cover story. the declaration of independence asserts our right to the pursuit of happiness although it doesn't spell out how to go about pursuing it. we have to figure that out for ourselves as jim axelrod will explain. >> reporter: some people say happiness is a state of mind, but the fact is some states are happier than others. >> we have data on every single city and town across the nation. >> reporter: you rank those from highest well being to lowest well being. >> that's correct. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, the pursuit of happiness and the place where people say they've actually caught it. >> osgood: we'll be honoring a model mom this morning, a woman with a celebrity past and a cause that's very much of the moment. tracy smith will make the introductions. >> reporter: you may know her as a super model, but christy turlington has always had other ideas. what were you thinking when you were walking down the runway. >> how can i get back as fast as possible? >> reporter: her latest project, a film on mothers and childbirth shot far away from the fashion world. >> i was ready and eager for a life-transforming experience. >> reporter: christy turlington's life-saving mission later on sunday morning. >> osgood: the queen of soul is the honorary title long held by the one and only aretha franklin. this past week there was rousing reason for her fans to say, "long live the queen." this morning she'll be talking with anthony mason for the record. ♪ >> reporter: after a six month lay-off for surgery, a slimmer aretha franklin is singing again. ♪ people were worried about you. >> i was worried. what's going on? i was worried. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, we go to detroit and go to church with the queen of soul. >> osgood: betty white is a veteran of tv's earlier days who has never lost her zest for life and who doesn't look or act her age. this morning betty white will discuss all that and more with katie couric. >> you think i'm just another one of these silly women who can't resist your dime store charm? >> my apologies. >> i didn't say stop. >> reporter: at 89 this golden girl spotlight is shining brighter than ever. you are on fire. >> oh, it's so ridiculous. generations have grown up and they keep saying, oh, yeah, my grandmother. oh, my great grandmother used to watch me. >> couric: betty white at the central park zoo later on sunday morning. >> osgood: also this morning john blackstone talks to military families changed forever by the war on terror. michelle miller reveals chef boyardee's recipe for success. rita braver offers a very personal mother's day card and more but first the headlines for this sunday morning the 8th of may, mother's day, 2011. as we mentioned a moment ago the pentagon yesterday released home videos seized from the compound of osama bin laden the day he was killed. they show a different bin laden wrapped in a blanket channel surfing. there are even outtakes of his video messages to the world. our david martin will have more on all this in just a few moments. the rising mississippi has some memphis residents heading for high ground. the river is expectd to crest at 48 feet on tuesday. that is a day earlier than expected. and just seven inches short of its 1937 high. an oil industry analyst is predicting a drop in gasoline prices over the next few weeks. fred rozelle of the i'm price information service says the drop could be as much as 50 cents a gallon by next month. the navy's newest warship the u.s.s. michael murphy was launched yesterday in bath, maine. it was christened by maureen murphy, mother of the fallen navy seal for whom the new destroyer is named. lieutenant murphy was killed six years ago in a gun battle in eastern afghanistan. after a whirlwind few weeks last night was date night for the president and first lady. they dined at a well known washington restaurant. a 20-to-1 long shot is not supposed to win the kentucky derby but that's what happened yesterday at the churchill downs as animal kingdom guided down the stretch by jockey came from the outside, took the lead and finished first in the run for the roses. here's today's forecast. across the south and the northeast, the weather will be perfect for a mother's day picnic: warm and sunny. everyone else can treat mom to breakfast in bed. the week ahead shows rain falling steadily and the temperatures steadily rising. summer begins in just 44 days.,, [ male announcer ] edmunds.com says that lexus holds its value better than any other luxury brand. ♪ intellichoice proclaims that lexus has the best overall value of any brand. ♪ and j.d. power and associates ranks lexus the highest in customer satisfaction. no wonder more people have chosen lexus over any other luxury brand 11 years in a row. see your lexus dealer. >> osgood: from the stunning news of the raid that killed osama bin laden last sunday to yesterday's release of videos from his compound, this has been an extraordinary and long- awaited week. national security correspondent david martin takes a look back. >> reporter: think of it as a 21st venturi ogre in his layer. osama bin laden hiding from the greatest manhunt in history but still a creature of the information age. reviewing videotapes of the touched-up image he presented to the world. while he rehearsed his messages with his beard trimmed and dyed he apparently had no idea u.s. intelligence was closing in on him. these videos were recovered from his compound by the navy seals who killed him a week ago today. an operation president obama and his advisors monitored from the white house situation room. in an interview to be aired tonight on "60 minutes," the president told steve kroft what was going through his mind. >> my number one concern was if i send them in, can i get them out. and a lot of the discussion we had during the course of planning was how do we make sure there's back-up? how do we make sure that there's redundancy built into the plan so that we have the best chance of getting our guys out? >> reporter: for months the c.i.a. had been watching this one-acre compound in pakistan both from overhead satellites and a safe house nearby. surrounded by high walls and barbed wire, it looked like bin laden's hideout. but intelligence analysts couldn't be sure. one