good morning. it is monday july 30, 2012. welcome to the cbs broadcast center in los angeles. i'm chris wragge. mitt romney talks tough, and raises big money in israel, and the accused colorado kill sir back in court this morning. and i'm gayle king. a mishap, questions about the 787 dreamliner and good news and bad news for team usa in london. first, as we do a good morning, we begin with today's "eye-opener," your world in 90 seconds. we have a solemn duty and a moral imperative to deny iraq's leaders the means to follow through on their malevolent intentions. >> mitt romney take as hard line on iran.

wrapping up his visit to israel. >> this week's cover is going to be hitting newsstands that calls you a wimp. does that concern you, is that fair? >> i-of-if i worried about the media, i wouldn't get much sleep and i'm able to sleep pretty well. and formal charges filed in a few hours against james holmes in colorado. >> he-of-will not be charged with the death of an unborn baby. >> never seen fresh air again. >> a couple in mississippi says they have to find a new place to get married just because they're black. at the six flags in viejo, california, a coaster stuck in the air. >> under 56 seconds nap will complete your olympic dream. >> from the first lady amp a win

in game one. oh, i like governor palin but based on her background i think that's a mistake. >> we're going to keep talking about this. i have to take a little break and make a little money for "face the nation" first. >> our vanna white, if you will. >> condescending. >> as if that matters. >> we have to tell a majority of the people what they want to do is unconstitutional and, therefore, go away. >> on cbs "this morning." >> moms and dads may have the hardest job at the games. >> stick it! >> yeah! [ applause ] captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs "this morning" from los angeles. republican presidential candidate mitt romney is on his way to poland this morning after a tough talking visit to israel. israel irs applaud his remarks

while a senior palestinian official calls him unacceptable. >> jan crawford reports, sent a clear message to iran. >> reporter: governor romney's trip to israel include add much-anticipated speech in front of the walls of the old city of jerusalem. really an opportunity for romney to lay out his vision for a foreign policy as it relates to iran. he said preventing iran from getting nuclear weapons would be his highest national security priority. >> we have a solemn duty and moral impavtive to deny them from following through on their malevolent intentions. >> reporter: for the jewish voters watching back home, his speech came several hours after one of his top national security advisers appeared to go further telling reporters the rubb rubb

republican nominee -- >> the governor would respect that decision. >> reporter: in an interview with cbs news a few hours later romney seemed reluctant to go that war. >> would you or would you not then support israel's bombing of iran? >> we should use every political vehicle available to us to keep iran from becoming a nuclear capability state but that's as far as i'm willing to go in terms of discussing this matter while on foreign soil. >> reporter: israel the second stop on romney the three-nation tour. sunday help visited the holy wall, the holiest site in judaism and met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. a friend of romney's more than 30 years. >> welcome to jerusalem. >> reporter: today romney is looking to raise $1 million in a fund-raiser in jerusalem. one attendee who flew in from the united states, a billionaire casino magnate who pledged to spend up to $100 million of his

own money to help defeat president obama. just last month he made a $10 million donation to the pro-romney superpac, restore our future. a rare chance to interact with mr. adelson at romney's speech but didn't discuss much. >> many response on the speech? >> loved it. >> reporter: the reaction romney got from quite a few. one donor described it as a lovefest. today romney heads off to poland meeting with senior polish leaders and well as solidarity legend lech walesa. jan asked about the latest cover story from "newsweek" magazine that reads romney the wimp factor, just too insecure to be president. here's what governor romney had to say about it. >> just got a copy of the "newsweek" cover that's going to be hitting the newsstands tomorrow that calls you a wimp. have you seen it?

>> no. they tried that on george herbert walker bush. he was a pretty good president. i'm anything but. >> reporter: but it hurt him to some extent. are you worried about what the media says and this story line that gets out there and have you countered that? >> if i worried about what the media said i wouldn't get much sleep and i'm able to sleep pretty well. >> to chief security correspondent bob schieffer. does a magazine cover make a difference here? >> i think if you gave governor romney truth serum and neem his campaign, nobody has told me this, i think they would probably say they are concerned about this. pie me i mean, this article was savage, it was brutal. how could you not have a reaction to it? i think it could. i think it could hurt him. and here's the reason why, charlie. in the latest cbs news poll we had, we found, i think it was, what is it?

31% of voters said she didn't y -- they didn't yet have a feeling about mitt romney. in other words, dhoent know whether they like him or don't like him and more than half the voters believe that he has -- has had sometimes says just what he thinks people want to hear from him. so when you have that kind of opinion, when that many people you know, don't really know the candidate, when you put something like this article into the -- into the narration of the campaign it sort of gives people ideas. it plants suggestions. so for sure, this is not -- did not help mitt romney, and my feeling is it probably hurt him. you heard jan crawford say that, you know, it did hurt the first george bush. you remember thises in 1988 when the article came out. >> yes, i do. >> you remember. george bush lost the iowa caucuses, finished i think

behind pat robertson, if memory serve, and people in the bush campaign that year decided they had to do something to make george bush appear more manly. so they went to new hampshire, and he started driving heavy machinery. you know, big tractors, and big trucks and tooting the horn driving around, and got his picture taken doing all that. i remember -- i remember doing a story there that said, you know, hide the fork lif, mama. george bush is a-comin'. the other part of it is, it worked. he won. >> he did win. gayle king is with me. >> hello, bob schieffer. many would say the word wimp and president don't go together in the same sentence and yesterday the governor was making news talking tough on iran in his speech yesterday. what do you think his strategy is there? >> well, i think he was in israel because he wanted to demonstrate his foreign policy credentials. he has known benjamin netanyahu for a long, long time.

