colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ] good morning. it is friday, june 1, 2012. i'm charlie rose in washington. john edwards walks away a free man. now the question is, will the government try again? and with syria on the brink of civil war, u.s. officials say america is ready for military intervention if necessary. i'm erica hill in london as britain quicks off the queen's diamond jubilee, we'll take a look at how she became one of the most enduring and popular monarchs in history. i'm gayle king in studio 57. mitt romney gives president obama great apps on an interview on "cbs this morning."

and we'll talk sugary drink with america's top chef, jonathan waxman. we begin with today's "eye opener" your world in 90 seconds. while i don't believe i did anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. >> john edwards acknowledges his sins but denies any crime. >> john edwards is a free man. >> after a jury acquitted him of campaign fraud. >> the jury was split on five other counts and so the judge declared a mistrial. >> i don't think god's through with me. i really believe he thinks there's still some good things i can do. >> god's not fin ired with him. voters will. >> economists expect job growth to be smaller than from september to february. >> mitt romney is making a pledge that he'll bring unemployment rates to 6%. >> what grade would you give president obama? >> an "f," no question. >> across the board? >> across the board. >> the deadline given by

president assad to comply with the u.n. peace plan expires this morning. >> the massive wildfire is racing in all directions in the gila national forest. >> 2012 scripps national spelling bee. >> this is a miracle. >> a bear putting two school ogs lockdown and interrupteding an eighth great graduation. >> crystal butcher. >> no. why would i want that? >> all that -- >> justin bieber suffered a concussion last night in paris after running into a glass wall during a concert. >> and all that matters -- >> prince charles is paying special tribute to the queen in previously unseen family footage. >> on "cbs this morning." >> president obama welcomed former president george w. bush back to the white house for the official unveiling of his portrait. >> as you wrestle with tough decisions, you'll now be able to

gaze although this portrait and say, what would george do? welcome to "cbs this morning" this morning. john edwards is waking up a free man. the former presidential candidate's corruption case ended in a mistrial thursday. government sources say a retrial is not likely. >> jurors deliberated for nine days but could only agree on one of six counts, voting not guilty. anna werner is at the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the courtroom was silent yesterday as the decision came down, but immediately afterwards we watched as john edwards hugged his daughter kate, his parents and his lawyers. then he came outside to face the public. >> while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was doing anything illegal,dy an awfuling awful lot that was wrong.

and there is no one else responsible for my sins. >> reporter: sins, perhaps, but jurors could not agree that john edwards broke the law. of the six felony charges they acquitted him on one count, of accepting illegal campaign contributions from rachel "bunny" mellon. the jury deadlocked on the remaining five so on those charges the judge declared a mistrial. >> all i can say is thank goodness we live in a country that has the kind of system we have. >> reporter: over the past six weeks prosecutors tried to prove edwards misused nearly $1 million in donations during the 2008 presidential campaign to cover up his affair with rielle hunter. the prosecution's key witness, former aide andrew young, says he and edwards worked together. edwards' lawyers argued the money was not campaign

contributions but gifts. denise agrees. >> all the money, they never went into the campaign, never went to john edwards of the $1.8 million. $1.6 million went right to andrew young. >> reporter: in the end jurors split on virtually all of the charges. a source tells cbs news it's unlikely the justice department will seek a retrial. what does the government do now? >> the government, if there's smart, gives it up. there's no reason to retry this case. they got the evidence in they wanted, jury instructions they wanted. they were unable to convince this jury on one single counted. >> reporter: outside edwards thanked his parents, his daughter, and spoke of the love of his children, including the 4-year-old he fathered with rielle hunter. >> finally, my precious quinn,

who i love more than any of you could ever imagine. >> reporter: now he's focused on moving on. >> i don't think god's through with me. i really believe he thinks there's still some good things i can do. >> reporter: this was a high-profile defeat for the department of justice who tried to prosecute edwards under what some critics argued was a new interpretation of campaign finance laws. a case like this one had never been tried before, charlie. >> anna werner, thank you so much. "48 hours" correspondent erin moriarty has been following the et wards case since the beginning. good morning. >> i think the real problem with this case all along was the main witness, the key witness, andrew young. i think the government just put too much of its case on one witness. you know, he was very strong and direct, but then in

cross-examination, when he had to admit -- when this whole case was revolving around a little over a million dollars and most went to andrew young, and then you have none of the other main characters testifying, i just think it was too much reasonable doubt. >> was there a defining moment? >> for me, and i think for the jurors, obviously was during that cross-examination of andrew young. he seemed a broken man. it was -- you just saw him slowly disintegrating. and then when he had to admit he spent so much money, and on pidly thing. maybe i'm very midwest but when he says he paid $100,000 for a home theater, another $100,000 for a pool, you begin to wonder whether he views this entire scandal to enrich himself. and i think the jurors felt the same way. >> it's almost certain the prosecution will not retry this? >> i think it would be very difficult. number one, this case first came from a republican holdover,

who's no longer the u.s. attorney. i think they're stuck with this main witness. and from the very beginning -- you know, it's very interesting. i tried to do a piece for "sunday morning" and tried to get somebody who supported the government's case. i could not find anyone who thought this was a valid prosecution, so i really can't see -- i really cannot see the government trying to retry. >> when you look at this case and what happened, does it say something about the difficulty of trying celebrities? >> oh, that's an interesting question. i don't think so. i think the main criticism on these cases is that the justice department seems not to go after the really big, tough cases, maybe involving something on wall street, but going after some celebrities, like roger clemens. i think the real problem is the cases are weak and would he lie on very flawed key witnesses. that was the problem with roger clemens' case as well. i think that's really the problem. >> wouere the defense lawyers

