good morning everyone. happy almost weekend. welcome to "the early show." i'm maggie rodriguez. >> i'm harry smith on this weekend eve. >> weekend eve. we have an important story, it's a breaking story to bring you out of anaheim, california. an amber alert issued for two little boys. they're brothers ages 2 and 4 and they were snatched from an alley behind the home last night. just yesterday, we did a story about an amber alert issued right away and broadcast right away and led to the safe return of the child so you could really make a difference here and we're going to bring you details from the news december income a moment. discrimination in the workplace? two females side by side. doing exactly the same job. they have exactly the same job performance. one is we would call of normal shape. the other one is overweight. who gets paid more? it's pretty easy to figure that one out. how much more is what's crazy and have that story for you, too. this morning rescuers could be hours away from reaching 33 men trapped inside a golden copper mine there for more than two nonts. seth doane is at the mine in copiapo, chi leele with the latest. seth, how's it going? >> reporter: family members were dealt a bit of a setback yesterday learning that the miners would not be out this weekend. but deep underground, they're still waiting. and it's evident that they could be out very soon. excitement above ground continues to grow. there's not long to go now, this aunt of a miner said. mobile hospital you nitds were brought to the mine. as were parts of a giant crane to hoist up the miners. both arrivals heightened expectations here. as three separate drills work nonstop to reach the miners. the closest drill now is called plan "b." it was the second rescue shaft to be started but uses faster equipment. once the rescue begins three paramedics from the chilean navy special forces and 13 mining rescue experts will be lowered into the mine to aid in the rescue. they will determine the order in which the miners leave. whoever is first to go will be someone most emotionally able to handle a setback in case there's a miners and brought the surface wearing sunglasses because their pupils have been dialated in the low light for 64 days and exposure to the sun may damage their eyes. and above ground the wait goes on. every day we're doing a countdown, chile's mining minister said. maria rojo is counting down since the beginning. when she learned her brother was trapped. her camp at the foot of the mine doesn't look like much but she told us consider that she used to sleep in a chair. when you fight for someone, she says, you have to be there day and night. they aren't going home to sleep. they're there. so she'll stay here waiting, with the world watching on. now, the real question here and how long this might take is based on a couple of things. the rescue workers reached an area less than a couple hundred feet from where the miners are trapped. but they won't be removed today because engineers need to test the integrity of the well and the real question is whether they aprotect the sides of the mine with a protective encasing and could add eight to ten days to rescue. maggie? >> thank you seth. the mine rescue brings to mine another rescue here in the u.s. cbs news national correspondent jeff glor is in somerset pennsylvania, where you might remember in 2002 nine men were pulled from a flooded mine after 77 hours underground. jeff good morning. >> reporter: hey maggie. good morning to you. >> that's the capsule used to pull out the nine miners in 2002. so that we have an understanding of how the rescue in chile might unfold, can you compare it to the capsule? chile? >> reporter: yeah. very interesting here. the folks designing the capsule in chile consulted with the people that designed this capsule. they had a rescue here. this capsule is a little over nine feet tall weighs 600 pounds. the one in chile is nine feet tall and they have radio and air tanks and the miners keep in touch with people who are on the surface. >> jeff, the first thing struck me seeing you standing next to the capsule is how narrow it is. can you get in it? give us an idea of how cramped the miners might feel in it. >> reporter: i sure can. not a ton of room here. but as i get in the capsule here we'll have bill arnold close the door behind me here. you can see there's not a ton of space. you have to keep your hands in and obviously keep your face in going up that shaft. what's interesting to note is that when this rescue happened in pennsylvania they were going up 240 pete. in chile, you are talking about 2,300 feet. so ten times the distance. >> hmm. how long would they spend inside that capsule? >> reporter: it's unclear exactly right now. they're going to be spending more time than the miners would in pennsylvania but we're talking about 21 inches here so not a ton of space and what they have been doing down in chile is some of the miners on the exercise and diet regimens to make sure they fit inside and clearly a concern given the mental state the great distance up. >> no question. jeff glor in somerset pennsylvania, thank you very much for helping us visualize this. here's harry. >> thanks maggie. now the job front. the september unemployment report came out this morning and it shows job losses for the fourth month in a row. cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis joining us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> what is the number today? >> the number remans mauddy. 9.6% again. the issue is the economy overall lost 95,000 jobs in the month of september and those were primarily government jobs. but the private sector also isn't creating enough jobs to offset like we have been talking about a lot, those temporary census workers. private sector isn't creating jobs to offset that. >> net-net because in the end that's what we're talking about because the people coming out, you know looking for unemployment benefits and everything else and there's a private sector creating jobs but not creating them fast enough to make this number in the end of the day go down. >> exactly. that number is the number economists forecast we'll see for a year until 2011. >> wow. so, if this number for -- we're all interested in it on a daily basis but it also has some political implications. >> in particular this report has political implications because it's the last report we'll see on unemployment ahead of the elections. also, the federal reserve right now is trying to determine its next move and this report will play into that and lastly retailers, this is the all-important retail season holiday season coming up and when you have negativity in the jobs market, of course things play out negatively for them as well. >> once again, you see that number. it is a black and white number and how you interrupt that is gray. even as we speak, we looked at numbers from this fall