king. we'll have important news for heart attack patients when they can go back to having sex. george lucas speaks out about what's wrong with america and regis philbin, the reej is stopping by. as we do every morning, we

begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. i'm appalled. -- newt gingrich fights back about character questions after an interview with his ex-wife. >> he was asking to have an open marriage and i refused. >> the story is false. >> i don't want to read the paper and figure out what he's going to say next. >>let get on to the real issue is all i have to say. i am suspending my campaign and endorsing newt gingrich. i'm not sure how far an endorsement from rick perry goes nowadays. he'd be better off with an endorsement from katy perry. i can't say that all homes are out of danger. >> fire crews get the upper hand on fast-moving flames from reno but not before thousands are forced to flee. >> flames are coming over. got to get out quick.

a large u.s. helicopter has gone down in afghanistan. >> cbs news confirms that six u.s. marines were killed. >> new pictures of the frantic final moments of the costa concordia have been released. >> all that. >> inflate the life raft. what the hell is this. wait a minute. >> all that matters. >> some body parts were found near the hollywood sign. body parts. turns out they used to belong to joan rivers. >> i knew a girl named j-lo. i'd say hey lo. >> ♪ >> on "cbs this morning." >> so in love with you ♪ thank for squoing us on this friday. the south carolina primary. the four remaining candidates debated last night in charleston

with most of the fireworks coming from newt gingrich. >> on the day before this important primary, a new poll of likely republican voters shows that gingrich is one point ahead of mitt romney in a state where every gop primary winner since 1980 has gone on to win the nomination. political correspondent jan crawford is in charleston, south carolina. jan, from the very first question, it was must-see tv last night. >> reporter: oh, that is right, gayle. i mean, it was amazing. an incredible surge by newt gingrich. remember, he finished at or near the bottom in iowa and new hampshire. now that he's a front-runner here, he was under siege. like you said, the very first question from the debate moderator about the allegations by his ex-wife set the tone. >> i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country. harder to attract decent people

to run for public office. i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. >> mary ann gingrich, his second ex-wife went public yesterday in interviews with the washington post and abc news. described the end of their marriage. >> he was asking to have an open marriage and i refused. >> last night gingrich went on the attack against the media and said his ex-wife was lying. >> you chose to start the debate with it. don't try to blame somebody ems. you and your staff chose to start this debate with it. >> okay. >> let me be quite clear. let me be quite clear. the story is false. every personal friend i have who knew us in that period says the story was false. >> the other candidates declined to pile on. >> this country is a very for giving country. this country understands that we are all fallen. >> john, let's get on to the real issues is all i got to say. >> i think setting standards are important and i'm proud that my

wife of 54 years is with me tonight. >> they hit gingrich hard on his record. >> you talk about all the things you did with ronald reagan and the reagan revolution and the jobs created during the reagan years. i looked at the reagan diary. you're mentioned once in his diary. i. >> i served with him. i was there. i knew what the problems were going on in the house of representatives and newt gingrich was leading there. it was an idea a minute. no discipline, no ability to be able to pull things together. >> during the debate, gingrich's campaign released his tax returns showing in 2010 he made $3.1 million. mitt romney also took some shots over his tax returns. he said he would release them in april and then he tried to make it an issue stirred up by the democrats. >> i know the democrats want to go after the fact that i've been successful. i'm not going to apologize for being successful. what i have, i learned. i worked hard in the american

way. >> reporter: romney's campaign thought they were poised to win this state and take that momentum and go on to florida and lock up the nomination. obviously, now they're concerned that may not happen. they may not get the win here. they're playing for the long haul. they think that voters actually will care about these allegations from mary ann gingrich and as romney pointed out when he was talking about something else, no one has questioned my character and integrity. erica? >> jan, thanks. national congressional correspondent with us in the studio. from the first step shall the responses from newt gingrich and mitt romney to tough questions they knew would come their way. newt, completely prepared, ready to fire. mitt romney seemed tripped up by the taxes questions. >> for the second debate, mitt romney had a difficult time talking comfortably about his taxes. i've been trying to figure out what the deal in south carolina is on this issue. he knows it's coming, he knows his father when he ran for president in 1968 set a new

standard of transparency, 12 years. it seemed that mitt romney didn't know that story as well as those questioning him about this. when asked if he would meet that, he said maybe. why the level of discomfort? i can't quite figure it out. one thing that struck me as a possible answer for mitt romney is he's uncomfortable release the charitable contributions he may have made to his church shall the mormon church is an issue that doesn't cut well for him in south carolina. he may be concerned about 10 or 20% of his income going to the church. that's becoming a sudden issue in south carolina. that's the only rational explanation i can come up with. >> especially evangelicals, they often tithe 10%. >> they would consider that charitable. it might cut in a way he's not kfrptable with. why he can't wrap his arms around this issue. >> when he said maybe, he was booed. that can't be a good feeling. i'm wondering what he does now. the conventional wisdom said he would end with 3-0. now it looks like he could be 1-2 considering the results of iowa yesterday.

