wednesday. good morning. it is wednesday, april 25, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. with a clean sweep in five primaries, mitt romney says the republican race for president is over and now it's time to defeat president obama. i'm erica hill. the john edwards trial takes a nasty turn and yet another plane forced to make an emergency landing after birds strike the windshield. i'm gayle king. federal agents are pleading for help in the case of a missing american woman in panama. also a visit from goldie hawn and words of wisdom from oprah in a special "note to self".

we begin with today's "eye opener" your world in 90 seconds. >> thank you, pennsylvania, delaware, rhode island, connecticut and new york! thank you! >> mitt romney sweeps the gop primaries and looks to november. >> hold on a little longer. a better america begins tonight. >> the general election campaign absolutely is on right now. let the games begin. >> do you know mitt romney? >> i've met him, but we're not friends. >> the secret service prostitution scandal, two more employees resigning, another one forced out. >> two others have been cleared of major wrongdoing. >> what are secret service guys on foursquare, too, just checking in at the president's previously undisclosed locations. >> at westchester county airport.

a bird strike forced a plane to make an emergency landing. >> we hit two big geese. >> a new case of mad cow disease in the united states. >> details from the trial of john edwards. edwards claimed there was only a one in three chance he was his mistress' baby daddy, calling her, quote, crazy slut. >> milwaukee police are looking for a driver who nearly ran over an officer on bike patrol. a dangerous new trend among teens. drinking hand sanitizer. >> i'll try one. >> me too. >> all that -- >> a confused driver ended up trapping his car in the metro station. >> and all that matters -- >> now is not the time to make school pore expensive for our young people. >> on "cbs this morning." >> okay.

welcome to "cbs this morning." after winning the latest republican primaries, mitt romney says he's ready to start a new campaign to force president obama out of office. as romney gets closer to clinching the nomination, his chief rivals are acknowledging the inevitable. chip reid is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's not official but after sweeping five states, most republican insiders say no doubt mitt romney will be the republican nominee. >> together we are going to win on november 6th. >> reporter: mitt romney declared victory tuesday not not just in states holding primaries but for the gop presidential nomination. >> the last two years have been the best barack obama can do, but it's not the best america can do.

tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointments of the obama years. >> reporter: romney's fife-state sweep in pennsylvania, delaware, rhode island, connecticut, new york locked in his gop-in-waiting but still needs 290 delegates to make it official. 54% of republicans say they want romney to be be the nominee. even rick santorum offered support last night. >> he's the person that is going to go up against barack obama, it's clear and we need to win this race. >> in i mishearing things, you just endoersd rick santorum? >> if that's what you want to call it. >> reporter: athat's as close as santorum got to endorsing romney. and newt gingrich appears to be lining up behind romney. >> we'll be here to be the most helpful to this country.

gov more romney will have a very good night. if he ends up as nominee, i think every conserve ty in this country has to be committed to defeating barack obama. >> reporter: romney is still struggling to get conservative from the base of the republican party but aanalysts say as election day approaches and think about the possibility of a second obama term, that will be enough to get them fired up. >> chip reid, thank you. now major garrett joining us. >> good morning. >> tell me what mitt romney after a bruising battle to reset himself and the campaign for a general campaign. >> what romney will spend the next 60 to 90 days doing -- what he's doing in new york? raising money. he needs to begin the process of organizing a national campaign. when romney would go through the primary states, he would take his campaign and move it to the next place, leave nothing

behind. unlike president obama in 2008, he would leave his people behind and build an infrastructure out from there. romney doesn't have that luxury so he needs to build a national campaign. he needs to create a message saying obama can say whatever he wants for me, he's been the president for 3 1/2 years. that's his record. >> maybe obama the issue? >> absolutely. >> how much narrowing down have they done? >> i think they've done a little bit of narrowing down. i'm as far out on the limb as anyone writing in washington can be, i said i thought he would pick rob portman tells me it's going to be rob portman because it emphasizes central message of the campaign, he's not exciting but well vetted. meaning no surprise stories if you pick a guy like rob portman. and i think the essence of mitt romney's message is, i'm an acceptable, credible alternative

and rob peortman fills the bill >> you need some excitement. you mentioned -- >> i said it would be squares squared. >> but also talk mitt romney -- not that you don't want somebody with surprises but he needs a little something to get the energy going, especially if we see the president approval rating up. >> yes, the president is in a good position. nationally and state by state and all the crucial swing states. the president is the odds-on favorite. nonchallenged incumbent president usually wins unless it's a terrible economy. is this economy terrible? i don't think it's terrible. most americans don't think it's terrible but they're unsatisfied. mitt romney will try to crystallize that message. you can't graph charisma on to an uncharacteristic front-runner and the party will rise or fall on their agenda not the kra ris ma.

