here on the campus of rutgers reaction has been mixed. students agree spying with a web cam was wrong, but they disagree on whether there should be legal consequences. if ravi is convicted of the most serious bias charge he could face five to 10 years in prison. harry? >> smith: elaine quijano, thanks. coming up next on the cbs evening news, the president's face time with facebook. and following a "60 minutes" report, a government inquiry begins into bestselling author greg mortenson. gret mortons. >> smith: >> smith: as president obama begins his campaign for reelection, he visited one of the most popular sites on the web, but he didn't go there online. he went in person, coming face to face with facebook. here's chief white house correspondent chip reid. >> reporter: officially, the president came to facebook's headquarters to pitch his deficit reduction plan to millions of facebook users. >> if we don't have a serious plan to tackle the debt and the deficit... >> reporter: but unofficially he's in california because this is where the m

>> elaine, what has rutgers university done, if anything, if the wake of this tragedy?utgers officials sand they say they have a number of initiatives in place, including one they're going to be starting this fall. that's when they will start offering to upper classmen a gender neutral housing option in three residence halls. basically what that means is upper classmen are going to be able to choose a roommate that they know of any gender. also officials say that just this past weekend they have a charity kickball tournament in honor of tilen clementi. officials say that clementi's parents were there. and that the event raised some $6,000 for anti-cyber bullying initiatives on campus. >> cbs' elaine quijano at rutgers university for us this morning. thank you. >>> let's bring in cbs news legal analyst jack ford to talk a little bit more about this case. good morning to you. last time we talked we weren't sure if prosecutors were going to basically pursue the acting with bias charge, the hate crime charge. how does this now raise the level of seriously with the 15 counts

. >> the jersey shore star was paid 32 grand to give a speech at rutgers.r all that money? snooki taught them the jersey shore fist pump and how to do the iconic poof hairstyle. snooki got paid $2,000 more than that the nobel laureate commencement speaker. >> that's disturbing. >> you have to give the kids credit. >> i hope they are investing their money. >> makes you wonder about rutgers kids. it's friday. >>> that is it for the cbs 5 news at noon. >> have a great weekend. see you monday. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

now, his room nature, 19-year-old today roone ravi, a former rutgers university student, faces a host of charges, including bias intimidation, a hate crime, and invasion of privacy for secretly using a web cam to stream on the internet clementi's sexual encounter with a man. ravi tweeted, i saw him making out with a dude, yay. and later, yes, it's happening again. clementi jumped off a bridge into the hudson river three days later. >> his grotesque bullying of tyler clementi led to tyler's committing suicide. this indictment was sweeping, and it was the right thing to seek. >> reporter: the indictment also alleges ravi tried to cover up his actions. charging him with witness and evidence tampering. prosecutors allege he deleted a twitter post, and replaced it with a false one to mislead investigators. in a statement, clementi's parents said, the grand jury indictment spells out cold and calculated acts against our son tyler. if ravi is convicted on the most serious bias charge, he could face five to ten years in prison. elaine quijano, cbs news, new brunswick, new jersey. >>> now to l

and "20/20" co-anchor chris cuomo tells us. >> reporter: when rutgers freshman tyler clementi jumped the george washington bridge, he became a symbol of the dark potential of bullying in america. ♪ clementi was only 18. his suicide allegedly a reaction to being outed as gay by live streaming video on the internet, showing clementi in an intimate encounter with another man. police say it was the work of clementi's roommate, dharun ravi, then 19, who used his web cam to spy on clementi and tweeted friends to watch online. the story sparked outrage and anti-bullying campaigns like itgetsbetter.org took off. >> it gets better. >> i care. >> reporter: with president obama and others posting videos. >> and every day, it gets better. >> reporter: ravi's alleged use of the web cam and twitter opened eyes to cyber bullying, showcasing the internet as a potential weapon for bullies. and now, seven months later, just like clementi, his roommate ravi is becoming a symbol, as well, of how bullies should be punished in america. in a 15-count indictment, ravi is charged with a range of crimes, most