what does he need to do now in the next 24 hours? >> i think we need to be all very careful about the polling in south carolina. the arg poll has newt gingrich up by one point. that's the fourth poll in the last one day. four now that show newt gingrich alongside with mitt romney. you see the numbers right there. let be honest. yesterday was a day of tectonic plate movement. four huge events, rick perry, mary anne gingrich's allegations, the debate. all those things coming into play. we need to slow our role and understand that the mood of the polling data is going to shift considerably in the next 24 to 48 hours. it's going to be close. but we can't say for sure this is gingrich's to win. >> are you making a prediction? >> no. i don't think we can predict. we have to be careful. so many things are moving. >> anybody's game. in terms of being prepared with the response, newt gingrich's daughters came out yesterday. they were to be with us this morning. they canceled that appearance. it may seem that everyone is happy with gingrich's performance last night.

stay with us for a minute major. one of the key republican figures, senator jim demint. the tea party leader is not endorsing any candidate now. senator did he mint is with us from clemson, south carolina. good to have you with us, senator. >> erica, it's great to be with you. it was good to see the toughness from our candidates last night. more like reality tv than the normal debate. >> i any a lot of americans would agree with you on that point, sir. when it comes to newt gingrich, part of the reality tv we saw last night, he was firing on all cylinders as soon as that question was asked. yet in the past he said and i'm quoting here, "the people have every right to ask the tough questions and measure the candidates personally." how do these allegations and even his response play with the voters of south carolina? how important is that issue? >> well, probably handled it as well as he could have because the best defense is sometimes a good offense. he certainly went on the offense last night. today, i think south carolinians

will have a chance to digest it. whether or not it makes a difference in the race, i'm not sure. it's clearly a two-man race here in south carolina. i think you'll see things change in the next few hours as these candidates get around the states. i don't know if we're going to have any other major news announcements today or not. but yesterday was certainly something to watch. >> you have said, senator, that you're not going to endorse anybody this time around. yet you endorsed mitt romney in the past. why are you not endorsing him again? >> well, i think a lot of mitt but i think a lot of all of the candidates. the last race was a very different race than this one. i feel comfortable with all our candidates. i'm keeping my focus on helping to elect a conservative majority in the senate because it doesn't matter who we have in the white house, which republican. approximate we still have the same senate we do today. >> is there anything anybody can do in the next 24 hours for you to say okay, i'm going with you

publicly? anything? >> no, i don't think so. i don't think there are very many folks in south carolina waiting for me to tell them how to vote. south carolinians are very independent, and i think you'll see them pick the best candidate and i think that candidate is likely to be the next president of the united states. >> senator, demint, isn't it significant what rick santorum does in the next 48 hours, he was tough on newt gingrich and mitt romney. it seemed like he was trying to make a case that he is a conviction conservative ought to be given a third or fourth look in south carolina. >> well, i think he's very popular here. in fact, you talk to people and they could say two or three of these candidates are very popular with them. but they're just trying to decide which one. you're right, major, it could shift. rick's a good guy, strong character. and i think he did well last night. so he could get back in play. but just from the polls i was looking at this morning, looks like a two-man race.

>> no matter what happens, it's going to keep you busy, i'm sure, for the next 24 to 48 hours. senator, pleasure to have you with us this morning. thank you. >> good to be with you. >> major garrett, good to have you too. shifting gears now, in reno, nevada this morning, a fast-moving wildfire is still growing. but most of the 10,000 people who had to evacuate have been allowed to return home. >> police say one body has been found in the area. john blackstone is at the fire scene in nevada. john, good morning. what can you tell us? what's the latest there? >> reporter: good morning. had morning, fire crews are putting out hotspots across more than 3,000 acres here south of reno. more than 20 homes have been destroyed here and more may be found as daylight arrives. now, it remains very windy and try here and those are the conditions that created the explosive wildfire that blew through, raced through this

community. >> to say that we're in the thick of battle is an understatement. >> reporter: the battle for firefighters here, trying to stop these fast-moving flames. an inferno driven by 80 mile per hour winds and fueled by a bone-dry landscape. >> i've been fighting fire in this community for 24 years and i've never seen a fire season extend this long. >> embers coming our way right now. you see that ash. this is ash. >> reporter: people in the nevada town are used to snowstorms in january, not firestorms. local resident barbara harris was shocked by what she drove into. >> oh, my god. how did it get so big? >> with a record 56 days without precipitation in the reno area, what began as a small brushfire quickly gobbled up homes. choked the air with thick, black smoke and shut down highway 395 after visibility dropped to zero. >> so the kids have clothes. >> with the wind driven flames

spreading so rapidly, 10,000 residents grabbed what they could and evacuated their neighborhoods. >> family was packing, getting our stuff and suddenly the flames are coming over, got to get out quick. >> among those who had to evacuate was vice president joe biden. in town to speak to high school students. >> they've just told me if i don't let you guys get out of here relatively soon, they're going to make you get out of here. >> fire crews came from across northern nevada in california to help contain the blaze. flames could be seen ten miles away. thousands were left without electricity. for some, it may be a couple of days before power is restored. fire crews say they stopped the flames virtually at the back steps of the high school where vice president biden was speaking. now, with this wind and embers and hotspots out there, the fire is largely stopped, but nobody is relaxing here yet.

