good morning. it is thursday, may 17, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. the defense rests. now it's time for both sides in john edwards' trial to make their closing arguments. also today, yet another tragic loss for the kennedy family. i'm erica hill. cbs news uncovers new details in the medical records in the trayvon martin case. and does "liking" something on facebook help companies make something other than money? i'm gayle king. at 8:00 we'll see how skechers shakes thing up. dennis quaid and michael

chiklis stopping by studio 57 today. opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> edwards is up against the trail of lies he said. >> closing arguments set for the john edwards trial after the defense rests. >> the former presidential candidate did not take the stand nor did his ex-mistress, rielle hunter. >> if edwards is found guilty on all six counts, he faces up to six years in prison. >> i'm going to give him ten years for that smirk alone. just for the smirk. >> the estranged wife of robert f. kennedy jr. found dead at their new york home. >> it's believed mary kennedy committed suicide. >> kennedys have the expectation they're supposed to do something with their life. >> joe biden goes ballistic. >> my more than and father dreamed as much as any rich guy dreams. they don't get us.

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welcome to "cbs this morning." closing arguments begin in the federal corruption trial of john edwards after his lawyers suddenly brought their case to an end. >> the jury will not hear from the former senator and democratic presidential candidate himself. anna werner is at the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica and charlie. that's correct. john edwards' defense team took just three days to make its case and then rested yesterday & without calling edwards, his former mistress, rielle hunter, or even his daughter kate to the stand. now the former senator's fate will soon be in the jury's hands. john edwards hasn't spoken in public since october and the trial was no exception. he chose not to appear as a witness. it's a decision former federal prosecutor kieran shanahan says his defense attorneys will have to address in closing arguments. >> the jurors will be told not to hold that against them but he told the jury through his

lawyers he wasn't afraid of the truth and he wanted the truth to come out. so, they're going to have to figure out how to deal with that issue. >> reporter: his attorneys instead chose to focus to convince the jury the former presidential hopeful did not violate campaign finance laws. they called witnesses like friend john moylan who testified edwards was as surprised to hear it as i was when learning about substantial checks written by wealthy donor rachel "bunny" mellon. she and former campaign finance manager fred baron provided nearly $1 million, some used to cover up the affair with rielle hunter. the defense hammered away at the prosecution's star witness, former campaign aide, andrew young, by presenting witnesses like edwards' former staffer, elizabeth nicholas, i found him to be dishonest. they showed evidence that much of the money in issue ended up in the youngs' own bank accounts. the prosecution's case centered

around andrew young who traveled around the country hiding the mistress. he suggests edwards knew moe about the money than he claimed. prosecutors finished by showing edwards' lies in an abc segment. >> i think edwards is up against the trail of lies he told because that will loom largely in the courtroom. >> reporter: now the jury has to decide what and who they believe. now, later this morning, we'll hear closing arguments from both sides. and another item that's going to be of importance today is the judge's instructions to the jury. they're technical but they could make a big difference in this case in what she tells the jury how to look at campaign contributions. charlie and erica, back to you. >> anna werner, thank you so much. cbs news legal analyst jack ford is here. welcome. precisely as you can, tell me what the prosecution case and what the defense case is. >> prosecution says all of this money was paid to keep the story

quiet but the overarching reason was to help john edwards become elected president. they said because of that, campaign contribution, illegal. defense says, no, it was trying to protect his family from this. they say it was tawdry, awful, but not illegal. >> what do you think the defense is worried about? >> there's so much in there about this tawdriness and sleaziness, that it's going to pull the yir in and make them think, if he lied about everything, and the prosecution is going to argue, of course he knew that this money was being paid and of course the reason for it was -- going back to all the lies and the conduct, the reason for it was john edwards, more than anything else in the world, wanted to be president. >> and the significance of what the judge may say in instructions to the jury? >> this call was made just yesterday by the judge.

the instructions to the yir is a major part of all trials. the defense has been saying ul along the prosecution has to prove that the only reason for paying this money was campaign contributions, get him elected president. the judge has said, no, i'm not going to tell the jury that. i'm going to tell them, there could be two reasons here. one to keep them quiet, as the defense says, but the other to also help him be elected president. that makes it easier for the prosecution, obviously. >> how often does that happen, though, that this sort of changes the focus at the end of a trial? >> well, it's an interesting question, erica. this is an unusual case legally. and i think everybody went into this saying, we're not sure how the judge is going to approach -- you know, some cases, trying a murder case, you know what the law is in a murder case. in this, this was an unusual application of the law by the prosecution. so, coming into this, you know, the defense is hoping to get something. the prosecution was hoping something else and the prosecution got more than they thought they were going to get and the defense not at all unhappy. to some extend it cuts the legs

out from under their argument. >> jack ford, thank you. p autopsy today on estranged of robert f. kennedy jr.'s home. >> she had had fought alcohol for years. elaine quijano in bedford, new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. officials have not released a cause of death and an autopsy is scheduled to begin this morning. but a source close to mary kennedy's family says relatives believe she committed suicide. police found mary kennedy's body just after 1:30 wednesday afternoon. at a property an hour north of new york city that she once shared with her estranged husband, robert f. kennedy jr. authority have not released details of her death, only that her body was found in a building off the main house. >> there's a great sadness about this. a great sadness about this.