tyler clemente was a talented violinist starting at rutgers university when he committed suicide. now his room made, a former student faces a host of charges including bias intimidation, a hate crime and invasion of privacy for using a web cam to stream to internet clemente encounter with a man. i saw him making out with a dude, yeah. yes, it's happening again. clemente jumped off a bring into the hudson river. >> his bullying of tyler led to tyler committing suicide. this indictment was the right thing. the indictment alleges robbie tried to cover up his action charging him with evidence tampering threating a twitter post and replacing it with a false one. in a statement clemente's parents said the indictment spells out cold and calculated acts. if robbie is convicted on the most serious bias charge he could face five to 10 years in prison. >>> something needed to be done. somebody had to step in. who's in financial control of the dodgers? >>> his function is to grow and sell. it's being recognized for something different. what happens when pot goes porsche. >>> they nearly lost

snooki appeared at rutgers university thursday to speak to college students.s paid $32,000 for her tips on how to lead a lifestyle, study hard, party more. she said, hair tips, that sort of thing. the outrage isn't just at the price but the fact tony morrison, author of "beloved," she's speaking this spring, only being paid $30,000. >> with the snooki -- >> almost without words. >> yes. didn't the students come up with the money to pay her? >> it was part of student fees. student fees collected from the university as a whole paid for snooki 'experience. the money, the choice to have a commencement speaker, that's out of a different pot so you could argue, it's what students wanted, it's their money. on paper it seems really ridiculous. >> no statements from the university? >> no statement from the university so far. joke's on us. good to be snooki. >> good to be snooki. >> the queen and prince william talking a lot about them today, the queen visited prince william, he showed off what he does, take your grandmother to workday, very sweet. one of the things com

he was deeply affected by news of the gay rutgers student driven to suicide. >> suicide is such a terrible thing and i felt like suicide because you are being bullied because you are gay is so ridiculous it should not be happening. i really needed to do something to help that. >> reporter: to this 4'10" mini mogul in the making organized this concert tonight. the money will benefit the trevor project, a nationally recognized teen suicide help line. >> it started off with fund- raising. >> tons of people saying please give me money, i need to put this together. >> reporter: getting the rock band was even harder. >> i was really worried at first because a lot of the bands were like no, sorry, we are busy, we are touring. we have a recording session. something of that sort. but when i got the first band to sign up it really just let me know, oh, okay. so maybe i can actually pull this off. >> he got three bands to play. really well put together, isn't he? >> very, very polite and asked to us come do the show and we were thrilled to do it. >> reporter: this eighth grader from palo alto also ha

. >>> a grand jury indicted a former rutgers university student who used a web cam to spy on his male roommate, having an intimate with a man. tyler clemente later committed suicide off a bridge. the man was charge with bias intimidation insight of privacy, among other charges. >>> it's a big win for airline passenger rights. the transportation department is announcing new airline rules that expand tarmac delay limits to international flights. it requires all disclosure all of fees and an increase in compensation for bumped passengers. passenger rights groups call the new rules miracle but one advocate who has been fighting for the changes for years say they don't go far enough for passengers stuck on plane that are too hot and stuffy. >> the chief complaint we get, even now for shorter tarmac times, people are sweating and not being given water for the first couple of hours on the tarmac and their heart starts to palpitate. >> airlines must provide food, water, working toilets, and medical care after two hours. the new rules expand the three- hour tarmac limit for domestic flight. th

he was deeply affected by news of the gay rutgers student delivered to suicide. >> stu side is such a terrible thing. and i felt like suicide is because you are being bullied for being gay is just so ridiculous and should not be happening but i really needed to do something to help that. >> reporter: so this 4'10" mini mogul in the making organized this concert tonight. the money will benefit the trevor project, a nationally recognized teen suicide help line. >> it started off with fund- raising. i e-mailed out a power point. >> reporter: getting the rock band was even harder. >> i was really worried at first because a lot of the bands e-mailed me no, we are busy. we are touring. we have a recording session. something of that sort. but, yeah, when i got the first band to sign up, it really just let me know, oh, okay. so maybe i can actually pull this off. >> reporter: he got three bands to play. >> really well put together, isn't he? >> he is very, very polite and asked us to come up and do the show and we are thrilled to do it. >> reporter: this eighth grader from palo alto also has

