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>> the fight is far from over. the bell that just rang isn't the end of the fight, it's the start of the next round. >> we'll tell you what president obama had to say about the gop's historic night and what these big changes will mean for washington and the american people early this wednesday washington and the american people early this wednesday morning, november 3rd, 2010. captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is a new day in washington. literally and figuratively. a new batch of republicans report for duty in this building as the party now in control of the house and with a number of gains in the senate, as well. welcome to "the early show," everyone i'm maggie rodriguez. we have complete post-election coverage for you this morning. >> i'm harry smith. if you are a political junkie or just like to watch, it was awfully fun to watch history unfold last night. >> even as a regular person, a lot of this will affect. >> drew: let's get right to you. campaign 2010 proved an historic election for the republican party and a decisive defeat for president obama and many of his fellow democrats. angry voters flocked to the gop, which will take control of the house of representatives. cbs news estimates that the new congress will have 235 republicans and 181 democrats. some races are still undecided, with the gop gaining at least 58 seats. the democrats will keep control of the senate, just barely. with a much smaller majority, as republicans gaind at least six seats, with three races still undecided. cbs news estimates the senate will have 49 democrats, two independents, and 46 republicans come january. and there is a new speaker of the house-in-waiting this morning, republican john boehner. here to take us through last night's big gop victory is cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes. good morning, nancy. >> reporter: good morning, harry. house democrats of every stripe were voted out of office last night, veteran democrats, liberal democrats, moderate democrats and especially first-term democrats. it was a better night for republicans than they had even hoped for and they see it as a repudiation of the president and his policies. >> the american people have sent and unmistakable message to him tonight and that message is, change course! >> reporter: after that stern warning, republican leader john boehner turned emotional, speaking to supporters. >> and when i saw how out of touch washington had become with the core values of this great nation, i put my name forward and ran for office. >> reporter: the woman he'll replace as speaker, nancy pelosi, chose not to address cameras. after it became clear her party would lose control of the house in the biggest wipe-out for either party since 1948. one bright spot for democrats, senate majority leader harry r50ed managed to hold onto his senate seat, beating back tea party favorite sharron angle. >> we're going to bounce back stronger than ever. i've never counted nevada out and i'm not about to start right now. >> reporter: other tea party candidates faird better, rand paul won kentucky's open senate seat by a wide margin with a tough message. >> we've come to take our government back! >> reporter: and marco rubio won florida's contentious senate race. >> what americans are looking for desperately are people that will go to washington, d.c., and stand up for this agenda that is taking us the wrong direction. >> reporter: but his fellow tea party enthusiast christine o'donnell lost as expected to democrat chris koon in delaware. >> our voices were heard and we're not going to be quiet now. >> reporter: republicans have independents to thank for many of the night's wins. in 2008, president obama won 52% of the independent vote. that slipped. this year, democrats won just 39% of independents. republicans won 55%. in a stinging loss for democrats, president obama's former illinois senate seat went to republican congressman mark kirk. but, california remained solidly democratic, as jerry brown took the governor's seat and incumbent senator barbara boxer beat back a challenge from former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina. >> i want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for this victory. after the toughest and roughest campaign of my life. >> reporter: many candidates felt that way. exit polls show that americans, bay wide margin, 62%, considered the economy the most important issue in these elections, followed by health care at 18%, the war in afghanistan, 8%, and illegal immigration, 8%, as well. speaking of the economy, expect to hear more from republicans today about what they want to do about extending those bush tax cuts which expire at the end of the year. harry, maggie. >> nancy, thanks so much. >> president obama was not on the ballot but as nancy noted millions of americans voted against him anyway. according to our exit polls, 52% of voters say the president's policies will hurt the country in the long run. let's get the president's reaction to the election and the strong showing from republicans across the nation from cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante, who is at the white house this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, maggie. last night the president made the phone call, he called john boehner, the man who will soon be speaker of the house. excuse me. to say that he looks forward to working with him and with the republicans. this afternoon, the president has a news conference. he will tell the nation that it's time to move on. but he's going to face some tough questions about how much he's to blame for the disaster that happened to the democrats. the president says he will look for places to cooperate on things like deficit reduction, education, and energy. but, the outlook for cooperation is pretty dim. the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says his first priority is to ensure that president obama remains a one-term president. and with republicans in control of only one house, there's not likely to be new legislation so the president will focus, for the next couple of years, on managing what he's passed and taking executive actions that don't require the cooperation of congress. maggie? >> bill plante at the white house this morning. thank you. harry? >> thank you. virginia congressman eric cantor currently the republican whip easily defeated his opponent last night. he joins us now from washington. mr. cantor, good morning. >> harry, good morning. >> it was interesting, i'm watching all these talking heads into the wee hours of this morning. and, you know, the big headline is the republicans have taken control of congress, at least the house of representatives. but, i'm not sure if it's the republicans or the tea party has taken control. as far as you are concerned, who is it? >> well, harry, the people of this country spoke out loudly, clearly last night and what they said is they want a