august 8, 2012. well kol to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. a new cbs poll shows a close presidential race in three swing states. women have a strong showing. two high-profile ceos, howard schultz and jack dorsey, here in studio 57 to tell us why they're joining forces. we begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> we will end a culture dependency and restore a culture of good hard work. >> mitt romney rips the president over welfare. >> romney claims that president obama is trying to get rid of the work requirements needed to

collect welfare. >> he the attack is dishonest. it is false. >> when will mitt romney pick his vice presidential nominee? >> the vp can make all the difference. maverick decision of sarah palin helped john mccain clinch another term in the senate. >> mr. loughner will spend the remainder of his natural life in prison without parole. >> now everything is over. we can relax and i think we can really start to heal. >> eastern china got slammed by a typhoon this morning. packing winds of 90 miles per hour, triggered widespread flooding. >> would-be robbers tried to take down this mini mart. >> why i give you my monday sni. >> hillary clinton gave the official toast in a dinner with officials in south africa and then she hit the dance floor. >> joan rivers -- to ban her new book. >> you go, joan.

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new york times poll has a fresh batch of numbers from three of the key states. >> in colorado, governor mitt romney leads president obama by five points. however, the president leads by six points in wisconsin and in virginia, mr. obama has a four-point edge. jan crawford is in arlington, virginia, this morning and joins us with the latest. good morning, jan. good morning gayle and charlie. we're right across the river from d.c. but we may as well be a world away. think about this. in 2008, the president carried washington, d.c. by 86 points. here in virginia, he carried approximate by six points. our new poll out today shows romney cutting into that margin. as part of this effort, this key effort to win over independence of middle class voters in these key swing states, romney has a new line of attack. he's hitting the president hard for a change he made in the welfare reform law.

>> if i'm president, i'll put work back in welfare. >> campaigning tuesday in the president's home state of illinois, romney went on the attack about a presidential directive that eased traditional work requirements in the 1996 welfare reform act. >> the white house says the order gives states flexibility in how they provide welfare to low-income residents. but romney and leading republicans said the move was a back-doorway of cutting key requirements in the welfare law which was negotiated by partisan support by speaker newt gingrich and president clinton. >> president obama has tried to reverse that accomplishment by taking the work requirement out of welfare. that is wrong. >> the obama administration typically leaves skirmishes with romney to his campaign office in chicago. on this hot button issue it fired back from the podium in washing fon. >> this advertisement is

categorically false and it is blatantly dishonest. >> romney's comments are part of a line of attacks that included a new tv ad airing in key swing states. president clinton released a statement late last night saying the romney ad is especially disappointing because, as governor of massachusetts, he requested changes in the welfare reform laws that could have eliminated time limits altogether. >> romney's message is part of a broader theme the campaign will be hitting hard in coming weeks arguing that president obama is in fact changing america by making more people depend on big government to take care of them while hard working taxpayers foot the bill. now, in a campaign that's already tense with class warfare and attacks on romney's wealth, this could be a potent counter message with independents in the key swing states. this morning, romney is doubling down. he's got a new ad out, charlie and gayle, featuring bill

clinton. >> jan crawford, thank you. chief washington correspondent and host of face the nation, bob schieffer joins us in studio 57. welcome. it's getting hotter out there, isn't it? >> yes. you see where mitt romney is going here. if you look at the new battleground polls that are out, he does best about -- with white working classmen. this is aimed directly at that group. but i think it's quite interesting how vehemently both the white house and bill clinton are denying this. bill clinton is pointing out that, you know, it was republican governors who were asking for these waivers and he points out that when this welfare law went into effect, mitt romney himself as a governor asked for some waivers in order to make adjustments in the work requirement. >> does it suggest that they know obama and former president

clinton, it has a resonance? >> well, i mean, what they mow is that mitt romney is not going to do as well among women according to these latest polls. he's not going to do well among minorities according to these latest polls and he has got to do at least as well as john mccain did among white working classmen, which is about where he is right now. they're trying to get more of those folks. so that's where this is -- i don't know how long this lasts. but that's clearly what the aim. >> the fact that the romney campaign is outearning the obama campaign in fundraising, should the president be concerned at this point? >> how many more ads can you run on television? >> i don't know. >> for those of us down in washington, we didn't know about this. washington is generally ignored in a campaign year because there's nothing -- now virginia has been such a key battleground state, we can truly share the pain of people in the

battleground states. you hear these ads morning, noon, nighttime too. i mean, even some of the obama people are saying to me the other day and you hear it on the other side, how many of these ads. >> enough, enough. bob, what are you hearing from sources about when mitt romney will make his decision about who will be vp? >> i think it's going to be pretty quick. maybe -- i don't think this weekend. but i think we have to be on the alert for that. i think it's going to come in the next week or so. they want to get this out before the conventions come about. because the two conventions come so close, one on the heels of the other. they want to get the bump that you get from that before they go into their convention. i think we all have to be very, very cautious -- be watching carefully now because i think it's going to come pretty quick. >> two things. one, there's a direct report about david petraeus being on romney's wish list. do you think that has substance? >> the only place that i've

