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good morning. it is friday, july 27, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. mitt romney's visit to great britain gets off to a rough start. wild weather hits millions from texas to connecticut. >> i'm gayle king. a key figure in jerry sandusky's child sex abuse case may finally be coming forward. a revealing look at bruce springsteen and will ferrell is in studio 57. first, we begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> great weather. enthusiasm on the part of the people here in london. i think you're going to see terrific games. >> mitt romney rice to defuse olympic outrage.
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>> questioned whether london was ready to host the olympic games. >> questioned whether we're ready. are we ready? >> of course, it's easier if you hold the olympic games -- >> utah is not in the middle of nowhere. it's in the northwest corner of nowhere. [ laughter ] >> extreme weather from the great plains to the northeast. >> oh, yeah. powerful. ripping things up like crazy. >> knocking out power to more than 200,000 people. >> elmira, new york, a possible tornado. >> worried about getting my son out. >> one of jerry sandusky's victims releases voice males left on his phone days before his arrest. >> when you get this message, give me a call and i hope to talk to you later. thanks. i love you. >> couple in washington state has spent the last week watching the front lawn simply disappear off a 200-foot cliff. >> a pint-sized pooch stolen from a pet store.
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the accused dognapper caught on video using his pants. all that -- >> the jets have made it clear that sanchez will start under center. still, tim tebow is the center of attention. >> no problem. >> you want to have a serious conversation, let's have it. >> it's the last time i'm going to listen to my wife when she says why don't you go out and see a movie. >> all that matters. >> this only happens every few years. so try and have fun. but also win, right? in the end winning is good. on "cbs this morning." greece is already 14 gold medals in debt. [ laughter ] medals in debt. [ laughter ] . captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." mitt romney will attend tonight's opening ceremony of the summer olympics in london. his trip overseas was supposed to show his leadership on the
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world stage. >> but he's on the defensive this morning after making a series of missteps. jan crawford is in london where it's gotten off to a rocky start for mitt romney today. >> well, it has. good morning, gayle and good morning charlie. i mean, this fury really started earlier this week in an interview with nbc news when romney seemed to question whether or not london was ready for the games. those remarks did not escape the famously ferocious british papers. i picked up a copy of the tabloid the sun this morning. look at the headline. can you see it? mitt the twit. that is not the kind of headline you want if you're a presidential candidate. i got to tell you, it's not just the british press being critical of mitt romney. >> a guy called mitt romney who wants to know whether we're ready. >> that's london's mayor, boris johnson, talking in hyde park to 80,000 people who, if they weren't sure before, now know
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exactly who mitt romney is. not for the reasons romney may have hoped. this is what romney in london was supposed to be, high-level meetings, looking presidential. >> and reminding voters that ten years ago he ran salt lake city's successful olympic games. >> is this a great show or what? >> instead, the former massachusetts governor made something of an unforced error on the other guy's playing field. sounding less than diplomatic when asked for his opinion how london's games are shaping up. >> there were a few things disconcerting, stories about the private security firm not having enough people, supposed strike of the customs officials. that is not something which is encouraging >> that caused a storm in the tae cup and started a transatlantic war of words after prime minister david cameron said this. >> we're holding an olympic games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities
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anywhere in the world. of course, it's easier, if you hold it in the middle of nowhere. >> cameron was responding to a question about subway delays, not romney. his aides later said he was not referring to salt lake city. but the mayor of salt lake thought otherwise. seeing the coverage, he took offense, releasing a statement inviting prime minister cameron to stop by any time. we'd love to have him and happy to send a map so he doesn't run into trouble locating the middle of nowhere. the daily telegraph owe pines that mitt romney is perhaps the only politician who can start a trip by being utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive. after a meeting with cameron, he took back his critique. >> i saw imagination and forethought and a lot of organization. i expect the games to be highly successful. >> now prime minister cameron said after his meeting with romney, he knew romney had run a successful olympics and he
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appreciated that vote of confidence. gayle and charlie, all of this overshadowed one of the main reasons romney was coming to london, which was to remind americans of his role in saving those troubled salt lake city olympics ten years ago. >> jan crawford, thank you: eric cantor of virginia is with us in studio 57. welcome. >> charlie, good morning. are you worried about your candidate and what's going on in london and the press he's getting? >> no, i'm really not. i think the international headlines are one thing. barack obama started his campaign and had great international headlines and i think what we saw there is some of the allies have turned on him. i think that what most americans are looking at are our athletes there, looking for them to win and bring home a bunch of gold medals. >> let me turn to the economy first. i interviewed secretary geithner early on and talked about the fiscal cliff earlier this week. he says there are serious conversations going on. can you tell us about that? >> there are a lot of folks in
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washington that are having serious conversations about the implications of the fiscal cliff. you know, it is really going to come down to this election. the lines have been drawn. you know, this week in the senate, barack obama's tax hike proposal was brought up and pass on a party line vote. i think that on the -- >> the house voted no. >> in the house, we intend to bring up a bill that will ensure that taxes don't go up on anybody. those lines have been drawn. mitt romney will come to the table. we're pro-growth economic plan for this country to help the small business that is are job creators. yeah, there's a lot of discussion about what the election will mean and syntax. >> regardless of who is president, this country faces a fiscal cliff. is a grand bargain possible if president obama is re-elected? >> well -- >> it would include revenue increases. >> i'm confident that mitt romney is going to be elected our next president. but as we know, the operation of
