never sleep on the job, chris, rebecca jarvis and marysol castro. . >> how could we sleep with you there giving us the news. >> thank you very much. that's very nice of you. >> very nice, rebecca. >> any time. >> marysol? >> we love you, jeff. i, you know, jeff, thank you for keeping us -- >> the news block. >> marysol, thank you for keeping us informed about the weather. >> yes. although i'd rather sleep in some cases, because it is a little dreary in some portions of the country so let's get straight to it and show you what you can expect for your high temperatures for today. not completely bad. but look at the hot spots. 93 in san angelo. even caribou, maine, 40 degrees is not too shabby. 76 in raleigh. >> this weather report sponsored by expedia. the best travel tools are all in one place. where you book matters. expedia. >> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now here's chris, and it's going to be beautiful. >> oh, music to everyone's ears. thank you so much, marysol. it must really be spring because the masters, the world's most prestig

. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. erica hill is off. >> we're going to get right to it. we are running out of time. the budget battle on capitol hill. negotiators from the house, senate and white house met through the night trying to hammer out a deal that would avert a government shutdown. for the latest on where the negotiations stand right now let's go to cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes who is live on capitol hill. nancy, good morning. >> chris, good morning. the president came out of yet another meeting late last night, and said he was hoping for word of a deal by this morning. but he may not get that word. we're told negotiators were here on capitol hill until the wee hours of the morning, and went to bed without an agreement. a somewhat subdued president addressed the media again late last night and acknowledged the two sides were still frustrated by their differences. >> there's still a few issues that are outstanding, they're difficult issues, they're important to both sides. and so i'm not yet prepared to express wild optimism. >> reporter: sen

she did perform at the diana memorial concert in 2007. >> no rebecca jarvis on the list, i'm guessing>> i didn't see rebecca's name today but it's only selected few that have been confirmed. >> you might want to check that again. do you know anything about the seating plans at this point? >> we do. we do. a lot of people in the abbey are going to be restricted to seeing the wedding service on television screens, scattered around. but the families will be up at the front near the couple. the queen will be sitting in the front row on one side, along with prince philip, charles and camilla and harry. the rest of the royal family will be behind her along with visiting european royalty. opposite the royal family will be the middletons and behind them the spencer family, including earl spencer who will be there with his soon to be third wife american philanthropist karen gordon. >> tell us about the bells that we'll be hearing during the ceremony. >> this really surprised me this morning, russ. we learned that the bells are going to toll for three hours following the service. they'll be at

welcome to "the early show," i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm russ mitchell. going to begin this saturday morning with an emergency in the sky. 118 passengers aboard a southwest airlines flight from phoenix, arizona, to sacramento, california, last night had a pretty scary trip. the cabin should suddenly lost pressure and the plane started falling. the aircraft was diverted to yuma, where the pilots found a large hole in the aircraft fuselage. >> reporter: the southwest airlines boeing 737 was about a quarter of the way into its short flight from phoenix to sacramento. flying some 6 1/2 miles up at 36,000 feet. suddenly, a bang. >> all of a sudden the masks drop and it's really, really windy. and ears hurt. >> reporter: the wind and freezing cold air were the result of rapid decompression of the aircraft. the breathable air rushed out through a gaping hole in the top of the fuselage. >> you hear this horrible noise, then the bags come down. come on, this can't be happening. this is a movie. but you could tell, something was definitely wrong. all you could thin

i'm rebecca jarvis. i'm going to go by duke and duchess of the saturday "early" show. >> sounds good. but let's begin with that bad weather in the south. a new picture is emerging on just how big the devastation is across seven southern states in the wake of this week's tornadoes. more than 330 people are dead and more than 1 million people are without electricity. damage could exceed some $5 billion. 1500 alabama national guardsmen have been called in to keep order. we have two reports beginning with cbs news correspondent dean reynolds in hard-hit tuscaloosa, alabama. teen, good morning to you. >> good morning, russ. well, you know that $5 billion damage estimate may actually be a little low. and as far as recovery, they're expecting that to go off, obviously, for months. across much of the tornado zone, devastation stretches for miles. block after block of homes, torn apart by the powerful twisters that hit on wednesday. a reality the president and his wife saw firsthand in tuscaloosa. >> this is some

rebecca jarvis joining us from the new jersey turnpike this morning. rebecca, thanks. >> you look over her shoulder and you see $3.72 just for regular. and there are six straights, including the district of columbia where it's already over $4 and it's going to continue to grow. the polls we were talking about with chip reid has more bad news for the president and for other government leaders in washington, as well. just a litany of bad numbers this morning. let's bring in cbs news political correspondent jan crawford who joins us from d.c. this morning. jan, good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> biggest takeaway from this poll here. there don't seem to be a lot of positives. like i mentioned. >> no. there are none. and there is a clear message from this poll. people are just sick of washington, and of washington politicians. they're just fed up with everything. they're worried about where the country is going. think about some of these numbers that we see in this poll. 70% of americans say the country is on the wrong track. now that is up 20 points f

