good morning. it is thursday, august 2, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. a federal investigation this morning into a near disaster at reagan national airport. three jets were just seconds away from colliding after an air traffic control mistake. i'm gayle king. america has a new golden girl at the olympics. and speaking of bringing home the gold, should u.s. athletes have to pay taxes on those medals? well, they do. first, as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> we were cleared back there. what happened? >> 7329, stand by. stand by. >> the faa investigates a

dangerous close call at reagan national airport. >> three u.s. airways jets carrying a total of 200 folks were second from colliding in midair. >> stop on all the -- >> we got to get them around here pretty quick. >> the united states will get the gold back in the women's 4x2. too close to call. >> we did it! >> great britain took gold. the wait is over. >> thousands and thousands of people. >> supporters turned out in droves for chick-fil-a appreciation day. >> in support of the restaurant chain's president. >> marriage is between one man and one woman. >> there's good chick-fil-a, can't wait to eat the waffle fries and spicy chicken. >> the wildfire in southern california completely engulfed this home. >> it appears to be a complete loss.

>> drunk behind the wheel caused a woman to drive her car into a convenience store hitting the store clerk. >> in massachusetts, a motor home went crashing through a fence and ended up in a pool. >> all that -- >> 92 degrees on friday. then the weekend is mostly the lower 90s. back to you. >> the mayor of london zip lined over london park. >> all that matters imt. >> at the london games eight badminton players have been pulled for trying to lose their matches. it would have put them in a more favorable place. >> if you train day and night for badminton, in a way, haven't >> if you train day and night for badminton, in a way, haven't you already lost? captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." the faa is investigating a close call in the skies over washington, d.c. that near miss on tuesday

involved three jetliners. >> officials say they were on a collision course until air traffic controllers realized they had made a mistake. bob orr is at washington's reagan national airport where it all happened. bob, good morning to you. >> good morning to you gayle and to charlie. you know, planes using the same runway always take off and land in the same direction to avoid any kind of midair potential collisions. but in this case, a very bad mistake was made and two planes took off directly into oncoming traffic. it was just after 2:00 p.m. tuesday when a u.s. airways regional jet was approaching reagan national airport. a storm caused the wind to shift and because of that, controllers were in the process of changing the direction of all take-offs and landings. but there was some kind of miscommunication. officials say two planes were cleared and took off directly into the path of the inbound flight. the first departing plane closed to within a mile and a half and

just second of the arriving plane. the second outbound jet was a mile behind. controllers told the inbound plane to turn. >> we were cleared. what happened? >> stand by. >> the former chairman of the ntsb. >> we're talking about people here who do this every day. they're very, very good. they are highly professional. where was the breakdown in procedure? we have to understand where it was so that we can make sure it doesn't happen again. >> now, we were told that all three of the planes involved were regional partners at the u.s. airways, the small commuter jets carrying 150 people or so. all the planes held 192 passengers and crew made it to the destinations safely. that's fine. this was a serious breakdown and the faa wants to know what went wrong. charlie? >> that's the question i was thinking about as we were watching this. why is this more trudge than most incidents that happened at reagan and other airports? >> well, i think because this is

so fundamental. this is not an unusual procedure. every day, as weather patterns change, the wind changes, airports do what they call turn the runways around and incompetent stead of going to the north, it goes all to the south. this is an everyday basic fundamental procedure. how someone made a mistake in this fundamental procedure is perplexing. they have to look at this. >> what is likely to change? anything in the way things must change immediately? >> yeah. for one thing, they have to find out why the controllers weren't on the same page. there have been incidents where some showing inattention, sleeping in towers. the faa and department transportation cracked down on this. this now comes as a very, very serious breakdown. this was not a disaster, but it's only because, in the end, a controller paying attention finally and a pilot, they did all the right things in the right moment. this was closer than it ever

should have been charlie. bob orr in washington. thank you so much. president obama's campaign takes place in florida today and in virginia. while governor mitt romney is in colorado. >> the latest cbs news poll in three other swing states shows that president obama is leading, especially among female voters. nancy cordis is at the white house with a closer look at this dramatic difference. nancy, hello to you. >> reporter: hello to you, gayle and charlie. traditionally democrats do a bit better than republicans among women, but the gender gap in this poll was stunning. women went for mr. obama over mr. romney by more than 20 points in both ohio and pennsylvania. two battleground states. >> i don't believe government can solve every problem. >> campaigning in ohio wednesday, president obama pushed the notion that government isn't the only solution but should play a role in boosting the economy. especially for the middle class. >> i want to make sure that we're putting folks back to work.

