good morning. it is tuesday, march 27, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. trayvon martin's parents lash out after details emerge about their son's life. plus wildfires force evacuations in colorado, so we'll go to the scene. i'm gayle king. when i see you at 8:00, there's new hope for diabetes. could surgery be a possible cure? plus country superstar jason aldean is here. and i'm erica hill. there's good news and bad news for tiger woods. he's fresh off a win in nearly three years but now his former coach is talking in a new book. the man who wrote the book is

here in studio 57. but first before we begin, we look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. probably everything's going to be gone. i don't know. >> wildfires explode in colorado. >> over 3,000 acres have burned. some 900 homes have been evacuated. >> leaving at least one dead and forces hundreds to flee. >> first time in 36 years i had to move -- get out of here. heavy-duty. even in death, they are still disrecollekdisrespected he had been suspended for suspected marijuana use. >> they killed my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation. >> first of all, are the mikes on? >> president obama defending a hot mike moment caught on tape.

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new information is putting a new twist to the trayvon martin case. we know now the unarmed teenager was suspended from school and is accused of beating up the man who shot him. >> martin's parents claim authorities are trying to sully their son's reputation. mark sanford was in florida where there were a series of protests on monday. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. federal investigators will be back at it going over the original controversial police work that sparked such a firestorm. was their decision not to arrest a killer of an unarmed teenager the right one. protesters chanted through downtown sanford with petitions signed by 2 million people demanding the arrest of george zimmerman. the crime watch captain says he shot the teenager in self-defense but martin's father wants him in jail. >> we're asking for justice,

justice, justice. >> reporter: martin's parents also found themselves on the defensive since the shooting. revelations surfaced that the high school suspended him three times for vandalism, tardiness and truancy and at the time of his death, a two-week suspension for a bag of marijuana found inside his bookbag. >> they killed my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation. >> reporter: sanford police confirm that zimmerman told them on the night of february 26 martin decked him with a single punch and bashed his head against the sidewalk. zimmerman then fired his firearm. but the unarmed killing has launched waves of protests. in los angeles many wearing hoodies marched, demanding answers. >> justice. that's what this march is about. >> reporter: state and federal authorities including florida

attorney general pam bundy says it will take time and pleaded for patience. >> what we do know is a 17-year-old boy was walking home and now he's dead. and when you have questions like that, they need to be answered. >> reporter: martin's parents will lead later this morning to washington, d.c. and a hearing. charlie, erica? >> mark, thanks. sanford city manager says the remarks about his suspension was not supposed to come out. they want the information on who released it. we turn now to the attorney for trayvon's parents. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> are the parents saying this information is not true or are they simply saying even if it is truitt is intended to malign their son? >> charlie, that's exactly what

they're saying. they're saying they're trying to attack his reputation and that has been the pattern of the sanford police department. there's no relevance any of this has on what happened on february 26. the only thing that mattered on february 26 is george zimmerman disobeyed the police and got oust his car and pursued and stalked trayvon martin to cause this fatal encounter. >> there was no conflict between trayvon martin and mr. zimmerman according to what you believe and what the parents believe. >> absolutely. and, charlie, all you need to do is listen to the tape. zimmerman did not know trayvon martin before this. if the police want to leak information, why don't they leak the witnesses who say they saw him pursuing trayvon. they have only did things that

are beneficial to mr. zimmerman's claim of self-defense, and the only reason we can think that from day one, they made a decision they were not going to arrest george zimmerman and each day goes by, the whole world is saying you at least got to arrest this guy. >> correct me if i'm wrong, but it sounds like you're referring to this witness who has said he saw trayvon punch george zimmerman, that he believes he saw him essentially beating him up, said he was going to go call 911, looked out the window and the next thing he saw trayvon on the ground and he believed he was dead. he wouldn't put his face on camera. have you spoken to him or the other witnesses that you refer to who tell it as you say a different version of events? >> yes, erica. and that's the thing. even the witness who spoke out, his mother said the police were asking him very confusing questions and he was confused and like the other witnesses

there's a pattern that the saab ford police correct witnesses when it doesn't go with their version of it. three witnesses now have said that the sanford police changed their testimony. >> but what about the gentleman who was not a child, the man who spoke out, who went by the name john, didn't show his phase again on camera, but he's the one who said he saw some sort of an altercation. do you believe he's not telling the truth? >> again, that's leaked information we don't know because the police only leak information to the media, not to the family. and if that was your son, erica, wouldn't you think the police would tell you first before they go tell the world and sully his name? >> and you had no indication of it as an attorney. the first thing you heard about it was in the paper. >> exactly. that's the whole disrespect they have given this family. and that's why people are so outraged. the whole way the police have conducted this investigation has been that trayvon martin is the