erica? >> and an understatement probably. john, thank you. the crash of a nato helicopter. the cause of the crash in southern afghanistan is still under investigation. mandy clark is in the capital of kabul. mandy, what do we know so far? >> reporter: nato says there were no insurgent activity at the time of the crash. some military sources have pointed to a mechanical failure but they are still investigating. the taliban has claimed responsibility for the crash, but they often exaggerate their military successes. what we do know is that the helicopter went down in a taliban dominated region. and the local journalists we spoke to were unwilling to if to the crash site because the roads there are laced with bombs. this has been a particularly bloody 24 hours for coalition forces. just this morning, four french troops and 16 others were

injured -- four french troops killed and 16 others injured when after began soldier went rogue and opened fire. president sarkozy is suspending all his training missions here in afghanistan. mandy clark in kabul this morning. thank you. that cruise liner that capsized off the northwest coast of italy shifted once again. search efforts have been put on hold. 21 people, including two americans are still missing at this hour. we're at the scene in giglio italy and joins us again with the latest. allen, what can you tell us? >> reporter: rescue work was suspended overnight and remains suspended because the costa concordia appears to be settling on the rock ledge where it's wedged. the ship moved at a rate of -- the ship is moving at a rate of seven millimeters an hour. sensors mounted on shore and on the wreck itself can detect the slightest movement of the cruise

liner. the bodies of the missing passengers are thought to be in an area deep underwater, a dangerous place for the divers to be at the best of times, never mind if the ship moves. one described it as a labyrinth and said it was a miracle anyone survived. video posted on a website gives a look at the chaos. passengers ask a crewman what to do and are told the last thing they want to here. >> got to go up. >> got to hurry up and go down and go up. >> more evidence is emerging that the captain knew something was wrong before the passengers took emergency measures. one crew member is telling passengers to go back to cabins. we've resolved the problem, we ask you to return to your cabins. half an hour later, the order was given to abandon ship. >> one of the first rescuers winched on to the ship from a

helicopter. a colleague and i managed to save four people he said including a mother and child. the little girl was too frightened to open her eyes he said and clung to his arm. the pilots of the first helicopters on the scene couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> bloody hell. it is sunk one says over his radio. another says, when will they ever retrieve this? the italian authorities have urged the ship's owners to make every effort to stabilize it. salvage owners have flocked here in hopes to win the contract to refloat the ship. amazing as it may seen, they maintain it's more than possible the $500 million ship could be back in service. families of the people who died on that ship have been coming here to view the ship and to find out what information they can. they're escorted by police, kept away from the press as much as possible. a sad moment for them. there's nothing they can do except look at a tomb for

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detectives executed a search warrant at this hollywood apartment building and sifted through trash cans. they carried out a box full of evidence hoping it provides new clues. >> cops were just asking about how often they pick up our garbage and i told them they picked it up last night. >> it all began tuesday when professional dog walker lauren cornberg stumbled upon a grisly discovery in the hills below the famed hollywood sign. >> i looked over and it rolled down the hill and fell into a ravine. i thought it might have been a soccer ball. i turned to my mom and i said it actually looked like a head. we thought maybe it was a movie prop. >> the next day, coroner's cadaver dogs found two feet and two mands within a shallow grave. police believe the body parts all belong to the same victim, likely in his 60s. >> we still believe this crime occurred someplace else and that the body parts were dumped in

the canyon at some point after the crime a occurred. >> more than a hundred lapd officers and 30 detectives have been looking for clues. the killer felt if the bag was off the beaten path in the wooded area it wouldn't be found for weeks or month. if that was the plan, it doesn't work out. >> someone commit a murder, you can dispose of the body in places that are less sensational. and with the hollywood sign, you know, it may be heard around the world. it's almost like it's playing out, head, hands, feet and now where is the torso and the limbs. >> john miller used to be the head of the lapd's major crimes division. lucky for us, he's with us now. still have plenty of contact. i know you have a lot of information from the folks in l.a. what led them to this apartment? >> well, what they did was relied on the coroner who said the victim had only been dead several days. so they went right back to the missing person's reports and saidlet look at the stuff from the last couple of weeks.

they zeroed in an on individual. visit thad friends and associates. they found his boyfriend and his boyfriend said yes erks been missing. he was questioned last night. he's not regarded as a suspect. been cooperative with investigators. now the rest of that game begins, which is who are his friends, who are his enemies, who are his associates, who are his former associates. they'll start going through that until they get a picture of this to figure out, are they dealing with a contained case or do we have a serial killer? what is it? >> john, i'm curious about what your former colleagues are saying. the fact that the part were placed by the hollywood sign says that somebody wants to get attention. what are they saying at your place? >> they are thinking this is a bad execution of the opposite intent, which is wherever the main part of the body is, that's somewhere, but the things that

would lead to an yikes yikes, the hands and the head, they weren't counting on the dogs and coyotes and other thing. i'm not sure this went the way they intended. >> they're not thinking the coyotes would have helped for lacks of a better term in terms of dumping things there? >> i don't know if they thought it through. >> what happens now is they'll start to talk to everybody in this victim's universe and figure out who has the motive, who has a disagreement, who was where and who can account for their time. but that -- this is the elite robbery homicide unit. this is the best detective unit in lapd has been assigned to this case. this is very familiar territory to them. >> wild story. >> so gruesome, bizarre. >> john, thanks. doctors always tell heart attack patients they should take it easy. they don't always say, though, whether they can have sex at a certain point afterwards. >> it's a question everybody wants to know.