rebuilding our roads and bridges. >> pollsters say it resonates with women, particularly single women. it shows mr. obama over mitt romney by a 2 to 1 margin over. women list health care and social issues important to the vote. that's why you're more likely to see ads like this. >> it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is out of touch. >> it's a key constituency. 53% of voters were women in 2008. peter brown helped to conduct the poll. he sauce to close the gap, governor romney must convince women he understands their concerns. >> he needs to increase margin among married women and reduce the margin among single women. >> he leads among men. in ohio by ten points and in pennsylvania by three. >> i will make america a great place for entrepreneurs again,

for women-owned businesses. >> i asked obama campaign strategist david axelrod about this divide between men and women. >> we've seen this gender gap before. this isn't unusual. i think there are some issues to which women are particularly a tuned. >> but the campaign did not have a ready answer for why the president trails mr. romney among men, especially when he won among men over john mccain in 2008 by one point. gayle and charlie? >> nancy, thank you. with us now mark mckinnon former campaign media director for george w. bush. good morning, mark. >> good morning, charlie. >> if you were advising a republican nominee for the -- in the presidential race and he had this kind of gender gap, beyond what you have heard, beyond the appeal of economic issues, what does the candidate do? >> a few things, charlie. first of all, it is a real

concern. republicans have won two out of those three states since 1960 in order to win the presidency. they're not going to win pennsylvania. so they've got to win ohio and florida. they've got to close that gap. there are primary bruises that romney is suffering from, around defunding planned parenthood and contraception. plus the -- women voters see republican party as not caring about their interests and that the democratic party does more. what romney has to do o is start leading the republican party instead of being dragged by the republican brand. but he's got an opportunity to do that at the convention in his convention speech where he can talk about family issues, get his wife and family out there. talk about policy and talk about empathy for families and talk about policies that really help them and help women. >> you know, mark, they say that he's close to selecting a vice presidential candidate. would a woman help him at this point, do you think? >> you know, it would.

but the problem is that the candidates that are on that list, suzanna martinez, condi rice, all of them bring something to the table. but they have deficit issues with experience on some social issues causing problems with the base. i think it's unlikely that romney will pick a woman because it would create some problems with some of the base voters that they want to keep on board. >> let me talk about governor romney and caring. how does a candidate communicate that he cares in a way that governor romney has not done so far? >> good question, charlie. mitt romney, about 75% of voters have a pretty strong feeling about him, either positive or negative. the good news for him is that there's about 25% that really don't know him very well. he's got an opportunity at the convention to talk about his vision and biography. right now he's talked about jobs, jobs, jobs and he's the

fix-it guy for massachusetts. they don't have a sense for his family, context for his time as governor and the love of the family friendly things he did as governor or to talk about the policies that would help families as president. they haven't heard the story yet. he's got upside potential to get a lot of the voters back. >> on texas, gayle and i were talking about it this morning. this victory that mr. cruz had in texas. does it further divide the republican party or not? >> not really. ted cruz is not a typical tea party candidate. i mean, he is a very thoughtful guy. he's very conservative. but he's a very, very smart guy. not to suggest that other tea party candidates aren't. but i think that -- he's been cast as a sort of typical tea party guy, and he's not. i think he's going to bring a lot to the table for conservatives. >> was a great debater, clerked

for chief justice rehnquist. here's a guy with the right credentials on his resume. >> that's right. i think he can create a different persona for many of the conservatives on the tea party side and kind of change a little bit of the branding of the tea party. >> and can appeal to hispanics? >> absolutely. >> and can really make pan appeal to the hispanics. >> yes. he's going to be a dynamic guy in the u.s. senate. >> i'm curious about your new look with the tie. is this a new trend you're starting? >> no. this is a scarf. i'm on an anti-tie. >> very dapper. >> very dapper. >> no labels and no ties. >> very dapper today. >> thank you. mark, thank you so much. at the summer olympics, a big night for american swimmers, while the sport of badminton god a black eye. >> the medical count so far. china leads with 30 medals, that's one more than the united states. the chinese also have the most

golds, 17 compared to 12 for the u.s. japan is third on the medal list followed by france and germany. bigad shaban is at the olympics and joins us now. hello bigad. >> gayle and charlie, good morning to you. a new star is emerging on team usa. she considers michael phelps her hero. she's breaking records-other own and and earning a spot on the medal podium every time she competes. allison schmitt, the 22-year-old pittsburgh native swam the last of the relay taking team usa from second place to first. >> get the gold back in the women's 4x2. >> she upset an olympic record and adding another medal to her collection. it was the third for missy franklin, high school senior. >> a smiley group here. i think it's definitely true. >> no race has been closer at the games thant one that landed nathan adrian his first gold in

london. the 23-year-old's fingertips touched the wall .01 second faster than the australian world champion. >> the fastest time in the world, not the fastest time in the world the previous four years, but who can get their hand on the wall first today, tonight. that's what kind of went through my head. >> at banks of the river thames, the iconic tower bridge changed shade for the first gold medal. heather stanning and helen glover scored their first gold. >> garnering royal applause from princes william and harry. across town, controversy rocked the sport of badminton after eight players were disqualified for cheating. ironically, not for trying to win, but for purposely trying to lose. the four doubles teams from south korea, indonesia and china are accused of playing poorly in hopes of getting paired with a