government that starts to listen to them again. and the first order of business has got to be a congress that focuses on the number one priority, which is more jobs for more americans. that's what last night is about, a rejection of poll that have been going on thus far in this administration because it just hasn't done the job. >> so the equation then is lower taxes, lower the deficit and the jobs will come flooding in? >> no, the equation is certainly that people want to see results and they understand sustainable job growth comes from the private sector, from small businesses. they also -- they also are seeing that this government has grown too big and they want to see washington go on a diet just like they have. >> one of the things that the tea party talked about so much over the last couple of months is their number one priority would be repealing health care reform. are the republicans and the tea party of one voice on that? >> yes, harry. we want to repeal health care. but, let's remember for a second what tea party stands for. it's taxed enough already. folks in the tea party are interested in seeing fiscal discipline restored in washington first. they like everyone else want to we can see the private sector kick back into gear and jobs grow again. >> well, still talking about the tea party one of the tea party folks last -- early this morning, i should say, was talking about the republican establishment and he said we're not the ones who are on probation, it's the republicans, it's the old guard who's going to be tested here. they're on probation. do you feel the heat? >> listen, there's no question, there isn't a lot of confidence focused on the republicans yet. and, in fact, last night's results are indicative that people in this country just are outright rejecting the agenda of the obama administration. it isn't necessarily a vote of confidence for republican leadership. so, we've got a job to do. we've been given a second chance and a golden opportunity to prove that we, as republicans, are committed to a constitutionally limited government. >> wow. would that include a balanced budget amendment? >> well, that would include, certainly, a commitment for us to get the budget balanced. you know, a constitutional amendment takes years and years to happen and i don't think the american people are going to wait that long because, you know what, they're not given that kind of time in their own fanz around their own kitchen tables so we've got to get right to work. i think what you'll see out of a republican-letd house is a regular diet, every week, of bringing bills to the floor that actually begin to cut the federal deficit. >> sure will be interesting to watch. congressman eric cantor. congratulations. thanks very much for taking the time to be with us this morning. >> thank you, harry. >> maggie? also in washington our political analyst john dickerson going over the exit polls for us. good morning, john. >> good morning, maggie. >> starting with the independent voters who made up 28% of the electorate who supported president obama in a big way back in the presidential election but 8 out of 10 said they're now angry or dissatisfied with the current government. and 63% feel that the government should be doing less. so, is it increasingly clear that this is the bloc of voters that candidates want to go after, these are the people who decide the election? >> yes. they -- they went after the independents and you saw the role they played was in the house victories, republicans didn't just win in districts that traditionally go to republicans, they went into democratic territory and in order for republicans to win in those kinds of districts, to run up the numbers as they did, they had to win independents. >> we talked so much about the tea party during this election, inspired so much passion, so much discussion and in the end, 40% of voters said they support this tea party movement. is the tea party, in your opinion, the future of the republican party? >> well, it's the future and in a lot of ways it's the past. the tea party is -- the core of the republican party has gotten a new name and new message, certainly a lot of energy in this election and absolutely, it was amazing to listen last night to various tea party representatives say the republicans are on probation, we're watching, we're going to hold their feet to the fire, they are as active in watching over the republicans as they were in elected them. >> president obama was hoping the young people would come out. we saw him in the last days of the election trying to rally this group once again. yet, only 11% of the people who voted yesterday were undr 30. were there any states that -- where you saw the youth vote was of significant importance, john. >> not that i saw it was important more to the point the one you made, which is that the president made this appeal particularly in a state like ohio, he worked very hard, multiple visits to hi o targeted the president democrats would talk specifically to these voters, they turned out for him in 2008. this was the group he was going after, and they didn't show. >> they did not show. it did not work. that's because a lot of people are, you know, dissatisfied with the economy, not surprisingly, it was the number one issue, almost 90% of voters have a negative impression of the economy. but, it's interesting that most voters said they still blame wall street and george w. bush more than barack obama. are you surprised, john, we saw this big repudiation of barack obama and the democrats even though they don't necessarily see him as the root of the problem? >> the determination, it seems that voters made, is that while they may blame somebody else for getting the economy into the current rut, they were looking to democrats and the president to do something about it. and so, that appears to be what motivated their vote in voting for these republicans. but, the exit polls also show that people disapprove of republicans more than democrats, which is why republican leaders are so tentative not claiming a mandate being very careful about recognizing that the voters gave them the keys, maybe, but it was a temporary gift. >> yeah, let's see what they do with the keys. john dickerson, we'll speak again in the next hour. thanks, john. >> thanks. erica hill at the news desk with more headlines out there this morning. good morning, erica. >> yes, sir, believe it or not. not just elections this morning. a lot to get to. good morning to all of you at home. u.s. officials say whoever initiated last week's mail bomb plot could not have known just where those bombs would have exploded. the communication cards had been removed from the cell phone attached to the bombs meaning a timer was intended to detonate the bombs. the bombs also included a chemical detonator similar to the one used in the failed christmas day underwear bombing. meantime there, is no evidence the crash of a ups plane near dubai in last december was due to another a