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the law will bring about automatic tax hikes, which is why it's important that mitt romney be elected. now is not the time to raise taxes on working families or small businesses. and especially given the fact that washington is not able to control its spending. the more you tax folks, take money out of their pockets and let washington spend it, the more you dig the hole deeper which is why we need to get this straight and resolve the underlying problem. >> do you think that will happen? >> i think it will. we've tried things and may have taken longer than it should, but we'll resolve this. >> gdp numbers are out today. what do you think it will show about the growth of u.s. economy? >> i think we'll see disappointing anemic growth numbers. i know that unemployment has been above 8% for 41 months. that's unacceptable and that's what this election is about. that's why mitt romney is really the man for the time. he is a business guy who understands how to get the economy back on track. >> do you think bain is hurting
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him, the attack from the obama administration on bain? >> i think this is the only thing that the obama campaign can do. they can't run on the record of the president. this is an obama economy. i think too many people are hurting right now and there's really no other place for them to go. >> here's what's interesting about youment a man who very well may be in the future speaker of the house of representatives, the number two man in the republican house today. cantore urges tolerance on gays, muslims, house majority leader thursday urged his party and the nation to guard against intolerance on issues ranging from gay marriage to the role of muslims in the government. arguing the country's diversity of opinion and acceptance of part of america's basic fabric. are you worried that there is today too much intolerance and some of it is coming from within your own party? >> i would say there is equal opportunity of intolerance, unfortunately, charlie, in this country. to me, it's really important for us to remember that we are a
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country that appreciates freedom and diversity. if i have an opinion and believe in traditional marriage, i think that deserves respect like i would respect someone with a different opinion. that was the point i was making. >> do you think congresswoman bachmann was out of line? it does not square with this. >> i think that if you read some of the reports that have covered the story, i think that her concern was about the security of the country. so it's about all i know. >> beyond your own visit -- beyond your own sense of diversity and tolerance, does this reflect on your own part some sense that this may damage the party in the general election if there's a perception that the party and its ideas do not reflect diversity and intolerance in. >> i feel very strongly about the fact that we are a nation of inclusion. we're built on the waves of immigrants that have come to these shores. i myself am a member of a minority faith and have enjoyed the ability to enjoy and
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practice that faith unlike i could anywhere else in the world. that is the point here. we all have the freedom that was iven to us by our creator and was more liesed if you will in the documents that provide the framework for us to live. >> on the issue of same-sex marria marriage, others are urging a different look at that? >> i'm not so sure what the reference to a fundraiser is. what i can tell you is i feel very strongly. i have my views, again, on traditional marriage, which i support. but i respect people who don't agree with me just as i would expect them to respect my opinion. >> eric cantor, good to have you on the program. >> thank you. a severe and widespread storm system knocked out power to hundreds and thousands of homes and businesses. the fast moving line of storms stretched from texas to connecticut. terrell brown is in brooklyn, new york. terrell, good morning. >> charlie, good morning to you.
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lightning struck one of the steeples of this church. that steeple came crashing down into the sanctuary sending debris, rocks, scaffolding raining all over the sidewalk. where a 61-year-old man walked and was struck and killed. more dramatic lightning strikes and heavy rain as a line of fast-moving and powerful storms raced across more than half the country. in elmira, new york, trees and power lines are down. in this nearby roof, it was shredded after a possible tornado touched down. a you-tube user in rock land county captured an explosion, ripping through his backyard when a tree knocked down a high tension power line. the severe weather stretched around new york to parts of pennsylvania, connecticut, new jersey and the ohio river valley. in cleveland, four workers were hurt when high wind nearly blew them off their scaffolding. at ten stories in the air, they were forced to smash the building's windows to get to safety. one inch of hail was reported
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and streets are flooded in cleveland and akron, ohio. thursday's storms are strikingly similar to the ones that battered the midwest and mid-atlantic last month. at the height of the storms yesterday, more than 200,000 customers in three states were without power. >> it's not just power outages, but airline travel is also an issue. there are report out this morning that more than 800 flights were canceled yesterday. more severe weather is in the forecast today. charlie, gayle? >> just what we need. thank you terrell brown. the rain that fell won't help the drought much. the drought is suddenly getting much worse. look at how much the conditions changed this week alone. the area in the extreme or exceptional drought grew from 13% of the country to now 20%. this morning, investors are showing how disappointed they are with facebook. the company's stock has been falling since its troubled initial public offering two months ago. >> on thursday, facebook released stronger than expected numbers.
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but even that didn't help. as rebecca jarvis shows us this morning. -- let's try that again. good morning to you. >> it's good with me. i like it, gayle and charlie. thursday was the first time we heard from ceo mark zuckerberg since the company went public in may. but even surprised comments from the hoodie wearing boy wonder weren't enough to impress investors. facebook shares are down 9% this morning in pre-market trading. the stock has lost a third of its value. at issue here is how the company earns money. advertising continues to be its main revenue stream accounting for 84% of the company's sales. but to what degree those ads are paying off for advertisers is unclear. that can be an issue. during the conference call, zuckerberg stressed the importance of making his site easier to access on smartphones. he said mobile users are 20% more likely to use facebook any given day.
