to give final arguments after prosecutors call her a witch and a she devil. and officials release surveillance video from inside the washington monument as the powerful earthquake struck this past summer. we're going to talk with one of the park rangers who helped guide everyone to safety as the mon eyement cracked and crumbled early this tuesday morning, september 27th 2011. captioning funded by cbs and good monk. welcome to "the early show" on a foggy tuesday morning. >> hope you're not feeling too foggy this morning at home. >> a lot of of places i wouldn't want to be in an earthquake. the washington monument looks like the top five. >> it was incredible. the staff remained so calm and the tourists the visitors they looked fairly calm, too. >> as they're running, making a beeline getting out of there. first, this morning, a late night deal on capitol hill to avoid a partial shutdown this week. the two parties were hung up over federal aid. now it's up to the house to sign off on the and cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordis is on capitol hill this morning for us. it looks like congress found a way out of this mess. >> they did, chris. but it was essentially luck. fema, which was at the heart of this debate said yesterday, you know how we thought we were going to run out of funds as early as today? now it looks like we might be able to stretch things until the end of the week. that's the end of the fiscal year. so this whole fight over how much to give to fema in emergency funding goes away. as does the question of whether that money needs to come out of another program. >> it was a good line so let's give them credit. senator ben nelson said we've alerted disaster until the next one. but this solution is short-term correct? >> it is very short-term. the senate passed a measure last night funding the government for another six weeks. the house will have to pick that up when it gets back from recess next week. in the men time, there will be a four-day measure to basically get them through the weekend. this is not how government is supposed to work. congress is supposed to pass a bill that funds the government for another year. they've been having trouble reaching bipartisan consensus and we seeing fits and starts which means we could have this argument all over again in november. >> nancy, thank you. erica. >> it's like continual training for these arguments. we take a look at natural disasters. you might remember last month's 5.2 earthquake on the east coast and you may recall how it damaged the washington monument. it's been closed ever since. this morning climbers will start their way at the top and they'll work there way down the outside to see how bad the damage is. chip is on the national mall with a look at the monument. >> i'm no engineer but but when an earthquake strikes, the greatest movement and the most violent shaking is going to be at the top. for the two dozen or so people who were up there when that earthquake hit, it was a pretty terrifying moments. it was august 23rd 1:51 in the afternoon. a security camera attached to the ceiling of the observation deck of the washington monument shows national park service ranger nicki williams at the top of the stairs 500 feet aboveground level. suddenly, the monument begins to shake. williams looks up alarmed. but at this point, there's no panic. she appears to speak calmly with tourists. then the shaking becomes more violent. she looks up again .immediately starts ushering people down the stairs just as they are pelted by falling debris. one or two people appear to fall down briefly, then get back on their feet and join others as they crowd down the stairs. some are carrying or holding on to children. a short time later, williams is seen running through the observation deck making sure everyone is out. >> now, the good news for those tourists is that no one was injured. the bad news is they had to walk 897 steps down to the ground level. now, what's going to happen later today -- and by the way, the monument is closed indefinitely. they want to see exactly how bad it was damaged. four engineers are going to repel down the side of the monument and they brought in a mountaineering expert from alaska to make sure everything goes well. erica. >> quite a job ahead of them. thanks, chip reid on the national mall this morning. just a few moments ago i spoke with park ranger nicki williams and i asked her about her initial reaction when she first felt that shake. >> i was very very frightened. i initially just wanted to run down the stairs by myself and away from everything. >> probably like everyone else did, but of course you couldn't. you were there, you're working there and part of your job is to help everyone. it seems like you immediately even if that may have been your initial reaction immediately, you just launched into that mode and started helping people. >> yeah, absolutely. then i realized i had to take care of these 20 people. i was responsible for them. so i go down to that next level, you see me going down the stairwell to open up the emergency exit and get them down the stairwell. >> how were all those folks doing? >> they were panicked at first. but i had begun to yell out, go down to the stairs go down to the stairs. eventually they began to help each other follow me down the stairs and they were able to move very quickly down that stairwell. >> as this is happening