hello and welcome. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. we're standing right outside of apple hg, but also our hg. >> this is where we do the show here at the gm building, and when it comes to creating buzz, nobody does it better than apple and this morning we're finally not only going to get a look at the reality behind all the hype, we're going to get it touch it and see it and demonstrate it. manuel gallegus is tracking the e pad's highly anticipated debut. good morning to you. >> good morning. we do have a crowd out here this morning. the apple store here is usually open 24 hours a day, but they got closed last night at midnight to prep the store and the employees for the ipad launch. and a couple hundred people waited overnight to be among the first to get one. when a new device falls off the apple tree, people want to bite. or at least a taste. the tablet getting all the buzz weighs a pound and a half. there's no mouse or dvd, no camera or phone, at least not yet. the ipad is a handy wi-fi window on the world for downloading books, m

rebecca jarvis is here with some answers. good morning. >> good morning.hat this number might go up in march. how much did it go up and were people surprised? >> people were what some what surprised. the bottom line here is that it went up 9%. march sales for retailers went up 9%, the best month since march of 1999. that's what we want to see in this economy. we want to see those numbers continue to grow because the consumer, which makes up 70% of the u.s. economy as our spend, needs to continue to improve. >> is that a signal, would you look at this and say that's a positive sign? >> you look at it and say, yes, it's a positive, but you alsos put in the fact that easter came early this year and on top of that, the weather plays a role. it was abnormally cool at the beginning of march, abnormally hot at the end, so people that had a reason to spend and the retailers got that right. >> one of the things that people are spending money on and we see it right out here at the apple store, did they sell almost half a million ipads? >> if you build it, they will

we'll see if that can be sustained through more economic reports h week. >> all right, rebecca jarvis. thank you. >>> now we want to take to you dave price in indianapolis this morning with a first check of the weather. good morning. got some cheer leaders behind you. >> reporter: you bet we do. good morning to you here at indianapolis. bring it down, people, >>> don't forget all the excitement tonight, 9:00 p.m. right here on cbs. >>> all right, dave, thank you. we will be staying up late tonight for sure. coming up, our interview with a surfer who has one whale of a tale to tell. sg. >>> and a miracle delivery, twins born a week apart. we'll talk exclusively with their very proud parents when we come back. pollen. when i really liked to be outside, i did not like suffering from nasal allergy symptoms like congestion. but nasonex relief may i say... bee-utiful! prescription nasonex is proven to help relieve indoor and outdoor nasal allergy symptoms like congestion, runny and itchy nose and sneezing. (announcer) side effects were generally mild and included headache. viral infection,

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rebecca jarvis is here it teto us what all this means. how far have we come since the worst of the recession? >> a long way. we're up 68% on the dow since the march lows during the recession in 2009, but we still have a long way to go to recoup the losses that we've taken over last couple years in order to get the dow back to where it was, we still have 29% more to climb on the dow. and things are looking like it's not going to be as fast as we saw the turnaround to this point in time. >> and something that's important to point out is that the stock market does not always mirror the economy. so i wouldn't be surprised if people are skeptical that it does that necessarily mean the economy is bouncing back, too. >> such a good point. the stock market is trying to reflect and forecast what the economy can be out in the future. and right now we haven't seen the kind of economic growth that stocks are actually reflecting. so some would say stocks are pricing in a recovery, but it's a recovery we haven't seen at this point. >> one indication th

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. >> i'm rebecca jarvis in for erica hill. and we have two breaking news stories. sgr t sgr. >> the bodies of four messing miners were found. >> and a deadly crash killed the president of poland and his wife along with dozens of others. >>> first let's begin in west virginia. jim axelrod has the latest on this coal mine disaster. >> reporter: good morning. early this morning rescue workers confirmed what had been feared here all week that yes, those four missing miners were indeed dead. conditions were so bad inside the mine, so much smoke and so much dust, that those rescue teams had actually walked past the bodies of these mean miners their first trip on monday. just after midnight, a grim governor joe manchin of west virginia matt announcement. >> we did not receive the miracle we prayed for. we have accounted for four miners that had been unaccounted for. we have a total of 29 brave miners who we're recovering at this time. we have been spending time with the family as you can tell. it's a very difficult time, they're strong, loving and good people, but very, v

i'm rebecca jarvis in for erica hill who is on maternity leave.thing in a fair yus. >> and three a lot of gadgets to do it. we also hear there kitchen bagadgets out there. >> on an unrelated note. >> and katie lee will be along with us to show them, but first let's check the headlines. cbs news correspondent and morning news anchor betty nguyen is at the news desk. >>> good morning. air travel in and out of europe remains gridlocked this morning. the ash plume from a volcano in iceland has expanded, disrupting even more flights. mark phillips is at london's heathrow airport with the latest for us. the first thing i want to know is exactly how many flights are grounded because of this? because we are hear something are in the thousands. >> reporter: well, they are in the thousands. the latest figures from the agency which monitors air traffic all over europe says that this should have been on a normal saturday 22,000 flights. they're saying 6,000 will fly, but that's misleading because those flights are in the south or east and away from where this