confident? did you get a sense they believed they would get this verdict? >> i think they believed in their case very strongly, and had a lot of support from other groups. certainly, when you had the federal election commission saying that these payments did not have to be listed on financial statements, that they were not campaign contributions, i think they believed in their case. but i think that they were losing confidence when the judge did not throw out any of the charges at the end of the prosecution's case. i think as the days went on, i think it was very nerve-racking. so i think they believed in their case pip don't know how confident they were that they would actually win. because i think as you always heard the defense attorneys saying, he is guilty maybe of moral sins but not crimes. >> one more time in which the jury couldn't make the distinction between the to. we don't like this person but he has not, in our judgment, having

listened to the evidence, committed a crime. >> every case like this gives me more and more faith in jurors. i had so many friends saying, he's going to be found guilty. the jurors took their job very seriously. they could clearly separate the man from the actions. when it came down to it, you didn't have rachel "bunny" mellon testifying, you didn't have fred baron, you didn't have john edwards, you didn't have rielle hunter. all you had was andrew young. could you trust his word when he made so much money out of this? it was just a reasonable doubt case. that's what i really think it came down to. >> thank you, erin. we go now to erica in london. helo. >> charlie, good morning, charlie, nice to see you this morning. the u.n. human rights commission is meeting in geneva today to discuss the growing crisis in syria. the commission is considering charging syria's government with crimes against humanity for last week's massacre in houla.

as alex thompson reports from damascus, the government is trying to shift the blame. >> reporter: astonishment around the world that the syrian government here in damascus is blaming of the massacre at people were killed, most women and children, on what it calls armed militias armed with heavy weapons. that will be believed by almost nobody outside the syrian government itself and their supporters. i can say i myself have witnessed heavy weapons being used in houla, and those were in the hands of the syrian army and authorities. this is friday, a day of prayer. after prayer there will be spontaneous demonstration across this country. the authorities cannot stop that. but they suppress them with brutality, shooting on site is normal, and if you're shot here in those situations, you cannot get to a hospital because you'd be arrested. the only way to recovery is

treatment in a safe house where doctors themselves are putting their liberty on the line, trying to help you. alex thompson, channel 4 news for "cbs this morning," damascus. defense secretary leon panetta said the u.s. is ready for any military action in syria. he also called for tougher international pressure on president assad. >> we cannot be satisfied with what's going on. and the international community has got to take further steps to make sure that assad steps down. >> with us now is retired air force general richard myers, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he's a cbs news senior military analyst. welcome. >> hi, charlie. >> so, if you're tipping point on this in which the international community will have to do something? >> that's a great question. i think that's what people are looking for, is could we get the sanctions? could we get russia on board? i guess there's been a lot of

eflt to get russia on board, perhaps using sanctions to force syria to take steps to perhaps get rid of assad and his regime. that would probably be the tipping point if it looks like russia will be intransient on this point, if the u.s. is ineffectual, i think they'll use force. >> how would they use support? would it be support for existing groups? air power? what kind of resistance are the syrians capable of? >> i think it will be a lot more complex than the libyan case. perhaps even more complex than the iraq case. syrians have an industrial-aged army, cold war sort of army. they've got -- >> supplied by the russians. >> supplied by the russians. reasonable air defenses. chemical weapons for sure. possibly biological weapons.

whether they bring those into play or not, you don't know. and population centers that are pretty concentrated as opposed -- libya was a little bit more spread out, larger territory. so, i think it becomes -- it's a much more difficult military problem, i think. that's part of what we're hearing on the periphery here. the debate goes on in washington. how would you do it? what would your objective be? how do you get it done? strength of the syrian forces on the ground and what they could do alone if they had the appropriate -- >> that would have to be assessed very carefully. unlike if libya where we had a sense of, that i don't know that we have that sense in syria. that would be critical to what our objective would be. you know, as i know as well as anybody, it's easy to get through these and then -- but what do you do once you're into it? what sort of instability does it create not only in syria, larger civil war spillover into the

borders, think about the security, you think about the stability of jordan -- >> and you worry about what iran might do because -- >> iran being a proxy state. what iran might do, not just iran, but hezbollah -- >> in lebanon. >> in lebanon. and then perhaps all the way down -- >> is the idea of iran's ability to close the strait of hormuz real? >> my opinion is they could make noise to do that, take steps to do that. they might frustrate shipping for a short period of time. to close it, i don't think that's a realistic expectation, i think the international community, particularly the united states, we could overcome. >> listening to you i hear this notion the great fear is with intervention, necessary on lots of grounds, might spread into a wider sectarian war in the middle east and draw in neighbors. that's the great fear. >> i think that's -- i think

that's a real possibility. i think people that are deliberating, you know, military action, have to think about that. how's this affect the rest of the region? everybody's got some skin in this game. saudi arabia, iran, two enemies to begin with, but they have their favorites in syria. and the king of jordan, very delicate balance. >> in a fragile place himself. >> yes, is he. >> great to are you here. time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "the wall street journal" says former first lady nancy reagan is endorsing mitt romney. they met in las vegas yesterday. she said president reagan would have liked romney's strong background and principles. 14-year-old singdha nandipati of san diego won by correctly spelling the word guetapens. they wants to be a psychiatrist or neurosurgeon today. "usa today" says tuesday is