and you're maintaining your calm and your cool and you're helping everybody else get out of that safely, did you have any idea what had happened at that point? >> i initially thought that we were under some sort of attack. i did not have any indication of what had happened until about two minutes after. i was walking down the stairwell assist ago visitor and a park police officer came across my radio and notified me that it was an earthquake that happened. which calmed me a little bit, but then i realized there could be after shocks while i was in the stairwell. >> did it seem the people that were with you at that point, i would imagine they heard your radio, too. did that give them any sort of comfort, that it could be far more serious than an earthquake? >> right. there was one visitor, i was assisting her and she was elderly. i could see her visibly relax right in front of me. >> so you mentioned you had gone back up. and that was to help some other folks get back up correct? >> i was at the emergency exit helping them down. and i realized that i have to go back up to that next level to make sure there's no one up there. i did not want to go up so i figured i'm going to run as fast as i can. and you can see me i basically flash by on the video running back down that stairwell. that's what i'm doing to make sure there's no visitors in that top level. >> do your job, but do it quickly just in case dwb huh? >> yes. >> now you watch this video, is it strange at all for you to watch yourself in those moments? >> it's absolutely strange. when i had gotten down to the bottom afterwards, i was running through the things i could have done differently and i thought i hadn't reacted quickly enough. but then when i saw the video i realized there was very little time between what was going on and getting down that stairwell. >> the national parks service says you're a hero. i know you'd like to go back to work. would you like to go back to the washington monument when it reopens? >> i hope that they can guarantee me that it is secure before i go back inside. >> a lot of folks would probably feel the same way. i know there are plenty of people who feel that it was great to have you there with them on that day. thanks again. >> thank you. >> sadly, nicki, there are no guarantees in life. but you know you show up for work, you think it's going to be another day where you're greeting the gets. >> she was great. look if there's another earthquake and i'm somewhere, i want nicki on my side. >> she has the experience. here is jeff glor with a check off today's headlines. >> i'll give you guys any shelter. >> you're a good man, charlie brown. >> good morning, guys. good morning to everyone at home. president obama heads to colorado today the latest stop on a three-state fund-raising trip. mr. obama was in los angeles pitching his jobs plan and rallying supporters. at one stop he was interrupted by a heckler. >> we want jobs! we want jobs! >> i agree. >> the president's trip ends today in denver where he accepted the democratic presidential nomination three years ago. as he continued getting pushed by some to run for president, new jersey governor chris christie speaks tonight at the ronald reagan library. christie was in louisiana. he still ip cysts he is not running. but former new jersey governor tom cain says christie is reconsidering. it's real, cain told the national review. quote, he's giving it a lot of thought. i think the odds are a lot better now than they were a couple weeks ago. one thing we know for sure about christie is he's no fan of snooki and "the situation." their show was approved to receive ads 4 hurnl00 million but he vetoed it. at today's bankruptcy hearing, solyndra will ask for permission to auction off its state of the art factory billed to the congressional government. solyndra's top two executives pleaded the fifth at a hearing on friday. and the company wants more than $300,000 a week to pay about 100 employees still working there. but 900 laid off workers are looking to the bankruptcy court to help them collect severance pay they didn't get when the company suddenly shut down. and you were out the door with nothing? >> yeah. >> allen harper worked as a maintenance technician at solyndra for 3 1/2 years. now he's going to job fairs. but when president obama visited the solyndra factory last year harper was convinced the company had a bright future. >> if it hit big, then it hit big, but it didn't. oh well. i took a chance. >> but solyndra took a chance with a half billion taxpayer dollars and lost. sometimes when you hunt for sunken treasure, you find it. a florida-based salvage company found a british ship three miles deep 300 miles off the coast of ireland. it is thought to contain 240 tons of pure silver. that is worth about $200 million. now to the trial of dr. conrad murray accused of causing michael jackon's death two years ago. opening statements this morning and members of the jackson family plan to be in the courtroom. ben tracy now has the latest. >> this is it and see you in july. >> reporter: michael jackson died before he had a chance to launch his comeback concert tour. after today's opening statements, the prosecution's first witness will be kenny ortega, the codirector of that tour and behind the scenes documentary film "this is it." >> right out of the gate what the prosecution wants to do is they want to leave an impact with