subject. they put that on the police report, the first thing. here's the subject. that makes george zimmerman the victim and that is the problem. the investigation was never fair and impartial. >> the pashltss have met with the special prosecutor. i assume they have in that conversation expressed their concern about these matters. >> yes. i lost you for a second, charlie. they have expressed those matters, and they say they're looking at anything. as the city manager said, they can't keep having these leaks in the sanford police department, but notice all these leaks are beneficial to george zimmerman and i hope that the state attorney will look at that, and i hope they will at least arrest him. the family hasn't asked for a conviction. they want what happened to mr. zimmerman to what happened to

their son. that's equal justice. fair and impartial investigation. they would deserve that. >> everybody would agree with you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, charlie. thank you, erica. thousands of people near denver have been forced out of their homes by spectacular wildfire. there has been at least one death so far and trouble continue this morning where strong winds feed the fires. our reporter is at the scene in conif conifer, colorado. >> reporter: one death sense the fire that erupted in denver, 25 miles southwest of denver. the fire is the largest of several blazes raging across the state and quickly scorched 4 1/2 square miles in just a few hours late monday. about a dozen wildfires burned across the state as hundreds of residents were forced to seek shelter. the fires apparently grew from a

proscribed burn conducted last week designed to protect wildfires. >> prayering that the fire goes around our house, but it got our neighbor's house a couple miles up the road. >> first time in 36 year is had to get out of here. so, heavy-duty. >> reporter: so far 900 residents have been evacuated and five homes have been burned. fueled by dry conditions and wind gusts reaching up to 55 miles per hour, the paths of the fire remain unpredictable and officials will continue to battle the blazes today. >> if the wind shifts or if it picks up for some reason, then a lot's possible. we're hoping we gel that tomorrow. we asked for it today. they couldn't fly because it's too dangerous. so lots of boots on the ground tomorrow to try again. >> reporter: lingering smoke could affect air quality through

tuesday. fire officials say there is zero containment at this time. lane lyon. cbs news this morning. there's argument on the most significant part of president obama's health care law. that is the requirement that everyone must have health insurance. >> the justices began considering that controversial law on monday. chief legal correspondent jan crawford is at the supreme court this morning. jab, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. this is the big day that could well decide the future of this law. protesters are already on the front of the supreme court as the justices get ready to design the enormous constitution at issues about congress's power on what to do. can congress force you to go out and get health is insurance? they never had to deal with this before. first there is another issue. yesterday the justices heard arguments on whether or not they

could even decide this case right now. outside the court people for and against president obama's health care law made their voices heard, but inside, the debate was technical and cerebral as the justices delved into challenges over the 2,700-page law. it raises questions over fund menial power over american lives, but on day one they dealt with the basic legal question. is it too soon for the court to hear the case. attish is whether the penalty people will refuse to buy insurance amounts. if it does, the court can't hear the case until someone actually pays the tax, which won't happen until 2015 after that part of the law goes into effect. some of the justices were skeptical. >> they called it a penalty and not a tax for the reason. they wanted it to fall outside

to a different chapter, et cetera. >> reporter: but today's part will go to the heart of the law, individual mandates. the court will hear from opponents, including 26 states, who says congress has no power under the constitution to tell anyone to buy anything. congress has powers to regulate commerce. opponents say that's true but they can't create it. others are saying unlike other products, many will need health care. justice has divided america. that's pretty hard to predict. we'll have a much better idea of that after we hear the questions during this historic two-hour argument. >> cosenator colburne has been firm on this. good morning.

>> good morning. >> with respect to the issues before the supreme court dwrourks hope the court says to the united states, this entire health care law is unconstitutional? >> i certainly do. i praise the obama administration for wanting to address the issue. there's no question we have problems. health care costs too much. but every claim about this bill is going to be disproven both in terms of its savings, its delivery of care and its affordability. it's highly unaffordable. we're now over what it's going to cost in increased taxes and spending by the federal government. so my hope would be -- and for another reason, charlie, is the commerce clause and the expansion of it is the reason we're running trillion-dollar deficits. you and i have had this conversation before. we're in such a big financial hole.

if you go back to look white we are, it's because the federal government has gotten outside of the bounds of what wi were ever to do and one of the ways we did that is by expanding the commerce clause to have us involvedny things that are not in our purview. >> he says, in my sohn own view the individual mandate is perfectly acceptable policy. if all americans are in the same intraconnected system i think it's reasonable for government to insist that all americans participate in the insurance network that is the payment method for that system. >> well, we just don't have the authority to tell people to do that. that's fine for some columnist to write that. david brooks, that's right. he's a ham tonian.