heard that and heard anybody talk about it seriously is on the drudge report. i have not heard that from anybody close to either campaign. tomorrow he'll announce it, but today petraeus, i don't think so. >> they're good at not looking this, aren't they? >> i truly think, i was out at the romney headquarters a couple of weeks ago and i came away convinced then that nobody but mitt myers who is running this search and his closest aide -- >> those who know don't talk. >> the significance of are you better off after four years of obama than you were is a significant successful campaign tool of ronald reagan. will it be successful for mitt romney? >> well, he's going to certainly ask the question. i mean, that's going -- that is

one of the great lines in american politics. you're right, charlie, who asked that simple question and it worked for him. i think you'll hear mitt romney talk about that a lot, yeah. >> all right. bob schieffer, always great to see you at the table. turning to the olympics. there's a lot going on in the all-american final in women's beach volleyball. last night the captain of the u.s. gymnastics team finished with a gold and a bronze. so here's a look at the medal count this morning. china is leading. they've got 73 medals overall, including 34 gold. the u.s. now has 70 medals, including 30 gold. britain and russia are tied for third followed by germany. bigad shaban is covering the olympics in london. good morning to you. >> good morning, gayle and charlie. the women are gearing up for potentially more today. gymnast aly raisman won gold for

her floor exercise. it's the medal that she almost didn't win that's all the talk here in london. >> it was a delicate balancing act for u.s. gymnast aly raisman and her coach in a split second decision they had to decide whether to appeal the judge's scores that placed her in fourth. their challenge won. >> yes! >> rais man took the medal away from a romanian. gabby came in seventh. she fell off the bar. and track star sanya richards-ross is sprinting towards a possible second medal at will games. she came in first tuesday. she races for gold later today. >> i've been preparing for this mentally and physically leading up to these games. i keep thinking this is your first, have fun and i'm doing it. i'm happy. >> in the is 100-meter hurdles,

lolo jones finished a tenth of a second behind. she took fourth. >> it was great. i'm running for my life. >> it's over. >> in women's beach volleyball, team usa is guaranteed gold and silver even before the first serve in the finals. april ross and jennifer kessy are set to compete against fellow americans and two-time defending olympic champions, kerri walsh and misty may treanor >> i'm proud of how we came out. we fought hard and together. ism speechless. for once in my life. the undisputed king of the track, usain bolt is hoping to defend a title of his own. he runs in the 200 semifinals after winning gold in beijing. >> but the joy of winning was perhaps no greater than on the face of germany's robert heart ig. after winning gold in distance, he ripped off his shirt, flexed his muscles and took a jog on

the course for the women's 100-meter hurdles. >> i saw that. that's happiness. thank you, bigad. jared loughner will avoid the death penalty after a plea deal in the tucson shooting rampage that killed six and wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. he pled guilty tuesday to 19 counts after the judge determined he understood the charges against him. it calls for seven consecutive life terms followed by 140 years in prison with no chance at parole. this morning, rebel fighters in syria have been forced to reteet from one frontline position. after days of aerial bombardment there are reports that troops have launched an offensive. syria's president surfaced again. holly williams filed this report from the bored oar of syria and turkey. >> our first glimpse of president bashar al assad in more than two weeks. his absence led them to believe it was on the brink of collapse.

mr. assad appeared on state television and he didn't look like a dictator on his last legs. there were rumors that assad fled or even died but this meeting with iran's security chief showed the president very much alive and a show of support from syria's most important ally. no sign that mr. assad is giving up the fight against the opposition. government forces are battling to drive rebels out of aleppo. syria's biggest city. both sides say aleppo's fate could be decisive in this deadly struggle for control of the country. the regime has attacked rebels -- with artillery and from above with warplanes and helicopter gunships. the cost of the fighting is staggering with thousands of lives already lost and more syrians dying every day. many of them civilians who have seen their towns and cities turned into war zones.

syria's former prime minister who defected this week has appeared on television. he has described the government as a terrorist regime. and there are many other syrians who agree with him. there's no end in sight to the bloodshed and many predict it will only get worse. the iranian government says this is not just an internal conflict but a battle between syria and its a lice and other countries. that's presumably a reference to the u.s. and its a lies that raises the specter of iran getting involved in this war and the fighting spreading beyond syria's borders. for "cbs this morning" shall holly williams. a typhoon blasted shanghai china this morning forcing the evacuation of nearly 2 million people. as barry petersen report, the typhoon is the third big storm to hit china in less than a week. as the typhoon with its 70 mile an hour winds slammed into

one of the most populous parts of china, a local news reporter tried to stay. the wind is too heavy she finally said. across the rest of the area, most joined the desperate rush to run as nearly 2 million people fled inland. said this evacuee, it's much safer here. it's dangerous at our house. shanghai was isolated most of the day. no ships allowed in or out. it's two major airports shut down and local businesses ordered to close. but not all commerce stopped. the shanghai stock market kept running and actually ended the day slightly up. this has been a week of life and death rescues as three typhoons roared across asia. in taiwan a sinkhole from days of rain swallowed up one man. emergency responders were able to reach him. and when a second collapse a reporter on the scene narrowly missed being another casualty. in manila and surrounding areas 12 days of rain chased 700,000