this jury. i think the person best to do that is kenny ortega. what he'll testify to is that michael jackson was in good health, that he was eager to move forward with this concert schedule. >> the jury was seated late last week and must decide if dr. murray is guilty of involuntary man slaughter. >> what's striking about this jury is how will educated they are. although some are unemployed these are people who lost good-paying jobs. the reason that's important is this jury will be called upon to hear and understand and semp thiez in very complex medical terms. that benefits the prosecution. >> prosecutors will argue that dr. murray showed a reckless disregard for jackson's health by giving him propofol as a sleeping aid. but the defense will attempt to prove that jooxon administered the fatal dose of propofol himself. >> i think he was not depressed. i think he was thin he probably wasn't eating. but this was michael jackson's life and times. >> reporter: the trial is expected to last between three and six weeks. ben tracy, cbs news los angeles. joining us now is mike i can't goal jackson's former attorney, tom mezzeri. what is the most damming piece of evidence against dr. murray? >> first of all propofol is not like an antianxiety pill or a sleeping pill. propofol is a dangerous drug it doesn't come in pill form and it never should be in the home. i think the prosecutors have to distinguish propofol. second of all, this doctor, a physician in charge of michael jackson's health never told the paramedics at the scene about propofol, never told the police at the scene about propofol then he went to the hospital and he still didn't mention propofol. to me, that indicates he knew he was wrong. >> his former drug abuse, things of that nature is that going to come into play? how damming will that be for the prosecution? >> they have to be very careful how they do that. michael jackson was the moved loved artist on the planet. if you try to devalue him or degrade him too much in front of his family particularly it's going to back fire. however, they will try to say he was in poor health because of our prescription drug abuse i think. >> do you have to put murray on the stand, do you feel? >> i think they'll wait until the last minute. if they think the case is going reasonably well they won't. if they do they'll put him on and he's going to go through a real grilling on why a physician would not tell the police paramedics or hospital about propofol. >> how about the kids will they have to take the stand since they were on that day? >> there's always a chance. i saw these children at wum couple weeks ago. they're growing so fast. i can't believe it. if they testify, it's not going to be good for us defense. >> the parents, i think katherine plans to be there. are they prepared for the graphic nature of autopsy photos and some of the things they'll be subject to during this? >> i spoke to her about it. she was there every day of the trial in 2005 where i was lead counsel and she had a tremendous impact on the jury. she's a lovely spiritual, ostentatious person. you feel the power in her love. she's going to help the prosecution. >> thank you. opening statements coming up later today. still ahead this morning, amanda knox's appeals drooil trial winds down. >> we'll check in with one of her attorneys about when he expects a ruling and what he thinks that ruling may be. stay with us. 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(announcer) icy hot patches. targeted no-mess relief. icy to dull pain. hot to relax it away. pain's no match for the icy hot patch. welcome back to he ises "the early show." i'm erica hill with chris wragge. we know how expensive medical care is. most families in this country really trying to manage every dollar they have with this economy. so how do you do that and still get the health care you need and pay those medical bills? we're going to give smu ideaes and hopefully some help this morning. >> plus another problem highlighted by a hearing in washington monday. a shortage of prescription drugs, government regulators say more than 200 medications are in short supply including cancer drugs. we're going to look at this issue coming up in just a couple minutes. before we do that it's another big day in the case of apanda knox. lawyers this morning are making a final statement for their appeal in italy. charlie has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, erica. the focus this morning is on the original interrogation of amanda knox. lawyers say she couldn't speak italian very well back then. they're suggesting an interiorer overstepped her mark insinuating maybe she forgot her role in the murder. closing arguments began defending amanda knox. her legal team says knox was not the woman prosecutors called a she devil, and worse they said she was young and psychologically persuaded to make false accusations. yesterday, prosecutors tore into knox accusing her of being an explosive mix of drugs, sex and alcohol and a master of deceit at the time of her roommate, meredith kihrher in 2007. knox's mother says hostile italian interrogators put the idea in her head. >> the police are the ones who told her, we know he was involved, we know you were there, we know you were with him, and after 12 hours, no food, no rest the screaming, the hitting, the shouting the terrorizing of her, she said maybe this maybe that. knox immediately