winner of the wildest daytona 500 in decades. first as we do every morning, we'll begin with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 connects. >> governor santorum's a nice guy, but he's never had a job in the private sector. >> mitt romney looks for a home state boost. >> kid rock. ♪ and voters go to the polls in michigan and arizona. >> there's santorum talking about social issues again. >> i'm talking about freedom. >> how is it that mitt romney hasn't crushed this guy already? >> this day is a day of heart break. >> an ohio community in mourning after a student opens fire. >> we have an active shooter at the high school. >> five students were shot. two of those teens have died. >> another one hit my friend. >> the alleged shooter is in custody. his suspected motive revenge. >> you haven't hugged or kissed your kid in the last couple of days, take the time. >> an airplane made an emergency landing at newark airport because of a nose gear problem. >> we're getting down on a fuel situation. >> israel says it will not warn the u.s. if it attacks iran's nuclear facility. >> the costa allegra caught on fire. >> a french fishing boat is towing that ship. 1,000 people are on board. 8 americans. >> first rain then fire delayed it. >> when he had it it it exploded. >> all that. >> and all that matters. >> where do i find this holy twitter feed? >> pope benedict will tweet some of the themes for this season at pope to you vatican. >> pope to you vatican. >> on "cbs this morning." >> the pope can't get a straight up twitter handle? that is week twitter, that is tweak. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." it is primary day in michigan and arizona. mitt romney is expected to win in arizona. it is too close to call in michigan, the state where he grew up. >> rick santorum is counting on working class voters from both parties to put him over the top. chip reid is in a polling place in michigan this morning just outside of detroit. chip, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and erica. and to our viewers on the west coast. this isn't just any polling place. this is boonfield hills where mitt romney grew up. that's part of his burden here. the fact that he was born and raised here his father was governor, means if he doesn't win big his opponents are going to characterize it as a defeat. >> kid rock. >> reporter: mitt romney and kid rock might not look like natural allies. but rock's hit song "born free" has become the campaign song. last night rock gave his politician friend a political boost just when he really needed one. at a rally earlier in the day romney sure sounded confident about michigan. >> well this sure has been fun, these last ten days or so. we started off about, what 15 points down in the polls, now we're leading in the polls. >> reporter: in fact the polls show the race here is neck in neck. if romney loses, even some of his leading supporters say the race could be a nail biter all the way to the republican convention in august. rick santorum might not even need a win to declare victory. >> if we run well and finish both these races where it looks like it's a two-person race i think that's going to mean really good things for us going into super tuesday. >> reporter: santorum has been criticized for putting too much focus on religion and social issues but he's not backing off. >> there's santorum talking about social issues again. no, i'm talking about freedom. >> reporter: newt gingrich campaigning in tennessee ahead of next week's super tuesday primaries was looking to foreign policy and a surprising take on afghanistan to distinguish himself from the crowd. >> we're not going to fix afghanistan. it's not possible. and there's some problems what you have to do is say, you know you guys figure out how to live your own miserable life. >> reporter: one thing to watch here in michigan is that the democratic party is encouraging democrats to vote in the republican primary for rick santorum as part of an effort to try to deprive mitt romney of a clear victory. charlie and erica, back to you. chip thanks. capitol hill republican paul ryan. he is chair of the house budget committee. >> good morning. >> do you have a prediction for michigan? >> no, i don't. i'll let you do that. >> we're not in the predicting business either. >> neither am i. >> let me go to the question of what is being debated there. it seems more about social issues than economic issues. is that troubling for you and the republican party? >> it's not troubling for me. actually i think that's more about the media and maybe the democrats who are trying to move it in that direction. i think what the candidates are mostly talking about are the fiscal issues economic issues, and the choice of two people the country will have to make in the fall. when it comes down to it we'll be talking about the economic issues which are the driving of the front of the minds of the american people. so i don't think we're going to have a side track in the social issues. there are issues that arise that must be discussed like the president's new mandate that affects catholic churches and catholic hospitals and things like that but by and large this is going to be about economic issues i think. >> and the bail item, should that be an issue and should voters look at them and say we had an economic bailout of the auto companies and look what happened. profits are up and