thing was sure, however. the pakistanis couldn't be trusted. >> we made the decision that we would not inform them, that we would conduct this operation unilaterally on the part of the united states. >> reporter: to c.i.a. director leon panetta it seemed entirely possible that the pakistanis had known bin laden was there all along. >> this was a location that was very close to a military academy. it was close to other sensitive military sites. it had been there since almost five years ago. it was very unusual as a compound. >> reporter: a team of 25 navy seals flew in blackhawk helicopters specially modified to reduce their noise. as they were about to fast-rope on to the compound one of the blackhawks lost lift and had to make an emergency landing. the president and his advisors, john brennan among them, could only wait in silence. >> it was probably one of the most anxiety-filled periods of time i think in the lives of the people who were assembled here yesterday. the minutes passed like days. >> reporter: the seals found bin laden in his bedroom and shot him twice. once in the chest and once to the head. at the white house, the tension broke. >> the reason i'm calling is to tell you we killed him. >> usa, usa! >> reporter: shortly before midnight with a cheering crowd gathering outside the white house, the president went on national television. >> tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. >> reporter: the seals had taken pictures of bin laden with part of his skull blown away. but the president told "60 minutes" it was too gruesome to release. >> it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence. >> reporter: but the administration did release videos from a trove of laptops, hard drives, cds, thumb drives and handwritten notes which the seals hauled away from bin laden's compound. the most intelligence ever captured from a senior terrorist. a task force is working round the clock to analyze and exploit the intelligence. it may well be that bin laden's last act was to give up the road map that could lead to the final dismantling of his organization. toed add insult to fatal injury, the u.s. government deleted the audio from the tapes so that he could not have one last chance to spread his message. bin laden is gone, buried at sea. al qaeda is reeling without the only leader it has ever known. >> these are the bin laden boxes down here. >> reporter: but according to lawrence wright who won the pulitzer prize for his study of bin laden and al qaeda, they can never be forgotten. >> they created an event that will be remembered throughout history. unfortunately they created a precedent, a kind of legacy, for other groups that will follow the al qaeda template. bin laden's dead. al qaeda will die eventually. but other groups will look to that model and hope to emulate it. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: does the buck stop here? sfx: buck's blustery exhale. host: could switching to geico 15% or more on car insurance? host: does it take two to tango? ♪ and, just like toddlers, puppies need food made for them. that's why there's purina puppy chow... with all the essential nutrients your growing puppy needs. purina puppy chow. ♪ >> osgood: and now a page from our sunday morning almanac. may 8, 1886, 125 years ago today. a white on red letter day in the chronicles of carbonation. that was the day that a man delivered the first batch of his new soda fountain drink to jacob's pharmacy in atlanta. he called it coca-cola. and yes it originally contained a trace of cocaine along with nuts and other ingredients. the exact mix is a closely guarded corporate secret. the cocaine was gone by 1903. but coca-cola's rise was only just beginning. with its elaborately scripted logo and uniquely proportioned bottle, coca-cola conquered america and then the world. coke created many of advertising's most memorable campaigns. capped off in 1971 by this epic tv commercial. ♪ i'd like to teach the world to sing ♪ ♪ sing with me ♪ in perfect harmony i'd like to buy the world a coke ♪ ♪ and keep it company >> osgood: not that things always went better with coke. >> in side by side blind taste tests. >> osgood: with arch rival pepsi gaining ground, coca-cola did the inconceiveable and announced it was changing the formula and introducing new coke. >> would you like to sign a petition to get back the old coke? >> reporter: coca-cola loyalists rose up in protest. >> may i help you? >> osgood: organized a nationwide petition drive. >> we want the old coca-cola back. >> osgood: in the face of the outcry coca-cola relented and brought old coke back. named coca-cola classic. >> the consumers have spoken. as a consumer-driven company we have listened and responded. >> osgood: today the coca-cola company is is still going strong. ranked number 70 on the latest fortune 500 list with just over 35 billion dollars in sales. whether it's the taste or the song, clearly the world is still buying a lot of coke. >> what's the place this year that had the highest well being in america? >> osgood: next, looking for happiness. >> reporter: you were initially cast as blanch, weren't you? >> i was initially cast as blanch. >> osgood: and later tv's golden girls. betty white. >> it's called (mumbling). or a heart attack known as acs, you may not want to face the fact that you're at greater risk of a heart attack or stroke. plavix helps protect people with acs against heart attack or stroke: people like you. it's one of the most researched prescription medicines. goes beyond what they do alone by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking and forming dangerous clots. plavix. protection against heart attack or stroke in people with acs. [ female announcer ] plavix is not for everyone. certain genetic factors and some medicines such as prilosec reduce the effect of plavix leaving you at greater risk for heart attack and stroke. your doctor may use genetic tests to determine treatment. don't stop taking plavix without talking to your doctor as your risk of heart attack or stroke may increase. people with stomach ulcers or conditions that cause bleeding should not use plavix. taking plavix alone or with some other medicines, including aspirin, may increase bleeding risk, which can potentially be life threatening, so