succeeded in raising thousands of dollars to help others. 13-year-old noah hornic saysest affected by the rutgers student who committed suicide so he organized a benefit concert in san francisco last night. he says the hardest part was getting three rock bands to take part. >> a lot of the bands, we're busy, touring, we have a recording session, something of that sort. but yeah, when i got the first band to sign up, it really just let me know, oh, okay so maybe i can actually pull this off. >> the 8th grader is hoping to become, what else, an entrepreneur. and it seems he is off to a promising start raising $20,000 in sponsorships to benefit a teen suicide help line. >>> today bart begins an effort to find out what riders want in a bart seat. bart is using a so-called seat lab that allows people to test out various heights and widths and they can fill out a written survey to weigh in on key questions including what the seats in new cars should be made of. several groups will tour the lab in oakland this week and then official plan to take it on the road to each of bart's nine districts. >>> well,

but a new report from rutgers in new jersey says a lot of states are choosing to do just that. and spending on pre-k is getting cut. nbc's tom costello has our "education nation" report tonight. >> [ speaking spanish ]. >> reporter: in washington, d.c. oyster adams is the immersion school that hundreds of parents, rich and poor, want for their kids. starting in preschool, half the day is spent in spanish, half in english. the principal says she's seen firsthand the difference pre-k can make, especially for underprivileged kids. >> you absolutely need a rigorous school experience before kindergarten to be on the same playing field as your peers. >> reporter: but research out today suggests that state funding for preschool education is on the decline. nationwide, state per-student spending for preschoolers averaged $4,028 in 2010. $114 less than 2009. $700 less than in 2001. today the education secretary argued we're shortchanging our kids. >> i simply think we can't win the future by cheating children at the starting line. >> reporter: without preschool researchers say the most

he's bill rodgers, professor at rutgers university. >> this spring's pot holes are larger and more numerous. just the other day, i hit one that jarred me into thinking that were in a pot-hole recovery. economic growth has returned, but the growth isn't high enough to significantly narrow the nation's budget deficit. as a result, many pot holes will go unfilled. another potential outcome of the pot-hole recovery will be a slowdown in human priority investment-- a slowdown in spending on education, human and community services, recreation and culture, social benefits and social insurance. this will not be the first slowdown. during the 1980s and prior to the great recession, human investments slowed, leading to stagnation in family income. just as during previous slowdowns, today's republican budget priorities undervalue the middle class contribution to economic growth and social cohesion. if implemented, their cuts will make it difficult for many americans to avoid today's pot holes. in fact, their cuts will have jarring effects that will be felt for years to come. i am bill rodgers. >> tom:

>> guest: rutgers in new jersey, and have my bachelor's degree from there. i have my master's and phd in nursing from nyu. c-span: how old are your children? >> guest: i have a 20-year-old. we're becoming a real nyu family. he's a -- he's a junior there. he's going into his senior year. and i have a 12-year-old boy. c-span: how are you and your husband going about your next book? >> guest: well, we're deep in the middle of it now. he's in the philippines right now doing work. we're just dividing up the work in terms of the interviews. he's interviewing a lot of the men; i'm interviewing a lot of the widows and children of the men. i'll do a lot of the archival work, and he'll do a lot of the other work, other general library work. c-span: and what year is that coming out? >> guest: well, we hope it's--we hope to have a first draft done a year from december. c-span: the title, "we band of angels"? >> guest: it came from shakespeare. i spent a long time agonizing about that. it's from "henry v." there's a speech that the king gives prior to a battle that they'

is the professor from university of california berkeley and distinguished scholar and president of rutgers and specializes in the history of childhood and in her seventh book, inherit being the holocaust, issueond reconstructs her family's compl history to help us t understand the influence of european jewish life in the 19th and 20th centuries. if and a long way gone, as the story of a bull a soldier during the civil warhe during the mid-1990s in zero lyonnais. we read about his rehabilitation at the age of 15. is mail has served as a powerful spokesperson from the child soldiers almost from thehi moment of his rehabilitation he works with unicef on poverty issues. and warned and emigrated at the age of five years of the. as a graduate working with behavioral and mental health research since 1998 and her novel focuses on the uniquevel geographical political and cultural dynamics of growing up in the crux of two influential countries and herblock's stands at the top of the top 100 latina blogs. now we will hear from governor castro.ve >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, i am honored tod