they're both doing well? >> well if you give any company tens of billions of dollars and wipe their debt off the books, i would expect them to do well. i don't think there's a difference in their positions if i'm not mistaken, charlie, between rick and mitt on that issue. >> big issue? >> big issue in michigan not in other companies. in my hometown in wisconsin we lost our auto plants where we come from we don't see them as great success stories because we had plant shutdowns irrespective of those bailouts. >> sir when you look at the plans of the different candidates who are out there, perhaps most specifically santorum and romney is there one that sticks out to you as the best economic plan for this country? >> well, you know look i think romney came out with a great tax plan the other day at for the field on friday. that was a great tax plan. both of them had been talking about fundamental entitlement reform which is critical to getting the debt crisis averted to making sure we can keep props promises to seniors. can we get the economy growing and get the debt crisis averted? they've been fantastic on spending and entitlements. they are advancing pro-growth economic policies. as far as i'm concerned, no matter who emerges, which might take a while, we're going to have a sharp contrast about what it takes to get this country growing and about reclaiming american exceptionalism with the president. i'm comfortable with the direction of these campaigns. >> you believe to sum up that either one of those campaigns would avoid what you see as the possibility of a european style debt crisis. >> yes. i know these gentlemen well. i've talked to them at great length about these issues. i do believe either one of them are very well poised and ready to provide the leadership that's been lacking for the last 3.5 years to tackle our debt crisis. i do think they're ready to do that. >> do you also believe that the economy beginning to improve and if that's good news for president obama? >> sure. it's good news for americans, first of all. let's not read politics into all of these things. what we've also seen is a lot of people are leaving the work force. they're not trying to find jobs. we still have 20 million people out of work. we still have huge challenges ahead, charlie. we have a massive debt that will surely doom our economy in the near future if we don't get it under control. i don't think we should be taking a big pause when there's so much work yet to do. it's always good when you see signs of economic vitality. it tells me that there's a great resiliency in american businesses and small businesses. imagine how well we could grow if we got the government out of their way. >> let me talk one question about foreign policy. there's a growing sentiment things are going from bad to worse in afghanistan. do you sense among republicans and your fellow congress people both democratic and republican more talk about we have got to get out of there faster than we expected? >> i was there in december. i met with the commanding generals and looked at what was going on on the ground and there is a concern that propping up this central government isn't going to work but that there are things we can do with special forces. we call it village stability operation that is have been really successful. so the question is is can we make sure that afghanistan never becomes a safe haven for terrorists in the future. i think with the very limited footprint we can do that. the question is can we keep this kind of huge troop and money investment to try and make this government succeed? that's where there's a big debate about. i do believe we can have with a limited commitment of american people and resources the ability to prevent it from becoming a safe haven. the question really goes over to pakistan which is another conversation. that's where a big debate occurs. there is a debate about whether or not full success is seen as this government succeeding or the place pacified and it's now becoming a safe haven for the taliban and al qaeda. that is an objective we must achieve. >> congressman ryan thank you very much for joining us. >> take care. this morning, a second student has died from monday's school shooting in chardon, ohio, just outside of cleveland. all schools in chardon are closed today. the 17-year-old suspect could face charges there later today. michelle miller is at the scene. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, erica. and good morning to our viewers in the west. the medical examiner identified the second victim who died as 17-year-old russell king jr. news of his death hit facebook and twitter yesterday as mourners dealt with their grief. ♪ >> reporter: hundreds of students gathered in chardon, ohio, to honor victims of monday's shooting. at a nearby church friends and family tried to comfort the devastated father and brother of 16-year-old daniel parmertor who was killed in the attack. >> he was a lot of fun to be around. it's just sad to see him go. he seems so innocent in all of this. it's really a shame. >> we have an active shooter at the high school. >> reporter: the day was just getting started at chardon high when 17-year-old t.j. lane allegedly fuld out a.22 caliber handgun. without saying a word he opened fire in the cafeteria. >> i saw a kid holding a gun pointing it towards a group of kids and getting ready to press the trigger. >> reporter: freshman danny komertz was standing ten feet away. >> i looked up and he shot two more and it hit a group. hit a kid. he fell. and another kid was hiding under the table for cover. >> didn't know what to do. everybody was holding each other and crying. >> reporter: a heroic football coach managed to chase the suspect down. another teacher pulled a wounded stew doesn't safety. cbs news has learned that lane says he was a victim of bullying, warned his friends about his plans two days in advance. >> you never would think of him doing this. like he's so shy and quiet. he's one of those people that's not talkative around other people. >> reporter: but it appears lane had a troubled past. he was actually at chardon high monday morning waiting to be bussed to a nearby school for at-risk teens. investigators searched the home where he lives with his grandmother monday looking for clues to a motive. >> reporter: the suspect is due in court later this afternoon. his parents released a statement through an attorney saying they are devastated and they want to give their condolences to all of the families. this is something they say that could have never been predicted. >> michelle thanks. with us now, senior correspondent john miller former director at the fbi. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> tell me coming out of the shootings, is there a typical profile? >> the secret service in 1999 did an exhaustive study and what they found was the school shooters are all boys 85% white, 12% black, the rest mixed. but you see across all socioand economic stratospheres really. >> and when you look at it are there commonalties that you could see that might have been a warning? >> yeah. in those cases you've got people who had difficulty coping with loss, who felt bullied or picked on. most had access or had used weapons before. but the shocking stats were in 93% of these cases they told people this is what they were going to do. in only 4% of these cases across more than 100 school shootings did people try to dissuade them from it. and in several cases people said threatening them with a gun isn't enough. you have to up the anti and actually shoot people. >> the lesson is look at what people are saying and listen to them and try to talk them out of it. >> that's the key lesson which is if people are talking that way, whether it's taking their own life and others even if you think they're just talking, you have to report that to school administrators, parents and police. >> had there been any sort of increase in the number of reportings of those things? >> there has been. i think we've seen a decrease in the number of these things that were reported and not acted on because you have had cases where when i was in the fbi we would get an e-mail into the command post late at night from somebody who saw something on facebook traced that down to a given student and house and find weapons and plans and stop that. so after columbine it did tick up. >> that's somewhat positive news in this. thanks. we want to look now at the growing tension among israel iran and the united states. on monday according to the ap israeli officials said they would not warn the u.s. if they decided to attack iran's nuclear facility. >> israel said the u.s. would not be held responsible for failing to stop a potential strike. bill plante is with us. bill, what is the white house saying about these reports from israel? >> reporter: charlie, the white house isn't saying anything on the record about this. they say that look even if the iranians did get an attack from israel, they would still blame the u.s. in any case whether there was israelis had told the u.s. or not. i mean the israelis may not have been quite so definite about this according to officials that i spoke to but nobody here denies that the mood leading up to prime minister netanyahu's visit is very tense. the obama administration continues to argue that a military strike against iran's nuclear weapons would not be effective in slowing the development of their nuclear program, that it would be a temporary setback at best. the u.s. continues to say that all options remain on the table and that of course is an indirect way of saying that they wouldn't rule out military attack. >> bill, any indication of just how much of a focus this will be during those meetings next week? >> that question is something that is going to be right there at the beginning when the prime minister comes to washington and meets with president obama. but here's the thing, even if they disagree the u.s. and israel will want to present some kind of united front in public. >> bill do we know what tomorrow done know lan said to the prime minister when he went to israel to see him about this? >> no he isn't saying and nobody here is saying. we do know that the general idea is that the u.s. has urged the israelis not to make this strike because they don't believe it would be effective. >> thank you so much. bill planlt from the white house. >> a commuter jet was forced into an emergency landing at new jersey's liberty airport last night. the nose gear of the united express jet failed and the plane skidded to a halt. just moments before the pilot told air traffic controllers he had a serious problem. >> we're not gonna know that it's completely down and locked so i would like to declare an emergency at this time and request reskew check us out when we get