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while the company boasts a staggering 955 million active monthly users, the rate at which they're adding new users is slowing down. new users and where they live are the lifeline for the young company. all users are not created equal. every u.s. and canadian with a facebook account is worth $3.20 to the social network. in europe, it's less than $1.50. in asia, 55 cents and the rest of the world where facebook has the biggest growth potential, just 44 cents per user. analysts say facebook continues to be a highly speculative stock. online discount brokerage says its client hold the stock no longer than five days and 40%, 40% buy and sell in the same day. gayle and charlie? >> rebecca, is there some concern in the tech community because of what zynga said and this report from facebook that there might be declining confidence in the earnings
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potential of tech companies in general? >> this is a point, charlie, that you raised with the reddit ceo yesterday. essentially what you have here is an environment where of course these companies are still growing. zynga, facebook, apple, amazon. they're still adding users and there's heavy interest in them. is the interest enough to validate the high valuations on the stocks themselves and can these companies continue to grow at a rate that merits the kind of price that you're paying to own their stocks? >> might it affect the anticipation of other ipos down the road sf. >> that raises another great point. you have zynga, groupon, recent ipos. they've lost a good deal of money at the outset. there's a lot of sense in the ipo community and on wall street that maybe it's harder to go public as one of these types of companies. >> thanks, rebecca. >> thank you, rebecca jarvis. syria's largest city, aleppo, is under siege this morning. government forces resume their
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attack on rebel held areas in the city. u.s. officials fear a possible civilian massacre there. >> state department sources tell margaret brennan that syria's regime is running out of guns and cash. it can't find anyone to print money and iran the main weapons supplier is having trouble sending arms. clarissa ward, one of the few reporters to get inside syria, met with rebel fighters south of aleppo and filed this report. >> one village at a time using weapons and homemade bombs. these fighters who call themselves the falcons, have accomplished something very significant. they've pushed government forces back and carved out an area of rebel control in the hills of jeb ella za wa. their leader is an islamic scholar. thanks to god, he said, we have between 6,000 and 7,000 fighters. it has not been easy. the stark landscape is pock marked with the scars of heavy
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fighting. there are no syrian army troops left in this area. to opposition members, it's known as free syria. abu issa and his men fought inch by inch to hold this territory using rocked propelled grenades to stop armored vehicles. this is no longer enough. now they want to take the battle forward. >> the regime tried to send its army to aleppo, less than a third managed to reach it. yesterday alone we destroyed more than 30 armored vehicles. since the beginning of the uprising, the government has cast the rebels as religious extremists and terrorists, a charge that abu issa, a devout muslim who studied in saudi arabia denies. our only ambition is to create a state of justice and rights he said. these rebels still have a long way to go. the syrian military is throwing everything it has at the battle in aleppo and it is sure to be a long and bloody fight.
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for "cbs this morning," i'm clarissa ward in northern syria. it is time to show you some of the headlines. the washington post reports iran is expanding its ability to strike american warships in the persian gulf. analysts say the iranians have more sophisticated missiles and larger fleet of fast attack boats and submarines. the colorado massacre led to calls for stricter gun laws, but the washington times says that senate democrats will not pursue new restrictions on guns this year. majority leader harry reid says the senate is too busy with other issues. federal officials carried out the first nationwide raid on drugs according to the wall street journal. charges were filed against 91 people in 31 streets. they allegedly produced pot or synthetic substances such as k-2 and bath salts. "the new york times" says a link between climate change and the loss of the protective ozone layers over populated areas of the u.s. strong summer thunderstorms can pump water high into the upper
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an unnamed man says he was jerry sandusky's -- this morning, we'll hear what sandusky allegedly said to him just last year before he was formally charged. >> but, you know, there is nothing really to hide. if you want, give me a call. all right. take care. love you. chick-fil-a's president criticizes same sex marriage. now, gay rights activists are threatening boycotts and even a kiss-in. we'll show you why the fast food chain is no stranger to controversy on "cbs this morning." >> this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by hershey's kisses.
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president obama had an event in new orleans. he was speaking to members of the national urban league. >> you're competing against people in beijing and bangalore. they're not hanging out. they're not getting over. they're not playing video games. they're not watching real housewives. >> there you go. the president of the united states knows what real housewives is. we did it, we broke america. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> i was wondering if you had a favorite real housewives story to share. charlie goes, i'll pass. >> one of the main mysteries in the penn state sex abuse scandal may be solved had morning.
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who was that boy that jerry sandusky attacked in a locker room shower in front of an eyewitness? >> according to lawyers, that man is ready to step forward. armen keteyian has covered this story since it began. good morning, armen. >> good morning charlie and gayle. he was never named or sought by the school or interviewed by investigators. but now he's speaking through lawyers who say they have proof he was molested for years by sandusky. >> from the moment the sandusky scandal broke last november, one of the biggest unanswered questions was the identity of so-called victim number 2. the young boy at the center of the only independent eyewitness account of severe sexual assault by sandusky. that account came from former penn state coach mike mcqueary who testified that in february 2001, he heard rhythmic slapping sounds coming from the football facility shower and saw jerry directly behind the boy in a
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very sexual position. i believe jerry was sexually molesting him. but the boy remained a mystery. known only to sandusky until now. yesterday a team of four attorneys announced the boy turned man has stepped out of the shadows and intends to file a civil lawsuit against penn state and others. in a statement, a philadelphia law firm said, our client suffered extensive sexual abuse over many years, both before and after the 2001 incident and that sandusky was attempting to exert control over our client, even as his arrest for child sexual abuse became imminent. >> i would be very firm and express my feelings up front. >> as proof, they released two voice males, they claim left by sandusky about three weeks before he was indicted on more than four dozen counts related to child sexual abuse. the first, september 12th, 2011.