your last chance to see the famed transit of venus, when venus slowly crosses the face the sun looking like a black spot. it will not happen again for 105 years. britain is ready to kick off a weekend of massive celebration for the queen's diamond jubilee. our own erica hill is in london this morning. erica, tell me what's happening. >> hi, charlie. a lot going on this morning, as you can imagine. in fact, not too long ago we just saw the changing of the guard, which is very cool. just over a year ago we were outside buckingham palace celebrating the wedding of prince william and kate middleton. today, though, the spotlight -- there's the kiss -- is firmly on william's grandmother, 86-year-old queen elizabeth ii will mark 60 years on the throne with a four-day celebration. more than a billion people around the world are expected to watch it on television. just over my shoulder you can see -- you might be able to see just a little to my left, there's a round stage.

it was built over the queen victoria mounment, in front of the palace, and sir paul mccartney, sir elton john, sir paul jones will be performing, madness as well. one of the many spectacles we can expect on see and share with you over the next five days. a little later this morning we'll take a closer look at how the royals are marking the occasion. we'll also show you the elaborate security operation that it's going to take to protect them and the millions of people who will be gathering in the streets to watch it all. some really interesting security measures taking on the river thames where we'll see the 1,000-boat flotilla later this weekend. a giant new new mexico wildfire grew to nearly 300 square mile overnight. the fire is the largest ever recorded in new mexico. it is spreading quickly in all directions in the gila national forest fueled by wind and dry conditions. the fire has destroyed a dozen cabins in

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only on "cbs this morning," mitt romney says president obama deserves an "f" for his first term. >> having never had any experience in his life in leadership has made it difficult for him to learn how to lead on the job. >> and the president says thank you to his predecessor as the official white house portrait of president george w. bush is unveiled. >> thank you so much for inviting our rowdy friends. to my hanging. >> we'll look at how the 2004 bush campaign could help mr. obama win his own second term. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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you froze our account? >> i did. >> you froze the account? >> i had to get your attention, mark. >> do you realize you jeopardized the entire company in your actions could permanently destroyed everything i've been working on. >> we were working on. >> let me tell you the difference between facebook and anybody else. we don't crash ever. >> on thursday the one thing mark zuckerberg was so afraid of in the social network, the movie, crashed on thursday. users reported on twitter and blog the website was down for half an hour to two hours. a facebook spokesman says some users could not get onto the site but the problems have been fixed. welcome back to "cbs morning news." i'm charlie rose in washington. erica hill is in london.

erica, what do we have from london this half hour? >> good morning, charlie. lots to come. one the things we saw in the "eye opener," we showed some of this video from 1957, home movies from the royal family. they're making the cover in the paper. a lot of people talking about that this morning. of course, all the preparations as we kick off this four-day celebration for the diamond jubilee. we'll give you more on queen elizabeth, the past 60 years, and the incredible security feat. what it will take to keep everybody safe, especially during the 1,000-boat flotilla on river thames this weekend. >> thank you. in the race for the white house, mitt romney is telling president obama look at your own business record. he visited solyndra, the failed solar panel manufacturer that got huge government loans. jan crawford has an interview with romney mr. that you'll onl&

see on "cbs this morning." >> reporter: we sat down with governor romney in airport hangar, in between campaign stops in california. the first interview he's given since he clinched the nomination this week. he says he knows it will be a long, tough, six months ahead. and let me tell you, he was taking on the president. you were pretty tough on the president today, talking about solyndra, saying it was a serious conflict of interest. do you think the president was corrupt? >> i think it's a conflict of interest of some magnitude to are an administration and a president take taxpayer money, $500 million taxpayer money and give it to a company that's owned by campaign contributors. that's a conflict of interest. this is not small numbers, this is $500 million. in circumstances if the business were to do well, the president's friends would make a fortune.

taxpayers get nothing. that isn't the way government ought to be working. >> reporter: a lot of merndz think the deck is stacked against him. iposs of facebook, jpmorgan. >> our economic system, based upon free enterprise, is the only system that's ever been shown to lift people out of poverty. this for me is about helping middle income people get good jobs with rising incomes. and the president thinks the way to do that is to have government make investments and to have government choose winners and losers, or in his case, choose losers. that's not the right way for an economy to work. >> reporter: when you were at bain capital you chose winners and losers and some thing, when you're at bain capital, didn't work out so well. what did you learn from some of those disappointments? >> i think being in the business world, as i was, and having successes and failures, teaches you a great deal about how business works, why companies

decide to locate in one place or another, why they decide to hire people, why they decide to let people go, why it is incomes rise and benefits improve. when they go the other direction, why that occurs. that kind of fundamental understanding, i think the president is lacking. >> reporter: what grade would you give president obama? >> oh, an "f", no question about that. >> reporter: across the board? >> across the board. >> reporter: even despite the killing of osama bin laden? >> when i look at foreign policy, if i -- and look at his decisions across the board in foreign policy, i look at the fact that he was looking to have a force of american troops staying in iraq, securing what had been so hard won there, with status of forces agreement, he failed to achieve it. i look at what's happening in the middle east. the arab spring has become the arab winter. that's hardly a success. as i look around the world, i happen to believe that his positions in foreign policy have not communicated american strength and resolve. >> reporter: the grade on