tell your doctor when planning surgery. tell your doctor all medicines you take, including aspirin, especially if you've had a stroke. if fever, unexplained weakness or confusion develops, tell your doctor promptly. these may be signs of ttp, a rare but potentially life-threatening condition, reported sometimes less than two weeks after starting plavix. >> osgood: in the long run is is a new book by our own jim axelrod. it speaks of his own wait and the pursuit of happiness that beckoned us all. that pursuit has taken jim out across the country to two very different communities for our sunday morning cover story. >> reporter: just look at him. five minutes from his office, fly fishing on a gorgeous spring morning before heading to work. what's not to like about dave query's life? how big a component of happiness is where you live? >> i think it's a huge part. lived in san francisco, miami, new york city, chicago, and i just think that this community for me and what i wanted to do, it just fit. >> reporter: this community is bolder, colorado, where dave, who owns a restaurant called-- what else" happy is far from the only one whose who is main lining the vibe of well being. >> there's an energy here you just don't feel in other places. >> reporter: ingrid wouldn't walk her dog strider anywhere else. >> upstairs the spring beauties are blooming. the blue bells are out and the sand lilies are starting to come out. >> reporter: yet you're only five minutes from downtown. >> um-hum. >> reporter: if happiness is a state of mind, then bolder is its capital. but don't just take their word for it. what's the place this year that had the highest well being in america? >> that would be bolder, colorado. >> reporter: take dan whitter's word. he runs the gallup health ways well being index, a projected 25-year study, the most in-depth ever, of americans' overall satisfaction with life. >> we talked to a thousand american adults every single night every night of the year so by the end of the year you've captured 350,000 respondents. >> reporter: gallup has interviewed more than a million americans since 2008, enough to map our happiness. no surprise, on a statewide level, hawaii heads the top ten. but this isn't just about good weather. wyoming, north dakota, alaska and colorado are next. and no southern states made the list. but overall, we're pretty happy. in a cbs news poll released today, 91% of us say we're either very happy or fairly happy. that leaves just 9% who say they could be happier. but the gallup research digs deeper, beyond vague feelings of happiness to gather more measurable data on 55 aspects of overall well being. everything from emotional and physical health to how satisfied we are with work. after all the data was analyzed gallup ranked the level of well being in 188 metropolitan areas from highest to lowest, and bolder's at the top. >> what's going on right in bolder? >> well, they're taking care of themselves for one thing. obesity is only 13%. smoking is only 13%. so they've got a very good handle on how to care for themselves in terms of their health. so happiness is high. stress is low. >> reporter: no surprise that all this adds up to the top of the list. but where there's a top, there's a bottom. and how do you find happiness there? so if bolder, colorado, is at the top of the well being index, what's the city in america at the bottom? >> well, huntington, west virginia, has the unhappy distinction of being dead last in 2010 in the well being index measurement. >> reporter: huntington, west virginia, is a former coal mining and industrial boomtown now struggling with unemployment and aging op pags. and most of all poor health. >> there's no denying that a lot of the health problems that we see in this community are due to lifestyle choices. whether they smoke or drink or eat foods that are high in sugar and fat. whether they exercise. >> reporter: dog shields is director of public relations at the hospital. to be fair, he says, it's not the city of huntington but the large pockets of poverty in the surrounding areas that drag the well being numbers down. still, he admits the region has its challenges. >> one thing we know for certain, these statistics aren't going to change by doing nothing. so we're doing everything that we can in our community to act and to change these statistics. >> reporter: to put it simply, huntington needs a happiness project. >> i think if you don't think about happiness enough. >> reporter: which is just the job for gretchen reubens. >> this new yorker is a former supreme court clerk who six years ago had an epiphany and turned her first-rate intellect loose on happiness. >> i was on a bus in the pouring rain. i didn't have anything to distract myself. and i just looked out the window and i thought what do i want from life anyway? i thought, well, i want to be happy. but i realized i didn't spend any time thinking about whether i was happy or how i could be happier. >> reporter: so the happiness project was born. she picked 12 areas of life from marriage to money to mindfulness. >> ready to go. >> reporter: and concentrated on one a month for a year. she ended up happier and with some prescriptions for the rest of us. >> happiness can seem very complicated and transendent. a good place to start is with your own body. even things like getting enough sleep and getting a little bit of exercise are things that are going to boost your mood give you more focus and more energy and then it's easier to do all the other things that will make you happier. starting with your body is a good place. >> reporter: what gretchen rediscovered was the wisdom of that old saying, happiness is a journey not a destination. and one best guided by daily incremental changes in lifestyle with one above all. >> ancient philosophers and contemporary researchers agree that maybe "the" key to happiness, if you had to pick one thing the key is probably strong relationships with other people. so take the trip to see your sister's new baby. go to the reunion. throw a party. show up. so often just taking the time to show up. >> reporter: connection. >> connection. >> come in and cook. >> reporter: back in west virginia andy is working on connecting with the community. at huntington's kitchen. >> today we're fixing