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>> but there's nothing really to hide so. if you want, give me a call. all rightment take care. love you. >> the second, seven days later. >> just calling to see, i don't know whether you had any interest in going to the penn state game this saturday. when you get this message, give me a call and i hope to talk to you later. thanks. i love you. >> in june, sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of criminal sexual abuse thanks to the powerful testimony of many of his victims. four of those counts, including indecent sexual assault, were tied to one who never spoke. one, it appears, now ready to have his say. yesterday in a brief interview with a local newspaper, sandusky's wife dottie was still standing by her man. she told a reporter that she loves her husband and he's not who they say he is. >> let's talk about penn state. recently, i saw several football
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players saying we're staying, we're not going. what's the coach doing now. >> billow pry o'brien former - the patriots. the best thing that penn state has going right now is bill o'brien. that said, he is sailing in uncharted waters here. he's basically trying to keep his team together in the face of college-free agency. there have been coaches already, university of illinois in the parking lot, trying to talk to the players. other coaches are circling around in this moment. one of his best players, his best player silas redd, actually metaphor three hours reportedly with lane kiffin, the coach at usc, which is ironic since they're on probation as well. he was their best running back. it looks like he's probably going to end up someplace else at sc. you can't fault these kids. they got caught in a very difficult situation. thank you, armen. a fast food chain known for
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putting christian principles ahead of profits -- >> the company's boss has angered gay rights advocates, some politicians and even the muppets. >> at chick-fil-a, the menu offers up sandwiches, nuggets and strips. but to critics these days, it also includes a side order of bigotry. all because of an interview with company president dan cathy. >> i think we're inviting god's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. >> cathy added that his company is very much supporting of the family, the biblical definition of the family unit. within days the intermnet was o fire. the henson company pulled muppets out of a marketing deal with the company and the mayors of boston and chicago sounded off. >> the ceo, what he's said as it
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relates to gay marriage and gay couples is not what i believe. but more importantly, it's not what the people of the city of chicago believe. >> chick-fil-a has locations in 39 states and washington, d.c. had more than $4 billion in sales last year. chicago has one chick-fil-a franchise and plans were afoot to build a second. city alderman joe moreno says they can can forget about getting a permit. >> i'm not going to allow them to come in when i know in my heart that they believe in discriminating against gay people. >> the franchise owner of the lone chick-fil-a in chicago said hold on. her store welcomes everyone and has gay employees. >> we are welcome to any sort of lifestyle, belief, way that you want to -- what you want to believe in, what you do. to me, it really doesn't matter. >> political conservatives rallied to the chain's side. mike muck bee and rick santorum
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are urging everyone to pat ron eyes their local chick-fil-a next wednesday. some wonder if free speech is at issue and whether it's fair to consider action against a company because of the personal believes of its boss. for "cbs this morning," dean reynolds, chicago. >> a dangerous hepatitis c outbreak is being traced to one man who worked in hospitals all over the country. we'll look at the search for his alleged victims on "cbs this morning." [ music plays ]
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well, you saw new york's long islander looking for a dognapper. video shows a suspect prying over a cage, stuffing a one-pound pomeranian public i down his pants. the puppy, by the way, is worth $1,000. they think he probably sold the puppy later on. charlie, as stage manager
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pointed out, let's hope the puppy was hungry. >> you said that? >> yeah sfwliefrn. >> a dozen hospitals are trying to -- from a traveling medical technician. >> so far, 30 victims have been identified. in new hampshire alone, as michelle miller reports, officials want to test almost 5,000 patients for hepatitis c. >> officials say david kwiatkowski was a serial infekter. >> he was working for a kind of temp agency that would send people from place to place. he worked in many hospitals, probably a half dozen places over the last couple of years. >> one of his alleged victims spoke to cbs affiliate wbz. >> my daughter just got married. going to have children in the future. who knows if i'll be around for them. >> kwiatkowski, 33 years old, is believed to have tested positive for hepatitis c in june of 2010. he was last employed as a lab technician at exeter hospital in
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new hampshire where authorities say he stole fentanyl, a powerful painkiller and also exposed patients to the virus. it's called drug diversion in which he stole narcotics intended for a patient and injected himself with it contaminating the syringe. he then refilled the syringe with a different substance such as saline which was then injected into the patient passing on the virus. kwiatkowski's parents told the fbi that he took a lot of prescription drugs. his co-workers were worried about behavior that was unusual. >> observed him sweating, observed him red faced, bloodshot and according to one witness, unfit to provide medical care. >> once infeked, the hepatitis c virus travels through the bloodstream and attacks the liver. the virus continues to replicate and can damage or shut down normal liver function. the virus may eventually cause
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scarring of the liver called cirrhosis. greatly increasing your risk of developing liver cancer. >> how did it happen? how did they let it happen? >> kwiatkowski is currently in custody, accused of acquiring a controlled substance and tampering with a consumer product. meanwhile, public health officials in eight states are retracing his steps and urging thousands of people to get tested. scrambling to find everyone who may have been infected. for "cbs this morning," michelle miller, new york.