he wanted to show that -- that he's as popular in israel as it were as barack obama did, but, you know, starting off the speech, having -- starting off the visit, having to walk back what his chief foreign policy adviser had said about, you know, about israel and if it comes up that israel decides to bomb iran was not the best way to make a good impression. at least back here. but no question about it. he was trying to draw the line, and make people understand that, number one, he knows how to handle foreign policy and, number two, that basically without saying so, that he could just do it a lot better than barack obama is. people will make their own judgments about that, of course, but clearly that was his objective. >> bob, great to have you on the program. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, charlie. james holmes the alleged gunman in the aurora, colorado,

massacre will be back in court this morning. >> formally charged with killing 12 and wounding 58 others. john blackstone is at the courthouse in centennial, colorado. what can we expect from this morning's hearing? >> reporter: good morning. unlike a week ago when james holmes first appeared in court here, and many found his appearance to be rather strange and disturbing, this time the judge has ordered there will be no cameras or microphones in the courtroom. so they'll be no new video of james holmes. now, we do expect he'll be charged formally with 12 counts of murder and multiple counts of attempted murder for the 58 wounded. it's not expected he will enter a plea today. the admission over the weekend by his defense attorneys that, indeed, he was in the care of a psychiatrist raises the possibility they're going to attempt to use an insanity defense. perhaps even claim that holmes is mentally unfit to stand trial. there's also a league battle brewing here over the package

that holmes sent to his psychiatrist, dr. lynn fenton where he may have described his plans for this massacre. i say that that package represents a doctor/patient confidential information that should not be made public and they're seeking a court order that should be turned over to the defense. >> what do we know about the people, the victim turning to the victims? what do we not know about those hospitalized reports on their own condition? >> reporter: well, 11 remain in the hospital here. 4 of those are still in critical condition, and there's sad news over one of those who remains in the hospital, and that's ashley moser, the mother of 6-year-old veronica moser-sullivan, the youngest person killed in his shooting. it was confirmed that ashley moser was pregnant at the time

of the shooting that she suffered a miscarriage as a result of the trauma. she not only lost her 6-year-old daughter but an unborn child as well. in colorado, causing a miscarriage isn't considered murder. so james holmes won't be facing those charges. >> john blackstone, thank you very much. in sierra, new fighting in the city of a lleppo. on his way to the middle east, defense secretary leon panetta said the assad regime has lost all legitimacy. >> if they continue this -- this kind of tragic attack on their own people in aleppo, i think it ultimately will be a nail in april saudassad's coffin. >> in our london bureau, our correspondent. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> what do the rebel forces see, believe, think, about where this

conflict is today? >> reporter: i think the rebel forces are feeling very emboldened, particularly after the huge battles that have been taking place in damascus and in aleppo. the political and economic beating heart of the regime. so they are feeling emboldened. he also now have huge flocks of territory, particularly in the north, but are still outgun and outmanned by the regime forces, and the problem that they really face is trying to move between the various pockets of territory. the islands that they hold, because the main arteries that connect the primary cities and those highways and freeways are still very much irunder the control of government forces trying to move between them, open up supply lines. a very lengthy and dangerous process. >> at this time are they getting more and more arms to make the battle? >> reporter: actually, they were adamant they were not receiving arms. as many of us heard reports about a flow of weapons coming

from saudi arabia and our gulf countries across the turkish bolderthen said they were receiving very little in the way of weapons and only light weapons. from what we saw, it really was still fighting with ak-47s, rocket-propelled grenades. a small amount of anti-war kraft weaponry but they're far, far outgunned by the regime forces. >> what's this fear they have? >> reporter: they don't talk much about their fears, but if you talk to ordinary syrian civilians, there is a sense of openness about the fact that people have very real anxieties about what will happen after, or if, president assad's regime falls. everybody feels that will happen at some point but they're starting to ask questions about what will come in its place. what kind of bloody reprisal killing wes might see or a power strug that might go on on the ground between the various

groups as they try to battle it out for control of the country. >> from london, thank you very much. americans won two more gold medals at the summer olympics yesterday but the u.s. replay team came up short in the pool and the top ranked gymnast jordyn wieber stumbles. mark phillips has the latest. it wasn't a good weekend for some of the marquee names? >> reporter: that's why they play the games. gymnastics and swim twog of the glamour towards and u.s. performance is always a measure of americans success or not. at these games seems they have to make way for new heroes. if everyone won who was supposed to win there would be no point holding the games. gymnast jordyn wieber already a world champion, supposed to be a hot favorite for olympic gold as well but dramatically failed to qualify. beaten up by two teammates. aly raisman and gabby douglas, supposed to be behind her on the

depth chart. >> from the beginning, looking very strong. i knew would be close between the through of us, all-around, but, it is what it is. >> reporter: similarly, first lady michelle obama was on hand to follow one of the stories of these games. whether swimmer michael phelps would repeat his record medal hall of four years ago. answer -- no. he finished out of the medals in the individual medley, and an eevent won by ryan lochte, a new poster boy for these games. the relay a hot favorite, too, but lost out to inspired swim sbi the boys from france. >> france is going to out-touch the americans and lochte. >> reporter: among the american winners, dana vollmer, set a new world record in the 100 meter butterfly. >> under 56 seconds. >> reporter: and tim, the skeet shooter who won gold and became the first american to wane medal in five consecutive olympics games.

