hughes was a prodigy. he had a photographic memory, and as i said, he was a superior student, even before he went to school. and continued throughout his career. on the other hand, franklin roosevelt talked about the differences and the contrast was quite and in different student. at harvard. hamate okay grades but nothing special, and is great interest was harvard crimson, the newspaper at harvard. so he didn't spend too much time studying, and then hughes went off in york city. is at the top of his class. franklin flunked a couple of courses. never finished but did pass the bar, the new york bar. hughes went on to be a brilliant lawyer in private practice but also made his name as an investigator of corruption and mismanagement in the utilities and insurance fields. he was a very cool, very tough investigator. one very indignant ceo, and insurance company, when the question that very, very tough, said, sir, we are missionaries serving the public interest. and hughes said that he was looking into what see

and even today, the hughes name and fortune live on in the howard hughes medical institute. give us some of the hughes greatest hits, some of the great discoveries. >> the discovery of the genes responsible for cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy, and a noninvasive test for colon cancer. [ticking] >> elissa montanti is unlike almost anyone we've ever met. with the help of some very charitable american doctors, she's changed the lives of more than 100 kids like this one, a boy from iraq who needed an arm, a leg, and an eye. >> i love you, wa'ad. >> you'll follow his transformation... >> look at him. he looks beautiful. >> which is a wonder to watch. [ticking] >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm morley safer. in this edition, we look at the serious business of philanthropy. bill and melinda gates take us inside their foundation, we examine the unintended legacy of howard hughes, and meet a staten island woman helping children maimed by war. we begin with bill and melinda gates. with their plan to give away $60 billion, they're the most generous philanthropists in the worl

and i think that's what hugh hefner is really saying, right?course, in hugh hefner's magazine, people care about what people are doing in the bedroom, but for the most part americans don't care. and we've turned our eyes away from it and we've decided we're going to let gay couples do what they want to do and let straight couples do what they want to do. and i think when you bring it back up in this way, in this nudge, nudge kind of way, it gets people talking about it and brings the focus away from the rights that have been won because of things like contraception. >> but this is the way that rick santorum talked about it. a second place finishing republican almost-nominee was publicly saying that contraception is a bad thing. you know, even ron paul was saying that there's an immorality in the use of contraception. people think he's a libertarian. he isn't on sex. i mean, they really went into some very strange zones in this campaign. >> they did. they went into strange zones. again, they brought the focus on to the bedroom. rick santorum tal

nina rhoades-hughes said there was another shooter, she insists she heard more than a dozen shots but claims police altered her account. >> what has to come out is that there was another shooter to my right, and robert kennedy was also to my right with sir han sir han was straight to my left, standing on some steel raised platform, and there were two shooters. >> the 68-year-old sir j han is serving a life sentence in los angeles. he's asking to be released, retried or granted a new hearing based on rhodes-hughes comment there was another shooter. >>> surface-to-air missiles could be on top of a complex, everyone received leaflets informing there could be ten soldiers positioned on their roof for up to two months. it is in the bow section of london, two miles from the olympic stadium. britain confirms more than 13,000 troops have been deployed at land, sea and fare to help police and body guard protect the interests. you know you're not going to have any petty theft for a few

rhodes-hughes was feet away from kennedy when he was shot. all accounts say there were eight shots fired, but rhodes-hughes says there were at least a dozen shots and police altered her account. >> what has to come out, there was another shooter to my right, and robert kennedy was also to my right where sirhan sirhan was almost straight ahead and a tad to my left standing on some steel raised platform. there were two shooters. >> the 68-year-old sirhan is serving a life sentence. the u.s. district court in los angeles is about to rule on his request to be released, retried based on part on the claim that there was a second shooter that day. >>> there are new rules for secret service agents. it prohibits them from visiting nonreputable establishments or bringing foreign nationals to their owe tehotel rooms. alcohol will be banned within ten hours of work. aren't these rules already?

