we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> conservative is alive and well in missouri and minnesota. >> rick santorum's three-state sweep jolts the gop race. >> i want to congratulate senator santorum. wish him the very best. >> even though there were three elections they didn't mean much because no delegates were awarded. >> it's a bigger waste of time than voting on "american idol." >> i smell gasoline and he won't let me in. >> 911 calls reveal the panic as josh powell torched his own home. >> he blew up the house and the kids. >> the kids and the husband -- and the father were in the house? >> yes. he slammed the door in my face. >> we're going to go to the supreme court and we'll win there. it's been a long time coming. >> there is rational and legitimate governmental interest in proteching marriage between only a man and a woman. >> if you want to respect the sanctity of marriage ban kardashian weddings. >> overseas it is reported that syrian troops are attacking the city of homs from the fifth straight day. bus a 83 jets are to be checked for wing cracks. >> karen handel has announced that she will resign. >> it's in the best interests for susan komen to step aside. >> baby chun chun weighs in at 15 zblounds all that. >> and all that matters. >> we've got a ring. >> i got two. >> on "cbs this morning." >> it doesn't matter if you won or if you lost. >> it matters. welcome to "cbs this morning." it took one night for rick santorum to become a player again in the republican presidential race. the former senator won all three gop contests last night, including an unexpected five point victory in colorado's caucuses. >> santorum won the minnesota caucuses. there it was been an 18 point marge begin. he won by 30 points in the missouri primary. he moves on with a whole lot of momentum. political correspondent jan crawford is in denver. good morning. >> good morning, and good morning to the west for everyone who flat out declared this was a two-man race between romney and gingrich, voters in three states last night said not so fast. santorum not only won minnesota and missouri, he won colorado. that was a state romney was supposed to have had locked up. >> conservatism is alive and well in missouri and minnesota. >> reporter: rick santorum was such an underdog that just a week ago people were speculating he'd drop out. last night he not only one, he blew out the competition. >> your votes today were not just heard loud and wade across the state of missouri and minnesota, but they were heard loud and louder all across this country. >> reporter: the states were a bit quirky. missouri was basically a beauty contest with voters caucusing next month for real. still, santorum's strong showing is a huge blow to the front-runners, especially newt gingrich who's been campaigning as the conservative alternative to romney. though with gingrich's stumbles and voters nervous about his baggage, last night santorum assumed that title. gingrich finished no better than third. >> this was a good night for rick santorum. want to congratulate senator santorum. >> reporter: but as big a win as it was for santorum, it also was a rejection of romney. he so far has not persuaded republicans he can carry the conservative message. >> i thank you for all trying to help. we've got a long way to go. >> reporter: but last night santorum set his sights beyond his republican rivalries. i don't stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. >> reporter: now for santorum who won those iowa caucuses, all these wins are a vindication of sorts. gingrich has been suggesting that he should quit this race so all those santorum supporters could go over to newt gingrich and gingrich would take on romney and win. now santorum is the man with the momentum and that makes it a lot harder to see how that gingrich combback is going to work. >> jan, thank you very much. cbs news political director john dickerson is with us. how did santorum do it? >> the conservatives spoke. 'peeled to the core of the republican party and they've been consistently unsure about mitt romney. they landed for a little while with newt gingrich. they've been shuffling around. they liked what rick santorum had to say and they turned out for it. >> the romney camp says we didn't focus on these. it's more of a defeat for newt gingrich than for us. >> there's an old line in politics, when you're explaining you're losing. they're having to explain away the losses. they are right in that romney has a lot of money and an organization. he didn't play as hard in these states, but he is the one who's supposed to be taking on barack obama. he needs to be strong in his own party. and these victories by rick santorum showed that he's not strong in his own party. he can't seal the deal with the core of that party. the doubts persist. so he has a lot of work to do. >> where is the process now to select a republican nominee? >> rick santorum is now going to fell a lot of heat from the romney campaign. what romney has to do now is what he did very successfully after south carolina, which is get his campaign back together and it's going to be a battle between a conviction politician, santorum, and a politician whose biggest problem in some ways is that people think he lacks conviction. >> in terms of getting the campaign back together how much will that rely on the money he has and the ads which seem to have done so well in florida? >> the good news is they have planned for this. they have a long campaign. they are a cautious and long campaign. they have money for future states. they can rely on what they've already built. there is scrambling that needs to go on for sure, but there's also a lot in place for romney. santorum is scrambling he'll get a lot of money. it's hard to take that money and turn it into an organization overnight. he had trouble doing that after iowa. >> thanks. we want to update you now on the stock act. it became very popular of course after a 60 minutes story back in november. now the house democratic leader has become a specific target of the legislation. nancy cordes is on capitol hill this morning. >> reporter: good morning, to you, erica. the stock act is sailing through congress as a payroll tax cut extension and jobs bills remain mired in gridlock. the stock act passed the senate overwhelmingly last week. late last night house leaders released their version. some aspects of it are bound to create controversy. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: the senate version of the stock act passed 96-3. house republicans hurried to finish their own version in time for a vote tomorrow. >> it is unacceptable for anybody in this body to profit personally from non-public information. >> reporter: the bill's sudden popularity is amusing to louise slaughter who first introduced the stock act six years ago and never got much support. >> what's driving this? >> "60 minutes." i've never seen anything like it. the day after on the street people were asking me about it. >> reporter: house republicans say their bill will be even stronger than the senate bill which explicitly bans members of congress and their staffers from trading on non-public information they glean through their work on capitol hill. it also requires lawmakers to disclose any trade over $1,000 and revoke the lawmakers' pension if they're convicted of a felony. but here's where the bipartisanship ends. on tuesday house republicans announce they're adding a clause they call the pelosi provision restricting lawmakers and their staffs from unfair access to initial public offerings or ipos. the provision is a dig at house minority leader nancy pelosi. her husband's participation in an ipo for visa was highlighted in the "60 minutes" story. she denies there's a conflict of interest. >> i will hold my record in terms of fighting the credit card companies as a speaker of the house or as a member of congress up against anyone. >> reporter: pelosi's office adds that this was one of the largest ipos in history, 4 million shares of visa were sold. her husband bought 5,000. >> nancy, thank you. we do want to go back to steve kroft's "60 minutes" story which inspired the pelosi provision. >> do you think it's all right for a speaker to accept a very preferential favorable stock deal? >> we didn't. >> you participated in the ipo and at the time you were speaker of the house. down the think it was a conflict of interest or have the appearance of a con tlikt of interest? >> no. if you decide that you're going to have -- elaborate on a false premise, but it's not true and that's that. >> i don't understand what part's not true. >> yes, sir? that i would act upon an investment. >> "60 minutes" correspondent is here with us. >> good morning. > reminds me that the worst call you can get is saying i'm steve kroft on the line from "60 minutes." you have to build that up. you have to keep that an active proposition. >> what's going to happen to the pelosi provision when the house votes? >> i have no idea, but -- well, i'm assuming that it's going to pass. i think it should. i think it's a great addition to the bill. i don't think that the people in congress people in positions of power should be rewarded with the opportunity to make huge amounts of money when they're considering legislation that may be -- this company may be involved in. >> so this very much changes things as to what congress people can do and what information they can share? >> yes. how it's ultimately enforced we'll wait to see. there's still all sorts of problems with the disclosure laws as you well know. they have to report their stock trades now 30 days -- every 30 days, which is a huge improvement. they used to have to only do it every six months which makes it easier for reporters to go and find out what they're trading. but we'll see if that's in the senate provision. some people -- or house provision. some people have said that it needs to be longer. >> some kind of conference taking place? >> yes. >> you mentioned the need for enforcement, which is still kind of up in the air. you got a pretty overwhelming viewer response from this. when you heard from the american people who watched this piece, your piece in november, is the stock act that we're seeing now what they wanted in terms of changes? >> i think that they were just outraged to find out that members of congress really weren't subject to insider trading laws. i think people have been so dissatisfied with the performance of congress if you look at their approval ratings, i think the people were just angry that people -- that there were a different set of rules for them. >> when you do a piece like this that really stirs up washington, what's the consequence? what happens? do you get people saying, boy, do i have a story from you? do you get a lot of people saying i don't want to be seen with you? >> the reaction is funny. a day or two after we did the story i had an interview scheduled with a member of congress and he called back and said, i'm not doing this in my office. i don't want to be seen with steve kroft and "60 minutes" on the hill so we did it in a hotel room. it changed within a matter of days when everybody said, look, we need to do something about this. then, of course, everybody jumped on the bandwagon. >> thank you very much, steve. great to see you on the program. >> great to be here. >> this sunday "60 minutes" will have an interview with adele looking ahead to the grammys. turning to washington state now where police have released chilling 911 tapes from the day josh powell killed his two sons and himself. the calls were made by a social worker who dropped off the children. here she is pleading for help. >> i'm on a supervised visitation for a court ordered visit, and something really weird has happened. i am really shocked and i could hear one of the kids crying but he still won't let me in. >> reporter: desperate for help and sensing danger, social worker elizabeth griffin hall pleads with a 911 operator to send someone quickly. >> i'd like to pull out of the driveway because i smell & gasoline. he won't let me in. >> reporter: inside the house josh powell is brutally attacking his children while a frustrated griffin hall waits helplessly for authorities to arrive. >> okay. how long will it be? >> i don't know, ma'am. they have to respond to emergency life threatening situations first. >> this could be life threatening. he went to court on wednesday and he didn't get his