bomb. another case of unstoppable hiccups, but this time in court. it happened during her bail hearing yesterday. her attorney says she suffers teret's syndrome. charged with first degree murder allegedly luring a victim to a vacant house. proposition 19 to legalize marijuana voted down in california. in fact, well over 50% of the voters rejected the measure. it would have made california the first state to legalize pot. and a pretty decisive measure out of san francisco, as well from the city's boertd of supervisors which approved yesterday a measure that bands mcdonald's offering a free toy in children's meals. it only applies to meals that are high in calories and fat. this morning, the indonesian val contain notice mount merapi unleashing its biggest eruption in the last eight days, blowing three miles into the sky. it went on for more than an hour today. finally in washington state, a dog turned catcher as sam swam across a flooded road, a dog named "honey" 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>> reporter: skewering president obama, aggressively endorsing candidates across the country. >> my observation of sarah palin is that she is one of the shrewdest political figures in our country at this moment. she's also one of the most electric. >> reporter: of all the races palin got involved with, perhaps the most personal was in alaska, her backing of tea party favorite joe miller propelled him into the ballot in a primary, past republican incumbent lisa purr cow ski whose father palin beat for governor. the outcome of the highly unusual senate race could take days. >> when the results come in, people will look at that and see that as a reflection of her clout. >> reporter: among the winners she endorsed already announced, the new governor of south carolina, pat toomey for senate in pennsylvania and john bozman, senator in arkansas. all year palin and re-elected senator jim demint of south carolina were kingmakeres in the tea party courts. also supporting rand paul in kentucky. >> tonight, there's a tea party sideal wave and we're sending a message to them. >> reporter: there were some allows, too. christine o'donnell of delaware forced to spend part of her campaign for senate convincing voters she wasn't a witch. but overall palin was pleased punctuating a big night by tweeting, as always, proud to be american. thanks, common sense constitutional conservatives, you didn't sit down and shut up. you refudiated extreme left. following success behind the scenes in 2010, palin considers whether to retake the stage and run herself in 2012. as to whether she'll run for president, palin told "entertainment tonight" just last week, she would if there's nobody else to do it. maggie? >> jeff gloer, thank you very much. republican senator jim demint also supports the tea party and won re-election by a huge margin over democrat alvin greene and senator demint joins us from greenville, this morning. congratulations and good morning to you, senator. >> well, good morning. it was a good night for conservatives around america and this'll give republicans a a up next, now that republicans control the house of representatives, we'll ask strategists from both sides whether president obama will be able to get anything done. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. don't. c'mon. ♪ [ sighs ] [ exhales ] [ male announcer ] mcrib is back at mcdonald's. tangy, sweet hickory barbecue sauce. made with 100%, tender, juicy, boneless pork. topped with pickles and onions on our classic mcrib bun. did we mention the barbecue sauce? ♪ the simple joy of saucy goodness. all you expect from the number-one recommended detergent by dermatologists. all free clear is free of dyes and perfumes. and has powerful stainlifters to help get your whole wash clean. it's all good. may not be getting the nutrition they need to keep their bodies strong. carnation instant breakfast essentials supplies the nutrients of a balanced breakfast to help build strong muscles and healthy bones. carnation instant breakfast essentials. good nutrition from the start. other man in bathroom: really? 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will they say, you know what, maybe we made a mistake with this? maybe they'll get along with their republican counterparts and say this health care thing was a mistake. >> i don't expect rose petals to come falling from the sky anytime soon. but, in fact, in the house, probably left with a bit more of a harder-core liberal house than you had yesterday. >> right. >> because a lot of the people who are moderates lost people like hoout shuler. but a lot of people lost. instead, i think what you will have, a president looking to find ways to reach out to the republicans to make sure that the independents understand that he understands what they depend yesterday. but, at the same time, he's going to have to find some way to define himself so he doesn't look like he's just falling in with the new crowd. >> which brings in the question. the exit polling looks like this clearly was a referendum on the white house. if it you're in the white house this morning, it's interesting because i was texting back and forthwith some people there last night. my question was, well, what lesson, this is the question we asked you guys yesterday and i didn't get an answer back. i got other answers but i didn't get an answer back to the lesson for the white house. what is the lesson for the white house. >> i've been in the west wing on a morning like this after a very long night. what they have to do is really accept what the results are. they can either read it and say, hey, we didn't turn out our base enough which will take you down one path which would be maybe doubling down on the obama administration agenda, which i think would be counter productive. or another thing, which i think you will find with the president, more importantly as they deal with these issues going into next year, the big issue is taxes. what are the democrats going to do on taxes? if they do nothing during this lame duck session taxes will go up for many americans come january. >> some. some. >> many in that bracket. >> the top percentage. >> look, his own budget director peter orszag suggested he ought to freeze that. that's the first big debate in which the obama administration -- >> which our other exit poll number, the economy, it was about the economy, stupid. you saw david ax kel rod engineer this amazing victory for barack obama but even as they were elected they talked about how phenomenal the flood of unemployment was. was it a miscam lation on their part to push through some of these agenda items when, in fact, it was as bill clinton suggested all long it was the economy stupid. >> what the while house will do you they did a $800 billion stimulus package -- before they ever did health care. the mistake they made though, maybe it wasn't enough then they went to health care and stopped talking about it so people lost faith they were actually focused on the