people out of their homes. water in some places was 10 feet deep all made worse when rivers and reservoirs overflowed. they're now assessing the damage. early estimates are a billion dollars and counting. for "cbs this morning," barry peter petersen, beijing. curiosity rover is sending back the first video of its landing on mars. it confirms the touchdown was nearly perfect. it's beaming down the first color images showing the crater where it landed. the first mission is to collect samples looking for signs of life. it's time to show you head hines from around the globe. australia's sydney morning herald reports that a team is racing to help with a medical emergency at the american base in antarctica. it's winter there, so it's dark most of the time with extremely harsh weather conditions. it's unclear what the medical emergency is. the chicago tribune says

congressman jesse jackson jr.'s parents visited him at the mayo clinic this week. the congressman from chicago is being treated for emotional problems. the reverend jesse jackson says his son is responding to therapy. the wall street journal reports home prices are climbing because the number of homes for sale is shrinking. from april to june, prices rose by the largest percentage up 6% from the previous three months. the guardian in johannesburg, south africa says people were delighted by a rare snowfall on tuesday. thanks to a cold snap, enough snow fell to make snowballs. south africa has not seen this much snow in four years. usa today has a new poll showing that older americans are happy their lives. that poll of more than 2200 seniors finds most are content with their finances and their health and are optimistic about the future. one reason they have not been battered by the tough economy as much younger people have.

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scary moment at the olympics yesterday. german weight lifter. matthias steiner couldn't hold up the weight. the weight fell on his neck. he was not seriously hurt but did not finish the event. he was able, charlie, to walk off on his own. >> it's incredible to see that amount of weight come down. as the olympic athletes continue their quest for gold, some competitors are missing in action. the head of the delegation says seven athletes disappeared. apparently seeking asylum. this morning, we'll look at the long history of athletes who

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♪ just dance. there's the secretary of state hillary clinton not afraid to show off her diplomatic dance moves last night at a dinner in johannesburg hosted by south africa's prime minister. welcome back to "cbs this morning." the secretary of state, charlie, who knew, has moves. i bet you knew she had some moves >> the social network twitter is in the middle of a dispute pitting terrorism against privacy and free speech. the issue is how far authorities can go when lives are at ris i can. seth doane is here with more. good morning. twitter was served a subpoena as part of an investigation reminiscent of the theater shooting in aurora, colorado, on july 20th. it's playing on fears stirred by

that shooting and stirring the debate over privacy in the digital age. the new york city police department boosted security outside a broadway theater after profanity laden threats on twitter were made last week. one read, i'm serious. people are going to die like aurora. referring to the movie theater massacre that killed 12 and wounded 58. another tweet included mention of a hit list and killing a lot of people. the nypd requested information about the twitter account holder. but was denied. in a statement they added, we sought a subpoena to force twitter to disclose the identity of the account holder. >> they want to cooperate with law enforcement. but they have to make sure that they're respecting their user's privacy as well. >> couldn't waiting for that subpoena mean the difference between life and death? >> absolutely. they won't wait for the court order if they have a good faith

belief that someone's life is in danger. >> larry cunningham a former new york city prosecutor. >> they're really between a rock and a hard place. >> he subpoenaed social media companies in the past. >> what could be nypd in this case learn from twitter? >> want to know who registered it, when, where were they when they registered it, what was the ip address, what's their e-mail address. >> how much do we know about this account holder? >> yes, exactly. >> twitter reports that it complies with 75% of requests made by law enforcement in the u.s. without a subpoena. the company determined this case didn't warrant disclosing private user information to police without a court order. twitter directed us to its guidelines for law enforcement which reads, "if we receive information that there's an emergency involving the death or serious physical injury to a person, we may provide information necessary to prevent that harm."

this isn't the first time twitter has faced off with the nypd. in july, the site would not hand over posts made by occupy wall street protesters until a judge ordered it to do so. twitter has appealed that ruling. >> the first thing that protects us in speaking anonymously. but the first amendment does not protect screaming fire in a crowded theater. >> joel reidenberg is an expert at criminal law at forest university. >> now people engage in their communication with their close friends by tweets. now the whole world sees it. all of a sudden, something that in the past might have been a private conversation is now public conversation. >> we're, in essence, online using a megaphone. >> absolutely. >> late yesterday twitter complied with a subpoena turning over to police the private information of the user making threats against the theater in

manhattan. >> cbs news legal correspondent jack ford is here. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> help me understand this. because when should be the guidelines for deciding when you handed over and when you don't and why do you think twitter made this early decision in this case? >> to answer the first part, there's attention. sometimes an outright conflict between first amendment rights and security concerns. in terms of our first amendment, the genius of our system and what distinguishes us from other societies but it's not limitless. there are restrictions on it. we heard before a few moments ago, if you give a threat, if i say something that's a real and specific and imminent threat, i'm not protected by the first amendment. that's sort of the standard that we're using here. in a situation such as this, a court would look at it and say, all right, we understand that twitter wants to protect privacy

rights and these companies have to. they don't want to be seen as rolling over every time they say my husband might be having an affair, i want to see his twitter account. but there has to be a line where they say now we recognize this. that comment can be a criminal act. >> i understand that. where is the line? where ought the line be in. >> the line is not a precise one. the supreme court has said we're going to put limits on it. but we're going to let judges decide on a case by case basis. they're only reluctant to say here's the line because the line that they drew 20 years would not have anticipated twitter. and how do we adjust that. >> the standard is basically if it's a real threat, precise threat or imminent threat -- >> back to the question, what is a real threat? >> didn't it seem immediate, specific and real? that's what i'm thinking. >> at the time i'm advising twitter, i would say this looks like a real threat. >> it's not somebody saying, i'm going to get a ray gun, someday,

sometime someplace i might harm somebody. it's not imminent or specific. using a standard for this. we were talking about this before. i was surprised that twitter would not have turned this over, if for no other reason to protect themselves. >> if something had happened and twitter had not handed over the information, would they have been held liable? >> i'm certain fortunately it didn't happen, but if there had been a shooting in this theater, i'm sure lawyers would have been looking to them saying you were neglect. you could have helped us to prevent this. whether they would have been responsible or not is a different story. but i'm sure people would have been targeting them for some sort of civil responsibility if, god forbid, something had happened here. >> seth, any understanding why twitter refused to turn it over? >> no. we don't know what the discussions are like. all we can do is imagine that. they have access to an awful lot of information. they would have gone through this user's history and tried to

determine if this threat seemed real. we all have that on our facebook pages. when someone tends to say something and you ignore it or not. >> as you said, in 75% of the cases, they have in fact made a decision to turn over. >> without a court order. >> without a court order. >> thank you, seth. good to see you, charlie. it's happened before and it's happening again. some olympic athletes in london apparently have defected and are asking f pical asylum. we'll have the story of that high stakes gamble on "cbs this morning" coming up. don't cry milk, i miss them too. [ting] ♪ yeah go hide. one, two...

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they're believed to be seeking political asylum in britain. these defectors don't come from tightly controlled countries like north korea and cuba. let's go back to bigad shaban in london with the latest on that. hello bigad. >> gayle and charlie, good morning to you. with the world watching, the seven athletes from cameroon seemingly disappeared. it comes out from the fact that an olympian from sudan reportedly defect aid a few days ago. >> it includes a swimmer, soccer player and five box who are disappeared from the olympic limelight after their competitions. they may be followers of defectors from -- nadia comaneci won 21 gold medals before defecting from romania in 1989. martina navratilova from czechoslovakia sought asylum after the 1975 u.s. open by sneaking into a nearby immigration office in new york. late in the night, 6:00 in the evening i had to convince the immigration officials that i in fact was not a communist.

managed to do that. i have lived the american dream ever since. >> great release right here. >> dannel leyva won on tuesday. 20 years ago, his cuban born parents, his coaches, dramatically defected. his father swam across the rio grande from mexico. >> you can say look at what we did in this country. we open a gym in miami in a little place like this and now we're making america proud. >> defection like the olympics is a high stakes game. >> they better hit gold on this one. because if they're sent back, they're finished. >> ralph hernandez a cuban american lawyer represented defectors and says the disappearance of cameroon's athletes has an impact on others competing in london. >> i can assure you when this came out and they had taken precautions. they would be humiliated if one chinese athlete stayed.

>> some countries offer incentives for those who come home. cars and cash, even a refrigerator for north korean athletes. there are reports that some governments threaten to punish some by harming family members left behind. >> the athletes here represent more than just pride for their countries. a lot has been invested in them. training, resources. it's perhaps more than certain countries can afford. so gayle and charlie, there is a sense of heightened alert here because more dee fek shons are expected. all right. bigad shaban reporting from london. thank you. just a reminder of how much we take for granted, i think, in this country. when i go away, i'm always glad to come back. always. >> whenever you hear of a story of defection, as martina, suggested there. they found something special they didn't have. >> and are glad to

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♪ one singular sensation, every little step she takes ♪ marvin hamlisch was a musical giant. we'll remember the man who gave us a chorus line and so many movies. a rare talent. your local news is next.

♪ [ crocodile rock plays ] ♪ >> it is 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose. one of the most talked about new tech companies in america is starting a partnership with one of the world's best known coffee companies much the two men in charge are speaking about it first on "cbs this morning." howard schultz, the ceo of starbucks and jack dorsey, the ceo and co-founder of square. welcome. >> thank you. >> let me see if i understand this deal. you have made a deal with him so that square's device can be used to buy coffee in starbucks stores. you have invested $25 million in his company and you're going to join the board.

what else is there to know? >> i'll start. so we started a partnership so that square could carry all of starbucks in-store payments and pay with square can be used which is our application in every starbucks store in the united states. which is an amazing start and really shows a commitment to the future of payments which starbucks has. >> over the last year and a half, we've already processed 60 million mobile transactions at starbucks. the consumer is going through a seismic change in which cash over time is going to be obsolete. as a result of this partnership, we enhance the customer experience and the other issue, i think, is we have an opportunity through the tools and the resources that jack has created with square to open this up to small businesses across the country and create jobs. >> how did you two get together? jack, did you call howard? howard did you call jack and say, you know, i was thinking -- where did it come from?

>> the truth of the matter is, every tech company has been chasing down starbucks to try and build an alliance on mobile technology. we met them and then i decided i got to call jack. i called jack, met him, met square and overnight relieds he was at the cutting-edge of this technology. this was a marriage made in heaven. >> starbucks is someone we've admired as a company and always admired howard's leadership because they really put the customer first, put the experience first and craft that experience. that's what matters in retail. that's what we want to build the technology around. >> so this is an acceleration of the cashless society, isn't it? >> yes. >> and you have competition but you're out front in in thing. tell us exactly how it works. you have a little device. walk into a starbucks or other stores now. >> in this particular case, what you can do is you can take your phone with you and there's an application called pay with square. you can open it up and you can actually show the counter, the bar code scanner at the counter.

that application. it charges your credit card on file. you can also, of course, use your credit card at any point or use the starbucks mobile application to pay. a similar pro stows what customers are used to now but we're adding the ability to accept pay with square. >> this is a man from silicon valley and you have a lot of respect for him and you're making the investment and joining the board. there's also talk about talks between twitter. you're a chairman and apple. can you help us understand what's going on? >> no. i mean, there's always rumors of conversations that have gone on in silicon valley. a lot are purely rumors. it's easily to get distracted by the rumors, but we like to focus on building great products. that's what we're doing. >> twitter will stay independent? >> it will. >> not looking for a merger with anybody? >> just made news. >> that's what i'm looking for, howard. by the way. >> that would be good, jack. to make news here this morning.

>> we also, as gayle said, having to subpoena twitter account. give us a sense of how twitter faces an issue like this. >> well, i don't know the specific case. i haven't been briefed on it. but we always comply with local laws and we also have to balance that with defending our users' voice. >> how do you make the balance? >> it's dependent on the court case and the local municipality and what they're doing. it's always a fine balance. it's always up to the local -- >> the power of social media increasing, this is going to be an increasing conflict, is it not? >> i don't know. twitter is public. you see the conversation happening in the open, in the public sphere. everyone can engage in that conversation. >> when we talk about twitter, jack, as you know it's in the news every day, sometimes not so good. people lost their jobs because of what they wrote on twitter, athletes were sent home because of what they wrote on twitter.

when you first started the company, what were you hoping to accomplish? >> it was a very simple idea. which was that anyone could share what was happening around them and anyone else in the world could see them. it's remained that simple of an idea, it's remained that powerful of an idea. and anyone in the middle of, for instance, iraq, can have a global conversation like anyone in the united states. we've definitely achieved that. you see life in front of you. you see the planet. >> in real time. >> when you see how it's used in other ways, is it frustrating to you, upsetting to you? what do you make of it? >> this is how the world wants to use it. it speaks to the power of it. like any other utility, you plug in electric guitar to an outlet, you plug in a microwave and you can use it in very, very different ways. >> howard, you have shown enormous social responsibility in terms of your public campaign to change the dialog and also to

change the sense of dysfunction in washington. are you more optimistic or more pessimistic today? >> nothing would please me more than to be able to say i'm more optimistic. but it's hard to be more opt his particular when you think that $6.5 billion is going to be spent between now and november on the presidential election cycle. that we got 14 million people unemployed. housing crisis continues. the debt ceiling debacle will be with us again. i think the country is so hungry for authentic, genuine leadership on both sides. until we see that, i think it's hard to be optimistic. i'm optimistic about the country and the american people. >> just not optimistic about the leadership? >> no. >> what was the reaction, howard, you got to your open letter where you said listen, i'm sick of all the partisanship, we need to do something ourselves about job creation. >> we've raised millions of dollars, we've put that money to

work. we've been able to create thousands of jobs and i think people are kind of clinging on to the fact that washington is not doing much and companies have a bigger responsibility today than they have before because, i think the rules of engagement have changed where corporate ceos and businesses have to step up and do more for the communities we serve. i think starbucks, as well as other companies, have gotten a good feeling from our customers as a result of that. >> how do you feel about starbucks -- you came back and there was great enthusiasm when you took over as ceo again and there's been fluctuation in stock price. what's that about? >> you know, i think the burden on the u.s. consumer is not just the burden on the european consumer, that there's a lot of connective tissue between them. i think it remains rebust. we only served 70 million customers last week. >> do you think the market reflects your own sense of the potential of the company? >> you know, i think we've always taken a long-term, i

think we've taken a short term hit. i think we'll be fine. >> i was going to twitch back to jack. i was just in silicon valley and people talk about you. >> uh-oh. >> here's a company you started in 2009, square. market valuation of this investment, but the evaluation based on this investment is 3.what billion? >> we're not disclosing any numbers? >> its over $3 billion, clearly. >> in three years, you've created a company worth $3 billion. what is it you know? >> it's amazing what technology has accelerated. anyone can start a company, anyone can start a business and achieve a global scale pretty quickly. it's even something real iting even faster for most facts. i think there's definitely a lot of interest in something like this. and this being in the world. we've just been able to be agile and move very quickly. >> so twitter and other things

and then square, so where are you looking now? i mean, where is your fascination? >> my fascination has always been simplify and complexity. removing complexity from the world. communication was one big part, twitter simply fies communication significantly. with square, we're trying do the same with payments. this is a basic exchange of value that's been with us for years. >> great to see you both. >> whatever you're drinking, jack dorsey, i want some of that. white hot chocolate, very

in the words of a classic song, marvin hamlisch was a singular sensation. we'll remember this brilliant composer by revisiting a classic conversation he had with charlie coming up next on "cbs this morning." shannon tyler is having friends over

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as someone without allergies. live claritin clear. [ memories plays ] ♪ misty, water-colored memories ♪ of the way we were ♪ makes you want to fall in love, doesn't it? >> it does. the lights on broadway will be dim after marvin hamlisch died on monday at the age of 68. his classic songs range from the way we were to the score of a chorus line. when he was seven, he's the youngest performer in julliard. >> here's part of my conversation from 1996.

>> ♪ >> my first job that i ever got was, get this, the rehearsal pianist on the original funny girl. people say what does the rehearsal pianist do? when ms. strie satries sand sai, i want a doughnut, i was there. >> i remember meeting her for the first time. i came in, and i was like just in awe of meeting her because at that time she was already a star. i talked to her very quickly. she looks at me for a second and says, you know, you talk faster than liza minelli. that was her first thing. ♪ >> some would say, marvin, i

know you made this turn away from being horowitz. you had a chance. >> that's true. >> you could have been a great -- >> i doubt it. >> you had a shot at it. >> i had a shot at -- >> runner up to. >> you said give me a big list of possible prodigies, marvin would be on the list. otherwise, you wouldn't have been the youngest, right. >> right. >> you didn't like it, you were fearful, you were scared to death. you said i'm going to die a living death here, high anxiety. >> my middle name was maalox. i was the mr. antacid. i literally, before a concert at julliard, you're ten, 11 years old and you're walking into a room and seeing your veins. you're looking as you go out to play with the veins. i knew that was not for me. i did learn that it's important to learn the basics. without them, you can't conduct for barbra streisand. you can't even play the way we were. you can't so what you can do at the piano. it helps me to demonstrate what

it is that i've written. i may not have gone the route my teachers wanted me to, but i used everything i learned. >> were your parents disappointed? >> my father was disappointed until -- he started to see what i was doing had merit during that one fabulous year where i had chorus line and the way we were ♪ ♪ one thrilling combination every move that she makes ♪ >> chorus line is using what i can do on all four engines. you're not a neutral on ha kind of a show. i think my father understood then i didn't waste the time. >> we will remember ♪ whenever we remember ♪ they didn't put me in the hall of fame for my voice. >> the way we were ♪

the way we were ♪ >> wow. charlie, what a treasure that you had. what stands out for you about him? >> his enthusiasm and passion for music and for creating things. >> he left us with such beautiful, beautiful music. he was singing to you. the way we were. >> he was singing while i was in his presence. >> that was very nice. >> steve carell is a therapist in the new movie "hope springs." we'll talk about that and the best advice he ever got from his wife. he'll tell us on "cbs this morning." your local news is coming up next. over the next four months, you have a choice to make.

not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪

i'm barack obama and i approve this message. ♪ >> welcome back to cbs this morning. on tuesday, we showed you our extended conversation with the king of jordan focusing on the violence in syria and other issues in the middle east. this morning, we want to share some of the other things we saw in jordan and some of the thoughts i've had in the days since we returned. >> this region is stained with the blood of war and yet, in its children is the hope of peace. kings and presidents and prime ministers decide on war for good and bad reasons. war is fight and die and the

innocent suffer. so after my conversation with the king i boarded one of his helicopters to take a close-up look at a price of war. displaced people, homeless and unknowing of their future. fleeing the onslaught of guns and violence and approaching armies. we went to a refugee camp near the syrian border inside jordan. there before us, miles and miles of tents bolted to this dusty, windy land containing families or half of families, fleeing war and seeking shelter, medicine, food and water and also safety if there is any. >> in leaving behind their fathers and brothers and sisters who fight for a better life for which so many of us take for granted or for values like freedom that have always driven us to war. inside and out, the men and women and especially the children who are the innocents.

their faces and the faces of the caring mothers who are their protectors carry the anxiety and fear and they worry about those left behind still in harm's way. you wonder what they wonder as they go about their curiosity and their gain. playing as if they have no worries. sometimes shouting freedom forever, whether you like it or not assad. their eyes are a moment bright with none of attrition of war and much of the fun of young. so we asked them. why did you come? how long can you stay here? did you think about fighting? >> the answers angry and scared. some ask you not to show their faces. they fear what will happen to their loved ones left behind. on one tent a political message. >> so the kids here wrote this

and it's intended for whom? >> for russia, iran, china and hezbollah. >> it says, the day will come when you will pay back the blood of our martyrs will not go in vain. each of you contributed to shedding the blood of our innocent children. so we leave going back to our security and comfort. two things they don't know when and where will come. all wars end one day or the other when the politicians and generals decide they have had enough or they die. these people here, like refugees throughout the history of war, did not choose to be here. they are not warriors. but war has come to them. and they had no choice but to leave everything behind. for a future they know not what. bonded by one thought, to live another day.