less skilled team in the next round. >> we come here not to -- we want to have medals. there's not from indonesia -- >> one of the chinese players has apparently quit the sport blogging farewell my dear badminton. >> two of america's biggest swimming stars go at it for the second and last time here in london. michael phelps and ryan lochte go head to head, gayle at the 200 individual medley. >> i can't wait to see that. what's the rivalry like between the two of them, bigad? >> it depends on who you ask. the first thing they'll say is they're very close friends. but it was just saturday actually when phelps beat out lochte in the 400 individual medley. he walked away with gold. -- lochte rather walked away with gold. phelps in fourth place. but it was just two days ago when phelps walked away with his 19th olympic medal securing his

spot as the most decorated olympian in history. but what's interesting about their rivalry, gayle, is that they are close friends. lochte tells me that they can often be found playing cards together in their off time. >> still want to be their friend. >> you can still want to beat your friend. bigad. >> bigad, thank you very much. the united nations says up to 3 million syrians will need food and other aid in the next 12 months. powerful explosions are being reported near syria's largest city aleppo where rebel forces attacked. holly williams is just over the border in turkey where she talked with rebel fighters, including one from the united states. >> many of the rebel fighters are using turkey as a base. they told us they go into syria to fight and come out to plan and to rest and to treat their wounded. one of those rebel fighters is mahmoud. he's kind of unusual because he's actually a bulldozer salesman from atlanta, georgia.

>> . >> mahmoud told us that he quit his job, came here and started fighting in april. he gave us some video that he says shows him during the battle for aleppo, which is raging right now. mahmoud was born in syria, he still has family there. but he says they don't know that he's fighting. >> i went to hanoi. i didn't see my family. i was half mile away. i had no intention to go see them. >> mahmoud told us he won't go back to the u.s. he wants to fight on until the rebels win, he said. then he plans to stay on and help rebuild syria. for "cbs this morning," holly williams on the turkey/syria border. thank you, holly. it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe.

washington post says republican controlled house voted wednesday to extend bush era tax cuts for all income levels. last week the democratic controlled senate voted to extend the tax cuts but only for incomes up to $250,000. >> the los angeles times is reporting that half of u.s. counties have been declared disaster areas because of the widening drought. farmers in 32 states can now get federal aid, including interest-free emergency loans. the wall street journal says an electronic glitch in wednesday's first hour of trading led to a price -- the securities and exchange commission is monitoring the situation. the oregonian reports that work crews on an oregon beach are having a tough time getting rid of a duck that washed up. they started work this week to cut up the dock and remove it. but they kept running into trouble. they'll try again today. according to the london's telegraph, palm trees, yes palm trees could grow in the an

arctic if the world keeps getting warmer. they found evidence of tropical plants growing there 55 million years ago. >> antarctic you say? that's hard to believe. california firefighters hope to contain this fast moving wildfire east of los angeles. the so-called volcano fire erupted yesterday afternoon. it's burned over 400 acres and destroyed at least one home. the residents say they saw the flames and they literally ran for their lives. officials say the fire was accidentally started by brush

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what a great performance by my ladies, the fab five. mckayla, kila, ringo, blitzen and sometimes y. >> the performance was so good, they won by such a big margin that it was theirs. the u.s. team left the russians and the chinese on the sidelines there in tears. so well done team usa. >> yes. well done team usa. this is what the olympic games are all about. making little foreign girls cry. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> winning an olympic medal certainly has perks. on wednesday, president obama called to congratulate the u.s. women's gymnastics team after

they won the gold. michael phelps also got a call. >> as terrell brown reports, the athletes are getting an unwelcome message from the tax man. terrell, good morning. >> good morning to you. who knew that olympians get a cash prize along with their medals and they may not know it, but uncle sam takes a cut. they are the golden moments of the olympics. >> number 19. whoo! >> american athletes holding their medals waving their flags and flashing those smiles. they even got a shoutout from the president. >> i also want to make sure we give it up for all our outstanding u.s. of a athletes who are competing london right now. [ applause ] >> winners also get a little known cash prize awarded by the. usoc. $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. every olympian taking home a

medal will take an iou to the irs. they're taxed on the value of the medal and the cash at a rate that can be as high as 35%. at an olympic alumni party, former gold medal winners say uncle sam isn't playing fair. >> you got every athlete who is going to fight along with them. because it's ridiculous. >> there could be big bills for the big winners. americans for tax reform which released the report, missy franklin could owe $21,500. ryan lochte, $23,000. and then there's michael phelps. the most decorated olympian of all-time. >> he could be facing a tax bill easily over $100,000 by the time these games are over. >> diver pat mccormick is outraged. she won four gold medals back-to-back in 1952 and '56. >> i don't think that there should be any taxes on any olympic gold medals.