kids back. and this is really -- i'm afraid for their lives. >> reporter: moments later powell torches the home as an explosion rocks the neighborhood. >> exploded the house. >> ma'am -- >> he exploded the house. he blew up the house and the kids. >> the kids and the father were in the house? >> yeah. yes. he slammed the door in my face. so i kept knocking. i thought it was a mistake. i kept knocking and then i called 911. >> reporter: bowpowell's sister called 911. >> he said something about he can't live without his sons and i'm not afraid of him. he'd never hurt me. i'm afraid of seeing something i don't want to see. >> reporter: yet as she spoke josh powell and his two sons had already perished in the fire. >> we turn now overseas. syria's president now says he wants to hold talks with opposition forces, but syrian troops attack the city of homs for the fifth day in a row. activists report at least 20 people were killed. with syria at the brink of civil war, it is a dangerous time for anyone to be there, especially outsiders. our clarissa ward, one of the few western reporters in syria, filed this report from a rebel camp. >> reporter: we attended a military training session for the syrian liberation army, the rebel force that we have been staying with here. what was most striking is that these men are not former soldiers. they do not have military expertise. many of them are not even physically fit. they are farmers and they are workers. they have enormous amounts of courage and enormous amounts of spirit but really very little military expertise. it's important to remember that this is a revolution that is being fought on a shoestring. we visited a hospital which is really just a few rooms. it's one of the only places that people who have been injured while participating in a protest or people who are affiliated with rebel forces can go for any treatment. they really have only the most basics of medical supplies there. when we visited we saw one man donating blood into a bag. the blood was quickly tested to see if the blood type matched and then it was immediately injected into another man. these men on the ground here, these rebel forces, but also just these civilians are in desperate need of humanitarian aid, military expertise, and they say most importantly of international support. clarissa ward for "nbc 10 news today," syria. this morning supporters of proposition 8, california's ban on same-sex marriage, want the supreme court to decide the issue. yesterday a federal appeals court ruled the voter approved ban is unconstitutional. same-sex marriage's though will not resume immediately in california. the court gave proposition 8 supporters time to appeal. >> it is time now to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. we begin in britain where the guardian reports the last known world war i veteran has died. florence green joined the women's royal air force a few > th this national weather report sponsored by hallmark. life is a special occasion. an angry message from one special ops commander to another on tuesday. stop talking to reporters or your troops are going to get killed. you'll see that confrontation and we'll ask john miller about keeping secret missions secret. also, george clooney has no secrets from us. we'll go inside his home in los angeles as person to person returns to cbs after 50 years. you're watching "cbs this morning." this portion of "cbs this morning," sponsored by kay jewelers. every kiss begins with kay. just right. s okay. ready... mm-hmm. happy valentine's day. 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>> it is not something that we actively pursue, as i think a number of journalists here in the audience will confirm. but the fact of the matter is, with the social media being what it is today, with the press and the 24-hour news cycle, it's very difficult to get away from it. >> today, at my direction, the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in pakistan. >> reporter: beyond the leaks from officials in washington or a relentless press, being a member of special forces, especially the navy s.e.a.l.s, has become a cottage industry for some, who have sold books, consulted on movies, and gone on speaking tours. but they argue they know what to say and what to leave out. >> i think that the special operations community and the intelligence community have done a very good job of keeping the specific tactics, techniques, and procedures that we use secret. what the enemy does snow that there's an incredibly able, versatile force on call ready to respond when needed. >> john miller is with us now. give us the context of this meeting where this particular exchange took place. a public meeting. secondly, the buzz that's been around about this idea that somehow there's too much information out there. >> well, this was a defense industry conference that is geared towards the special operations community. it is an extraordinarily friendly audience for a guy like bill mccraven. so this was unusual to have a contentious exchange there. but to follow up on the second part of your question, this really has been something roiling in the community. people saying once you retire, once you go away, your job is to keep your mouth shut. >> but has there been information out there in the media that the national security people believe was damaging? >> well, the special ops people say, you know, when you have one of these operations, we put out what we put out. then there's a drip, drip, drip of leaks from reporters who do their job very well of going to sources saying, tell me more, give me a richer picture. what happened? how did they do it? they get into things like what was concealed in the tail rotor of the helicopters. that's what drives me crazy. >> there may be somebody out there connecting the dots. how do you make the decision then? you've been on both sides of this, on the press side as well as on the inside. >> well, the best combination is to have very experienced people who cover that for a living and sources who understand how to mitigate those things. because the more expertise you have on what's of tactical value to the enemy and what's just really interesting helps. >> it raises the point. all these