>> it's the wind and the heat that i can't get over and what really surprised me in that piece, charlie, was to see a swing set in the middle of that. children's laughter is so universal. but to see them swinging and still happy under those circumstances is always amazing to me. >> you'll never forget. people who have done this much more than i have always say this. you never forget the faces of these people. but you're right, the kids have not felt the attrition of the living and so, therefore, their pull of often enthusiasm and yet at the same time, there's something about them looking for comfort too. >> yet, the people there still seem to have hope even in those circumstances they have hope. >> yeah. >> nicely done. nice to see. when we come back, steve carell, sorry, steve, one of the funniest guys around even though he doesn't call himself a comedian he says. this morning, he'll tell us about giving marital advice to

meryl streep and tommy lee jones. it's in the movie.

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america runs on dunkin'. by taking time to yourselves, you're able to better as a couple and you both did it without even trying. >> but you know it was nice, wasn't it? >> do something on your own. >> i'm thrilled with the progress that you've made and i think it's going to make it that much easier to proceed to the next step. >> next step? that's great. let's get with it. we're doing so well, we might get out of here early. next step, what is it, write a poem, hold hands in public. sing a serenade. >> sex. >> maybe we should get our things and go. >> i love that. just get our things and get out of here. steve carell is a therapist helping, listen to this, meryl streep and tommy lee jones, spice up their marriage in the new movie called "hope springs" and guess what, mr. therapist is here. >> i'm changing my name to mr. therapist. >> let me say, you do it very,

very well. >> thanks. how does that make you feel? >> it makes me feel okay, steve as someone who has been to five marital therapists who sits here divorced. i know a good one when i see one. you were good. >> i appreciate that. >> where did it come from when you were able to play this one? when i heard steve carell, it's going to be funny, always a comedian. it was none of those things. >> yeah. well, i didn't -- i read the script and it didn't seem like it was supposed to be any of those things. in those scenes that i do, it's even weird to say meryl, tommy lee. but in those scenes, it's really about them. it's about -- as it would be in a therapy session. it's about those people. it's not about my character. it's just a sounding board there to create the environment for them. >> but you do guide it along. what i thought was relatable is that it's poignant and awkward and they're having marital problems and trying to figure out how to reconnect again. which is what so many people are going through and don't know how to do it. >> i think, yeah.

i think it's relatable. they play it so honestly. some of it is tough. i mean, you would on the surface think this is going to be kind of a frothy comedy about these two people rekindling their love. but it's much deeper than that. they're such great actors that they bring a lot more depth to it. >> what's it like for you? you're steve carell on the set with meryl streep and tommy lee jones and you bring something to the table too. >> he was so intimidated to work with me. >> i heard that. >> when you heard that was going to be the cast, what was that like for you? >> extremely exciting and a little daunting at the same time. because the way we shot those scenes, they're fairly long scenes and we would shoot them uncut. we would shoot them -- they would train a camera on us and we would just go. these scenes would play out like one act plays essentially. that, to me, was the most fun of it. we got to get into a rhythm and you're acting with two of these

great, great actors. so i mean, it's sort of a dream. >> i'm fascinated because you've celebrated your 17th wedding anniversary. >> 17th. >> how is it going with nancy? >> it's all right. >> anything you want to share? >> no. she won't be watching. though she might be. >> as you're playing a therapist, have you ever been to marital counseling yourself? >> i haven't. but i spoke to a number of therapists and i focused in on one guy who was -- >> who said what? >> he was very gentle. his approach was gentle but effective. that's kind of who i modeled this character after. >> i loved watching the three of you together. i'm not late to the steve carell fan club. i've watched you in the office for years and years. do you miss being on the show as much as i do having you there? >> i miss the people. they're my friends. i spent seven years working with all of them. >> do you ever watch it? >> all the time. it's a great show. >> you do? you've left every job on a high

note when you go from jon stewart, then to the office and your career is going swimmingly well. >> that's why i'm leaving this interview right now. it seems to be going well. leave before it dips in any way for me. >> i heard that you don't think of your self-as a comedian. >> i don't. >> you sdmoent. >> mo. >> because? >> i can't tell jokes. i never did stand up. i'm not somebody who can hold court very well. i'm not -- my wife will confirm this. i'm not very good at cocktail conversation. i'm fairly shy i think. >> are you? >> i would rather be at a party listening to somebody tell a joke or a great story. i'm not that person. >> haven't you gotten to the point at this stage in your life that people want to talk to you at a cocktail party. you walk in the room and people go, steve carell is here. >> they're disappointed. >> i don't believe it. >> there's nothing there. i'm hollow shell. >> i don't believe it. i love when you did 40-year

virgin and i've always wondered where this came from. the scene where they rip off the tape and you yell kelly clarkson. >> that was real. if you watch closely, you can see blood pooling to the top of my skin. it was disgusting. >> was it? >> it was more disgusting when my hair started to grow back in. that was a mess. my -- >> go ahead. >> your ratings will dip so low if i do that. >> i'll take a chance. go ahead. open your shirt now. >> not going to happen. >> i read that you gave a commencement speech at princeton. the reason i'm fascinated by this, i feel commencement speeches are so intimidating because everybody wants you to say something really inspiring. were you nervous before you did that? >> i wasn't nervous because i knew they weren't looking for anything inspiring from me. i think clearly, i was asked -- one of my nieces was in the graduating class. >> i was wondering why you did

that. >> i just wanted it to be fun. while at the same time, possibly having a little bit of a message. you know, they've spent four years of their life being lectured to. the last thing they want is for me to pontificate. >> what did you tell them? >> i talked about technology and about how it is separating us but i did it in a tongue in cheek way. >> your wife, i love the fact that you have been married as long as you have. >> i do, too. i'm glad. >> i'm very happy about that, steve. the best advice she ever gave you. you said she's a barometer for you. the best advice yshe ever gave. >> don't take yourself too seriously. just sometimes you have to let things roll off krur back. >> i agree. you're 50 next week. >> i am. >> some people look at 50 and are worried. i'm going through a crisis. you're feeling -- >> i was feeling fine until you brought that up. >> you're welcome, steve carell. happy birthday to you.

hope springs opens in theaters today. "hope springs skgs sk." tomorrow, mike tyson will be in to talk about his one man show. right now tyler brule is with us. he once survived a sniper attack. he created where cutting-edge live side by side. he's up next on cbs this morning.

tyler brule is a

globetrotting entrepreneur and guru who seems to have the midas touch. he's editor in chief of monocle magazine, founder of an advertising magazine called wink creative and a weekend columnist for the financial times. >> his biggest success is building a new way of gathering, selling information to the world. i'm pleased to have you with us. welcome. >> good morning. >> here it is, monocle. >> that's the new one. >> what is it you know and what is it you want us to understand about the world you see? >> we want journalists to be out there more. we want to go back to good old-fashioned news gathering. we believe in having bureaus. we don't think that people should parachute in and out. i think you need to spend time in a market and region to understand it. and we believe in paper and ink still. >> but it's a wide perspective that concerns you, too. i mean, it's not -- it is style and it is fashion and it is politics and it is design.

it is all of those things that are sort of part of the mosaic of the 21st century. >> we think that there is an intersection between a political policy, which is taken and the type of bridge the city builds and whether it's going to implode on itself at some point. you know, if someone has a strong cultural agenda in a nation, how is that going to draw politics. the magazine is divided into a, b, c, d, e. not affairs of celebrities in hollywood. we don't do celebrities. it's political affairs, business culture design and then a consumer section. >> some people say it's high brow, hoyt i and toit i. 50 things to improve your life. one is a private island. i agree -- this one agree with. a balcony. so to the people that say, well, it's not for me, it's for the affluent and rich, what do you say? >> it's smart and we really want to look people in the eye, don't want to talk down to people.

it's international. we were headquartered in london. we're speaking to people in osaka as much as auckland as much as san diego. i was talking with an editor yesterday, i mentioned you were coming, she said i love that magazine because it's a cultural how-to guide that you can learn a lot and even if you think it's not relatable to you, it's apparitional. is that part of your thinking? >> is he or she looking for a job? >> her name is kirsten, you cannot have her. i think there are several things that we're trying to do. it's interesting that she referenced that it's aspirational. we want people to aim high and explore and see the world. a lot of what we do, it focuses on opportunity. we want to show people where there are opportunities in the world. we do the big story. we were in a -- yes, we know that there's a boom happening in ghana. but how do you navigate ghana as a business person? to deliver a concise briefing.

what's bg in the u.s. market where people are down on print right now, this is our fastest growing market in the world. i think as so many news organizations and magazines have cut back on international in this country, there are still hundreds of thousands of americans every week who have to get on a plane around the world to do business. >> more and more connected globally and all of us in the 21st century understand that. the whole world, it's one world of a growth market. the interesting thing about me -- about your magazine for me is the idea of, as you just suggested, focusing on entrepreneurship. not sort of the big established people. but the people who are creating new ways to do things, look at things, build things. >> absolutely. we launched in 2007, we all know what happened by the time we got to the start of 2008. >> that's why it's so great. >> absolutely. most major economies around the world. we had bankers with citibank or major financial institutions who

were laid off and we thought, well, if these people are sitting at home right now, maybe we should point them to opportunities. you've dreamt of owning a microbrewery, so go off and do it. to inspire people, it means you have to go to new zealand to look at somebody who did a good job. you have to go to cincinnati and you have to go to north of toronto to find all of those interesting stories. again, i think as you're saying charlie, it is a globalized world. best practice is sometimes not in our own backyard. >> i want to hear about you, tyler. this is the first time i've gone into the green room to see what the guy was wearing. what is he wearing today? >> i wore a tie for you today. >> you look very nice. one of the leads to you, you dodge sniper bullets. that you were a combat reporter. how do you go from that, how do you go from that to this? >> i started like all good canadian boys. in journalism. i was always fascinated by mr. jennings and thought that

someday that i would maybe be sitting at a table like this reading the news. it didn't go that way. i ended up working for abc in london. and after a while, with a little disillusion of television, started doing print. was working as a freelancer. went to afghanistan and russians had pulled out. it was pre-taliban. and we had the misfortune of -- with our photographer and our driver and our guide. we were ambushed in the center of kabul. i was shot twice, lost the use of my left hand and spent a long time in the hospital thinking what do i want to do next? there was a notion of doing magazines to improve the way you live. >> we're out of time. >> sorry. >> thank you for coming. >> the magazine is called monocle. thank you for joining us. your local news is next. we'll see you tomorrow right your local news is next. we'll see you tomorrow right here on "cbs this morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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