>> some politicians in washington agree. on wednesday, senator marco rubio introduced a bill to eliminate the tax. these olympians who dedicate their lives to athletic excellence should not be punished when they achieve it. >> treat your athletes with respect. give us the decency with dignity. to let us compete among the very best in the world. i'm going to be taxed on what i just won. >> the sponsors of the bill are trying to rush this through and get a vote before the summer recess. if passed, it would include the athletes from these summer games as well. >> what's the likelihood that it will pass? >> we don't know. we have to see what happens later this week. one of the more interesting issues is the work around. to get around spending this money. any expense that comes out of their pocket right now, as long as it's not reimbursed, that is a tax write-off. one says i spent $20,000 a year

on expenses. i write that off. if they have a halfway decent accountant, they can get it lowered. >> i think it came as a surprise that they were even taxed. but when everybody hears it, they all say no fair, no fair. >> there are some folks that say, they think that should be taxed because they think if you make the exception for one group, then you have to make the exception for every group that maybe gets award money for a prize that is earned. then there's michael phelps and lebron james that can maybe even afford it. >> what's the -- >> i think the interesting thing, it was news to me, that the athletes earn cash with these medals. >> i didn't know that either. >> as we move forward, certainly now it's out there. >> you're like me. thought it was just the gold medal and that was it. >> exactly. >> thank you, terrell brown. >> for many religious conservatives, chick-fil-a was the place to be wednesday. thousands went there to eat and to make a statement. a statement against same sex marriage.

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reports -- >> from south carolina to texas and ohio, chick-fil-a supporters turned out in force wednesday to stad up for the fast food chain. >> thousands and thousands of people. >> but it wasn't just about the chicken. >> marriage is between one man and one woman. >> many showed up to back dan cathy, chick-fil-a's president and coo. he ignited a firestorm in june when he spoke out against same-sex marriage. >> i think we're inviting god's judgment on our nation when we shake our fists at him and say, you know, we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. >> gay rights advocates called for a boycott. the mayors of boston and chicago also took a stand. >> it's not what i believe. but it's more importantly not what the city of chicago people believe. >> 600,000 people answered former arkansas governor mike huckabee's call for a chick-fil-a appreciation day.

>> this is where i want to take a stand on god's word and come here and have a meal. that's it. >> huckabee put in his order, so did other conservatives, including congresswoman michele bachmann and lindsey graham. sarah palin went last week and a again wednesday. >> in phoenix, there's good i can't wait to eat the waffle fries and spicy chicken. >> this man who is gay, thinks it may -- >> you think this hurts the chain in the long run? more people today are accepting of gay rights and rights for everybody. >> supporters of same-sex marriage plan to counter. kiss-in campaign at chick-fil-a restaurants on friday. for "cbs this morning," i'm manuel bojorquez,

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and lots of hungry customers showed up looking for cheap meals. but nelsen said customers gobbled up his waffles faster than he could afford. >> we have to lay out the costs of the food and the labor and everything to satisfy those groupon holders. and we just couldn't -- we were so tight financially that we just couldn't bear the cost of that. and it forced us under. >> are you saying then your business would still be here if you hadn't done groupon? >> i think so. i think that's certainly the case. >> but groupon said that's just not true. in a statement the company says we scheduled his feature on his terms on a date he selected under a contract he reviewed and signed. >> their comment to us is that the fine print laid it all out. >> right. and i didn't read it carefully enough. their fine print got me if you

want to look at it that way. >> nelsen's deal with groupon, like most deals with the company, called for him to receive payments in three installments. by the time he received the second check, july 21st, nelsen said he had already run out of funds to keep the back alley open. more than 250,000 businesses have grown with groupon. but nelsen says it didn't work for him. it attracted bargain hunters, not necessarily repeat customers. plus, he was initially spending more than he was making while he waited weeks for groupon's checks to arrive. groupon's ceo andrew mason explained in 2010 how groupon works. >> it's simple. you sign up for groupon. every morning you get an e-mail that features a great local business. it could be a restaurant, it could be feeder, 50% off, 60% off or more. >> discounts have been sending customers to the super dog in droves. the chicago drive-in has been

run for three generations and groupon has been good for their bottom line. >> the first time we limited our groupon redemption, our purchasing to 2500. one month later, 5,000 and the next month 5,000 more. each time we sold out in about eight hours. >> 91% of groupon customers have returned to merchants or intend to give them their business again. 51% of customers tell friends about the experience. and 74% of merchants report that groupon customers brought friends. as for the back alley, groupon said it already panelsen more tn $2,000 including some who never used their coupons much we always hate to hear that a local business decided to close. but the math does not point to groupon as the cause groupon said. in fact, before the back alley closed, the health department set nelsen a cease and desist letter for failing to get the

necessary permits to serve food. but nelsen insisted that wasn't why the back alley failed. >> what smacks for you and for your busines-- what's next for >> i was thinking about writing a book. >> for "cbs this morning," rebecca jarvis, washington. i'm sorry the business closed. but i'm still trying to figure out how groupon is responsible, especially when you have the owner saying i didn't read the fine print. >> he also, as he indicated himself, it did not have a lot of cash going in. so he was on a very tight budget in a very difficult business, restaurant business. >> sorry to hear that. well, the government has just approved the first new diet drug in 13 years. this morning, we'll ask two experts if it gives us a better chance of finally ending the obesity epidemic. that's how you say the word. epidemic. we'll be right back. a party?