economy. >> all right. so many other things we'd like to talk about but also headlines this morning in the paper that president bush's book is coming out and one of the things he talk sz about is almost deciding to jetisson dick cheney as his vice presidential running mate in the second cycle and one of the lines he says people look at dick cheney and they look at him like he's darth vader. were you aware this was going on? >> yeah. it's an interesting gesture on behalf of vice president cheney, he went to the president and said -- >> you can dump me, if you want. >> in some respects the vice president took pride in the fact he was taking a lot of arrows on behalf of the president but understood and said hey if you think i'm a liability going into the next election cycle, the president thought about it, we discussed it with of his aides and felt like, no for reasons he'll explain in the book next week which i won't get in front of, he'll explain why he kept dick cheney as his runningmate. >> you never did. jamal, appreciate it very much. this is "the early show" on cbs. knows how to make things that are good for you. new v8 v-fusion + tea. one combined serving of vegetables and fruit with the goodness of green tea and powerful antioxidants. refreshingly good. 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[ male announcer ] the simple joy of a frappé. ♪ good morning. it is wednesday, november 3rd, 2010. and change has arrived in washington again. as voters welcomed back a republican majority to the house of representatives and the democrats managed to hold on, though barely, to the senate. >> i wonder if this day is almost as historic as election -- the day after election day two years ago, from the standpoint of sweeping change, breath-taking change, the kind of historic shift that, you know, people maybe six months or 12 months ago would not have anticipated. >> predicted. it certainly is reminisce sentence. the latest on this also historic election a big win for the republicans though not a clean sweep as independents voters made a decisive turn away from president obama angt democrats. republicans will now control the house of representatives in january after picking up at least 58 seats. as of this hour, the margin is 235 to 181, with more than a dozen races still undecided. but, in the senate, where the gop gained at least six seats, democrats and their independent allies are sure to have 51 seats, keeping them in control at least for the next two years. cbs news congressional correspondent nancy correspondent is here with more on last night's results. good morning. >> good morning, maggie. a grand night for the grand ol party in both the house and the senate. nom did they score wins in swing sdwirts but made huge inroads to territory that is tra decisionally democratic. as republican wins mounted, the man who will be speaker, john boehner, delivered this advice to the president. >> the american people have sent an unmistakable message to him tonight. and that message is change course! >> reporter: republicans made huge gains and so did the tea party. rand paul winning his race for senator in kentucky, and conservative marco rubio doing the same in florida, handily defeating independents and former republican charles ree christ and democrat can drik meek. senate majority leader harry reid kept his job in a close and bitter fight against tea party favorite sharron angle. >> i'm not finished fighting. in fact, tonight, i'm more determined than ever. >> reporter: california was also kind to democrats. attorney general jerry brown defeated republican meg whitman for governor, even though the former ebay ceo spent $140 million of her own money. incumbent senator barbara boxer also held on to her senate seat. that helped democrats maintain control of the senate but exit polls show their wipe-out in the house was a direct result of independent voters frustration with the economy and with some of the president's policies. in this election, 59% of independents said they disapprove of president obama, compared to only 40% who approve. it was such a bad night for the democrats that even in the president's home state of illinois, democrats could not hold onto his former senate seat and went to the republican congressman mark kirk. maggie, harry. >> nancy, thank you so much. joining us now from las vegas is the newly re-elected senate majority leader at least for a little while harry reid. good morning, sir. >> hi. >> let's talk a little bit about why this race was so close, this was clearly the most difficult campaign of your career. why was it? why was it so hard? >> harry, it wasn't the most difficult campaign of my career. i've had some tight races. this wasn't one of them. while it might not sound like very many votes by new york standards, my winning by 41,000 votes is a big victory in nevada. so, i feel comfort tashl where we are. i'm confident that the people of the state of nevada have spoken and what they've said to me is, go back to washington and continue working together. i'm a consensus builder, that's what my reputation is, i'm going to continue to do that. >> will that be possible? i mean, as you have looked at the political landscape, you've been a student of it for a long time, is that possible, will there be that old-fashioned word we used to use once in a while, comity? >> that were s what we have to have. that's what the senate's all about. that's how we get things done. and the house is a different body. the founding fathers set up two different programs. our program is you've got to work together. we have rules that require that. i know mitch mcconnell, we've worked together for many, many years. i've worked with john boehner. he and i are friends. and i see no reason in the world that we should not work together. this doesn't mean we have to capitulate on any of our strong beliefs but legislation is the art of compromise, consensus building. i don't see why in the world we can't do that. >> but, you know what you have heard the republicans say over and over and over again for the last two months, no compromise, no compromise, no compromise. they want to reduce taxes, they want to reduce the deficit. is there really, in terms of those kinds of issues, anything you can agree on? >> you see, we've done that. during the clinton years, we balanced the budget, we reduced the debt. in fact, we were being criticized for reducing it too quickly. this didn't get out of control because of democrats. it got out of control because of eight years of the bush administration. and that was all republicans. i want to forget what went on with president bush. i want to work together. but, we can do that. we've done it before. but, we don't need to be lectured on how to balance the budget, how to create jobs. we've done that. >> well, you are going to get lectured, though, and it sure feels like the tea party folks are the ones who are pulling the wagon. >> well, they're not pulling it in nevada and i was elected from the