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after a heart attack, if you can climb a flight of stairs, you can have sex. ♪ ♪ >> love that movie. jack nicholson. sex, not an easy subject for many heart patients. >> clearly, jack is not ready. you couldn't even climb one flight of stairs. this morning, the american heart association has guidelines on when it's safe to have sex after a heart attack. medical correspondent, dr. john lapook is with us this morning to let us know exactly what that means. i'm curious if they felt the need to have guidelines for this. >> it's a subject that people have trouble talking about. more than a million people have heart attacks every year in

america. almost 30 million americans living with heart disease. this is a big deal. yet, it's such a touchy subject for doctors. >> why? >> i think people have trouble talking about sex. when i was in medical school, there was a man who had a heart attack. as he was leaving the hospital, he said to the doctor, when can i resume activity? he meant sex. >> activity. >> he said activity. the doctor said cavalierly, take it easy. he didn't have sex for several years. >> wow. >> it's a big deal. >> so it's a big deal. we don't talk about it. what are the new guidelines then? >> keanu reeves was almost right. it's not one flight. it's two flights. it's safe for most people. if you can go up two flights of stairs or walk briskly without having a problem, you're probably okay. on the other hand, if you do minimal activity and you're getting angina, that's somebody who needs further evaluation. you have to have the symptoms under control. what are the odds? i know the statistics are presented in a weird way, okay? but if 100,000 people who have

had a heart attack have sex for an hour, then two to three will die or have a heart attack. that's relatively small. it's more than if they don't have sex. only one in 100,000 will die or heart attack if they don't have sex. it's two to three times more but it's still relatively safe. >> i'm looking at it's safe. holding it with a straight face. if you have sex for an hour. >> i can give you their names later if you like. >> i was just -- >> patients have questions what should they do? have a frank conversation? >> use your words. we tell kids. say the words. say your fears. no embarrassment. here's another thing, okay? >> the doctor is not laughing at you asking the question. >> no. >> that's part of the problem. the doctor is going to think -- >> making it part of the normal conversation. i'm an internist, part of the review assistance, i ask

everyone about sex. >> how do you ask it? >> how is your sex drive, lib o libido. if you use the word, if there's a question at all, if there was a subject where you have to individual eyes the risk, talk to your doctor, it's personalized. sex is like a stress test. if there's a question, you can go on a treadmill. you can go to a level that's a little higher than the activity you would have for sex and the doctors will connect your blood pressure, pulse, cardiogram, the movement of the heart and they can say there's a problem or not. if they say it's okay on the treadmill, you're probably okay. >> there you go. go on the treadmill for an hour first. >> i'm curious, what is the speed on the treadmill we should try to attain to make it's clear it's okay? >> there's a thing called mets. metabolic equivalents. if you get up to three to five, four to five, generally, you're pretty safe. >> it's good to have you with us, doctor. >> you kept a straight face. we're grownups almost.

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so at 11:16 a.m., that's when perry made the announcement. it looked like clear skies for newt gingrich in south carolina. what happened at 11:19 a.m. >> it's not all clear skies ahead for newt gingrich. abc is set to air an interview with gingrich's ex-wife mary anne. >> that's never a good thing. [ laughter ] >> we're back on "cbs this morning." that got a lot of attention in our first hour. we have big things our second hour, gayle. >> yes, we do, erica. we're going to go to atlanta where straight talking ad campaign is getting a lot of flack for the way it targets obese children and their parents. we'll talk with some of the parents and one of the kids who appears in the ads and see what they're doing to slim down. also, we have a conversation with george lucas.

maybe you've never seen this side of the man who gave us indiana jones and star wars. he talks about politics and all the things he believes are wrong in this country. he talks to charlie about that. much more, including his new movie about the tuskegee airmen. we're so glad, really glad to have regis philbin in the house this morning. he'll tell us all about his new memoir and we'll find out what he's been doing these days. >> look at reg. getting primped. like the man needs any help. he always looks fabulous. you're watching "cbs this morning." your local news is next.