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it is 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose. more than one-third of americans are considered obese. this morning, experts say we may be entering a new era in the battle to lose weight after the fda recently approved two new diet drugs. >> belviq and cue seqsymia. >> he's the director of the comprehensive program at cornell medical center and dr. kristen ren. chief the bariatric surgery here in new york. good morning and welcome to you both.

let's start with you there lou aronne. how overweight do you have to be? >> these are thought of as treatments for obesity. you need to be at least 30 pounds overweight. this is not medication for someone who wants to lose the last ten pounds. >> do you think that for many people when you hear this, you say finally, finally there's something i can take. how effective has it proven to be? >> the two medicines have different levels of effectiveness. qsymia is two medicines together and more effective. the average person loses 10 to 10% of their body weight. that's very, very good weight loss. the other medication, which is just one medicine itself, 5 to 10%. >> doctor? >> well, i think this is a fantastic advancement and trying to take care of a very rising big problem. again, on the flip side, this medication may be really targeting the people who have that weight loss to lose. but when we're looking at

heavier people, 100 pounds, 200 pounds to lose, then this may be just an additive to other treatment options. but not simply the sole treatment option. >> are you seeing more people having surgery these days? >> the perception is that everyone is having surgery. everyone is trying to make money on this. the fact is we're only touching on less than 1% of individuals who actually need the surgery and qualify for it. i think everyone is scared of having surgery. i don't blame them. >> who needs and who qualifies? >> typically, anyone who is 100 pounds overweight or if they have a serious medical problem such as diabetes, then 80 to 75% overweight. >> don't you think -- many people think after i have the surgery then i'm done and done. that really is not the case. >> it's amazing. i was talking to lou this morning. even though we educate people and say this is a tool, it's supposed to enhance diet and exercise and appetite

suppressant. so many people say why should i diet, i had surgery and those are the people who really have a setback. >> do you think this will discourage people from reaching out for surgery? >> i don't think so. because i think that this is part of a progression. when we see the way that owe piece at this needs to be treated, we think that people need to treat their obesity rather than waiting to develop diabetes, heart attacks and strokes, cancer, the 50 diseases that occur as the result of obesity. there's a huge treatment gap between diet and exercise and surgery. we think that medication will fill that gap. but if someone doesn't succeed medication, we progress them to surgery eventually. i think that what we're going to see is more intensive treatment for obesity. the reason we haven't been successful is that we have not been intensive enough in our obesity management. >> why are we so overweight in this country? i travel and go to other

countries. the minute you step in the airport, you say wow, it's so different from where i've come from. >> absolutely. it's shocking. it's a complex combination of types of foods, portions and inactivity. but also, the changes that our bodies are going through because of the environment. >> one of the ideas always out there is the notion, if you simply eat less and exercise more you'll be okay. everybody knows that. is the failure of that because of reasons we do not understand? >> it's a very complex mechanism controlling weight. we're just beginning to work out all of these mechanisms. it's clear that there's physical resistance to weight loss. so when you try to lose weight, it's not just okay, eat less and exercise more. there are at least eight hormones that have been identified that stop you from losing. some go up and they make you hungrier and some go down and make you hungrier and slow down

your metabolism. >> this varies from person to person? >> that's right. it varies. when people hit a plateau, they think they've lost their willpower. that's not true. they've lost some hormones and have too many of others. >> how much is genetic? >> there is a strong genetic component but eating too much food seems to injure weight-regulating mechanisms. that's a key finding over the past two years, that fattening food injures the weight regulating system in a way that makes it hard for your body to tell how much fat is stored. that's one of the key physical components about the environment that it does something to your brain that makes it hard for you to control your weight. >> if you eat better, your brain will react better? >> that's right. if you sense how much fat is around, how much food is coming in. food that we call fattening foods do things that make it hard to tell that you've eaten too much. >> i hear conflicting things about exercise. some people say you can eat whatever you want as long as you

exercise. other people say no, you have to concentrate on your diet. which is true? >> this is a really great question and the fact is, it's very, very difficult to lose weight with exercise alone. it's a great maintenance technique once you hit a plateau, you can go further. but i really think that it's very, very difficult, if not impossible for the average person to lose weight with exercise alone. >> okay. you cleared up a lot of questions today. thank you both. thank you for joining us dr. christine ren and dr. lou aronne. the athlete they call him the blade runner. he spent years trying to make the a olympics. this morning, we'll show you why critics say his artificial limbs actually give oscar pistorius a leg up on the competition. marilyn monroe is a bigger star than after 50 years after her death. we'll show you why that is true on "cbs this morning." cbs "healthwatch" sponsored

