gayle king, executive vice president and chief administrator at nationwide.vice president of the global residency division of emc. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. >> so diversity's always been a hot topic, but on the whole is diversity better than it was 20, 30 years ago? are we more diverse than we were before? >> we are diverse in terms of visible difference. i think there's still opportunity for more of the invisible diversity as it relates to thought, as it relates to experience and background. we have an opportunity to play more in that space. >> i would say that i would have to disagree. i think that it just depends on the industry and depends on the business. but i think that our country understands that it is a business imperative and that everyone's committed to changing it and working on it. >> i would probably agree. i think in the technology field we need to do more around science and mathematics for people of color. i think that especially women coming into technology fields. i think also from a global perspective we really need t

. >>> and i'm gayle king. nation's unemployment rate goes up as the july jobs report is released this morning. >>> plus a controversy over new video showing workers how to survive a mass shooting. >>> but first, as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >>> gabby douglas and her million dollar smile, the all-around gold medalist. >>> gabby douglas shines as america's new golden girl. >> it means so much. all the hard work and dedication and effort put in the gym. you push through the hard days, you can get through anything. >> and michael phelps is going to win gold over lochte with a silver! >> three in a row. >> in the 200 im. >> i was getting a little tired at the end, but i can't complain with the gold medal. >>> senate majority leader harry reid doubling down about mitt romney and taxes. >> the word is out he hasn't paid any taxes for 10 years. let him prove that he paid taxes because he hasn't. >> an unnamed source in kenya says obama was born in kenya.

. >> and 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. >>> but first, as weo every morning, we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 60 seconds. >>> there's a river back there. what happened? >> stand by.

. >> gayle king joins us live from new york. >> good to see you guys, bob schieffer is here with us thisng. new polls that show where the presidential race stands in three key states. we will talk to him about the vice-presidential choice and what the final 90 days of the campaign will hold. changing the way you pay for your morning cup of coffee. the ceo of starbucks and co- founder of twitter and square are both in studio 57. those stories and more when we see you at 7:00. >> cbs this morning starts at 7:00. >> there is speculation of athletes seeking asylum at the olympic games. seven cameron olympians have left the olympic village. all had valid visas allowing them to stay in great britain for at least three more months. diplomats have not yet commented on the matter but further details are expected later today. a scary moment at the olympics when a german weightlifter drops 430 lbs. back down on his neck. he was okay but was later taken to hospital as a precautionary measure. >> i have to cover my eyes. i cannot watch that >> he should be just fine. >> reaching for the stars. >> hou

. >>> and i'm gayle king. inside a silicon valley shakeup. the big changes taking place at yahoo. and we look back at the life of re have i doll. >>> but first, we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> a 48-year-old record now belongs to phelps. number 19.

charlie rose and gayle king are off. >> and i'm rebecca jarvis.p early gets better. >> happy to hear it. and the kristen stewart/pattinson breakup i know impacted you as well. >> it did, but my wife's got me well trained. >>> all right, 50 years ago, helen gurley brown began to change the lives of american woman with a book called "sex and the single girl." she kept influencing their talk and behavior for decades, and sunday morning's marcia teichner remembers the remarkable woman who died monday at the age of 90. >> reporter: when helen gurley brown took over "cosmopolitan" magazine in 1965, she turned it into a how-to manual for the sexual revolution. women either devoured every issue or dismissed it as trash, even though they secretly read it at the hair salon. nobody else told them this -- >> if you happen to be a single woman and you're having sex, you don't have to put your head in the oven. it's okay. don't feel guilty. >> reporter: by the time brown said it to charlie rose in 1996, not long before she stepped down after 32 years as editor