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can you even tell us apart? we're both chiseled out of granite. >> except for me. >> yes. >> that is so clever charlie because you know jay-z has a song ham. fill in your own m-word must have in. then john ham comes out with the song. can you tell them apart? >> gallon fa niek as and will ferrell will be on this program later. >> hilarious. bruce springsteen is a wrecking ball but has to dig deep to make his music. look at the two them 14 years ago. i like it. this morning we'll hear part of that interview and talk with a long time fan who followed springsteen on his current world tour. right now it's time for "healthwatch" with dr. holly phillips. >> good morning.
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in today's "healthwatch," women's work woes. having a stressful job puts women at a greater risk for heart problems later this life. in a new study, researchers followed more than 22,000 women whose average age was 57. they categorized them in four job stressed use, from low strain to high strain. gathered heart data for ten years. the determination of strain was based on the amount of the job and the amount of control a worker has over the demands. living with significant job strain were 67% more likely to have a nonfatal heart attack and 40% more likely to have another cardiovascular trauma, such as a stroke than women in the low-strain category. having a high demands job was found to be the most likely predictor of heart problems for women. that differs from previous studies of men which found a lack of control played a larger role in their heart health. the researchers say, while more study is needed, women in high stress occupations should pay extra attention to lifestyle and
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have you seen this crazy video yet? it appears to show a man on a motorcycle on vancouver island in canada going -- listen to this -- 186 miles an hour. that's 136 miles above the speed limit. you may be glad to know he just turned himself in to police. they're chatting with him right now. >> he must have had a video camera like you gave me. >> go pro. >> go pro. >> did yu it yet? >> no. >> i'm not going to use it on my motorcycle either? >> please don't. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. i'm charlie rose. one week after the aurora, colorado massacre we're getting a look at how chaotic the
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response was. >> some were taken to the hospital by police cars shall not ambulances. six ambulance crews were available but weren't called for more than 20 minutes. the aurora fire chief says he's disappointed that people are double guessing emergency responders. meanwhile, the baby boy born to a couple of survivors is doing well this morning. his wounded father is still on another floor of the same hospital. john blackstone introduces us to the baby and his very grateful mother. >> hugo medley was born four days after his parent, katie and caleb, were caught in the theater shooting. >> we wanted everybody to see the little bit of good that's come out of this horrible situation. that this little guy made it here despite everything that happened. you know, that hopefully he'll see his dad soon. >> katie and caleb went to the midnight movie as one last date before becoming parents. >> you're supposed to have a baby in a couple days. we just went out for a movie. >> katie suddenly faced the
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prospect of being a new mother alone. >> for a couple of hours that night, i really thought that he was dead and that i was going to be a single parent and i was going to bury my husband. so i know he's hurt really bad, but the fact that he's alive was a lot. it was a lot. because i thought he was dead. >> by sunday, katie was in labor in the same hospital where caleb was in intensive care. >> it was really weird to be in labor and caleb was in brain surgery. that doesn't happen. that's stuff you see in movies, not stuff that happens in real life. >> soon after he was born, you were able to go down to the icu? >> we took him right down and they let us put him with caleb and everything, which was really nice. >> how was hugo while he was visiting caleb. >> we cried a little bit which we were glad. we wanted caleb to hear him cry. other than that, he just laid there. he's such a content baby. i don't know where he gets that from. >> that's not from caleb?
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>> i don't think that's from either of us. >> caleb hopes for a stand-up comedian. >> my parents kicked me out recently. >> he's posted his routines on online and taken part in comedy competitions. >> he's just got a great spirit. he's a really funny person. it's fun to laugh all day long. that's what it's like being married to caleb. >> i'm told that although he can go on the stage with a stand-up comedy routine, he was shy around girls. took him a long time to say hello to you. >> it took me a month to get him to go on a date with me. even on our date, he didn't mrs that i liked him. >> they have been married now less than two years. caleb doesn't have health insurance. a website set up to help the family has raised more than $300,000. >> you know, this is who they're helping. and i'm just so thankful, we're
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so blessed, i don't know what to say. we're very blessed. i don't know why it had to be him. but he's really strong and he's going to make it through this. we're going to make it through this. >> katie and hugo have been released from hospital but they're allowed to stay to be close to caleb. for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, aurora, colorado. hugo's very cute, charlie. very cute. as painful as the story is and it's very painful to see that life does go on. it's good to see. >> extraordinary
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bruce springsteen is one of the biggest stars in the world. but it haent all been glory days. according to a revealing new profile, the author is here to show us what he found out on "cbs this morning." [ snoring ]
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it is a beautiful morning for balloons in new jersey. about an hour from new york city, where more than 100 balloons will take flight for the annual festival there. >> that would be fun. president obama will miss the summer olympics opening ceremony in london but the first lady will be there. she talks with mark phillips about her role as a leader of the united states delegation and using that to promote a healthy lifestyle. that is coming up on "cbs this mornin morning". tomorrow on "cbs this morning" on saturday, a program
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if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punished. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.
