>> first as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> there are others who have said one thing and now suggest they would do something else, i would go ahead and let them explain. >> a campaign controversy erupts on the anniversary of the osama bin laden raid. >> obama web video suggesting that mitt romney wouldn't have had guts to order the raid. >> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> mitt romney would have done what president obama did like he did with health care. the exact same. >> security has been stepped up at airports around the world. additional federal air marshals have been shifted overseas. >> german authorities dug up secret al qaeda documents that alabama plans to target cruise ships. >> al qaeda and associated forces still have the intent to attack the united states. >> get ready for a may day to remember. occupy wall street demonstrators want to make it that way. they are planning marches all over the world. >> parts of northern oklahoma battered by as many as four tornadoes. >> rupert murdoch is not a fit and proper person to run an international company is the conclusion of lawmakers in london. >> all that. >> jessica simpson is nine days past her due date. wow. >> i just think maybe she'll give birth to a pony. >> and all that matters. >> my gosh. look at that. >> this guy is okay. >> i think he might have had a beer or two before going up. he was a little excited. >> on "cbs this morning." >> regis will be -- >> in the bronx. wait a minute. i'm not going to let that go. >> where is he going to be? captioning funded by cbs welcometo "cbs this morning." one year ago today a navy s.e.a.l. raid kill osama bin laden in pakistan. it was a milestone in the fight against al qaeda and it's getting a lot of extra attention today in the united states and in pakistan. >> we have reports from here in the u.s. as well as overseas on this anniversary. we begin with norah o'donnell at the white house where the president is hearing more complaints that he is exploiting the death of bin laden. norah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to our viewers on the west. the president is firmly rejecting the criticism that he is politicizing this anniversary of osama bin laden's death and using it for political gain but his campaign is not backing down from the charge that mitt romney would not have made the same call to take out the 9/11 mastermind. >> i hardly think that you have seen any celebrations taking place here. >> reporter: president obama dismissed critics who charged his campaign is exploiting bin laden's death for political gain. >> i think for us to use that time for some reflection, to give thanks to those who participated is entirely appropriate and that's what's been taking place. >> reporter: what also is taking place -- >> i cannot in good conscience do nothing. >> reporter: is the president's re-election campaign releasing two web videos highlighting his leadership and asking specifically what would mitt romney do? on monday into new hampshire, romney answered. >> you would have given the order, governor? >> of course. even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> reporter: the president was asked about romney's comparison and urged people to look closely at romney's past comments. >> i just recommend that everyone take a look at people's previous statements in terms of whether they thought it was appropriate to go into pakistan and take out bin laden. i assume that people meant what they said when they said it. >> reporter: what romney said in 2007 in an interview is that it is not worth moving heaven and earth and spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person. romney's advisers say he was urging a more comprehensive terrorism policy. >> the point is do you use that in political campaigns to attack your opponent? mitt romney would have done the exact same thing i am confident and any leader would have. >> reporter: much of this started when the vice president the whole campaign could be summed up in a bumper sticker that read general motors is alive and osama bin laden is dead. charlie and erica? >> norah o'donnell at the white house. thank you. we'll ask governor romney about the politics of bin laden's death when he sits down with us right here in studio 57. mitt romney and his wife, ann, will be with us in our next half hour and you'll see them only on "cbs this morning." for security reasons the u.s. attacked bin laden's compound a year ago without asking pakistan for permission. >> one year later many are still upset about the raid and they are angry over attacks by u.s. drones flying over pakistan. what are they telling you? >> reporter: it's very interesting, charlie. one year after osama bin laden's death and many people in the area indeed across the country don't even believe that osama bin laden was ever living in that compound or that he was killed by those u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s in that raid last year. those people who do believe it, rather than being upset about the glaring security breach that would have had to go on, there is more anger that the u.s. violated their sovereign integrity by staging that raid. >> and the government itself? what are they saying one year later about the raid? >> reporter: one year later there are still so many questions. how is it possible that osama bin laden, the world's most wanted man, was living just a few hours outside of the capital of islamabad in the same city as the country's most respected