>> is mitt romney a better candidate today? is he somehow, after all of this, able to overcome some of the reservations about him, both in terms of message and in terms of how he conducts himself? >> mitt romney is a weak front-runner. he had a difficult primary process. he comes out under water. his approval rating is lower than it was when it started. and yet he's still in this race. he's getting better as a candidate. as i've watched governor romney throughout his career, success breeds success. he's that kind of guy. when you reach metrics and levels of success, you feel better, confidence builds and i think you'll ee him be a better candidate. i think there's a central question the obama campaign has to argue about romney. he has no core and flip-flopper

and right wing idealog. can you be that at same time? i think that's what president obama will try to clear up. >> thank you. the secret service says it's dealt with all 12 agents linked to a prostitution scandal in colombia. >> bill plante is at the white house this morning. >> reporter: good morning. the secret service has dealt with all 12 involved in the scandal just as the agency's ultimate boss janet napolitano testifies today before a senate panel looking into the matter. for the first time since the day after the incident came to light in colombia, president obama addressed the scandal in an interview on nbc's "late night with jimmy fallon". >> the scandal happens with secret service. >> a little distracting. >> reporter: that distraction may be nearing an end. mark sul vn went to capitol hill tuesday to report on his investigation and to brief senators on the sanctions handed

don. of the 12 people being investigated in connection with the prostitution scandal, six have resigned, one was allowed to retire, one was fired but can still appeal. another will keep his job but has had his security clearance suspended and three have been cleared of serious wrongdoing. the secret service is still conducting lie detector tests to find out what happened in advance of the president's trip to colombia. the president has remained loyal. >> a couple of knuckleheads should detract from, you know, what they do, but what these guys were thinking, i don't know. that's why they're not there anymore. >> reporter: director sullivan told lawmakers when everything is complete, he expects to testify and give a full and transparent accounting of what happened here at the caribe and hilton hotels. the military is still dealing with its half of the scandal. there are now 12 members of the armed forces who have had their security clearances suspended

while that part of the investigation continues. lawmakers tell cbs news on the whole they give the secret service director high marks for how he has handled this whole thing. the hearings are just getting started up on capitol hill and some of the people who were pressured to resign may choose to fight instead. so, the end of this process may not yet be in sight. charlie, erica? >> bill, thank you. for the second time in less than a week, a passenger jet taking off from new york had to make an emergency landing after an encounter with some birds. >> it happened to a jetblue plane last night. jeff glor is here with more. >> good morning. this plane was in the air for seven minutes. it was an eventful seven minutes for the pilots. >> clear for takeoff 160. >> jetblue flight 571 left for west balm peach at 6:45 and was struck by two birds shortly after forcing return to the

westchester county airport. >> we have to come back. we hit two big geese. >> jetblue 571, roger. >> reporter: two geese crossed in front of the jet and hit into the windshield, obstructing the pilot's rue. though no damage was later found, they declared an emergency heading back to base to switch planes. >> airport, proceed on runway 16. >> taking 16. >> jetblue 571, nice to have you back on the ground. >> reporter: the flight landed shortly after 7:00 and no record injuries. the crew and all 54 passengers boarded another plane and took off again for florida about two hours later. >> it was all of. we took off and it was evident we hit something. the plane kept swerving from left to right. >> oh, my god. if that thing went into the engine, it was certainly inconvenient but in comparison what it could have been, we're

good. >> reporter: three years ago captain chesley sullen burger guided a us airways flight into manhattan's west side after birds took out both engines also on takeoff. since that incident birds have smashed into more than 1700 flights in new york state alone. and this emergency landing is the second such event in the new york area in less than a week. last thursday a passenger captured this video of a flock of seven birds just before they crashed into an engine, forcing a return to jfk. >> what kind of birds are these? >> gulls usually. a wide variety but typically gulls. >> as in seagulls. >> as in seagulls. >> because we've heard of geese. we laugh but it is a serious problem. we've learned so much after the landing on the hudson with sully. you reported in your report, very common. >> definitely a threat. one thing that's significant about this one and the incident last week, more often than not these happen on approach and landing as opposed to takeoff.

these two were both on takeoff. >> because we've seen a series of these, are peopling getting increationly concerned. >> the birds are there and we're not going to stop flying so the biggest concern is when birds hit both engines and take out both engines. in this particular case it was a window issue and that's why the pilots went back. >> thank you. this morning there are new worries in the u.s. beef industry because of the first case of mad cow disease since 2006. two supermarket chains in south korea have stopped selling u.s. beef but no countries are taking steps to cut off beef imports entirely yet. as wyatt andrews reports, experts believe this case may be a rare exception. >> reporter: the disease was found in a dead 5-year-old cow here at the baker commodities rendering plant in california. it was about to be ground into pet food when a random test discovered the illness.