there is construction between 680 and rutger road until 6:00. live shot of bay bridge. we had a stall but it's been cleared. >>> in the news, president obama holds his third and final bay area rundraiser at a san francisco hotel. it's been a profitable two-day trip for the president's re-election campaign. and the democratic party. abc7's amy hollyfield is live in san francisco with more on the story. >> yeah, he raised $3 million while he was here. his re-election campaign just started so you can't help but wonder how many more trips will we see in san francisco in two years? he is in friendly territory here. all of the fundraisers sold out from the 2,500 seats at the masonic auditorium last night to dinner pacific heights that cost $35,800 a plate. he covered everything from the economy to the frustration, some of his supports felt the last two years. he explained there have been times he was frustrated too. >> change is not simple. everybody likes change in the abstract. but change in the concrete is hard. it's tough. [ applause ] it requires work. >> 2,500 people li

reality star snooki is receiving a $32,000 paycheck to speak at rutgers university today, $2,000 more than toni morrison. snooki is giving a commencement speech. some students say the price is a bargain. others think it's a waste of money. snooki reportedly advised all students to, quote, study hard, but party harder. >>> the royal wedding has less than one month away now, and prince william is admit to go a few nervous jitters. >> i guess that's to be expected. today his grandmother paid a visit to the town where prince william and kate middleton will begin their married life together. for the first time, queen elizabeth got a look at the search and rescue unit, where william is a pilot. here is michelle kosinski. >> reporter: it has been prince william's year to emerge from what has largely been his private life, as his own man. >> over every single surface in the world. we'll be watching this when it goes out. >> yeah, thanks. do you want me to fly it? >> no, i'd like to do it. >> william pilots a search and rescue helicopter along this rugged coastline. these are the guys who rush

snooki got paid $32,000 to speak at rutgers university. she told the students to study hard.. >> hi, i'm guillermo. don't have a mustache. it's not good. and lose some weight. >> jimmy: very well said. i hope they paid you a lot for that. >> yes, jimmy. >> jimmy: they did. and one more thing, our old pal charlie sheen is still in the news. his tour hit cleveland last night and is in columbus tonight. it's a fascinating thing that's happening the man is going through a major psychological crisis and not only isn't anyone helping him, they are buying tickets and complaining he isn't being crazy enough on the tour. his lawyers are working hard to corner the lucrative catch phrase market. his company is applying for trademarks on more than 20 of his catch phrases, like tiger blood, rock star from mars, adonis dna, all that sort of thing. why he is doing this, i have no idea. in six weeks you'll be buying these t-shirts at the salvation army alongside the ayatollah is an a-hole-a t-shirts. apparently, other companies have been adopting the trademarks. and he wants to put it to res

. >>> the "jersey shore" snooki will be paid $32,000 to peek at rutgers invited to talk about her reality show, her tanning, her poof. her advice to students, study hard, but party harder. brilliant. by the way, snooki is getting paid a couple thousand dollars more than the university is reportedly paying nobel prize winning author toni morrisson for her commencement address. how is that fair or equitable or right. >>> topping trends in searches the last week. google's prank today a new feature that allows you to control g mail with only your body. not a keyboard or mouse. >> for example, to open a message, make a motion as if you were opening an envelope. to reply simply point backward with your thumb. to reply all, use both hands. >> the great thing about that prank is that your whole office knows if you have fell for it. we'll be right back. i'm good about washing my face. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] introducing purifying facial cleanser from neutrogena® naturals. developed with dermatologists... it's clinically proven to remove 99% of dirt and to

the 13-year-old says he was affected by the gay student at rutgers who killed himself so he organizedrancisco last night. he says the hardest part was getting three rock bands to take part. >> a lot of the bands were like no, sorry, busy, touring, recording session, something of that sort. but when the first band signed up, i thought i could pull it off. >> this 8th grader is hoping to become an entrepreneur. he is off to a promising start selling 300 tickets and raising $20,000 in sponsorships. the money benefits a teen help line. >>> it is 5:26. a murder mystery in one bay area city. the surveillance video police hope will solve this case. >> plus, wikileaks strikes again. the sensitive information it's releasing about gitmo detainees. >>> two people dead, four others injured in an oakland neighborhood not usually associated with violence. what apparently prompted the gunman to open fire. >>> an overnight fire in san francisco's north beach neighborhood guts an apartment building leaving dozens homeless. we'll have a live report coming up. ,, ,, i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistr

catch this, rutgers university, they're paying morrison $30,000 to deliver the commencement speech. lot of money. how much did they pay snooki for simply a q&a? $32,000. $2,000 more! what was some of snooki's advice? study hard, party harder. $32,000 for those pearls of wisdom from snooki. tonight's awfully depressing big number. you know what? buy a tony morrison book this weekend. get him the extra $2,000. >>> upnext, remember the pastor, that extremist from florida, terry jones who threatened and then burn add koran? the response came today when an angry mob in afghanistan killed at least 12 people, mostly u.n. workers. how did we not see this coming? ] sometimes you need tomorrow to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there's motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm, is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. motrin pm. is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. discover customersl are getting five percent cashback bonus at home improvement stores. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. [ male announcer ] how could a luminous

the 13-year-old says he was deeply affected by news of the gay student at rutgers who committed suicidezed a benefit concert in san francisco last night. he later helped sell 300 tickets raising $20,000 in sponsorships. the money will benefit a teen suicide help line. >>> time now 6:52. a violent night in the city of oakland. six people shot after a man opened fire in a bar. a live report on what may have set off the gunman. >>> and if you have a story idea or comment you would like to share with us, you can email brian@cbs5.com: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] everyday, your car does a lot for you. do something for it. show it some love. chevron with techron. care for your car. inside a bar and restaurant. sharon chin joins us from the scene, with more on who police >>> a deadly night in oakland. three people shot and killed, four others wounded in a bar and restaurant. sharon chin joins us from the scene with more more on who people are searching for. >> police saying three suspects one armed with an assault rifle at broadway. police say the suspect opened fire when they were

and distinguished scholar in residence at rutger university. she specializes in the history of children and childhood. in her seventh book inheriting the holocaust and she recounts her family's history to help us understand european jewish life in the 19th and 20th centuries. in a long way gone, ismael baa tells the story of his life as a boy soldier during the civil war in sierra leone during the mid-1980s. we read about his rehabilitation and his move to the u.s. at the age of 15. mr. beah has served as a really powerful spokesperson for child soldiers almost from the moment of his rehabilitation. mr. beah works with unicef on global youth and poverty issues. chiquis barron was born in nogales mexico and emigrated to nogales, arizona. she's worked in mental health at the u of a and her novel focuses on the unique geographical, political and cultural dynamics of growing up in the crux of two influential countries. her blog stands at the top of the top 100 latina blogs. now, we'll hear from governor castro. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen

top university pays more than $30,000 for words of wisdom from -- wait for it -- snooki schooling rutgersw to rock that poof. scarily that's true. french president nicolas sarkozy uses a $20,000 armor-plated bullet and knife resistant umbrella to protect him from attackers? believe it or not, that's real. then there's the announcement from european airline ryanair that they're launching child-free flights because passengers like to avoid other people's little monsters. that one is fake, although a lot of people like the idea. finally, how about the oklahoma farmer who made a cutting-edge discovery. cows who eat hershey's can actually produce chocolate milk. chocolate milk from a cow? >> moo. >> reporter: sounds yummy. it also sounds too good to be true. >> i believed that last one. >> wait. >> that story came from our tulsa affiliate, and they did such a convincing job. you should go online and check out the story. i like the ryeen air one personal. >> i wish they would do that. >> so say this's you are the father of a baby. >> i'm the one that doesn't want -- when he's crying, yeah, we d

the rutgers university programming association paid nicole "snooki" polizzi of the reality tv show "jerseyle, fist pumps, as well as the gtl, gym - tanning -laundry, lifestyle. that's $2,000 more than the $30,000 the university is paying nobel-winning novelist toni morrison to deliver rutgers' commencement address in may. money for polizzi's appearance came from the mandatory student activity fee. i'm fired up about this one. i don't know why. maybe because that's more the one i made in my first job. i'm off my box now. it's friday cooling things off, a beautiful day. enjoy the warm weather cooler for the weekend, we will be back monday at 4:00 a.m..