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music, his family and his band. some of the same subjects he and i discussed in this interview 14 years ago. >> ♪ sweat it out on the streets ♪ >> was that the ult mal joy, to perform in front of a live audience or sitting at home on a table like this writing a joy? >> writing is always the hardest work. that was like a lot of fun, though. i think the writing is -- it's the blueprint of what you're going do. they all pass me by ♪ >> the show is taking that thing and performing it, performing it well, expand its boundaries and
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its power. and entertaining. ♪ >> had the songs gotten more political over time? >> my music? >> yeah. >> i don't know. i think it's my music because i wrote about always had political implications. i suppose that came up out of -- originally out of my home life and in my experience growing up and relationship with my father. >> he'd always ask me what i thought i was doing with myself. and he'd always be saying, man, i can't wait until the army gets you. man, they're going to make a man out of you. >> and understanding and trying to understand concept of work. and how work plays a central role in your life. i had two real very, very different examples.
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my mother's relation to work was very joyous and happy. my dad had different experiences. work was involved with pain. just -- it's a destructive force. you wither away, you waste away. you don't know where you're going or who you are. you take that out on the people that you care about, which is something you don't want to do. but it happens. it's the single thing i've written about. my entire life. that fundamental idea that the people take care of their families, that have productive jobs and not having a society where that's provided -- >> what has the e street band meant to you? >> we did an unusual thing and really it's something that i
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don't know if it ever quite existed previously. they allowed me at night to call up a sense of community and a sense of friendship. i was very proud of being signed a solo artist and very proud of the independence. i shaped my career, very personal. but i couldn't have realized what i did without my band. they were the living realization of many of those ideas. glory days ♪ >> david remnick is editor of the new yorker. he's here. his profile of bruce springsteen appears in the magazine's latest issue. it's good to see you, david. first charlie, let's talk about that video from 14 years ago. >> yes. >> it was nice to see the two of you together. listening to bruce then. he never gets old to me either. >> held up pretty well. >> charlie has held up pretty
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well. it still rings true back then what he says today. >> first of all, this is a great profile by my friend, david remnick. the editor of the magazine, this is a very hard assignment. somebody's got to do it. >> it's true. >> you're going to go off and hang out with bruce. you're going to write about the band. you're going to listen to the concerts. >> hanging out with bruce. once in a while you have to self-assign. >> who is it that emerges from this? >> i've been fascinated with him most of my life. i saw him for the first time when i was 14 years old. which i got to tell you, it was a long time ago. he was a backup band for chicago add mat son square garden. he was really striking. what interested me, charlie, was how do you have a creative carer in pop culture for so long. when the band starts to get old, when you change. people in your band die and
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springsteen said, what this is about is the ride. we're in it for a long ride. that doesn't normally happen in any art, much less rock'n'roll. >> he's so devoted to performing and giving the audience a really good show. i saw him at will apollo, madison square garden. he's on stage for hours and hoirs. one of the things in the article is that the ticket is like a hand a shake for him. >> he has to be the closest thing to james brown that we have in terms of pure on-stage performing energy. marry that to the level of the songwriting and the transparency about who he is and what he's been through and in this interview he talks about depression. i think some of the press has gotten a little ahead of itself talking about being suicidal and twisting a quote from dave marsh which was well-intentioned. i don't think -- i think that was taking an emotional
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temperature rather than something about he's going to do himself in. >> he looks deep inside of himself and is honest about the struggles that he's been through both in song and in the interviews that he's had with you and with me. >> what's interesting to me -- >> which is unusual. >> -- is the evolution. this is a man you say, springsteen refuses to be a mercenary of his past. many rock bands are. he continues to evolve as an artist, filling one spiral notebook after another with ideas, quotations, questions, clippings and ultimately new songs. >> well, he could fill arenas and go on playing born to run and thunder road and jungle land and people would be very happy. >> yes, we would. >> you would have a nostalgic trip and feel your new jersey bubble up into you again. that's not what an artist is about. not a real artist. he's not a cover band for himself. so the new album, wrecking ball, is deeply political about the american moment that we're in for all its trials and tribulations. economically, politically.
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it's extremely personal. it's something new. to perform that and integait rat and make it part of a whole is what an artist is. his representation of his inner life and outer life. >> david, he always kicks it up a notch. what do you think people hope he gets out of his music. >> in terms of the performance, he wants you to leave the arena a little bit more alive. >> yes. >> look, all of us, even us lucky ones, really lucky ones, have things in our lives that are completely unlucky and hard and dull and so on. i think the opportunity to spend the night in the presence of a former life, not just springsteen, james brown, whoever it may be, whoever brings you alive, and to feel more alive, feel more of the possibility of life three hours, four hours later than you did before going in, that's worth a ticket. >> beyond that, what do you think he sees as his role,
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beyond entertaining? >> i think he takes his writing very seriously. he's not just an entertainer. he's not just a song and dance man. >> as a wonderful conversation you have, you capture in which someone says to him, you have to speak. >> you have to be a songwriter for our lives. at the moment he's writing about the industrialized towns but not just as a political tribute but what that does to a human being. this is why his father is important to him. not because he was a defeated and depressed and troubled man. but his inability to hold a job very well had a terrible effect on the family. that's the father as a representative person in a very tough time. >> great to see you. david remnick, the article is in new yorker magazine. >> 15,000 words. not a word waste the.