military academy. the government promised it would deliver answers and it was supposed to do that in the form of an investigation or report. up inuntil this point, we haven had answers from the pakistani government other than certain people within the government saying that perhaps they should even be given credit for the raid that killed bin laden because they provided, they claim, some of the intelligence that led to his killing. >> what about the impact on u.s. pakistani relations? >> reporter: certainly in the year since that raid, the relationship between the u.s. and pakistan has been an incredible speed not just because of the raid although that did generate mistrust and anger on both sides. it's because of pakistan's anger over continued u.s. drone strikes targeting suspected militants in its tribal areas. it's because on the u.s. side of a perceived lack of helpfulness on the part of the pakistani military and government in terms of clamping down on its very serious problem with militants. >> congratulations on your coverage in syria, for your courageous reporting from there and the award that you have been given. thank you for reporting from pakistan today. >> reporter: thank you. this morning u.s. intelligence officials are on alert watching for possible revenge attacks for the death of b bin laden. >> here to discuss that is jon miller and also author and journalist peter bergen. when you look at this treasure-trove of intelligence that supposedly was there, what was it and how has it benefited us? >> the treasure-trove i was able to get a look at the classified material that hasn't been published yet. bin laden was advocating at that his group leave for a remote part of afghanistan. he told one of his sons to leave pakistan's tribal regions and go to the qatar which is a safe place. he was contemplating changing the name of the group. he was telling groups affiliated with al qaeda not to use the al qaeda name because it was bad for fund-raising and attracted a lot of negative attention. it's a picture of an organization under pressure, in disarray, aware of its own failures. bin laden talking about attacks on president obama and general petraeus and some pushing back saying, wait a minute, that's complicated. might be easier to attack american soldiers in afghanistan. >> have you learned anything about what happened when he was actually shot that you didn't know? >> well, what appears to be his last words were words to his wife, don't turn on the light. while that wasn't necessary because someone had taken precaution of turning the electricity off the area which gave the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s a large advantage on a move at night. when he was killed, he couldn't see anything. he was disorientated. he was sort of paralyzed. >> what about information that might lead to someone else? >> there isn't anything that i'm aware of. eventually his number will come up. these guys are pretty careful about their operational security. >> i was very curious. you had an opportunity to walk through the house where bin laden lived. a lot of people would be curious. what was that like? you look at it from the outside, it looks like this luxurious compound. what was in there? >> it was a suburban compound. bin laden didn't die in a spectacular martyrdom. each wife had their own kitchen and each setup. they were not living large. beds were made from hammered together pieces of plywood and bin laden's bedroom where he was killed, there was a little box of just for men pakistani version he would use to dye his air. his toilet was a little thing where you would have to squat over. it was not the layer of dr. evil. >> the dyeing hair thing wasn't part of a disguise. this was from videos to appear. >> he was living with his much younger 29-year-old wife. he was 54. he had other wives living in the compound. he had two kids with her. i think he probably wanted to look good for his younger wife. >> you talk about videos. you both interviewed him so you both had an opportunity to speak with this man. what was he like? we hear so much about how he wanted to maintain control and didn't have the following that he had and there clearly was something about him that brought people in. >> i mean, the difference that you cite is pretty dead on. you talk to osama bin laden. you had to lean in to listen. he was low key and soft-spoken. he tried to mix in history and religion and examples and metaphors. the other was more of a fist shaking yelling into the camera. stark differences i would say. >> my overall impression of osama bin laden is very low key and very well informed. he was not -- i expected a table thumping rough thumping revolutionary. he wasn't that. >> where does al qaeda stand now? there's a german report out about another group of documents to give insight about what they may have been planning. >> that's a fascinating set of documents. it's operational stuff. if anything bin laden was isolated from that. you have the plans of the mastermind of that british plane plot from 2006 to blow up a dozen planes talking about the chemicals and talking about the strategy and recruiting so that's going to be very valuable. it still signals the idea that al qaeda central running a large complex 9/11 operation is pretty much a thing of the past. they are counting on the internet propaganda and the lone wolves to kind of come together and do it for them in large measure. >> where might it come from? >> a lone wolf can come from anywhere. there's good news component