i'm not. i'm a samuel tonian. how well is medicare working right now, charlie, how well is medicaid working? none of them are working well. they're totally bankrupt programs. we can't afford them. the care is declining. even though you say you can have access, you don't get access. 40% of the people coming into medicare are having trouble finding a fegs that takes medicare. it's not working and the reason it doesn't work is we're not using market forces and creating a true safety net to help those who need help. so we're outside of our role as a federal government. >> so therefore you do not support the rekwiert for p pre-existing condition. >> charlie, that's not it. the point is i support a true market where you can actually go in and find something. the point being is that we're

going to make everybody say if we don't do that, then some consequences of market failure we can't tolerate, we'll no longer trust markets and we'll have a system that sets the rules on everything. there is a choice in between there. and the choice says -- and i don't have any problem with what you do on terms of interest. butty is it the role for the federal government to set that? what's wrong with the interest to be sold across state lines? ? we don't have a real market in insurance. that's the reason everybody wants to try to fix it. before we criticize the market base, we ought to go back and say doll we have a real market and we have not done that. >> to be continued. thank you. president obama is on his way home where he shrugged off issues. senior correspondent bill plante

is traveling with the president. >> reporter: good morning. president obama made light of republican outrage when he was asked about his overheard statement that he'd have more flexibility to deal with russia after his election. >> first of all, are the mikes on? >> reporter: a day after telling outgoing russian president medvedev that the issues can be resolved if incoming president putin gives him some space, he said he had no hidden agenda. >> i want to reduce our nuclear sump pumps and one of barriers to doing that is building trust and cooperation around missile defense issues so this is not a matter of thiegd ball. i i'm on record. >> reporter: but building that meaning finding bipartisan support in congress which is difficult in any election year.

>> frankly the current environment is not conducive to those kind f of thoughtful confrontations. i think we deal better in 2013. >> reporter: there was one part of the question the president didn't answer, whether he was being presumptuous that he would still be president after the election. for "cbs this morning," i'm bill plante with the

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there's a person right there stuck in the mud for about an hour. happened at a construction site in atlanta. it was so bad one of the firefighters got stuck as well. here's the good news. we're told everybody's okay. probably not how you want to start your day. glad everyone's okay. we told you on monday how tiger woods won his first pga tournament in over 2 1/2 years. as you can guess, tiger was very happy and very relieved. >> it felt good. a lot of hard work. so thankful for a lot of people helping me out along the way. you all know who they are. it's been tough. today was unbelievable. >> hank haney was tiger's coach

for six of his most successful years and quit in 2010. his new memoir, "the big miss," is the focus of some controversy. good to have you here. >> thank you. >> why is the book controversial? >> i think a lot had to do with the fact that once sentences were taken out of context. that's understandable. and tiger doesn't like people talking about him. so that's created a reaction from his side of the fence too. >> do you think he was referencing you when he talked about people who knew, people who didn't? >> probably. no, i don't think so. >> here's the question about tiger. is he back? is the game back where he can be the player he was and perhaps even break jack nicklaus's grand slam record? >> define "back." the last three years i helped him, he won 45% of his tournaments. i don't think that's going to

happen again because of the competition. he played fantastic. he led in regulation, got his putter going again, key for him, led fourth. as far as jack nicklaus's record, that's one of the things i go through in the last chapter of the book. you know, he has the time to do it. you know, i wouldn't put anything past tiger woods. >> here is what some people are offended by, as you know, that you have violated some sense of confide confidence alt. >> right. >> like a doctor/patient confident chalt. he invited you in. he asked you to talk about his game and you talk about him, his life, his attitude in the book. >> the thing about this so-called unwritten code, i mean there's no written code. there's not a doctor/patient relationship. i understand people have that

feeling, that idea. i knew people felt that. you know, the bottom line really was i felt like these are my memories as well as tiger's and i didn't think he had an exclusive or patent on those memories. i'm asked about him all the time, how my job worked with tiger. when you're around greatness and observe it and you're asked about it, i thought, they're my memories too, and i want to share them. >> it's interesting because you talk in the book about how when you were worked with him, you were very rem sent to talk about him. when people asked about his swing, you didn't want to go there. you felt it wasn't your place. even when you worked with him. what changed? was it money? >> no, no. absolutely not. i wanted to talk about history, to be honest with you. tiger's, i think, the greatest player ever lived. >> greatest player that ever

lived. >> i thing so. >> better than jack nicklaus. >> jack has the greatest record but i think tiger's the best player that's ever played the game. unique individual, very complex. the book is also about coaching and how i got my opponents across. it's not all about tiger. it's what we went through. >> as golfers, that's what we're interested in. i was looking at the tighting, "the big miss." it has to do with the swing. >> the swing, the big missed putt, the missed opportunity to win a tournament. it has multiple meanings. missed opportunities that we had when we had time together. >> what is it that he has that makes him so good? >> it's just the whole package. and that's the one thing i try to describe in the book. it's everything that makes up tiger, the mental, the physical, the mental and most importantly

