melissa ethridge wanted to be here for our first day. are you excited as i am? >> completely.feels great. >> i was up at:31. erica? >>> we're looking forward to that, gayle. thanks. >>> for a behind the scenes look at the new studio 57 home. log on to cbs news.com/"cbs th >>> it's a big day for kate and prince william. she's turning 30. we'll see how she plans to celebrate. maybe a free scoop of ice cream at baskin and rob ins. okay. that's one way to go. we'll talk about how well she's playing her royal role so far. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> welcome to you. i'm charlie rosa long with erica hill. we begin this hour with that explosive new book, the obamas reporting friction between the first lady and white house officials. bill plant is with us. bill? >> reporter: good morning. >> what's the white house reaction? >> they're pushing back aggressively. they're saying the book is wildly overdramatized. they raise questions about the author's credibility. they say she has an intense relationship with the white house staffers. they scoff at t

melissa ethridge dvd. >> i love that. >> i'm so thrilled, this is what's so cool about you, melissa.te. you wanted to skroin join in th kfrlgs. it's making national news. one of the things on twitter. beyonce had a baby girl over the weekend. there's all sorts of talk about how much was paid in the hospital and the security. you've had four children. >> i have. >> you understand the need for this type of security. >> as a celebrity, when you're dealing with a pregnant woman, it's -- there's a lot of emotion, feeling and intensity. you want protection. we were able to in all three instances that have had a baby that we were able to have it safe enough. we didn't have to buy out the whole floor. but there are hospitals who are used to doing this. they have protocol in the things that they do. >> there is some talk, too, guys about whether they bought out the floor. you start hearing all these figures. they've not officially spoken. there was a father who said that he was denied access to his own children. i'm thinking beyonce and jay-z wouldn't want that. i would think it's up to the h

melissa ethridge wanted to be here for our first day. are you excited as i am? >> completely.great. >> i was up at:31. erica? >>> we're looking forward to that, gayle. thanks. >>> for a behind the scenes look at the new studio 57 home. log on to cbs news.com/"cbs this morning." dial star relatively mild temperatures. sharon will update traffic after tim's weather. >>> temperatures in the low 30s, we will have a daytime high of 44 degrees. rain this afternoon. south of the areas all of us could see light showers, 30 degrees tonight. clouds break. tomorrow 52, mostly sunny, and pleasant. for a check of the roads, over to sharon gibala. >>> good morning everyone. two accidents to watch for, bel air, 543, the other one is in the city on green spring, there is a look at the speeds in the mid-30s on the top and west side. live look at the west side of the beltway. more than a dozen traffic cameras could be going up in baltimore. monique griego has the story. >> reporter: good morning. right here on ebenezer road, perry hall, one of the locations that could be getting a new speed cam

talk about relatively serious news before we are inundated with the "good wife" crossover and melissa ethridgere were a number of taped news reports on the kind you usually don't see in the morning, so at times it almost felt like the evening news. >> that's true. it really did. eric points out, correctly, there was some intelligent pieces there. there's no doubt about it. once again, you hit 8:00, and you're pretty much doing what the other guys are doing. there's no reason to do what the other guys are doing. you have an opportunity to do two hours of smart, intelligent news analysis. do something on iran. get an expert on that. don't do the beyonce story. there should be a sign in there saying we will never ever mention in the studio there should be a sign saying we'll never mention kim kardashian ever on the air. you get enough entertainment fluff elsewhere. you should always be smart. cbs has been smart with "60 minutes". it's about an smart with "cbs sunday morning," and it should aspire to excellence always and keep kim kardashian off the show. >> but there is a difference, and that is