to that. we had a classic lone wolf at ft.hood, texas. he killed 13 people. each of those deaths a tragedy. this is not a strategic attack on the united states or anything close. >> jon miller, peter bergen, nice to have you at the table this morning. in britain a scathing report is out this morning on the tabloid hacking standal. >> a parliamentary committee says that rupert murdoch is unfit to lead his company. >> the committee is looking into allegations of phone hacking going back more than five years at the now closed "news of the world" newspaper. murdoch appeared with his son, james, before the committee last year. he said it was the most humble day of his life. both of them at the time denied they knew hacking had been widespread at the "news of the world." well, if murdoch, sr., didn't know, said the committee, he should have, and accused him of willful blindness. today the most outspoken committee member, tom watson, recently published a critical book called "dial m for murdoch" said more than half of the committee believed rupert murdoch was not fit to run an international company. >> he's most senior executives repeatedly misled parliament and two men at the top, rupert and james murdoch, who were in charge of the company, had no answer for that. in the view of the majority of committee members, rupert murdoch is not fit to run an international company like bskyb. >> reporter: some conservative members of the committee disagreed with that conclusion but did endorse the view there was failure of corporate governance in the british organization and the company in new york. >> thank you very much. a fight in cleveland where authorities arrested five people for allegedly trying to blow up a bridge. the fbi describes the suspects as self-proclaimed anarchists who made several plots. arrested last night after a month long fbi sting operation. fake explosives were supplied and they were not tied to international terrorism. secretary of state hillary clinton is on her way to china this morning for high level economic and strategic talks. >> there is something neither clinton nor the chinese want to talk about. a report now from beijing on the chinese activist who is believed to be in the hands of u.s. diplomats. >> reporter: the fate of a single man, chen guangcheng is threatening the tense relationship between the u.s. and china. after a dramatic escape from house arrest, the blind self-taught lawyer is probably hiding inside the u.s. embassy inside beijing no neither country will confirm where he is. chen is famous for exposing a program requiring women to have abortions. top u.s. officials are saying silent on chen's case. when asked about the activist, president obama wouldn't even mention his name. >> obviously i'm aware of the press reports on the situation in china, i'm not going to make a statement on the issue. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton also declined to comment on chen before flying to china for a prearranged series of high level meetings between beijing and washington. >> a constructive relationship includes talking very frankly about those areas where we do not agree including human rights. that is the spirit that is guiding me as i take off for beijing tonight. >> reporter: why isn't anyone talking publicly? it's likely china will only allow chen to claim asylum in the u.s. if the case is handled quietly. chen might be the one complicating things. his friends say he wants to stay in china with his family but out of house arrest. he may not have a choice. chinese officials could decide to expel the outspoken activist quickly. so far there's been a media blackout on the case but that may not last for long. >> it is time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "usa today" says delta air lines is buying its own oil refinery. the airline estimates it will save $300 million a year by having a steady supply of fuel. the times of india reports dozens of people are missing after a ferry accident in northeast india. more than 100 people are known to have died. officials say about 350 people were on board when the overcrowded ferry capsized yesterday in a strong storm. the columbus dispatch reports that they plan to return island animals to a widow. terry thompson released animals from his farm and then committed suicide. officials killed 48 of them. the remaining animals have been quarantined at the columbus zoo. "the wall street journal" says microsoft is getting into the digital book business to boost barnes and noble's ereader. a drug suspect was put into a cell and forgotten for five pdays. the 24-year-old suspect is a student at the university of california san diego and is now okay after a trip to the hospital. federal authorities are trying to figure out what went wrong. ,,,, >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by hallmark, life is a special occasion. just tell me. >> for everything moms the republican presidential choice says only one thing matters in the election. >> i know how to meet us out the stagnant obama economy and into a job creating recovery. >> mitt romney and his wife, ann, are here in studio 57 to talk about the issues and the campaign ahead. >> and the wife of john edwards' chief accuser breaks down on the witness stand describing why she agreed to let her husband take the fall for the candidate's affair. you're watching "cbs this morning." >> anner: >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by dairy queen. so good it's ridiculous. good it's ridiculous. 