hughes, i won't say it's the one time i remember mrs. johnson being -- taken off guard, but betty hughes picked up the ball and ran with it, and about what a wonderful country we are and we're here to talk about "x" and make these good things happen for our country, and so forth. why don't you ask me about some of the good things that happen, rats. richard, you're the pits. i thought you were my friend. >> we'll get to joan crawford later. laurie, you, of course, also had the first gulf war. which certainly didn't have the same impact -- >> or as long. >> -- as vietnam, but it must have transformed daily life in the white house. >> well, it did. i mean, i think that was the only calm period in terms of events, because up until that time and then afterwards, we were, you know, having state dinners once a month and entertaining non-stop, but absolutely, when the war was on, everything came to a stop, and, i mean, everything shut down really. i think everyone was as concerned and knew how -- what a grave decision it was that president bush

i just saw hugh grant, he walked by and i said hey, hugh how are you?ng up in the next half hour. and i said, how you doing? he said lousy. i'm pretty sure he was kidding. >> he looks okay. >> he shouldn't be lousy because he's got a great new children's movie out. it's an animated film and he plays a pirate in this one. >> yeah. >> we're going to talk to hugh grant about that. >> hugh i can give you a little back massage right now -- >> okay. >> that might make you a little happier. he got a smile. >> i don't think we want to do that. >> okay. >> okay. giada de laurentiis is here. >> on a lighter note. >> on the menu, some of her favorite crowd pleasing family style dishes. >> all right. lots to get to. let's go inside, natalie is standing by at the news desk. she's got a check of all the headlines. take it away. >> all right, matt, ann and al. good morning, everyone. george zimmerman the man accused of killing trayvon martin is at an undisclosed location this morning following his release on bail. a judge ruled he could be freed on $150,000 bond while

george hugh, and katie jacob stanton, vice president for twitter the road -- now twitter. we will end the program with the mayor's vision of economic growth for 2012 and beyond. 2011 was a year of substantial accomplishment, despite the slow pace of recovery in california, the economic opportunities have helped make sense of cisco a bright spot in california to advancing tax incentives to supporting economy-boosting infrastructure, and the chamber is helping to ensure job creation and steady economic growth in san francisco. the chamber is particularly proud to advance an ongoing pro-business policy agenda in

. >> the other conspiracy theory, about the as anation of bobby kennedy, nina rhodes-hughes was a few feet away from rfk and says there was a second shooter. >>> joseph kony has a viral campaign, and u.s. forces are joining on the search through pachadi pachadiles. >>> and "toxic shallow and celebrity obsessed" and we'll tell you what our guest does when "starting point" begins in ten minutes or so. >> really? >> yes, shallow. we earn more cash back for the things we buy most. 1% cash back everywhere, every time.

among the evidence they may present is the story told by nina roads hughes. that's her on the left with robert f. kennedy. she was there at the ambassador hotel the night kennedy was shot. and in an exclusive interview with cnn, she says there's part of the story that the fbi has ignored all of these years. listen to this. >> there were more than eight shots. and interesting that you read whatever the fbi issued, everybody said eight shots. not! i wish there were some recordings of me that night. i know i did give an interview to someone with a microphone, where i said, there were at least 12, maybe 14, and i know there was, because i heard the rhythm in my head. you know, and i know with the first two or three shots, with i wasn't aware, as i said, i thought they were flash bulbs. what has to come out is that there was another shooter to my right and robert kennedy was also to my right, where sirhan sirhan was almost straight ahead and a tad to my left, standing on some steel plat -- you know, raised platform. and that there were two shooters. that must come

rhodes-hughes joins us now from british columbia.t did you see and hear and how long ago did you first tell authorities about it? >> i told authorities about it when the fbi came to my home, about a month after the incident. >> okay. but you're coming out now 40 years -- more than 40 years after the murder. why come out now? >> well, actually, it was something that was brought out by cnn. i got a phone call from brad johnson, who has been doing a lot of due diligence on the amount of shots that were fired that night from a tape that they have just uncovered. and i got contacted and felt compelled to cooperate because of the importance of the true story coming out obviously. >> nina, you're calling this a cover-up. why do you call it a cover-up? >> well, because when i was at the ambassador hotel that night, which was in june 1968, there were more than eight shots. because as i was running down the hall to bring senator kennedy back to the press room, as i was instructed to bring him to, this other gentleman escorted him very, very qu