the usda stressed there was never a danger to humans because no dead cow is ever slaughtered for human consumption. john clifford is the usda's chief veterinarian. >> first off, this animal did not enter the food supply at any time. >> reporter: scientists we contact agreed there is no risk to the public. the animal had what's called atypical bse, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy. atypical means the cow did not get sick from other kous or from being a band type of animal feed composed of other animals. >> it is not likely to be attributable to infected feed, which is the method in which normally bse would be spread from cow to cow. >> reporter: three americans are believed to have died from mad cow disease. a brain-wasting infection with no cure but all three spent

years eating beef overseas. no american is known to have died from consuming u.s. beef since the increased testing began. for "cbs this morning," why yan andrews in washington. this morning the supreme court takes up a hot-button election issue, illegal immigration. justices are deciding if an arizona law goes too far. >> part of that law is police to check the status every everyone they stop. those that cannot prove they're a legal u.s. resident can be deported. what's at stake here. >> reporter: the specific legal issue in the supreme court is about federal power and specifically whether congress has the exclusive power over immigration or whether states like arizona can get involved and pass tough new immigration laws of their own. arizona, of course, said the federal government wasn't doing

no enough and that's why they had to get involved. the obama sued to block the law and similar laws in other states that have since gotten involved in past laws of their own. this issue, federal power is one that the court has really been consumed with, reports we have that similar issue in the health care case involving president obama's health care law. now they're going to take up yet another emotionally charged issue, immigration. >> does it split along traditional lines with justice kennedy as a swing justice? >> reporter: that is a great question. he's the one we always watch. he's a human jump ball that will side with liberals sometimes, side with conservatives. this case will be much more difficult going into it. these argument this is morning will be fascinating because we may get some clues on which way the justices will lean. i think we'll have a better idea tomorrow. a lot of people think it will break along traditional party lines. i wouldn't be so sure in this one, charlie. >> the role of government is one of the debates in the presidential campaign. the role of government is what

is being debated at the supreme court. >> reporter: that's right. it's always a big issue for people-p. >> thank you. time to show you headlines from around the grobe. britain's daily mail reports on rupert murdoch's testimony into the phone-hacking scandal. today and tomorrow murdoch is answering questions about press ethics and his links to high-ranking british politicians. >> marines are moving women to the front line, according to "the new york times" bringing women pa reason into combat areas. female marines are still banned commandos. in infantry or - "the washington post" says fewer employees are offering health insurance. a study shows 72% of people offered health insurance ten years ago, now down to 67.5%. the telegraph reports missing girl madeline mccann

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disappearance. we'll get you the latest. some confess still out there. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." up next, your local news.

according to a recent report, the united states is the world's leading exporter of sperm. this is true. for some reason we lead the world in this particular product. but here's a new story. take a look. >> the story called frozen assets raises many questions about the booming business of sperm banks. it's a fascinating read but america is, in fact, the gold standard of sperm. >> absolutely. >> how? why? >> one of the men we write about in the story has at least 70 children and perhaps as many as 1,000 children in the u.s. and canada. >> it's amazing to see. oh, john edwards. amazing. >> creative editing over there

at leno. >> i remember the story. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> john edwards' lawyers expect today to get their first chance in court to challenge his chief accuser. he's been telling a vivid story about the former democratic presidential candidate and his mistress. >> anna werner is outside the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and erica. the prosecutor spent the past two days questioning one witness, andrew young. prosecutors believe he could be the key to proving that john edwards accepted nearly $1 million in illegal campaign contributions from two wealthy donors and then used the money to hide his affair. in a packed courtroom, young, the prosecution's star witness, testified about edwards' affair with campaign videographer rielle hunter, saying edwards called his mistress a crazy blank when he found out she was pregnant. young also said he and his wife

were scared to death as they received checks as large as $150,000, marked as payment for furniture, when the money was being used to hide edwards' affair with hunter. according to young, edwards came up with the plan to cover up the affair using nearly $1 million given by wealthy donors, including reclusive heiress rachel "bunny" miller. did the donations constitute gifts or contributions to his campaign? >> people who are having affairs generally tried to hide them. that's what mr. edwards did and that makes him a lousy person but that doesn't make him a criminal. >> reporter: even andrew young, once referred to the donations as gifts in his tell-all book about edwards and the affair "the politician" he said the funds were gifts, entirely proper and not subject to campaign finance laws. in opening arguments, edwards'

attorney says edwards had no knowledge of the donations and alleges andrew young and his wife used most of that money to pay for a new home. edwards' defense lawyers acknowledge the unpleasant aspects of his personal conduct in this whole thing but they told the jury that edwards has committed many sins but no crime. back to you. >> thank you. with us cbs news legal analyst jack ford, welcome. >> good morning. >> so, here's my question -- what is it that they can do -- or what could edwards have done that would have been legal and what has he done that may be illegal? p>> that's the big question in the courtroom here, because some things are clearly illegal. we talked about this the other day. if you try to get your employees to all contribute $1,000 to your candidate and you paid them back afterwards, that's clearly illegal. the problem here is, this is kind of a gray area because, again, the defense is saying, this was a personal gift from