mr. speaker, i want to start with that this evening. as you know, your ex-wife gave an interview to abc news and the washington post and this story is viral on the internet. in it says you came to her at a time when you were having an affair and asked you sir to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that. >> new. but i will. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office and i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic

like that. [ applause ] >> to take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary. a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything i can imagine. >> the crowd clearly loved his response. you hardly ever see a presidential candidate get that mad. newt gingrich's outburst at last night's debate is getting a lot of political buzz this morning. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> and i'm erica hill. >> i'm charlie rose. [ laughter ] >> yea! >> it's reg. we should point out, this is great. for what, two months everybody has been saying, what are you doing next, reg? we know. you're joining us on "cbs this morning." >> that's what i'm doing next. right here with you. indently, this show is two weeks old and charlie rose needs a day

off. where is he? >> he's on assignment. >> assignment sh. >> it's not a day off. i can't tell you what the assignment is. but he's on assignment. >> we're so glad regis you're here. it's been a couple months. what have you been doing? everybody wants to know. better still, what are you going to be doing? i know you know. >> i don't believe you. >> honest to god. >> you really don't know? >> i really don't know. i can tell you what i have been doing. >> let's hear. >> i got involved with this book and the tour began two days before i signed off and said goodbye. of course, it was local touring. but now i went on a book tour that took about a month. so that was part of it. then came christmas and new year's and then came you with charlie rose and erica around this table. here i am. exhausting. >> regis, haven't you always wanted to know this, erica. your speaking style, where did that come from? >> oh, i don't know.

i just got a laugh with it one day and i decided to improvise. it doesn't mean anything. >> until i saw it being caricatured. i said you know, he really does talk like that. >> dana carvey started that and a lot of guys started that for the laugh. that's all it is. it's harmless. it doesn't mean anything, doesn't hurt anybody. are you both happy with your new job here. >> we are. very happy. >> we're all getting along very well. >> is that right? not what i heard. >> you heard wrong. >> what happens in the makeup room stays in the makeup room, reg. we're very happy at our new job. that's interesting, a nice segue to something you talk approximate in the book. i got the book yesterday. i love reading it. your stories about people are great. at the end of each chapter, there's a great take away. my apologies, i don't remember if it was kathy lee or kelly. you have a great take away about your co-hosts and finding that chemistry that works with someone and someone that you work with.

obviously, that goes far beyond someone i sit with on tv. in all aspect of your life. >> it's important to find that chemistry as soon as you can. to stick with it. you know, i find that if you continue the relationship beyond the desk, sometimes that could be an effect. have a bad effect on your on camera relationship. >> yes, yes. >> so maybe that's -- that's the take away of working with a co-host for 15 years. in one case. 11 years in another. >> do you have a favorite? >> absolutely not. >> i didn't think you could. i thought it was great -- >> who are you charlie rose? charlie is back. >> i thought it was great they each got a chapter. what i didn't know about you, you really wanted to sin. you to-- to sing. your parents had come and you wanted to say to them, mom and dandy want to sing. the disappointment on their face was -- >> when you're a kid, you think

about what you want to do. when i was six, seven years old, bing crosby was on the radio in new york city. every night i would tune him in at wnaw and listen to a half hour of him singing. that of the voice that got me. the warm, beautiful sounding voice. >> and you can sing. >> but you know, i didn't think about it. my parents were very insistent. my mother was born down the block here. and she thought i would become a businessman of some kind rather than a singer. so i kept saying, i don't know what it is, but i'll tell you. i'll tell you the day i graduate from notre dame. they drive all the way out to notre dame and two weeks before i was to graduate, one of the guys i hung around with four years, i found out then was a piano player. so i said, i'm going to take one more crack. we rehearsed pennies from heaven for two weeks. every time it rains, it rains ♪ so got all set. my mother and father drove up and i said, now don't say a

word, mom, i'm going to take you to a place and they will you what i want to do. i take them to the music hall, there's gus waiting. walk in, and i sing pennies from heaven. midway through the song, i saw my italian mother crying. my irish father just making his fist. i said oh, my god, this is not right. i'm not a singer anyway. what am i crazy? because bing crosby sang, i think i can do it. i said i'll probably go into television. >> aren't we glad he found something else to do. >> you actually got the best of both worlds. i want to ask you about the -- we bumped in with this bit of the debate last night which got fiery. do you follow politics that much? >> not that much. but the women have been taking men down right and left. what's his name went down a couple weeks ago. i liked him.

herman cain, right. >> it's never good when they do an interview with your ex-wife. when you said to joy, do you know what would be cool, how about an open marriage? >> i wouldn't want to say that. 41 years. i'm not going to end it now. >> of course, teasing you. you end the book with joy, number one. i love what you said about her. you said she is the love of my life. she is my life. and she came with the right name, joy. i thought it was such a beautiful tribute to her. >> well, thank you very much, gayle. i thought it was a nice tribute, too. >> no, no. >> did joy like it. >> she liked it a lot. i hope. i think. >> she hasn't said a lot. >> you two clearly adore each other. >> i think she's a great woman and she makes many of the decisions in our life, my life. as she should. >> i think she's smarter than me. >> you started out by saying i don't know what i'm going to do. i am still a little skeptical but i'm going to take you at your word. what would you like to do?

if you don't know what you are -- >> i love this. i've been doing this all my life, more than 50 years. the five days a week, do i really want that? >> is grueling, regis? tell us two weeks into the news show, is five days a week grueling? >> charlie is will have off. he's on assignment. >> it can wear you down after a while. but the way i did it was, there was no meetings before my show. you know that. i just go out and we talk. we ad lib. that's the way it is. i don't want to know what you did last night and i don't want to tell you what i did until we get on the air and let's do it. that added an air of spontaneity that people weren't used to. watching television at all. >> you have to bring it on the field not leave it in the locker room as they say. >> she's good. >> charlie has his hands full. i'll tell you right now. charlie's got no chance. >> he's got a chance.