foreign policy? >> "f" across the board. >> reporter: and on the economy? >> "f" across the board. >> reporter: anything above an "f" with this administration? >> there are some things. getting osama bin laden, i appreciate him doing that. i know he's trying, but having never had any experience in his life in leadership, has made it difficult for him to learn how to lead on the job. what's happened in this country is that the people who create jobs have pulled back, in part because of the uncertainty created by the obama policies. >> reporter: voters everywhere we go say jobs, the economy, those are the issues they care about most. and romney has made that the cornerstone of his campaign. he argues he can turn this economy around. he gave us very specific answers about some of the things he would do to create jobs. in our interview yesterday, of course the obama administration, however, is trying to paint romney as this korment raider who carries about profits, not

people. that an issue you'll hear over and over for the next six months. >> jan, let me come to what the president has been saying, as you just mentioned. how does the romney campaign defend themselves and is solyndra their way of going on the offense ovenss ive and putting it back in his court? >> reporter: that's exactly right. as we've seen, this election is really going to turn on the economy. voters don't think the president's handling it that well, so they've been going after romney calling him a corporate raider who's more concerned about profits than people. what we're seeing now is romney is punching back, countering it and using companies like solyndra and says, listen, i was a businessman, i had a lot of success, but president obama cares about profit for his donors. he used campaign loans -- this is the argument. he used taxpayer funds to give

to backers. the ambassador campaign is pushing back but he shows he's going to fight for this. he's going to punch back hard when he's attacked. >> jan crawford, thank you so much. we now go back to erica in london. >> thanks. we're getting ready for what you might call a jolly good show here in england. just ahead, we'll show you what's ahead this weekend. we'll also take a look back at queen elizabeth's many accomplishments over the past 60 years. stay with us. coming to you from london, washington and new york on "cbs this morning." ♪ i'm sticking to my guy like a stamp to a letter ♪

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know, what do i do? she said, get rid of it. give me your friends and we'll add those in due course. it's your day. >> prince william talking about the queen in az documentary for britain's tv. welcome back to london where diamond jubilee celebrations are about to kick into full swing. starting tomorrow the four-day holiday weekend will feature plenty of pomp and pageantry. >> reporter: the eyes of the world were last on prince william and his beloved bride. but celebrations surrounding their big day will seem almost queen elizabeth ii, who on this, her diamond jubilee, marks 60 years on the throne. talk a bit about the significance of the longevity of her rein. >> it's amazing. more popular than ever.

>> reporter: approval rang out in 1967. >> her majesty the queen. >> reporter: they hailed the head of state on her silver jubilee. >> for me, the 25th anniversary is a moving occasion. it is also, i hope, for all of us a joyous won. >> reporter: it certainly was, at street parties throughout the city. on golden jubilee, 25 years later, more than a million partied at buckingham palace. >> celebrating a country of history as well as a woman's rein. >> reporter: over six decades of service, the queen has made 325 overseas visits, patroned more than 600 charities and given audience through 12 prime ministers. >> she sees prime minister every tuesday. tony blair said how comforting he found it, whatever crisis he

was in, the queen had seen something similar at some other time. >> reporter: the royal family has been touring at home and abroad. while the queen smiled and waved her way through the uk, along with catherine, prince harry took his first solo tour to belize, bahamas. >> i extend her great wishes to yours and sorry she can't be here. >> reporter: in brazil he told cbs news it was an honor. >> to me she's just granny, but to all these countries she's the queen, this great thing that they respect and love. >> reporter: over the next four days, millions are expected to line the streets of london. on the river thames jubilee bells will ring past the largest photo ever of the royal family, as part of a 1,000-boat flotilla. stage is set for an all-star concert at buckingham palace where just this morning troops took part in a full dress

rehearsal. it's a party fit for a queen as the nation and the world celebrates and reflects. why is it important, do you think, to have this mass celebration for this milestone? >> people want to say thank you, well done, fantastic achievement to have done this 60 years and still to be on top of your game. >> there are countless event planned throughout the united kingdom. many in london are looking forward to the street parties this weekend. he this were encouraged during the royal wedding last year as well, and they were estimated that twice as many people will turn out compared to last year's royal wedding party. on tuesday, the final day of the jubilee weekend, the queen and family will attend a national thanksgiving at st. paul's cathedral. a lot of people ask, why is this important to us in the united states? we have to remember, the uk is the united states' greatest ally and there really has been this incredible partnership over the

years. so that, too, is one of the reasons so many people are interested in this. it's not just the pomp and pageantry, although that's fun, too. >> you're in london. i know this is a big story. i know the world media is there. i know it's about, not only the queen but the history, but you're in london. are you having any fun? >> it's a terrible assignment, charlie. frankly, i can't believe i ended up with it. >> oh, i know. we're punishing you. >> we got in late last night but, yes, i think it's going to be a great weekend. we really have a great seat to history here. so, thanks for giving me the gig. >> all right. you know what i look forward to myself -- >> here's a look now -- >> go ahead. >> charlie, i'm going t

as britain celebrates the diamond jubilee, we'll have a look at the royal family at play in never before seen home videos. we'll also speak with sir malcolm ross who worked in the royal household for more than 20 year. you can imagine he has important insight. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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♪ it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. erica hill, as you know, is on assignment in london. joining us live now -- i'm thinking, erica, you have a lot of work to do today. hello. >> i do, gayle, but it's work i don't mind doing. nice to see you and get a chance to say good morning to you, gayle. one thing we'll take a look at ahead, talk about a lot of work, the security forces who will help to essentially lock down london and keep it safe. 40 square miles they have to lock down. 13000 security personnel on hand to do that. we'll give you an inside look at how they'll accomplish that, gayle. >> i know. i was a little nervous about us in three different locations. charlie in d.c., you in london,