from back to school shopping season, they were predicted to be not so great and immediately produced as being not so great. once the money is counted, it wasn't so bad. >> wasn't so bad and seeing in the stock market a couple of gains here and there. it's a relief rally. things not as bad as people anticipate. >> the sky didn't fall. in the meantime, with all of these other things going on we're still looking at the crisis and the housing market. foreclosures were frozen by a number of different banks because of the way they were handling things and now we hear about this pocket veto from the white house. >> sure. the bill if it had gone through and there's a pocket veto and not going through but mortgage lenders would have been able to process their requests for fore close yours faster. it's not going through and basically back to status quo. >> in some ways that was looked at as a good thing so that you could clear off the books as it was and maybe get the housing market stabilize but what we're hearing, though, a lot of banks were just letting these things fly through the system without really, you know, crossing the "ts" and dotting the "is." >> the issue is that a lot of them aren't in a position to do that. >> rebecca jarvis thank you so much. let's get more news now. erica hill is at the news desk. good morning. >> harry good morning. good morning to everyone at home. we again with breaking news out of southern california. we have an amber alert to tell you about issued after abduction of two young boys. police say 4-year-old jacob quinones and his 2-year-old brother justin natched from an alley near their apartment in anaheim. officers say the boys' mother and others witnessed the abduction and police say that the mother said she didn't recognize the man who took her boys. police however, believe they were taken by their father and his father. you see their pictures and also told they escaped with the children in a gray dodge caravan which you are to be on the lookout for and if you see them or that van, con that tact the anaheim police department. 714-765-1900. president obama is spending his weekend on the campaign trail. and it includes an important stop in philadelphia. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante joins us with more on that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. since labor day, the president has done 13 fund-raisers a couple of major rallies, another one coming up in philadelphia as you said this weekend. but with republicans far more energized than democrats this campaign season the question is, is the president doing his party any good? >> if everybody who's -- who fought for change in 2002 i'm confident we'll win. >> reporter: the president was in maryland campaigning for governor o'malley but a cbs news poll shows more than half of the voters say that the president's support of any one candidate would have no impact on their decision. >> this president has been more effective as raising money i think than at really getting out and wowing the troops on the stump. >> reporter: this year's midterms are growing comparisons to 1994 when a then equally unpopular president clinton saw his party lose both houses to the republicans but not all republicans are coasting to victory in 2010. congressman paladino that recently got in a fight with a reporter is way behind his opponent andrew cuomo who he tried to goad into a group debate. also running behind in the polls, delaware's candidate christine o'donnell. she made headlines earlier this week with the infamous i am not a witch commercial. >> i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. >> reporter: and just released this tamer follow-up. >> i didn't go to yale. i didn't inherit millions like my opponent. >> reporter: negative political ads are a staple this year but as republicans in west virginia are finding out they don't always work. >> and washington joe does whatever obama wants. >> reporter: this commercial from the national republican senatorial committee had to be pulled from the air after it was revealed that the committee issued a casting call for actors with a hicky blue collar look. the president's strategists are confident if he can energize the people that voted for him in 2008 the young, the minorities first-time voters the democrats can still win. but it's a race by race situation. erica? >> bill plante at the white house this morning, thanks. an imprisoned chinese dissident is the winner of this year's nobel prize. liu xiaobo has been in prison since 2008 since co-authored a call for political reform and the chinese government warned the committee not to honor him but the committee said china should expect some criticism. >> we have a responsibility to speak when others are not able or willing. not to speak. china is rising. and becoming a big power. we should have the right to criticize criticize. so this is why we are issuing this peace prize. >> the 54-year-old liu is serving a 11-year prison sentence. private security guards at u.s. bases in afghanistan have ties to the taliban. that report finds there is little oversight of the afghan guards and that the contractors endanger u.s. troops. it also found some are even fighting against coalition forces. >> the report describes a number of private security contractors funneling u.s. taxpayer dollars to afghan warlords and strong men who are linked to murder kidnapping bribery, pro-taliban and anti-coalition activities. >> some 26,000 private security guards work in afghanistan. the pentagon warns fiving all of them simply isn't practical. officials in hungary this morning say monday's spill of toxic sludge which leaked from an aluminum plant totalled 184 million gallons. we're also learning a fifth victim died from exposure to that spill. and the spill has now reached the vital danube river. in southern california safety officials are investigating a roller coaster collision that injured people. here's more. >> reporter: this is the pony express roller coaster at knotts berry farm in buena park california. thursday night was halloween haunt night and the park was packed. about 8:00 p.m., a fully loaded train left the boarding station and headed slowly up the first incline. only to suddenly roll backwards, back into the boarding area colliding with a waiting train. 25 orange county firefighters and 6 ambulances responded to a chaotic scene. >> you can get injured. >> reporter: ten people ranging in age from a 12-year-old to 60-year-old were taken. >> no critical injuries. all ten patients were minor injuries. >> reporter: the ride's manufacturer is involved in at least one other rollback accident that killed two people in new jersey. the cause of thursday's accident is under investigation. haddy kauffman cbs news los angeles. 16 minutes past the hour now. we want to get you a check of the friday weather. dave price is off but i can give you a little look at that. the eastern half of the country, talk about a great day for you. plenty of sunshine. mild temperatures except for cool air up in new england. northwest and northern plains dealing with storms and the and that is your latest weather. let's turn it back over now to maggie and harry. >> thank you. still ahead this morning, a trip to falcon lake where a texas man allegedly attacked and killed by mexican drug bandits. we'll bring you the latest on the family's desperate search for his body. also, from seductive scents to soft music, the tricks that stores use to separate you from your money. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. ♪ ♪ your favorites, in pieces. 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[ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approved this message. oh. >> welcome back to "the early show." just glorious day. perfect october day here. a lot of anticipation of football this week. people are all psyched up. >> is that what you're doing? >> yes. heading to ann arbor for the michigan-michigan state game. coming up how stores trick you into buying more stuff. talking about this. when's the store in the neighborhood? >> gracious home. >> a fragrance. sucks you right in. >> smells like heaven. >> designed to get you spending walking in the door. we'll guarantee i don't help make you a smarter shop. also ahead this morning, do you write a letter to a celebrity and wonder do they get letter and read the letter? well, johnny depp not only got a letter from a little girl that wrote to captain jack sparrow, his character, he not only received it but showed up at the school in character and surprised her. this is such a great story. it's all the rage on youtube and we are going to talk exclusively to her about the surprise in just a bit. >> how cute. that's great. first, though the latest on the search of david hartley, the texas man believed to have been murdered on his jet ski. his wife says she might take a lie detector test if people continue to refuse to believe her story of his disappearance. cbs news reporter don teague is on the border with more. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. the sheriff here says he has eyewitness testimony and evidence including blood on tiffany hartley's life vest that backs up her story. this as the search for david hartley's body intensifies. a lone woman rode a personal water craft thursday on falcon lake safely in american waters but when david and wife tiffany hartley rode to the mexican side of the lake last week they were attacked by a drug cartel. that's the conclusion of zapata county sheriff gonzalez who believes they were innocent victims of mexico's bloody drug war. escorted by heavily-armed federal agents, we took a boat ride to the border with gonzalez. >> there's problems along the border. whether they admit or not. it spills over violence. >> reporter: the objectives to show us that the american side of the falcon lake is safe. that's mexico across that marker. >> reporter: and to deliver a message to the drug cartel that controls the water and land beyond that pylon. >> i've told them i need a body. give me a body and everything will go away. give me a body guys. the media goes away. >> reporter: gonzalez fears the enforcers permanently hidden the body. the body disposed of. they have gotten rid of the body and there's no evidence. >> reporter: that's not something tiffany is ready to accept and says she's only now beginning to grieve. >> at certain times there's points where you -- you do feel like this is it. i'm never going to see him again. he's gone and then that other points it's he's walking through that door. >> reporter: well that search in cartel-controlled waters is so dangerous for mexican authorities they had to briefly suspend searching for a time on wednesday. the good news there's been no report of any actual violence against searchers and the search was back on thursday and expected to begin again today. harry? >> don teague in zapata texas, this morning, thank you. joining us from houston republican congressman todd poe of texas active on border issues and criticized u.s. and mexican officials in this case. good morning, sir. >> good morning, harry. >> anything the united states can do to compel mexican authorities to do more in the search for this body? >> the state department early on was requested, i requested that they volunteer to allow americans to search on the mexican side. the mexican government said yes and then backed off saying no we don't want the americans over here. we need to use the american resources we have because that area of the lake is controlled by the zattas. there's an island on that area of the island where they operate, the drug cartels. if we mean business about trying to recover david hartley's body we need american involvement and they're intimidated now. they really won't go near the area where the zattas operate. >> we need to stop and pause for a second. even the mexican authorities themselves are clearly not in control. it's the drug cartel that's controlling because as we heard in don teague's story a moment ago, the mexican authorities backed away when they were threatened. >> that is correct. that area offal con lake on the mexican side all the way to the american edge of the water is controlled by the zatta cartels, they bring those drugs in to the united states, usually at night by high-speedboat and that is their operation and the mexican government won't stop them. can't stop them. refuses to or cannot. they control that area the government, neither government controls this area. the drug cartels and we're being held hostage by the drug cartels on this area of the lake. >> i think it's important to realize there's doubt on tiffany hartley's story but what happened here did not happen in a vacuum and there's a history of violence along the lake. >> that is correct, harry. this is the fifth incident just since may. american fishermen, fishing both on the american side of the lake and on the mexican side of the lake and you can get a permit to do that have been robbed by pirates on the lake some of them have been taken to the mexican side. stripped of clothing and valuables and their boat and left stranded there. this is the fifth time since may there's been some type of violence but the first homicide. >> in the up next, you go shopping for one thing and come home with a lot of other stuff. oh, why you are impulse buying throughout? 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this would look great on you. >> we are not here to dog the people of the stores but things you should watch out for. >> i'm saying, it's an art the way you approach a customer. >> some people shine at it and others do probably hit the road faster than they want. >> yes. next thing this completely works is that stores use smells to lure you in. i remember when my husband was selling his house, the realtor came early and baked cookies and worked. >> made people feel at home and linger and interesting, stores use very targeted scents in different departments to keep people spending. baby powder for infant clothing. lilac for intimates and coconut for swimwear and also just such a sensory experience and hear it in terms of the music they play in the different departments to get you in the mood to spend in that department. i spoke to my grandma about the segment and she said sometimes i walk into a department and not supposed to be there because of what i'm hearing over the p.a. system, the music playing. >> starbucks with the best music and people linger in there forever. >> they want you to buy the extra latte and play the music to get you in the mood for it. >> what about bogo buy one, get one. does that work? >> often times it does. the discounts make us excited to make a purchase and often times the discounts themselves with the signand in the store and that type of thing incentivizes you to spend a lot of money and doesn't necessarily equate to savings. also, if you think about when you walk in the store, at an ikea, you see the full display, complete looks and doing that to not only buy the couch but they want you to buy all the things the beautiful things that go with it. also, product location. we know this progrocery shopping. you into the store, you want milk. walk to the back of the store just to get your milk and oftentimes the discounts like we said, not as good as they see but they have the big yellow writing. >> thank you for educating us rebecca. next captain jack sparrow shows up at school. we'll hear how johnny depp made a 9-year-old girl's dream come true. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. now you can mail a kleenex brand share package for free at kleenex.com. you can even track your tissue as it starts a chain of softness around the country. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ log on today and discover why kleenex brand is softness worth sharing. most people like to hear they've done a great job caring for their teeth. that's why there's a rinse like crest pro health complete. it's a more complete way to a better dental check-up. giving you a clean healthy mouth. new crest pro health complete rinse. right now, all over the count discover customers are getting five pcent cashback bonus at restaurants. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. dog: bacon? 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[ male announcer ] taxes. so who called prop 13 a "fraud" and a "rip off?" jerry brown. who raised the gas tax as governor, and pushed for higher sales taxes? jerry brown. who tried five times to raise property taxes in oakland? jerry brown. who supported higher statewide income taxes? jerry brown. and who says, if elected, he'll ask voters for even more new taxes? jerry brown. governor jerry brown, again? hide your wallet. good morning from the traffic center. let's start off from san jose where you're tapping the brake lights especially on the southbound side of 280 near 880. an accident cleared off to the right shoulder. traffic backed up to ray street at this point. here's a live look at 280 through san jose. you can see northbound also slow and go as you work your way through downtown san jose. elsewhere the embarcadero road off-ramp from southbound 101 or northbound, rather, still shut down for an accident. not affecting the main lines of the freeway. everything both directions 101 looking good. that's a look at traffic. let's check your forecast. tracy? >> hey, thanks, gianna. forecast for this morning, sunshine, plenty of sunshine, and nice temperatures. here's a look outside towards the transamerica building. here's a look at our seven-day forecast. that breaks down today's highs. the 60s along the coast, lower 70s at the bay and upper 70s inland. temperatures are warming up saturday and sunday, and we will take those warmer temperatures well into next week, monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, mid- to upper 80s, inland. upper 70s at the bay and the lower 70s along the coast. [ male announcer ] barbara boxer. she fought to get our veterans the first full combat care center in california. her after school law is keeping a million kids off the street and out of gangs. and she's fighting every day to create new jobs. i'm working to make california the leader in clean energy. to jump-start our small businesses with tax credits and loans to create thousands more california jobs. i'm barbara boxer, and i approve this message... because i want to see the words made in america again. good wavers this morning. >> yes. >> yes. very good wavers. >> hey, spongebob is here. a fabulous crowd. >> you know what? i made a mistake that is not spongebob. looks like spongebob. i'm sorry. you're not. you're not spongebob. >> it's a pierogi. >> oh. today is national pierogi day. >> who didn't know that? >> yeah. i didn't. welcome back to the "early show." i'm maggie rodriguez with harry smith. coming up you're going to meet seemingly very calm law-abiding busy moms. right? >> yeah. >> who in virtual reality are actually murderous monsters. there are millions of women in this country hooked on a social media game called "mafia wars." this is why i don't do facebook or that farmville thing everybody in the newsroom does. >> if you go to that one, farmville is right next door. >> i'm not going to do it. too tempting. then you're on there all day. we'll talk about the appeal of this particular game and the potential problems of this particular game. >> also on the internet it doesn't make any difference what you weigh. right? theoretically. >> yes. >> there's a little bit of a different story when it comes to jobs, though. coming up, a new stud they says a thin woman is likely to make a lot more money than an average sized woman at the next desk. >> we'll look at some of the theories behind that. first, back inside and check in with erica hill at the newsdesk. good morning. >> good morning. we begin in chile this morning where the first rescue shaft could reach the 33 trapped miners before the day is out. you are looking at a live picture from the site. you can see, they're preparing everything right there. the miners have spent more than two months nearly half a mile underground. cbs news correspondent seth doane is there with the latest for us from the mine site. >> reporter: behind me here rescue workers are continuing to work around the clock to drill those three separate rescue tunnels to where the miners are trapped. right now we're told the most promising one is the one dug with plan d that could punch through to them sometime today, and the real question is whether they will decide to add a protective metal casing to the inside of that shaft, which would both reinforce the tunnel but also create a smoother exit for the miners as their hoisted up, but deep underground they say they can hear that drill coming ever closer and on the surface in the area behind me here that's been dubbed camp hope, where the family members are waiting, hope has never been higher. seth doane, cbs news at the san jose mine, chile. in california this morning, police are desperately searching for two young boys who were abducted last night in respect is an amber alert out for 2-year-old jessica eunice and his 4-year-old brother jacob taken from an al he their here them to in anaheim. their mothers and others looked on as it happenedpolice believe the boys were taken by their father aub bra hamm fernandez and his father. witnesses say the two men escaped with the children in a gray dodge caravan. the labor department this morning reporting the u.s. economy again lost jobs last month. september's unemployment rate stays as 9.6%. total payroll numbers, though fell by 95,000 making it the fourth straight month of job losses. in the private sector 64,000 job was added. though 77,000 census workers were let go. a disturbing report that looks at thousands of afghan security guards hired for u.s. bases and convoys in afghanistan. turns out many of those guards have ties to the taliban. cbs news correspondent mandy clark has more this morning from kandahar. >> reporter: there are at least 26,000 privs securityate security workers working in afghanistan, many assigned to protecting the convoys that supply u.s. and nato forces with everything from fuel to food to weapons. but on more than one occasion they've been caught making secret deals with the taliban on a fact-finding tour near kandahar in july the chairman of the senate committee carl levins said he's seen enough. >> security contractors, they're making a fortune off the american taxpayers. that's going to end. >> reporter: the committee's report is just as scathing describing the pentagon's oversight of the security contracts as virtually non-existent. the most disturbing information included in the report is that some afghan warlords who bribed their way into lucrative relationships with the u.s. and nato were also passing information on to the taliban and even to iran exposing american soldiers to sneak attacks on the very bases that their guards were hired to protect. mandy har, afghanistan. and an american astronaut and two russians headed to the space station this morning. the soyuz rocket this weather report sponsored by party city. party city as thousands of costumes at incredibly low prices. party city. nobody has more halloween for less. up next innocent suburban moms and evil criminal masterminds all rolled into one. a look at the women who love the online game "mafia wars" and what it really means for their family. this is the "early show" on cbs. this is "the early show" on cbs. it could really mean for their families. this is "the early show" on c bv s. ♪ i loved you, sweetness ♪ ♪ but you're not sweet you hit on my friends ♪ ♪ i'm not your fool i won't just sit here and drool ♪ ♪ i'm tired of sharing you this is the end ♪ ♪ so i found a new love a natural true love ♪ ♪ that comes from a leaf green and bright ♪ ♪ zero-calorie, guilt-free no artificiality ♪ ♪ my soul sings with joy and delight ♪ ♪ its name is truvia i had no idea ♪ ♪ and i am loving every single bite ♪ [ announcer ] truvia. honestly sweet. 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is it a sign of escapism or addiction. jennifer hartstein, child and adolescent psychologist. you hear the mom say, hey, i get to talk to people from korea. it's great. i would never meet them. this can be addictive. >> it can be addictive, the same kind as other people get treatment for. if you feel like it's something you can't get through the day without doing. a lot of moms do it first thing in the morning and at night. >> gamers you think of as men or young men or kids not women in 30s and 40s, a lot of them stay-at-home moms. >> they are the ongoing growing population in this area. one of the reason they are doing it it is escapism it's a way to tune out. it gives them power, the ability to be aggressive and be involved in something so vastly different from their regular life that they can regulate their mood that way, put their worries on a shelf and not think about it. >> is it smart to do that? >> it's helpful sometimes. it's like digital self-medication. the fact is it has to be in mod reagan. it's when it becomes so big that it's a problem. >> how do i know it's a problem? >> four things can i stop this do i have an inability to stop this. think about it. are you ignoring relationships, are you ignoring your kids when they are crying so you can play mafia wars. you have to watch that. are you ignoring, delaying responsibility, doing the laundry. >> getting kids to school. >> grocery shopping any of those things. important. lastly, are you not really taking care of yourself. are you not showering because you want to do this instead? are you not doing little things you need to be doing on a day to day getting away from the computer. it shows more depression obesity people sitting in front of the computer. >> you mentioned that. it's interesting we heard so many stories about the effects of violent video games on children. what about the effects of a game like this on adults and specifically parents. >> it does show depression can increase in women and obesity can increase in men but doesn't look at violence with adults. is it different from going to a violent movie, you need that, it's a catharsis. >> some kids invite kids for bonding. should you play with your kids? >> go outside and do something that way. >> read a book. >> exactly. >> just ahead, tv's favorite serial killer in the flesh. michael hall joining us to talk about the new season of "dexter." stay tuned. that's when we return right here on "the early show." it's pain relief without the pills. no pills, no pain. how can you get pain relief without taking pills around the clock? try thermacare heatwraps for all day relief without pills. i was surprised thermacare worked all day. you feel the heat. and it relaxes and unlocks the muscle. you've got to try it. 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' cause variety equals victory. taste all nine. meet the real meg whitman: serving on the board of goldman sachs, whitman was caught reaping millions from insider stock deals. after ebay shareholders sued and a judge cited the obvious conflict of interest she was forced to pay the money back. what kind of person would be involved in deals a fellow republican congressman called corrupt? and in her last year at ebay whitman paid herself $120 million right before the company laid off 10% of it's workers. we're choosing a governor, shouldn't character matter? when "dexter" first hit the airwaves in 2006, no one quite knew to make of the show a forensics expert by day and serial murderer by night. now in its fifth season "dexter" is one of the most talked about programs on tv wracking up critical acclaim and "killer" ratings. michael c. hall plays "dexter," after losing his wife is now "dying" to get back in the killing game. >> you have to do this right, dexter. it's important. it's your first kill since -- >> you don't have to tell me how much i need this. >> that's the problem. >> what? >> this kill won't put everything right. it won't bring rita back. >> it might bring me back. >> if you make it mean so much you'll only invite mistakes. >> i won't make any mistakes. i'm following the code. are you going to help me or not. >> michael c. hall "dexter" is here good morning. >> good morning. >> we see he's back to his murderous ways. >> yeah in spite of everything that has happened dexter continues to indulge in his com pulling, yeah. >> but i see a hint of weakness am i right? >> i think -- i think what happens at the end of the fourth season, everything -- he's built for himself has been sort of dismantled and shattered and, yeah, i think he's struggling with a sense of responsibility for -- for what he's lost for his wife's death and he has a feeling of guilt that he never anticipated having. >> as someone who played the newscaster on the early seasons of "dexter," i remember thinking, this is really good stuff. how are they going to top it but kept getting better and better and better and i think you set the bar so high with season four especially the finale i really don't know know how you will top it now. >> it is amazing. we have a roomful of writers that manage to keep so many plates spinning and keep moving the character in places he's never anticipated going and finished the first season i thought, we should just stop right? but somehow, they've managed to -- to keep some sort of forward momentum characterizing each of the seasons and, yeah yeah last season was -- went out with a bang but we're having a good time this one. >> and one of the things that really helps make it such a great show is all the great guests that you have. you had john lithgow last season, jimmy smits the season before. this season julia styles among others. >> right. >> how do you entice these big actors to come on the show? >> i don't know. it's a shot in the arm when we are able to attract people of this caliber to join us. >> any hints what she will do? >> sometimes i feel like dexter's press secretary, answering questions without saying anything but she serendipitously appears in dexter's life at the end of a third season and start a relationship that is adversarial. through his relationship through the character julia styles plays, dexter is moving towards atoning for -- for his wife's murder. >> okay. we can see her in the third episode which airs sunday. >> that's right. >> we'll all be watching. i want to ask you about the personal battle you are recovering from. you were diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma late last year and underwent treatment. >> that's right. >> you are in remission now. >> i am. i have been for some time. treatment wrapped up mid-march this past spring. i feel great, very fortunate. >> you were diagnosed at 38 the same age you lost your father was 38 were when he died of cancer. >> he was 39. i turned 39 over the course of my treatment. but, yeah that coincidence was not lost on me. >> how did you look beyond it to think, i'm going to beat this? >> well, you know i think i was lucky to be diagnosed with something that's very treatable and curable and i caught it early and i'm just -- i'm just thankful for that. >> why did you keep it a secret from your castmates? you were in there shooting season four having this not telling anybody. >> well we were probably two and a half episodes away from finishing the season and everybody is running on fumes at that point and i think sometimes with something like this not only do you manage your own response but you have to manage the response of people around you. and it was probably a way to just keep it close for a time and just not have the end of the season feel like it was about anything other than our collective desire to make a good show and, you know and i knew that the news of it would come out eventually. so -- >> we're glad to see you doing so well. >> thanks. >> thank you, michael. nice to see you again. >> you, too. >> you can watch showtime sunday night at 9:00 8:00 central for a brand new episode of "dexter." harry? >> all right, maggie. still ahead, a new study says thinner women have a fatter wallet. we'll ask women and men on the job if they think that's really fair. fair or not, it seems to be that's the way it is. this is "the early show" on cbs. your local news is next. it's 8:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm juliette goodrich. after 100 days, it looks like it's over. state lawmakers have sent governor arnold schwarzenegger a budget proposal. the plan would erase a $19 billion deficit. the state senate approved the blueprint this morning. the assembly passed it yesterday. the governor is expected to sign the bill soon. oakland fire official have started to investigate a three- alarm fire. tiki tom's restaurant on the waterfront near the park street bridge burned late last night. so did a nearby boat. no injuries were reported. and this is probably no surprise to drivers. parking meter rates in san francisco are among the highest in the nation. in a new study, the city ranks number 3 behind chicago and los angeles when it comes to parking fines, san francisco and new york city topping the list. traffic and weather right after this. 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"early show" contributing correspondent taryn winter brill takes a look at that growing discrepancy. >> reporter: when has climbing the corporate ladder meant losing a lot weight. >> i nerve are thought of it. >> reporter: new research finds for women corporate america is just like a catwalk. the smaller your waist, the bigger your paycheck. >> why? what difference does it make? >> reporter: but if the you're a man looking to snag that corner office, don't worry about skipping dessert. thinner men actually make less money. >> oh, really? >> reporter: yes. >> i'll have to start eating. >> reporter: aid cordccording to the study, those waying less women earned $1,000 more. 25 pounds or more above earned about $14,000 less. >> i'm prity surprised. this should not be the case. >> reporter: thinner men made $9,000 less than their average co-worker. >> you have noticed that? >> being on the fatter scale in the office, i make the most. >> reporter: when we took the findings to a career expert she wasn't surprised. >> i think women are judged by appearance in the workplace. as simple as that. women tend to be expected to be thinner, and men, the standards are a little more flexible for men. >> they can get away with more. >> they can get away with more. >> reporter: workers, however, were a little concerned. >> i think that maybe if both sexes can fit they might get paid higher but that's a little puzzling to see overweight men get paid more. >> i feel we should be based on you know our able to perform not, you know our weight. >> reporter: and while our incomes may differ with size and gender, there's one thing we have in common. >> i think we're all underpaid. >> reporter: for "the early show," taryn winter brill, cbs news, new york. we have a lot to say about this. our dr. jennifer ashton and back is jennifer hartstein as well. >> good morning. >> is this platant prejudice, you're better looking, i'll give are mow money? >> if only it were that simple. based on the study, that simple and seems we are only looking at the physical characteristics not on merit, which is really a problem. >> i wass talking to my daughter about this telling her about that story, she said mommy, that's fatist not sexist or racist t.s. she's right. >> from my end as a doctor i don't look at obesity like it's really a behavioral or social issue, a medical issue. i think this is potentially a slippery slope. >> do you think they discriminate on appearance, not just how much you weigh but how tall you are -- >> well, yeah. that's why i think i'm wearing these five-inch heels. >> so am i. the highest. >> and the shortest -- >> maggie, i read something that brunettes make more. so jen and i are going to leave and go right to the hair salon. on monday we will have brown hair. >> ready to go. >> i'm brunette. >> hil pope where's the money? devil's advocate here. could employers have the perception if you are disciplined enough to take care of yourself, work hard at the gym, you are, therefore, a more disciplined, harder working person, therefore a better employee, make more money? >> which one of us in this trio is not a type a personality? >> capital a. >> yes you are. >> and a-plus-plus even. but we saying before jen and i you can never be too rich or too thin. women are following that. if you are that type a personality you work harder in all aspects that's come ago cross to your employer being a dedicated and committed employee and get you up to $16,000 more money. >> it's not fair. you can look at someone who's not thin and say that person doesn't work as hard? >> based solely on appearance people make judgment, which is unfair. >> more unfair the double standard here with men. if you're a robust healthy, strapping, even overweight man. >> you debt more money. >> right. >> because bigger men are, you know perceived as macho and strong? >> yeah, i think that is the historical basis. that they're the hunter gatherers and they are -- >> the heavier were you the richer you were. >> exactly. i think that still persists. >> it's horrible. >> it's horrible, i tell you. >> if you're -- >> you're looked at as wimpy, a meeker man, not as robust. >> i'm going to say one word that's going to throw this study out the window. oprah. >> there you go. >> she's not a stick and who's more powerful and -- you know has i think it's about? confidence. >> absolutely. >> if you're a are noal sized person and confident that's going to be attractive to an employer. >> brain power, ability. inner health. your inner state of mind. >> the things that should matter. >> comfortable in your skin comes across in every aspect. we're losing that piece based on this study. >> no question we are such a superficial society. again, we've made joke answer height, about hair color. i was teasing you maggie, of course, but i've read things that blonds make more money at work, if you're talking about women. there's the gender double standard. i mean, it doesn't say much about us unfortunately. >> sad. >> it is. >> thank you ladies. >> thanks, maggie. up next -- harry. >> all right. thanks, maggie. having the right tools for basic home improvement projects doesn't have to cost a lot in money. matt blashaw, host of "money hunters" on the dyi network here to show us some of his favorite stuff. new gadgets this morning? >> i am totally portable. this is great stuff. i hope this gets you excited about home improvement. >> yep. >> new stuff. i'm going to start you off with the expanding work table. >> all right. >> looks like a briefcase. >> i saw this thing in the studio yesterday and thought what on earth? >> pick it up. see how light. >> that's pretty good. >> isn't that nice? >> yes. >> you know sawhorses. fumbling around. this -- just like that. whoa! whoa! i'm like david blaine. you pull up the lock. okay. you're ready to go. this holds up to 4 hadn't00 pounds. >> serious? >> yeah. that's good. all right. good. i was going to get on with you, but then -- that would be bad. horrible. >> how about that? >> clamps. do versicle and horizontal clamping if you one. it's great. this runs about $80 you can find this more. >> you're kidding me. >> not bad. good stuff. >> folds right up. >> walk away with it to your next job. >> what's this here? >> now, this is the stepstool as well as a toolbox. put it down. go ahead and step on that. gives you an extra foot up. >> yep. >> like that. you look good up there. >> all right. yeah. >> i'll get that. >> is that illegal? it's illegal. >> you can't do that on the corner of 59th and sixth. i forgot. >> what's inside nice toolbox. why i like this nice and deep. >> yes. >> and this has, you know room for all of your glues, spray paint. all of your tools as well. >> 1,000 different sized washers you'll never use. >> never use again. but this can run you about $30. >> both of these are really good. we like them a lot. >> i have other things for you. in here, this is a light. >> right. >> this is called a l.e.d. light mine. i was looking at this. >> this is 12 high powering magnets that stick to any metal. point it in direction of your work space, and you're ready to go. so like say your breaker goes out. the side of the breaker like that. you can work on your breaker, do stuff under the sink. use your car, changing the tires. >> or have one in your car, in case at night, right? >> yes yes. absolutely. this runs about $7. i think this is fantastic to put among your tools. back over to the toolbox here. >> what do you have in there. i'm curious about this. >> this is laser measuring tape. called laser tape. easy to do. we got our wall over there. okay. you turn it on. it reads. >> it reads. >> and it points you right in the direction. what does that seen? >> 7-3. >> we got 7'3" from there. don't have to pull out a tape. easy to do. >> sure. >> this runs about $20. all right. calculates volume too. >> okay. like didn't like -- got to do your algebra if you want to do that. >> a mischering tape even better. the four in one tape measure. you open it up. you got the calculator. >> right. >> how many times do you make a measurement, go to cut it and you forget what you're doing? >> you need a little post-it-in