. >>> 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

charlie rose and gayle king are off. governor mitt romney's campaign is finding new energy and a new focus after saturday's announcement that house budget committee chairman will be his running mate. >> officials from both parties are calling the wisconsin congressman a risky choice in part because of his controversial budget plan that includes overhauling medicare. chief washington correspondent bob schieffer asked them about that in their first joint interview on sunday's "60 minutes." >> i have to tell you the miami herald has a banner headline across the front of it this morning that says ryan could hurt because they're talking about medicare and what you're talking about. >>hink about that. paul ryan and i have talked about is saving medicare. is providing people greater choice in medicare, making sure it's there for current seniors. there's no changes for the current seniors. but looking for young people down the road and saying you'll get a bigger choice >> you'll have do a little selling. >> we need to preserve t

i'm gayle king. charlie rose is off today.nds with george clooney. they're kind of pals too. >> always. >> always. you may have seen the popular high-powered magnets called bucky balls. last month the manufacturer asked them to stop selling them saying children can accidentally swallow the magnets. the business is fighting back saying the toys are meant for adults. the ceo of maxfield the owner of bucky balls is here this morning. craig, welcome. >> thank you. >> the lawsuit has been filed against you. why are they wrong? >> first of all, it's the first time in 11 years they've filed such a lawsuit against a company. they are -- the rate of injury and incident of our product is extremely low in comparison to other products that are in the marketplace. we've sold millions of units. they report 12 incidents involving bucky balls. compared to other products, it's an extremely low rate of injury. adults have a right to choose a product that's exclusively marketed and intended for adults. we've never marketed to kids. this small ra

i'm gayle king. charlie rose is off on assignment. >> and i'm jeff glor.$25 million campaign ad. tv ads have been part of politics for 60 years. >> you see these commercials all over the place, not just during the news. bill plante has a look at the strategy and joins us from washington. bill, good morning to you. >> reporter: gayle, good morning. this race is so close. in fact, in our recent poll fewer than 1 voter in 10 is undecided. that means the outcome is going to hinge on two things, persuading those who haven't made up their minds and getting supporters to turn out on election day. that is why if you live in a key battleground state, you are already getting a non-stop barrage of tv ads but not always on the usual shows. >> you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith shine man. >> reporter: her legal proceedings are immensely popular, but now judge judy has become a player in this year's political proceedings. >> that didn't happen. >> reporter: so too have the self-proclaimed nerds of the "big bang theory." >> that's just wrong. >> reporte

i'm gayle king.be friends with george clooney. you're kind of pals. >> always. always. good morning, everyone. you may have see the popular high powered magnet called buckyballs. last month they asked them to stop saying them saying children can accidentally swallow the magnets. the business is fighting back with an ad campaign saying they're meant for adults. craig zucker of maxfield and oberton, the maker of buckyballs is with us. craig, welcome. >> welcome. >> they have filed this lawsuit against you. why are they wrong? >> well, first of all, it's the first time in eleven years they've filed such a lawsuit against the company. they are -- the rate of injury and incident of our product is extremely low when you compare it to other products that are in the marketplace. we've sold millions of units. they report 12 incidents involving buckyballs. compared to other products in the marketplace, it is an extremely low rate of injury. and adults have a right to choose a product that's exclusively markete

i'm gayle king. >> and i'm charlie rose. facebook and twitter as fun places to stay in touch with your friends but they have also become rich sources of consumer information and retailers are turning to them for market research on a regular basis. >> in march, mac cosmetics asked social media users to vote on which discontinued shades to bring back. beer maker samuel adams asked users to vote on their new yeast and hops color and frito-lay invited visitors to weigh in on their favorite flavors of chips. with us now to look at this growing trend are danny meyer, who's talked about social media's impact on his restaurant business, and stephanie clifford, a business reporter for "the new york times." stephanie, let's start with you. i remember back in the day they used to just use good old focus groups to figure out what consumers are thinking but social media has changed the landscape how? >> yes. the focus groups are sort of the old-school way of doing it in this long drawn-out research process. now they realize there are mil