me in new york. imagine how they feel guarding the queen and all the ceremony going on there. erica, thanks. we'll see you a little later on. charlie rose, as you know, is spending the day in washington. he's busy, too. hey, charlie. >> hey, gayle. former president george bush made a rare visit to washington on thursday. he and his wife appeared with president and mrs. obama at the white house. despite their political disagreements, bill plante reports the two men focused on what they have in common. >> reporter: charlie, in the east room with two former presidents, george w. bush and his father, george h.w. bush, president obama allowed the presidency has given him a perspective that transcends politics. >> i have a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by the presidents who came before me. >> reporter: for three years president obama has blamed his predecessor for helping the rich over the middle class and leaving behind a mountain of debt. on this day, he thanked bush for his help with the transition. >> george,ly always remember the

gathering you hosted for all the living former presidents before i took office. your kind words of encouragement. plus, you also left me a really good tv sports package. i use it. >> reporter: the audience of bush family members and people from the bush administration watched as the portraits of president obama and laura bush were revealed. >> thank you so much for invi inviting our rowdy friends to my hanging. >> reporter: turning serious momentarily, president obama, 43, as he referred to himself, paid tribute to his father, bush 41, who now suffers from a mild form of parkinson's and arrived in good spirits, sporting snappy socks. >> i'm admired to be hanging near a man who gave me the best

gift possible, unconditional love, and that would be number 41. >> reporter: but for most of his appearance, bush 43 refused to take himself too seriously. >> when you're wandering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions, you'll now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what would george do? >> reporter: he also joked that the white house portrait collection now begins and ends with george w.s, himself and george washington. >> when the british burned the white house in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w. now, michelle, if anything happens, there's your man. >> reporter: the first lady michelle obama reassured him. >> i promise you -- i promise

i'm going straight for him. >> bill plante is here along with chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. you know what, that was fun, but it is not what the campaign is going to look like, i guarantee it. >> i want to get to the campaign with both of you. just for a moment, was this a bush that people inside the white house and people covering him knew? >> yes, the very relaxed, laid back guy who was not afraid to make a joke at his own expense. he's very good at that. always has been. >> let's turned to obama campaign. how do they see it? are they confident? bill clinton said on a recent television interview he thought he could win by four to five points. >> i don't think they're going to say they can win by four to five points but they've said all along, it's razor close. they know they have to win over a very small percentage of independents. they know the economy their

enemy and it's romney campaign issue, so they have to appeal to their base and get them out. >> do they see it as some have suggested this is 2004 in which george bush was running against john kerry and the roles are reversed in a sense that they've got to get their base out and then they also have to take down the other guy. is that the way they see it? >> i think they see it as a methodic all step by step campaign. the first part of the campaign was bain attacks, defining mitt romney, not just as a gordon gekko style businessman but someone out of touch with middle class voters. step two, which we saw them just enact talking about mitt romney's record as gov more, where they say they the state debt went up, unemployment went up under him, this he's not qualified to be president. stage three of the campaign will be about after the conventions, after the summer, where they'll want to run against the ideas. what obama is proposing for the country and then what mitt romney is proposing for the country. and on that level, they think they can beat mitt romney.

they say this is going to be a very, very close election. they're worried about the economy. >> that suggests they want to make it about the further, referendum -- >> they to want use this early stage of the campaign to define mitt romney and then they want the fall campaign to be a debate about the differences of what they would do for people in america. >> when you look at them, are they confident? do they feel they can -- >> yeah they are confident. >> -- achieve these goals? >> they feel they can get back the base they had, most of it, in 2008. that would be women, particularly college educated women, it would be minorities, particularly hispanics. they're going after hispanics in a big way in states like new mexico and colorado. so that they can offset some possible losses in the key states in the east. they may not carry this -- >> do they respect romney as a competitor? >> as a competitor, yes. >> but not as, what, in terms of ideas and -- >> i don't think they respect him in terms of political ideas, no.

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are you ready? for football? or "long story short." we found a few reasons for mo rocca to make a few "long stories short". ktev reports older men are turning to botox. many say they need help when they compete with younger men at job interviews. don't know what's worse, the needles or they're call it rotox. i hate needles but i say rotox. >> men who dye their hair and get botox, they end up looking older. i'm not getting it. >> good. >> our springfield, massachusetts, station has a story of a woman accused of breaking into homes doing housework and leaving a bill. police charged sue warren with

burglary. she left the family of the home she broke into for a bill of $75 for cleaning services. the family says it might have been worth $15. she can break into my apartment, really. >> and you live where? >> i'll leave the key for her, actually. >> the "new york times" reports being called gay is not slander. a new york appeals court ruled the comment is based on a false premise that it is shameful and disgraceful to be described as lesbian, gay or bisexual. critics say that may be true not for new york but not for the entire country. i say it's 2012, we have to bring the rest of the country up to date. >> and it's hard to legislate language like that. things are changing so fast. >> i agree. >> entertainment weekly says the "devil's wear prada" author is working on a follow-up book, which is supposed to come out next year. as amanda priestly would say, that's all. >> i can't wait. a georgia family has won a

big malpractice suit. they say a doctor should have warned 31-year-old william martinez to avoid physical activity after he complained of chest pain. that sounds reasonable. the jury awarded the family $3 million. it would have been more except martinez died, listen to this, during a three-way sex romp. so, mo, the question to you is, is a three-way sex romp strenuous? >> i think it probably is. that's going out in a blaze of glory, first of all. no, you know, look, you're not supposed to stop exercising. might have been taking it a little too far. >> three-way, i don't know. that's "long story short". >> and awkward. >> awkward! london rolls out the red carpet, nothing awkward about that. the city has stepped up security, as erica hill told us. we'll show you what it takes to make the royal family and its subjects stay safe. you're watching "cbs this morning." mo rocca and i back right after the break. when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced.

