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national correspondent jim axelrod looks at what's being done to break a cycle that's both vicious andcostly. >> reporter: the men in green know where they want to be and it's not this room. >> i just pray that... that this will be the last time i gotta come through these walls. >> reporter: though they may have a lead on some answered prayers. >> i believe by me coming into this program, saved my life. >> reporter: watching over these 20 inmates at a jail in new jersey is retired judge barnett hoffman, who is no softy on crime but who came up with the only licensed drug treatment program in a new jersey jail. >> it's an incredibly expensive to lock somebody up. >> reporter: in 21 years on the bench, hoffman sentenced hundreds of criminals to hard time, including handing down three dozen life sentences. he says tough on crime is not always smart on crime. >> one size does not fit all. everybody in there is coming out. so we have to do something to try to figure out a way that they don't go back again after they come out. >> reporter: hoffman's goal is to keep nonviolent inmates from ev

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> yes, you do.y, so this morning on "the early show," the latest on the spring storm that is slamming the northeast and new england. i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." [ female announcer ] can you define radiant skin? glowing. smooth. flawless. [ female announcer ] aveeno positively radiant with active naturals soy now treats all five factors of radiance; tone, texture, blotchiness, dullness and brown spots. that's positively radiant. only from aveeno. that's positi♪ y radiant. ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog., >>> good morning. weekend ending and starting wet. marty is in the first warning weather center. >> sure is. let's look at the day part. it's indeed going to be a wet beginning to this friday but i think maybe even halfway through the morning commute the rain stops. in the upper 30s now. 47, going to a high of 50. 43 degrees. with clearing skies. take it away. >>> in the news, an orioles legend is in the hospital. latest on what the doctors ar

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up a little later on "the early show," the latest on theould shut down the government. >>> plus the search for a serial killer whose victims have been found along a remote new york beach. >>> and the inspiring story of 42-year-old laura mcmanus, the nfl's oldest cheerleader. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thank you for watching. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com y nguyen. have a great day. captioning funded by cbs

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> couric: greg mortenson, author of the best-seller "three cups ofea" has raised tens of millions for dollars for his charity, which builds schools in pakistan and afghanistan, but sources tell "60 minutes" some of the most dramatic stories in his book and speeches are not true-- including one about being captured by the taliban. and there are questions about where the money he raises is going. steve kroft will have the results of his investigation this sunday on "60 minutes." we'll be right back. we'll be right back. yeah right! i'm a working woman. and i'm busy. why should osteoporosis therapy disrupt my morning routine? with new atelvia there's no wait. unlike other osteoporosis medicines... atelvia has a delayed- release formulation... so you can take it right after breakfast and help protect your bones. do not take atelvia if you have esophagus problems, low blood calcium, severe kidney disease, or cannot sit or stand for 30 minutes. follow all dosing instructions. stop taking atelvia and tell your doctor if you experience difficult or painful s

jim axelrod, cbs news, perth amboy, new jersey. >>> coming up later on "the early show," the latest onicked weather hammering the nation. >>> plus "the early show" is in london for the royal wedding, looking at the english custom of afternoon tea. >>> and grammy nominee natasha bedingfield performs her chart topping hit live from london's tower bridge. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching, everyone. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> yes, you do.y, so this morning on "the early show," the latest on the spring storm that is slamming the northeast and new england. i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." can you define radiant skin? glowing. smooth. flawless. [ female announcer ] aveeno positively radiant with active naturals soy now treats all five factors of radiance; tone, texture, blotchiness, dullness and brown spots. that's positively radiant. only from aveeno. that's positi♪ y radiant. ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog., >>> in japan, thousands of people lined up today at the tokyo zoo to see two giant pandas. they were sent to japan from china before last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami. their debut was delayed because the zoo was closed for two weeks after the disaster. >>> well, fewer americans are dying from cancer. federal health officials report that cancer diagnoses and deaths are down overall this year. and for the first time, fewer women are dying of lung cance

as jim axelrod explains, while we are driving smarter, our cars are a lot smarter, too. >> reporter:for making u.s. roads safer starts with aggressive new campaigns targeting dangers like distracted driving. >> persuading people to get cell phones and texting devices out of their hands when they're driving has helped us reduce some deaths on the highway, but we need to do more. >> reporter: other campaigns have already been successful. seat belt use is at an all-time high-- 84%. alcohol-related deaths are down 7% from the year before. the number of people killed on u.s. roads last year, nearly 33,000, was down 3% from the year before, even though americans drove 21 billion more miles. it's high-tech safety features that have really made the difference. check out electronic stability control. the top car has it, the bottom car doesn't. >> safety innovations we're proud of at mercedes benz. >> reporter: many of the features have only been available on high-end cars. >> i believe these kinds of technologies must become standard. that's when we begin to really change the numbers signific

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> couric: meanwhile, nasa said today it's delaying the final mission shuttle "endeavour" moving the launch back ten days to april 29. mark kelly will command the shuttle. no decision yet on whether his wife, wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords, will attend the liftoff. up next, a happy ending for a survivor story. for a survivor story. ...kept coming back. then i found out advair helps prevent symptoms from happening in the first place. advair is for asthma that's not well controlled on a long-term asthma medicine, such as an inhaled corticosteroid. advair will not replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. advair contains salmeterol which increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. advair is not for people whose asthma is well controlled with a long-term asthma control medicine like an inhaled corticosteroid. once your asthma is well controlled your doctor will decide if you can stop advair without loss of control and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, s

here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: to say each picture taken by chris hondros and tim hetherington was worth a thousand words wouldn't begin to value them fairly. hondros had a knack for capturing those one-in-a-million moments. a rebel firing a missile in libya. the despair of a refugee camp in kosovo. a marine on night patrol in pakistan. just three weeks ago, hondros declined his boss' suggestion to take a break from the danger. >> and i said to him "why?" and he said "it's what i do." >> reporter: but this picture may tell the most about chris hondros the man-- not just the photographer. >> his image of a liberian freedom fighter, which had him nominated for the pulitzer prize-- he kept in touch with that guy and paid for his education when he chose not to be a freedom fighter anymore. >> reporter: tim hetherington was a combat artist... >> over there! >> tim, get down! >> reporter: ...earning an oscar nomination for co-directing "restrepo." >> hit the bottom right of the village. >> reporter: the bomb tear providing a terrifyingly intimate look at an army play platoon in remote af

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jim axelrod shows us an investment in early education can pay big dividends. >> good morning, boys andning, miss megan! >> reporter: serving a low income, under-educated population in new jersey, the ignacio cruz early childhood center is beating long odds... >> that's a big word, pollution. who knows what that means? >> reporter: ...by performing above the national averages for pre-k programs. >> when you come into my classroom, you would probably say that children are playing. and i would argue that they're not playing, they're learning. >> reporter: you know what that button says? >> it says "open." >> reporter: meghan lawton has a point. her four and five-year-olds already seem to be a step ahead with their numbers... what number is that? >> zero. >> reporter: that's zero. >> reporter: ...and their letters. what letter is that? >> d, i... >> reporter: and even on the computer. >> the evidence is clear, preschool makes a big difference. by itself, it can cut school failure in half. >> reporter: one study found high school graduation rates 17 percentage points higher for kids who had

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our cover story is reported now by jim axelrod. >> let's go for a walk. come on. lola, come.ome here, lola. >> reporter: even on a cold and dreary day in early april when winter is doing its best to hold on.... >> got to scratch the itch. >> reporter:... joan and her two portuguese water dogs are out walking. >> come on, gus. >> reporter: it's a nasty day. here it's april. we have snow flakes. it's freezing. and you're out here. >> they keep me moving. they're great. they're telling each other what a great day it is. that's what they're doing. >> reporter: a widow for 11 years, her children grown, joan found gus and lola, the perfect guard dogs, to chase away loneliness whenever it threatens. >> i couldn't stand the empty, quiet house. and i said, hmm, a dog. >> reporter: i'll bet that story is going to sound so familiar to so many people. >> i would imagine so. >> reporter: it should. in 1972, we owned about 61 million dogs and cats. by 2010, that number had climbed to around 165 million. >> do you love your mama? do you love your mama? north two pets were enough for joan to