no, i'm good. >>> hugh grant has a lot of firsts to celebrate.came a dad for the first time, and he's starring in his first animated film. it's called "the pirate's band of misfits." >> one day he'll put that movie on for his little girl and he'll have to explain his character, a very energetic but unsuccessful pirate. >> there you go, lads. look and learn. i'm the pirate captain and i'm here for your gold. >> gold? this is a ghost ship. >> sorry! >> hello, hello. >> well hello. >> well, describe this pirate captain guy. he doesn't seem like your type of man to me. >> no. i agree. he's a departure for me. he's -- well, he's the worst pirate in the world. complete failure. his crew are useless. but they're endlessly optimistic which is endearing. his big ambition is to win the pirate of the year award which is a big pirate award ceremony every year. he's always come last. this is a struggle to win it this year. >> he puts his resume together. any kids watched it with me last year and loved it. i heard danny deveto saying the lorax consumed him, ch

kip hughes is a top driver. he's been racing since he was a boy and knows at any time an accident can be just around the corner. >> if it bothers you, you put it all aside and try not to think about the fact that it hasn't happened. >> despite the danger or perhaps because of it excitement is in the air the night of october 1st, 2011 at oklahoma sports park. it's the stock car nationals. larry car is the announcer for the big event. >> we had cars there this time from three different states. it's a three-day event. it builds up over the three days to the big night of saturday night. >> hundreds of fans are on hand to watch the drivers compete for a $10,000 prize. >> 10,000 for the guy that crossed the finish line, that's big money in this sport. these guys run for 500 to 750 a night to win. you put 10,000 on the line, they're going to be willing to push the edge a little bit. >> far and away the favorite to win is driver kip hughes. >> he won it last year and was picking up the lead in most qualifying events. >>

criminal defense attorney holly hughs here.olly, this generated big discussion in our newsroom, among our team. so the question is, there's no proof that there was -- that there was racial profiling. that's what some say. where's the proof? if you were trying to prove racial profiling, what would you do? how does that work? >> i would do exactly what i do in court as a lawyer. representing either side. i rely on evidence. i went back to 2005, pulled all the 911 calls and reviewed every single one of them that george zimmerman made from 2005. we wanted to be relevant, don. so i just have some statistics for you from 2010 and 2011. one time in 2011 george zimmerman called 911 about a while meaale. one time. that was a female said i had a fight with this guy. call the police for me. there was another call back in 2010 where it's listed as an anonymous male calling. it's being attributed to george zimmerman. if we take that at face value he called one time in 2010 about a white male doing something that he thought was suspicious. t

on -- on -- on a lot of you know different levels i think dick clark may have it by app inch over hugh hefner but if you think about it, the buddy dean show that was filmed right in this studio -- >> -- yeah -- >> -- videos if you think about it. >> that is exactly right, yeah -- >> -- fun going on, going to splice the main brace and deal with some pirates are we? >> yeah, a quick quote about dick clark -- >> -- yeah -- >> -- never lost touch with hamburgers, hot dogs, the state fair, and america. >> now -- >> -- huh -- >> -- all about -- >> -- you go -- >> -- doing there? >> excellent, excellent. >> captain adam, the ,,,,,,,,,,, you're the best mom ever. thank you, sweetie. oh... ♪ >>> hi, my name is tenikka. good morning, wjz. >> good morning, thanks for being with us. it is 50 degrees right now, 89% humidity. actually put a little distance here on temperature and dew point. i point that out because of fog trying to form right now, i think it is baiting itself. calm winds the barometer is at 30.11. excuse me, let's take a look at telephones western maryland 44, 48, essentially hagger