there, assuming we stop on the runway. >> there were 71 people aboard united flight 5124 from atlanta. no one was injured. passengers though were understandably frightened. >> i thought i was dead. we really d. then i text to my son just letting them know that i love them i hope everything works out. take care of everything. it's unbelievable. unbelievable. >> federal aviation officials are investigating the mechanical failure. time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "the new york times" tells us that the government is ready to require all new cars to have rear view cameras starting in 2014. those cameras can prevent accidents by showing drivers what's behind them before they back up. >> police tell the "los angeles times" a 10-year-old girl's death after a fist fight is officially a homicide. witnesses say the girl fought with another girl over a boy. police don't know yet if the other girl will be charged. >> in britain the daily mail reports on the second major recall of birth control pills in the past month. this time glen marks generics has recalled an unknown number of pills in the united states because of a packaging mistake. >> as the boston red sox begin spring training in florida, a little trouble back at fenway. a fire in the team's offices caused $100,000 worth of damage on monday. >> and some of the most interesting words of the morning come from "usa today." the final volume of the dictionary of american regional english has just been published. >> it includes words like bubbler, and pinkwink meaning water cooler. the very last word zidaco. it is this national weather report sponsored by ing. your number. find it at ing your number.com. all of a sudden michael douglas is talking about greed being bad. so what would charlie sheen say or perhaps more proposely their characters? we'll show you a brand-new message from the people of wall street. and another cruise ship is now strand this time in pirate-infested waters and we'll show you what happened >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by the makers of sir czechoslovakia. zyrtec. love the air. but now, with zyrtec-d® i have the proven allergy relief of zyrtec® plus a powerful decongestant. zyrtec-d® lets me breath freer so i can love the air. 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>> not as closely as some of the most ardent fans but i have some friends who are team owners. >> is there anything that comes out of this guy's mouth? >> are you okay charlie? >> i am. thank you. >> you need some watter? >> no, i have something here. >> can we continue? >> yes we can. >> charlie had a coughing fit. i wanted to make sure he was okay. >> there's a lot of that going around. >> everybody is talking about nascar this morning. hello, it's 8:00. welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> i'll have your nascar quiz before the morning is over. >> and i won't do well. >> i'm charlie rose. erica hill is with me. this year's daytona 500 may have given you heartburn. it certainly cost you sleep. >> the marquee event was postponed by weather for the first time. then the winner had had to overcome a frightening crash and a freak accident. >> reporter: 29 hours and 45 minutes after the daytona 500 was scheduled to start, it only took one minute for a crash. >> slams to the outside. it's five-time champion. >> oh no! >> reporter: kyle busch was not happy. >> seriously. are we all kidding ourselves? we just sat around for 36 hours, and we wreck on lap one. >> reporter: but the car troubles had hardly begun. >> you saw jeff gordon wave out the window. fire on jeff gordon's chevrolet! engine just blew to pieces. >> reporter: and juan pablo montoya driving with a faulty transmission spun into a safety truck. >> he slides up the track and into the back of that surplus helicopter jet engine on a trailer used to dry the race track. oh, my gosh. and all that spilled jet fuel found something hot to ignite it. >> reporter: what to do when 200 gallons of jet fuel spills on your race track? clean it up with laundry detergent, of course. >> 13 laps to go. >> reporter: two hours and a seven-car crash later -- >> big trouble. big, big trouble. >> reporter: the only road to victory in this race was to stay ahead of the pack and work with your team. >> four cars trying to settle among themselves. kenseth coming to the outside lane to pick up his teammate and does. off the final corner. matt kenseth trying to win it for the second time. here comes junior to the outside. side by side with kenseth. >> reporter: for cbs this morning, terrell brown, new york. >> matt kenseth took the checkered flag well after midnight, but he's up early to be with us this morning. good morning. congratulations. >> thank you. >> so when you and junior were there at the end, tell me what you were thinking. >> oh i was really on that last green light checkered, i got with greg. we got a good run down the back stretch. what was behind him, i wasn't sure. dale jr. is one of the best guys at this racing. i knew he was going to be locked on the 16. i was waiting for them guys to get a run and go around me. i was able to stay out there in front. they could never really get a run gathered up. >> congratulations again. >> it must still be sinking if this morning. you had hada few technical issues. early on you probably didn't think you were going to end up in winner's circle. has it sunk in this