that plucky young manmade his way down the river. [laughter] it's spirited or really courageous. i learned so much about the world through books. that was my artery out and was just generally still sort of anxious as a kid and shy. suddenly it was a conversation, the safest inthat ma sigh you can have, talking to this voice, and everybody else in my grades were reading books about horses or the babies that are there, there's 1,000 of these books. they are so boring, you guys. it's a bunch of girls baby sitting. i thought, oh, man, you better pay me to read this. [laughter] it's just two twins with romantic dramas, and that couldn't have been less interesting to me at that time. it was wonderful to find pippy long stalking or secret garden, anything with a female protagonist with a mental will to represent my own was intoxicating to me. i felt like my interactions in the real world were so scripted or i felt just flattened or just, you knowing like i lost a dimension because i was so shy, so to have these conversations with a book was really crucial. >> yeah, i loved also hair yet

washington warns of syria to stop the plucky crackdown on protesters still face fresh sanctions as reports emerge of troops on tanks and storming out of anti-government protests. it's ready aim russia's troops are putting the finishing touches to that massive display in moscow this just ahead of the three day. thousand three hundred units of military hardware have been making their way to the heart of the law stated need to even if not have all the details but not really. an american a gun owners get fired up over openly carrying in their weapons saying it's their last line of defense on home soil. a very warm welcome to you this is aussie live from moscow. now syrian troops backed by tanks have reportedly entered the coastal town of a brownie yes it follows a day of nationwide protests across the country that left thirty people dead the u.s. is warning the regime that it will take new steps against it in response to the latest a bloody crackdown by security forces syrian officials blame on the terrorist groups for the aggressed while protesters say they want an end it's the decades of rep

they are vowing to catch this plucky pea henry vently. coming up on 7:16. back over to chris. >> a good thing that these people at the bronx zoo don't run a prison. you would think the lockdown would be put in place. good luck to you. streets of the bronx. thanks so much. that's your latest weather. back over to erica and chris. >> marysol, thank you so much and thank you for confirming you were born in a hospital. erica back to you in washington. >> all right, chris, thanks. >>> still ahead this hour, questioning osama bin laden's widows. three women were detained, three wives in last week's raid that killed osama bin laden. will u.s. interrogators be able to get any valuable information from them? i'll speak with a former cia operations officer. >>> also coming up, a warning about counterfeit drugs, criminals are trying to sell fake prescription drugs and putting lives at risk. an eye-opening look at the problem coming up on "the early show" here on cbs. it's the comfort of a scent you've always loved. it's freshness that lasts for 14 days. it's snuggly s