special ops forces know they don't want to put themselves or anyone else in danger, but how much of it goes too far? >> the other question connected to that is, and who makes that decision? the leaks are not coming from special forces operators. the leaks, and i'm going to be very candid here, come from 26-year-old congressional staffers who sit on a classified briefing or their bosses or somebody at the white house who doesn't understand the tactical value of those things. but you've got to frame this. special forces have carried out thousands of these operations at a rate of four or five a day for the last two years or so. mostly we don't hear anything about any of them. these high profile ones generate the pressure. >> what i hear you saying is that the message that the general was suggesting might be a timely warning, but it might be directed at other people rather than the special ops forces. >> and i think he might have had the wrong target with mccraven there. but mccraven's point was great, which is the reason i became a navy s.e.a.l. is because i saw john wayne in the movie "green beret." yes, we have a movie coming out with active navy s.e.a.l.s. you've got this ground swell in entertainment. they say, you know, when our mistakes are exposed, it makes us better. when our work is promoted, it brings in recruits. >> john, thanks. a tv classic returns to the screen tonight. george clooney is one of the guests on "person to person," the cbs program now being brought back featuring our own charlie rose. >> tomorrow we'll ask new york cardinal designate timothy doland about tangling with the white house and taking on a new role in the catholic church. you are watching "cbs this morning." ask me what it's like when my tempurpedic moves? 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>> i was born ready. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] >> i wonder who won that little competition between jimmy fallon and first lady michelle obama. two good sports. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." would you like to get in a contest with the first lady? >> no, but i'd like to race her up the stairs. the white house is trying to cool off a heated controversy after a new obama rule. that requires all employers, including religious institutions, to cover birth control as part of employee health insurance. >> some roman catholic groups are threatening lawsuits with the policy. white house press secretary jay carney responded on tuesday. >> we're going to continue to work with religious groups to try to allay their concerns. as we implement a policy that provides this coverage to women across the country. >> well, let's bring in washington post columnist michael gerson. here in our studio, faith and religion contributor, father edward beck. thank you, both. michael gerson, we'd like to start with you, if it you don't mind. >> sure. >> the administration seems to suggest they are willing to work out a compromise. is this possible? >> well, you know, it's difficult to compromise on this kind of issue. it's hard to grant half of a constitutional right. the question here is whether religious institutions will be forced to buy an insurance product that violates their conscience. that either happens or it doesn't happen. there might be some things you can do around it. the administration is not conceding the central point here. they believe that churches have religious liberty rights, but they think that religious institutions like hospitals and charities and universities should be treated under federal law like a 7-11 or an apple store. i think that's resented by these institutions themselves. it's really kind of a binary choice they have whether to retreat or not. >> why do you think this is an ideological wrecking ball? >> you know, it represents, in a lot of ways, important political philosophic depate. not a debate about contraception. liberalism in our past was the protection of individuals and groups and their rights not to reflect the majority views. modern liberalism, in this sense, seems to be the imposition of liberal values on institutions that are regarded as backwards. i think that that's the opposite of pluralism, and it's, you know, provoked an understandable and natural reaction among not just catholics but i think protestants and other who is care about religious liberty. >> father beck, in raeality, ths is something already being dealt with. there are 28 states that require to offer contraception. only eight of those would exempt catholic hospitals and universities. so based on how it's played out there, how do you believe it should play out nationally? >> in those states, there have been conscience clauses where those universities, those hospitals can get around it. >> is that enough then? >> i think if there was a conscience clause put into this, yes. it definitely would work. something that's not getting discussed, however, is this plan b. the morning after pill. catholics who are coming to me are saying, is this abortion? you have a fertilized egg. it's also going to have to cover that. it's being called this contraception controversy. really, this is after conception, some are saying. less is getting spoken about that. that's really getting the ire of catholics up. >> the latest survey seems to suggest that most catholics favor contraception. doesn't that play a role in this decision? >> well, you know, gayle, in the catholic church it doesn't matter. majority doesn't rule. as sometimes in civil law it doesn't rule. in the 1960s, most people thought that integration was a good thing. we had to go against popular opinion for what we believed to be true. the catholic church is doing the same thing with this issue. it's not going to cave just because it's not popular. >> integration is a good thing? >> no, in the '60s, some people would say segregation -- i mean segregation. >> rewind. >> i meant segregation. sometimes you have to go against the popular opinion. >> okay. all right. >> i strongly agree with that point, by the way. if religious liberty means the right to reflect the majority, religious liberty doesn't mean anything. you know, traditionally, this is the right of catholic institutions and religious institutions to retain their identity. and it's interesting that the supreme court in january asserted a broad religious autonomy right when it comes to hiring. the administration could have used that as an excuse and said the supreme court has a strong ruling here, a 9-0 decision. we can back off from this. but they chose, actually, to be very aggressive on this issue in ways that i don't quite understand. >> and why, i think, there's going to be a compromise is because we know president obama needs the catholic vote. he lost catholic men in the last election. he can't afford any swing states like ohio, pennsylvania to come that close or lose the catholic vote. there are catholics even who think contracep we know that two heads are we foe -- know that two heads are better than one, so are two arm when is it comes to taking your blood pressure? 