morning? >> well kind of. we've been down here a long time. it's kind of sinking in. we did have a lot of problems. after our last problem, where we had to come in and put water in our car and, you know, my radio woldn't work so i couldn't talk. we were about three or four seconds from gets a lap down and got lucky and got a caution and stayed on the lead lap. that was a big key to our race. my pick derer did a good job of fixing the problems and getting us in front of greg. i think greg had the best car, along with me. >> matt, help me understand the sport. i'm not a nascar girl. i look at the race and it makes me very nervous and anxious for all you guys behind the wheel. they describe you as the calmest and quietest driver. how are you able to stay so calm, cool and collected under very frightening circumstances? >> well i don't know about that. i think my personality is about the same probably in the car and out of the car. yesterday my radio quit working. that was extremely frustrating. i was doing a lot of yelling in the car. so i'm glad they couldn't hear me for a while. really just try to keep, you know -- not let the highs be too high and the lows be too low. just keep your head down and accomplish your goal of trying to win races. >> i think that was her point, matt. >> yeah, that was my point. >> seems to me like there were a lot of fires. was this an unusual number of cars catching fire? >> well there was only that one that i know of, unless i -- >> montoya. >> yeah montoya ran into the back of that jet drier. i didn't get to -- i haven't actually seen the replay of that. i don't know exactly what happened. when you have all that jet fuel in that hot jet engine sitting behind the fuel tank that was a huge fire. i was thankful everybody was okay. fires and race cars are always scary. >> you had fire. you had fog. you had delays. does it throw you when the race is delayed? i would think you're all keyed up. you're ready to go. then it got delayed a couple times. does it throw you off your game a little bit? >> yeah, that delay was kind of tough. we just left pit road and came out first of everybody that pitted. there were four cars that stayed out hoping they couldn't fix the track or hoping it would rain or whatever and couldn't restart the race. we're sitting there in fifth place. i knew if we went back to green, we were going to be the leader. i finally got ourselves worked toward the front. sitting back there, not having a lot of information. then it starts sprinkling a little bit. just hoping they were going to get back to racing so at least we'd have a shot. >> matt, you've bonnwon daytona now twice. what's the magic of daytona? >> i mean daytona is the biggest stock car race in the world. as a kid, being somebody that dreams of stock car racing you scream of the daytona 500. growing up in wisconsin, it was a race we used to watch on tv. there would still be snow on the ground as a kid. it seemed like a whole different world away. i always dreamed of some day running in that race. never thought that would really happen. that was one of the coolest moments, the first time we got to run this race. now to be able to win this race twice is just hard to put into words. just a cool feeling. >> before you go, can i see your victory smile, matt? you're so calm today. could i see the victory smile before we go matt? please give it to me. >> there is a new candidate for u.s. senate in virginia. did you hear his name is hank? his main issue is job creation. by the way, he's a cat. what? that story is coming up next. you are watching "cbs this morning." . losing weight clicked for me when i lost weight in all the right places. you know what i mean! 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and the same kind of license that the captains currently have. >> it's one of those things they should have done earlier. >> it's been long overdue, and even with this new rule that will be in effect in 2013 we'll still not have achieved what we've been trying to do for decades, that is to achieve one level of safety across the board. >> the numbers that you said are sort of frightening to me. 250 hours is what they used to have. now it's 1,500. that seems like such a wide gap between the hours of experience. >> it is. these are absolute rock bomb minimums. what we really need in the long term is to have a healthy enough industry to have people with more experience to take these entry-level jobs. that's going to require that they have better working conditions and benefits so more people with experience are willing to take these jobs. >> this is what concerns me. i'm a very nervous nelly flyer and when i take the regional planes which i try not to do because i'm afraid of the little 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washington, d.c. that's the white house. welcome back to "cbs this morning." this suspect in monday's ohio school shooting is being described as a normal teenager but some students at chardon high school say t.j. lane had been bullied. >> we want to talk more this morning more about bullying with lee hirsch. he made a documentary of five students who were bullied on daily basis. >> i like running but actually making friends. they would punch me strangle me take things from me sit on me. >> he's not safe on that bus. >> i've been on that bus. they are just as good as gold. >> be the difference. go out and find that one child, that