friends, designed to protect him and his family, especially his wife, from the humiliation of this. >> that's okay. >> that's a friendly type of thing. and you would think, and the defense is saying, that's okay. the prosecution says, that would be okay if you weren't running for president of the united states because now the prosecution says that gift to keep the humiliation down, to keep this all quiet, according to prosecution, is to help you get elected president. therefore, they claim it now shifts from the kind of immoral and distasteful kind of thing, a friend helping out to immoral, distasteful but illegal. that's what the yir has to figure out here. it's unchartered waters, very difficult. >> andrew young is the main witness. he also brought e-mails. what is the most damming thing andrew young has said? >> i think the most -- if you're a prosecutor, you want to lead

off with a strong witness, you want to finish with a strong witness. the only thing he's said is how byzantine and convoluted this whole payment plan was. bunny, the older woman who said, i want to help out, would write a check to the interior deck tart and he would send it over to andrew young's wife, and then it would be used to be on the run. if i'm a yournlist, if i would say is this up front, why are you burying the checks in a way that sounds like you're money laundering. >> going to be a lot more things coming out. is america ready for an outer space gold rush? it's not science fiction. we'll look at an ambitious new project to get precious metals and other resources from asteroids. >> tomorrow bill o'reilly will be here in studio 57. you're watching "cbs this morning." [ glass clinks ] i just wanted to say a few words.

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six of the 12 secret service agents implicated have resigned or fired and today word of another agent who has taken a prostitute to a sensitive location. >> i would -- i would assume in general that is standard operating procedure. vis-a-vis prostitutes, location, and their respective sensitivity. get ready for the next challenge in space. well-known investors want to send robots to land on asteroids and mine precious metals. >> it will be risky, extremely expensive but none of that is stopping them. >> reporter: space tourism pioneers live by the idea that the future is now. >> this company is not about thinking and dreaming about asteroid mining. this company is about creating a space economy beyond the earth. >> reporter: and as far as

they're concerned, mining asteroids in space is soon to be fact. the two men, backed by wealth request investors like google ceo larry page and filmmaker james cameron, say asteroids offer rich sources of metals like platinum, which go for $1500 an ounce. this is smart money investing in one of the largest commercial opportunities ever. going to space to gain resources for the benefit of humanity. >> reporter: within two years, the men want their company, p n plane planetary reotherses want them to launch 5,000 mines. asteroids release hydrogen and oxygen as man moves through space. denton ebel is a geologist at the museum of natural history in new york. >> our future in space is going to be depend upon using the resources that are there.

>> reporter: they hope to launch spacecrafts for archids for prospecting by 2020. >> there's a significant probability we may fail but we believe in it anyway because we believe attempting this and moving the needle in space is worth it. >> reporter: having already raised the money they say they need to get started, the two now say they're hiring. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> with us now astro physicist neil degrasse tyson, director of haydon planetarium here in new york. >> thanks for having me back. >> sound like science fiction. >> it has just the right amount of crazy and just the right amount of, hey, that's -- you know, there are resources out there. think what we're doing here on earth. we're waging war and fighting each other to pull precious metals and other resources

deemed rare out of the ground. this is our life down here on this speck we call earth. there's an abundance of materials in the universe. >> is there enough so in this idea, that little bit of crazy to get you going, is there enough potential reality, though, that you see this as something that could actually work? harnessing an asteroid doesn't sound easy. >> it's creating an entire business model that gets you access to asteroids in the first place. so, initially -- i chatted with him at a recent conference, the founders of the company, and initially you can park telescopes out there. once you know how to access asteroids, whose orbits come near earth, then you can turn it into an entire asteroid-monitoring mission, first of all. second, what's valuable in space and is not the same thing valuable down here. you can ask, what is the value of a gallon of water already in space?

that's different from a gallon of water on earth. when nasa needs water, they have to haul it up and last mission was $10,000 a pound just for water. if you can extract water from an asteroid, then you have water in space. what's that worth to nasa, if they can provide that to nasa for less than it takes for nasa to get resources into space, then that's a business model right there. somebody has to take -- i'm glad they're doing it. >> what do you say to those who say the next frontier is the bottom of the ocean not outer space? >> i love -- who doesn't love the bottom of the ocean? >> especially this time of year. >> you must go. so, here's the thing, you know, if you stand in front of a class and say, who wants to go into submersible into the deepest part of the ocean and see what life is there, that's cool. that's the on or abocean graphe.

i say who wants to command a ship in marz, i win, i win that exchange every time because space just works. >> what's the most exciting thing we can do, whether it's ten years, 20 years or 50 years? >> you have to realize that modest sized asteroids -- asteroids are like fragments of planets that never form fully. many of them, all the materials have already been segregated for us. a good term in this context. you get the heavy metals in the center, the lighter materials in the top, you fragment this body and now you have asteroids pure heavy metals, platinum, osmium, gold. >> if you can get it, it's easy, kind of laid out for you. it brings up, though, one of the last times you were here you talked about an asteroid that could be heading for us in 2029. >> that's the bad kind. >> if we can figure out how to get ahold of the good asteroids, could we use that knowledge to get ahold of the bad asteroid and keep it from visiting? >> by all means.

one great vision and science fact imaginaries, the mining companies working on these asteroids, hey, one is headed our way, why don't you deflect it over a few inches so it misses earth entirely on whatever would be its fateful voyage toward us. oh, yeah, and you don't even need bruce willis for that. once you know how to manipulate asteroids, you're good to go. and there are tens of thousands of these things. >> when you come back, i want you to dial it up, be more passionate. >> space is calling me. >> still go to the ocean, but space is -- beckons

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i want to slow down the news. and i'm not the only one. >> well, what we said is simple. now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. >> oh, yeah. you should listen to the president. or as i like to call him the prezy of the united stezy. ♪ the right and left should join on this like kim and kanye ♪

>> my guess is president obama's not following kim and kanye. would you like to give that report, mr. rose? are you following them? >> of course i am. >> very closely. >> the couple of the hour, isn't it in. >> it's kimye these days. >> yeah. wouldn't that be funny, charlie hose and erica giving the kim and kanye report. it is 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose with erica hill. officials in panama may be close to finding out what happened to a missing southern california woman, but they're asking for help. >> yvonne baldell vanished five months ago. her family and friends will be out sevening for her today. terrell brown is here with a new twist in the case. >> good morning. we expect an announcement later today -- tomorrow, that police gave hope to people, even while in panama, yvonne would e-mail her family every week so when those messages stopped, they

knew something just wasn't quite right. >> reporter: last september yvonne baldelli moved to panama look fog a fresh start. alornlg for the journey, georgia mae and boyfriend brian brimager. her friend michelle valenzuela took a picture with her phone. >> i had a horrible feeling when i saw my phone that i would never see her again. >> reporter: just divorced and laid off from procter & gamble, 41-year-old baldelli settled into this house on a lush tropical island on the caribbean sea. they wanted a simple life, brim ager, a former marine would live off singing at local bars, baldelli would make and sell swimwear to tourists. all seemed to be going well until one day baldelli stopped contact with her family, phone calls unanswered, a family reunion skipped. she hasn't been seen or heard

from since last november. >> what we want is to bring yvonne home and show that she's loved and cared about. >> reporter: her boyfriend said she up and left for costa rica with another man. her passport shows she was never in costa rica. in fact, she never left panama. but her boyfriend did. within weeks of her disappearance, brimmager returned to the u.s., got engaged and married another woman. since baldelli vanished, her family has been a near constant presence on the island. as part of the search, they're looking for her dog and a necklace she always wore. so far, nothing. yesterday local authorities announced a new turn in their investigation. the fbi is investigating a person of interest in the case, a panamanian official says. the investigation will take place in the united states. that person of interest, baldlli's boyfriend, brian

brimager. a cbs news producer tried to reach brian yesterday at his new wife's apartment outside of san diego. she answered the door. hi, kristin. but refused to talk to us. brimager has also taken down his facebook page. as for baldelii's family, they hope a cash reward will turn up clues about what happened. >> all i know is my tr went down there and never came home. obviously, i'm hopeful she will come home. >> the family has set up a facebook page to solicit volunteers for the search efforts. police now leave they had a violent relationship and not even rule out this was a crime of passion. the fbi is reportedly sending divers to search waters around the island today. also joining us on the story john miller. it's hardbreaking what the family is going through and your imagination goes all over the play. i was fascinating the fbi is now involved. why who they get involved in this case and what role would they play? >> well, the fbi gets involved

in cases where you either have the murder of an american overseas where they can provide assistance or the disappearance. remember the fbi involvement in the natalee holloway case. >> i do. is that automatic, if an american citizen is involved, the fbi gets involved? >> it's not automatic. but when local authority believe the fbi can provide assistance -- so they'll come at it from two directions. there is a team in an the embassy and a couple dispatched, and another team that will come from the miami field division of the fbi. they'll actually do the investigation here. the ability to being a global organization is they can send leads to costa rica and fbi agents there can run them down. they can provide leads all over the united states, lab support, the divers, everything.

>> what are some things they would be looking at? on the ground, though, it seems there's no trace. she even brought a dog with her and the dog has disappeared now. what are they looking for to try to piece together what may have happened? >> i think they'll be looking, a, at forensics and what assistance they can provide what panama provided there in term of what can be found in the residence. that's a hard one in a case like this, the person who may be a suspect, belonged in that residence. usually when you do a forensic search you're looking for sign of somebody that wasn't supposed to be there. they can also detect, was there a struggle, is there blood, an area that was cleaned up by doing certain chemical applications that will show that happens. and the technology. cellular telephones will play a big role in a case like this. she may have disappeared and the story may be she went to costa rica, but what tower was her cell phone pinging against?

did it ever get to coast ka r a reka? when was the last time it was on, who are the last calls it made, where are you now, things like that. so, a lot that can be provided. >> and the fact the boyfriend is back in the united states, what does that mean? what can they do? >> that mean for coordinating the fbi's end of the panamanian investigation, they're here on the ground. he's here on the ground. he's a person of interest. they're going to want to talk to him. there may be -- there may be a polygraph involved, if that's a steb they think is helpful. but i think -- i think that's going to be the key factor that he's here and that's how the