. >>> and i'm gayle king. as the rover curiosity lands safely on mars, and why is the kennedy family refuse to go release important national security documents? >>> but first as we do every morning a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >>> a man with a gun in the parking lot, a white t-shirt. >> a gunman goes on a shooting rampage in wisconsin. >> at a sikh it temple near milwaukee, seven people are dead including the gunman. >> wade michael page, age 40. >> one office shot. >> the wounded officer in critical condition, a second officer shot and killed the suspect. >> seven people dead. it's a small community. it's shocking. you don't ekts inspect this at a church. >> syria's prime minister has defected to jordan with his family. >> syrian tv reports a bomb exploded at his office in damascus injuring three. >> you would like to see assad dead? >> yes. >> one person dead and nine others hurt at the owe co-nose raceway. >>> and crews battling a dozen or more fires. >> i've never seen it like th

charlie rose and gayle king are off. >>> this will be another busy day in the race for the white house. president obama and vice president joe biden, governor romney, and paul ryan will be campaigning in key states. >> this morning the president is wasting no time in criticizing his rival's vice presidential pick. nancy cortes is covering the campaign from oskaloosa, iowa. good morning to you. >> reporter: the president will be speaking here in oskaloosa in a couple of hours. he mentioned ryan at both of his campaign rallies in iowa yesterday, calling him the intellectual leader of the republicans in congress, and arguing that romney now owns all of ryan's congressional policies. >> hi. how are you? >> reporter: the president arrived at the iowa state fair just five hours after paul ryan departed. mr. obama took pictures with supporters and tried the pork chops. >> hey, anybody got a knife and fork for me? >> reporter: it was the end of day one of his three-day bus tour of iowa, the battleground state that launched his presidential aspirations four years ago with a win in the president

i'm gayle king. charlie is on assignment today. >> i'm jeff glor. at a sikh temple in wisconsin yesterday was a u.s. army veteran. he was shot dead by police after killing six people on sunday. elaine quijano is in police headquarters in oak creek this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. two federal law enforcement sources tell us that the alleged gunman has been identified as 40-year-old wade michael tate. he served in the army for six years. army officials say that his last duty station was fort bragg, north carolina where he worked in psychological operations. military sources say he was demoted and received a general, that is less than honorable discharge. >> they describe how the carnage was stopped. >> because of the heroic actions of our officers they stopped this from being worse than it could have been. >> one of the first policeman to arrive, a 20-year veteran with tactical training stopped to tend to someone laying on the ground. the shooter was lying in wait. he shot the officer at least ten times. a second policeman

gayle king of cbs this morning joins us with a look at that. good morning, gayle. >> that is the question, andrea and jessica, which way is virginia leading. bob schieffer is joining us this morning to look at where the presidential race stands in the key swing states. the latest poll shows president obama with a four-point lead in virginia. we'll look at the other swing states and break down the final 90 days of the campaign. plus, a dispute between the nypd and twitter after threats of mass murder appear on the social net working site. the debate that pits terrorism and security against privacy and ee speech. wee talking about that, see yo >> interesting dilemma. thank you, gayle. we'll be watching. >> i'll see you. >>> last night nearly a thousand people of various faiths held a candlelight vigil in rockville. they gathered to kill for the six people killed at a shooting in wisconsin. many in the sikh community were moved by the huge show of support. >> i really liked the fact it was very integrated. a lot of people from the outside were here

gayle king joins us live from new york with a preview. good morning. >> good morning. we're here. hello, mike and andrea. we're going to check on tropical storm isaac headed toward the caribbean. it could go toward florida and cause trouble for the republican national convention next week. we'll have charlie's interview a pga champion mcelroy. i know you are caught in that tease that charlie rose is back. >> he is indeed. he also tends do do a fair amount of golf interviews. why is that? >> he yes, he does like a little bit of golf. we'll see you at 7:00. >> have a good day. >>> for maryland women are dead killed in a train derailment while enjoying a summer night. >> now the question is exactly what caused that derailment. kristin fisher is live in ellicott city this morning. she's looking for answers as are investigators. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, mike. there's really two things going on here this morning. this massive cleanup effort and this ongoing ntsb investigation into exactly what happened here in this train derailment. this cleanup ef