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>> he should speak one on one with the key leadership in china to make sure they understand that we're entirely committed to the issue of human rights, we oppose the one-child policy that mr. chen has been opposing for some time, that based upon the comments made by mr. chen, that there should be a real effort made on the part of the chinese government to make sure that the abuses described against mr. chen's wife and his family stop immediately, that the family is given protection from authorities that have been abusing their civil and human rights, and we should make it very clear that this is an important issue for the united states and the people of the world. >> should we be doing it publicly or privately because they seem to be saying don't take advantage of this because if you do this privately, we can work it out. >> the right course is to always be concerned about the result, not the politics of it. the right course is what's right for mr. chen, his family, and human rights. that's the course that should be pursu pursued. the idea of going public is only something one would consider if private conversations were ineffective. >> some are affected by the campaign ad in whichpot clinton >> well, as i said at the time when the announcement was made about osama bin ladens have been killed i congratulated the president as well as s.e.a.l. team 6 in carrying out this direction. so i acknowledging the president's success and thinks he has every right to take credit for him ordering that attack. at the same time i thing it was very disappointing for the president to try to make this a political item by suggesting that i wouldn't have ordered such a raid. of course i would have. any thinking american would have ordered the same thing. of course, you give the president the credit for having done so. >> how would you know that? >> evidently people who were there say there was an argument not to do it that way, to do it a different way. and it may have come from the secretary of defense or even the secretary of statement but there was differences, and that's what's making the decision difficult and gutsy. >> well, you can look at the different military options but clearly if you identify where he is, the united states of america is going to take action, capture or kill him. that was the right course. we haven't heard of all the military options. i imagine we will at the time it's finished but the point was to assassinate him and i congratulate the president for doing so. and i'm department, of course, i would have taken on the same deep sigs. the idea to try to employee to try to politicize this is really disappointing. let's not make the capture and killing of osama bin laden a divisi divisi divisive event based on he might not have done it. it's disappointing and i think it's taking an event that really brought america together that was the culmination of a lot of work by a lot of people and enormous sacrifice. let's not use this as a political football. >> that's what president obama is doing in his campaign team. >> i think them taking credit for the right decision is entirely appropriate. attack me is the wrong course. >> some say it's a time to, in a sense, redefine your husband and his campaign. do you believe there are misconceptions about him that need to be redefined and those you suggest would be a fair picture of him. >> i think in politics that is what always happens. there's narrative and sometimes you'd like to put someone in a box and keep him in that bachlkts for me i love the opportunity of letting people see a side of mitt that people have often mischaracterized. >> he's funny. >> why hasn't that come out. >> you know, it's -- it's an interesting thing that people like to keep him in that narrative. it's nice for me as a wife to say, now, look, this is the person that's really there. this is the boy that i knew. i still look him at the boy that i met in high school when he was playing all the jokes and really just being crazy, pretty crazy. and so there's a wild and crazy man inside of there just waiting to come out. >> we'd better watch out. >> as the campaign really gets under way, how important is that to you because you are often criticized with not connecting with voters, not seeming authentic to people. ow important to you do you think that will be because as we look at the numbers are very close. >> that really bothers me because that's the narrative everyone likes to say and that's not accurate. you come to an event and they're like, really, i rye laid to him. that's a narrative that's not correct. >> this is your opportunity. but to that point is -- if you're seeing that on tv, maybe it doesn't come that way to someone. >> i actually thing the american paem are going to vote for someone who can make their life together. gasoline's too expensive, higher education is too expensive, putting food on the table is difficult. health care has gone up and up and up. people are having a hard time. the val yaw of their home has collapsed. they want the km i to be right again and create good jobs with rising incomes and i can't. the people of this country in my view will vote on the issue they care about most and i believe the president will do everything in his power to try and deflect from that central issue. which is has he mad the economy work for the american people. and it hasn't. >> this will turn out into who can tear each other down the most and there will not be fair airing of issues that are of most