state of nevada. i have great respect for our system. i'm going to washington again. we're going to finish this lame duck and then we're going to start a new congress and work together to move this country along. >> was passing health care reform a mistake? >> oh, of course not. think about what we did with this. we have 50 million people that had no health insurance. what we did is reduced the debt by $1.3 trillion. we've extended life of medicare for 12 years. we've -- our doughnut hole is basically filled. we did all these wonderful things that we had to do. the insurance industry was breaking america. breaking america. >> well, but -- >> and so, of course, of course, we had no choice, we had to do this. >> but, you also understand the republicans' top agenda item to dismantle health care. we shall see what happens. harry reid, thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us this morning. >> thank you. >> thank you, harry and harry. joining us from washington cbs news political analyst john dickerson. good morning. >> hello, maggie. >> a talk about what voters expect from the new lawmakers beginning with the tea party. 40% of those who voted yesterday say they support the movement. a couple scenarios i could see unfolding the with the tea party. i want your opinion. they could stay in the republican party and the more moderates will have to adjust or do what charlie crist did in florida and become independents or the tea party could become its own political party or the tea party could just fade away, what do you think is most likely? >> i think we can agree the latter is not going to happen, they are incredibly energized. last nate's results make the tea party a force. they will be watching, as you suggest in the other two options, watching republicans and keeping score. i think where we'll really see that play out obviously in legislation as they bounce along as tea party activists give the thumbs up or thumbs down but we'll see them in the 2012 president sham candidate. they've always been there but with a new name now and new energy. that's where we'll really see the sort of next chapter of the tea party movement. >> the economy was priority one in this election, as we expected. 90% of the voters say that they're unhappy with the state of the national economy. but interestingly, they blame wall street bankers and george w. bush for the current economic problems more than they do barack obama. so, john, if the economy picks up now, who gets the credit, the republican congress or the democratic president? >> well, that's the fight we're going to have. i think the president will get some of the credit, and just as he got lots of the blame. and the question is when and how the economy picks up. but that will be the big debate over the next couple of years, if, in fact, the economy does turn around. and we'll just have of to, you know, the president basically basically has to hope for that for his fortunes to rebound the way they did for ronald reagan after his midterm losses and bill clinton when he also had the same. >> we asked voters what the priority should be for the new congress and they were almost equally split, reducing the budget deficit, 39%, spending to create jobs, 37%. what would newly elected lawmakers take from these numbers? >> well, the message is a bit of a muddle isn't it? >> right. >> on the one hand they want spending to create jobs and on the other hand want deficit reduction. in a way, that was the obama plan, spend now then we'll reduce the deficit. well, the new house republicans are coming in and they're going to reduce spending and reduce the deficit and they're not going to do any spending for new jobs. so, the 37 or so percent are going to be disappointed. this spafrt the texture of this outcome, lots of support for republicans but, when you look underneath the numbers, it's complex and not that clear, certainly there is a mandate and that's why republican officials were smart not to claim a mandate for anything in particular. but, instead, to frame this as a repudiation of the current obama policies. >> do you think that the results of last night's election create now an environment in washington where we'll see more bipartisanship or even more bickering? >> well, there seems like it's all set up for bickering because there is the tension between democrats and republicans and the interparty tensions between republicans sort of establishment republicans and tea party republicans then in the democratic caucus folks might want to go to the middle, progressives, the house members left, liberals say, no, we've got to fight. all of those tensions don't sukt a lot of activity but in the end, though, politicians of both side may realize voters sent a clear signal they don't like either party and one way they may get back in their good graces, to actually do soso >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by farmers insurance. we are farmers. we are insurance. up next, from pushing pencils to pampering penguins, we'll follow an accountant on her journey to a dream job when we return here to "the early show" on cbs. 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[ female announcer ] hallmark recordable storybooks. this christmas, make it wonderful at your hallmark gold crown store. we continue our dream job series this morning with the story of one viewer who spends her days crunching numbers. she wrote to us saying she dreams of a job that includes less math and more mammals and that's just what she got. and gee pran deanny spends most days behind a desk in her north carolina home working as an kthant but from an early age has had a passion for all things fuzzy and furry. when she told us it was her dream to work an an assistant o animal expert and "early show" friend jack hanna, we were eager to made it happen. >> you have no idea what you're doing, do you? >> no, sir. >> as director emeritus of the columbus zoo he is responsible for more than 800 animals. the assistants help with the care of each and every one. >> i was going to tell you, you passed 50% of the test. >> that's, good halfway there. >> her first task feeding a baby penguin. this chick needs constant attention and eats up to 12 times a day. >> whoa! >> pretty much everybody at the zoo is your assistant. how crucial is what they do every day? >> they are the ears and ears for the veterinarian. unless that keeper knows, the veterinarian can't do any g. can you talk? no. >> can you feature coming to work here every day at the zoo. >> i think i could. >> so far, so good, let's see how she handles this face to face encounter with this black rhino with less than minty breath. >> actually, kind of cool. >> some people come from all over literally the world to see this. >> meeting the zoo's kaola bear was fun until -- >> that's koala poop, i'm sorry. go in there and see if you can find some. get in there and dick around, ma'am how many people get to do this. >> angie, i want your impression of the day, you touched koa