there really is. because she had a lot of friends here. she has a lot of friends here still. >> reporter: the news has come as a shock to long-time area residents like ken. he first met kennedy more than a decade ago when she began bringing her children to the art center he runs. >> always very personable. always very friendly. always smiled. you know, i didn't know her any other way. >> reporter: mary kennedy was the second wife of robert kennedy jr. they were married for 16 years and had four children. but in 2010 he filed for divorce. that same year she was arrested twice for driving under the influence. mary's death is the latest in a series of tragedies that have struck a second generation of kennedys. since robert kennedy's assassination in june of 1968, two of his seven sons died prematurely. david at age 29 of a drug overdose, and mike at at 39 in a keying accident.

cousin john jr. and his wife carolyn were lost in a plane crash just a few miles from martha's vineyard. senator edward kennedy, the last surviving son of joe kennedy, died of a brain tumor in 2009. robert f. kennedy jr. called his uncle a surrogate father. cara kennedy died exactly nine months before mary, suffering a heart attack at age 5 1. mary kennedy was 52. hours after mary kennedy's death, her family released a statement that said, quote, we deeply regret the death of our beloved sister mary, whose radiance and creative spirit will be soarreely missed by tho who love her. our heart goes out to her children who she loved without reservation. >> thank you. we have more new information to report this morning in the trayvon martin shooting. >> mark strassmann is in sanford, florida, where he's

learning more about the physical evidence in the case. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and erica. some of the state's case against george zimmerman is more clearly coming into focus for his lawyer and soon for the rest of us in a murder trial with no known eyewitnesss, it's the physical evidence that could matter most. cbs news has reviewed trayvon martin's autopsy report and george zimmerman's medical records. the fatal gunshot entered martin's left chest and never left his body. gunpowder burns suggest when martin shot him, the .9 millimeter handgun was inches from his chest. he also had a cut on his knuckle. a crime scene responder told us he saw his bruised hand. zimmerman clearly took some blows. we've seen a police photo of his broken nose and his two black eyes. >> that's the kind of evidence you can trust, unlike other kinds of evidence like

eyewitness testimony is often unreliable. on, the physical evidence becomes crucial in a case like this. >> reporter: most of the state's case is expected to be made public early next week, including negative text messages zimmerman sent in the weeks after the shooting that were critical of those who led justice for trayvon rallies. also unreleased police report that noted zimmerman's sweatshirt had grass stains and wet. he claims he was pinned down by the 17-year-old, straddling him, when he fired up at his attackers. investigators told them as martin lay dying he said, it's over, or you got me. there's also a crime scene photo of martin lying dead on the lawn. they also say that's what they used to identify their son. >> the prosecutor always has the burden but now the defense has a

solid case to support the notion of self-defense. >> reporter: prosecutors have insisted all along, they would get a better idea of why they charged him with second-degree murder. they could go public with about 90% of their case on monday. >> thank you. jpmorgan chase's huge trading mistake is bigger than actually thought. rebecca jarvis learned the $2 billion loss has grown by another billion in recent days. ceo jamie dimon has acknowledged the bank could keep losing money as the bad trades play out over the next several months. republican continued attacking president obama over the country's debt. >> meantime, democrats describe mitt romney as out of touch with the financial problems of most americans. jan crawford is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. you know, when we talked about it, they say they're worried about the economy but also the increasing debt, so the romney campaign and some of those

outside republican groups are hoping to make that a one-two punch against president obama come november. >> i'm concerned about the debt. i'm concerned about the spending -- >> reporter: standing in front of a ticking debt clock, mitt romney argued washington's out of control spending and president obama's failure to curb it is responsible for the nation's debt. >> it is not at all what he promised. this presidency has been a disappointment. >> reporter: a few hours later, house speaker john boehner told the president directly that he would not allow upcoming debt limit negotiations to go ahead without a plan to cut spending. >> it's time for us to deal with the big issues affecting our country and our society. >> reporter: republicans blame the president for the country's economic problems and see it as a big election issue. since mr. obama took office, the debt has increased 50% from $10 trillion up to $15 trillion. that fact is part of a new web ad backed by a former bush

strategist working to beat the president in november. >> today i'm pledging to cut the deficit we inherited by half by the end of my first term in office. >> broken because he hasn't even come close. >> reporter: but the obama campaign is firing back. >> they don't get who we are sclk. >> reporter: vice president biden argued that romney, after his years as head of the private equity firm bank capital is out of touch. >> romney will help those at the very top. the rest will fend for themselves. >> reporter: now, obama campaign officials tell us they think romney is really vulnerable and they continue to make this an issue. they point out newt gingrich made it an issue and he beat romney in south carolina. you can look for this attack to continue. >> what's the latest on the financing of this campaign? new york times has a story today the gop super pac is weighing in on a hard line attack on the president. >> reporter: well, you know,

this campaign is going to be a lot of money on both sides. and the romney campaign and rnc will be out with pig numbers this morning. about $40 million they've raised for april. that's right in line with what the president and democratic national committee are raising. so, both sides are going to be raising upwards of $350 million throughout the course of this campaign. and republicans believe that they're going to be able to match president obama because their contributors are motivated to try to beat him in november. >> jan crawford, thank you. time now to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "the wall street journal" reports minority births are now a majority in the united states for the first time ever. the census bureau says from july of 2010 to july of 2011 nonhispanic white babies accounted for under 50% of all newborns. vermont is the first state in the nation to ban fracing, the method to extract natural gas from underground rock. vermont has no natural gas but fracing opponents say it may

inspire similar bans in other states. brit tal telegraph reports on a new study, everyone over 50 should be taking statins. they say they reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in healthy people by 20%. "usa today" says if you want a healthy meal, skip chain restaurants. 90% of their entrees exceed daily limits for calories and fat. the santa barbara independent reports on a dramatic horse rescue. a boat was used to grab a white arabian horse that got spooked during a photo shoot. the horse swam two miles into the channel. it's recovering after three hours in the chilly water. a wildfire near historic arizona mining town is getting worse. most residents of crown king have now been evacuated after high winds tripled the size of that fire. fire officials expect high winds