>> you know, just overwhelming. it's just something that you just, pinching yourself. is this real? it's just incredible. >> reporter: incredible to the british taxpayers paying for the game has been the blocks of empty seats at many events. ticket distribution has been described as a fiasco here. >> basketball. >> reporter: normal people can't buy tickets and olympic committee members who have them aren't using them. >> ridiculous. tickets nep say on the news that there are so many free places as well. >> very disappointed. >> reporter: the empty seat issue hasn't just plagued the london games. it's a factor in all olympic games. one of the problems is that the national olympic committee from around the world and the ioc are often given the best seats in the house. the ones that show up empty on tv. >> what can they do about that, mark? >> reporter: well, they've been talking about drafting in

students, drafting in some military, brought in to provide security when off duty. to fill the seats. i will say looking around the venues today, though, a lot of the places do see full. maybe that problem will go away. >> overall, london and the brits are getting good marks for these olympics? >> reporter: they are. they are. all that talk in the run-up, of course, about transportation and the weather. the weather's turned out to be not bad, although it did pour a bit yesterday. and the transportation thus far, it's working. >> mark, thank you so much. it is time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the dploeb. britain's guardian reports 300 million people in northern india lost power in a giant blackout. the lights went out in delhi and several other states this morning leaving commuters stranded in swelters heat. officials say a major power grid crashed because it could no longer keep up with demand. power is slowly returning. the american red cross tells

"usa today" the blood supply in this country is at its lowest level in 15 years. summer is typically a slow time for donations but severe weather forced dozens of blood drives to be cancelled. britain the telegraph says according to a new audit the u.s. wasted $200 million inial a police training program in iraq. the five-year project was designed to boost iraqi security, but a special inspector general found iraq never officially agreed to participate. >> the kansas city star reports walmart stores getting bomb threats. two walmarts in kansas weren't evacuated yesterday. no bombs found there. similar threats made against other walmart stores in the state. and the "new york post" reports apple just sold 250 million iphones. that translates to $150 billion in sales over the last five years. that's more revenue than mcdonald's and major league baseball combined. am i the only one that

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this brand new roller coaster in vallejo, california, a ride to thdo nowhere sunday. it stranded a dozen riders two hours. rescuers in buckets brought them water finally the ride was restarted backwards and brought the riders safely to the ground. welcome back to cbs "this morning" from the cbs broadcast center in los angeles. >> were you thinking, i love a roller coaster and would love to do that. >> i did. i do love a roller coaster. from anywhere -- i do love roller coaster. boeing's brand new 787 passenger jet facing new trouble this morning. engine parts fell off during a ground test at the charleston,

south carolina airport over the weekend. >> this forced officials to close the airport more than an hour. sharyl attkisson reports, the latest in a series of setbacks for the high-profile dream liner. >> reporter: the boeing 787 is supposed to be the leading edge of commercial aviation. one of the most advanced jetliners ever built. the mishap is raising concerns. >> a brand new engine. >> reporter: not one hurt, some flights diverted after the metal debris sparked a grass fire at the airport, because the engine is used on other aircraft, the national transportation safety board what's to know what went wrong. >> they'll understand bet whir they tear the engine down piece-by-piece. >> reporter: they say the 787 is the future of the industry and with many still on order costing

about $200 billion apiece, dream liner is enormously important boeing's bottom line. then said, while this is in early stages of investigation, we are unaware of any operation's issue that would present concerns about the continued safe operation of in-service 787s. earlier, grounded when problems found in this plane manufactured by rolls-royce. and in february boeing odor rde inspections. delaying the first dream liner by three years. still, the former chair of the ntsb says the testing process is supposed to reveal problems like th this. the flying public shouldn't be too worried. >> despite the problems reported over the past year. this aircraft is an extremely efficient, extremely safe

aircraft. >> reporter: for cbs "this morning," sharyl attkisson, washington. cbs news travel editor peter greenberg is with us this morning. welcome. >> good morning. >> good to be no your hometown. what's going on? >> investigators are looking at, to early to speculate. what they're looking at, possible compressor failure or turbine disintegration. they're looking at that because fan blades on the engine, what you see when you look at an engine don't cause fire or get hot. turbines do. looking specifically at that. >> this was a great concept among airlines. was it not? >> it is. one of the thing about the dream line made of composite parts. weigh less. airlines love that because of fuel costs. they can basically design a plane pressurized not just at 8,000 but 5,000. when you get off the plane you actually feel better.

weight issue and pressurization. >> they seem to be confident they have everything under kr control. boeing, i'm talking about. should the rest of us? i'm thinking, i don't know, fellas. >> the investigation will take three months to a year and make a recommendation to the faa. a problem with one engine or systemic with all engines. you heard in the earlier report earlier this month, ana grounded five of their 11 dream liners because of problems with the rolls-royce engine. engine problems on both plane, both different types of engines. >> that's my point, peter. there seems to be one problem after the other with the dream liner. >> look at the 747 when first designed the 747, it was late too. delivery late. components, this is a new aircraft, you figure it while it goes along, unfortunately you'd like it to happen before launch. >> and what about delivery of a bunch of these things? >> they ordered them.

over 800 on order. a robust plane. >> none of dpliv delivered? >> no. only ana. the u.s. will take delivery of them later this year. >> what's it doing for airline sales and confidence in the airline industry? >> robust. of course, think about it. we don't have lockheed or mcdonnell douglas. just airbus and boeing. in a big competition who will sell the most planes? they're both doing quite well. >> we don't know who will win the battle yet? >> both. actually. because there are only two left. >> that. thanks. show you the ambitious plans for a floating city of entrepreneurs. tomorrow mitt romney looks at possible running mates. what it really takes to screen a future vice president on cbs "this morning."