gail king joins us live now from new york -- gayle king joins us live now from new york with a preview. >> i'll say. there's a lot to discuss. anxieties only on cbs this morning -- and only on cbs this morning. mitt romney's first solo interview since choosing paul ryan as his running mate. we'll talk about that pick. vice president biden's chain comment and why romney calls obama's campaign angry and desperate. those stories and more at 7:00. >> i dare say the interview is going to be a little bit interesting. >> i think so. >> we'll be watching. have a good morning. >>> maryland lawmakers approve a plan to bring table games and a sixth casino to the state and the governor is wasting no time when it comes to signing off on it. >> kristin fisher is live at national harbor. that's where prince george's county lawmaker want that casino to be built. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. well, you know, this was a very close vote. the house of delegates voted to approve the bill just before midnight. without a vote to spare. they needed a 71-vote majority and that

gayle king joins us live from new york with a preview. good morning. >> we are indeed.ello to you mike and andrea. more than 50,000 people are headed for the rnc in tampa still threatened by thunderstorm isaac, how they're getting ready for the storm threat. we know washington is very excited about pappeds, not the first time that panda diplomacy started 40 years ago. we'll look back at the arrival of the first giant pandas at the national zoo. that's at 7:00 and i ask you other than patrick on the crew, who doesn't love a panda? >> what's the deal with patrick? >> yeah really. i don't know. what's the deal with patrick? i don't know. >> we'll talk to him. >> happy friday gail. have a good show. >> okay. >>> seven time tour de france winner lance armstrong could be stripped of titles and banned from cycling forever by the end of today. last night armstrong decided to drop any further challengestologist allegations that he took -- to the allegations that he took performance-enhancing drugs. however, the agency says it will strip him of the wins. >>> a 17-year-old prince

gayle king joins us from new york with more on that. >> we've got the that story. hello, mike and andrea. investigators are calling it an act of domestic terrorism. we'll find out exactly what that designation means for the investigation and how police will try to determine a motive. plus, the controversial plans to turn the home of the atomic bomb into a national park. we'll take a rare look inside the historic site used for the top secret manhattan project. those stories and more when we see you at 7:00. >> all right, gayle, we'll be watching. thank you. >>> this morning some relief for beltway drivers in virginia. the whole construction mess at telegraph road is finally starting to clear up. >> which should mean a much easier ride for you as you hit the road. delia goncalves live in alexandria with a commuter alert. hey, delia. good news. >> reporter: great news and, you know, we are in good company because the folks here at the wilson bridge project are probably the most popular folks today. you've been here since federal the beginning since '02. you said you'v

. >> and gayle king has a preview from new york. what do you have for thus morning?l be ready. hello. we'll show you why the latest hurricane forecast may be more accurate than ever before. the new prediction calls for five the eight hurricanes this year including two or three major ones. plus why you might get a better deal right now buying a new car instead of a used one. how's that possible? we'll show you at 7:00. >> we'll be of whatting and good seeing you -- watching and good seeing yesterday handling the women on "the talk." going to do that again anytime soon? >> that was fun. anytime they asked me back i'm there. anytime i'm there. see you. >> all right. see you. >>> a second person has died in that deadly house fire in prince george's county late wednesday afternoon. >> 15-year-old rickey cole died thursday. his 5-year-old niece jade buffaloe day it had day of the fire -- died the day of the fire. her father remains in the hospital with severe burns covering half of his body. firefighters pulled all three from a burning duplex. fire investigators say an imp

i'm gayle king. charlie rose is off. we're well covered today. james brown is with us. >> i took a lot of coffee today. >> the men are talking about fashion. >> you missed this part. they were discussing what to do with their handkerchief. >> how do i match my pen to my outfit. >> the fashion segment of the show has been cut. >>> a group of former u.s. intelligence and special forces is taking aim at president obama in a video out this morning. the organization accuses the obama administration of putting americans at risk by leaking classified information. it also says the president took too much credit for the death of osama bin laden. >> mr. president, you did not kill osama bin laden. america did. the work that the american military has done killed osama bin laden. you did not. >> senior correspondent john miller, a former deputy director of national intelligence is with us now. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> what is the video and where did it come from? >> it's a carefully crafted 22-minute documentary-style video, highly produced kind