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♪ that is the changing of the guard. it happened behind us not too long ago. that happened earlier this morning. nice to have a front row seat. millions of people will come out to honor the queen during the next four days. and unprecedented security measures will be in place to make sure everything goes as planned. charlie d'agata is here with us at buckingham palace. he's been checking into what goes into protecting those diamond jubilee crowds. nice to see you in person. >> welcome back to london. safety and security procedures have been under way for months now and some will be obvious and some you won't see at all. >> reporter: british forces are preparing for the biggest royal security operation in history.

>> this will be bigger than the royal wedding in terms of the length of time it's going on for. it's a whole weekend, four days, in fact, of celebrations. >> reporter: that's like having four royal weddings like last year's back to back. over the past month, police and sniffer dogs have been scouring every inch of central london to search for explosives. the center attraction is a potential security nightmare, sunday's jubilee pageant. 1,000 boats with tens of thousands of people on board will follow the queen and every other senior member of the royal family down the river thames. >> this is a unique undertaking for us. thousands of stewards, 6,000 police officers, combining everything, air support, marine support, firearms and making sure they're visible, looking after the crowds. >> reporter: they'll be protected by a fleet of royal navy and police vessels ranging from high visibility crafts to

unmarked speed boats with specialist armed forces on board. police frogman have carried out underwater searches. more than a million people are expected to line the banks and thousands more at bridges, which will all be shut down for traffic the entire day. positioned in london. any vacation leave has been canceled. peter clark is the former head of counterterrorism for scotland yard. >> what you're not seeing, obviously, is the covert surveillance going on all day, every day, carried out by both mi-5, security service and the police to counter terrorist threat. >> reporter: a terrorist threat london is no stranger to. in july 2005 suicide bombers on subway trains and a bus killed 52 people. the capital is no stranger to violent civil unrest. london burned in four days of

rioting after the police shooting of an unarmed man. authorities appeared powerless to stop it. the queen's been vulnerable, too. in 1981 a man in the crowd fired a gun with blanks as the queen rode in front of buckingham palace. just last month, a lone protester on the thames was all it took to bring the esteemed oxford cambridge university boat race to a stop. >> there will always be vulnerabilities in any big city. you can't stop every single threat. what you have to try to do is get ahead of it. that's what the authorities here have been working on for years to try to do. >> of course the big main event is when london goes into lockdown. closing off seven bridges and this is a list of the road closures, ten pages long. >> one of our producers said it would have been better to do a list of roads open. a shorter list. the security, royal wedding of a warm-up to the jubilee, which is a warm-up to the olympics. what is the single biggest

concern they have? >> the intelligence officials we spoke to said their biggest concern is a lone wolf, somebody acting on their own. in theory, surveillance and intelligence would have picked up anything that was an organized threat. they said that's where they're depending on the crowd for eyes and ears. also, if anybody steps out of line, you'll have thousands of angry brits. >> like in new york, if you see something, say something. >> yes. i'm thinking, erica, you're in such a great location pip know you can't reach out and touch buckingham palace, but literally it looks like -- if you wanted to reach out and say, hello, queen, i'm here. may i come for some tea? >> we were waving earlier, gayle. hello. >> we're right in the front yard. >> we are. it's not a bad spot. >> four days of celebrations. what did you and charlie bring the queen? what does one bring the queen for her jubilee? i'm very curious. >> what do you bring the queen? there are a lot of cupcakes around. maybe that's where i'd start. >> gayle likes cupcakes.

maybe i'll bring you home a cupcake. >> mull it over. i wouldn't be mad at you. >> stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." let's take a paint project from

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i remember coming up, wearing the crown. that's a vivid memory. >> prince charles. welcome back to "cbs this morning." how would you like to see your mom with a crown on? can you imagine your mom with a crown on? >> i would love that. >> i would, too. that's from prince charles' video tribute to the queen which will air tonight on the bbc. i'm with mo rocca. we're looking at the life and times of queen elizabeth. you look dapper. >> my royal look. >> it's working for you. he joins us as we join erica, who's in london to cover the queen's jubilee outside buckingham palace. erica, i love looking at these

home movies. >> they're great, aren't they? they've had a wonderful response this morning. they were on a lot of the shows, the breakfast shows as they say here in the uk and featured those pictures in the paper this morning. everybody loves that inside look. the queen has reined with a steady hand for more than half a century, 60 years now. not only has she earned the respect of her people, but also positioned the monarchy for many say with a future brighter than ever. born in london, she wasn't supposed to be queen. when her uncle, queen edward abdicated to divorce, queen elizabeth was heir-apparent to the british throne. >> i have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility without the help and support of the woman i love. >> reporter: on her 21st