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the tech world is always looking for the next great idea. two entrepreneurs have come up with a unique way for foreign workers with a big dream to make it big in america. >> and as jeff glor found out, they just have to head out to sea. joining us from new york, new york. good morning. >> gayle, good morning. it's called blue seed, a floating city on the sea and investment for business talent. it might sound crazy at first, but the idea, given the condition of our economy and immigration law, it's also necessary. in the rolling waters off half moon bay, california, many people see the ideal spot for a leisurely sail. maybe a chance to see blue whales. daria sees a tidal wave of new business. >> it doesn't look like your typical office environment. >> definitely does not. >> reporter: once you get 12

nautical miles off the coast you are no longer in u.s. territorial waters. but you're still an easy commute from silicon valley. the tech capital of the world. which is why dario and his partner their it's the perfect place to set up an international office on the high sea. any place in the world where something like this is taking place? >> will is no other place in the world where something like this could exist, yes, and certainly no place in the world it's being tried. >> reporter: max and dario's grand plan, outfit and anchor a ship where entrepreneurs would live, and pitch ideas to people from the shore. something that is necessary because of the u.s.' eb5, employment-based visa making it almost impossibly expensive for outsiders to purchase sewer the american dream. >> the only way an immigrant entrepreneur can live with a green card invest at least $1

million here. there's a limit annually of 10,000 of these applications. we've never even reached half of that number. >> reporter: it is far easier for entrepreneurs to open a business almost anywhere else. britain, canada, singapore. even chile, and what restrictions overseas are being loosened, america remains locked down. for both dario, whose parents fled the war-torn yugoslavia in the mid-90s and max, his parents left cuba in the 1950s, the project is deeply personal. >> my only parents, they're entrepreneurs. run a medical business in south florida. it's a very clear example of growing up with people who came from a different country, came to the u.s., became americans and then created jobs and improved the economy, and to me i see it in a very real way and it's something i wanted. >> reporter: the charge this is a u popian fantasy, unrealistic. >> i think of this as a radical idea but also a practical idea.

it's using existing technology, existing legal framework, trying no the to bite off more than it can chew at once. >> reporter: if the you're on to something special, why nobody thought of this before? >> the precedence exists. cruise line, the cruise ship is i would say one of the closest presidents for what we are trying to do. we are taking this concept a couple steps further. >> reporter: dario and max are currently navigating the tricky waters of local, national and international law and politics. as well as raising money. it will take $40 million to $50 million. t for yugoslavia and cuba. how do you get together for business -- >> only in america. >> only in america, i would say, yeah, that's right. >> reporter: you are might ask what's in it for the men behind it? a 6.5% stake for every company that comes onboard. when the business succeeds, they

do, too. gayle, charlie? >> seems like a good deal for foreign investors. is it taking away from american jobs? >> reporter: i don't think so. the end goal, this is a net job positive for everyone. keep in mind the businesses wouldn't be created. if they weren't being done there. and keep in mind, they're going to employ americans after they open. so net job, positive creator in the end. >> just reminds me, jeff, the tom friedman's great line that whmp somebody comes to this country and gets a higher education, they should staple a they stay here and we get the advantages of their brain and ingenuity. >> and right now they are doing almost the exact opposite of that. and i think that's what these guys say needs some attention. >> thank you, jeff glor. >> sure things, guys. miss you. >> yeah you seem to be holding it down nicely. thank you. >> i'm trying. >> didn't look like a hard story

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months in afghanistan got a big greeting from his dog bailey. we're just seeing this video from last month. the sailor was surprised bailey remembered him because he adopted her just three months before he shipped out. charlie, you know what it's like. a bond between a man and his dog. >> i do. i love bailey. love bailey. president obama has roots from kenya to kansas. this morning we know one of his mother's ancestor has a surprising background. >> a hint. he was an historic figure in the 1600s. that revealing new story from the president's family tree and you'll hear tonal on cbs "this morning." first, though, it's time for this morning's "healthwatch" with dr. holly phillips. >> reporter: good morning. today on "healthwatch," a wellness food from the beach. after time spent bip the ocean most of us feel better. research suggests people who live by the coast may be healthier than those who live inland.

the study involved census data from 48 million people in england and asked to rate health as good, fairly good or not good and give information about their living environment. after controlling for age, gender and a host of social economic factors, researchers concluded overall health was better closer to the beach. although the benefits appeared to be small, the effects could still be significant on a population level. the study not establish a cause for the connection. but it's been suggested that people living by the water have more active lifestyles and greater opportunity for stress reduction. the findings come on the heels of other research, which credits the negative ions found in ocean air with better respiration and deeper sleep. although further research needs to be done before you pack up the family and head to the water, if you're planning a beach vacation this summer, it may benefit both your body and your mind. i'm dr. holly phillips.