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battle, pistorius has won the right to run in the regular olympics against the best able-bodied runners in the world. and the question is, is it fair? not to him, to them. do the legs actually give him an advantage? do they make him faster? it's an allegation for which he has a ready answer. >> if it was such a technologically advanced piece of equipment as they claim it is, why isn't anybody running close to the times that i'm running on it. >> pistorius' times are good but not that good. he was given special dispensation to race here by the ioc. sometimes wonder if his times were a few seconds better, would he still be running? as long as his is a story of determination, not a threat to win, american athletes like sanya richards-ross are supportive. >> i think he's phenomenal. i think he is very determined. really fierce, off the track he's the sweetest guy you would

never know that he's a paralympian that has come to compete with able bodies. like i said, just an inspiration. >> there's another issue. is pistorius a novelty act at games, a distraction from the real competition? it's a worry. >> i don't think it's a sideshow or i don't think people are tuning in in just for the value to see, i don't want to say the word freakshow, because that's wrong. i had say they're tuning in to see an athlete, good on him, is running fast enough to compete. >> the sporting establishments tried for years to keep pistorius out of the games. then once he won the right through the international appeal sports court to get in, they tried to limit where he can run. he can run in individual events, but in the relay, they want him to start first because in later stages he might trip up other runners. now he's won the right to run anywhere he wants in the relay and of course, of course this

big race in a few days' time. in a way, of all the athletes, he's already the biggest winner. >> okay. mark, suppose he was winning everything and going away, do you think there would be a different reaction and a more attention on him to suggest he might have an advantage? >> well, that's what people say and people ask the question. if his times were three or four seconds faster, he was competitive with the top runners on the field, would he still be allowed in? nobody can answer that because he isn't. his story is described as one of inspirational and of course, there will be a huge amount of attention on him. he'll be one of the most watched runners here, even though he hasn't got a chance of winning anything. >> mark phillips, thank you very

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security. 3 ounces or less in one bag. here's the problem. a lot of foreign countries go by mill litters, if you're getting a tsa bottle overseas, it may not be approved here if you have an overzealous agent. a lot of them are four ounces. they're not approved. when you go through the line, charlie, do you look for the longest or shortest. i don't look for the agents. >> i do as you do. >> five hours later -- >> i have a system. go ahead. >> that's what you got to do. make sure that you buy the right bottle and make sure that you also look for the shortest line without the two guysment two guys -- >> what about pre-skrooecreenin. it's a good thing. i qualified for it. i didn't know i did.

you apply online, fill out a questionnaire. you don't know until you get your boarding pass and you don't even know that until the agent looks at it. it's got a bar code. that's the good news. here's the fine print. you're still subject to secondary or random screening. the good news is, in kneery, you don't have to take your shoes off, laptop out. the bad news is i've taken then where i've been pre-screened and been randomly screened. >> random does mean random. >> i suppose it does. three out of five doesn't sound random to me. >> age matters when going through security. my own world according to gayle, charlie, since you follow me. if i see an older person or a person with kids, baby strollers, i'm thinking, i don't want to get behind that group. >> actually, the rules are changing. >> i'm with you on that. >> the rules have changed. if you're a kid under 12 or over the age of 75, born after today -- before today in 1937

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[ laughter ] god, i am retaining so much water. [ laughter ] i'm a cow. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." kurt andersen is here. >> you catch us mid-conversation. kurt andersenas see is here. he's a renaissance man. the journalists author and radio host. he's been writing for decades. >> renaissance man, huh. >> his new novel called true believers. it's the powers of secrets. kurt andersen joins us now. welcome. >> thank you. good to be here. >> tell me about true believers and about karen and waverly. >> true believers is really a mystery set in the present day where this woman karen in her early 60s is writing her memoir and revealing secrets about her past life and investigating herself to find out how she was able to walk away from this spectacular misjudgment she made as an 18-year-old.

>> it's about her past and also the fact that she was a remarkable woman. possible nominee to the supreme court. >> she had this extraordinary legal career. she was a successful lawyer, law school teacher and yes, on a short list for the supreme court. >> she had a secret from the '60s. >> she did. she, like many young people, in the protest movement, sort of went off the deep end briefly. unlike some, she scurried back to the shoreline and led this successful life and nobody ever knew what she did. she wasn't arrested or indicted. she walked away and had this glorious life waiting for the other shoe to drop the rest of her life. >> and she was waiting because it is a doozy of a secret. i want to get to the secret in just a second. this is what fascinates me about karen. she's vibrant and sensual, she's 64. she's very accomplished. and it's written by a guy that would be -- i was so blown away

that you captured that. i really mean this, kurt. that you captured her so brilliantly. i was wondering how you were able to do that. in your guy self. >> i lived in a household of women for years. my two daughters and my wife. that's what fiction writers do is get inside the heads of people who aren't like them. >> i realize as i was writing, i know a lot of women of a certain age who are vibrant and ambitious and interesting and opinionated and smart and sexy and all those things. and you know, just because you're 64 doesn't mean you're aunt bee. >> you don't normally see them in books. >> thank you. so she's a fully alive person. again, somebody from that generation, from that baby boom for every young generation, yeah she's 63, 64. she's had this big fancy press

tinl tij us life. >> do you suggest she could be hillary clinton if she didn't marry bill. >> yes. that's my shorthand for describing her. if she had just married a composer, as karen does, instead of this ambitious young politician, that's the life she's led. >> you've got me thinking about secrets. i think we all have them. do you have a secret that you could share that would not lead to your arrest before you leave cbs studios from your childhood? >> i have little secrets. for instance, i swiped money from my parents constantly. i would sneak in, like a sort of green beret, sneak in on my stomach and take money from my late father. imt i sort of laundered the money that i had stolen. that's my pathetic secret as a child. >> you were never caught in. >> i was never caught. exactly. like my character, never caught. >> so the idea for the secret

here is to drive the story so it gives her something she did, but she even tells you. >> there's essentially the first page. there's not a spoiler, but she says i plotted this serious significant crime and people died. so she tells that you on the first page. but then you spend the rest of the book not only finding what it was but she spends the rest of the book trying to figure out why was i able to get away with this. i think that's a lot about a lot of people in that generation. boy, they got away with a lot. >> you talk a lot about the '60s in the book p. i was wondering your fascination about that. and obsessed with james bond. were you a james bond fan? >> i was a james bond movie guy. i was definitely a spy kid. tv shows, like i spy, man from uncle. secret agent. all those things. i had a listening device that i

bought at radioshack to eavesdrop on my neighbors. >> that's a little weird, kurt. >> what can i say? i had a little bit of their spy obsession, yeah. >> before we go, gore vidal just died. we're hearing what a great writer he was and this extraordinary sense of cynicism he has. >> he was -- he called himself a conservative. which is strange given that he was so far left in his politics. but he was this kind of old-fashioned elite conservative, cynical, not hopeful, not optimistic american guy. >> he described himself as mean, i'm mean and cold. >> exactly. beneath the cold exterior is cold. >> exactly. >> i met him once or twice. and you know, he wasn't a warm and cuddly fellow. but he wasn't without sentiment. >> what made him a great writer? >> as an essayist, he was

unafraid to tell the truth wherever he felt his version of the truth was. >> who is the best essayist writer today? >> christopher hitchins would have been on the short list. >> gore himself nominated christopher and christopher after 9/11. >> and christopher after 9/11 said, no. i don't want to be your guy. >> exactly. >> kurt andersen thank you. true believers, it's on sale now wherever you like to buy jones. rashida jones made her mark in drama and comedy. she's here to talk about her new movie and her debut as a screen

there's no charade being played here. >> no charade. >> no. we are separated and we're

friends. you guys should be happy. we used to fight all the time. we don't anymore. >> you should be thrilled. you don't have to choose sides. it's the perfect breakup everyone is cool. >> not cool. >> nobody is cool here. i'm sorry. i can't do this anymore. sorry. >> baby? >> beth? >> beth is so angry. >> she is uber angry. >> yeah. >> you this is too weird. >> rashida jones is not only co-starring in the new romantic comedy, celeste and jesse forever. she co-wrote it too. the daughter of mogul quincy jones and actress peggy lipton. made her success with a string of tv rolls. she is here in the studio with us. hello. >> hi gayle. i'm going to talk about celeste and jesse in a second. but i want people to understand your background and where you came from.

i remember when rashida jones got into harvard university. i don't know if there was anybody more excited approximate that than quincy jones. >> i know. >> was harvard your first choice? >> well, not really. is that sad to say? i wanted to go to brown. then i got into harvard. when you call, you have to go. >> you had to go. but you majored in religion and philosophy. >> i know. >> how do you make the turn from philosophy and religion and go into acting? when did you decide i want to be in this career? >> i did some theater in college. and i wanted to study what felt interesting to me. i learned how to think critically. i can apply it to life in conversation and writing a little bit. there was no direct correlation between the studies and what i ended up doing. i did a lot of theater. that helped pave the way for me to make a decision. >> here you are, the daughter of

quincy jones, mogul extraordinaire and peggy lipton. i remember her from mod squad if i'm not dating myself. people would think, what kind of childhood did you have? what was your life like growing up? quincy is so full of love when it comes to his family in particular. >> you know, i think people have assumptions about what it's like to grow up in hollywood. sometimes they're not wrong. particularly with my family, we had a laid back, full of laughter and music in our house. so i don't know what the alternative was. but i just know, we weren't too spoiled. we weren't -- my parents instilled us with values. it was about working hard, laughing and love. >> in particular, working very hard. because that's what all the kids do. this is the thing that i love about celeste and jesse. it's about two exes are going through a divorce and the premise is that you can really go through a divorce and get along very well. and i thought, quincy jones,

peggy lipton. did your parents inspire that or no, not really? it struck me when i was watching the movie. i wonder if she's taking it from her life. >> i hadn't thought about that. maybe it was an inspiration and didn't think about it. my parents are really good friends still. i think that has an impact obviously on me and my sister and how i see the world and how i see what's possible in relationships. yeah i'm sure that had an impact. >> where did this story come from? i had mixed feelings about whether exes can truly be friends. i think you can only be friends if both of you want it. >> yes. agreed. >> if one wants a relationship and the other doesn't, that's almost impossible to do. where does this come from for you then? >> i have a lot of friends my age that are doing this thing, where they have long-term relationships, they loved each other, it's their first adult relationship and they're realizing that they're growing apart but they don't want to lose each other because they're

friends first and foremost. they try to do this negotiating, this by passing of the inevitable pain of separating or changing the way your relationship looks. and they fail. you know, it's kind of about how they fail. but this is the phenomenon that seems to be really prevalent with my friends. i really do try to create some sort of like middle relationship that's not together and not not together. >> when i heard that -- when i was watching it and then it said rashida wrote it. i said she wrote it? i've seen you in parks and rec. i first saw you on boston public years ago. i know that you can act. when did you decide, you know what, i want to write something too? i'm thinking you're rashida jones, was it hard to get it made? >> yes, it was hard to get it made. it took about three years. we set it up at all different budget levels and we ended up making it more under a million dollars. i wrote it with my writing partner, will mccormick. i just -- i've now been in the

business for 15 years and read eye lot of scripts and some are incredible and some are less than incredible. i just wanted to take a shot and see if i could do it. i've always been intimidated by writing. >> really? may i remind you, you went to harvard. people don't think people from harvard are intimidated about anything ever? >> that is a lie. i promise you. i had professional writers, they were in college, and i never thought that was something i could do. i just did it one day. >> do you have any comment about what's going on with the jackson family? you know with paris and prince? jermaine jackson released a statement this morning saying he's so sorry it's turned into a public dialog and that now what he wants to do is take the family behind closed doors and just really work it out among themselves. i know you know the family. >> yeah. >> what do you make of it when you see it publicly? >> i mean, this wouldn't be the first time that public interference affected the jackson family, unfortunately.

but it's sad. i mean, i think the kids should be the priority. the less they can do things in public, the better off they're going to be when they get older. trust me, i know. >> you're absolutely right about that. rashida, congratulations. celeste and jesse forever is the name of her movie that she wrote too and stars in. it opens in theaters in new york and l.a. tomorrow. go a rashida. ben tracy is going on the ride of his life this morning. >> they call this the drowning machine. but it allows you to be a rocket man. we'll show you what it is on "cbs this morning." living with the pain

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that's our building. scuba diving takes you underwater and parasailing lets you float above the water. how about flying in and out of the water. >> the extreme water sport lets you do that. ben tracy explores the modern world of jet packs. >> this was the kind of thing that only existed in the movies. the way high-flying james bond got around. but now those once futuristic jet packs are taking off for real. ♪ >> on the harbor in newport beach, california, basically anyone can now take flight. >> you can drive a car, you can drive the jet pack. >> the jet lev took a decade to develop. >> you're flying now. >> a year ago there was one jet

pack operation in the u.s. now there are 12. the cost to face your fear of flying? just 160 bucks. >> one of the biggest challenges we have right now is getting people to realize that it's accessible, available. it is truly a jet pack for the every man and every woman. let's practice with the arms down. >> it takes 30 minutes of instruction before you're in the water. >> all right. there's the power. >> this pod with a motor follows behind you shottioting water up hose. >> the throttle. and right. >> 500 pounds of thrust and 1,000 gallons of water per minute pushes you up in the air. >> you are flying a jet pack. >> a thrill guy thought he would never experience in his lifetime. >> that was awesome. that was really, really cool. it really was like superman.

that is the best. >> and then it was my turn. >> of course, i've got to try this. >> perfect. how does it feel? >> i feel like rocket man already. >> perfect. >> once i was in the water. >> let's go fly. >> i found getting out of the water was not so easy. >> learning to fly ♪ but i ain't got wings ♪ coming down -- >> after about five tries. >> very good, ben. you're doing great. >> i was finally flying. >> you got it. you're flying. >> they call this the drowning machine affectionately. after you get the hang of it, then the fun begins, you can do tricks. >> how about a little running man? yes. yes! >> dolphin.

♪ >> that's what they call a dolphin. >> it's probably best to leave the tricks to the professionals who have turned jet packs into a new extreme sport. ♪ >> you can fly as high as 30 feet. there was one final thing i just had to try. >> one more trick they call the dropout. ben tracy, newport beach. whoo! >> i'm going to pass. i'm going to pass, charlie. good for ben. but i'm going to pass. >> i'd love to do it. looks like fun. >> oh, no, no. nice for ben, though. are we trying to kill him? >> i don't know what the skill set is between when he learned it. >> we'll see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning." >> we'll see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning." >> take it easy.

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