the ability to make that last putt or shot. it's a whole new package that's so unique i don't think we'll ever see it again. >> do you think his lifestyle detracted from being on the court? it didn't need to. it would be hard to say it did. >> you say in the board you were never surprised. you just told us you thing his game is back. mentally, though, is the tiger woods you see now on the golf course, is he at all different from the man you coached for a number of years? how do you think he's changed, if at all? >> i think there's this feeling when you look -- i mean you hear the galleries. i don't think he could help but think there's people out there that wonder about things that he did. he's a human being, so there has to be some of that. i think time heals all that. fans cheering for him, that's

helping him. >> is he any more humble? people looked at him as very confident, a little arrogant. did this humble him in some way >> to be that great, think it's part of the whole package to be arrogant. i don't know. it would be hard for me to say. >> yeah. in the end this are many really great swings in gulf. tiger oops edge is his attitude, is it not? >> i think so. >> the interesting thing though is whether that intimidation that he had because he was so good and he had this mental confidence that his father hemmed him develop wlrks that's less effective. >> well, people say that. like this last tournament he played, he won by five shots, he

could have won that by ten shots easily and they all say they're not intimidated but let him play like that a few weeks. >> you say you're no longer coaching. never again will you take on a pro? >> 32 years of coaching, over 200 pros, i decided tiger would be my last student. that's what i'm doing. >> no regrets on this book. >> absolutely. i'm brought of this book. >> "the big miss" is available in stores an online. >> jeff glor takes us to the big premiere. exciting. >> torl we will reveal five things that your cruise line will not tell you. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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tim tell bow was spotted at the broadway musical "wicked." it was annoyed when peyton manning came in and stole his seat. >> he had millions of fans and an army of critics f an denver broncos signed peyton manning and traded tim tebow. he got his formal introduction with life with the jets. plenty of people were watching. >> yes, indeed. keep in mind, tim tebow had a choice here. two teams wanted him. new york and jacksonville and he >> reporter: one of the first things tebow said when he walked up on stage, a lot of people here. >> reporter: a lot of people here. get used to it. perhaps one of the biggest teams in the country. 40 odd tv cameras, 145 reporters and 150 questions for a backup quarterback in the off season. >> i've always enjoyed pressure,

and that's something that exc e excites me. i thenk i play better when i have more on the line. do the jets have to do this? >> yes. you have to find a way to satisfy the media. it's a new cycle. they did it the right way, think. >> how did tebow do? >> i think he did okay. >> great means he escaped unscathed. smiling the whole way. praising current quarterback mark sanchez. >> we've been back and forth. we're going to have a great relationship. >> reporter: and expressing surprise that people are so fascinated by his faith. >> i've been doing that routine for the last seven years, since my senior year of high school. and now it's a big deal that i'm going to the end zone and getting on my knee and praying. for me it's not about changing or being anyone different. it's who i am. >> how is tim tebow in new york

different than tim tebow in denver? >> you have to watch everywhere you go. a microscope will be on him. it's a big change. but, again, i it's probably not something he's not used to, just a much larger scope. >> if he wins here as he's done everywhere else, the legend will grow along with back page pictures. >> why did he choose new york? >> he said he feels comfortable with the coaches. he knew ryan from before, even though -- >> the intriguing question for all of us who are thrilled he's here is whether he can play some position rather than quarterback and whether you can create some new offense that will have a double barrel, sanchez on one end, tebow on the other? >> i think he can, but he has a

different style. i think he knows if he's going to succeed as quarterback which he wants to long time and full time he needs to work on and quick than release, and that's what he was working on out in california this off season. >> we can expect him to be a better passer next football season because he's conscious of what he wants to do. >> one would think he would be better. in the meantime, they're talking about him doing 20 25rks a gail. defense have figured it a little bit out, but tebow is very good. >> i thought about this wonderful pass in which he throws it near the sideline and tebow heaves it to a wild receiver standing in the end zone. >> he said, look it. when you're running offense and you don't know there's five or six guys who may be touching when you're running the ball, that makes it difficult. tim tebow is a smart football

player and he knows how they're going to try the game plan against him. >> it's going fun for us. >> we're tailgating and we're going to play the "i'm so excited" game. mark sanchez is excited too. we have to go. people a