in the new unemployables, a joint study by boston college and rutgers university, researchers found that a growing number of people 50-plus are involuntarily working part time or more troubling getting so discouraged that they just drop out of the work force altogether. sqoo if these people don't get jobs, this becomes an issue for all of us. >> it definitely does. it's a society, an issue for society. >> reporter: jacqueline james is research director at boston college. is it possible that some of these older workers will never work again? >> i'd like to say that people will find jobs. they just need to keep trying. but it is possible that people will not be able to. >> reporter: and will spend the rest of their lives not working, unemployed. >> making ends meet as best they can. >> we are creating a new underclass of 50-plus generation that are not able to support themselves. they're going to be having a huge burden on the government because these baby boomers as they age have not saved enough, do not have enough health care to be able to maintain themselves. >> reporter: so they keep

went to rutger high school about 13 miles west of here. so it's always good to be back in this area. i know you didn't come to hear me speak, you came here to hear yourselves speak. [laughter] and so i'll try to be brief. [laughter] get out of your way. [laughter] it is a pleasure to be back. i tried to think of what my high school teachers would have thought if they could see me addressing crowds in philadelphia. there'd be widespread shock. [laughter] i was not a big man on campus at radner though i was stuffed into lockers by some of the big men on campus. [laughter] actually, one of my debate partners -- i was on the debate team, needless to say. one of my partners was tom wilson who played bif in the back to the future movies, and another was one of the subjects of the movie "twister" years ago. so they went on to lead exciting lives, and i went on to talk. [laughter] and now a lot of the people i talk with now are politicians. and so when i was given my current job at the times, i was given a good piece of advice which was to intervi

i think snooki just spoke at rutgers university. $35,000. >> yeah. >> i don't know what she did.cs lecture. why waste time going to college. just get a reality show. >> that's the state of american celebrity, folks. >> and that's snooki with the bump-it. >> yeah. >>> also, we're talking a little bit about "the real housewives of d.c." some people didn't like the cast of characters but, of course the salahi ss made a lot of news. this is the only real housewife series to never get renewed. so basically they just said people were not into them. the salahis, a whole bag of crazy. so that cast is out. >> so new york, atlanta -- >> and my girlfriend got me wrapped up in this show and d.c. was kind of boring. >> it's my guilty pleasure. i even like the d.c. one. it's my guilty pleasure. it's my one brainless tv show. >> there you go. >>> charlie sheen. >> we've had a sheen-free show while you were gone and we didn't talk about him much but this is sort of breaking news. >> but you wanted to bring it back here because he's obviously doing his tour. he was here in new york. he did two sh

rutger. -- from janet and rutger. >> i just wanted to hear a bit more about the work cited. a couple of things. first, i would love to understand how you think about workplace enforcement now. particularly the problem in the organizing dryopithecus, where employers suddenly want to discover the two side effects, after having working -- after having worked on a firm for a long period of time. we know that there is an attempt to protect those workers. >> before you do that, kevin wilkes is here. would you like to add something? >> [unintelligible] [laughter] >> [inaudible] yet to establish a president. [laughter] at the federal level, is largely mystifying, sometimes. despite the appearances of the impact on the community level for people residing in those community groups. the actual impact that creates fear and suspicion on the streets is quite pervasive and intense. we are interested in keeping the local streets under control, civilized and friendly we have a segment of our population that makes itself invisible to us but account of its fear of prosecution and the fact that

. >>> a former rutgers university student was charged with a hate crime fol his roommate's death.rosecutors say dharyn ravi used a web cam to stream a sexual encounter with another man online. the roommate, tyler clementi, committed suicide days later. >>> turning to waushgs big news from apple. profits soared by an astounding 95%, thanks to record iphone sales. but apple may be collecting more than just profits, according to the iphone. two researchers found a secret two researchers found a secret file on the iphone and ipad that tracks where users have been. privacy advocates are screaming foul. although there's no evidence that apple is doing anything with the data, your cell phone carrier collects the same information. it takes a court order to get it. data on here is available to anyone who gets on your phone or computer. my husband keeps convincing me to get a new iphone. now, i'm thinking, maybe i'll hold on to the old one. i wasn't at the mall. what are you talking about? >> they have so much on all of us. >> they do. >>> what do you think about that, sam? >> i'm shocked.

he talked about how he learned at a "stuff your face" and while he was the student at rutgers the importancer for his life. if you cook in a dirty fryer, you cook garbage. he's talking about purity and listening to your own personal truth and expressing it consistently. that's how he came up with his particular brand and the importance of it being about truth and heart. he wrote something great, i think. >> a recipe in his mind is something else open to interpretation. it's great. >> exactly. >> some of the ones that stood out around here -- katherine stockman who wrote "the help". >> i love her so much. i love her as a person. i interviewed her on the first show. i'm full of love today. so she wrote about the fact that she was rejected 60 times by publishers and she kept at it. her husband said she never gives up. and when she was about to give birth, she was rewriting the last chapter and the nurse said, put the book down, you nut job, you're crowning. she used to lie to her husband and say she's going to a girl's weekend and she would go to the comfort inn to write. >> most people say nev