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♪ it's already been an exciting off-season for pro football with peyton manning. now going to the broncos. and tim tebow is heading here to the jets. the drama continues tomorrow night at the nfl draft. >> here with a preview, super agent tom condon, head of

creative artist agency, and one of his clients happens to be peyton manning, eli manning, and drew brees. i mean, you have the quarterbacks here in the firm. >> we've been fortunate. we've got some great quarterbacks and great guys, too. >> who do you expect will happen in the draft? where will griffins go, where will andrew go? >> well, i think andrew is already going to the colts. certainly, robert to the redskins. we're very excited about that. he's a brilliant player. a wonderful guy. explosive athlete. i think he'll be great for the redskins. >> i like what you said, tom, when charlie named the three of your top clients, and you said, yeah, good guys, too. what do you look for when recruiting in a client? >> well, especially in the quarterback, character, intelligence and accuracy. and that seems to be the hall mark of all the great players. certainly at that position. >> the character question, can i

just talk about antonio cromartie for just a second. >> okay. >> the football player who has 12 kids, about to have twins with a wife with seven different women, and i'm just thinking, isn't there a character chip missing there and what can we do about that? i wanted to talk to a super agent about that. what can we do? >> well, certainly -- >> he's clearly not one of your guys. >> we talk to our clients regularly about their off the field conduct. >> it matters. >> and not only the kind of money they make on the field but what they're able to do off the field and when their caeer is over. so, you know, we've been very fortunate. i mean, we go out and look for people that are going to have great character, great intelligence, besides being, you know, very fine athletes with the idea being that those players are going to have opportunities that maybe some others will not. >> when you look at what happened to carolina last year, i mean, it is now proven a quarterack can come out of college and have an instant impact. >> it's amazing. i mean, the nfl, they do a

fantastic job. and the rules are such that the passing game is now, obviously, the most important part of the game. so, the quarterback can make a significant difference. if you look at the rest of the roster and the supporting cast, they're going to be very close in terms of talent. so, the player that's -- that's going to change the outcome of the game is the quarterback. >> what makes a great quarterback? >> well, certainly, you know, as we -- as i mentioned before, i think character and that encompasses a work ethic, leadership, loyalty, toughness, all of that. intelligence is certainly a big part of it. you can't play the position anymore as sophisticated as the nfl defenses are without being a very bright guy. >> let's talk about robert griffin iii, known as rg3. i love that nickname. where do you think he's going? >> my partner, ben, is the lead agent on robert. and he recruited him and he's

done a wonderful job with him. and i believe he'll be with the washington redskins. and it's a great place for him. you know, a wulff city. he'll be the second most important guy in washington, d.c. >> well -- >> that's good. good, tom. >> peyton manning, how is he -- how is he physically? is he ready to go? can he perform at the level he did before he was injured? >> you know, peyton is terrific. his rehabilitation has been fantastic from the standpoint of the effort and the detail and the research he's put into all of this, and the length that he's willing to go. to get back and be peyton manning again. so, you know, it's interesting because we have his ex-coaches come and evaluate him and people who know him well, his father,

college coach, his indianapolis colts coach, and they all say the same thing, it's going to be terrific. >> it's goin

♪ who's the world's most beautiful woman? this morning "people" magazine declares it's beyonce. she'll be on the cover of "people's" upcoming issue. we had a shot of oprah winfrey there, too. >> really, oprah is the most beautiful woman in the world? wow. >> you don't think so in. >> it's beyonce. oh, no, i think she but beyonce

is the winner. i totally, totally agree. she's on mommy duty. >> any mommy that could look that good after giving by the way, she's my hero. >> they're both beautiful. a few weeks ago oprah stopped by to visit us in studio 57. today we'll hear her wisdom one more time. >> she left us a taped piece as she takes a look back at her life and her first tv job in "a note to self." dear beautiful brown-skinned gi girl, and i use the word beautiful because i know that's never a word you would call yourself. i look into your eyes and i see the light and hope of myself. this photo you're just about to

turn 20. posing outside the television station where you were recently hired as a reporter. you look calm. you look happy. but i know how scared you are. if i could say anything to you, it would be, relax. it's going to be okay, girl. you're proud of yourself for getting this job, but also uncertain. uncertain you'll be able to manage all of your college classes and work a full day's job doing the news. even so, your biggest concern right now, how to manage your love life with bubba. yes, you are dating someone named bubba. on this day, you brought him to the station so see where you

work, hoping he'll be proud. he seems less than impressed. the truth is, he's intimidated. you don't know this, though, because you see yourself only through his eyes. a lesson you will have to learn again and again and again. to see yourself with your own eyes and to love yourself through your own heart. >> the people at channel 13 like oprah winfrey -- >> you spent too many days and years trying to please other people. >> are we vain and be what they wanted you to be. i understand how and why that happened now. you will have to learn that the wounds of your past, being raped at 9, molested from the time you were 10 through 14, getting whipped as a young girl by