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it's annoying me. i know he's my father, but it's annoying me. >> can you ask him to leave? >> wow, if you didn't catch it, that tennis player wants to have his father thrown out of the stadi stadium. on top of that his dad is his coach. it didn't work. he went on to lose that tournament over the weekend. can you imagine what that car ride was like home. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> and i'm charlie rose with erica hill. the disease affects at least 25 million americans, and that number is growing. >> people struggle to control it

with diet and with drugs. medical correspondent dr. jon lapook takes a look at a new study which shows that surgery may be an answer. >> tim ferree used to think of himself as a big guy. he weighed 250 pounds but the young father of two was still surprised when he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. >> i thought i was a guy who could stand to lose some weight, but i didn't think of myself as obese. >> reporter: his diabetes was not well controlled through standard treatment. so when he heard doctors at the cleveland clinic were researching a new way to treat diabetes, stomach surgery, he hoped it might be the answer. >> i never thought about weight loss surgery at all, so, no, it never was on my radar. >> reporter: fe arree had gastr by pass surgery. after one year, 42% of those undergoing that procedure had their debut tees under control with normal blood sugars

compares to those just using medications. dr. phil in schauer says after the surgery, diabetic patients don't need medications. >> it's amazing how quickly the blood sugar normalizes. we had people within hours or days of the operation be ever they lost any weight reach normal blood sugar. >> reporter: ferree has dropped 60 pounds and his diabetes has disappeared and there other 'amazing health benefits. >> within two weeks of having the surgery, my blood sugar levels were fine, cholesterol was fine. i feel great. >> reporter: dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >> he's the director of the bear a trick and metabolic institute at the cleveland clinic and he

joins us here. i just saw you on tv. good morning, doctor. >> good morning, gayle. i was very excited but it was frightening to me. when i think weight loss surgery, thing very extreme, very dangerous, but why does it work in this case? >> it has gotten much better over the years and we can do these operations with very small incisions so we've come a long way in reducing complications of surgery, but i can be very, very effective in not just improving but reversing diabetes, gayle. it's very, very important sniet all has to do with weight? >> it's got some to do with weight. even before they lose the weight, the diabetes is gone in many cases. >> why is that? >> there's been a lot of work done on this. we think there are hormones in the intestines revved up after this surgery and they directly increase production of the insulin directly by the pancreas. >> what amazes me is type 2 diabetes called the fastest

growing epidemic in medicine. >> it's a tsunami, charlie. >> a tsunami? >> it's a tsunami. millions are getting this disease and many of them are going to end up having kidney failure, dialysis, amputation, blindless, heart attacks and strokes and the medications we have are good, but still about half the folks who are on medications are not in ghoul control. so surgeries are another weapon doctors can use. >> the longer effect it has, the more it can affect other diseases. let me come to one other point. if this is so spectacularly effective, even reversing diabetes, isn't there some way else to have the impact this has without surgery? not yet, but, you know, we might learn more from these operations. if we learn how they work, perhaps a pill or another medication can be developed. >> to release those hormones. >> that's right. >> charlie said epidemic.

you said tsunami. why is this happening? i know we're a nation of fatty mcfat-fats. is it our eating habits are so poor? >> the obesity epidemic is driving this but there's also a genetic component to it. there are certain types of ethnic groups that are predisposed. in the middle east, in the gulf region, one in four have adult diabetes. >> part of a diet? >> absolutely. diets high in fats and carbohydrates certainly play a role. >> if we gain the weight back, what happens? i see many people have the surgery and you see them a couple years later but they gain a couple of pounds. >> perhaps about 5%. >> that's it? >> yeah. they're showing most of the weight is kept off. some gain some back. when when they gain some back, the diabetes is kept in control.

>> that's the amazing thing. it can control it and in some cases reverse it. >> exactly. it's a chronic disease. if you can get it at age 30, you're going to be imprisoned by the shots and injections and pinpricks for many, many years and this gives you a chance to reverse it early. >> this is sort of a yes and no. the medical community establishes or confirms the results of these studies. >> absolutely. >> you're offering a lot of hope today, dr. schauer. thank you. >> thank you for having me. jason aldean, a fan favorite from coast to coast. the country star superstar puts down his guitar to chat with us for a second when "cbs this morning" continues. >> announcer: cbs "healthwatch" sponsored by aaveeno. its moisture barrier, trengthenig for improved texture and elasticity in 2 weeks.