concerns to americans. negative, negative, negative, and we saw that in the gop primaries. >> i think you've seen so far with the president, i would rehearse all the attacks, these silly kinds of attacks, what has that got to do? what's the right course for economy. should we do with regulation, with our energy policy. labor policy. the president's not talking about them. my campaign is -- yesterday you had a clip with me on there at a fishing dock talking about the attack on small business. >> may i raise one thing on your father. he was ahead of the turban tour which helped take away from the per sense, is that the kind of thing that we might expect if you. >> actually so far during my cam parngs one of the highlights for me has been sitting down with three or four hours almost every day without the cram rahs there, talking about what's oregon on in your eyes, there have been cameras maybe two or three times. >> that's an understanding hoff how part-time are feel. they're hunts in this country. >> the candidate understands who they are. >> that's why i'm in this. charlie, i'm in this race because i'm very concerned, if you will, fwuling of middle east, that's having a terrible time light now. and i've walked the president make policies that were a lot harder. today you've got 24 americans out of work. people are really hurting. we need to fix it. >> this is what's in "today". 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>> she's 38. she's a pediatric nurse. so whether or not to his credibility, we won't know until the cross-examination but she certainly has some sympathy sitting on the stand. >> did she come across as a sympathetic character sitting on the stand? >> i think she's done a couple of things. we haven't seen the cross-examination but she gives the prosecution a bit more of a sympathetic figure. she broke down on the stand. tear. a bit more sympathetic. she also gives the prosecution the notion that she goes along with this bizarre arrangement because they were afraid the campaign would implode otherwise. and, remember, that's the prosecution's theory here. yes, they were friend bus the reason was to protect the campaign and that's why the prosecution says it's a crime. and the last thing she does is she gives some idea of the power that john edwards had over these people. do you know anyone else who would say to their husband, yeah, you go ahead, say you're the father of the child. but they did it ultimately because of the power that john edwards exerted over all of them. >> adding to that, she actually paint as really very unattractive picture of both of the edwards and rielle hunter. she describes not only her husband working from dawn until night but when the edwards would fly in, they would take her car and she'd be without a car. she would take the cars to be serviced. she was doing menial work for them as well. she helps the prosecution in painting a very unattractive picture. >> does she have the defense when she said john edwards said, look, this is all league. >> yes. and we receive that thread. the defense is smart enough. they're very good lawyers. they're smart enough to pull that out whenever they can. they got that from andrew young when he said five times he checked with experts. they say it was legal. remember, the drumbeat for the prosecution is it was all to protect the cam bane. the drumbeat for the defense is, maybe we might be wrong, but we thought it was oklahoma at the time we did it. wi didn't have any intention to break any laws. >> aren't they thinking people, guys? 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a new study suggests that pumping iron may top the list when it comes to slowing cognitive decline. researchers looked at six women with mild memory loss split into three groups. exercising twice a week for six months. the women in the strength training classes showed significant improvement in their memories and showed positive signs on brain scans not seen in the other women. one possible explanation, the mental power needed to learn resistant routines could be playing a role. this is only a small study of a group of older women but the benefits of exercise for overall health are well known. if you would like to start a weight training program consult an instructor. i'm dr. holly phillips. >> cbs health watch sponsored by -- i'm holly phillips. d bayer advanced aspirin with micro particles. now we're challenging you to put it to the test. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. ,,sit fastreliefchallenge.com today having one of those days? tired. groggy. can't seem to get anything done. it makes for one, lousy day. but when you're alert and energetic... that's different. you're more with it, sharper, getting stuff done. this is why people choose 5-hour energy over 9-million times a week. it gives them the alert, energetic feeling they need to get stuff done. 5-hour energy...when you gotta get stuff done. here's what i don't get. we always thought whenever you would hear about osama bin laden, i remember george w. bush say i don't care where he is anymore and then you'd hear he's hiding out and he had a huge 20,000-square-foot imagine on the outskirts of town and people would say, hey, i wonder who lives there. but -- and then for a long time they thought brad pitt and angelina jolie -- >> yeah. i think it's brad pitt and angelina. >> i didn't know they said that at all. >> i didn't know they talk that way at all in pakistan. >> on your way to work this morning there may be a place where you