she was paid 32 hourks bucks by rutgers university on thursday to dish on her hair style. fist punts and of course a care free lifestyle. that's $2,000 more than the school is paying for nobel winning novelist tony morrison to give the commencement in may. morrison's advice will be far different who told the students to study hard but party hearter. words of which is docisdom. so it pays. fist punting and a hair bump. >> if they're handing out monday, i'll stop by monday. >> you're not tan enough. sorry. thomas, thank you. >>> bill karins has a check of the party forecast. >> yesterday was a crazy start on the beginning of april. in maine, a foot of snow. while in arizona and phoenix, you were 100 degrees for a record high. so that heat out west is going to begin to spread across the country. 94 still hot in phoenix and texas on the hot side, too. denver near 80. some of that warmth will spread to the east coast by about monday of next week, so give it a little bit. but today very quiet weather map, just the northern rockies and also showers from pittsburgh and >>> a good

the 13-year-old says he was deeply affected by news of the gay student at rutgers university who committede. so he organized a concert in san francisco last night bringing in more than $20,000 to benefit a help line. >>> stay right where you are. a look at traffic and weather when we return in just a moment. ,, i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for all. i am a walking medical dictionary. congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. >>> good morning from the traffic center. let's take you straight to the bay bridge. we have an accident westbound right around the toll plaza. it's blocking middle lanes. traffic backed up from the incline. if you are coming off the eastshore freeway traffic busy through there as well heading into the bay bridge. you can see some sluggish conditions. you're backed up beyond the first overpass. the metering lights are on and slow out of the maze. >>> seeing rain

capable of performing the role of being the world's reserve currency, of 1% rise in interest wrote rutger- that is additional money that we have to say. and people will fill it in their pocketbooks. they will see their mortgage loans start to rise, they will seek car loans start to rise, and geithner has predicted that the impact on our economy would dwarf the recession we just went through. host: lori montgomery, her story can be read online at their website. we will let you get back to your morning routine. thank you for being with us on this wednesday morning. the front page of the "washington post," the question that we want to pose -- focus on. there are liberals being critical of the president but we're not planning to vote republican. what you think? mark, orlando, republican line. caller: i think that people need to realize that the last presidential election -- we have and our hopes on obama. he has always been a centrist. he was never a radical. for us to hope that he would be transforming somehow makes the question, i think. i will not vote -- i voted for republicans in the pas

i would love to hear from janice fine from rutgers. >> [inaudible]. that's a really good question. >> i'm sorry, this is, okay i just wanted to hear a little bit more about the worksite side of things. i'm curious about a couple things. one is, i'd like to understand why, how you think about work place enforcement now and in particular about the problem of, workers have been involved in organizing drives and their employers suddenly wants to discover their true status after they have been working at a firm for a long period of time, and we know that there is a move to try and protect those workers and give them some kind of either temporary or permanent status if they have been involved in organizing. i'd like for you to say a few words on that. >> before you do that, the precedent of -- president of princeton is here, kevin wilkes, would you like to add something to this. >> princeton burrow has yet to borough has yet to establish a presidency. they may be working on it. i heard some suggest despite appearances of these impacts i hear from the commun

she got 32 grand speaking at rutgers. >> toni morrison speaking at the commencement. >> i don't thinkciety. >> you encourage it. >> don't turn this on me, ladies. >> yes. >> you're giving the people what they want. that's our job. >> you're not boozing it up on this show? >> constantly. we are loaded by 10 to 10. you know what i'm saying. this is what culture seems to want now, right? >> yes. >> let's talk about the victoria's secret model. >> it she too thin? let's take a look at it. victoria secret has been known for its curves. not a lot of curves here. a lot of hard angles, i would say. she is in the middle. the profile says she is a size 8 dress. >> that can't be. >> she is 5'9". >> can i say one thing on the left? i'm 5'9" and i'm a size 8. that is a 0 or 2, whatever. >> she says she is totally healthy though, right? >> she does. >> how did he'llton john do on "snl?" >> he did great. it was hilarious. they did a funny sketch. the deal was dragons were attacking the uk. all of the celebrities who have been knighted got together. it was elton john and paul, tom hanks as michael ca