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a hugely popular cd. i even like the title "my kind of party." it was the top country album in 2011. >> when we caught up with him, he had just kick off his leg of the nation wide tour.

he picked up grammys with kelly clarkson. >> lucky for us he's taking a breather. jason aldean is here with team jason. good to see you. >> thank you very much. thanks for having me. >> just to say team jason. did you ever dream of a day like this where you're touring around the country and everybody wants to see and talk to you? >> no. i mean obviously these last couple of years have been way more than i could ever, you know, hope for, but it's been fun. i tell these guys, like the bodyguard, i'm basically paying them to hang out with me, keep me company more than anything else. >> what was your dream as a little boy? you grew up where? >> i grew up in macon, georgia. >> what was your dream as a little kid? >> as a little kid i wanted to be baseball player. i grew up playing baseball and i

had a chance to go to college and kind of pursue baseball a little further. and the thought of going to school for four more years was not very appealing to me at the time, so i decided to kind of throw everything i had into music at that point and went out and started playing some clubs and things like that, and kind of went that route and here we are. >> i know we did this piece with you in january. i was talking with one of the producers. she said, you know what's so great? any time i work with a country music star, they're so nice. and she said jason aldean is this great guy and so normal. it's such a pleasure. it's amazing that we hear that consistently about the country music world. i love it. >> i don't know. i think for the most part, i mean most of us really kind of came up in the business

struggling to get to where we are, you know. it's like any business like this. it's not easy, and i think for most of us, just kind of remembering, you know, those times of struggling and getting here. you know -- once you finally get an opportunity, i guess, to do this, you don't want to take it for granted and do things like that where you, you know, start treating people bad, you know. you're not going to be around for very long if you start doing things like that. >> i love that you married your high school sweetheart that. helps too. two daughters. >> there was a great quote where it say use're a gentle singer with traces of soul phrasing where you're maybe not as tough as you appear but in a very good way. how do you feel about that? >> i don't know. i mean i -- you know, i think my -- you know, my personality, it kind of is what it is. i think, you know, there are certain songs i'm drawn to when

we're looking for songs for an album. >> i like when you said about soul fragz. you're singing with lionel richie. kelly clarkson, i've listened to you with ludicrace. the allman brothers and rem. i think growing up where i did, there was so many different influences coming out of georgia and just -- so many different songs that i was influenced by. i thrng for me i grew up just for an appreciate for music in general i would have never put you with

ludacr ludacris. but it works. >> we did a song called dirt road anthem and it came up for ludacris to do this song for us. i said if he's going to do it, i want him to write his own verse that fits him and he did and when he wrote the verse and came and played it for us, i thought it was brilliant. i'm a big fan of his and i thought what he did on this song was unbelievable. >> me too. this sunday you're up for entertainer of the year. who are you pulling for? >> i could say who i hope does. >> yeah, i hope so too. >> obviously the ac m's are a big night for us in the country music world. >> and you're performing, too, right. >> we are. we are performing. it's a big night for us in country music. it's out in las vegas. you know, entertainer of the

year is that award that's the last one of the night, the big one. so i don't know. this is our second year being nominated for it, you know. it's hard to say. everybody's had a big year. >> listen. you've got good competition, but, jason, you're really good. i can't wait to see what you're going to wear. >> it woernlts be that fashionable, trust me. >> nice to have you with us. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> you can see more of jason this sunday night

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times says producer harvey weinstein will release his documentary move. he's waging a big battle to get it changed from r to pg. some theaters may not show it without the rating. >> did you ever get a speeding ticket? three tickets within one hour? >> nope. >> these good to news. our affiliates say it happened to one woman over the weekend. she was rushing to her sick mother. she had no idea she was speeding. twice, police say, she was going ore 100 miles an hour. and the"the huffington post that we're all obsessed with. an easter egg hunt was canceled due to so-called bad parents. last year eggs were left in the field. overly aggressive parents jumped the rope to make sure their kids got the egg.

some never got a shot. i think those parents need a time-out. >> parents behaving badly. jane fonda is heading to the white house. it's about a white house servant who worked alongside pretties over 34 years, ending with ronald reagan. liam neeson may play lynn don johnson. john cusack could play richard nixon. speaking of first ladies, michelle obama arranged quite a school trip. she invited a dozen of students from london to visit the white house. they met with mrs. obama earlier this month. one girl was so inspired by the first lady she now wants to be prime minister. >> nice. how smart are you? that depends on how many friends you have. new research finds that people with bigger brains have more friends because it takes brain power to keep up those friendships. that's long story short.