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facebook's early investors will make billions when the company goes public tomorrow. can the social media giant help other companies profit as well? >> why would you give away a $5 sandwich just because someone gives you a thumbs up on facebook? >> rebecca jarvis looks at the power of the "like" button. and lady antebellum plays the prom, lifting spirits in an indiana town that was nearly destroyed by a tornado. we'll take you to the show right here on "cbs this morning."

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a bit of a scary moment as the red sox played the rays last night. hit in the arm by a pitch and after going to first base, he collapses. the team says he's okay. they say he just fainted. but -- oh, in the moment, pretty scary. again, the team says he is okay. that he had fainted. >> shows you how bad the ball can be. skechers used to say those fitness shoes would help you get in shape and lose weight. as a result, they sold millions. >> turns out, it was too good to be true. now skechers has agreed to pay big bucks to settle charges of false advertising. so, what's in it for you? stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." your local news is up next.

there's a new genre of youtube videos that seem to be getting more and more -- have you seen parents shooting videos of their kids in backseat of cars? this time a girl named grace who thoroughly enjoys the music of gotye. ♪ ♪ but i knew it was over ♪ you didn't have to cut me off ♪ ♪ act like it never happened and we were nothing ♪ >> she's been through some tough breakups. >> she's rocking it out there. welcome back to "cbs this morning." facebook announced on wednesday it is increasing the amount of stock it will sell tomorrow when the company goes

public. analysts now predict investors will put a value of more than $100 billion on facebook. >> but another big number may be more important to advertisers, the number of times facebook users like something. rebecca jarvis is here with a look at that. >> good morning to you. and facebook executives have been traveling the country trying to convince investors that the company can make money. now, we know it's a powerful way to stay connected to friends, but the question is, how does that translate to profits for businesses? >> everything on that? >> reporter: you may already "like" quiznos but if you "like" the company on facebook, you get a free sub the next time you order a meal. why would you give away a $5 sandwich because someone gives you a thumbs up on facebook? >> builds an online loyalty basis. we have 600,000 people on our

face page. that allows us to communicate back and forth sometimes on a daily or weekly basis. >> reporter: greg mcdonald is the ceo of quiznos, trying to make advertising enter active like a facebook "like" button. is one who "likes" you on facebook more valuable? >> they've opted in and selected in to want to know more about quiznos that allows us to engage and tell them more about the brand, which is really, really important to us. >> reporter: around the world, people post 2 billion "likes" to the network every day and almost every business wants a cut. what's the value of these "likes" to the byes? >> it depends on the type of business you run. and how much that data will be shared between your friends on facebook, how similar are they to you, likely to buy the same products. if there's a lot of overlap, that's pretty valuable. >> reporter: that's what facebook will have to prove to get company ad dollars. in an interview last fall, facebook executive cheryl sandberg explains.

>> mark has been look fog are that person that's not going to buy but spread the word to their friends. what we do on facebook is enable marketers to find that and then if i do it on facebook, i'm sharing with an average of 130 people. so, it becomes word of mouth marketing at scale. >> reporter: marketing on the social network takes many forms. companies can buy ads on facebook or have fan pages for free. >> standard color touch radio system -- >> reporter: general motors decided this week that facebook's paid ads aren't helping sell cars but they're keeping the fan pages. and the automaker is still spending $30 million on consultants to come up with a social media strategy. ford, on the other hand, is spending one of four marketing dollars on digital ads. they say 60% of people that "like" them on facebook end up shopping for fords. >> it's actually the combination of paid and content that seems to be the most effective to date. >> reporter: ford launched its

most recent ford explorer. not at an auto show but on facebook. and ford says the response was huge. >> some of the metrics on our launches are much better than a super bowl. not that we would never do a super bowl, but we ourselves were surprised. >> here with rebecca, erica and me, journalist and author ken auletta, he's covered the media industry for "the new yorker" for the past two decades. welcome. you've covered this and you know the industry. what are the three questions you're asking about facebook at this moment? >> mark zuckerberg of facebook believes that ads should be information, which is google's point of view. how do you make ads informational on facebook is a big question? that's why advertisers are asking that question. we interrupt your facebook page to bring you this ad. a typical tv-like ad, rich media ad, is not going to work. have you to figure out some other way to do it. they have engineers working on that. a second and a huge issue for them is the mobile phone.