people who said they loved you because you stepped out of place, and not even being allowed to show any anger or crying afterwards, that damaged your self-esteem. if only now you knew how much. yet through it all, you managed to hold on, to a belief in god and even more importantly, god's belief in you. that, my dear, will be your single greatest gift, knowing that there is a power greater than yourself and trusting that force to guide you. the trajectory of your life changed the day you entered that call from chris clark. he was a news director at wlact. your response was ignited by the words of your then favorite

bible verse. remember phillipines 3:14. you used to say it all the time. i am pressed to the mark for the praise of the high calling of god. knowing there is a high calling is what will sustain and fulfill you. from where i sit now, viewing your journey, there really are very few regrets. that means a life well lived. >> i won't say good-bye. i'll just say until we met again. >> even then you understood that success was a process, and that moving with the flow of life and not against it would be your

greatest achievement. you have made me proud. >> oh, my gosh, i like her. oh, my gosh. you know, i hadn't seen that. i'm blown away by that. and i know oprah's story and oprah's life, but i'm so amazed. imagine she starts 19 at this tv station in tennessee, she's a college student so she's in college classes. and then anchoring the news. she comes from an abusive background, been abused, had a baby at a young age, all sorts of horrible things have happened in her life and yet she's managed to come and be this. i'm so blown away by that piece. nice job, paige. nice job. >> paige played a big role for her? she mentioned the bible -- >> we used to work at a tv station in baltimore together. they said, when you're around oprah winfrey never swear because she never swears and quotings the bible all the time. so i was afraid.

i've heard a couple swear words now. think about this for a second. if your life had turned out differently, guys, she could have been married to bubba, who she mentioned and she would be a funeral director's bif. >> oh, really? >> what amazes me every time i see her and meet her, how much she knows herself. she understands who she is, where she is and is deeply in touch with her -- not only her own soul of her own sense of what she should be and how she should be. >> charlie, you get her very well. she's in town tonight because her kids from south africa are performing at lincoln center. imagine kids that come from a home not as big as this table tonight, some performing at lincoln center. it's a very big deal for her. >> it is. to both of your points, too, in many ways, oprah has given other women, not just women, men, too, but the life line to do that same thing, to get to know themselves and embrace who they are and allow themselves to make the most of it, even if it didn't start out that way.

>> you can read oprah's full letter in this month's edition of "o" magazine, now on your favorite news stand. hollywood legend goldie hawn will be here. she'll talk mother hood, her

now, take it away, goldie. >> and now for legions of futuristic fans. it's time for a look at the world tomorrow as dan rowen injects himself into the year 198 8. take it away, dan! >> that's project, goldie. >> take it away, project! you big lug! >> goldie hawn became an overnight sensation on martin's laugh-in in the 1960s and since then she's proven herself to be

a very smart blond. >> she's won an oscar, won an emmy, a respected businesswoman and entrepreneur and best selling author and goldie hawn is with us in studio 57. i love when you sat down and looked at the picture of you, your younger self and say, my god, that looks like katie, your daughter kate hudson. >> we do that all the time. sometimes there's a look and it's like, oh, my god, honey, & what have we done? >> you said you look at each other and you go, can you belief this? what do you mean when you say, can you believe this? >> well, obviously you're on screen, right? this is like years and years and years ago. you have a baby girl. and suddenly you look at her at the age that you were and this is amazing. she does resemble her mother. well, i who say i resemble her now. >> gold y you both look really good. charlie, she's looking at clips of herself saying, she's so skinny, talking about yourself. news flash, goldie, you're still skinny. you still look good. >> thanks. >> you have written before --

you said i wasn't a perfect parent. i was striving for perfection but i wasn't a perfect parent. if you had a parental do-over, we all have one, what would yours be? >> boy, that's a really good question. i'm not sure i could have done anything differently. i could have maybe bowed out more of my career maybe. but my intention of being a good mother would always have been the same. so, that is something i didn't have a lot of control over. in items of where i was going. you know, we make mistakes as parents. we're not there when we should be there sometimes. and we agonize over it. so -- but i don't think -- i think the way the kids turned out, they're all great. i don't have a sense of remorse or regret. >> you see this today? >> no. >> the paper today, that's you and kurt russell. you know kurt russell, do you? >> i know him quite well, actually.

>> so how much credit does he deserve for all of this? >> exactly. exactly. and this is what -- just once and for all. when you're up there, it's like -- you know, kurt is the other part of the success and beauty and the happiness and the joy of this, the kids and the family. we're a team. >> you've been together how long? >> 29 years. so, you know, this is a big part of it. kurt is an amazing father, incredible counterpart to me, you know. i think we did great stuff together. thank you for bringing that up. you know, it's sort of the misconception, everyone thinks i have one child. >> but you have three. >> i have four including my stepson. >> and how many grandchildren? >> four. >> four. yeah, four -- >> go go. >> what is all this? what is this called ten mindful minutes. >> this book was written because i have a program called mind up and the hawn foundation incue

baited this and created it. it's for children in schools. it's to help them reduce their stress, recognize their emotional states, learn about their brain and how their brain works, which gives them great context to know, a, their potential. they learn about how plastic the brain is. >> to be more empathetic, which i think is really, really important. >> exactly. it gives them a sense of positivity and optimism. and in the classroom itself is how we're going to nurture the next -- our society to come. we're going to change society, we do it there. this has changed children's lives, changed teachers' lives. nurturing children in the classroom, giving them the cognizance to understand what is going on in their brain is imperative for the 21st century. >> you have great guy, great children, grandchildren. is kate getting married again?