hugh alexander is now exhausted trying to stay afloat and alive. and then -- >> hey, no. hey!nditions seem right for another rescue attempt and alexander appears for the second time. as the life guards swoop in, you can hear the cheers from the relieved crowd from up above. but it's not over yet. >> all of a sudden we saw the victim come out of the cave, the life guard grabbed him and got on to the jet ski and they took off only to fall off the back end because of another swell that washed him off. >> it's a nightmare that just won't end. luckily, this time there's a life guard tethered to a life ring and alexander has the help he needs to survive. >> they managed to get out. >> cut, cold, exhausted, but alive. alexander is taken to the beach for medical attention and later recounts his ordeal. >> i had cuts above and below my eyes and under my chin. for two and a half hours i was sure i was going to die. just like being tossed around in a washing machine. >> miraculously, he suffers only minor injuries. but the trauma he endures is certainly not fleeting. >> the lesson is, yo

based organization called transgender health empowerment, hughes calls the decision to allow transgender women in the miss universe pageant a major step forward. >> discrimination is always wrong. always. and so to not allow transgender women to compete with other women would be wrong. >> reporter: people we spoke with tonight in northwest washington agreed. >> i think that's a wonderful thing. i think there's too much discrimination based on gender and sexuality in this country and that's just a natural thing that we are working towards total quality in that and people are dragging their feet. >> it's someone who have gone to great lengths to take hormones and have your body changed from male to female or female to male, you know, you look good in a bikini, you look good in a bikini. >> reporter: keep in mind, she first has to be crowned miss universe canada before competing in miss universe. that will be held on may 18th in toronto. >>> some say human relationships couldn't survive with without the ability to say i'm sorry. why are many of our public officials so bad at it? tonight, de

that his new owner was to be thomas auld, who sent him back to baltimore to live with his brother, hugh. again, i would stress had he not had the fortune of going to baltimore, of living in this urban environment, we probably wouldn't even know who he was. it was in baltimore that douglass sort of began to see pieces of the world. he lived two blocks from the docks of baltimore's harbor. a major american seaport. it was there he began to learn a craft as a caulker, it was there he got in his first street fights. he had to defend himself. it was there that he had to learned clandestine ways to hide his fascination with language, to smuggle newspapers under his pillow in his loft bed and try to read at night by a candle. it was there that he began to learn that the worst part of slavery wasn't physical bondage, it was psychological bondage. it was there that he learned he had to find his own ways to mentally survive. he was once again sent back to the eastern shore as a 16-year-old teenager to thomas auld. he worked in thomas auld's store in st. michael's. auld couldn't control this kid a

his grandson was my great uncle hugh. >> and paul jennings, uncle hugh's parents were franklin and mary jennings. they lived at 2121 k street northwest. beth showed you a picture actually of franklin standing in front of their home. that home was there until about the late -- and i visited that home many times because my great great grandmother mary lived to be almost 100. she was 99. she kept the house wonderful with all kinds of artifacts including that portrait of paul jennings that you saw that hung in her house with many antiques, with swords from the spanish-american war, et cetera. so i did grow up actually seeing that and knowing about some of my history. and ironically, this area has been involved with my family for a long time because my mother actually taught at stevens elementary school, which was at 21st and l, and my brother and sister attended stevens in the elementary years. i wound up at 24th and k for at mac late conception high school.at mac late conception h school.emac late conception hig school.cmac late conception hig school.mac late conception high school.mac lat

we'll talk about this case in a few minutes with former prosecutor holly hughes. >>> pope benedict xvi presents a message of unity during palm sunday mass. tens of thousands of faithful packed st. peters square holding palm branches. it marks the start of holy week and leads up to easter sunday, considered the most important date on the church calendar. >>> nobel peace laureate aung san su kyi wins a seat on myanmar's porlment. she spent years under house arrest and her party was banned for struggles of democracy in myanmar, formerly called burma. the country has been under military rule for 50 years. >>> u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said sanctions against syria are working. clinton is in turkey today, talking to world leaders about increasing pressure on syria to end the conflict. she tells cnn the so-called friends of syria group formed a committee to coordinate sanctions, and cut off their leadership's ability, quote, to wage war on its own people. >> and the united states will be working with the arab countries, the european countries, north african and others to have th

former marine scott camille and holly hughes.nd joining us in here in atlanta is gentleman mall anderson. are we surprised by this? should we be? >> i don't think there's any surprise at all. >> that simple. why? why do you say that? >> well, from my experience in war, taking pictures with people that we killed to show we killed those people was common practice. >> okay. i'm talking about the secret service here. about the secret service, not about the afghanistan pictures. agents accused of buying sex this week. i'm wondering if you feel we should be surprised by this? >> i don't have an opinion. >> yeah. okay. >> i don't -- >> let's move on. let's talk to jeffrey robinson. you write about these things. what do you think? >> yeah, you should be surprised. shocked. this is behavior that is unacceptable. totally unacceptable by the secret service. these men are briefed to know better, they're overseas, representing the government. this should never have happened. i said previously in one interview, boys will be boys. i was critici

. >> is that the hughes/ryan? wasn't that the hughes/ryan -- this is the -- >> yeah, this is an amendment to legislation that created the -- may have created the intelligence committees. >> liz is there any other anecdotes you'd like to preserve for the library? >> well, i'm sure more will come to mind, but -- oh, yeah, well, the only other one i'd like to mention is that when you asked about my election and campaign for election to congress, and i was very much opposed to the war. and when i got to washington, i think just as we -- just before we were inaugurated or sworn in, i should say, the carpet bombing of hanoi took place. >> christmas bombing. >> christmas pomg and carpet bombing. and i decided that i would not go to the white house and shake the president's hand after that. and i didn't. >> you worked for john lindsey, didn't you? what did you do for him? >> i worked as one of his assistant assistants. assistant to the mayor. my job was to be liaison to the parks cultural affairs recreation department, an

baker hughes stocks shot up, jim cramer believes the beat is really a miss for investors, how so? lower earnings estimates enough, you temper expectations enough, you have stocks able to go higher, that's what happened today with baker hughes that reported a sub par number and went higher in price. in some ways they had nowhere to go but up. they hit a 52-week low. i am thrilled that they have been able to rally, but i would rather go with quality here, there are two oil service companies doing well absolutely and relatively. the deep water is coming along dramatically with a big price increa increase. another delivered a fantastic number, and it is not north american focus, so it doesn't need natural gas to go high tore beat the numbers. i would cycle out and into this one because quality is more important than lowered bars that get beaten because after the rallies, the baker hughes and others are now more exspintive than the two best. that's nuts. make the change. both are owned by my trust. you will not regret it, back to you. >> many thanks, jim. copping up, congress contempla

coming up: what do hugh hefner and jimmy fallon have in common?they both find themselves on the campaign front. we are going to head there next. later, brett erlich saves the day again. >> coming up i protect marco renew rubio from making the biggest stink of his as i understand it in radio they can't see you, so this is big for me. >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's new morning news block. >>it's completely inappropriate for television. >>sharp tongue, quick wit and about all, politically direct. >>politically direct to me means no bs, the real thing, cutting through the clutter. my show is the most important show in the world. >> no matter how tough, no matter how many obstacles that may stand in our way, i promise you, north carolina there are better days ahead. we will emerge stronger than we were before because i believe in you, i believe in your future. >> as president obama on the campaign front making his pitch to college students at the university of north carolina today, he also taped an appearance on nbc

coming up: what do hugh hefner and jimmy fallon have in common?ast they both find themselves on the campaign front. we are going to head there next. later, brett erlich saves the day again. >> coming up i protect marco renew rubio from making the biggest stink of his life. it's not that little boy haircut. don't go away. attack on women that perhaps the majority of the population woke up? >> idaho is not known as approaching act i.v. you had hundreds of women show up, thousands signed petitions. they made their voices heard. what happens is that now, the legislators are running scared. very similar laws have passed quietly in other states for the past 10 years, really in the past two years have intensified. pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make it illegal to hand over a password to your facebook acc