half the people who access facebook, which is 901 million in the world, don't do it through a mobile phone at a time when mobile phones are becoming a dominant device. they have to figure out how to get access to mobile phones and do ads on mobile phones. and i suspect they're going to have to figure out how to be in the mobile phone business themselves in order to control that platform and not leave it to their adversaries like google. the third issue is privacy. they have all this data. are they going to share it with advertisers? advertisers would like to have more of that data, but does the consumer want to have them share their data? it's my data. why do i want to share it with answered ver tieser. >> which is the way they changed their privacy policies covertly. and a pullout, half of americans say facebook is a passing fad. how dangerous is that? >> 901 million users is not quite a fad. >> soon to be a billion. >> and it's growing exponenti

exponential exponentially. their revenue is $4 billion now, and probably $6 billion next year. it's growing. the question is, is it growing as fast as google people and will it have a plateau? >> how will they make money off growth and that's what they question because when you look at the advertising question, 85% of facebook sales are coming from advertising. and in order to continue to grow, it has to, obviously, grow those users. one in eight people around the world are using it so still more people out there who haven't used facebook, but also making that case to companies that it makes sense for them to pay for advertising. like you saw from quiznos, ford and general motors, some companies are finding ways to be on facebook without paying facebook to be there. they can create free fan pages and still get something for it. >> and now going to shareholders with those questions. >> and that could change the strategy going forward, too. >> the painful question, $100 billion company, they've added the number of shares they're

going to sell, yet at the same time some early big investors seem to be selling. what do we read from that? >> i don't necessarily read anything out of that. >> i agree. >> people are just looking to make a lot of money. >> what a stupid question. >> and this happens. i used to work on wall street. you see this all the time in ipos. companies that have been invested for a long time in new startups, they say i'm taking the money while i can take it. my investors want to see we made a return. they're still in it. it's not like they entirely cashed out of facebook. >> what are the great plans for the future? they have to think about mobile. they have to answer the question, which "the new york times" posts, the $100 billion question is whether facebook will be a perfect home for advertisers. so, when they look to their future, how do they want to take advantage of size and cash? >> one of the big challenges, and it's an engineering challenge for them, and how do they make their ads informational?

so, it satisfies the advertisers this is a good ad and satisfies mark zuckerberg who has a strong view. like google, you look at google ads and people see it as informational. it's part of their search. and that's what facebook wants. so the ad is integrated into the person who's using facebook. >> they want to sort of control the definition of facebook. >> yeah. but they don't want to be -- they don't want to be in a situation where he feels it's kind of cheesy. we interrupt your use of facebook in order to bring you this ad. that's -- that's bad for advertising -- >> you want it to feel seamless. >> thank you, ken. thank you, rebecca. not every high school can bring in a grammy-winning act. we'll show you how lady antebellum brought joy to a town that can really use it. tomorrow, california governor jerry brown on his plans to close that state's $16 billion state budget gap. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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♪ it's a quarter after one i'm a little drunk and i need you now ♪ >> charlie, you love this song. >> country music super group lady antebellum helped a devastated small town get back on their feet last night. >> the band raised a lot of money, played a special concert for high school seniors. as dean reynolds found it's a prom the town itself will never forget. ♪ she was the purest beauty but not the common kind ♪ ♪ she had a way about her that made you feel alive ♪ >> reporter: a story that found grammy winning lady antebellum in louisville began across the river in henryville, indiana, a town badly in need of something positive. virtually destroyed in a march 2nd tornado, the town saw a glimmer of hope in an online

contest the country music was holding. offering to play at the prom of some lucky high school. the kids at the ruined henryville high decided to go for it. >> i'm submitting this youtube video on behalf of the entire student body, faculty and staff and awesome community. >> reporter: other locals joined the pitch. one from a hospital bed. >> and i should be walking by then, so i -- but i think you have a great opportunity and i think you could help a lot of people. >> reporter: generous out of towners took up the cause. >> it would be fantastic if you could come and do their prom for hem so they can remember this year for not just the devastating reasons but for a positive reason. >> reporter: while seven died in illinois, two days before the henryville tornado, their high school survived, along with their school spirit. while the students of harrisburg high school would love to have lady antebellum play at their prom, they said, they would love to have them play at henryville, indiana, even more.

in the end, henryville's local rivals at silver creek high said it best. >> lady antebellum, we love high school even more. >> reporter: henryville won. an easy decision, the band said. >> to see all those high schools on behalf of henryville, that just -- i don't know. it just touched us. it moved us so much. >> i'll never forget this day. and i have butterflies in my stomach right now. >> reporter: while the group missed the original prom date last month, the school held a mini prom wednesday and lady antebellum was on hand for that and a fund-raising concert that followed. ♪ she was the purest beauty but not the common kind ♪ >> reporter: as one henryville prom goer put it, now we'll have something else to remember for the rest of our lives. ♪ yeah we owned the night ♪ oh yeah >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," i'm dean reynolds in chicago.

>> great story. >> there really is nothing like a great feel-good story. people who wanted to do a good thing. and i love the fact, as they said in their press conference, lady antebellum did, all of these rival high schools, when you hear these schools speaking out on behalf of another school, it tells you something. >> it does. joe montana and kim kardashian told us skechers will get you in great shape.

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going to be four new shows. that's a big deal because it means lots of stuff is working. "vegas" is one of them starring dennis quaid and michael chiklis. both live in studio 57. his exangelina jolie wrote the foreward to his book, billy have you heard to become an expert at something you have to practice it for 10 sthou hours? today we'll meet a man putting that theory to test. we have some doubting thomases in the studio about that. somebody said, gayle, in you sang for 10,000 hours you would still never be good. i don't know. you're watching "cbs this morning." remember, you can catch us on facebook, twitter and google plus. we're making it very easy to find us. we'll see you right after the break. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by party city.