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she's here with us. >> her latest cd is getting a lot of buzz. we're going to talk about that today and about her 30 years in the music business. she's still going strong at the age of 54. >> and a programming note. if you missed today's eye opener, you're in luck. even if you're on your way out the door, you can get it on your phone. dial star, star 2-6. we will text you that link. want to get you today's "healthwatch" now. here's dr. holly philips. >> good morning. in today's "healthwatch," two blood pressure measures may be better than one. the next time you get your blood pressure checked, you might want to ask your doctor to take it in both your right and left arm. a new study says people with a difference of at least 15 points in the readings between each arm were more than twice as likely to have blood vessel disease. and they had a 70% greater risk of dying from heart disease than those with no pressure differences. researchers think the variation between the two arm measurements is a better predictor of narrowing and hardening of the arteries than the actual blood pressure reading. that's because vessel disease can occur in only one side of the body. if it's detected early, treatments such as stopping smoking, stepping up exercise, and taking medication can reduce death rates. blood pressure is not the only way to tell if you're at risk for vascular disease, but it is an easy way to stop what's often called the silent killer. i'm dr. holly phillips. this bowl of strawberries is loaded with vitamin c. and now, b vitamins to boot. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. splenda® essentials™ are the first and only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vitamins in every packet. mmm. same great taste with an added "way to go, me" feeling. splenda® essentials™. get more out of what you put in. ♪ ♪ every record sounds the same ♪ you got to step into my world ♪ madonna's new sing am, give me all your luvin came out a few days before the super bowl performance. yesterday, she announced the schedule for her new world tour. tickets go on sale on monday. anybody who saw her on that halftime show can see that madonna has not slowed down. she's 53. she's proud to say. there's a lot of that going on in the music world. 62-year-old bru 62-year-old bruce springsteen kicking o a tour. and gloria estefan, so fabulous at 54. she put out her 26th album. miss little havana including hotel nacional. it debuted at number one. she's the first female artist ever to do that. it's a pleasure for us to have you here this morning in studio 57. >> happy to be here. thank you so much. >> nice treat. >> a real pleasure. at 54 you look so good. tell us all the work you've had done. >> not that there's anything wrong with that. no. good old-fashioned hard work. i'm very tiny. i lose some weight and then it looks way better. >> when we sat down, we were talking, gloria said everybody thinks that i've had work done, not that there's anything wrong with that. >> i have great genes. thank you to my mom and dad for that one. i exercised my whole life. i have spare parts in there. i have titanium reinforced. >> i remember. >> i work out a lot. i think that will help staying active, doing what you do. i don't feel any different quite honestly. i feel like a baby still. >> i was wondering how old you feel? >> i feel like ten. i don't feel any different. i see my kids getting older. my son is married. my daughter is 17. that's where you see time passing. i have more energy than ever. i feel great. >> you know what scares me, i remember when her kids were born. >> time goes by. >> and emily is heading off to college. >> one more year. amazing musician. she's on this record as well. >> she's the best musician in your family. that's saying something. >> you're saying she's the best musician in the family and you're gloria estefan. >> she's got the discipline. my son as well has a lot to do with the video. we worked on the treatment together. and wrote the scripts. it's great to work with your kids and have them still think you're cool is great. that's fantastic. >> the best part. >> do you find, gloria, after being in the music business as long as you have, you have to figure out a way to stay current and relevant? >> on the latest one you're working with pit bull, with some of the younger people. do you feel that in order for us to still maintain, we have to play with the young in. >> i don't know if it's so much play with the young. but i think that every time you work with someone new and you have a new baby, it's like different genes from each of the participants in the thing. so most definitely. as long as you keep fresh for you. i think for a musician, for somebody to buy that your stuff is fresh, it has to feel like that for you. you have to grow and evolve, or else you'll do the same thing. >> i loved you and pit bull together. >> worldwide. >> the days of just going into a record store and getting a record, which i tried to do recently, you know and you go from place to place, no we don't sell it, no we don't sell it. you decided to do something different this time with your album. isn't it only sold at target. >> they were the exclusive sellers of the cd. quite honestly, most of it get downloaded and most of it not paid for. artists will do what we do regardless of the fact that it no longer