koala poop, what was that like. >> actually, cool. because not everyone gets to do that. >> a privilege? >> definitely a privilege. >> the columbus zoo one of the leading siouxs in the country, competition is fierce to become one of the 1400 employees and working closely with jack is not for the faint of heart. >> yi-yi-yi. >> the whole key is respect. we do in the tame animals. these are wild animals. >> cheetahs pose no problem for angie but meeting the zoo's burmese python was a challenge. she's had a life-long fear of snakes but to be jack's assistant, you have to work with every kind. >> pretty cool. >> you don't mind if i leave, do you? >> you know what. >> let me go find somebody. >> don't i have to help you with somebody. >> don't get all wrapped up in your work, okay? >> that's, guys, that's great. are we done? >> jack hanna makes work fun but he still runs a tight ship between feeding these, brushing rhino teeth and making penguin food it was a full day of work. >> thank you for coming. it means a lot to us, it really does. you're a dear. >> thank you very much. >> you both are hired. >> here's what's really xwool this dream job it could actually become an reality. she says her husband travels all the time to hi o and jack said, you know, he really would make something happen if she was serious about it. >> wow! >> this could actually come true! >> she's going to keep you posted, i hope. >> oh, absolutely. she and i had so much fun. it's such a cool place. >> she would move several states across the country to have the opportunity to brush rhino teeth. >> and weigh koala poop. >> you wash your a lot on this job. >> you must use moisturer. >> she was unscaled. an education that jack hanna has made. >> what a fun experience for you, too. >> i know it was. >> i had a pretty funny experience last week went to kansas city whose dream is to write greeting cards. she has this life-long dream about hallmark cards saying they stand above all the rest. her dream for a day was to become a greeting card writer. this is such a difficult job to get, by the way. she did it for a day. let's just say, they were impressed. >> maybe another dream job that can come true. >> it would be amazing. she's such a wonderful woman. it was great to spend a day with err. she's going to fulfill her wish tomorrow, her dream job and you'll be energized watching her do it. the sheer joy on her face is great. >> our series continues and dave has your woman doing the weather. >> that's right. >> did you teep her that the. >> i didn't have to teach her a thing. i'm worried about hust her on the air, period. >> we'll be right back. don't go away. 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i know people who know that many crafts. the ones that are ugly are mine. >> and you can do something special with the cover of the >> and you can do something special with the cover of the book, which we'll show y y,,,,,, hello again, it's 8:25 and o'malley is re-elected and he's out thanking the voters this morning and wjz-13 and andrea fujii are live right now. we're out live on north avenue in druid hill avenue and he's waving at people and people are honking back and he's saying, welcome back. he won last night with 66% of the vote. ehrlich had 42% of the vote. and democrats out number the republicans 10-1 and he also took baltimore county. and the governor just got here about five minutes ago. of course, he slept in a bit. he had a long night of celebrating. he'll be here at 9:00 and he'll go to annapolis. and he's full of energy and o'malley getting a second term in office and he'll be there for four years. and thank you, and she's wearing a pretty heavy jacket. yeah, it's a bit chilly. temperatures in the 30 and going for a high of 55 degrees and we'll start out with a nice sunrise and you'll end with overcast skies and rain. now, over to sharon gibala with traffic control. and hi, everyone. still a busy ride once you're out of the house this morning. there's an accident on the westside at outer lupe at liberty road and on the shoulder and in the midst of the delay and still have a crash approaching route 100 that's causing the delay back to 32 and watch for an accident on 32 westbound and 295 and blocking the right lane there. and two accidents in the city and west cold springs and rowland and all of the typical delays outside there. there's a look at 295 and 32. this is brought to you by bills. bills has it all for you. call for more information. back to you. the chandra levy murder trial continues. there's new evidence linking her accused killer to her death, but he's charged with killing her. and all evidence was refuted by an expert. the trial could last longer. and stay with wjz-13, up next, a delicious fall pasta recipe and he's the focus of a new movie, he's talking about how he amputated his arm to save his life. and you're looking live at the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, crowd making such a racket. >> yeah, has, has, has. a lot of college tennis players dave will explain in a second. welcome back to "the early show." coming up we'll meet a remarkable young man this morning, you know this story, one of the best stories the last ten years. seven years ago aron ralston became trapped during a hike in utah. after five days, he made the unthinkable decision to amputate his arm himself. you remember he took pictures of this. >> how could you forget that story? >> this was all completely chronicled. this guy has one of the most ais mag attitudes of any human being you will everyone encounter. well, that story has been made into a motion picture, which is about to hit the screen. he's going to join us to tell us the story and talk about how he helped in making the movie, as well. >> also coming up this morning, we got a little taste what's in store when we talked to amy sedarik, called the kooky comedienne but she is also funny in a different way, teaching us how to do craft projects like doughnut squirrel feeders and potato chips -- >> potato chips there they are right there with a cheese sail. >> sure. why not. if your kids won't eat that, what will they eat? >> exactly. >> she's solving the world's problem. if you want to eat something perhaps more refined, you are in luck, one of the top eateries in the country and now michael is here to put some of his favorite recipes into a new cookbook to enjoy at home. he will share some of those with us, including, drul roll, please, spaghetti cooked in zinfandel t. turns beet red and looks a little. it looks a bit like -- >> -- dave in the ad court. >> yeah. yeah. stop causing a racquet, would 96 in l.a. in november, now you wonder why a billion people live out there. well, we're shivering and there's frost. temperatures in the low to mid- 30s and 55 degrees today. tonight, occasional rain and 42, that's the beginning of the effects of that nor'easter sliding through the area. it should be far enough offshore, we won't get the did everyone remember our trip last yeek called "no