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word my boo. i had a good time with the women of "the talk" yesterday. >> just wuone of the things mis hill does right. >> yes. >> you are very kind. welcome back to "cbs this morning" -- >> slow it down, slow it down. >> okay. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> and i'm charlie rose with erica hill. a legal settlement announced on wednesday could change the way fitness products are now advertised. >> turns out you cannot get rock hard muscles or a cover girl body just by wearing skechers. as michelle miller reports, the company is now paying a high price for not backing up its promises. >> you're amazing. the best i've ever had. >> reporter: it's the shoe that used the curves of kim kardashian and the bod of brooke burke to sell itself. >> i'm toning my muscles, strengthing my car, burning calories. >> reporter: these ads for

shape-ups fueled millions in sales but the federal trade commission decided the maker, skechers usa inc., was deceiving customers with false advertising saying there's no proof they would shape or shed pounds. they settled for $50 million, despite the belief of the company's ceo that they did nothing wrong. >> i absolutely don't believe that skechers misled consumers in any way. >> reporter: in a 27-page judgment, skechers agreed to cease all prior claims made by shape-ups related to health, fitness or weight loss. >> we didn't want to battle this out for years to come. so, we wanted to get back to what we do best, and that's make good shoes. >> reporter: the company's chief selling point was the shoe's very sole, a curved rolling bottom, designed to provide a natural instability that skechers claimed would force the wearer to shape up with every step. >> certainly a stretch to think it's going to produce a tangible

result or noticeable result. >> reporter: certified fitness trainer peter never bought into that idea. >> bye-bye, trainer. hello, shape-ups. >> reporter: or the advertising inference that the product could take the place of a workout professional. >> my biggest concern was that it could actually be taxing on your body, to be standing on an unstable shoe all day and could lead to a risk of injury. >> reporter: at its peak two years ago, skechers led the $1.1 billion toning shoe market. a year later, sales dropped by more than 50%. according to sports one source. the analyst firm cited oversupply and lawsuits, like the one reebok settled last year for $25 billion. in that case, and this one, customers can get a full refund. skechers is barred for making any future claims about its product, unless they can prove it.

until then, buyers shouldn't count their footwear as their sole form of fitness. for "cbs this morning," michelle miller, new york. >> well, i've got three pairs of skechers. i didn't think i was going to have the kim kardashian va-va-voom body, but i did think i saw a difference. now i need to have a brief period of bereavement. >> we talked during the break and it's almost like -- because you walk around in it and you think, it's working. it's amazing how much is mental. even if you don't think you're going to get the bod you might get at the gym you think, a little extra work couldn't hurt. >> i'm not giving them up. >> here's what i think -- >> what do you think, mr. rose. >> thanks, a whole new introduction to my understanding. >> next we'll hear the cellulite cream doesn't work. >> stop the crazy right now, gayle. >> it works. >> spanx works. >> they suck you in. >> we're here to help

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short." key keep hearing people eat junk foot because it's cheaper. "usa today" says now have you no excuse because they say healthy food is no more expensive than junk food. according to a new government report it says carrots, bananas, orange juice were cheaper than ice cream, fries or chocolate. now, that's something to think about. >> chocolate's good for you. it's a health food, too. the new york post has a bags to riches story. a preschool teacher was cleaning out her cluttered purse in april, found lottery tickets she bought a year ago. one was a $1 million winner. if she would have waited much longer because the deadline is saturday. nice way to find a little cash. >> i'm going to clean out my purse. our indianapolis affiliate wish-tv tell us about six high school seniors suspended two days for a prank. they put 11,000 post-it notes all over the school. the janitor, who was in on it, let them in after hours. he was fired. no fair, no fair.

60 students demanded the janitor be rehired. they were suspended. the school backed off that and they let the school back in school. we don't know about the janitor. i don't like that. the janitor should get his job back. it's a sticky situation. the new york daily news says robert downey jr. could make $50 million from "the avengers" more than his co-sisters because downey negotiated his deal after the successful "iron man" movie which is working out well, too, for all those around him. maybe his agents will get a new new clients. our southern colorado stage kktv, look for the controversy after a student was told to dress up as martin luther king jr. for a school project, the second grader used makeup to darken his face. then the principal said the costume was a disruption, so he told the boy to remove the makeup or leave the school. the boy's parents took him home. no word on what happened to that project.

and here's a little video we really liked yesterday. we ran out of time, though, so from "the huffington post," a little girl walks onto a soccer field to console her dad. he's a dutch soccer player, a tough loss. hey, dad, how are you doing? heartwarming, right? dad wasn't into it. yeah. she tried, though. >> whenever i see a child video, i go, not another child video and then you see that and say, that's pretty good. i feel bad about that second grader who was sent home because i think he meant no disrespect. maybe it was in poor taste but he was trying to pay tribute to someone he admired. i don't know. i think we're sometimes a little sensitive. about race. they played everyone from jerry lee lewis to the comish, now dennis quaid and michael chiklis are teaming up and heading to vegas, baby. we'll hear about that project. vegas, baby. hello, you two, just landed them

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♪ put your money where your mouth is that's what you get for waking up in vegas ♪ >> that's a really good song to introduce this segment. you might say cbs has hit the jackpot when it found two great actors to star in the new sears "vegas" starting in september. >> dennis quaid plays long time vegas sheriff and michael chiklis is a mobster who's in to challenge him. >> i'm sorry. i tried to stop them.