a healthy kentucky burger. >> reporter: an outreach center where she promotes healthy eating. >> we're not going to change everybody overnight so we're just trying to work on having fun and teaching cooking and getting families in this kitchen together. we're just making it an initiative here in town to eat healthier. >> reporter: it's the same recipe that's made dave query so happy in bolder. connection. >> i don't think there's anything in the water or anything in the soil that is making this what it is. it's just a really amazing place, and it has collected an really amazing array of people. i do think there's a lot of towns like that in america. >> reporter: which seems to be what all those gallup numbers add up. no matter where you live, rather than winning the lottery or rewiring your soul, being happy is really just a matter of taking that first small step in the right direction. >> sometimes the difference between who we are today and who we want to be or wish that we were are very small things. they aren't big steps. they're little steps. what you need to do is have the knowledge that if you take that step, there's going to be something better on the other side. that's at the core of the well being equation. >> osgood: still to come, using his noodles. >> if i look familiar to you, it could be because i've been a fashion model for the last 25 years. >> osgood: but first mother's day with super model christy turlington. i am a sneeze whisperer. i am an allergy analyst. bermuda grass. ragweed. willow. i am a dander decoder. chihuahua. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about allergy relief. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. there is one you can. septic system breakdowns affect 1.2 million homes in the us each year. septic backups can cost about six thousand dollars in expense, and countless hours of repair. rid-x costs only six dollars, and the advanced natural bacteria generate powerful enzymes, which accelerate the waste digestion. use rid-x once a month, and help save yourself from disaster. >> it's sunday morning on cbs and here again is charles osgood. >> osgood: christy turlington is a legendary fashion model turned model mom in more ways than one. our tracy smith has tracked her down for some questions and answers. >> reporter: when super model christy turlington-burn and her husband actor/film maker ed burn hit the streets in their new york neighborhood they're virtually incognito just two parents out for a stroll. but when she wants to, turlington still has the power to turn heads. after all, she spent nearly 0 years on magazine covers, in ad campaigns, and the runway. all along she's used that famous face to shed light on issues she really cares about. >> i get us weekly to cover global health. fantastic because it wouldn't be covered otherwise. it's an extra bonus if you actually know what you're talking about. you know what i mean? >> reporter: if you can back it up. >> yeah. >> reporter: she can certainly back it up. she traveled the world on her own dime to make a documentary called "no woman, no cry." a gripping look at why so many women die during childbirth. the film made its tv debut last night on the oprah winfrey network. >> you know, there were hundreds of thousands of of women dying every year. 90% of them are preventable. that was the piece that made me think this is the story that needs to be told. >> reporter: it makes even more sense when you know turlington's personal story and the luck she's had along the way. at age 14 riding a horse in florida she was discovered by a photographer. just two years later she was on the cover of fashion's bible. >> i worked with vogue pretty much every issue i had some story or spread. i was kind of a vogue girl. for a number of years from that point on. >> reporter: but as her modeling career flourished her mom maria he immigrant from el salvador kept preaching the importance of education even when christy didn't want to hear it. >> she kept pushing and pushing and pushing. when i got my diploma i sent it to her in the mail. i didn't even open it. i just sent it to her. this is what you wanted. here you go. that's probably the thing i'm most grateful for. >> reporter: after getting that high school diploma she signed lucrative deals with designers like calvin klein, made commercials ♪ that's the only thing that there's just too little of ♪ >> reporter: even appeared in a few music videos like george michaels classic 1990 hit "freedom." but there was one thing she never liked doing. so what were you thinking when you were walking down the runway? >> how can i get back as fast as possible? >> reporter: along with her beautiful strendz, turlington was front and center at the height of super model mania. but she says she looks back on those days and cringes. >> if i ever write a memorandum writer about it, it would be called my life as a drag queen. the '80s were like the worst possible and early '90s the worst possible time to be a model in terms of like images that really hold up. i find them quite dated and not pretty at all. >> reporter: but to turlington modeling didn't matter nearly as much as what was happening in real life. while she was going to new york university in the 1990s, her dad, a life-long smoker, died from lung cancer. an ex-smoker herself, turlington launched a series of famous anti-smoking ads. >> when i finally did quit for good, i knew it was one of the biggest accomplishments of my life. my dad, it was different for him. he stopped december 1996 just six months before he died from lung cancer. it makes me very happy when i hear people say that they quit smoking because of me. i get that a lot. >> reporter: now you want to save more lives. >> yeah. heck, yeah. >> reporter: turlington found a kindred spirit in the socially active ed burn. although maybe she didn't realize it when they first met 11 years ago. >> my friends said, hey, you know, christy turlington is single. should we try and set you up? i was like, yeah, sure, set me up with christy turlington. why not? and then i guess when she heard that i was interested, she said absolutely not. not at all. then about two months or three months passed and we both are at a charity event in the hamptons. and i see her. she sees me. across the