>> i think he's all right. >> do you watch the show? do you watch your old show? >> you know what, i've been sleeping until after 10:00. >> good for you. >> but i have watched some of it. it's fine. it goes on. >> do you have a pick, a choice of who you would like to sit in your chair? >> i don't know who it should be. it's got to be somebody she likes a lot and gel man as well. >> you're not saying, you know who i'm rooting for? >> i don't want to emphasize that. >> i shouldn't get involved. that's their show now. regis is -- regis got a book. >> got a book. >> he's plugging the book. you should buy it. >> do you have a pick for football this weekend? >> that giants of san francisco game is a tough twoun figure. it's going to be raining in san francisco. the 49ers are just as physical as the giants. that's what the giants have. nef a physicality, the heft in the defense sin line. they're a strong, strong team.

when you look at the corner backs. you got to go with eli. the other guy is good, but he's not -- >> i hope you're right. >> i hope he's better now. 24-hour bug. >> so nice to be with you guys. i wish you good luck. i think this is -- i love the whole setup so far. >> regis, can we say, we read the book. >> we did. >> we really did? >> you can tell by what we talked about we did. >> we'll let you know the next time charlie is on assignment. >> i love coming here and being

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like nine or ten. ten. >> bother you? >> it did bother me. i'm very pretty and i needed to start getting healthier and losing weight. >> chloe is like 40% of georgia's children, overweight or obese. only mississippi has a higher rate of childhood obesity. one million heavy kids just in georgia and they're the focus of this new ad campaign throughout atlanta. >> mom, why am i fat? >> its message is unusually direct and controversial. >> i don't like going to school because all the other kids pick on me. >> children's healthcare of atlanta will spend $3 million on this awareness campaign and it's really meant for parents. >> we needed to get their attention. because they're in denial approximate it. >> linda says a children's healthcare survey showed 75% of parents with overweight kids denied it was an issue. >> is part of the argument the traditional approach where you tiptoe around the issue isn't

working. >> that's right. people ignore flowery ads. they don't work. >> nothing flowery about this ad starring chloe mcswain. >> my doctor says i have something called hypertension. i'm really scared. >> chloe is also the face on this billboard. being fat takes the fun out of being a kid. tiffany mcswain, her mother, has struggled with weight since she was chloe's age. >> i was really proud of her for deciding to having the courage to participate in it. it did take a lot of courage. she has put herself out there. >> you had reservations. what was the biggest one? >> biggest one was what would people think? i've decided that it's more important to help kids with the same problem that i have. >> but critics like the obesity action coalition say this does more harm than good. shaming overweight kids. >> it really puts them out there on a pedestal for the world to

see and to make fun of and to blame. to have as a target. >> obesity is a complex multifactorial disease process. it needs to be treated as such. >> at her physical exam, chloe did not want us to show her weight. she has no regrets about becoming the face of a health epidemic. >> there was no part that bothered you as a reflection of who you are. >> no. i feel good about myself. i have lot of self-confidence. it's supposed to help them to lose weight and get healthier. >> you have to take the blinders off and recognize that it's a problem. it's not just baby fat. it's not something the kid is going to grow out of. it's something that we as a family have to come together. >> the mcswains plan to eat healthier and chloe wants to ride her scooter more. for this georgia family, the conversation about healthy weight has begun. >> "cbs this morning," atlanta.

it's such a difficult discussion. it's really not cut and dry. >> no. but don't you think it's good arguments on both sides and don't we love chloe's attitude. >> absolutely. >> i'm beautiful and i want to help other kids. >> that's what i would want my daughter to be like. >> would you want to weigh yourself on national tv. >> no. i would never do it. >> chloe is not alone. a battered woman said she had to kill her abusive husband. there's much more to this mystery. we have a preview. a fascinating 48 hours. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." cbs healthwatch sponsored by bertolli. a fresh take on soup. it's frozen. ♪ so fresh my knees grow weak [ male announcer ] new hearty bertolli meal soup for two, with crisp vegetables and tender chicken. [ chef ] ♪ fresh tasting restaurant style ♪ ♪ bertolli soup's in the freezer aisle ♪ and it hasn't been going exactly as planned.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." for five years now, 48 hours mystery has been reporting on the case of charlene hill. she's an abused woman who killed her husband. >> 48 hours correspondent richard slessinger says two trials focused on one simple question. did the wife really act in self-defense? >> he would have killed me.

there's no way i could even made it out of the room. a thousand times and a thousand times my mind would play that night. do i wish i could change it? no. >> that night, a 25-year marriage came to a sudden and violent ending in a showdown in the bedroom. we've built a full-scale replica of that room to try to solve the mystery of how and why charlene hill shot her husband danny. nothing is as it seemed in this case. not the characters, not their motives. and nobody could ever have expected the ending. >> i believe my dad was shot in cold blood. >> charlene hill's own daughter jamie did not believe her mother's story that her father danny was in a rage threatening to kill her mother in the bedroom that night. even though she knew her father's history of violence. >> my mom is the only person

with the gun. you know, you don't calm somebody down by pulling a gun out of a drawer. >> the history of abuse was documented. there were stacks of police and hospital reports. but prosecutor jill spot said that night charlene hill was the aggressor. >> the ballistics, the forensics, the physical evidence, it wasn't self-defense. she doesn't get a bye on murder because she was abused in the past. >> charlene hill tried to convey her terror when she first took the stand. >> he was coming at meechlt he was going to kill me and unless you've been in that situation, you have no idea. it's like a grizzly bear getting ready to attack you. >> investigators question whether danny was coming at her. the blood stains were on the opposite side of the room from where charlene says she was standing. >> do you remember where he was when you fired each of those three shots? >> no. he was just coming.

>> charlene hill's attorney, dee mcwilliams insists that no matter where danny was standing that night, what's important is that after almost three decades of abuse, charlene believed it was a case of kill or be killed. >> you can shoot a person as many times as is necessary to stop the threat. if you have the right to kill somebody, you have the right to kill them dead, dead, dead. >> richard slessinger is at the table. why is this case so hard to prove? >> because juries want to know the basic question. they always ask in cases like this, why didn't she just leave? when the first punch was thrown, why didn't you just walk out the door? i asked charlene hill that. she's quite eloquent answering that. the long story short, i mean, she basically says where would i go i call the police.

they arrest him, maybe they don't. where do i go? a lot of women do have places to go but a lot of women don't. you know, we've covered a lot of cases like this where women just say, you know, it's been however many years it's been where this guy has been beating me up and abusing me. i'm not taking it anymore. >> yeah. >> it's an interesting area of law. because sometimes they're not in immediate danger. in this case, charlene hill had the gun. the husband didn't have the gun. >> which is what a lot of people are saying. even her daughter. >> right. her daughter is -- >> that's what i find interesting. the daughter is -- >> you got to put yourself in her shoes at that point. that's what her lawyers say. put yourself in that bedroom with a guy almost twice your size who has been beating you for 30 years and if he's in a rage, do you have a right to feel like you're in danger even if you have the gun? we'll show you some forensic

evidence that will raise some more questions. you know, i mean these cases are never clear-cut. >> now i know what i'm doing saturday night, erica. >> exactly. richard, thank you. you can see this all new edition of 48 hours mystery, gayle will be watching too. showdown in the bedroom. tomorrow night at 10:00. 9:00 central here on cbs. so you may think you know everything about hollywood legend george lucas, but you don't. he's not just about the movies. when we come back, charlie rose has a very revea

35 years ago, one man changed hollywood forever with star wars. but there's a whole lot more to george lucas. we're not just talking about indiana jones and american graffiti either. >> that's right. before charlie left for his assignment, he sat down with lucas to talk about everything

from politics in society, to his latest project, "red tails." >> i'm behind you. >> congratulations, captain. you're the first negro to shot one down. from george lucas. the new movie "red tails." welcome. >> thank youment. >> good to be here. >> my impression is this is a movie you've been waiting to make. >> i've been working on this movie for 23 years. it's a labor of love. but i've been working on it for 23 years. not waiting to do it. i heard the story from an aviation photographer friend of mine 23 years ago. and i said, this is a fantastic

story that needs to be told. and more importantly, for me, is that it sounds like a great inspirational movie for teenagers. >> anthony hemingway, director of the wire on tv, i was a big fan of that. got him to direct it. he did a fantastic job. >> what's interesting that a movie like this is how real you can make what happens on the screen to reflect the reality of what it means to have your life online in the air, not knowing what's going to happen and facing instant death. >> well, that's ultimately the story. and now, with digital technology, we can make it much more real. i'm a big fan of aerial combat obviously from star wars. i've been doing it most of my life. >> you know about that. >> each time i do it, i get

better and once we got the digital, it got better. >> battle of britain was one of the last real combat movies made. no photographers died in that picture. it's hard to get the planes to line up. it takes a day to do one shot. even then it's not that great. you can't get where you want to get physically. >> when you look at the movies you can make. what is it that turns you on beyond the things that you've already said? what kind of stories appeal to george? >> well, there's the intellectual side of me that wants to do more experimental films, which i haven't done since my first film and my student films. that's now where i'm going, to try to get back to that. then there's the, i don't know, the side of me that loves to watch an audience enjoy themselves and walk out of a theater skipping and saying, that was a great experience, i feel better now. >> there's also the side of you

that's a political animal. i mean, you are among people who know you, a billionaire who is not that crazy about capitalism. >> that's true. >> tell me -- >> well, i grew up in the '60s, in san francisco and so i formed a certain kind of way about believing in democracy and believing in america and i'm a very ardent patriot. but i'm also very ardent believer in democracy. not capitalist democracy. i do not believe that the rich should be able to buy the government. that's just the way i feel. >> is that the america you see? >> it's opinion that way for a long time. it's not right and it's not going to work. >> will it change? >> i hope it changes. i mean, it's hard. you've got human nature. basically, it's all -- we've got a country paced on greed and as