way home"? >> yeah. >> the right answer. i was abandoned if you don't remember in santa monica at the pier and told to get back home with 50 bucks technical equipment, a back pack and cell phone. we are about to do it again. we're going to hit the road but the difference is, this year, you are going to do decide where we begin the journey. now, here are your choices, the san diego zoo in san diego, california. fibeshman's whar in san francisco, california up in this gorgeous lighthouse in newport, oregon, which is absolutely spectacular. pike place market in seattle, washington, or anchorage, alaska. all you have to do is call the numbers on your screen. you pick up your mobile phone and press star, star, the numbers you want to vote for from san diego all the way up to anchorage or you can log on to our website at earlyshow.cbs news.com and vote there. don't forget our special series "no way home" kicks off november 12th in one of those cities. and you can follow us on facebook, on our website, or on twitter, too. so, look for all of that. go to the phones and vote and go to the website, too. harry, where are we going to wind up? >> i don't know. the tea party may send you some place not on the schedule. all right, here we go, his story captured the world's taengs back this 2003, aron ralston was hiking in utah when his hand and forearm became pinned between a fallen boulder and a canyon wall. that's a real picture of him there, with his arm trapped in the wall. after being trapped for five days in excruciating pain, aron saved his own life but amputating his own arm. now, his compelling story of survival and self-discovery has been made into a new film starring james franco entitled "127 hours." >> ahhh. ahhh! >> and aron ralston is with us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, harry. >> the odds of something like this happening have to be one in incac kably, right. >> it does happen from time to time but certainly for me the day going out there the last thing i thought would happen. this was a walk in the park for me. >> right. >> definitely a shock, as probably it was for people at home eating breakfast who just now watched that on television. >> this is a hop, skip and a jump as portrayed in the movie, you are so joyful, this is your element. you are a guy who is prepared for stuff. you know where you are. you know what the elements you're dealing with. as you're there and your arm is trapp trapped, at least in the movie's account, you are really meticulously sort of taking stock of what needs to happen. >> uh-huh. >> is that really what happened. >> definitely a major part of what i was going through while i was there. if i had to break it down there were kind of about two trains of thought happening almost every moment one the logistics, taking stock, problem solvinging, trying to figure out how to get out, keep myself alive, how to stay warm, how to ration the very little water hi and ultimately recycling that water but the other was the emotional aspect of what i was experiencing that connecting me with my family, my loved ones. part of the time, i used my video camera that i would hold out in front of me and record myself saying my good-byes to my parents and my sister and to my closest friends. >> to have this made into a motion picture, floating around for the longest time, you basically needed to say, i okay this. why okay danny boyle, why okay this version of this movie. >> because we shared a common vision for this, that what was important to me was the authenticity of my story being shared with people, that we also inspire audiences instead of using it maybe as a horror film or something that just would have -- perhaps left people in a hole, we want -- i wanted people to be uplifted with it, to have that hope in the end. >> we are showing pictures of you going back to these very locations, you were on location at set at least once a week to make sure it was authentic. >> it was also from their invitation, that was the way danny made the film, he wanted my involvement, so reassurance, too. >> there was this aspect at the point at which you need to make this life-and-death decision of coming off your own arm. in some of the screenings people are actually becoming sick, some people were crying. >> i was crying. >> how many times have you seen it. >> almost ten times now and still last night i watched it and i still am brought to a point -- they're treers of gratitude, really, to be there watching it with my wife or with my mom, the closest people, those are the people who -- that's why i got out of there, was because of the love that i have with them and you see it in the film, too, these vignettes and then in the end, there's a scene around a couch and it's my actual family and my friends who are there supporting me, as they did in my real life and that's -- that was the power of love and the desire for freedom and those two things put together are why i got out of there. >> whew. i don't know how anyone could say it any better than the way you just d. i will tell you, as you came in during the commercial break, i said of the people i have wanted to meet in my life in the ten years, you're the number one person on the list and i really appreciate you coming by to share your story. >> i appreciate it. i appreciate what danny boil did to share this story with the world. >> a very, very powerful film "127 hours" is the name of it. aron ralston, a pleasure to meet you. >> you bet. >> erica? >> she's conquered the world of comedy and a best selling author but not done yet. she can add deranged diy with her accomplishment. she joins us this morning. >> hi. >> destined to be another "new york times" best seller, i'm sure. >> i don't know, we'll see. >> a fun, cooky look at crafts which we can only get from you, but a lot of overwhelming stuff, you've got to put the book down. >> oh, yeah. >> step back, do a craft and go back to it. >> that's right, it is a process. >> it is a process. why crafting? >> something to do with my hands to prevent you from biting your fingernails. everyone needs a hobby. you have one, you have children. >> like 18 in one. >> starting out one of the things you haven't forgetten some of our friends in the wild. this is for the squirrels. >> or bird feeder, take two jar lids, drill a whole through the center and doughnut between and hang it up in a tree. squirrels and birds love traditional doughnuts. >> a nice break from the seeds. >> absolutely, it will attract mice and cockroaches, too. >> don't place it too close to the house. >> exactly. >> with thanksgiving coming up a little something on top of this i'm not sure what -- >> oh, yeah, the kitty-cat, a pom-pom and we turned it into a pilgrim hat, isn't that adorable. >> your book cover actually turns into a flat. >> take it off and turn into a dutch bonnet. >> it also kind of reminded me of a pilgrim hat and could be good for thanksgiving. >> perfect t. brings out your eyes. >> oh, thank you. maybe try with the kids while