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they rang bells all over britain this morning for the start of the olympics. at the ceremony in london shall the british government culture minister broke his bell. the chime went flying through the air and a man was hit but not seriously hurt. >> falls into the oops category. welcome back. michelle obama is in london today to represent the president t tonight's olympic opening
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ceremonies. >> at the lead of the u.s. delegation, she plans to attend early events. mark phillips just talked with her in lon bon. >> good morning, charlie. politicians' spouses often come to the olympics thinking they're here for a bit of a holiday, these places can be a political mine field as well. mitt romney found that out when he questioned london's readiness to hold the game. this is michelle obama's first olympics, but she's been around international events long enough to know a loaded question when she hears one. >> i'm amazed to hear that you haven't been to one of these games in person before. >> my first in-person olympics. which is why i'm a wide-eyed kid. this is amazing for me personally. i think anyone would be aud. i don't care houmt you've been there. >> it's a special thing. once again this time it's proving to be about more than sport as well. for some american politicians and perhaps their wives. how do you think the
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preparations have gone so far? >> oh, my goodness, united kingdom, they've had a phenomenal year. they've pulled off a major wedding, a diamond jubilee and now the olympics. they know what they're doing. so we're just excited to be here. i am just honored to be able to represent the united states. i mean, truly that's what this is all about. it's about these athletes and the stories that they tell. the inspiration that they transmit to the rest of the world, particularly kids in our country. >> how are they inspired? in the old days, it was a big national competition, in the cold war days. the russians get, how many do we get. is it still that or more individuals? >> i think it's about the athleticism. i think we've learned to appreciate all of the winners and what they've accomplished. but, you know, i think for the usa, there's still -- we want to bring home the gold.
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people are still counting up medals. but i think -- >> can't get away from that. >> you never get away from that. in the end, the coverage of olympics has really expanded what it means. because you get into the stories of the athletes and you see that many of them have come from communities, they've faced challenges that many of us sum these young people don't face. i think that that's where the inspiration comes in. you find out what's behind that skill and what it takes to get where they are. >> you see the role models and the work that you do. people like this matter in. >> i mean, kids want to mimic who they see. the olympics is one of those unique times where kids across the country are going to be focused in on some of the best trained men and women. it may be just the thing that inspires a kid to get off the couch. maybe not be an olympic athlete, but just play a little bit. try to throw a ball.
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it may inspire a family to say, hey, let's try fencing. so these are the times when everyone is watching and the messages that we can deliver are so powerful. i don't think that's lost on these athletes either. >> what's the message? get off the couch? >> the message is, we have an obligation to make sure that our kids grow up healthy and well-fed with all the opportunities that they deserve. that means they have to be active, they have to eat right and they have to -- we have to find a way to make it fun for them and give families and communities the opportunity to explore those possibilities. >> do you think it's also -- is it add good idea, would it be a good idea for the united states to bid again for the games. new york did for these games. didn't get it. chicago bid for the -- >> is there still value for places like new york, chicago to hold it?
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>> the olympics is the olympics. it's a pretty symbolic coup for any country. and i think that there are many cities in the united states that would be great host cities. if it makes sense for them, i think, yeah, absolutely they should go for it. >> a lot of cities are facing pretty hard financial times right now, given that, does it still make sense to spend this kind of money bidding and gazillions to put them up? >> i think each city has to look at it case by case. one of the things that the uk has been able to do is to do a lot of repurposing. this facility, i understand, is going to be left for one of the local colleges. so this has been an important redevelopment effort for many areas. i think there are ways for cities to look at if this is an opportunity for redevelopment. i know that chicago's bid viewed it as that. as an opportunity to bring jobs, to bring tourism and to be smart
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about how you build stadiums so that you're not leaving -- you're leaving something behind that the communities can actually use. >> is this a focus for a lot of the work that you've been trying to do healthwise, developmentwise? >> this is one of those rare pinnacle moments where it all comes together and makes sense to people. so i think that it will provide an opportunity for kids, while they're watching, right? because many kids are going -- they're going to be glued to the tv. it's just -- >> you want them there. >> watch a little bit and then go outside and run around. we're trying to show kids that it's not about being an olympian. it's about moving and having fun, too. so that's one of the things i'm going to be doing. >> have a great time. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> michelle obama will be having fun until sunday. she's going to take in some of the games, particularly the swimming and the basketball before heading home.
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>> mark phillips, i have a little mark envy this morning. i've never been to an olympics either. it's on my bucket list. you got to spend a lot time in a very loud area there today. >> yes. it is very loud. that was the fencing practice going on behind the first lady. there was a lot of noise associated with these games. there will be a lot of noise here, of course, tonight when the opening ceremonies take place and very much the reputation of the city and the country on the line. a lot of people very nervous as to actually how it will all go. >> i was wondering what he would think is at stake tonight. there have been little bumps. what's at stake for the city? >> there are always these kinds of things. with a vast transportation network, some of it is not going to work. they hope it works tonight. they're going to portray themselves to the world the way they see themselves now. it's supposed to be a little quirky. we have to wait and see just what it is they think they are. >> mark, i was going to ask you, what's the great expectations
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coming up for the ceremony. they're expecting something, how would you characterize it? >> quirky. >> bonkers some said. we'll have to see. all these olympic city try to do something grand. beijing, i guess, was the biggest example of the china's coming of age. the brits will do a brit thing, i'm sure. >> wonderful conversation with the first lady. politics has been good to will ferrell. he poked fun at president obama this morning we'll ask him about playing a congressman who is [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan
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easier banking. every step of the way. i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. ♪ >> will ferrell is no stranger to political humor. in his new movie, the campaign, he plays a long-term congressman fighting for reelection. >> i would like to hear that. >> would you like to hear that?