can get a 99 cent breakfast and free coffee. >> and you won't find that at the big food chains, no, you can't, but you can get it at your local ikea and many people do as terrell brown found out. good morning to you. >> good morning. when you think fast food, mcdonald's, wendy's, and burger king come to mind thafrmt may face top competition. the best place to grab a quick bite, maybe while you're shopping at the store. on this menu you'll find norwegian salmon, ribs, cornbread and more. and at just $4.99 a platter, that's a pretty good value. isn't this pretty amazing? look at what we've come to call fast food. >> i think it's exciting. >> but you won't find this at your local fast food joint. to sample these dishes, you'll have to head to a furniture store. for more than three decades swedish based ikea has been selling home furnishings to americans. now they could be more famous for their meatballs. >> pretty tasty. >> they are delicious. i have to say they are delicious. >> last year customers consumed a record 112 million of ikea swedish meat balls. >> you know what i think is so amazing that people are not only just eating here while they're shopping but they're going out of their way to eat here, even when they don't have to go furniture shopping. >> i think every store is trying to engage you on all five sen s senses. >> paco has studied it. he said the meatballs are part of a larger plan to get you to open your wallet. >> smells and tastes that are presented to you there aren't just meant to sell you what they're selling you. it's to get you in the mood to consider anything else. >> so i'm going to spend more money if i go to a store hungry. >> you will. >> which maybe why retail giant costco sells $1.50 hot dogs and $2 pizza. >> they don't make any money off it. really the draw is to get in there. if you eat, you stick around the store longer. >> that strategy may be working for retailers but it's also paying off for shoppers who appreciate more than just a low cost lunch option. >> as people we're very busy, so if we can multitask, if i can get a hot dog, slice of pizza, that's a good thing, if i can keep moving. >> and this bay area costco keeps moving hot dog, selling 4,700 of them a week that the food court notion has really changed here and i think it will just get bigger and bigger. just from a business standpoint, it keeps you in the store. >> how was the meatball? >> you know what? the way i was eating it, it was really good. it was better than expected. >> you have to have a membership to go in costco. you may a yearly fee. do you have to be a member to eat there? >> they do not. they place the food court by the exit. if you go in there, they don't check for member. you g in, eat, maybe you see a friend, a brother, a cousin. >> or a brend. >> how do you know about costco. do you have a membership? >> i have a card. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> time for some news headlines. a headache this morning for north bay commuters. no ferries are running between larkspur or sausalito and downtown san francisco because golden gate bridge district employees are on strike. the golden gate labor coalition is unhappy about the status of contract negotiations. service is expected to resume this afternoon. alarm fire in san jose killed a woman and sent five other people to hospital. a fire was first reported just before 3:00 this morning. firefighters had the fire under control by 345. cause,,,,,, ,,,, >> it has been a very busy tuesday commute. there is a bit of a back up towards the san mateo bridge. still pretty slow and go, at 880 is taking a hit as well. avoid the area if you can, traffic busy any way out of san francisco. to left lanes on one 01 are blocked, possible injuries in the accident. earlier troubles on 101 through the peninsula. sluggish in menlo park. a slow and go right in those directions of 101. guadalupe parkway still shut down your to 80 for a broken down big rig >> a couple of clouds outside right now but we are looking good towards the afternoon. temperatures are likely to come down over the next few days. not a bad start to the day but we will feel the breeze kicking in. temperatures are now running in the 40's and 50's. cool towards the coast line which is where we see the strongest wind. 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"once." it actually leads here. there was no clear front winter but "once" taking several nominations followed by gershwin's porgie & bess. >> i has not gone to see "once," but even before the nomination because you were raving and raving about it. you must be thrill they'd were nominated. >> yeah. i was excited to see that. i admit doing all the research leading up to these announcements have been grueling work. but it's been wonderful because you're reminded about all of the wonderful creator in new york city. we should point out there are a few surprises as well. spider-man which it may have seemed like it was around forever because it was in previews for so long. one nabbed two nominations so that was a lit bit of a surprise. and then we also did not see ricky martin nominated for his role in avita. i know you saw it. i saw it as well. kind of interesting. >> i liked ricky in it. >> mandy pit inkin won it but a lot of critics thought ricky was too happy in his role. >> erica, has it been a good year for broadway? >> it has been a good year. this season hasn't officially closed. there's a few more weeks. top shows, lion king, wicked, book of mormon and avita. they're pretty much