may be this lucrative thing like years ago. you got to do your art. >> the grammys are this weekend. you've won seven times. >> emilio has 19. he's got me beat. >> what are some of the categories you're most interested in? >> i like to watch it. i like to see what categories get on the air. most of the awards are given before. it's interesting for me to see which performances they choose. the grammys are more pop oriented in the last few years. i love to watch live music, period. any time there's somebody performing live, i'm there. i love to soak it up. it's fantastic. >> it's great when you walked it and emilio is with you. he's been your significant other. you said your one and only for the past years. >> has it been your only? >> yes. >> really? >> yes. >> didn't know any better. >> i've always wanted to talk to people like that. i think it's so rare that that happens. >> i didn't plan it. i didn't think i'd even get married, period. i was going off to school, i had been accepted to the sar bone in paris. we met and i think it was destiny. we fell in love and i had no doubt that i wanted to be with him the rest of my life. it's worked out. we have great communication. he just says that i really don't know any better. i tell him baby, i don't have to have the hamburger. when i got filet mignon at home. how are you feeling about your kids going to school. the first time i thought i would need psychological helpment erica, wait until it happens to you. >> i don't want to think approximate it. i have to think about kindergarten. >> you're excited for hr, i know. >> i try to think positively and protect my kids mentally as well. i surround them with white light and good thoughts. but of course, i'm in a fetal position as it is. she has one more year in high school. the boys are more independent. my son was independent. she was our miracle child. >> i remember. >> going out in the world. >> i never forgot about your kids. you sew their wings on tight and then you let them soar. i've never forgotten that. who are you rooting for in the grammys sunday night? >> i root for everybody. it's nerve racking and it's nice to get that. it's your peers saying that you've done something well. >> i don't have favorites. i love to -- i love artists and what they do. it's going to be fun to watch. >> i'm rooting for adele. >> you don't have to root. that's a no-brainer. mirkarimi is back in court in about 30 minutes from now. right now, he's under orders to good morning in the headlines, sheriff ross mirkarimi back in court in about 30 minutes from now right now he is under orders to stay away from his wife and son until his domestic violence trial is over. he is trying to change that during today's hearing. trial starts february 24. opponents of same-sex marriage promise to appeal the latest court ruling of the ninth circuit court of appeals. they ruled 2-1 that the voter- approved initiative served no purpose other than to, quote, lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians. it could go all the way to the supreme court. and a big plan at the state capital to save california families money on college tuition. the knew proposal would would be funded by eliminating a 2009 corporate tax break. it adds up to $4,000 in annual savings for cal students. uc students would save over $8,100. we'll have an update on your traffic and weather coming right up. good morning. this is an issue this morning, fog. it's covering a lot of our roads this morning. so this is 880 through oakland. hard to see the coliseum there in the distance but it's slow especially in the northbound lanes. stop and go towards the downtown oakland exit. we have been dealing with a couple of different accidents if the same area eastbound highway 37. just past skaggs island. one is still blocking lanes. we have a number of dense fog advisories as well issued for the carquinez bridge, benicia bridge, one for the richmond/san rafael bridge and the bay bridge toll plaza. no surprise. they just cleared an accident just past the pay gates. but it is still jammed solid to the maze. for more on this foggy morning commute, here's lawrence. >> very gray around the bay area to start off the morning t should lift shortly and that means we are going to see sunshine by the afternoon, lots of fog toward the bay bridge, dense fog advisory continuing in the north and east bay dropping those visibilities less than a quarter mile in spots. toward the afternoon, skies becoming mostly sunny, beautiful in san jose at 6 6. 65 in mountain view and 63 degrees in san francisco. ♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." one of the worst days in nascar history happened in 2001 when the legendary dale earnhardt died in a crash at the daytona 500. three-time nascar champion darrell waltrip was there. he watched in horror as his friend was killed and he then saw his brother michael waltrip win the race. darrell has written the story of that day in a memoir, sundays will never be the same, racing, tragedy and redemption. my life in the fastest sport. he joins us to talk about that with correspondent jeff glor. >> welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> take us back to 2001. it was my first race do a nascar sprint cup race. and so i'm in the booth for the first time. my brother and i, michael, who was driving for dale sr in the -- my brother michael and i talked through the winter about michael, man wouldn't it be cool if you won your first race. he had never won a race. wouldn't it be cool if you won a racy could call you home. it would be like when ned jarrett called dale jarrett home. it's one of those moments. here i am on the race goes off, we have the big one and the people are flipping over and they stop the race. we had some radio talk between dale and some of spotters and thing. they go back to green. here my brother is with the white flag come out. the last lap of the race. my brother is leading the daytona 500. it's the biggest race. it's the super bowl. >> with dale jr. right behind him. >> i wanted you to introduce this piece because i wanted you to go back with us to hear this. this is what everybody heard or what you heard at that moment. here's the tape. >> come on, mike i, you got it man. you