new kid standing over there by himself. stand up for him. >> everything starts with one and builds up. >> eventually we have an army. >> if we all do it together we will change the world. >> that movie, "bully" will be released next month. lee hirsch is here to talk about the movie. i love what he said. if we all join together we all make a difference. when you hear the sadness of the kids, lee, it's heartbreaking what they go through. >> absolutely. and when you think about it 13-plus million kids are bullied in our country every year probably higher. it's a lot of pain and think that we're just beginning to really, really talk about it and start to think about how we can change it. and kids are stepping up, which is amazing. >> well, you know for so long when i was growing up, it's sort of kids will be kids don't be a tattle tail, it's part of every everyday life. you show us two of the kids you follow. what is the breaking point? this is not kids will be kids. it's houston we have a problem, we have to do something about it. >> it's absolutely houston we have a problem. by talking about it we're addressing it. this film helps to give a voice to people. when you finish with the film no one's saying kids will be kids. no one's saying this is a right of passage. there's an agreement after watching this movie that we have to step up and do something about it. i think if we can walk in those shoes for a minute and take it on, then we want to make that change. absolutely we have to talk about it. >> this is also very personal for you, i know. >> it is. >> i mean but what you went through inspired you to make this film. what has changed this? it seems like bullying in so many ways is so much more violent and personal and even violent with words because of things like social networking and cell phones. dwlou get beyond that? especially the parent or school administrator? >> i thinch you have to want to. i think that it's so important to talk about it for a parent to talk to their kids about it. if they're saying something about bullying, you have to assume that what's really happening is much worse. if they're driven to the point where they're talking to you about it, they don't want to admit those things. they want to be the perfect kid that's doing well, that's not having those problems and for administrators and school officials and all support staff and educators, i think that they -- not only are they looking for tools and support, but sometimes they need to rethink it and rethink how they're approaching it and are they looking out for that kid that's been in it over and over again and if there's something that happens it's not just a conflict, it might be bullying. >> help me understand the rating of the film. it's my understanding it's rated "r" as opposed to pg-13. it sort of defeats the purpose because those who want to see it have are under the age of 17. >> we're shocked and we're fighting to have that decision changed. the irony is it's saying that kids can't see a movie that's about them. the young boy that you just saw, alex, went himself together with harvey weinstein to argue why this film should be seen by young people by kids and he said, you mean i can't even see my own life? >> i understand harvey was on the board talking about even withdrawing from the academy. >> it means a lot to have this support because as a filmmaker, we want to tell their stories and dwoemt want the stories minimized. >> lee, you have been showing this film, though to students. there are numbers that 80% of the kids are bystanders in a situation like this. after kids see this movie, what do they tell you? does it change anything? >> it does. we screened it for 500 students in st. louis very recently and about must have been 300 things on our facebook wall and many of them were like i want to now be a principal so i can stop bullying. a young kid named max said, a seventh or eighth grader said on my bus ride home a kid was gettingget ing bullied that's always bullied and i stepped in. i stopped it. i took him to the counselor, i walked with him, i made that difference. he said i never would have done that had i not seen the movie. >> and that's what you're trying to do. >> very much so. >> you're making a difference. thank you, lee. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you for everything. poppy montgomery has always been unforgettable like when she started in "without a trace." now she stars in another hit drama on cbs appropriately called "unforgettable." >> so why was he fighting with a drug dealer. do you know why? >> i don't know why. >> you know. >> i don't know. >> did david find out? >> i didn't know him. >> listen to me. we are running out of time. they are going to go in there and kill your father. >> "unforgettable" is doing really well in its first season thank you very much. it's one of the top 20 shows on television and here in the studio is poppy montgomery. is that your name on your birth certificate? >> no way. >> they kind of cut it off halfway. my mother's -- my mother likes flowers. >> do you have siblings? >> they're all flowers except my brother, he's jethro tull. >> what are their names? >> and my grandmother says she feels like a horticulturist. she says i feel like a florist but my flowers are my grandchildren. >> does she have a green thumb in real life? >> no. >> i'm thinking poppy, you had to have a fun childhood. you left