we'll ask erin moriarity of how you been?ore we start the broadcast tonight, i just want to address my recent absence from the national conversation. as the hub around which the republic turns, i can understand why the machinery of this great nation ground to a halt last week when you were denied this. oh, one more thing. evidently having 11 children makes you tough as nails. confidential to a lovely lady -- >> welcome back, stephen colbert. the lovely lady he referred to was his mom. he missed two shows last week because she was ill. we welcome you back and welcome you back to "cbs this morning.." >>> jury selection begins in the trial of dharun ravi. ravi is charged with invasion of privacy. a hate crime calling for ten years in prison. "48 hours'" correspondent erin moriarity takes a look at the case. >> reporter: like so many teenagers, dharun ravi, 18 years old when he entered rutgers communicated incessantly online. now those tweets and e-mails he sent are likely to be used against him as prosecutors try to prove he har

tyler clementi most likely never got a chance to read it. >> erin moriarity is with us in studio 57. media is becoming increasingly important when it comes to cases. >> this is a sign of the times. we're going to see this more and more. and it's not just to prove intent which is, you know, just for basic charges. but what's worrisome is prosecutors are using this electronic evidence to actually bring more serious charges. dharun ravi would have just been charged with invasion of privacy but because of his tweets and texts they charge him with bias intimidation, which is a hate crime that cover as much harsher sentence. you know in the yeardley love case his defense was he didn't mean do it and he might have been facing manslaughter charges but shenlt that, you know i think it was an e-mail two days later saying i should have killed you. boom. first first-degree charges. >> you bring up in your piece as well that dharun ravi reached out after tyler perhaps may have already passed or was on his way into new york. do we know anything more about the relationship between these two? did th

erin moriarity is in studio. molly wei testified yesterday. what about her?sort of a deal? >> she was originally charged with invasion of privacy but she didn't set up the camera, so the authorities allowed her to be in a pretrial intervention program, do community service and then, of course, testify if she's going to cooperate with authorities. what's interesting about this is defense would say she had no credibility, she made a plea deal but her testimony was both positive and negative and they may say, yeah, you can believe her. >> more positive for the defense? >> it was. when you look at it, it was positive for the defense. if you're going to charge someone with an invasion of privacy, you have to know. the testimony was he was shocked. he set up the computer initially because he was worried about his stuff, a stranger was coming in the room. here's where it's a negative. there were two attempts. the first one he may have been shocked but there's evidence that dharun ravi set up the camera a second time, even if it was never viewed or anything, and he k

erin moriarity is in studio. molly wei testified yesterday. what about her? she was originally charged with invasion of privacy but she didn't set up the camera so the authorities allowed her to be in a pretrial intervention program, do community service and then, of course, testify if she's going to cooperate with authorities. what's interesting about this is defense would say she had no credibility, she made a plea deal but her testimony was both positive and negative and they may say, yeah, you can believe her. >> more positive for the defense? >> it was. when you look at it it was positive for the defense. if you're going to charge someone with an invasion of privacy, >>> do you have trouble sleeping? prescription sleeping pills may not be the best remedy. we'll take a look at a controversial new study that says sleeping pills are as dangerous as cigarettes. you're watching "cbs this morning." [ hermann ] there's always something that's going to have to be done by a certain date. you always have homework, okay? i don't have homework today. it's what's rig

we'll ask erin moriarity of "48 hours myster frank mallicoat ...looking for a domestic violence su >>> good morning. it's 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. get you caught up with some of the bay area headlines on this tuesday. >>> hayward police are looking for a domestic violence suspect who was released by mistake. they say 32-year-old jose hernandez had sutures in his neck from cutting his own throat. he was freed after he was treated instead of being turned over to police. they are looking for him now. >>> san jose police have a 16- year-old robbery suspect after his mother turned him in. before that happened, officers spent hours searching for him near los gatos creek trail and bascomb avenue. >>> livermore police want help in finding whoever is launching river rocks at homes on saturday night. one of the rocks went through a window and put a hole in the wall near a baby crib. nobody was hurt. they want to find the culprit. >>> we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. >>> good morning. we have a traffic alert just issued in benicia now. t