got it. you got it! you got it. mikie! all right. >> michael waltrip wins. >> all right. >> a dream come true. >> oh, man. >> how about dale, is he okay in. >> he climbed out of his car. >> darrell? >> is this better than winning it? >> i hope dale is okay. i guess he's all right, isn't he? >> extraordinary moment. >> it is. and it's 11 years ago, charlie, and even today, i see that and i think about that moment in time. i could shed tears. it was tragic. one moment i'm excited for my brother. i'm going to victory circle with my brother. and the next minute i turn around and a friend of mine was standing at the top of the steps with tears down his face. big man. deputy sheriff in daytona. he's shaking his head. i say i'm going to victory circle. he's going to take me. what's wrong? he's shaking his head and crying. he said we got to go to the hospital. he said, i don't think dale made it. it was the biggest and most emotional roller coaster i had been on in my life. the excitement of michael winning and then the fact, the reality that dale probably got killed in that wreck. the next thing i know, i'm sitting in the hospital with the family and friends and nascar officials and we're all stunned. everybody is in shock. there were things that happened in that room that i don't even recall. i blocked it out of my mind. it was so devastating to me and the racing world, really. >> what was it about dale? >> dale was a character. i mean, you know, his image was one tough customer. he made sure that he lived up to it. he was all about risk and reward. he would take any risk to get that reward. you could go out on the track to practice, just some little simple thing like practice, he wanted to win practice. he was a man that all he thought about was winning races and you better not get in his way because he would -- as he would put it, he would rattle your cage. >> he would push you out of the way. >> you're going too slow. move over. >> you've been outspoken in support of safety. things have changed. >> oh, nascar did an outstanding job. michel ton, all the people at nascar, we had about three tragedies in a row, adam petty and kenny irwin and then dale and nascar said, man, we got to do something. they introduced a new car shall the car of tomorrow was safer race car, safer barriers around the tracks. everywhere we go, the devices, the seats. you look at a driver today, you see the headrests that protects him from impact. the hans device, what a great invention that is. you can see there, one of the guys wearing it. because of dale's death, there's been a lot of lives that have been saved. >> some people think, though that why they come is to see an accident. >> you know, it's like football. you want to see that guy go across the middle there and catch that pass and take that hard hit. that's part of the ooh. you got to have some of that. that's what racing provide. it provides a lot of excitement. you sit on the edge of your seat. you anticipate things happening. but the thing about it today is, they're happening and guys are getting -- they're not getting killed, they're not getting hurt. they're walking away from them. that's' big gain. >> nascar has been so safe for ten years. indy car, we talked about dan weldon. >> dan was a super guy. he's the other dw by the way that people know me as dw. they knew dan as the same. the ironic thing about dan, he was helping develop a safer race car. a new car for indy car racing that would be much safer and he was in the process and that car will be on the track in 2012. but dan was a great guy, sweet wife, couple of kids. it was a tragedy, man. one of the worst. >> you know i grew up in north carolina. >> car guy. >> car guy. i'm a car guy. i cannot, not ask you this. who is the greatest driver ever to sit behind the wheel? >> well, you know, everybody has an opinion, right? >> what is darrell's opinion? >> i think david pierson. the silver fox. he was so smart. he won 105 races. he won three championships. but he never ran all the races. he had a limited schedule most of the time. so the 105 wins that david pierson has. they're high quality wins and i loved racing with him. he would be one of the guys, you wouldn't see him all day, but when the checkered flag was ready to fly, he was there. >> who do you like this year, danica is full-time in nascar now, right? >> the daytona 500 is coming up on the 26th and danica will be in the field. don't count her out. can she win? can trevor bayne, the kid that won last year? >> who would have thought that? >> don't count her out. i think she'll be a big surprise. carl edwards will be look r for redemption. he and tony stewart. >> jimmie johnson. mr. five-time. he's going to fight back in. jeff gordon is not done, tony stewart is not done, kyle busch and the childress brothers. >> do you wish you could be back? >> at times. i see sundays when i wish i was out there and something happens and i remember why i quit. >> the book, was it hard to write a book and look back as well as think about the memories? >> the thing about the book is, it's my story. it's how -- the day that dale got killed. it's me. i never could understand why i even went to the hospital. i mean, my brother just won the daytona 500. i would have probably in a normal -- i would have run to victory circle. instead i ran to the hospital. why i did that, i don't even know. but i was there and that experience has changed -- it was life changing for me. it has been for many fans. that's why the title of the book, sundays will never be the same, racing is better than it's ever been. we've had the best year we've ever had. five first-time winners, a tie for the championship settled by who had the most wins. the cars are the best they've ever been. 2012 is going to be an awesome season. sponsors are back. fans are back. things are looking pretty good. >> great to have you here, my friend. good to see you. >> i'd love to say here all day. we can talk some mo laces? 