on track there. we should point out, guys -- >> go ahead. >> i was going to say you can catch the 2012 tony awards right here on cbs. it will be airing sunday, june 10th at 8:00 eastern. this is the tony's 30th year on cbs and it will be hosted for the third time by nph, neil patrick harris. >> erica, i have to say when we threw to you, i didn't know you were kicking off the actual nominations. i thought we were going to throw to you and you were going to talk about the nominations. and i thought, why is erica still standing at the podium. >> and you were thinking why wasn't she being friendlier. >> she didn't even respond to our good will. you were playing a very official part of the program. >> i was. but you know i love you very much. and kristin says hello, gayle. >> i know. i'm nuts about her. we'll see you. are we going to see you? >> i'll be back with you a little later this half hour with kristin chenoweth. >> okay. >> we'll be back at studio. >> we'll be back here in our same clothes. >> if yo waujt to know how politics work in the 20th century, all you need to do sl look at the president len don johnson. that's what author robert caro has researched for 30 years the life of lyndon b. johnson. it's a huge project matching one of america's larger than life figures. >> robert caro is with us here in studio 57. welcome. >> great to be here. >> what's extraordinary about this and there's an amazing review in "the new york times" yesterday is that we see this transfer of power because of the assassination of a president through the eyes of lyndon johnson. >> yes, you know, it's never really been told before. there are thousands of books on the assassination, but what was happening to johnson. >> in fact, as the first shot cracks out and president kennedy started to leeb to his left. the secret service agents in the front of the seat leans over, grabs johnson by the shoulder, throws him to floor and fllays top of him, shielding his body with his own. >> you heard the story -- >> if 40 minutes no one tells him. he's standing in this cubicle of this emergency room against the wall, not moving. he asks for information. no one gives him a definite word and then ladybird johnson writes. kenny oh doable walks in and he says seeing the stricken face of kenny who loved him, we knew. a moment later someone else comes in, mr. president -- it's the first time anyone's called him mr. president. >> charlie's mentioned about the reviews you've gotten. they keep coming in. brilliant. they keep coming in. may i see, it's very big too. i'm so fascinated because this is your fourth volume that you've done on lyndon johnson. when you started with book one, was it your intention? >> no. >> what was it supposed to be? >> it was supposed to be three books. >> do you remember when i interviewed you? >> yes, i do. >> you spent how long? >> seven years. >> i said you're going to spend a lifetime reading this. you said, no, i'm not. >> cut to 30 years later. number one, i didn't know i was so interesting in lyndon johnson until i started reading your stuff. he knew at age 13, i want to be president. >> fascinating kid. very poor. he's working on a road gang in the middle of nowhere. i went to the hillside in an isolated country. nothing's wrong. at lunchtime, the other workers would sit down. they were all older men and this 13-year-old kid would start talking and say i'm going to be president of the united states one day. >> what's extraordinary, too, is you tell the story of the plane ride back. they have to go get mrs. kennedy to comfier the swearing in and she agreed to do that. she understood the moment too. johnson said he under the entire weight of the world had come on his shoulders and he had to do the right thing because the world wanted to be reassured. >> absolutely. and to see him do it, it's like he changes in a moment from the insecurity of the -- >> had been treated badly. >> we had been treated very badly. suddenly he is -- they said when they saw him on the plane when he gets back to air force one in dallas, they say they saw a different man. i mean he was in charge. >> how did it work since he didn't seem to get along with robert f. kennedy very well. that seemed to be a dicey. >> you don't want to use words like this as a historian but hatred is the word to describe robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. they hated each other. they say there was a low growl and the hair rises on the neck. it step stops. robert kennedy said to one of his aides you're doing get your time. he can humiliate jops and dut dus so with every opportunity. with the crack of the gunshot, the world is reversed. >> he still fears him. >> jobson always feared robert kennedy. he hated him, but he knew what a great politician he was because you know why, charlie? he had been fight against him for the 1960 nomination. bobby kennedy was running the campaign. he was known as the best vote counter. he realizes there's a guy against him who's just as good as he is. >> she was a smart guy, but can i talk about you for a second because i was just as faiz nated about you robert caro. that you wear a suit and tie every day, that you go to work every day, that you write long hand, on yellow paper just like this, your lovely wife that you've been married for many years is the only person you trust as your researcher and assistant. >> the reason i wear a coat and tie that everybody laughs at me for -- >> i'm not laughing. i like it. i like it. you look nice. >> then i'll come back. >> any