>> we're here for paren. >> you need to step out into the lobby. this is my house. you don't walk into my house, not unless you want me in yours. >> i have a murder for his arrest, for the murder of samantha. >> go and arrest him. he's not here. unless you have a search warrant, i suggest you and your boys get the hell out of micah seen notice. you're trespassing. >> i'm the law here. and i will decide who's breaking it. >> does he leave or does he not? dennis quaid, michael chiklis join us. congratulations. when they announced the show, there was a bit of a buzz in the room for you two. >> nice. >> so, we go to the party and one of the things i thought was great fun was the photo booth. erica and i did it. do you know who else did it? >> who? >> here we are. >> it was his idea to be goofy. >> oh, come on.

>> people love this. >> it's true. you get in the photo booth, you say, straight or goofy? you did both. dennis quaid, you look very good on a horse, mr. quaid. >> well, i've had enough experience. >> you look like you know what you're doing. >> i've gotten thrown off a couple times, you learn to stay on. >> that was a great day, by the way, that shot. >> why? >> well, it was such a crazy juxtaposition of images. in an airport hangar coming out of -- i'm coming out of the airplane and here's this guy galloping down the runway. >> across the prairie, to the runway. >> crazy. >> gayle and i got to see the pilot episode we both watched. it is this wild juxtaposition of las vegas, which is becoming this glitzy city we know now, and so the of the wild west. >> it's a clash of cultures. that's one of the things i think

attracted both of us to it. it's about more than, you know, just a crime show. it's about the building of las vegas, about how las vegas became what we know it as today. back then it was really a one-horse town. and then the influx of the mob -- >> that would be you. >> lots of money and clash of cultures with the locals over there. >> i'm a legitimate businessman. >> yeah. you can dress them up, but they still smell, right? >> no, but describe your character. that legitimate businessman. it's set in the '60s, which i think also adds to the appeal for me. >> actually, these guys you thought of, you know, as purely as criminals, you know, that was because they were largely involved in gambling and -- >> and criminal activity. >> well, well, but the thing is this was a shot for them to become legitimate. >> got it. >> you know, gambling and

prostitution, these things were legal in nevada. so, they -- it was a huge -- presented a huge opportunity. talk about an american dream of sorts. and as dennis said, it's a clash of cultures. cowboys and gangsters. >> it was an all-cash business, too. >> exactly. you know, when you have an influx of literally tens of millions of people and hundreds of millions of dollars in a very, very short period of time, that's going to create some drama. >> a little bit of drama. and your character was -- >> i'll tell you a real life character. >> because you met the real ralph? >> yes. met him in las vegas. he's 85 years old. he came out to the set to a couple of days. he's quite a colorful character. >> can he ride a horse as good as you? >> yeah. he still ropes, at 85. he still does roping events. >> but he can't see anymore, right? he can still get up on a horse? >> he can see fine. >> oh, he can?

i read he lost -- >> i wouldn't mess with him. >> seriously. fourth generation rancher, you know, back then in las vegas in the '60s. he reluctantly became the sheriff of las vegas because his -- a lot of the locals didn't like what was going on back then. >> i think you're going to like playing this role, dennis. >> yeah. being the shafb of las vegas at that time was probably the most powerful position in nevada. being the governor may be a step down, because you controlled all the liquor sales and licenses and a lot of the gambling and all the work permits. so you had a say on who was there and who wasn't. >> the keeper of the keys. >> i'm thinking, listen, i hope when emmy nominations come out, the hoe is nominated so i can see the reaction of you. to this day, one of the best things on tv when you were nominated for "the shield," you and your wife together. >> it was an incredible moment. >> i felt like i was in the

room. continued success to you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. zoo it is called "vegas," worth your time. >d>d>d

listen to this. yesterday abc unveiled the new slogan, why just watch when you can feel. doesn't sound like abc's slogan. that sounds like something john travolta would say to his masseuse. i can't believe this.

this is too hot, too hot. >> i like jimmy but i'm going, boo, jimmy, boo. welcome back to "cbs this morning." what would you do if you could do anything in the world? and then how long would it take you to become one of the best at it? >> jim axelrod says one man with visions of green jackets is trying to find out. jim, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. it is a question just about every golfer has asked at some point, usually when they're stuck behind their desk. how good could i be if i didn't have to go to work and just golf all day? we found someone who's providing lessons that go far beyond the course. >> reporter: in portland, oregon, dan mclaughlin is living the dream, or at least the dream as a lot of people would define it. >> it's beautiful. >> reporter: for six hours a day, six days a week, mclaughlin

plays golf. do you ever get tired of playing? >> you know, every 10 or 12 days or so i usually take a day off. >> reporter: i mean, dan, i like chocolate but i can't eat it for every meal. >> well, yeah, yeah. but, you know, i mean doing this, it's not unlike any, you know, career. >> reporter: any career was exactly the problem. mclaughlin's job, a photographer for a dental supply company, paid well but bored him to tears. >> nice. >> reporter: wanting to find a new way to make a living and a new way to make a life, he began to read and came across an idea that intrigued him at first, and then consumed him. >> what i'm testing is whether you can open the right doors for yourself at 30 years old, put in your 10,000 hours, and transition in life to become an expert in any field. >> it is not easy to spend 10,000 hours honing your craft.