birthday, the princess committed herself to public service. >> i declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service. >> reporter: in 1947 princess elizabeth married prince philip, launching a partnership that carried her through her rein. >> it was a real romance at the beginning. she's never looked at another man. >> reporter: queen elizabeth's 1953 core nation was the first major international event to be televised. opening up the pageantry and splendor of the century's old ceremony to the world and also opening up the monarchy to increased scrutiny. >> elizabeth was seen as an absolute rock, a fixed point, in the history of the monarchy. she has kept it going. but she's also been an obstacle for any kind of change. >> reporter: one of the biggest changes to come under her rein, divorce. >> as soon as she became queen,

there wasn't the same room for family and social life and being a normal wife. >> the windsors were totally wedded to the idea of the normal family. divorce was impossible, but finally, like most women with families, they accommodate themselves. >> reporter: in 1992 the queen's sons both separated and her daughter divorced. that same year a devastating fire ravaged windsor castle on her 45th wedding anniversary. >> the sky aglow above windsor. >> reporter: capping off a year the queen said she'd rather forget. >> 1992 is not a year on which i shall look back with undiluted pleasure. >> reporter: one of the queen's greatest challenges was still to come, on the heels of prince charles and princess diana

public and dramatic divorce. >> diana princess of wales died in a car crash. >> reporter: diana's death with back lash against the queen, before addressing the nation. >> i want to pay tribute to diana myself. she was an exceptional and gifted human being. >> reporter: since then her image has shifted. she has a seemingly softer approach. in 2005 the queen surprised many when she gave her blessing to the marriage of prince charles and one-time mistress, camilla parker-bowles. since the queen seems to be sharing some of her spotlight with a new generation of royals. all while continuing to make history as she did during last year's monumental visit to ireland, the first by a british monarch in a century. >> no one who look to the future over the past centuries could have imagined the strength of

the bonds that are now in place between the government and people of our two nations. >> reporter: after 60 years on the throne, queen elizabeth is clearly not slowing down. >> the queen is driven by duty. this is her overriding mission and it goes beyond her family and beyond her own comfort. and i think even beyond her own marriage. >> sir malcolm ross knows the household as well as anyone. he works for the queen and prince charles for more than 20 years, dealing with protocol and ceremonial matters and he joins us this morning. nice to have you with us here again. we talked in the piece a little about the queen's sense of duty. and some have said -- many have said that they feel intense sense of duty really comes with what happened with king edward viii's abdication 37 would you agree with that? >> entirely. since her 21st birthday, that's

been through her working life and she referred to that not too long ago, to that broadcast by saying she did not regret or retract one word from it. >> she seems to be in many ways setting up the monarchy for future generations. we see prince charles prominent he ly featured and the duke and duchess of kcambridge as well. >> yes. it's a true indication of succession, as demonstrated by her. >> how many of these decisions in terms of what's happening this weekend did the queen make herself? >> she will have approved every aspect of every plan. some may not have come from her own mind originally, but everything will have passed across her desk. she would have discussed it with her advisers to make sure that it is up to her standard and conforms with her wishes. >> do you think in some ways she's allowed the monarchy to be a bit more len yent with her

wishes? we heard from william in an interview, when he got the list with 700 people on the list he didn't know, she said, tear it up, start with your friends. >> yes. there is nobody more down to earth than the queen. that is very much what she will do. she sulbtly adjusts everything n the right way. >> what is she like, when the cameras on off, when she's with her grandchildren? is she a warm granny? does she crack jokes? >> she's an immensely warm person. she's a family person, first and foremost, immensely proud of her grandchildren. she has a wonderful sense of humor. she teases and will tease. of course, she has to restrict that to times of more or less privacy. but she has a great character and loves using that. >> what do you think she's most liking forward to this weekend? >> the derby. >> which is tomorrow. >> that is tomorrow. the first event. she will adore the whole thing. i think she'll have a little apprehension about the river

pageant because this is something which hasn't happened in 350 years. and she's still nervous about things she hasn't experienced before, but that will be beautifully conducted, i'm sure, every precaution has been taking to avoid mishap. so, there will be that, the concert outside buckingham palace. we had concerts ten years ago for the golden wedding, not what we'll have here. but she will be happy, relaxed and enjoy it. and enormously aappreciative of the goo goodwill everyone is showing toward her. >> you said you've seen people preparing for their own celebrations throughout the uk. pleasure to have you back with us. our coverage of the queen's jubilee continues tomorrow on "cbs this morning: saturday" from our spot right here outside buckingham palace. we'll take a look at the highs and lows of the queen's remarkable 60-year rein. seth doane's revealing interview with prince harry. that's ahead tomorrow on "cbs this morning: saturday." now back to gayle and mo in studio 57 in new york.