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>> no. if you're a great skier and you go around telling everybody how great you are, you're kind of a tool. but if you have a great day out on the mountain, create a go pro video about it, people say wow, you rip and now they know more about you. >> to know more about nick all you have to do is rig his new porsche race car with about a dozen cameras. >> we've got a lot of them. >> then put another one on us. >> look how tiny this is and how big that is. >> he took us for a beautiful drive down california's highway 1. his company's unofficial testing lab. >> we were trying to develop these products in an office park somewhere, where is the inspiration? >> with this adrenaline junkie behind the wheel. >> don't kill me to get a story. >> our ride soon went way off road. >> good job dude. >> the workday looks more like a day off and woodman's employees are more like his beach bum band of brothers. >> i can't believe he pays me for this. >> there's always looking for new shots. so they stuck a camera in his remote control airplane. footage that used to require a helicopter. >> what do you want this to do for people? >> our vision forgo pro is that it enables people to capture and share their most passionate experiences. you are the star of your own life. live a big life, go pro. >> that's like a commercial. >> sorry about that. i couldn't resist. >> it's hard to blame him. he's having the ride of his life. >> nice. >> man, this is a great story, ben. well done. >> thank you. not a bad day at the office to go hang out there. >> just show it to us. you have it there. >> this is the go pro. it's pretty tiny. it also comes with this case or put it inside this thing and it's waterproof. you can take it deep sea fishing, surfing. >> it really doesn't -- if you have this on your head, it wouldn't necessarily be all that cumbersome, it's not that heavy? >> correct. >> not very expensive. 300 d. for the quality you get, that's not bad. >> that quality is amazing. >> high definition. >> you looked a little scared in the car there. you didn't scream like a girl but you looked a little scared in the car. >> if you kill me, you get no story. >> nick says to me, you're the first person who has come in this car and not asked me if i actually know how to drive it. but the thought went through my head. this could be my last shoot. >> what was it he said, if you don't have the camera, you don't have to be a jerk, you can the equivalent of a hero. >> nobody wants to be a tool. >> if you fool around and brag about how good you are at things, you're a little bit of a tool. if you put it online. i took this out on a bike ride and mounted it on the handlebars of my bike and we were tooling around los angeles, up to the hollywood hills. the video you get from it is just amazing. >> does it have sound too? >> it has a built-in microphone. >> think of all the human experiences. he photographed the birth of his child. >> this is some of the video from the bike ride. he did. he took this thing and put it on a little helmet that he had in the operating room. saw the birth of his child. >> so, ben, what's your next great idea? i think you do a story like that and become inspired. you know what i need to do? >> you come back very inspired or kind of depressed you didn't think of something so simple that this guy made millions of dollars off of. >> ha do you think the company is worth? >> that's a good question. some analysts are saying $250 million. they're a private company so they don't put the numbers out. they had a 300% increase in profits last year. one way to measure it is a year ago at this time, 50,000 followers on facebook. today, 1.7 billion. >> another way to measure is how much somebody would pay to buy the company. >> there you go. we'll have to see. >> you have a number out there, charl charlie. >> by sunday, i will have bought one of these. >> sunday. >> we would like to see the video, mr. rose, on monday. >> i don't know about that. >> go pro. >> nice to have you here in the studio. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video. don't you want that? i...i suppose. now go make your dad and me proud. try something funny. 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"the examiner" reports the utility has 300 people on the job that involves digging through record and digging to reach those pipelines, as well. oakland mayor jean quan will update the city with the state of the city address. the speech is set for 7:00 in the city council chambers. she has had a full plate so all eyes on her tonight. and there is a high surf advisory out there for the bay area coastline. you may see swells between 13 and 18 feet high if you are heading to the beach. beware. people on the beach should watch out for strong rip currents, possible sneaky waves, as well. or is that a sneaker wave? let's find out from lawrence. >> it's a sneaker wave!! you want to stay off the rocks today, frank, as big-time surf is crashing on the coastline. also a lot of fog around the bay area today will begin breaking up here shortly and then we're in for a nice day but visibility down to less than a quarter mile. some places reporting down less than 8th of a mile this morning. as we head throughout the day, though, high pressure now beginning to build in. and our temperatures will warm up significantly today. 66 degrees in san jose, 56 sunny it concord this afternoon. passing clouds into san francisco but a comfortable 63 degrees. the next couple of days it could be super tomorrow as some of these temperatures are going to soar near 70 well above average on thursday. we start to cool off with more clouds coming our way on friday. and this weekend looking just a little unsettled. possibly wet as we get into sunday. all right. we'll check your "timesaver traffic" coming up next. good morning. well, we have a huge mess right now on highway 37. you will want to avoid it. for a while they had to close the eastbound lanes of highway 37 from 121 to skaggs island because of a series of multi- vehicle crashes in that area. fog, we are told, may be an issue and may be one of the causes of some of these crashes. so right now, chp is on scene. they are trying to do some two- way traffic control in the area. but eastbound traffic and westbound 37 by the way, both just a mess in that area. so you will want to use alternates like the richmond/san rafael bridge. of course, be extra careful on the roads. fog is an issue all over the bay area.