>> reporter: 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert at something. author malcolm gladwell popularized the theory in his best selling book "outliars". >> mastering a cognitive task requires a certain amount practice. the minimum amount appears to be about 10,000 hours, which works out to ten years. >> reporter: that would mean 20 hours of practice each week for ten years. a kid starting at 10 would be an expert by 20. but dan mclaughlin was 30. he didn't have ten years. what he did have was $100,000 he'd saved and a pension for frugal living. how many pair of pants do you snoen. >> i have my golf pants and then my nongolf pants. >> reporter: dan, that's two. >> i'm either golfing or not golfing. two pair of pants. >> reporter: mclaughlin figured he would cram his 10,000 hours into six years. you had never played an 18-whole

round of golf before you started this? >> never, never. i didn't even know if i was left or right-handed with golf. golf is just an abstract idea. it's how good could you be in anything if you devoted yourself to it? >> reporter: golf's a funny game. because on any given hole, any idot can look good. but mclaughlin doesn't want to be just good or even excellent. after his 10,000 hours, mclaughlin wants to play on the pga tour. which would place him among the top couple hundred golfers in the world. >> yeah. i'd like to go colonize saturn. >> reporter: chris smith is dan's instructor. >> he explained what he wanted to do. i said, dude, why didn't you pick something easier? >> reporter: then smith was intrigued with the 10 sthou hours idea himself and offered discounted lessons. recently, mclaughlin broke 80,

something only 5% of golfers ever do regularly. >> it's been two years so far and i've put in about 2800 hours, you know, i got 7200 hours left to make it on the tour. >> reporter: and you say that with a straight face. >> yeah. i have -- you know, there's no reason it's not possible. >> yeah, i mean, i think he has a shot, but -- >> reporter: david is a golf analyst for cbs sports. he played professionally for 21 years. >> let's go down to faifd. >> reporter: and widely radared as one of the sharpest minds in professional golf. he cautions that even if mclaughlin got good enough to still be lightyears from becoming the next tiger or phil. >> you either have that or you don't. it's an innate kind of ability. at the very highest level there are probably 1,000 or less. >> reporter: so dan mclaughlin is actually conducting an experiment about human achievement. >> we used to think it was this

much talent, this much practice. now we're thinking it's this much talent and this much practice. >> i would love to have, you know, a little gamble on this one, you know, if anybody's going to give me any decent odds. it's not working. it's not working. >> am i going to go to vegas and put every dime to my name on him qualifying for the pga tour? no. can he do it? yes. >> reporter: but for mclaughlin, whether he makes the tour misses the point. >> you know, i put in the hard work, stressed myself out, but i'm following a dream. >> reporter: how could that be anything other than a success? >> exactly. >> reporter: with his 10,000 hours -- >> you only live once. >> reporter: -- it sounds like dan mclaughlin will master the art of living a richer, more satisfying life. >> i think there's multiple types of success in the story. i'm just one person. and the project is about inspiring other people to follow their dreams. >> for those that play the game,

this is a great story. as i can see you do. it's also about balance between talent and practice? >> yeah. and i think for dan it's about living a life that is directed by sort of this passionate connection. he doesn't want to ask himself what if when he's 40. so, at 30 he's going for it. >> just to clarify, too, so did he -- he saved up $100,000 so he's not working at all. he's only working on his golf game? >> yeah. he gets some help. the country club gives him playing privileges, nike has given him some clubs. he get some help. he takes donations on his web page. and he has two pair of pants, erica. that's how you put 10 0 grand away. >> where did the idea of 10,000 hours first originate? >> a professor at florida state who did the first body of work that even malcolm gladwell then read. it's a fascinating idea. in the akle rod house my kids

are tired of hearing about it. i know, dad, 10,000 hours. it really is the only way to master a skill. >> there are a lot of doubting thomases, including one in the studio who shall remain nameless, orren, but you have others. what about those who say -- >> i play with a lot of guys every weekend who would crush this guy. and those guys aren't going to get into a pga tournament unless they buy a ticket. can he do it? who wants to stomp on someone's dream. it's just -- look, he took $4 from me. anybody that plays on the pro tour better be in my pocket for a lot more than $4. >> here's the interesting thing, too. he comes out a winner regardless. >> yes, a big winner, a champion in that sense of how are you going to live your life? i'm going to find something i passionately in consumed by and pursue it. >> 10,000 hours, that's a lot of time. >> i'm willing to try. >> in all your free time, charlie? >> try singing.

here you go, look up the word quirky in the dictionary. you may or may not find a picture of billy bob thornton. we'll talk about his journey from rural arkansas

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♪ >> i saw you at another mall. >> well, i'm very happy for you. >> you're not really santa. if you were santa, you could do magic. >> you want to see some magic? here, let's watch you disappear. >> i remember that scene. "bad santa" one of billy bob thornton's memorable roles. think of "monster's ball," "friday night lights" and "slingblade". >> this actor and director and screen writer and musician looks back at an adventurous and surprising life in a new memoir

called "the billy bob tapes: a gave full of ghosts." welcome. a cave full of ghosts? >> yes. that's actually based on a -- that's a song title of mine. you know, it's symbolic of your past and all the good and bad things. >> when you go back, is it therapeutic, cathartic, you can look at yourself and say, what is it that made me tick? >> it is in a lot of ways, i think. i didn't think i was going to have as much -- i didn't think it would be as rich an experience as it turned out being. because over the years, they always try to get to you do a book, but they want one of these celebrity biographies where you -- >> kiss and tell. >> yeah, that kind of stuff. i would never do that. when friedman approached me about doing a book, i said, i've known that for a long time. this could be a journey. >> i just like the name.