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it is 8:00. welcome back to cbs "this morning." we are live and in color in los angeles today. i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose. another tough year for the housing market. a new survey show morse than half of american cities had more foreclosures in the second half of the year compared to the previous six months. >> and 500 families a day here in california lose their homes to foreclosure. ben is with us. >> reporter: seven of the top ten cities worst hit by forecloche herb in the entire country are right here in the golden state. struggling homeowners in california have a powerful

advocate, the state's attorney general. >> it's a mistake to expect everyone who needs our help will come knocking on our door. many can't. >> reporter: she knows what it's like to be the underdog. she beat the odds to become the first woman and first african-american to be elected attorney general of california. what does it mean to you to be the first? >> i'll tell you, when i was first elected, d.a. of france of the first woman, they asked that question. well i don't know how to answer that question because i've always been a woman, but i'm sure a man could do the job just as well. >> reporter: ending the foreclosure crisis has become harris' signature issue and often visit hard-hit neighborhoods. >> you have to see and feel and smell the circumstance of people to really understand. >> reporter: "newsweek" calls her one of the most powerful women in america and she proved it this month when she successfully pushed through a first of its kind homeowner bill of rights. it requires banks providing single point of contact for

california homeowners and stop the practice of dual tracking when lenders move ahead with a foreclosure even while negotiating with a homeowner to modify a loan. california governor jerry brown signed the bill into law this month. >> we had seen the damage that had been caused by rules that are ambiguous, or rules that are in conflict. so let's clean them up. now's an opportunity to do it. let's just do it. >> reporter: harris has taken on the country's biggest banks before, suing them for fo foreclosure abuses. they offered a settlement, he played hard ball. >> we walked away. >> reporter: harris held out and got $18 billion. $12 billion used to help underwater homeowners. it's controversial, but harris wants to reduce principle on the loans wiping out some of their debt. >> so they be in a situation to afford to pay, and they have an

innocentive to pay. >> reporter: why do we cover some bad investments people have made? >> i think of it as their homes. buying a home is not about making money. >> reporter: would you agree during the bubble many did view it as way to make money and make money quickly? >> there's no question there were people who during the bubble approached the system with the intention of purely making money. the vast majority of the people we're talking about are people who want add home. >> reporter: now, the banking industry is not thrilled with california's new homeowner protections and worry it will needlessly slow down the foreclosure process and create a bunch of frivolous lawsuits from homeowners. >> what about the people paying mortgages, doing the right thing, paying on time. do you think there's resentment for people who'll will not-of-now get a break? >> that's the criticism. one block, a homeowner that's done everything to stay with the

home. the neighbor next door might get $100,000 taken off their mortgage. that is a moral element. but she feels this helping everyone. >> an interesting woman. >> i think a future ahead for her in and ancestry.com found a surprising ancestor forepresident obama. a slave, but on his mother's side.

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relief help. they might want to look at this guy. >> dad doesn't want limb to throw the ball. >> here's a young fan at saturday's indians/twins game. a souvenir ball. tried to throw it back. dad stopped him. then he picked it up and threw it anyway. hate woman on the head. but we're glad to say everybody's okay. dad going, son, no, no. >> apologize to that woman. >> everything's all right. no secret president obama comes from a diverse background. news from his ancestors you haven't heard anywhere else. >> goes back to the earliest days of colonial america. bill plante is live at the white house with that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. you know, we've already learned barack obama is related however distantly to people as diverse as warren buffett, sarah palin, rush limbaugh and george w.

bush. now, discovering startling new evidence, a connection in his mother's family tree. president obama diverse roots from kenya to kansas are widely known. now researchers found a new link. >> president obama is the 11th great-grandson of john punch, the first documented african to it be enslaved for life in the american colony. >> reporter: from ancestry.com says the president's white smoerp a direct descendant of the first known slave in the american colonies through a family by the name of bunch. >> we found that through dna testing done by members of the bunch family that their direct an sers ancestors from subsaharan africa. a gentleman by the name of john punch. >> reporter: in the 1640, john punch, a african servant in virginia, escaped, caught and

sentenced to remain enslaved to his owner for life. punch versus bunch, researchers they that's not unusual. the early record names are as they sounded. ancestry.com genealogists say the slave john punch is the only likely person to be the father of john bunch. it john bunch's father was white and so was his wife meaning president obama descends from the first known black and white couple who left traceable descendants. >> how certain are you of this conclusion? >> extremely confident in the conclusion that we've reached. >> reporter: what was racial attitudes like in colonial virginia? >> at the time in the early 1600s, the racial attitude in virginia, they quite a bit different than they later came to be. racial marriage wasn't as looked down upon until about the 1660s

and upwards into the early 1700s did laws come into place to fleechbt from happening. the bunches continued to intermarry with white people and became white for all intents and purposes. >> reporter: john bunch in obama's family industry a first in the line of bunches originally in virginia moving to tennessee, arkansas and finally to kansas where president obama's great-grandmotherly own nah mccurry, grandmother madeleine payne and mother were born. >> i'm the son of a black man from kenya and a white woman from kansas. >> reporter: a subject the president has dealt with all his life, race. and never more urgently when he broke from jeremiah wright over wright's divisive racial views. >> the issues that surfaced over the last few weeks reflects the complexity of race in the country we've never really

worked through. >> reporter: author of a new obama biography did extensive research for his book. >> that point is included, the tribal plan of the obamas, and english and welsh and irish and scottish and german. from the white side of his family. and now we're discovering something more. >> reporter: he travelled to kenya and indonesia in search of the influence that shaped barack obama, the president's diverse roots make him hard to categorize. >> bay of the color of his skin and his father's background, he was african-american. but culturally, he was not. he had to learn it. he's never been easy to pigeonhole. that's part of the attraction and mystery of barack obama. >> reporter: ancestor.com did two years of research to puzzle this out and looked through thousands of pages of colonial records, got the dna from the bunch family and even without

the documented connection to john punch are very certainly their finding about the president's slave ancestors on his mother's side. gayle, charlie. >> amazing what you can find. thank you, bill. what you can find when you dig around the family tree. >> what interests me most about all this, whatever the life that this president or any other future president had, how did it influence who he or she is in terms of how they see the world. >> yeah. somebody did one on me recently and said i was distantly related to martha stewart itht didn't know that. >> me neither. neither did she. still trying to figure that out. no gold so far in london for olympic great michael phelps. he warned us it wouldn't be easy. about getting ready for 2012 coming up on cbs "this morning." this portion of cbs "this morning" sponsored by hershey's