field or whatever. it was a concert outside. she immediately does a 180 and heads the other way. >> reporter: eventually burns managed to win her heart. and they got married in san francisco. did you guys talk early on about having a family, being parents? >> yeah. >> we talked about four. and then one week i think we have to start this. >> when the time came i was ready and eager for a life- transforming experience. >> reporter: when their daughter grace was born in 2003, burns of course shot video of the whole thing. and captured something they never expected. >> the baby is delivered and you see her in your arms and then it gets really scary. what was that like? >> i had no clue as to what was going on. just they were rushing to get the doctor. you can imagine just the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in a matter of a couple of minutes. >> the midwife called for back- up. they took my baby away. and i began to hemorrhage. >> reporter: turlington had a post-partum hemorrhage. thanks to an experienced doctor, she was quickly stabilized but without medical help, she could have bled to death. now she's determined to help other women who aren't so lucky. >> but i just feel like coming back to this after seeing that and being so deep in that must make this so much more dear. >> yes, it it does. i mean, i definitely appreciate every moment with them. >> reporter: after she's put grace and her brother fin to sleep every night, turlington hits the books so she can earn a master's degree from columbia university in public health. one mother inspired by another. >> and then i sit in the front row and i don't miss a class. i do all the reading, no matter how stressed out. >> reporter: and no matter how stressed she is, her husband says it never shows. >> i'm constantly kind of blown away by her patience, how much she gives to them, how never... she never gets rattled. >> that's not true. >> never gets rattled with them. if they do rattle her, she'll channel that energy over here, to me. >> reporter: these days turlington channels her energy into "every mother counts" an organization she founded to help others get involved. she speaks at events like this one last tuesday in washington d.c. with secretary of state hillary clinton. >> i set out to learn more and to meet other women around the world dealing with these challenges every day. >> reporter: she still models and hits the red carpet for her hus band's movie premieres but at age 42 christy turlington has found her true mission. >> i think mothers are so important. i mean it seems like such an obvious thing to say but i think we don't really express that enough apart from one day a year. i think we need to come together and celebrate it every day. >> osgood: ahead, standing the test of time. woman: till all the books are read... man: and all the pens are put down... woman: and everything there is to learn is learned. man: till the heroes retire and the monsters return to their dens... woman: and all the plots are wrapped up. man: till that day... boy: by hook or by crook... girl: by book or by nook... woman: i will read. >> osgood: important though it may be, the death of osama bin laden hardly means the end of america's military efforts overseas. nor does it mean a quick end to the burden on america's military families. here's john blackstone. >> reporter: it is part of osama bin laden's terrible legacy, a decade of military funerals. thousands of american families changed forever. >> will you be good for mommy? you have to be a big girl. >> reporter: but the ultimate sacrifice is is not the only sacrifice made by those who have gone to war and those who have been left behind. >> the pent-up anticipation of that final good-bye is... it's tremendous. and you feel it coming. you can't stop it. >> reporter: jerry has twice said good-bye to her husband ray in the past seven years. he's a navy reservist who has served in the persian gulf. the first time he went, their daughter rachael was just 10 weeks old. >> it was hard. it was hard. >> reporter: his second deployment for most of last year was even harder now that rachael is 7. >> i felt sad but i also missed him a lot. >> i cried every day. i cried every day. >> reporter: but geri says she also did what military wives must do: find a way to carry on. >> you suffer for a while. and then you figure out what you need to do to survive that year. >> reporter: after a long deployment.... >> give me a big hug. and a kiss. >> reporter:... the joy of home coming can give way to yet another challenge for military families. >> when i come home, i have to try to figure out where i fit in again. >> reporter: you got accustomed to running things. >> i was the boss, yeah. >> you can't just come back home and start where you left off. it doesn't work that way. >> reporter: coming back home was more painful than staff sergeant june moss had ever imagined. she left the war zone but couldn't get the war out of her mind. >> when i go to sleep you dream about it. you start sweating. like you thought somebody poured water on you. you can believe it that you were living that stuff over and over and over answer. >> reporter: she was unable to hide her nightmares from her two children, jacob and brianna. >> whenever she had nightmares i would go inside her bed and just sleep next to her. >> things were getting so bad, i don't know what else can i do. and i don't want... i don't want that for my kids. >> reporter: finally she sought treatment at the v.a.hospital for post traumatic stress disorder. now she says life is good and her family is thriving. and rachael has her father back home for now. but for america's military families, ten years of war have left scars and losses that will never be forgotten. >> hello. may i come in. >> osgood: coming up, the [ female announcer ] dove invited real women to have their close-ups taken by a fashion photographer. then we asked them to try new dove visible care. a revolutionary new line of body wash with the highest concentration of nutrium moisture. visible care makes skin visibly more beautiful in just 1 week. ♪ when they saw how much more beautiful and radiant their skin looked with new dove visible care... there was only one question. ♪ >> osgood: want a fast and easy italian meal? can-do. all