time. >> my publisher doesn't bother me. it takes years. it's really easy to fool yourself that you're working harder than yourself. i do every trick. one is i put on a coat and tie and write down the number of words i write every day. you have all these little tricks to remind you that it's work. >> you're doing something right. >> you sure "the years of lynn jonsson:the power." >> we'll talk tony nominations with kristin chenoweth when "cbs this morning" continues. ,,,,,,,, >> i like that. the musical "once" is nominated for 11 tony awards. we wasn't to go back to listen ly lincoln center. erica is there with the special nominations. >> she's there with a special guest. >> i'm here with kristin chenoweth. you were nominated for two. >> one time. >> one time. a bunch of people get calling this morning. when you pick up that phone, what's it like? >> it's great. both times it's been my manager who called me. i had a weird souperstition of not watching. i think there's a lot of people celebrating. there are some that are sad. i've been on that end too. >> anybody you were excited to see a nomination for. >> i was so happy for the cast of "once" to see them get their due and to see the orchestration category. the shoes don't happy without the orchestraters. i'm just thankful we have that category. >> that's good. as you're doing this this morning it must be totally different when you're presenting it. >> no pressure. >> no pressure. anything you haven't seen so far that after this morning you're thinking i'd better get over there? >> you know, it sounds silly. actually it's not. no broadway shows are silly. they're all amazinamazing. i want to see "spider-man." i wasn't here for all of the da ma. i want to see it. >> it's different. we can go together. my 5-year-old would like go. >> bring him. >> you're there with jim parsons. he's great person. we love him on "the big bang theory." >> i want to work with him some day. he's amazing. >> you're pretty busy with your show "gcb." are you having a good time? >> i'm having such a good time. it's so wrong, it's right. >> it's the best way to be. >> that's right, baby. >> obviously you've about been on tv, the stage, and concerts at carnegie hall. >> yeah, i'm getting ready to go on a tour all over the united states. new material for me. i'm excited. >> what's new? what are you going to be doing? >> i can't give it away, erica. let's say i could be singing songs that men sing. >> oh. okay. does that come with a costume? >> depends on who you are, baby. >> what about coming back to broadway? you get a hiatus. >> we get a hiatus. i'm going to be working with scott el less on "the 20th century. ts it hasn't been revived since madelyn kahn did it. >> you're going be watching the tonys. >> i'm going be on the road but don't think for one second i'm going miss that show. >> what are the categories you look at the most. >> i've done plays and i love musicals but i'm going being for the leading actors and actresses. i like the part that only part of the country gets to see. i like the people behind the scenes. >> they're always important. we could never do it without the people behind the scenes. great to have you here with us. when you'll be watching at home, kristin will be watching somewhere too. bam to you. >> hi, honey. >> i'm going to watch you perform. i heard you say, chrkristin, i didn't watch the tonys when i was nominated. i never believe people when they say that. >> because i think i would be -- i would be so heartbroken, watching and not getting calls, know what i mean? it makes sense, doesn't it? >> kind of. i saw you in "wicked "and "promises, promises. i'd. >> i'll see you guys fwhak a little bit. it's been a remarkable day. >> that's why i love this show. i was just dwoij to say that, charlie. we had mitt romney and ann. kristin and care doing the tony pit's been a wonderful day. >> thanks for watching us. next up is your local,,,,,,,,,,, >> good morning everyone. no ferries are running right now between larkspur and sausalito and downtown san francisco. a coalition of labor workers are on strike. that group is unhappy with the status of contract negotiations. ferry service will resume at 2:00 this afternoon. they are threatening to strike again for a second day tomorrow. one person is dead and five others in the hospital after a three alarm fire in san jose. it broke out at a four unit apartment building on warfield way. firefighters got it under control by about 345 but not before a woman in her '30's died. the cause is under investigation. >> cooler weather expected around the bay area today. 40's and '50's in most spots. mostly sunny as you get to the north bay. temperatures running up to 46 degrees right now, 49 degrees in san francisco. '50s and '60s out to the coastline but that is where you can also expect to see some of the strongest wind. 73 in concord. the next couple of days the temperatures will continue to cool off. a chance of showers mainly north of the golden gate bridge on thursday. the return to sunshine and warmer weather next weekend. >> good morning. looking live right now at 880 northbound, 17 minutes from 238 to the maze. not a bad drive working your way towards the bay bridge toll plaza. southbound 880, an accident blocking the roadway. traffic is pretty slow and go with lots of delays. eighth street is closed in san francisco between howard and folsom for police activity. traffic pretty sluggish off the golden gate bridge and it no golden gate ferry service this morning. have a great day. ,, ,,