home as a teenager and said i want to go ho hollywood. >> yes. >> you went to hollywood, as i understand and you bought a book "how to succeed in hollywood." >> i did. >> why. >> because i wanted to be an actress. i wanted to know how to break into the world, and in my nayivety, you just read a book and then you be a star. and so -- it wasn't that simple but it started there. i read about a manager. his name is bob mcgowan and he had been julia roberts' manager, and i called him up and he answered his own phone. i said hi i want to be an actress and he took me under his wing and here i am. >> and it's going pretty well it's going pretty well. >> your character is fascinating. i'm going to get this wrong. it's highly superior autobuy autobiographical memory? >> that's right. >> something that mary -- ril marilou henner has in real life. >> she's lovely. i kept checking my teeth and wiping my nose and nothing was inappropriate because i knew she would never, ever forget it. i saw her six months later and she told me what i wore to lunch, that i was late. >> have your memory skills improved just playing the character? i know it's a character? >> no. 57d i keep thinking i'm going to become method. i have a 4-year-old. i wake up. i'm not sleeping. i don't remember my name half the time. >> it's good that oyou show up to work. i e-mail good with learning my lines. that's a skill i've developed because we have to do it so quickly. >> you're a mom. >> i am. >> a boy. >> yes. jackson. >> a boy. i think there's a big bonlt. erica, you know. there's a special bond between a mother and her son. >> yeah. >> does he know what you do? do you let him watch you on tv? >> you know -- >> especially when kids, it dawns on them hey, my mom is famous. >> he hasn't figured it out. our show has -- there was a guy walking around with a fake gunshot wound in his head and i thought, maybe he's not quite at the age where he can come prehenld it yet. so he doesn't really get it yet. >> but you were drawn to these badassed women character ss, were you not. >> i am. >> why. >> i like playing characters that men do. i like do all the stunts. >> sometimes smarter than the boys. >> always. >> girls always mature faster poppy montgomery. >> i was playing xbox with my 4-year-old and it's one of those things where it's kinect and you've got a camera and a ping-pong. he's 4 -- >> he's better than you. >> he beat me. i thought, wait a second. this is not right. you shouldn't be developing. i got competitive with my 4-year-old son. >> competitive with your 4-year-old son that's not good. >> i know. it's not right. i had mommy guilt. >> you were practicing in your dressing room. >> right. >> so glad you're part of cbs. like your hit show. >> thank you. >> you can watch "unforgettable" tonight at 9:00 p.m. central on cbs. speaking of unforgettable, jackie collins is here with us this morning. when you read one of her nobody, and i mean nobody writes about glitz and glamour like jackie collins does. she has sold over 400 million cope copies of her books worldwide. >> her latest has just come out in paper bad. "goddess of vengeance" features one of her most memorable characters. nice to have you here this morning. >> nice to be here. i love your studio. so fun. >> so this is your -- is this your seventh book featuring lucky? >> seventh book. my 289th th book but women love her so much. >> she's got power. >> she's got style, she's beautiful. she can do everything. she does all the things we like to do but can't get away with it. she's kind of like a james bond for women and we all need that in our lives. >> i never think that that's a bad thing. you know, every time we get your books, jackie people always wonder -- i know you've heard this -- comes from your real life because this is what i know about jackie collins. happily single. >> happily single like you. >> i am happily single. >> i know. >> unlike me you said you have a man for all seasons. >> exactly. >> talk into the microphone please. what does that mean and how does it work? >> it's absolutely fantastic. you have guys that like to do special things because you never find that one guy that wants to do everything. you have one guy who loves movies, theater, another who wants to travel wants sex, whatever. >> okay, okay. again, not like me. how do you find them? >> oh yeah sure. >> do you have any tips? >> you always have to have a gay best friend. that's the most important thing in a single woman's life. >> that is a good thing. i totally agree with you about that. >> you can go everywhere with them. they can become everything for you when you want them to. it's great. i write what i see. i live in hollywood. i see everything. i was at the "vankwt "vanity fair" party. >> you were treating. >> i love andy cohen. he's so much fun. you know who was there? tebow. it was so interesting to watch him in the hollywood environment because there was everyone from tom cruise to beckhams to j.lo. >> wasn't everybody going up to him? >> no. he looked uncomfortable. he was with two big guys. you've been to those parties. it's so crowded you can't move. it's fantastic research but i change the names. >> what is it you like about pop culture? i do too. it's just a wealth of information. >> it really is isn't it. people say to me where do you get these characters you write about. where did you come up with lucky and gino who is her son. >> i think you can take these characters and take a little bit of each one and make your own character, but it's so true to life. and if you read the headlines, i couldn't make up the headlines. i mean could i make up somebody like guina? if i had a headline they'd say jackie collins has got too far. >> or the arnold story. you can't make that up. >> i would be laughed off the page. i know my readers come to me on twitter. i'm jackie j. collins on twitter. they know what i do. i have fun with it. >> you're doing something right. 