awaiting for the grandparents to arrive. the potholder really brings back my childhood. >> this is my favorite. you can get them off vermont country catalog and buy the loom and cotton loops and they turn into potholders like ages 3 and up and i discover them in my early 40s and make them every night and sell them. >> you sell them. >> through that money i buy more cotton loop. >> and you make more. >> i make more. >> cocoo. >> these are fun. >> for the drinker under the influence, take champagne corks and paint them to look like mushrooms. >> not just one for someone under the influence but i love it, the idea you could use cats. >> for castanets. >> that would be a good idea for a 4-year-old, right. >> yeah, for all the beer se drinking. >> these are good. >> with extremely long fingernails. potato ships because you need the long nails to pick them up and the sails out of cheddar cheese which is not easy. this is a very difficult craft to make. >> i mentioned cold out of the fridge because if is too soft and sweaty, you can't make a sail out of it. >> you are absolutely right. mine failed. >> there is always next thing. you mentioned fingernails. this is the only way you like to craft with long intricate fingernails. >> i apply them and everything is hard to do. >> this would be a challenge with long nails. >> one of my favorites, you take a toothpick and roll it -- paint it with glue, roll it in glitter so it looks like this then you insert it into a marshmallow and then you string it up and then you just hang it in your window. i can't get enough of that project. i love it. >> these are perfect, especially with christmastime, would be great on a tree. do you know how long the mash mellow lasts, can you use it from year to year. >> i think you can spray-paint it with hairspray or something. >> worth a shot. >> these look good because your prop guy made them for me. mine don't look so great in the book, but those are beautiful. >> no, i think yours were beautiful. i think you are into something. what's next after you have mastered crafts. >> i don't know what i'm going to do after this, just push this book a few months then i'm just going to relax. >> perhaps not as much working out as we see in these pictures. >> yeah, i know. you have to stretch before crafting. actually, that's part of your book, it is so strenuous, you 456 have to be careful. anything to look out in terms of joints before you embark on these projects. >> it is true, your neck from bending, eye straining, your wrists, can really mess your body up. >> stretch first. >> absolutely. you have to stretch before and after. >> then have a drink. >> then have a drink. >> amy sedaris, thank you. >> a blast. thank you. >> thank you. a pleasure. to find out more about her book, just head to our website. >> michael chiarello is having an amazing summer so far. his restaurant continues to be a hot ticket in town and his new cookbook of the same name has been getting rave reviews. michael is back with us this morning to show us great pasta dishes for the fall that celebrate, what else. >> wine. >> it is the wine country, after all. >> welcome back. >> thank you very much. >> we'll use, i assume, you always come with your wines named after your daughters. >> you're right i make zinfandel. let me turn myself up all the way here, there we go. i make zinfandel and cabernat. we have it laying around. in a region in italy they make a ri so that that is purple. what would look like as a pasta. >> about to get the answer. we have cooked this about halfway. if the package says eight minutes, you cook it four. i took a bottle ever zin fan dell. >> a whole bottle. >> you don't have to use a $30 like mine you can use a $6. the quality of the wine, right, reduced isn't that important. you can give me a pinch of sugar. a little bit, perfect. >> and you can put the pasta right in. so the pasta is going to be cooking. >> that's going to cook up all the flavor. >> that's already been reduced. >> okay. >> then we'll take and saute brock ree raub. >> a lot of people may not be familiar with it. when you buy it, what do you look for? >> you know, you look it for to be really bright. see it over here, it doesn't yellow tinges to it at all. totally beautiful. what i do, broccoli raub is a bit bitter so we give it a quick blanch. the pastar water i used, i blanch this. >> got it. >> if you give me a bit of olive oil in this pan. >> there you go. >> and sliced garlic, give me all. >> that all of it? >> go big or go home. >> go big or go home. >> you can stir that a bit with theories tongs. i like my garlic to get light brown. so that is going to get light brown. >> between the aroam na of the wine and garlic i'm about to have a heart attack. >> isn't it so go. >> put in calabria chili, maybe half. >> we eat like our mexican flendz, we like it al caliente. we do. those get brown. you can put the [ ley raub in here. >> all that is going on. that is turns nice and purple. >> a little bit of that gray salt. >> gray salt. >> from britain. >> i've never heard of it. >> i really, really prefer this salt. really, really quite nice. >> isn't that good? >> hmm. >> like an italian house. >> can we hurry up and eat? >> here we go. we're going to plate this up. >> the coolest and most interesting pasta. >> when we entertain for the holidays, people want to see it. put a little peccorino shooes over the top of that. >> my pleasure. >> give that a try. that's going to be delicious. >> a beautiful thing. all right. i will taste then you show me the next pasta dish. >> okay, when we talking about -- i use saurigno spdz blanc. fry gal lick, it gets brown -- >> my way, spectacular. not too strong. i feared the whole bottle would be bold -- >> no, it's nice, right? and vegetarian dish. >> love it. >> really nice and light. we put ma lil na clams into white wine and garlic, as soon as they open i take them out. pasta, and the juices cook down halfway and finish with a beautiful finishing olive oil, right. again the pasta is cooking in the wine, getting all of that. that's it, no cheese with thamplsts before dinner, you put this out. what is this made of, this little dip. >> my kids call it glop, because we glop it on this and that. it's a parmesan dip, garlic, olive oil, chili and this crustini. you make this for the holidays. >> that could be your dip instead of butter. >> you want to try it? chip away. >> a little crustinni, you're going to die. >> we could bring this as a hostess gift. >> you could make a gallon of this. >> you are rockin' my world today. a real italian hug. michael, graciass for 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unbelievable cook and brings this every time he comes to napa. >> no kidding? he doesn't do that for you. >> smell this. smell this. stick your nose in there. >> ahhhh. >> there is one point i don't know if you heard this michael during the break we hear 30, hearing 20, all you hear from this row is hmmmmmmmmm. 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