it takes is a can with a picture of a chef on the label. there's quite a story behind that chef. we hear it now from michelle miller. >> hello, may i come in? i am chef boyardee. >> reporter: you've seen his face a thousand times, and his famous chef's hat too. beaming into american homes for decades and still smiling out from supermarket shelves today. billions of cans of ravoli, beef-a-ron-i and spaghetti and meat balls that have found their way on to american tables for generations. >> it's a good song and sauce. >> reporter: it's a face as familiar as ant jemima or the quaker on quaker oats. but did you know that chef boyardee was a real guy and a real chef? ♪ his name was hector boyardee, and he dreamed up the idea of packaging his spaghetti and sauce in his restaurant in cleveland, ohio, in 1928. >> i wanted everyone to know that it's not just a fake person on the can, that there was a real family behind the brand, a family that has a real culinary history. and they grew up cooking. >> reporter: meet anna boyardee. that's boiardi. her great uncle hector was chef boyardee. he changed the spelling to make it more american. >> three traditional pastas. >> reporter: she has written a book cook book. yes, there are plenty of pasta recipes in it but they don't taste anything like the chef boyardee i remember. pine nuts and basil. >> a little garlic and parmesan cheese. >> reporter: some of the recipes come from anna's mother angela who grew up in italy. >> my mom is a fabulous cook. >> reporter: would she ever crack open a can of chef boyardee ravoli? >> of course. >> reporter: really? >> my mom is a mom still at the end of the day like everyone else. >> reporter: you married into the boyardee. >> i married into this family. it was like a fairy tale story. >> reporter: angela boyardee says she knew nothing of chef boyardee when she fell in love with hector's nephew joseph who was visiting her hometown. >> then i came over here and i saw the can in the supermarkets and i said, oh, my gosh. i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: the fairy tale that began in cleveland ohio on the eve of the depression moved to milton, pennsylvania, in 1936. hector boyardee and his brothers mario and paul built a state of the artifact er to to turn out chef boyardee products by the thousands for hungry families in need of fast t.cheap food. and then came world war ii. >> the factory ran 24 hours a day. they produced rations for world war ii. they were so happy to be able to participate in the war effort and be a part of a place that they loved so much. >> reporter: hector boyardee died in 1985. but the factory is still here. are you amazed by this? >> overwhelmed. >> reporter: now owned by conn- agra foods and turning out 2.5 million cans every day. >> it was built in 1939. >> reporter: the mansion hector boyardee built is still here too. overlooking the town and the plant that made his for tour...tune. how hold is this? >> back from the '40s. >> reporter: hector's nephew paul still lives in milton as well. you like this sauce. on boyardee lane. where else? >> you know, i make a damned good product. you know, i want them to know who is making it. that's how he got his face on the can. >> reporter: and now everyone does know. a tribute to american ingenuity, hard work, strong family ties, and some would say good taste. ♪ now peter, peter >> osgood: next, aretha franklin, the queen of soul. and later, white on white. >> when you've had the best, who needs the rest? it was special. it was very special. navigating today's real estate market is complicated. you've seen the signs. that's why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find experts in short sales or bank-owned properties or commercial real estate, agents who can help speed up the process, no matter how intricate. and that's good news, whether you're trying to sell or hoping to buy. because the only sign you really want to see is "sold." nobody sells more real estate than re/max. ♪ the moment i wake up, before i put on my make up ♪ >> osgood: no doubt about it. that is the queen of soul. aretha franklin. for 50 years fans have thrilled to the sound of her voice. this past week they had particular reason to cheer. we'll hear all about it now as anthony mason talks with aretha franklin for record. >> reporter: six months after she abruptly canceled all performances because of a mysterious illness, aretha franklin made her first concert appearance at a new york benefit this past week. ♪ i'm higher than i've ever been before ♪ > how does it feel to be back? >> i'm excited. i'm excited. i'm ready to go on. i'm like james brown. i'm just ready to do my thing. ♪ you make me feel like a natural... ♪ > she is strikingly slimmer. this is a leaner, meaner, aretha. >> yes, yeah. queen of mean. >> reporter: queen of mean? >> all right. ♪ >> reporter: aretha says she's lost 85 pounds, but she hasn't lost her voice. ♪ oh, darling ♪ how long i ever waited for you ♪ > how is your health? >> my health is wonderful. fabulous now. >> reporter: people were worried about you. >> i was worried. what's going on? i was worried. >> reporter: what happened? a relative reportedly said she had had pancreatic cancer. her weight loss led to stories she had surgery. there were a lot of rumors about what you had, what you went through. >> it wasn't until... well, it wasn't that. it wasn't that. it just wasn't. >> reporter: what it was aretha isn't saying. but a history of mystery surrounds lady soul. she's always been guarded except when she sings. ♪ baby, baby, sweet baby >> reporter: at 69 she remains one of the most influential performers in pop history. ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ >> reporter: rolling stone magazine named her the greatest singer of the rock era. ♪ find out what it means to me ♪ > when we visited her on good friday in her hometown of detroit, aretha took us to where it all started: the new bethel baptist church. this is your spot. >> this is where i sit when i come to church. this is my seat. don't sit in my seat. >> if you've got your house on the solid rock.... >> reporter: her father, the charismatic rev. c.l.franklin who was pastor here would electrify audiences with his thunderous sermons. >> when you come face to face with temptation.... >> reporter: and he would call his daughter up to the pulpit. >> my dad to to push me to sing though. i didn't really want to sing. >> reporter: aretha was about ten years old. >> i'm standing up on a little box. >> reporter: you were on a box. >> yeah. the pulpit was too high so they put a little box next to the pulpit. ♪ i never knew ♪ just how he gave his love > so this is your place. >> yeah. this is where we lived. >> reporter: we went back to the franklin family home in west detroit. you were saying in the day it was a show place. >> it was definitely a show place. it was the most beautiful home i had ever seen. >> reporter: where was your room. >> there. >> reporter: when gospel greats like mahalah jackson or clara ward would visit the house the young aretha would watch from the top of the stairs. >> i would see who was coming in and who was going out. peeping through the railing of the staircase so it was special. very, very special. >> reporter: who did you like to see most of all? >> sam. any time, sam. >> reporter: sam is sam cook. then a young gospel singer 11 years older than aretha. did sam give you singing advice? >> no. no, sam... i saw sam in other terms. >> reporter: you saw him in other terms. >> in other terms. >> reporter: which means you had a crush on him. >> i had a serious crush on him. he had no idea though that i had that kind of crush on him. my sister liked him so i said she likes him so i just won't tell him ♪ darling, you... > in 1961 she toured with cook who had crossed over to become a pop idol. was he sort of blazing a path as far as you were concerned? >> well, i followed. when i saw the success that he had, i thought it might be possible for me too. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow ♪ >> reporter: aretha signed with columbia records and headed to new york. this is a young you. >> yeah. i'm still young. this is my favorite picture of myself. >> reporter: why is that? >> i just love it. it just... it's really cute. i just love this picture. my hair is to classic. this was the beginning. when i first went to new york, i took modeling classes. >> reporter: what were you supposed to learn. >> i was walking with book on my head and all of that sort of thing. >> reporter: what were you thinking while you were doing that? >> that this is not me. that's what i was thinking. this is not me. i don't like this book and this is not me. ♪ the moment i wake up > in 1967 lady soul arrived. ♪ i say a little prayer for you ♪ > in two years she scored nine top ten hits. the biggest: respect. a song written by otis reading. ♪ what you want, baby, i got ♪ >> reporter: r-e-s-p-e-c-t which otis did not sing. >> i thought i should spell it. ♪ r-es-p-e-c-t >> reporter: in a summer of racial unrest it became a civil rights anthem. in detroit, the rev. martin luther king jr. would present aretha an award in front of 12,000 people. they declared it aretha franklin day. >> they did but when dr. king walked on the stage, the rafters would shake. ♪ sing about what you're trying to do to me ♪ > aretha wrote her own songs too. like "think" and "day dreaming" way as inspired by the lead singer of the temptations dennis edwards. >> i was day dreaming about him, yes. >> reporter: i think he said he made a mistake is not marrying you. >> i said you sure did. too late now, buddy. too late. >> reporter: you would have married him. >> i would have married dennis in a heartbeat. ♪ loving him a little bit more each day ♪ ♪ when i hear him say >> reporter: from what i read, he said he was kind of intimidated by your... the whole aretha aura. >> really? >> reporter: do you think you're intimidating? >> i could be. i could be. i've seen that a little bit with some men. but the real men step up to the plate. >> reporter: but then that wall goes up again. how is your love life these days? >> my love life is all right. it's okay. >> reporter: yeah? that's all you're going to say. >> yeah. >> reporter: okay. >> it's okay. ♪ ain't no way for me to love you ♪ >> reporter: twice divorced and mother to four sons, aretha also shys away from some of the sorrow in her family's life. her mother, who moved away when she was six, died four years later in her autobiography aretha wrote i cannot describe the pain. nor will i try. in 1979, her father was shot during a burglary in their detroit home. he will lingered in a coma for five years before his death. >> when we were trying to get.... >> reporter: aretha asked the city to dedicate a local park to him. she wanted us to see it. but as we approached the park, she was overcome by emotion. are you all right? that still means a lot to you. it took a minute for her to come pose herself. >> it's a beautiful park. >> reporter: it is a beautiful park. >> i'm glad they dedicated it to him. >> reporter: rev. franklin envisioned a great career for his talented daughter, but likely even he did not imagine she would live to perform at the inauguration of the first african-american president. ♪ to thee we sing that goes down in history. i'm thankful that i was a part of that. >> reporter: aretha made news another way that day. you got a lot of attention for that hat. >> yes. that hat took on a life of its own. >> reporter: it sure did. >> she's donating it to the obama presidential library. i'll go down in history with him. >> reporter: now after a half century of recordings, aretha franklin has just released her 52nd album. the queen of soul is back to remind us that while she may have given up her hat she has not surrendered her crown. ♪ sock it to me ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] people everywhere are helping save trees in just 4 weeks without even noticing. as the world's first line of hybrid paper products, scott naturals combines the green benefits of recycled fiber with the quality you need -- so only our forests will notice the difference. 