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>> i'm happy to. our father, art who is up in heaven, al owe vera be thy name. the thigh -- thy kingdom, the magic kingdom as it is on earth in helicopter. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> it's good to see you. >> good to see you too, charlie. >> you come down running for congress in north carolina. >> yes. >> what did you learn about the good people of north carolina? >> oh, well, north carolina is the best. you know, it's funny that -- i mean, zach is originally from north carolina. >> mr. galifianakis. >> and i have family from there. we can do the accents fairly well so we chose north carolina. >> cam brady, the character you play. >> he believes in. >> he believes in america, jesus
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and for freedom. >> for that reason, he's been re-elected and re-elected and re-elected. >> he's running for his fifth term. there's rumors that he's being considered for vice president nomination, which is all that he aspires to be and his wife wants to be second lady because he's figured out, you don't have to do too much as vice president. yeah. >> so along comes mr. marty huggins. >> who is the outside the beltway kind of guy who -- i have a lapse in moral judgment and there's an opening. >> you say something. >> i leave a salacious voice mail on unsuspecting family's recording machine, answering machine. and enter in zach's character, and he's let the games -- >> let the games begin. >> put it together.
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>> right. >> so is there any qualities that i can look at in ron bergen, anchor man and find in cam brady? >> i mean, i think so. you know, cam brady is the type of guy who can give a great speech. but he for the most part doesn't know what he's talking about. >> mr. ron burgundy. he's a master of looking like he knew what he was talking about. >> does this movie have a message? >> you know, it's hopefully just a funny movie, first and foremost. >> he wants to entertain. >> we want to kind of -- there's been so much material in politics over the last couple of years that we were able to obviously have fun with that. at the same time, we're kind of pointing out just all the money that's flooding into these campaigns at unprecedented levels. so that's a little point of view. >> i can imagine a scene in which you and the writers and
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the actors are watching the republican primaries. there were no democratic primari primaries. that's what you have to do. >> yeah. >> one idea after another. >> completely. >> in fact, we're like why isn't this movie coming out now. we would shoot and then rush home to someone's house and watch the debates as if they were sporting events. it really was art imitating life. >> are you politically active? >> you know, i like to stay informed. i like to kind of do things through comedy if i can. i'm not -- i don't usually get out there with candidates or anything like that. i like to know what the issues are. >> i'm told you can do a lot through comedy. >> i think it's a great tool that's underutilized in a way. >> does it tempt you because of what you did with bush a and on saturday night live to find eye
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forum to come back this campaign season. not only do you have a movie but a place to react and to have fun and to -- >> you know, that's where our website comes into play. >> indeed. >> it's kind of a great playground, any sort of idea we have, we can throw it up there, but no, i don't really have -- >> you don't need that. >> it was, by design, to shoot this movie and have it come out in the thick of the election process here. >> you knew when it was going to be released. >> yeah. >> we wanted to -- i think republican convention is in a couple weeks. >> indeed. >> we're hopefully this -- >> state of florida, tampa. >> a swing state from what i understand. >> whatever that means. >> whatever that means. i don't know. >> it means it's important. that's what it means. >> yeah. >> what else? did you learn anything about politics by getting involved in this that you didn't know? >> well, i'm learning -- we're
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kind of doing this whistlestop tour for this movie. you know, i'm learning that the campaign trail is a hectic place. i have admiration for how these guys have to -- they're never not off the clock. there's a camera shoved in their face at all times. >> it's 24/7. >> it's 24/7. you really question, wow, what type of person really wants to be exposed to that. >> it's a very interesting. but a lot of people don't go into politics because it's become that. >> what's to say about the people who run. >> i've learned a lot about that. >> tell me about our good friend, mr. gallon fan iek is.
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>> zach with one of the funniest comedians out there. he begged me to in a movie. >> he begged you to -- or put us together? >> we sat down and said, let's work together. we're fans of each other. and i had seen a character he had done that was this kind of simple north carolinian. >> right. >> that kind of morphed into this move by politics. >> great to have you here. >> thanks, charlie. >> the great will ferrell. we'll be right back. you're watching "cbs this morning." hi there.
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>> i'll see you on sunday night in los angeles. >> l.a. because you know, we're doing the show from l.a. on monday. >> i'm off to stanford university. there's a wonderful guy named david kelley. i'm going to do a "60 minutes" profile. he's created something called designed thinking, which is a way to look at problems. >> charlie, you don't have enough to do. the charlie rose show, "cbs this morning" and "60 minutes." >> we'll show you the names of the people who brought you this broadcast now. what will be remembered are the good people who were impacted by this tragedy. >> james holmes said nothing in court. but it wasn't what we heard. it was what everyone saw. >> i'm hearing him yell at people. rounds going off just boom, boom, boom. >> how are they going to figure out this question that still remains, motive? >> the only one who knows the motive is the suspect. >> joe paterno's legacy is in
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>> sherman hemsley is somebody you don't expect to die. a life force. >> how is it being a princess? >> haven't -- >> one second. >> why are we laughing about a baby getting socked in the face jay roach? >> because it's a movie. >> why isn't this movie coming out now? >> people are really into dance these days. ♪ >> come on, charlie. join in. >> please, i want charlie rose. >> your begging will not do it. >> all that. >> i love a waffle house. >> you love a waffle house? >> that's right. >> you know what it's like when you got to find the bathroom. >> emphasis on that. >> take two. >> okay. >> and all that matters. >> who is my little sweetie pie? >> going to make me feel -- on
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