28 novels and counting and you never seem to run out of ideas. >> i love what i do. i'm writing a book now called "the power trip." >> that's a great title. thanks for stopping by. >> thank you. good luck with your show. >> be sure to tweet your followers. >> i will. >> we'll be back in a moment with a look at the life of another author. a look jo two generations of parents and kids are mourning book legend janet berenstain who died on friday. she and her husband created the loveable berenstain bears. >> reporter: the berenstain bears have faced and conquered about every predicament a child can encounter. they've come to life in animated tv shows and even on the stage. their big treehouse down a sunny dirt road has been a scene of lessons in family live that have sold more than 250 million copies. >> they were realistic enough that a kid connects to them, but they were always enough in the faenlts world that they weren't boring. >> reporter: now andrea petty is introduced her daughter rose to her favorite pastime. >> it was the messy bedroom because my sister and i were notorious for not cleaning up our bedroom. >> reporter: they never had names other than mama papa, sisters and brother. owner peter glassman says that's part of its appeal. >> they could see bits of themselves whether they were boy or girl and bits of the parents. >> reporter: stand jan said they never wanted to frighten their readers, just guide them. >> not frighten the kids and we're in the tradition of cautionary tales. >> reporter: but the question remains, why bears? >> they're fun. they prak tickctically look human. they do everything people do. and it went well with our name. >> stan berenstain died in 2005 but jan's death this week doesn't mean the end of the berenstain bears. their son michael has been illustrating and co-writing the books since 1992. some have criticized the books for being a little more than stern lectures drench in sweet syrup, but they're lectures that generations of children have found easier to take because they're delivered not by parents but a family of bears and like a berenstain bears book, that's a happen ending. for "cbs this morning,"." >> we read them a lot at nighttime in our house because i have the 5-year-old and the 2-year-old, but the next time you take them for the night, i will send them with their berenstain bears books so you can read them. >> i'll do that one night for you, i promise you. >> wait, wait, wait. you'll do what for her one night? >> babysit her for one night. >> america you're our witness. >> that does it for we'll see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the judge in the domestic violence case against ross mirkarimi says the j >> good morning. i'm grace lee with your cbs 5 headlines. the judge in the domestic violence case against ross mirkarimi said the jury will be allowed to see a videotape of his wife. the judge has to rule on motion buys attorneys for the wife to get that case dismissed. the judge is also weighing whether to let another woman testify about alleged abuse before he became san francisco's sheriff. investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire at a japantown apartment building, 28 people were displaced, the red cross is helping them find shelter. the fire began shortly before 8:00 last night at a three- story building on north fourth street. crews say it began in a first floor unit and spread to all 15 apartments. we've got rain in the forecast. lawrence has the latest. >> clouds making their way across the skies, ominous looking bands off the coastline, some making its way onshore. we've seen light showers toward the coastline. looking toward the golden gate, dark clouds on the horizon as the line is pushing onshore. the showers for the most part mainly south of san francisco, along the peninsula into the santa cruz mountains. we're going to keep things unsettled but as we head toward tonight the main cold front is going to move in bringing more substantial rain to the bay area. unsettled late tonight and early tomorrow morning, a slick commute outside. temperatures way down today, this afternoon let's plan on highs only in the 50s. tomorrow starting out with some rain turning to showers, showers likely to continue into thursday, but by friday high pressure begins to build in. temperatures this next weekend under high pressure are nice and sunny and up in the 70s in the warm spots. we're going to check out your timesaver traffic next. >> good morning. check out the backups out of downtown san jose, northbound 280, it is very slow towards cupertino. the reason is an accident by winchester, you can see how jammed up it is. 23 minutes out of 101 headed towards highway 85. so elsewhere we've got brake lights, silicon valley commuters, westbound 237, stop and go from 880, and the san mateo bridge, conditions look good with a high weekend advisories from chp. have a great day.