>> i know, we're sitting here watching you, erica. someone in one of your pieces said it's a way to say to the queen, thank you and well done. that's a nice way for anybody to think of you after a long career. i like that. thank you and well done. i guess she doesn't want to respond to that. i'll move along. thank you, erica. chef jonathan waxman has been called -- do you have anything to say? >> all i have to say is i love the fact the queen found out she was queen sitting at the tree top hotel in kenya. someone had to yell up, you're queen. >> 60 years later we're still saying, you're queen! chef jonathan waxman has been called pioneer of california cuisine 37 we'll ask him if new york city has the right idea putting those big sugary drinks off limits. what do we think about

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you might not think mixing hot dogs with velveeta and pita shells would lead to a reputation as a master chef. that was one of jonathan waxman's earliest creations as a child. >> you're right. i would not think that. he's a chef and owner of the popular italian restaurant barbuto. here in manhattan, we're happy to have jonathan waxman in dy say the name right? >> did you it perfectly. >> did i? >> absolutely. >> jonathan, it's great to have you here. >> great to be here. >> your reputation, have i to say, precedes you. i'm going back to the little jonathan who says you have to babysit your younger siblings. your parents go out and say, the kitchen is all yours. you go in the kitchen and you see what? how old were you, by the way? >> i was probably like 8 or 9 years old. my brothers were two years younger than me, so my youngest brother was 4. i got the joy of cooking. i went right to the cookie section. and i saw shortbread cookies.

i said, i have to make those. that's the first thing i made for them. >> wow. >> we had shortbread cookies. slightly burnt and really hot but really delicious. >> and then you knew you liked cooking. >> it was really -- it was those word sort of things that happen in life like i was always comfortable doing it. i was always comfortable in the kitchen. >> i just saw a picture, mo, of some chicken. >> i have to say, nothing worse in life -- well, maybe a few things -- but dry chicken, chicken that's dry in the middle. i had your chicken last night, jonathan, and it is so moist and tender. i mean, it's -- you have got to eat this chicken. >> i really want to go. >> it's amazing. the seasoning and the skin on the outside. but through and through -- and this is like a sumo chicken. it's really big. >> they're not that big. they're 3 1/2 pound chickens. we cut them so they look big. the thing about the chick that's interesting, there's three factors that are really important. number one, get a good chicken. >> start with that. >> well raised, well brought up.

and you have to just do it simply. salt and pepper, nothing else. everybody does all this nonsense. salt and pepper. put it into an oven hot enough, 375, 400, and the final thing is to baste it. basting is everything. >> i will never try it at home, but i'm telling you, i was & looking at the picture she showed a minute ago. i could literally see the juices falling off. you know, this is the thing about chefs that are fascinating to me. chefs are now the new rock stars, don't you think? it didn't used to be that way. >> when i started out, my parents said, you're going to paris to learn to cook? okay, good luck, you know. it was like -- it was almost an exalted thing to do. in retrospect, looking back, seeing what's happened to evrybody's career. i'm amazed and happy this has happened. >> me, too. >> it really is great. when i went to paris i saw all of these great chefs. you know, they were revered by

the french people. they loved them because french people love food. back to america it was kind of like, eh. but now everybody's getting into it. everybody. i get young kids -- i get everybody coming in and they all have -- they want, how do we do this recipe? how do we make this food? everybody's excited about it. >> i don't know how to cook. do you? >> i don't know. that's why i brought home some of the chicken. how should i reheat it so it doesn't dry out? >> in a pan 350 degrees for ten minutes, that's it. >> we have to ask you about what you think of mayor bloomberg's decree -- >> sugary drinks. >> right, they're out. >> as a chef and i'm a parent, i hae young kids, and i do the program in new york city, i mentor kids. my 9-year-old is at ps-166, i try to get them to eat healthy foods. you know, i mix soda myself at home. fresh orange juice and soda water.

that seems like the right thing for people to do. >> but that's not what most people do. >> they don't do it anymore. when i was a kid, that's how we made soda. we were too poor to do anything else. >> do you think the ban is a good idea? >> you know what, i think -- i'd rather have people do it on their own, but if people need a road sign, why not? you know, i think -- i i'm kind of happy that someone's making a stand here because i think it's empty calories, not what we should be eating or drinking in our lives. >> making us healthier. i don't love the nanny state but i love nanny bloomberg. >> yes. >> listen, i'm all for anything that's going to make us healthy. thank you, jonathan. i'm coming for your chicken. maybe mo will take me back. >> absolutely. come over. >> i would love to come. we'll be right back. you're watching "cbs this morning." i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind.

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it is a big weekend ahead in london. erica, what do we have to look forward to? >> it's going to be a gruelling weekend of work, charlie, as you can imagine. "cbs this morning: saturday" we'll be bringing you more of the preparations and the woman who is responsible for the jubilee, queen elizabeth. we're going to the flotilla parade on the thames on sunday. then we'll bring you much more monday and tuesday. >> gayle, thank you for holding down the fort in studio 57. you and mo did a wonderful job. >> you know, i think it was a nice change. three of us in three different locations. i thought it worked out well. don't want to do it every day, but for now it was very nice. very nice. >> by the way, that chicken is great chicken. mo is exactly right. it is moist and fabulous. >> as you might imagine, i can't wait to go. i cannot wait. it's on my list. >> thank you, guys. it's been a great week. thank you very much. i look forward to seeing what

happens in london as well. we'll see you on monday. that does it for us as we look back at the past week, we want to show you the names of the people who brought you this broadcast from washington, from new york and london, all the people that have contributed to what we do here. have a great weekend. >> what grade would you give president obama? >> oh, an "f," no question on that. >> across the board? >> across the board. >> romney has 1,198 gop delegates. >> a lot of people don't think it was an authentic certificate. >> this is a time for him to differentiate himself from the republican race. >> he had a reduction in unemployment of about 15%. i had a reduction of 18%. >> politicians are egoists and egoists act egotistically. >> a real possibility that could affect the rest of the world's economy, very much including the united states. >> facebook plunged again. at its lowest price yet.

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