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so far this has not been about golden olympics for swimmer michael phelps who finished out of the 400 individual medley on sunday, he and hi teammates settled for a silver in the 400 relay. >> critics say he lost focus and should have retired. back in may, anderson cooper spoke with michael phelps about the decision to come back for one final olympics. >> it was hard because i didn't know if the passion or the fire was still inside of me, and it took a while for me to actually realize it myself.

bob couldn't tell me. my mom couldn't tell me or help me find it. >> reporter: it didn't help when in 2009 newspapers published a photo with phelps with a marijuana pipe. it tarnished his imof a. >> the lowest point of my career. i think being able to see how it affected the close people around me, i think that was the thing that hurt the most. >> reporter: how do you mean? >> telling my mom that. i kind of didn't want to tell her something like that. >> i asked my three-letter word, why, or what were you thinking? who were you with? like, come on, michael. get with the program here. >> it was just stupid. you know? i put myself in a bass positiod. 's in a depression phase. what am i doing? >> reporter: paparazzi staked

him out, suspended by usa swimming. >> i would do nothing. wake up. at 11:00 in the afternoon. just -- wouldn't leave the house. sit around. play video games. i was so lazy. >> reporter: it wasn't until march of 2009 that phelps came to a decision about the london olympics. >> i don't know what it was. i don't know what struck it, but i just woke up one morning, and i was like, let's do it. >> one man on the top. let's go. >> reporter: even after announcing he was a go for london -- >> just get in. just get in. >> phelps seemed to stick only a few toes in the water. >> get in. >> he regularly skipped practices. unheard of for fell pts who was a teenager went six straight years without missing a single day of training. apathy infuriated his coach bob bowman.

>> missing practices. one or two. >> oh, no. the fall of 2009, he missed months. >> months? >> maybe six weeks. >> reporter: for bowman the bottom came one saturday in the summer of 2010. >> this was about a week before the nationals, and i normally have a major practice. something that's going to be really important, show up saturday morning and he's not there. that did not make me happy. then later i found out that he was in las vegas for the weekend. >> reporter: i assume went to vague toys do dry land training? >> no. wasn't doing special training also i think he was at a pool. >> interesting, watched "the hangover". watched of the movie, man, i just want to go to vegas. >> road trip! >> a couple of us got up and left for vegas. >> reporter: your motivation was "the hangover" to go to vegas? >> but that's kind of like what

i would do. i wasn't in tune to everything going on in the pool. so if i wanted to get up and play golf one day i would just get up and play golf. if i wanted to go to vegas, i would just get up and go to vegas. >> reporter: did you feel guilty or -- >> no. not at all. i was having fun. you know? i was pretty much just escaping the pool. >> here's the thing about that. all his life has been devoted to swimming. a spectacular olympics. irresistible not to want to go back, if, in fact, you have the possibility of winning more gold than anybody in the history of the beginning. >> and you're 20-something, too. you're young. i'm not writing him off yet. i think he'll do okay, but it's got to throw you off a little bit when it doesn't starpt the way you hoped. do you think? >> yes. >> got to tloep you a little but he's going to be all right. >> calls into your question of confidence. >> he'll be okay. and okay, too, 50,000 letter as year. go, dean, about his novel.

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a couple in crystal springs, mississippi, set to get married in their local church overered weekend and say the minister called two days before to tell them he was calling up a the ceremony because they're black. the minister told them some church members were upset. the decision brought other church members to tear, but happily the minister did marry the couple on their scheduled wedding day but at another church. welcome back to cbs "this morning." we are live in los angeles. de dean koontz, many on the best-seller books. >> popular series coming out tomorrow called "odd

apocalypse." good morning. >> good morning. >> what's the reason for the success, extraordinary success, of the "ed odd thomas" series? >> not like the usual action hero. he's humble. doesn't bed every woman he runs into. he is living his life hoping to be reconciled with the woman he loved and lost and he doesn't know guns very well. he'll use any weapon at hand. it might be a broom, or a cat, if he can get his hands on. so normal. ordinary human being. >> if somebody came into the bookstore and said they want add dean koontz novel what are they asking for? >> for suspense with often a little comedy and a love story, bought i mix genres. maybe a little science fiction, horror. each is different. >> you're having a great time, dean. a good time to be you. publisher's weekly says it's about you.