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salsa, anyone? welcome back to "cbs this morning." after four busy days in mexico, pope benedict is in cuba this morning, hence the music, a country where pope john paul made a historic visit 14 years ago. >> a lot has changed since then.

byron, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the pope has one more event in santiago this morning and he has one more event. last night he held mass here. when the pope visited the u.s. in 2008 the crowds were loud and joyous, sometimes rockets. not here. one man pushed his way too aggressively toward the stage, state security ushered him uf a. this is communist cuba. public events are scripted. as for pope benedict, never seemed to notice. he kept to his prepared remarks. >> translator: dear brothers and sisters, the pope said, i appeal to you to reinvigorate your christ that you may live in christ and for christ and armed

with peace and forgiveness and understanding and go to a renewed and open society. with the collapse of communism around the world, economic hardships at home and the gentle nudging of the vatican restraints on religion have easeded. though most cubans say they're catholic but many are not practicing. state employees were given the day off to attend. people like lionel moya. he wanted the pope to talk about freedom and jobs. we met moya outside his local bashrshop. they're just some of the small businesses now allowed in cuba. in downtown santiago, for example, certain streets are closed to trucks and cars during business hours in an effort to draw foot traffic and boost sales. privately owned boutiques and restaurants are here. people are more interested in

capitalism than ka thol sick. >> are you catholic? >> reporter: local parish pretties taught at fordham university in new york. he hopes the pope's visit will grow the church and encourage a long suffering people. >> reporter: what does it mean to have the pope in cuba? >> it's a presence that invites to have more faith, more hope, more solidarity. >> reporter: in havana, the pope will meet with cuban president raul cass stroe. expectations as to whether or not his brother will be there. >> is there a political message that will resonate with the people that you interviewed? >> reporter: oh, i think so. i think so. i mean there's a real expectation here and around the world that the pope's presence here will make a difference. and, charlie, consider this. about 300 cuban-americans chartered in for this event, many of them wealthy, influential people from south

florida. major contributors to the republican party. for some of them, this was their first trip back to cuba in more than 50 years. essentially of them said this experience changed their view of cuba. and, guys, we all know when wealthy people write checks, politicians listen. >> that is so true. >> you have been to cuba before yourself. do you see the change? is it clear? >> reporter: i think so. two things, charlie, stand out for me. number one, the number of people who own their own businesses and the pride that comes with that and also how people talk about life after cass stroe. when i was here six years ago, that would never come up. you couldn't envisit. now they talk openly. communism is going away here. people honestly believe that. >> byron pitt, thank you. nice to have yo with u us this morning. movies don't get any hotter

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than "the hunger games." i can help you make an impression. >> that was coal miners. >> yeah, but i don't want to do that. i want to do something they're going to remember. did they explain about trying to get sponsors? >> yeah, but i'm not very good at making friends. >> chances are you've already seen that scene because a lot of you went to see it this past weekend. it was by far the number one movie in america. it's just beginning. ask the director gary ross. >> he already has to start thinking about keeping the magic alive by directing the first sequel. good morning. >> good morning. >> explain the phenomenon. what is it that makes this a bestseller and a very successful movie? >> you know, it's funny. i talk to a lot of kids who read the book before i ever started,

charlie. it was interesting because obviously it's bespectacled, completely engaging, and you would expect that to be the thing that attracted them. but to a kid, they all talked about katniss, her humanity, how she connected with roux, how she connected with her sister. i think that's what's at the heart of this. in this brutal system, in this brutal culture, brutal totalitarian culture, this is a person who fights to save humans. once she draws that line, once she hears that bell she can't unring it. once she knees who she is as an individual, she can't go bad. weirdly it's -- >> i have to agree, gary. i had a little bit of ooh a wakeup call for me. i went to see it and i walked

out so shaken and it was so violent and the kids were getting hurt. we had high school kids in. they said we know it's not reality. we're taking lessons from the movie about what to do, what not to do. we in no way think this is real which is interesting. i walked out thinking what message does this send? >> there's a social context for it. look. kids face a brutal and difficult and uncertain future and like i said, i think it's a question of how human can i stay when i have to scratch and claw for my own survival, when i have to fight for my own survival, how do i preserve the piece of me that's human, and think that's what the books do, which is obviously what we try to do in the movie. i really do think she's at the heart, katniss, and her journey is at the heart of why it's successful. >> played by jennifer lawrence. >> loved her. >> oh, my god.

>> loved her. >> you're the director, and she walks in for the test. >> it's ridiculous, charlie. as i said, i had never seen her audition like this. >> how so? how so? >> it floored me. i could see the whole movie. forgetting about casting jen. i saw, oh, my god, not only is this going to work, but it's going have nuance and colors i couldn't even malk. i think she's once a generation. >> i was wondering if it was something to you personally. may i see i've seen all three movies. what does this -- this is by far, i think, the biggest for you. what does it mean to you personally. >> they're all my children. >>ry are they? >> i love pleasantville as much as t"the hunger games". yes, there's a mavis phenomena to all this but you're attached to all of them. >> all of them? >> yes, of snook when yu look at