here to answer that is rebecca jarvis. good morning. >> good morning. >> that is the big question, how many jobs were added and were they in line with what analysts had expected? >> the economy added 216,000 new jobs in march and that is better than what economists had forecast. what it shows you is that right now, consumers in the united states, they are okay with rising oil prices, at least they are getting through that storm. on top of that, manufacturing is really growing here and where you're seeing a lot of job growth is at the auto companies, chrysler, for example, added new jobs, as well as places that are retail companies like kohl's which also added jobs. you see through this number, as well as through february's number that the job growth in this country is gaining momentum. >> so we do see this number and it looks pretty good. does it have much of an impact, though, on the unemployment rate? >> is really the issue. the unemployment rate notched down.8% but not a lot. what we need to see significant declines in

welcome back to "the early show," i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm jeff glor.ing. kind of a haze there, too, as well. >> there is. but you can still wear these sunglasses. >> are we doing this? >> i think we're doing this. summer. >> there was a wide selection. >> those are great on you. i'm going to continue to look at the other options. because, with summer fast approaching, everyone needs a great pair of sunglasses. they could be a little difficult to find the right pair. >> you look elegant in those. >> i appreciate that. >> extremely elegant. >> and you look very cool in yours. >> thank you. >> we have some super cool styles for any shape face so you can, you know, try and move up to the jeff glor standard, if you can. >> not difficult at all. also, sheryl crow is here this morning. sheryl crow is cooking with us. she has a new cookbook out. she's going to make some amazing dishes that are also healthy, too, like a cyclops salad. and a chocolate avocado mousse. lots of good stuff. >> you can actually smell it. it really does smell delicious. all coming up.

well, if you're one of the procrastinators, cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarviske the deadline. so what do i do about filing an extension? >> you can file the extension. it's a form 4868 that you go to on the irs website. at this point what you need to do is pay 90% of what you think you owe by april 18th. that's the tax deadline this year. pay 90% so that you don't face penalties, and what you want to think about is, if you're trying to estimate what that 90% might be if what you owe, look back at last year's tax return. that will be a good indicator. once i filed it your new deadline is six months away, october 17th. and there's nothing wrong with doing this. i've done it in the past and it does work. >> i've been in that group, as well. let's say you haven't filed your taxes. you don't necessarily want to go around the extension route. is there any way you can get them done in the last week? >> there are ways. there are great resources from some of the online tax preparer services like tax act, turbotax. also talking to an accountant, if they'll talk to you at

with google is they're hiring, the most in their 13-year history, 6,200 people this year. >> rebecca jarvis, thank you. >>> now here's jeff glor at the news desk with a check of the day's other headlines this morning. >> good morning to you. good morning, everyone. in libya today, a reminder the current nato bombing campaign is not the first time moammar gadhafi has been targeted by western air power n a rare public appearance early this morning, gadhafi's daughter addressed a crowd of supporters in tripoli today. she told them the nato air strikes remind her of the u.s. bombing of gadhafi's home 25 years ago. that 1986 air strike was retaliation for a terrorist bombing in berlin that killed two u.s. servicemen. the air strike killed about 40 people in libya, including a child adopted by gadhafi. >>> people forced to evacuate around the area of the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan are going to be getting compensation now. this morning the japanese government ordered the plant operator to pay about $12,000 to each household. individuals will get about $9,000. >>> pressured by federal r

i want to send it for more back to chris in new york along with rebecca jarvis. >> all of that turmoil in the region, one of the reasons gas prices are going up here in the united states, cbs news business correspondent rebecca jarvis is here with the latest where the price of gas is going. right off the bat, nationwide what are we seeing? >> we're seeing averages rising, the last two weeks ago prices up 12 cents, we're looking at a national average of $3.88 a gallon. and obviously there is a lot of places when you go out to fill up the tank you see a much higher number than that $3.88. in the last two months prices are up 70 cents, that's a pretty significant climb for a short period of time. like i said there are places in the country paying a lot more, like chicago which is paying the highest amount, $4.27 a gallon. >> this is going to be a big week, a lot of the oil companies announce their first quarter earnings, profits are expected to be massive. what can we expect from some of the big giants like exxon and shell? >> from exxon and shell what we expect is sort of a repeat of 200