>> no. well, i'll saying, no, they're not married yet. >> great grandchildren. you've got this sort of do good& stuff. >> i'm not married either, by the way. >> i know that. >> why not, goldie? why not? >> i don't know. why? the question is why. we're in love. i wake up every morning. i love being with him. he brings me coffee. i give him a kiss. it's good morning. we love each other. we fight the way people are supposed to fight. we love our lives together. >> nobody's trying to get you married. >> oh, no. but i'm saying, you asked about -- marriage is a thing. >> exactly. >> so, beyond all this good stuff, do you -- >> hi, charlie. >> hi, goldie. we've known each other for a while, and him, too, which you know i like. >> exactly. >> what professional ambitions still beat within you? >> there is -- you know, the only professional ambition that

ever beat inside me was story and social relevance. i can't think of any movie i ever produced, not that i acted in, but that i created and produced, that didn't have some sorm of connectivity to our social condition. so, i think anything i do, i'm actually preparing to write a book now on happiness and travel the world on this. i know oprah's doing this, too. it's a very important subject because there are ways in which we can choose to be happy because our brains are only set up for 50% hard wiring. >> goldie, i've never forgotten this. somebody said, what do you want to be when you grow up, you said happy. mission accomplished. >> i'm with you. >> are you? >> yes. thank you. >> i'm with you. >> anyway, so happiness is important. also there's a film that i'm looking at that i love to do. i just don't want to do things that don't matter. i love, you know, the idea i can go out there and make people feel good is great and happy and makes me happy. and acting is an amazing thing,

but if you're not doing something you believe in, there's no reason to do it. >> you have earned it. >> thanks. >> thank you, goldie. thank you for coming. >> you bet. >> thank you for coming. >> lots of fun. >> a new book that looks at the life of the kennedy family after camelot. j. randy tarabo

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because everyone deserves a lifetime. ♪ j. randy taraborelli, has written best sellers about madonna, michael jackson and others. >> now he turns his sights on the kennedys. his new book is "after camelot: personal history of the kennedys 196 to the present." a very involved, fascinating read. >> thank you. took 20 years? >> took 20 years. it's a follow-up to my book

"women of camelot." you know, these in my estimation where everyday people living extraordinary lives. "after camelot" is really a family drama where the subjects of the book were under such heavy public scrutiny and all of their flaws and gifts and triumphs and tragedies were magnified 100 times over. what i tried to do with this book was bring moi reader a little closer to that sort of universal experience we've all shared with the kennedys over the last, you know, 40, 50 years. >> well, interesting thing about this, a lot of characters. one thing is the negotiations having to do with jacqueline kennedy's marriage to onasis and also sergeant shriver, a remarkable man, an important part of joe kennedy's success. >> sergeant shriver is a personal hero of mine. >> mine, too. and eunice. >> and eunice. what a couple. this book gave me the

opportunity to write about the people who are not only born kennedy but married into the family and made important contributions. sergeant shriver is on top of that list. founded the peace corps, ambassador under lbj and an amazing political career but there was sort of a glass ceiling to what he was able to achieve because there was a culture in the kennedy family that sort of protected a certain lineage of succession where the presidency was concerned. it was going to be jfk, it was going to be bobby, it was going to be teddy. and then it was going to be sergeant, perhaps. he was never able to get there. i was reading my own book this morning, actually -- >> reading your own book. just making sure. >> yeah. and there was a line in the book, a quote from sergeant where he said he just wished that there would be a point when people would be able to acknowledge him and recognize him for who he was and not for, you know, being a kennedy in-law. >> he got that chance when he was a candidate for vice president. >> he did. he did have the opportunity, but he never had the full support of

the kennedys. there was always a sense it should have been -- should it be teddy? when is teddy going to run? when is it going to be teddy's turn? sergeant was always fighting that. >> the interesting thing is he was married to eunice, which as you mentioned is one of the most formidable of all those, including jack and john. >> what an amazing character eunice is. eunice kennedy shriver, she created special olympics. can you imagine your parents marks reshriver's parents, can you imagine your parents are sergeant shriver and eunice kennedy slooif. maria has often said public service is how they were raised. >> and they've carried on. >> speaking quickly about this negotiation taking place between teddy and onasis having to do with the marriage -- >> it was onasis's idea to give jackie a wedding gift of $1.45 million, which is quite a lot of

money for a wedding gift. there was a negotiation in the book. it's a good story. too long to tell right now but a good