kuntz working at his pinnacle, some of the deepest themes of human existence, nature of evil, grip of faith and power of love. where does your interest in the supernatural come from? >> i was interested in it even as a kid, i think, because i was reading ray bradbury and people like that, as soon as i was old enough to read, and i was drawn to it. i don't know why. i think we follow what our own freewill tells us to do and that's where i've been drawn, into fiction like that. >> your writing process i think is very interesting. i heard you sometimes just do a page a day and then rewrite that page over and over and over? >> i -- always think -- always sure the career's going down the drain any minute, and so when i write each page, i never think it's good. so i rhee rewrite it 20, 30 times. then get over it, feel all right. that's fine. move on to the next page and start the battle all over again. >> you told me before we began this interview that even if you

couldn't sell the books, you would continue to write them. >> well, i began writing and not selling, and i'm used to that. after the success, it's great to have the success, but you do this, when you're writing, it's so difficult, that you either have to love it and you do it for the love of it, or you shouldn't be doing it at all i. think kudos to your wife. known each other forever, since high school. i'll support you. five years to make this work. how long in the five-year period did you finally have a success? you said in the beginning many did not work? >> i have been selling short stories and a few paperback novels. she knew there was a possibility it would work, and i tried to negotiate her up to seven, but she wins every negotiation. and it took four, four and a half years then she was able to quilt her job and go work handling things for me. >> the books in the "odd thomas" serious.

forever odd, brother odd, odd hour, odd apocalypse. >> being the new one, "odd apocalypse." the word "odd," where does that come from? >> writing yore novel and into my line tame the line, my name is odd thomas, i lead an unusual life. i knew it was an opening to a book. wrote it down and next thing, never write by hand. written the first chapter and it didn't need much rewriting. only time that happened. so i had to make up why. a mistake on the birth certifica certificate. his name was supposed to be todd. >> do you ever want to break out of the formula? >> always been accused of not writing to a formula, driving publishers a little crazy because they want you to. it ham to entertain me or i'm not going to sit there all day. >> a movie? will we see "odd" on the big

screen? >> directed a wonderful movie on the first book of "odd thomas." the first time i've been able to not weep because it's so like the book. it's actually quite wonderful. >> it met your approval. congratulations. continued success. >> thank you very much. >> continued success. thank you, dean koontz for come by so early "odd apocalypse" goes on sale form wherever you like to buy your book. and colorado needs a good soaking about now. showing us how a top tourist attraction is dealing with a lack of tourists. [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go?

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colorado's trouble with the wildfires. a few weeks ago the most devastating fire yet killed two people and burned more than 29 square miles around colorado springs. >> tourists are staying away, one of the most popular whitewater rafting spots in america. good morning. >> good to have you in los angeles. as you know, all summer long we've heard about the raging wildfires destroying colorado's wilderness and hundreds of homes. but i went to the arkansas headwaters recreation area and met some coloradans hoping a wild ride can help restore the state's image and economy. take a look at colorado's spectacular royal gorge. 1,200-foot granite walls carved by the arkansas river. it's thrilling to behold. it its 10 miles of rapids thrilling to ride, but this isn't just the story about a river with beauty and drama to take your breath away. literally. it's about fire.

water. and redemption. and rapids. i think we'll get this out of the way first. i was shooting stoert about shooting the rapids with travis as my river guide. we've shared what they call on the river a swim. travis and i called it one of our most embarrassing moments caught on four, count them, one, two, three, four, cameras. but this is really the middle of the story. >> swim! >> reporter: let's back up to the beginning. we went to colorado to show an unexpected consequence of the recent devastating wildfires. since the start of may, 13 major fires. one, the worst in colorado history, has roared through tinder-dry terrain destroying forest, property and colorado's summer tourist business. >> we've had a lot of cancellations due to forest

fires. it's really hurt us. >> reporter: the marketing director in canyon city, colorado. >> our company's down about 25% and i think all companies are suffering. this is life-line to the river communities, just like the ski area, to the mountain caps. >> reporter: whitewater rafting is big business in colorado. more than a quarter of a million people rode the arkansas river last year. the park ranger -- >> the most commercially boated river in the united states if not the world. commercial boating and the revenue that those companies bring in to the state of colorado and colorado parks and wildlife is incredible. >> reporter: water-fumed add vev adventure added $100 million to the economy. now businesses are struggling. first the perception that colorado's beauty went up in smoke. second, that this winter's record-low snow pack means low river levels this summer and fewer thrill, but companies like river runners have the answer.

mini rafts. compared to the lumbering larger rafts, they're 36% smaller. 64% lighter, and 100% scarier. >> more splashes. quicker, more faster, like a ferrari. definitely you're going to see. >> a little murky. you might not be able to see the rock under there. >> reporter: after a safety class, we set off. seeking thrills, i hopped into the mini raft. in another, a couple from texas. elise and cole. >> i'm guessing it's going to be very wet and we might fall. so i'm kind of nervous. >> reporter: our adventure begins placidly enough through dramatic red rocks and ever-changing currents. you might spot a mountain goat grazing onshore. with travis as my guide, we caught the rapid named wall slammer, bone eater, one called sunshine, that got us. the raft flipped. i went under.

time slowed. then the safety instructions kicked in. hold your breath. put your feet in front, let the river flush you out. it wasn't graceful, but it worked. travis was apologetic. >> a really light boat. so kind of had its way with us. bigger boats you can get into. >> don't worry. this is fun. seriously. this is fun. >> reporter: hoe bad did it look? >> it didn't look bad at all. >> she might have been a little generous. hilarious. >> it was very funny. >> i was -- at the verge of tears. >> i really enjoy showing people the river, getting them wet. as long as they're having a good time, i'm having a good time. that's what it's all about. >> reporter: really, on this day for travis and me, it was all about redemption. with wet bodies and bruised egos, he decided to take one more shot at that deserve manyish sunshine. devilish sunshine.