but this is what i learned read being you. you like butterscotch shakes and baseball. you were shy with people, severely dyslexic. your dad hit you until you hit back at the age of 16. and the people who know you say you have a big, beautiful heart. even now as you sit here today, you say i still at times don't feel good enough. so, i wonder as this little kid growing up in arkansas, what did you want to do, billy bob, with your life? what did you want? >> i wanted to punish for the st. louis cardinals. that's what i really wanted to do. >> 10,000 hours would have done it. >> exactly. and i was in bands. i was a musician. i was obsessed with the beetles and the stones and the animals, like everybody else. so, it was that kind of thing. but, you know, i came from a smaller place. i moved into a town of 10,000 when i was about 9 years old. but up until then i was in a place of 110 people out in the woods. so, i think a lot of that was because of coming from the tiny place in the woods into a town

that i thought was like paris, france, you know. >> but you have angelina jolie, your ex, writing the foreword. great job what she said about you. she was the one that said, the world would be a lot duller if you were not in it, that he's not a normal person, that she still hasn't figured you out. i thin it's great you two have the relationship you can reach out and ask her. how did that happen? you called her up? >> i just asked a few friends, you know. she's one of them. i asked robert duval and angie and dwight yocum -- >> you've got interesting friends. >> yeah. quite an eclectic bunch. i just said, you know, they're looking for some people who have known me for a long time intimately to just say a few words. she was one of them. it was actually the book company's idea to have that be the foreword. >> that's a good idea. that's a really good idea. >> to quote gayle, she said some people walk through life able to quiet the vois in their head.

he can't. i and everyone else who knows him well, we love him for it. i know one thing, the world would have a lot more dull if that man wasn't in it. if you could dial it back to "slingblade" and where you were then, which we were all marveling at acting, directing, all that you could do, would you do it differently since then? or do you just have to live it? >> yeah, you know, my great grandmother used to say, honey, you have to leave everything up to providence, you know. and i think -- i don't have many regrets, frankly. i think i did it the way i would have done it. i had no idea it was going to turn out the way it has. i mean, when i did "slingblade" i thought maybe a few people would see it and i thought maybe the critics would like it but it became iconic. you know, that absolutely changed my life, you know. >> for sure. you said after you were nominated for the oscar, this was a surprise, elizabeth taylor

and gregory peck were the first people that reached out to you. >> they did. >> wow. >> you know, it's like -- i knew it was them because, at first any time anything like that happens you think some of your friends are playing a trick on you. but they have voices that i don't think you could imitate, especially gregory peck. it was scary talking to him. but i became friends with both of them and it was terrific. marlon brando called and a lot of people. it was great. >> you've been married five times. are you a hopeless romantic? >> i think so. i always wanted to -- i've always been a 50/50 people, happy and sad at once all the time. and i think i was that way in the romantic world. >> here's what i'm going to do. this is the look. this book is dedicated to the top guy and also to the guy right below it. >> those two guys, yeah. >> i thought i'll try my hand at being a cartoonist. >> i don't know if that's a good

path for you. that's where you need the 10 sthou hours. >> i need 10,000 hours. >> you said about angelina that you didn't know whether you actually -- you felt like you didn't deserve her. >> well, i've never thought i deserved much of anything. i've always had a real insecurity. i still do. i think some of us never kind of get out of our teenage years. you kind of feel like -- i think you always feel like you did when you're a kid, you know. and i was never, you know, the first guy in line for much of anything. and so i've always been very thankful for what i have as well as at the same time thought, what am i doing here. >> this reminds me of a story about a friend who was very heavy and he reduced and became very thin, very attractive as a human being. he looked in the mirror and he said to me, i still see the fat little kid who i was, not what i became. >> i think that's true of a lot of us. >> so what do you dream today?

>> well, you know, i'm focusing on my kids so much these days. my daughter's 7. most of my dreams now are for them to be successful. and success to me means to be happy. you know, not a nervous wreck all the time. i really hope that for my kids. in terms of dreams, you know, i still have a few things in me, i believe. >> creatively. >> creative things. my real dream is more of a dream about our country, which is that i hope we get back to being a little more human again and that we're not a slave to this drug of technology so much. >> you'd be very happy if people wouldn't watch movies on little screens that we actually get in the car and go to the movies and see a movie on the big screen. >> like peter said to me one time a couple years back. he said david lean knew that people were watching radio on a

telephone, he'd be rolling over in his grave. >> it's interesting to see a man explore his own beginnings and his own roots to find out who he is. this is what this book is about, billy bob thornton. thank you. >> thank you. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> "the billy bob tapes" on sale now. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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bob said, i'm not just saying this because i'm sitting here with you, because i really do watch this show. i always think that's a nice thing to hear from people because you don't have to say that. >> you don't. i agree. >> but i started thinking about 10,000 hours, what i would do. singing. what about yours? >> golf. >> but you already know how to do golf. >> that's true. but 10,000 hours would make you much better. the thing about golf, the passion is to get better and better and better. for many of us it's to be really good. >> i think orren is on to something, even if i did it for 10,000 hours, i still don't think i'd be good. yours, erica? >> i haven't thought about it. i don't know what it would be. >> it wouldn't be singing or -- >> i need -- you know what i would do? >> what would do you? >> i would use some 10,000 hours and i would sleep. >> erica, that's not an option. >> oh, gayle, you take all the fun out of it. >> tone down your ambition. tone it down. >> sorry, sorry. >> that does it for us. up next, your local news.

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