i'm gayle king. charlie rose is off today. >> i'm anthony mason.right? >> good to see you guys as well. >> a new york man is out on bail this morning. charged with faking his own death to cash in on hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance money. as erin moriarty reports, his son has also been charged and now they're blaming each other. >> for a man who supposedly drown last month, this man looked pretty healthy in new york wednesday. he was released on $100,000 bail after pleading not guilty to fraud charges. >> he was going to florida, absolutely. but he didn't intend to commit insurance fraud. >> authorities say the 47-year-old and his son jonathan hatched a plan to collect more than $400,000 in life insurance. jonathan ross told park police his father was missing. sparking a massive search costing more than $30,000. days later, the missing man's brother told authorities roth was staying at his orlando timeshare. >> there was an enormous effort here with helicopters and boats and divers going out looking for this man when he was driving on

i'm gayle king. >>> that's what heroes always say. it was instinct.bi agents were men. a lot of changes for women. former fbi assistant director, john miller, talked to some of the women who have made history in the bureau. >> charlie, it was a bit of history. it actually took the death of j. edgar hoover before a woman could become badge and gun carrying special agents. since then their numbers have grown in ranks. as they've remarked the 40th anniversary, ome have gotten close to the top. jan fedaryck has had five to visit five fbi agencies and talk to nearly most of her 3,000 team members. >> i think we have it all sorted out. >> fedaryck is a an assistant director of the fbi. she runs the new york office. that makes jan the highest ranking in the field and the first to ever command the bureau's busiest and biggest office. >> when little jan fedaryck was on the block and all the boys were playing cops and robbers, what were you playing? >> while they were playing cops and robbers, i was right there with them. >> jan is still right there with them.

i'm gayle king. charlie rose is off today. >> i want that commute. i want that car.on. james brown is here. july was the hottest month in the lower 48 states since they started keeping records in 1895. we've seen records and huge wildfires because of that. >> there's another troubling effect. as ben tracy reports shall it's melting the few remaining glaciers. >> good morning, guys. 2 million people visit montana's glacier national park and they go to visit the namesake masses of ice. but the glaciers are melting faster than scientists predicted a few years ago and could be entirely gone in two decades. >> it is a landscape so stunning, it's called the crown of the continent. >> that's really something else. >> over tens of thousands of years, massive sheets of ice slowly slid and chewed away at the rock carving out these valleys. now these frozen forces of nature are in full-scale retreat. >> we are into something that's very unusual. >> dan is a scientist with united states geological survey. he's been studying the glaciers in glacier national park for 20 years. >>

i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose.arting 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 i

i'm gayle king. l are in tampa at the republican national convention. good morning to you two. nice job in florida this morning. >> thank you. good morning to you, gayle. in this hour, we'll talk with former new york mayor rudy giuliani. he gave the republican keynote speech four years ago. we'll ask him about about governor christie's speech and what mitt romney should do -- >> ep steps away from us. there are some republicans getting the red carpet treatment here. that usually doesn't happen at these conventions because they're from massachusetts. one of the bluest states, of course, in america. we even heard ann romney talk about how blue the state of massachusetts is. >> red carpet treatment normally a good thing. nice to see you two. hurricane isaac has dealt a serious blow south of new orleans this morning. a storm surge topped a levee there flooding some of the homes. it remains a large category 1 hurricane capable of dumping more than 15 inches of rain. it's moving north, northwest towards ark

i'm gayle king. >>> i'm charlie rose.t killed osama bin laden. as bob orr reports, it's a first person story told by one of the navy seals who helped take down one of the world's most wanted terrorist. >> it takes us inside the counterterrorism since 9/11. no easy day. the mission that killed osama bin laden was written by one of the navy seals who led the assault on the a abbottabad compound. the author using the fictitious name mark owen has changed the names of all the seals involved to pro teblgt identities. the book due out on september 11th is being published by dutton. cbs news learned owen may not get the manuscript approved by the white house, the cia. the publisher in a statement says the book has been cleared by a former special operations attorney. he vetted it for tactical, technical and procedural information, as well as classified information and found it could be without risk to national security. while much has been reported about the raid, including the crash much one of the blackhawk helicopters use in

i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose. united states has always been a power in olympic boxing.old medal. in the first games where a female boxers have been allowed to compete. >> the u.s. team's hopes are riding on claressa shields and her punishing upper cut. she fights for the gold medal later today. bigad shaban has her story. hello to you. >> good morning, gayle and charlie. claressa shields is a talkative and outgoing high school junior. today she's spending most of her time alone trying to take it easy for her final fight. i spoke to her coach and she's trying to avoid the hype surrounding this big match. that may not be so easy. >> shields comes out of it and starts waling some more. >> when fighting claressa shields, her stamina hits you before her gloves ever do. just 17, she boxed her way past the semifinals and into the gold medal bout. now the team from flint, michigan, is one fight away from being the middleweight olympic champion. her teammate, marlen esparza lost in the semifinals but is still ensured a spot on the podium bronze. this is the first time female fig

i'm gayle king. >> i'm jeff glor. charlie rose is off. the u.s.e gold today after winning five of them on thursday. this morning, the u.s. is number one overall in medals and golds. china is second followed by russia, britain and germany. one of the most impressive gold medal stories comes from jamaica. mark phillips is in london. mark, good morning. >> good morning jeff, good morning gayle. stop me if you've heard this before. faster than a speeding bullet. able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. get that man a cape. except of course, the jamaican flag is the closest thing to a superman cape. cue the reggae. >> there's the perfect jamaican song for the perfect jamaican occasion. everybody was feeling all right. if wasn't before bob marley's lyric has become an anthem. not only has there never been a better time to be jamaican, judging by the party that formed to watch the race last night, everybody is a jamaican these days. everybody is doing the bolt. everybody here knew exactly what was going to happen. >> i would say we expect a gold an

i'm gayle king.king beating, los angeles police have been trying to change their image. now an incident caught on tape is raising those same old issues. we'll take a closer look at that this morning. we'll talk with former lapd insider john miller. >>> of course, charlie rose and norah o'donnell are in tampa at the republican convention. i have to say, i hope you're enjoying covering the story as much as you look because the interviews are stellar. >> thank you, gayle. look forward to seeing you soon. >> thank you, gayle. >> you guys are doing great. >> thank you. in a few minutes, former republican chairman haley barbour will give us his reaction to paul ryan's speech last night and we'll find out what he expects from mitt romney tonight. >> first, tropical storm isaac is weakening this morning. but it's in no hurry to leave the gulf coast where it continues to dump heavy rain. isaac could leave more than 2 feet of rain in some areas. last night president obama declared federal emergencies in parts

ack to "cbs this i'm gayle king.can convention in tampa in a couple of minutes. but first, david bernard, chief meteorologist of cbs 4 in miami has new information on isaac. david, what can you tell us? >> gayle, we just got the 8:00 advisory. from the national hurricane center. these are brand new numbers. the satellite picture as well. these are new images. it's a large storm and taking up about the entire eastern gulf of mexico. the movement on it is about the same as it was before. west/northwest at 14. the winds are holding at 65. but the pressure is beginning to fall a little bit. 988 millibars. that's about 420 miles southeast of new orleans/louisiana that. track forecast, the intensity forecast has not changed. again, we're expecting this movement in to southeast louisiana. the new orleans area, the mississippi gulf coast tuesday night and into wednesday morning. one of the factors that i'm looking at, if this strengthens and gets stronger, it will be in the next 12 hours. it's currently tracking over some of

it is 8:00, welcome back to "cbs this morning" i'm gayle king. >> and i'm happy to be back with you.souri senate race. bill plante in washington takes a look at other politicians under fire and how some of them manage to survive. bill, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. by refusing requests from mitt romney and dozens of republican leaders to get out of the race before last night's deadline to get off the ballot, congressman akin is betting that he can get missouri voters to forgive his verbal misstep, that's a very tricky calculation, sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn't. 48 hours after his self-proclaimed verbal slip-up an optimistic todd akin went on sean hanity's radio program tuesday and said people are overreacting. >> it appears to be fears and parano paranoia. the republican party has bid this thing up to make it a lot bigger deal than it really needed to be. yeah, i know everybody gets upset for a couple of days. >> reporter: so for the moment akin is going nowhere but sometimes when politicians get in trouble, they resign quickly. >> i cannot allow my private f

i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose.es like facebook and twitter as fun places to stay in touch with your friends, but they've also become rich sources of consumer information and retailers are turning to them for market research on a regular basis. >> in march mac cosmetics asked social media users to bring back which discontinued colors. samuel adams wanted you to vote on hobbs. and frito-lay wanted you to vote on your favorite chips. danny meyer has talked about social media's impact on his business. and a "new york times" reporter. stephanie, let's start with you. i remember back in the day they used to use good old focus groups to figure out what consumers were thinking. social heed yeah has changed the landscape how? >> yes. the focus groups were the old school way of doing it. this lawn, drawn out research process. now it comes time to realize there are millions of twitter posts to figure out what consumers want. when somebody posts i love the kick pops at starbucks, it might not sound interesting. when you see th

gayle king is off today. >> i'm norah o'donnell.ting any time hitting the campaign trail. the day after accepting the republican presidential nomination. last night at the convention he let americans into his life with a series of personal stories. another speaker there is getting much of the attention. jan crawford is in lakeland, florida, where the romney campaign is going to have a big event later today. jan, good morning. >> good morning, norah. when a campaign, a political campaign brings out a big hollywood star, that's supposed to boost the candidate, right? yeah, last night we saw clint eastwood, he got that big applause in the convention hall. but a lot of the strategists are saying this morning, it was an unnecessary sideshow. it really took away from mitt romney's message. >> the next president of the united states of america, mitt romney. >> romney's first goal for thursday's sweeps was to tell voters his story. who he was and where he came from. >> we're mormons, growing up in michigan that might have seemed unusual or

i'm gayle king.i'm anthony mason and james brown is with us. >> anthony, you never thought you'd see the day where men are talking about fashion. >> you missed this part. they were all discussing what to do with their han kerchiefs. >> a group of u.s. special forces is taking aim at president obama in a video out this morning. the organization accuses the obama administration of putting americans at risk by leaking classified information. it also says the president took too much credit for the death of osama bin laden. >> mr. president, you did not kill osama bin laden, america did. the work that the american military has done killed osama bin laden, you did not. >> senior correspondent john miller, former deputy director of national intelligence is with us. what's the video, john? good morning? where did it come from? >> well, it's a very carefully crafted 22-minute documentary style video, highly produced kind of in the bourne identity way with a lot of radar dishes and graphics. it looks a little

i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose. more than one-third of americans are considered obese.weight after the fda recently approved two new diet drugs. >> belviq and qsymia. will they really put a dent in the obesity epidemic? with us now, 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 dr. 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 15% 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'm gayle king. charlie is on assignment today. >>> i'm jeff glor.unman who opened fire yesterday was a u.s. army veteran. he was shot dead by police after killing 6 people. we were at headquarters this morning in oak creek. >> two federal law enforcement offices tell cbs news that the alleged gunman is 48-year-old wade michael page. he served in the army for six years. army officials say that his last duty station was at fort brag, north carolina. military operations say he was demoted and received a general, that is less than honorable discharge, in 1998. >> reporter: oak creek police described how the carnage finally was stopped. >> because of the heroic actions of our officers, they stopped this from being worse than it could have been. >> reporter: one of the first policemen to arrive, a 20-year veteran with tactical training stopped to attend to someone laying on the ground. the shooter was lying in wait. he shot the officer at least ten times. a second officer arrived. he radios, officer down, officer down. >> subject down. officer down. we ha