>> all right. >> whew! redemption! >> oh, gosh. >> now, you can enjoy whitewater rafting on the arkansas river through labor day, and this past weekend, all the remaining wildfires are 100% contained. >> you went on an arc from embarrassment to redemption. >> exactly. travis is an excellent guide. i, on the other hand, sort of going along for the ride in the beginning, but in a mini raft, no sl no slack allowed. >> would you do it again? >> i would. it's a thrill. >> thinking it's a guy thing. after that little thing i would have said, see ya late herbs travis. was it as scary or not? >> not really. >> your face looked a little like, "help me." >> it looked a little like i'm on camera with everybody in the world watching.

>> that's the embarrassment factor. >> as i go under. >> as you said, you did it again and you would do it again. >> i would do it again. >> flies nice to see you. >> we love kevin neyland, too. the final season of "weeds" in the house this morning, too. you're watching cbs "this morning." get your cash back! oh, hi. which cash back booth looks better to you, chase freedom or the largest cashback card? oh, i'll try the largest. oh, that is too bad. apparently you don't know chase freedom guarantees you 1% cash back. 4 times more than the largest cash back card, which only gives you a quarter percent until you spend $3,000 every year.

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comedy schedule and joins us live in los angeles. kevin. >> thanks so much for getting up. >> yeah. i like being up. >> good to see you. >> good sign when you get up. >> means you're alive. so interesting, kevin, because i was watching your special with a bunch of people. wasn't he on "saturday night live"? ip thought i was the only one that thought that. so long ago. how you've evolve and done other things. good for you. >> i left the show in '95 and was on the show nine seasons. a big part of my life. time has gone by and i've done other things since then. a lot of people don't know i was on "saturday night live" just know me from "weeds" and not l "saturday night live." >> good thing, because your character is always up to no good. >> he smokes a lot of dope. >> a lot of pot. >> not really pot. we get it from colombia.

>> the country. >> that's right. so, people think i am that character. >> right? >> they'll come to see my stand-up. we're confused. you weren't like that guy -- >> thinking, do you want some? >> oh, i've been offered a lot of pot. over the years. yes. i do. >> i'll bet. >> it's a fun show to be on. a nice run. on a great season. i work with great people, great writers and it's time to end it. >> run out of pot. how do you balance it with stand-up, where you do stand-up and the shooting schedule of "weeds"? >> it's great. only work 3 1/2 months. 13 shows a year. i've been fortunate. i'm not just an actor. i get to write. >> yes. >> and i understand comedy and act in film. so i do it all. i don't get bored from doing one thing. >> does stand-up define you because that's where you came from? >> my forte and passion. all i wanted to do, stand-up comedy. i came to los angeles to do

stand-up and the acting came secondary. somebody said, take acting classes. somebody wants to see you for arn audition. makes sense. the rest came from there. >> i think it's so hard to make people laugh. i was watching your stand-up. your special coming up with a bunch of people and we were cracking up. don't you think it's hard, though, to make people laugh? >> for some people it is hard. for me, it wasn't that hard, because i always did. even as a kid. liked to make people laugh. i think it's hard to sing. >> your humor comes from where? >> mostly up here. >> does it come from your parenting experiences? >> i think it comes from a lot of different areas. you know, people say how do you write your material? >> you being a parent? not your parents? >> it does come from them too, but being a parent. yeah. you start thinking about, i wrote a book called "yes, you're pregnant, but what about me?" a lot of the comedy started coming. about to have a child. after you have a child you think more about -- we just had a

birthday party for my 5-year-old. it's hard to plan a party for a 5-year-old because you have to do it around their nap time. and my parents are out visiting. they're in their 80s and wanted to be here for the party. so i had to -- he napped at 2:00 every day. had to find out when friends at school took their naps and then when the parents napped, which is most of the day. and my power nap at 3:00 every day. >> the party's when? >> when was this party going to be? >> 7:30 in the morning. >> did everybody show up? >> they did show up. wide awake and then all left to take a nap. >> so great, too, about the tape. you draw from relatable things. like target. when you go target, charlie, next time you go, do not wear, what color shirt. >> never wear a red shirt. that's their color. i don't mind helping people, but the word -- where's the broom? sorry. don't work here. >> how's your golf? >> my golf? >> yes, your golf. >> not that good. >> but you love the game? >> i love the golf.

the only fun sport, as you get older, you think, i could get better at this. >> exactly. >> yeah. but i do like to play golf, and i think i can get better. i could be a really good golfer, i think, if i was really talented. if ip had the skills. i could be very, very good. >> if you had the time to develop the skills. >> it takes five hours. to do a round of golf usually. ike my 5-year-old, i can't be gone. >> you have a 5-year-old. had you a 5-year-old later in life. >> yeah. >> you were 53? >> 52 or 53. here i was having a child at my age when all my friends were already sending their kids off to -- >> college. >> yeah. mostly college, some -- my kid drinking, dizzy, that's about it. >> how do you -- introduce to sports? >> interesting question. i would like my child to be good at golf and soccer. you don't want to force them. >> exactly. >> balance. >> they find it. >> figure out a way for them to

like it. >> exactly. >> he is a good golfer. likes hitting the ball, and -- he's good. >> i'm thinking your wife, too, deserves a trophy. >> yes. >> i'm thinking after the way you included her in the comedy routine, she deserves a trophy. >> a great mother and great wife. >> great for you to be here this early in are the morning. so thank you. >> my pleasure. i'm up for the day now. >> you're welcome. >> can you see "weeds" saturday night on showtime. that does it from us in l.a. up next, your local news and we'll see you tomorrow back in new york, studio 57, cbs "this morning." >> take is easy. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com