long as you got that, then it's corrupt and as long as it's corrupt, you're never going to get a real meeting of the minds on what is best. >> why don't you make a film about the america that you are articulating? why don't you use the power of geor george lucas to tell. >> i don't think i have that much power. i learned -- my first film -- >> could i show you a list of the 100 best films and how many are made by george lucas? >> yeah. but they're not made to -- yes they have a political under tone. especially star wars has an elaborate social emotional political context that it rests in. of course, nobody was aware of that. nobody says oh, my gosh, if you actually watch the movies, it's there. nd you subliminally get the fact of what happens to you if you got a dysfunctional government that's corrupt and doesn't work. >> as soon as you say this, there's also the cover of "time" magazine. there is warren buffett talking about why he believes in

america, why anybody who write of america is making a serious mistake because of his essential qualities that americans have. >> yeah. well, a lot of it also, not to be too controversial here. >> that's okay. >> on your show. because i like you. most of the fault lies with the media. i know everybody uses the media as a scapegoat. but the things the media focus on, the sensationalism, the kind of simple answers, the not really telling the truth is what creates a society where everybody gets really polarized. where they're afraid. >> interesting thing about you, you are the media. you are a person with enormous potential to talk to the public. you know, you don't need the mediament. >> yeah, but my part of the media is a small -- you know, i make a little blip and that's

it. >> george lucas has a powerful voice. you know that. >> it's sort of -- i can make something that entertains people and makes them think. and to give them the values that we supposedly stand for. >> what's the status of the movie business today? not media. the movie business and the moviemaking? >> there are two different things. moviemaking is soaring because we developed digital technology, the equipment is smaller, it's cheaper and it's now becoming dee mock rah advertised. anybody can make a movie. it's like writing. >> that's good? >> that's good because everybody can have a voice. it used to be that only the rich can make movies. there was no chance i would make movies. >> necessity call the rich studios. >> the corporations control everything. they still control quite a bit. that is breaking away. now you can make films less expensive and we have digital

release patterns through the internet and things like that. that is changing in terms of the filmmaker. from my point of view, it's fantastic. obviously, it's going to be a wobbly period for 10, 20 years. but it's going to completely revolutionize that part of the entertainment business. >> finally, two people. one, other than yourself and looking far and wide and just keeping yourself out of it, who is the best filmmaker that you have seen or known? >> well, it's hard to kind of say, pick out a person. because lots of directors have different styles and movies are like people. each one has its own personality and it's hard to say this one is better than that personality. technically, in terms of professional, i think steve spielberg is way above everybody. i worked with him. i worked with everybody. i worked with the top people in the business. produced films for them. steven basically is a genius.

you know, say i could get -- it's hard to pick one. >> your insight to filmmakers is a fascinating story. second person is steve jobs. steve jobs bought pixar from george lucas. george lucas sold it for less than what, $10 million. >> yeah. >> it's now worth 6, $7 billion. what were you thinking about? >> i wasn't thinking about the money. i had already turned down the chairmanship of disney for several billion dollars. >> right. >> i said i don't want to run a public company. with pixar, i developed, it was called the lucas film computer division is what i started. it was doing a lot of equipment, was doing a lot of things. they were there to develop a lot of digital technology that i needed for ilm. here was steve jobs, he was kind of out of work. he was a friend of mine. i said, look, we kind of -- they

talked steve jobs into buying the company as a software company. but i said, you know, guys you got a real chance of convincing him that the digital animation is a great thing. i said, i'll stay on as the godfather, adviser. i'm not going on the board or anything. so i was with them the whole thing. it wasn't like -- i was rooting for the guys. i want the them to get to make their digital movie. in order for steve to make that company work, he had to put $100 million in. then he had to make a deal with disney and it cost another $100 million. i said i have too many other things to worry about. i'm very happy for him. what do i need another -- >> you don't. >> $7 billion for. >> what i need is more time and another time to talk with you about stories. george lucas thank you very much. >> you're welcome. red tails opens in

so how is this for special delivery? the mail carrier can't open the gate. so he just, look at that, lobs the package over the fence. this is security video from a home in north hollywood, california. the valuable antique cuckoo clock in that box, as you might imagine, busted. like the mailman who is now in trouble with his boss. don't people know, erica, there's video everywhere. always to the right thing. >> i'm always worried there's a camera somewhere. i'm always looking in an elevator for the round bubble. >> you're right about that. we want to remind you that tomorrow is the saturday edition of "cbs this morning." this one you have to tune in for. dr. travis stork of the doctors will be here with the result of an investigation into filth on airplanes. >> you will hear what to look out for despite all the gunk on the tray tables. the blankets and carpets. that's tomorrow. before we go, we want to remember a dear friend and colleague, gary moore, who passed yesterday. our thoughts are with his

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