this move and its appeal to kids, was there a sense you could go so far but not further? did you have to edit yourself at all? >> only for the purpose of the actual story telling. it wasn't annish of restramt for ratings purposes. this was shot from her point of view, so the perception of the violence is what counts. it's how she sees and feels this. it isn't popping wide. i don't need to luridly show some blood bath. >> fortuitous violence, but it is kids killing kids. >> yes, but it is her perception of what's going on around her. in other words, i don't need to pop wide and show the petal of waterloo. i need to know what she's feeling all around her. it was fortunate in that respect. >> no. and you certainly took us there. you did. i thought your choice of shots was very interesting because a lot of times there were really, tight, tight shots that i felt i

was with jennifer, katniss, the whole time. she seemed to have her head screwed on right, just in the interviews i've seen. i've heard her her say she was reluctant at first because she wasn't sure she was ready for the change. >> you're 21 years old, a new actor, and you're going to be thrown into what we realize is a pop culture vortex. the thing about jennifer, she has such a depth of talent and such an accomplished actor,s she's more interesting in being an actor than being famous. the important thing to me is do i find a piece of material, i connect with it, see clearly. what i do every day is make a movie? is there some kind of contractual commitment to make other movies as it moves forward? >> we're beginning that process right now. >> and the author's happy with what we've seen? >> oh, yeah.

>> great to see you. gary ross. >> thank you. >> go, gary ross. from movie art to high earth, we'll ooh show why some pieces sell for millions of dollars. millions. you're watching "cbs this morning." [ male announcer ] for the dreamers...

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give the crews of cable news to join in the story and voila. we have our new favorite game. news jedi or sick lord. okay. that is a trick question. he's neither jedi. he's too adorable. i'm going to go with ewok. >> did you think about wearing a hoodie? >> no, i did not. i like the obvious solidarity. >> that's right. we'll pass. what would you say to great art? most people would put a painting like "the last supper" in that category. how about a dead shark. >> i always wondered how these prices were set, r.j. >> absolutely. i idea the same, erica. good morning. there are starving artists and then there's damian.

he's made millions. what makes it art and who determines the price? the answer may surprise you. for $150 you could own a pet shark. so with all the sharks in the sea, how did this one reel in $12 million? >> art is one of the most expensive handmade things on the face of the earth. a little boy sitting -- >> art critic jerry saltz said bad art can cost a lot of money if people want it. >> i think 85% of the earth that i see is grab. the big shark is not great art, but what a sight that is. >> reporter: 20 years ago british born artist paid to have this 14'shark caught off the coast of australia, $2,100 to have it shipped on ice in the uk and another $8,000 to have it

stuffed and fermented in a tank of formaldehyde. he called it "the impossibility of death in the mind of someone living." >> i think people buy art that a lost other people buy. maybe it's like the stocks where you buy not with your eyes but with your ears. >> hurst has made a career and a fortune that's packed a punch and lots of it. he began painting spots in 1986. today there are over $ 1,500 sps painted. this curator says the more attention the spots get, the more valuable they get. >> if no one wanted to look at them, would they have any value? ? i think it's a very interesting question about the history of art, in fact. >> each year over 8 million people flock to this museum in paris to see the mona lisa,

leonardo da vinci's masterpiece painted over 500 years ago. >> the adage is great art stands the test of time. >> certain art pieces don't need a 10-digit price tag to be considered valuablvaluable. >> they're in many different museums. >> then there's the art who isn't standing the test of time. art its like christopher wool whose painting made $7.7 million. >> that's what makes their collection more exclusive. and it is intriguing that that word "fool" would be so inticing to collectors at that amount.

>> in other words, its's not ar for art's sake but if art is undeed in the eye of the beholder, it's only a safe investment if future investors agree. children are here with oversized kitchen appliances. didn't seem to question what they were seeing was art. >> why do you think the artist made a giant cheese greater? >> maybe he didn't think of it as a cheese greater. maybe he thought of it as a piece of art. >> they hat a lot more fun making things of their own, pretty priceless stuff, depending on who you ask. >> even at a museum, when you go, i bet you don't look at everything. i bet you see about 15%. about 15%, something, if you let it, will reach out and embed itself in you. >> when i watched this, it reminds me of the fact that andy

warhol painted t the camp bell cans. >> it's interesting that youm bring um that point. arts gets some of its value from who owns it in the first place. if somebody famous owns it, in most cases that ups the val yaw of the art. just in harnltly most people want it because it's associated with someone famous. >> and they associate you as being someone in good taste. i find art so intimidating. >> last year the most expensive paintings last year was $250 million. by the royal family of cutter. a lot of people are buying art, especially in places like the middle east. >> there's something i haven't been able to grasp and i

understand why it's important. some people have an eye. you can't define what eye is, but they know it's good. >> some people will tell you that the secreten what is good is assess by the price point, the more it kofled the more you'll tell its. >> we even goc to go know. up next, your local news. we'll see you tomorrow. we love gardening...

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