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(laughing). >> now, do you prefer being called margaret or satan's mistress? we've heard both ways. >> reporter: from the movie the proposal to the 2010 super bowl ads for snickers. >> you play like betty white out there. >> reporter: betty white has shown audiences she isn't just sweet. she's sassy. why do you think wrinkles and randyness have been such a great combination for you? >> i think the randyness was always done with a sense of humor. i mean it can be a naughty joke but it has to be pretty funny. >> if there's one thing i'm known for, it's my muffins. >> double entendre i love. the people who get it enjoy it. the people who don't get it, no harm. >> reporter: you were asked to host saturday night live a number of times until there was the massive facebook campaign. >> i'm such a technological idiot i didn't even know what facebook was. i didn't know anything about the program. but years ago early in my career i turned it down because i'm so california- oriented. it's such a new york identified show, i thought, oh, i'll stick out like a, you know, like an outhouse in a rainstorm. >> reporter: instead, the oldest person to ever host the show got snl its best ratings since 2008. now hot in cleveland on tv land one of the top-rated shows on cable. >> did you hear that? it's the sound of us all turning against you. . to have one good series it's a blessing. two good series is unusual. three is phenomenal. right now i'm working to be... with these wonderful women in hot in cleveland. valerie bertinelli and wendy and jane, it's like the buddy ship we had on golden girls and mary tyler moore. where do you get privileges like that? i taste them every minute. >> couric: she says the actors she's worked with on all three shows have been like family. she's felt their love and loss as she gets older. you know, i thought about you when rue died. because now you're the only golden girl left. >> i'm the only one left. i'm the oldest. that's what amazed me because i thought, well, i'll be maybe the first to go. but ruesy we thought was going to make it. she was not well. when we lost her it was just like tearing your heart out. she was such a fun lady. >> couric: you were initially cast as blanch. >> i was initially cast as blanch but i had played suann nivenns on the mary tyler moore show. she was the neighborhood nympho maniac. >> suann doesn't give in without a fight. >> that's not what the cab drivers tell me. >> they asked my husband how close to betty is betty and suann? they're the same except betty can't cook, of course. >> why, bethee white it's nice to see you again. >> nice to see you. what are your plans? >> couric: betty white met alan on the set of his game show password. she calls him the love of her life and says she hasn't been seriously involved with anyone else since his death in 1981. >> when you've the best who needs the rest? he was... it was special. it was very special. so there's no... but that doesn't keep you from having fun with somebody and going out and having dates. robert redford never calls. >> couric: but i read something sad that you miss the human contact of alan and your marriage and your relationship. >> you go out with a couple, let's say. all of a sudden you'll see one of the other reach over. or just, you know, something like that. those are the things i miss. it's just that level of personal affection that has nothing to do with sex. i'm talking about just the personal contact. that's an empty feeling. >> couric: i know you have step children. are you sorry you never had your own children? >> no, i've never regretted it. i'm so compulsive about stuff. i know if i had ever gotten pregnant, of course, that would have been my whole focus. but i didn't choose to have children because i'm focused on my career. i just don't think as compulsive as i am that i could manage both. >> couric: there's a harbor seal. >> nicky is right here. >> couric: this self-proclaimed workaholic has another book coming out next year about her love of zoos. betty white's got a lot going on. and she likes it that way. >> it is such a blessing. i cannot possibly tell you, katie. it's a constant surprise to me because as you get to this age, you've lost a lot of your close relatives. you don't just sit and talk to them about it. they're not there anymore. >> couric: are you afraid of dying? >> no, not at all. not at all. my mother had the most wonderful outlook on death. she would always say, nobody knows. people think they do. you can believe whatever you want to believe. what happens at that last moment. but nobody ever knows until it happens. but it's a secret. growing up whenever we would lose somebody, you know, she'd say now they know the secret. >> couric: thank goodness you don't know "the" secret, betty, or you wouldn't be here but a lot of people probably want to know what's your secret? what advice would you give to other people who want to have a rich, long life like you've enjoyed? >> when i pontificate, it sounds so, you know, oh, she's preaching. i'm not preaching, but i think maybe i learned it from my animal friends. kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. i think that keeps you feeling young. i really do. >> couric: advice as ageless as betty white herself. >> osgood: next, adding it all up. and i've learned a lot from patients who use levemir flexpen. flexpen comes pre-filled with my long-acting insulin, and i dial the exact dose of insulin i need. my flexpen is discreet and doesn't need to be refrigerated. and flexpen goes wherever i go. levemir is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes. do not take if your blood sugar is too low. tell your healthcare provider about all medicines you take and all of your medical conditions, including if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. the most common side effect is low blood sugar. other possible side effects include reactions at the injection site. get medical help right away if you experience serious allergic reactions, such as body rash, trouble with breathing, fast heartbeat or sweating. ask your healthcare provider about levemir flexpen today. learn more about the different insulins available in flexpen at myflexpen.com. flexpen, insulin delivery that goes with you. ♪ crossing borders with ease ♪ ♪ clearing customs' a breeze ♪ ♪ that's logistics ♪ ♪ a-di-os, cheerio, au revoir ♪ ♪ off it goes, that's logistics ♪ ♪ over seas, over land, on the web, on demand ♪ ♪ that's logistics ♪ ♪ operations worldwide, ups on your side ♪ ♪ that's logistics ♪ impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? 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