i'm rebecca jarvis. >> and i'm russ mitchell.re due on monday. hopefully this is not the first time. so now is the perfect time to get a head start on next year to make sure you don't make the same mistakes twice and guarantee yourself an even better return. >> good call. also we're going to answer that age-old question, how long after the expiration date is food still safe to eat? we're going to do it without the smell test, guys. and did you know, certain products like milk, they can actually last longer, depending on where you put them in the refrigerator. >> i did not know that. >> we're going to tell you where to put them for the longest-lasting life. first we want to turn to a more serious story, a developing story with new clues having been found in the case of a missing nursing student in tennessee. police say they believe that she feared for her life as she disappeared into the woods, and betty nguyen has the story. >> good morning, rebecca. searchers have found some items belonging to holly bobo, but there is still no s

joining us with more is rebecca jarvis. one of the things i wanted to clear up here is we see prices rise, but saudi said we're going to cut production because there's an oversupply of the market. japan is using less gas. if all the gas is out there and there's too much, why do we pay more? >> there's inertia here. what's happened in the market since the turmoil broke out in egypt, we have seen the prices climb. you can thank geopolitics and the pressures facing the middle east as well as the african region where a small portion of our supply comes from but overall, investigators are concerned. they're concerned about the future. and, in particular, when saudi arabia, opec's biggest oil producer, when they cut production, that means in the future they re going to produce less. if we start consuming more or china starts to consume more, you have that issue because demand has gone up but supply has gone down. >> another reason we could see gas prices start to rice. >> absolutely. >> looking closer at investors and the markets

cbs' correspondent rebecca jarvis is here. >> it might not be immediately obvious to you.ld say the irs isn't necessarily going to flag you if this happens. they may send you a letter that says you made more than what you reported on your taxes. that's one sign or when you go to e-file or file your return on the internet you may get rejected and might get a message that says you've already filed. someone with that social security number already filed. that is another red flag. >> let's ask how common can it? people might wonder, you know what, i've heard about it but i didn't realize it was that big an issue. >> it is rather prevalent. overall identity theft is in the hundreds of thousands of numbers. in this case about 23,000 people were flagged by the irs as having come in contact with this in 2009 which is the most recent data we have available. >> one thing they say, if you ever get an e-mail from the irs, that should raise a big flag. they don't e-mail. >> that is a dead giveaway. there are a number of them we should talk about here. first of all, if you do think that

we turn to rebecca jarvis. good morning, again. >> hey, erica. >> let's look at the price of gas.allet. what is the latest average across the country. >> right now, the national average is $3.79. it's up about 11 cents in a week's time. and if you look at this year, what we have seen is prices go up 20% as far as energy goes. however, even $3.79 feeling like a high price point, it's less than what we paid at the peak of oil prices and gasoline prices back in the summer of 2008 when we were paying $4.11 a gallon. >> nobody wants to go back there. >> people do not want to go back there. but there's a chance we could. >> right, people are understandably concerned about this. gas accounts for a really large percentage of the average family's budget. 15%. is it really that my? >> it is that high. and it can be even higher when you have a smaller house hold budget. and this is where consumers really can feel the pinch because when prices star to s up, it's a bigger portion of the budget. if you're on the lower income side of things, as that price point goes up, you really feel it in you

some advice on managing that mountain of debt is cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvisby entering the real world in massive debt, which so many college students and graduate students have to deal with right now. what is the first thing a student should do once they are out of school, enter the workforce and want to pay this down? >> it's not only the first thing, it's the thing people should do if they haven't done it. you want to make a list of all the loans, everything that you owe. make sure you know what the loan terms are. how long do you have to pay off the loan, and also what percentage rate are you getting charged on a month-to-month basis in order to maintain that loan? second thing you want to do is pull together the paperwork, and then lastly, if you haven't already, it's always a good idea to consolidate those loans. because generally speaking, if you consolidate you're going to get a better term on the loan, and on top of that, if you're the kind of person like i am that doesn't want to pay like five different bills, consolidating lets you pay just one. >>

rebecca jarvis is here with a look at it.enesis of all these sites. they began popping up at the height of our recession offering cash-strapped americans a way to buy almost anything for at least half off. well, since then sales have skyrocketed up 60% in 2009 and 70% last year. it's the newest breed of discounts from restaurants to theater, even family vacations up to 90% off and it's gone viral. >> this mere yoric rise is not something you see every day. >> groupon offers daily deals for more than 50 million subscribers up from just 400 in 2008. >> we just scratched the surface. people spend 80% of their disposable income within two miles of the house and that's the sways we're playing in. >> reporter: people like juliette haji of new york. >> i use groupon for everything. >> reporter: on her computer and smartphone every day scanning for bargains and ideas of new things to do. >> it's that friend that you have that calls you and is like, hey, let's do in this weekend and you're like, okay, that sounds awesome. >> reporter: