her surprise of a lifetime early this friday morning, october 8th. this friday morning, october 8th. 2010. captioning funded by cbs good this morning, everyone, happy almost weekend. welcome to thety shoerl. i'm maggie rodriguez. >> i'm harry smith on this weekend eve. >> this weekend eve an important story, breaking story out of anaheim, california. where an amber alert issued for these two little boys, brothers, ages 2 and 4 and they were snatched from an alley behind their home last night. just yesterday we did a story about an amber alert that was 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 all the details from the news desk in a moment. >> discrimination in the workplace? two females, side by side doing exactly the same job, 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 is what is really crazy. we'll have that story for you, too. >> we begin in chile, this morning rescuers could be hours away from reaching 33 men who have been trapped inside a gold and copper mine there more than two months. our correspondent seth doane is at the mine this morning in cope yeah poe chile with the latest. seth, how is it going? >> reporter: good morning, maggie. family members dealt a bit of a setback yesterday when they learned the miners would not be out this weekend. but, deep underground, they are 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 units 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 non-stop 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 chillan 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 problem. all of the miners will be brought to the surface wearing sunglasses because their pupils have been dilated 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 are doing a countdown, chile's mining minister said. maria has been 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 are 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 have reached an area less than a couple hundred feet from where the miners are trapped but won't be removed today because engineers need to test the integrity of the well and the real question is whether to line the tunnel with a protective metal casing. if they do that, that could add an additional eight to ten days to the rescue. maggie? >> seth doane in chile, thank you. the mine rescue there brings to mind another rescue in the u.s. our national correspondent jeff glor is in summer set, pennsylvania, you might remember in 2002, nine men were pulled from a flooded mine after # 7 hours underground. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: maggie, good morning you to. >> the capsule used to pull out the nine miners back in 2002, we have an understanding how the rescue in chile might unfold, can you compare to the capsule in chile? >> reporter: yeah, very interesting here because the folks designing the capsule in chile consulted with the people who designed this capsule. this capsule was built in 1972 but wasn't used until 2002, when they had that rescue here. this is a little over nine feet tall, weighs 600 pounds. the one in chile is a little over ten feet tall and weighs 900 pounds with extra equipment down there including air tanks and also radio equipment so the miners can keep in touch with people on the surface. >> jeff, the first thing that struck me when i saw you standing next to that capsule, how narrow it is. can you get in it to give us an idea how cramped the miners might feel in there? >> reporter: i -- i sure can. not a ton of room here but, as i get in the capsule here, we'll have bill arnold, executive director of the foundation here, close the door behind me. he was nice enough to have us here. you can can see there is not a ton of space. you have to keep your hands in and obviously your face in because they will be going up that shaft. what is interesting to note, when this rescue happened in pennsylvania, they were going up only 240 feet. in chile, you are talking about 2300 feet. so, ten times the distance. >> how long would they spend inside that capsule? >> reporter: it's unclear exactly right now. they will be spending more time than the miners would in pennsylvania, but we're talking about 21 inches here so not a ton of space. what they've been doing in chile, as you know, some of the miners have been on exercise and diet regimens to make sure they fit inside but clearly a concern, given their mental state going that great distance up. >> no question. jeff glor in sommerset, pennsylvania, thank you very much for helping us visual icy this. harry. thanks. to the job front the economists expect the unemployment rate to go up when the government releases the september jobs report this morning. cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis joins us now. good morning. how are you. >> good morning, harry. i'm well. >> our expectation is what, exactly? >> so, what we're expecting to learn today, unemployment in the month of september notched up from 9.6% up to 9.7%, as more people start looking for jobs. this is what tends to happen when there are signs that some jobs are being created in the economy, more people tend to start looking for work hence they get counted in the numbers. but, by the way, we're not really creating a lot of jobs here, either. >> what is the significance of this number at this exact time? >> well, at this time, this is going to be the last employment report before the election. so, a lot of obviously political people are going to be using this and using it as fodder for whether or not to vote for a particular candidate. also, the fed, the federal reserve right now at a point where they are trying to determine their next move as far as policy. this will play into that. lastly, this is going to play into the holiday retail season. retailrs make about 40% of their income during this particular time. you know, it's the holidays and this is going to play into that because psychologically speaking if we don't feel positive about jobs we are not spending money. >> it is interesting a new report yesterday said back-to-school sales were actually better than what people had anticipated. there is, i'm not -- don't want to put a silver lining on it but what you suggested before, people who are on the fence are getting off the fence and saying it looks like there are more jobs out there, people are looking and the economy is actually creating jobs, just not enough to offset the difference. >> some people certainly are feeling more optimistic. of course, if you talk to those who have been long-term unemployed for months on end, that certainly plays an impact, as well. they, too, have their psychology feeding into this market. the tongue consider here, right now economists anticipate we won't get away from these levels until 2011. we are going to be at this unemployment levels. the economy needs to create 13 million jobs by 2013 just to get unemployment back down to 6%. what you're mentioning, however, is that the unemployment claims, claims for unemployment insurance have actually been coming down week after week at a three-month low. >> very quickly, this this horrible rocky road, the foreclosure crisis has yet another obstacle, as the president has issued -- is using a pocket veto. >> pocket veto, yeah. basically, there was a bill out essentially going to allow lenders, mortgage lenders to process things faster. now, of course, we know that a number of lenners, bank of america, jp morgan, allied financial are facing tough waters right now. >> they've stopped altogether proimplsts cessing things too quickly and didn't sign the paperwork. what the president has done has stopped this law from going through. it's going back to congress now. they will have to take another look at it and basically means things will remain the same as far as lending practices go and mortgage practices go. >> rebecca jarvis, thank you so much. erica hill right behind me here is at the news desk. good morning. >> harry, good morning. and good morning to everyone at home. we begin with breaking news maggie mentioned at the top of the hour the latest on this amber alert issued in california after the abduction of two young boys. police say 4-year-old jacob quinones and his 2-year-old brother justin were snatched from an alley in anaheim. officers say their mother and other witnesses saw the abduction. >> according to the mom, she's reporting that she doesn't know who these guys are. she's reporting that this is not a parental abduction type of case, that these two men are strangers. >> the mother also says her little boys were wearing buzz light-year t shirts and say the kidnappers escaped in a gray dodge caravan. the president is spending his weekend on the campaign trail including an spornt stop in philadelphia. our correspondent bill plante joins us with more on that story. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. since labor day the president has done 13 fund-raisers, a couple of major rallies, another one coming up as you said in philadelphia 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 fought for change in 2008 shows on november 2nd, i am absolutely confident we will win. >> reporter: the president was in maryland campaigning for governor martin o'malley but a poll shows more than half the voters say the president's support for any one than what date would have no impact on their decision. >> this president has been more effective at raising money, i think, than at really getting out and wowing the troops on the stump. >> reporter: this year's midt m midterms are drawing 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. new york republican gubernatorial candidate carl paladino, who recently got into a fight with a "new york post" reporter is way behind his opponent, andrew cuomo, who he tried to goad into a group debate thursday. >> come out and debate like a man. >> reporter: also running behind in the polls, delaware's tea party senate candidate, christine o'donnell who made headlines this week with her 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 inherent millions like my opponent. >> reporter: negative ads are a campaign staple this year but as republicans in virginia find out they don't always work. >> washington joe does whatever obama wants. >> reporter: this commercial from the national republican senator committee had to be pulled from the air after it was revealed the committee issued a casting call for actors with a hickey, blue collar look. the president's strategists are still confident if he can energize the people who voted for him in 2008, the young, minorities, first-time voters, democrats can still won but it's a race-by-race situation. erica? >> bill plante at the white house, thanks. an imprisoned chinese distent winner of this year's nobel peace price liu xiaobo has been in prison since 2008. the chinese government warned the nobel committee not to honor him but the committee says china should expect 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. so, this is why we are issuing this peace prize. >> the 54-year-old is serving an 11-year prison sentence. a just-released senate report says 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 strongmen 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 firing 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 total 184 million yon gallons. we are also learning a fifth victim has 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 10 people. our correspondent hattie kauffman has more. >> reporter: this is the pony express roller coaster at knott's 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 six ambulances responded to a chaotic scene. >> that force, when it goes and stops, you can definitely get injured. >> reporter: ten people ranging in age from a 12-year-old to 60-year-old were taken to area hospitals. >> no fatalities, all ten patients were mineor injuries. >> the ride's manufacturer has been involved in at least one over roll-back accident that killed two people at a new jersey amusement park. the cause of thursday's accident is under investigation. hattie kauffman, cbs news, los angeles. 16 minutes past the hour. we want to check y y >> and that is your latest weather. let's turn it back over now to maggie and harry. >> thank you, erica. >> still ahead a trip to falcon lake where a texas man was allegedly attacked and killed by mexican drug bandits. we'll bring you the latest on his family's desperate search for his body. >> from seductive scents to soft music, we'll look at the tricks stores use to separate you from your money. you are watching "the early show" on cbs. ♪ your favorites, in pieces. what are you waiting for? 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>> yes, heading to anne arbor for the michigan-michigan state game. coming up how tricks trick you to buy more stuff. what's the store in our neighborhood? >> gracious home. >> a fragrance. >> like a pottery barn. >> designed to get you to spend as soon as you walk through the door. stick around for that. we'll guarantee to make you a smarter shopper. >> do you ever write a letter to a celebrity and wonder, do they actually get the letter or read it? johnny depp not only got a letter from a little girl who wrote to captain jack sparrow, his character, he not only received it but he showed up at her school in character and surprised her. it's such a great story, all the rage on youtube and we'll talk exclusively to her about the surprise in a bit. >> how cute is that. that's great. first, the latest on the search for david heartily, believed murdered on his jet ski along the u.s.-mexico border. his wife now says she might take a lie detector test if people continue to refuse to believe her story of his disappearance. our correspondent don teague is on the border in zapata texas with more. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. the sheriff here says he has "witness testimony and evidence, including blood on tiffany hartly's life vest that backs up her story as the search for david hartley's body intensifies. a lone woman road a personal watercraft thursday on falcon lake, safely, in american waters. but when david hartley and his wife, tiffany rode their jet skis over to the mexican side of the lake last week, they were attacked by enforcers of the zeta drug cartel, the conclusion at least of the zappa that county sheriff who believes the hartlys were innocent victims of mexico's bloody drug war. escorted by heavily armed federal agents, we took a boat ride to the border with gonzales. >> they won't admit it or not, they are a problem and it is spillover violence. >> reporter: the sheriff's objectives, to show us the american side of falcon lake is safe. >> once you cross that marker, that's mexico. >> reporter: and to deliver a message to the drug cartel that controls the water and land beyond that pylon. >> what i've told them is, i need a body. give me a body, guys, and everything will go away. give me a body, guys, the news media will go away. >> reporter: he fears the same who killed david have permanently hid his body. >> they have gotten rid of the body, there's no evidence. >> reporter: that's not something tiffany hartly is ready to accept and says she's only now beginning to grieve. >> at certain times, there's points where you do feel like, you know, this is it, i'm never going to see him again, he's gone. and then other points, he's going to be walking through that door. >> reporter: well, that search in cartel-controlled waters is so dangerous for mexican authorities, he had to briefly suspend searching for a time on wednesday. the good news, there has 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 from houston republican congressman ted poe from what you see here is what you have tomorrow morning and sunday morning and monday morning and tuesday morning. sunshine in the area. we are going for a high temperature of right around 78 degrees this day. 47 tonight. near 80 tomorrow. up next, you go shopping for one thing and come home with a lot of other stuff. oh, why are you impulse buying out there? 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>> often it does because discounts make us excited to make a purchase but oftentimes the discounts themselves when they have the signed age when you come into the store, that type of thing incent vooitss you to spend a lot of money but doesn't necessarily equate to savings. when you think about walking into a story at an akea, for example, the display, they not only want you to bite couch but all the things, beautiful things that go with it. also, product location. we know this from grocery shopping, maggie. you walk into the store and want mill k, you have to walk all the way to the back of the store just to get your milk. >> so true. >> the discounts, sometimes aren't as good as they seem but have the big yellow writing and entice you. >> they do. up next, captain jack sparrow jumps ship and shows up at school. we'll hear how johnny depp made a 9-year-old's dream come true when we return. 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. 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. discover customersl are getting five pcent cashback bonus at restaurants. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. gotta get that bacon! dog: yummy. crunchy. bacon. bacon. bacon. there, in that bag! mom: who wants a beggin' strip? 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up next, tricks stores are using to get you to spend more, and how a popular social and how a popular social networking game could be two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, good waves this morning, very good ones. >> sponge bob is here. a fabulous crowd. >> i made a mistake. >> it is not sponge bob. i'm sorry, you're not. >> no. it's a pierogy. i thought it was sponge bob. >> today is national pirogy day. >> who knew? >> coming up you'll meet seemingly very calm, law-abiding busy moms, right, in virtual reality are actually murderous monsters. millions of women in this country are 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 like next door. >> i'm not going to do it's too tempting. you're on there all day. we'll talk about the appeal of this particular game and potential problems of this particular game. >> also on the internet, doesn't make any difference what you weigh, right, theoretically? we have a bit of a difference story when it comes to jobs, though. coming up, we'll look at a new study that 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 with erica hill at the news desk. good morning. >> good think i put my spanx on today. good morning. beginning in chile, 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 as you can see them preparing everything there. the miners have now spent more than two months, nearly a half a mile underground. our correspondent seth doane is there with the latest 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 that has been dubbed plan b. it 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 smoothr exit for the miners as they're hoisted up. 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. there is an amber alert out for 2-year-old justin quinn nonness and his 4-year-old brother jacob taken from an alley near their home in anaheim. their mother and others looked on as it happened. police believe the boys were taken by their father, abraham fernandez and his father, luis. witnesses say the men escaped with the children in a gray dodge caravan. interesting news on last year's stimulus payments. turns out more than $18 million of those payments went to 72,000 people who are dead. another 4.3 million went to 17,000 prison inmates. in all, the $250 payments were sent to about 52 million social security recipients and federal retirees. a disturbing senate report looks at the thousands of private afghan security guards hired for u.s. bases and convoys in afghanistan. well, it turns out many of those guards have ties to the taliban. cbs news correspondent mandy clark has more this morning from kandahar. >> reporter: at least 26,000 private security contractors working in afghanistan, many of them assigned to protecting the convoys that supply u.s. and nato forces with everything from fuel to food to weapons. but, on more than occasion, they've been caught making secret deals with the taliban on a fact-finding tour here in kandahar in july, the chairman of the senate committee, carl levin, said he'd seen enough. >> the security contractors are making a fortune off the american taxpayers. that's got to end. >> reporter: the committee's report is just as scathing, describing the pentagon's oversight of the security contracts as virtually non-existent. but, 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 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jennifer hartstein is a adolescent psychologist. this kind of -- what did the mom say, hey, i get to talk to people online from korea, it is great, i would never meet them. this could actually be really addictive. >> it can be really addictive, the same addict sdifb and other things people go into treatment for. if it becomes something you can't get through your day without doing that's an addiction a. lot of these moms it is the first thing they want to do in the morning and the last thing they do at night. >> it is weird, though, a lot of these people are moms. wait a minute here gamers you think of as men, young men or kids, not women in their 30s and 40s, a lot of them are stay-at-home-moms. >> the ongoing like growing population in this area. i think one of the reasons they are doing it, it is escapism, a way for them to tune out of their regular life and do something. it gives them some power. it gives them this ability to kind of be aggressive and be involved in something that's so vastly different from their regular life they can regulate their mood that way and put all their worries on a shelf and not have to think about it. >> is it smart to do that, though. >> it is helpful to do that sometimes, like digital self-medication but the fact is it has to be in moderation. when it becomes so big it is really a problem. >> how do i know it's a problem. >> four things to think about, first, you have to think, can i stop this? do i have an inability to stop this, i do it all the time, i can't. you have to watch for that and also think are you neglecting your relationships, ignoring your kid crying because you just have to do that one more thing on "mafia wars" you have to watch that. are you ignoring and delaying any your responsibilities not cleaning the house, not doing the laundry. >> not picking your kids up from school. >> exactly. grocery shopping, any of those things. lastly, are you not taking care of yourself, not showering because you want to do this, instead, not doing the little things you need to be doing on a day-to-day so you really can get away from the computer because it shows, more depression, heavier -- more obesity in people sitting in front of a computer all day. >> you mentioned that, all a these things tied of it. it is interesting we have heard about the effect, violent video games on children. what about effects of games like this on adults and parents. >> it shows depression can increase in women and obesity in women but doesn't look how violence deals with adults. is it any different than going to a vi lint movie because you are in a bad mood and need that catharsis? adults can separate the reality from fantasy. >> quickly parents invite kids to play for bonding, should you do that? >> go outside with your kids, read a book. >> it's raining. >> i like that one. >> just ahead, tv's favorite serial killer in the flesh, michael c. hall joining us to talk about the new zone 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. 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 is 8:25. wonderful start to the weekend. sharon is here to wrap up the day's rush after the first morning weather. >> let's tell you the forecast. this is going to be super. right now, cruising into the upper 50s. almost at 60. going for a high of 78. going to be a sunny, beautiful day. good morning, everyone. still following that accident involving a bus on southwest side of the beltway. on the inner loop at 295. looking at 8 minutes backup to 97. watch for a crash in he is ex. just in, northbound 702 at the beltway. another at ross coboulevard, and another in clearing stages middle river road. east preston at north calvert and east madison at north chester. speeds on the beltway, slowest spot is top side outer loop between 95 and 83. live look outside at hartford road. running slow on the outer loop. this traffic report brought to you by dsw designer sheurs, warehouse prices. have a great weekend. a school closing to pass along. al alom a closed because of a plumbing issue. classes expected to resume there monday. 8 months after a teacher was found murdered outside an area juvenile detention center, experts say security lapses may be to blame. >> reporter: since the murder, two staff members have been fired and others disciplined. on february 18th, a 65-year-old teacher named hanna wheeling was found killed outside a youth facility in prince georges's county. a report by the independent juvenile justice monitoring unit finds failures at the facility and others statewide. like lack of security cameras and staff alarms. investigators found a 13-year- old inmate charged in wheelings's death was allowed to walk around alone hours before she was last seen. department of juvenile services says it has implemented many of those recommended reforms. back to you. thank you very much. an annapolis student charged with sexually assaulting a classmate. the girl told investigators she left the school grounds with troy reed, went into a wooded area where she says he forced her to have sex. reed is charged as an adult in that case. cause for concern at cross- country elementary after a student was diagnosed with viral meningitis. a letter was sent to parents yesterday explaining it is highly contagious, but not deadly. school officials are asking for parents to be on the lookout for symptoms, which include high fevers, vomiting, and severe headaches. stay with wjz. up next, how to make home improvements on a budget. and food critic gail simmons has a recipe for an simmons has a recipe for an authent[ female announcer ] after months of martin o'malley telling us "maryland is moving forward"... ...and moving maryland forward. 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"early show" contributing correspondent taryn winter brill takes a look at that growing discrepancy. >> reporter: what if climbing the corporate ladder meant having to lose a little weight. >> i never thought bit. >> reporter: new research from the university of florida finds for woman, corporate america is just like a catwalk. the smaller your waist, the bigger your paycheck? >> why? what difference does it make. >> reporter: but as a man looking to snag that corner office, don't worry about skipping dessert. thinner men make less money. >> really? >> yeah. >> i'll have to stop eating. >> reporter: according to the study these women earned about $16,000 per year more. >> i'm pretty surprised. this should not be the case. >> reporter: thinner men on the other hand made about $9,000 less than air average male co-worker. have you noticed that. >> being i'm the fattest guy in the office and i make the most -- >> reporter: when we took the findings to a career expert, she wasn't surprised. >> i think women are judged by their appearance in the workplace, as simple as that. women tend to be expected to be thinner. and men, the standards are a little more flexibility for men. >> they can get away with more. >> reporter: workers, however, were a little concerned. >> i think if maybe both sexes were fit, they might get paid higher but that's a little bit puzzling to see that overweight men get paid more. >> ideally, we should be based on, you know, our ability to perform not, you know, our weight. >> reporter: while our incomes may differ with size and gender, there's one thing we have in common. >> i think we are all underpaid. >> reporter: for "the early show," taryn winter brill, cbs news, new york. >> we have a lot to say about this. dr. jennifer ashton is here and back is dr. jennifer hartstein, as well. good morning, ladies. >> good morning. >> do you think this is blatant prejudice, you are better looking and i'll give you more money, is it that simple. >> if only it w. it really does seem we are looking only at the physical characteristics choosing people on that, not their merit, which is really a problem. >> when i talked to my daughter about this and telling her about this story, she said, mommy, that's fattist, not sexist or racist, to some extent it is. from my end as a doctor, i don't look at obesity like it is behavioral or social issue but 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. >> i think, yeah, that's why i think i'm wearing these five-inch heels. >> so am i, actually. >> and yours are the highest. >> that's because i'm the shortest on set. >> maggie, i read something brunettes make more so jen and i are going to leave and right to the hair salon and monday will have brown hair. >> we're ready for go. >> i'm brunette, hello, where's the money. i'll be devil's advocate heave, 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. >> type a. >> the type a, which one of us in this ttrio is not a type a personality in personality. >> capital a. >> an a plus, plus even. i think we were saying before, jen and i, the old adage you cannot never be too rich or thin and i think women are really following that. as a type a personality you will work harder in all aspects and will come across to your employers being a really dedicated employee and get you up to $16,000 a more money. >> it's not fair to say that person that is not thin doesn't work as hard. >> that's true but based solely on appearance people make judgments which is unfair. >> what is more unfair the double starred with men. >> can we talk about this? >> a robust, healthy, strapping even overweight man. >> you get more money. is it because bigger men are, you know, perceive add as macho and strong and that's okay. >> well, yeah, i think that is the historical basis, they are the hunter gatherers. >> the heavier you were, the richer you were. >> exactly. >> i think that still persists. >> it's horrible. >> it's horrible, i tell you. >> if you are anorexic. >> no, you looked at as wimpy, weaker man, not as robust. >> i'm going to say one word that will throw this study out the window. oprah. >> absolutely. >> she's not a stick and who's more powerful? you know way continuing is about, confidence. >> absolutely. >> i think if you are a normal size person and confident that will be attractive to an employer. >> brain power, inner health, state of mind. >> being comfortable in your skin. >> i think we are losing that piece based on this study. >> but there is no question we are such a superficial society. again, we've made jokes about height and hair color that, i mean, i was teasing you, maggie, of course, i've read that blonds make money at work talking about women, the gender double standard. i mean, it doesn't say much about us, unfortunately. >> so 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 of money, matt blah show -- is here to show us some of his favorite stuff. you've got new gadgets this morning. >> i'm totally portable. >> right. look at that thing. >> this is great stuff. i hope this gets you excited about home improvement. all right. >> yeah. >> new stuff. i'll start you off with the expanding work table. >> all right. >> looks like a briefcase. >> i saw in this in the studio yesterday and thought, what on earth. >> pick it up, see how light it is. isn't that great. >> yeah. >> you know with sawhorses and you are fumbling around? >> sure. >> this -- just like that. >> whoa! whoa! >> i'm like david blaine. >> at least. >> pull up the lock, okay? you are ready to go. this holds up to 400 pounds. >> serious? let me get on that let's just seef. >> that's good. all right. >> that's pretty good. >> that was g. i was going to get on it with you. >> no. no. >> that would be bad, horrible. >> how about that? >> we have clamps you can do vertical and horizontal clamping. this is great, it runs about $80. >> you're kidding me. how cool is that? >> good stuff. >> folds right up. >> folds up, walk away with it to your next job. >> what's this thing do? >> now, this is a step stool as well as a toolbox. all right, put it down. this will give you -- go ahead and step on that, gives you an extra foot up, like that. >> yep. working for me. >> you look good up there. >> all right. >> yeah. yeah. >> i'll get down. i'll get down. >> it was illegal. >> you can't do that on the corner of 59th and fifth, i forgot. >> what's inside is a nice toolbox. why i like this, what is really cool it is nice and deep. >> yes. >> this has room for all your glues, spray paint, as well as all your tools. >> about a thousand different-sized washer we'll never use again. >> we'll never use again. this can run you about 30 bucks. >> that's good. both are really good. we like them a lot. >> all right. i've got other things for you. in here, this is a light. this is called a light mine, an l.e.d. light mine. let me show you how this works. >> i was looking at this, too. how does this work. >> 12 high-powered mag nets and stick to anything metal, point it the direction of your work space and you're ready to go. say your breaker goes out, stick it to the side like that, you can work on your breaker, or do stuff like under the sink, use your car, changing the tire. >> you should have one of these in your car in case, you know, in the right, right? >> yeah. yeah. absolutely. this will run you about $7. i think it is fantastic in your tools. awesome. let's come back to the toolbox. >> what else you got in there. >> this is. >> i'm very curious about this. >> a maesh sure measuring tape called laser tape. pretty easy to do. we've got our wall over there, turn it on. >> hit "read". >> and points you right in the direction and what does that say. >> 7, 3. >> we know we have seven foot three, you don't have to pull out a tape, easy to do. this runs about 20 bucks and calculates volume, too. >> oh, okay. >> like you and me. >> you've got to do your algebra to do that. >> they made a tape measure even better, this is the four-in-one. all right. you open it up. you've got the calculator. 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 somethin'-somethin' on here. pull it out and, two, an l.e.d. on it to read your measurement. >> very cool. how much is that? >> this runs about fifteen bucks. >> that's cool. i like. >> that i know you are into calking. >> last time you were here we were calking like crazy guys. >> you do one calking, usually small jobs and have the rest left over. >> it sits in the garage and gets all hard. >> check this out. ge has come up with cau caulk singles. >> all right. >> great stuff, two dollars. let me show you how this works. come on over here. all you do is tear the top. >> even i can do that. >> oh, look at. >> that you squeeze together the paper like that together. >> oh, okay, all right. >> 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. two bucks. >> that's good. >> you toss it away. >> that's good. >> no big deal no. waste. >> i like it a lot. >> fantastic. now, have you struggled with a door. >> when you take the door off to paint it or needs to be sanded and warpd and time to put it back up there, then what happens. >> you are fumbling with it. >> you jam your fingers in there. >> babies cry. >> it's all bad. >> let me show how this works. this is called a door jack. >> take a look at this. this is cool. >> this goes on the bottom, you get your door just like this. usually, this can actually hold up to about 260 pounds. >> wow. >> which is nice. >> pop it right underneath like that, all right? you just bring it up with your foot, right? so now -- >> you can actually. >> have your other hand to pull the pin, put it into place, pop the pin in just like that. and you're good to go. just like that. twenty bucks. twenty bucks. >> man! have you got anything else or is that it? >> no, i don't have any more rabbits in my hat. >> that was really good, really g. penn and teller and david wayne got nothing on you, buddy. >> appreciate it. >> really good stuff. thank you, as always, matt blah shaw. for more on these affordable home improvements and other tools, all you need he to do is go to our website earlyshow.cbsnews.com. erica? >> harry, thanks. we'll get you out of the sun, cook an authentic italian meal had two requirements, to be authentic you had to be italian and needed a lot of times. gail simmons from "food & wine" magazine here with classic version and i love it. >> smells great, doesn't it. >> we have come so far and so many ways to make a hearty, delicious italian meal not a lot of time. our october issue is all abo about -- >> one of the first sngs a frittatta, i've thought of this as a weeknight dinner for people, a lot lower intensive than you think. >> it is healthy and great. i have ten eggs right there. >> wow. >> this is a big one. >> this is true. >> it will serve a lot. >> i have ten eggs adding basil, salt, pepper, mill k, cheese and will beat it. people are scared of cooking them. the secret is not play with them too much and let it sit. i have oil in my pan. add fresh shallots, if you want to take a spoon and cook those out for a minute while i beat everything up. then to the pan, i'm going to add some prosciutto, dump that in. >> these all go in before -- >> you want to cook those out a bit. i'm also going to put in cherry tomatoes. after a few minutes, they will all be cooked together and i can add my eggs. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> here i go, adding the eggs right in. now, you want to use, i'm going to use a spatula to move that around a little bit. >> so we're more gentle with it? >> exactly. i want to be gentle but also want to make sure nothing comes off the edges. this is all g. i'm going to lastly add fresh mozzarella then i'm just not going to touch it. >> that's the key. >> the hardest part. >> leave it alone. >> everyone wants to fuss. >> everyone wants to play with their eggs scrambling on a stovetop. dopt do that. fresh most rel lachlt i'll pop that in the oven for 20 minutes and it will be done. >> as you pull out i think we have one finished. >> we do. >> before i put it in the oven you say as it sets, set around the edges? >> exactly. around the edges it will brown and get really golden. >> that's your cue. >> that's it. i'll use a towel for this one, it's nice and hot. >> in the upper part of the oven or does it matter? >> it really doesn't. give it a little shake and make sure it's coming off and you can plate it right like that. >> slides right off. >> you can flip it, if you want, turn it over and it will be nice and brown on the other side. >> we actually have one in front, you can see the brown, your two options there. >> exactly, that's it. with my frittata i'm doing rarve oel. >> i love it. >> i am using won-ton skins because i i don't have time to roll out fresh pasta every day. i've made a mix and goes right into the wrappers and wet the edges, look how easy. >> this is even rarve oel you can make on a week night. >> absolutely right. press the edges together and they seal, the won-ton wrappers. that's all you need to do to seal them up, press out the holes. this one is a little bit dry but we have tons made right here, beautiful steaming, simmering, salted water. >> why the salt? >> because you want to add flavor. >> for the flavor, not to keep things from sticking. >> it is really just everything seasoning from the very beginning. >> gives it that extra bit. >> those will cook for a few minutes. when they are done i have browned butter right here, all it is butter i let sit on the stovepot, melt until it gets a little brown, fresh marjorem. >> my favorite new spice. a girlfriend turned me onto it. >> an herb people forget about. >> is it a cousin of or rain no. >> it is or gain no-efk one of those great herbs great to it can food. >> i have to take my fork out for this. >> then toasted walnuts on top. isn't that beautiful. >> i'll sample this because it looks delicious. you have ice cream, too. >> i do. i love canolis and like ice cream. classic american-italian canoli. what i've done is beaten ricotta and honey into vanilla ice cream, let it soften, beat it up and it's done. i have a canoli, i'll break it. at the end of the work day stress out. >> this is why you are doing it. you want the ice cream but to get out the aggression. there you go. >> that's right. i have my ricotta in it and canoli on top like reinvented toasted almonds, honey -- the perfect dinner from "food & wine." >> so great as the weather is getting chillier. >> exactly. >> we'll taste ice cream and other things. gail, always good to have you here. >> thank you. >> you can find all these recipes on our website. earlyshow.cbsnews.com. recipes on our website. earlyshow.cbsnews.com. as we take a break, i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills by 72% it's not surprising, harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. ♪ imagine all the people >> a great place in central park called strawberry fields the perfect place to remember john lennon who, of course, sang and wrote "imagine" that iconic song and who tomorrow would have turned 70. there are a lot of celebrations and commemorations going on all over the world and rebecca jarvis will have a lot more tomorrow on -- >> one of the celebrations will be on the saturday early show. we'll also follow this miner story, the 33 chilean miners trapped in a mine nine weeks now and the rescue like you said earlier in this program looks like it could be hours away. we'll follow that and keep everyone up to speed. on top of that, we'll also take a look at online scams. we, of course, talk about them on the show there. are really significant ones out right now. the better bns bureau wants people to know about them. we'll track those and they are pretty shocking, guys, things you would not expect would turn out like scams. so it is a big show coming up tomorrow and of course that celebration of john lennon will be really fun. >> all right. we look forward to that. >> we'll be watching. >> all we are saying is "give peace a chance" right? >> amen to that. have a great ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it is five mipts before 9:00. weekend is off to a wonderful start. >> nice summer morning with the bright sunlight. look at the forecast today. it is going to be a gorgeous afternoon. right now, 57 is the high. 47, clear skies tonight. tomorrow, plenty of sun, 78 as the high. five-day forecast, look at that run of sun! monday, 80 plus degrees. tuesday, 78 degrees. thank you. in the news, an investigation finds security lapses at an area juvenile detention center may have led to the death of a staff member on school grounds. >> reporter: since the murder, two staff members have been fired and others displinld. on february 18, a 65-year-old teacher named hanna wheeling was found killed outside the facility in prince georges county. a report by the independent juvenile justice monitoring unit finds failures at the facility and others statewide, like lack of security cameras and staff alarms. investigators also found a 13- year-old inmate charged in the death was allowed to walk around alone just hours before she was last seen. the department of juvenile services says they have implemented many of the recommended reforms. back to you. >> thank you very much. overnight. we learned a howard county woman was killed in washington d.c. yesterday. 24-year-old keel a ryan of columbia died after being hit by an suv. the driver kept going, was later caught in montgomery, faces vehicular manslaughter and dui charges. annapolis high school student charged with sexually assaulting a classmate. the girl said she left the school grounds with troy reed, went to a wooded area nearby where she says he forced her to have sex. reed is charged as an adult in the case. baltimore county police made what they say is the biggest drug bust ever. found more than 600 pounds of processed marijuana, worth 3 and a half million dollars in the street hidden in a warehouse. a 39-year-old and 29-year-old and 17-year-old are under arrest. police believe they may be members of the same family. calls for concern at cross- country elementary in northwest baltimore city after a student is diagnosed with viral meningitis. a letter was sent home to parents explaining it is highly contagious, but not deadly. school officials ask parents to be on the lookout for symptoms, which include high fever, vomiting, and a severe headache. president is headed to maryland today, appeared at buoys state for a rally, praising the governor and barbara ma could you ski up for reelection. he will be in prince georges county. that visit hours before the labor department releases unemployment figures. unemployment figures. ,, man: let me see the map. just drive, we'll get there! adventure runs on dunkin', with our maple cheddar breakfast sandwich. breakfast just got a whole lot sweeter. 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