there. >> a little something-something put on your measurement, pull it out and then two, an l.e.d. on it to read your measurement. >> simple. >> runs about $15. >> pretty cool. >> not bad at all. >> like that. >> i know you're into caulking. >> i know. last time you were here we were caulking up -- >> you do one caulking you usually do small jobs and you have the rest of the caulk left over mgts over. >> i know. it sit there's in the garage and gets all hard. >> check this out. ge has come up with caulk singles. this is great stuff. $. let me show you how this works. come on over here. all you do is tear the top. >> even i can do this. look at that. >> and you squeeze the -- together the paper like that together. >> all right. >> and just put it right into your opening. look at that. >> it really really works. >> you don't even need your finger. that's very nice. look at that. $2. >> that's good. >> you toss it away. no big deal. >> i like it a lot. >> fantastic. now, if you struggled with a door-doctor. >> boy, when you take the door off to paint it or if it needs sanded, all warped or everything and it's time to put it back up there, then what happens? >> you're fumbling with it. >> and you jam your fingers in there. >> right. >> all bad. >> right. let me show you how this works. this is call add door jack. >> look at this. this is cool. >> this goes in the bottom. you get your door. this can usually hold up to 260 pounds, which is nice. >> pop it right underneath like that. you bring it up with your foot. right? so now -- your other hand. pull the pin. >> to pull the pin. put it into place. pop this pin in just like that. and you're good to go. just like that. $20. $20. >> yes. >> man. you got anything else or is that it? >> no. i don't have any more rabbits in my hat. >> pretty good. got nothing on you, buddy. >> appreciate it. >> really good stuff. as always matt blashaw. all right. for more on these, portable home improvements and other tools, all you need to go go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. erica? >> harry thanks. we'll get you out of the sun. cooking and authentic italian meal had two requirements. had you to be italian and needed a lot of tile. the good news you don't necessarily need all that time anymore. gail simmons project director fore"food and wine" magazine updated versions of classic recipe and i'm hungry and they look delicious. >> smells good. >> it does. >> the thing about italian-american cooking is that we've come so far. so many ways to make a hearty delicious meal in not a lot of time. all abbottly in america. so we are making delicious italian-american menus today. >> first is fritatta. i thought of this as a great weeknight dinner for people. it's a lot less heavy than you think. >> healthy and great. i have ten eggs here. >> wow. >> two of them. i know. a big fritatta. it's for a lot of people. ten eggs. adding fresh basil, salt pepper milk and parmesan cheese, beating it up all up and then cook my fritatta. the key is not to play with it too much. let it sit. i have a little oil in my pan. >> getting ready. >> going to add fresh shallots. take a spoon and cook those out for a minute while i beat everything up and to the pan i'm going to add prosciutto. dump that in. >> all before the eggs? >> cook that out a little bit. also putting in cherry tomatoes's. after a few minutes they'll all be cook together and i can add my egg. you ready? >> i'm ready. >> all right. here i go. i'm going add right in -- now you want to use -- i'm going to use a spatula to move that around a little bit. >> a little more gentle with it. is that what-doctor. >> exactly. i want to be gentle but also make sure nothing you know comes off the edges. this is all good. i'm going to lastly add fresh mozzarella and then not going to touch it. that really -- >> that's the hardest part. >> leave it alone. everyone wants to play with their egg. people scrambling on a stovetop. don't do that. fresh mozzarella. once that sets i'm popping it right in the oven. let it cook 20 minutes and it will be done. >> quickly we have it in here. >> we do. >> before i put it in the oven as it sets as we see it set. >> exactly. rough edges start to brown, get golden. that's your cue. that's it. going to use a towel. nice and hot. goes in the upper compartment. >> does it matter? >> doesn't really matter. give it a little shake. make sure it's coming off and then slide it right there. you can flip it if you want. flip it over and it will also be nice and brown on the other side. >> we have one of those in front. you can see the brown. two options there. >> that's it. with my fritatta for the appetizer, i'm doing ravioli. you'll uky wonton skins. i don't have the time to roll out fresh pasta every day. >> this is a great idea. >> heavy cream, i've made a mix going right into my wonton wrappers. wet the edges. >> rav oil you can make on a weeknight. >> press the ravioli together they seal. the wonton wrapper. that's all you need do to seal them up. press out the holes. this one is a little dry, but we have tons made right here. >> right. >> some beautiful steaming simmering. salt in water. >> why the saullt? >> you want to add flavor. >> not to keep things from sticking? >> no. it's really seasons from the very beginning. >> a little extra bit. >> those cook a few minutes. when done i have browned butter right here. >> uh-huh. >> all it is is butter i've let sit on the stovetop melt until it got a little brown. fresh margarine. >> my new favorite spice. my girlfriend turned me on to t. an herb people forget about. >> is it a cousin of the -- oregano? >> exactly. it's oregano-esque, all of those grates great with italian food. >> i have to take my fork out for this. >> and toasted almonds on top. isn't that beautiful? >> i'm going to sample it because it looks beautiful and delicious. you have ice cream, too. >> i have ice cream sundaes. i love cannolis and ice cream. put it all together. classic italian-american cannoli. ones that come with cream filled right there, but i'm going to use -- what i've done beaten ricotta and honey into vanilla ice cream to let it soften beat it up refreeze it and it's done i. have a cannoli. i'm going to break it. the end of the workday stress out. >> really why you're doing it. you want to get out the aggression, too. there you go. >> right. i have moo ricotta in the ice cream and cannoli broken on top. a re-invented cannoli. toasted almonds, drizzled honey, a perfect dinner. >> ravioli, by the way, fantastic. >> isn't it delicious? rich feels authentic. >> and the weather's getting chillier. tasty ice cream and a few other things. always good to have you here gail. you can get all these recipes on our website. as we take a short break to have a snack, stay with us we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. ♪ ♪ hey, at&t u-verse tv? 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