took back the statement, but the damage had been done. that helped convince jurors that she and her boyfriend were guilty in the first trial. knox is optimistic they'll see darchbt verdict this time but they're anxious. >> sitting and waiting for a verdict and you don't know for sure, it's agonizing. >> does it bring back memories of the first time around? >> oh yeah yeah. >> the defense team for amanda knox will begin its closing arguments thursday. a lot is hanging on dna evidence. a new forensic report will show there's not enough of amanda knox's dna on the murder weapon to qualify for a conviction. >> ted simon is with us. good to have you with us this morning. how is amanda holding up at this point, especially after what we heard yesterday and the arguments in the prosecution calling her a she devil, among other names? >> true. this has been a trying and grueling four-year nightmarish marathon. it's something that no child or parent should have ever to endure. despite that, both amanda and her parents have showed incredible patience, dignity, fortitude, so they're doing as well as anyone could possibly expect under the circumstances. >> as many people watch this from the outside, especially from the american perspective, there have been some things that seem confusing because the system is different in italy. but in some ways the appeals process there could work in amanda's favor. why is that? >> erica, you're very insightful with your question. in italy, unlike the u.s. the appellate process as a broader scope of review. and what i mean by that is not only does the appellate court and the appellate jury look to see if there's any errors of law, but they also look to re-examine re-evaluate and ultimately redetermine facts. and as to every fact that has been reopened in this case, and there have been many including the dna, every one has lined up in favor of amanda. >> there is, though, the possibility that this may not go in favor of amanda and that's a risk with this because the prosecution has now actually asked for a life sentence in solitary confinement if they are to win this round essentially. >> yeah. this was not unexpected and they have asked for a life sentence. but rather than being supportive or persuasive within i think it speaks to the weakness of their case. when you look at the case you only have to ask yourself we know there's no physical evidence we know they've all but conceded there is no motive. the trial kount court found no motive. how can no evidence and no motive equate to a conviction let alone for a request for a will i have sentence including solitary confinement. we think it's unjust overwarranted, overreaching. when anyone characterizes this evidence fairly it can only be characterized as absent inaccurate unreliable and nonexistent nonexistent. >> simon, good to have you with us this morning. thank you. >> jeff glor is at the news desk. he has another look at our top headlines this morning. good morning. >> good morning. the senate has reached a deal too void a government shutdown. again, the deal funds the government now through mid november. the senate was able to side step a dispute over disaster relief when fema discovered it had enough money to end the fiscal year which ends friday. the house must still approve that measure. greek finance minister george papandreou met with angela merkel in which the greece greek government received enough money to stave its off financial crisis. there is a geo magneticmagnetic storm in the urlth's atmosphere right now. it has the potential to produce incredible skies. this geomagnetic storm, though might interfere with satellite watch. time now for weather. it's a ton of fog. you should be able to see the base of the tower behind our -- a little bit to the left of that light. we have zero visibility up here. what we don't have good looking radar, we have a ton of moisture having fallen, continuing to fall. that rain south is being moved ar up next putting off medical care because you simply cannot afford it. a lot of people can relate to that. we're going to help you, perhaps, make a different, better decision for yourself. dr. jennifer ashton is here for families facing that difficult choice. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. cut! 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and ethnicity. they say this is their protest against a proposal for affirmative action in california. they have received a lot of backlash, a lot of outrage, threats of violence. we're going to speak with organizers later this hour. >> coming up we told you earlier how the government was trying too void a government shutdown. the key issue still unsettled this morning is how to help the costs of rising disaster victims across the country. >> reporter: the federal emergency management agency has been in the middle of a political firestorm over funding. but it's an unprecedented series of natural storms from fires to floods that called caused fema's budget to dry up. so how long have you been lived here? >> ten years. >> reporter: pennsylvania resident amy noss has been living with her in-laws for the past two weeks, her family displaced by tropical storm lee. the storm cost $150,000 in damages to her home. insurance only covers $68,000. >> how are you going to pay for it? >> we're not sure. we're waiting for answers. >> reporter: she's looking for any help she can get, including fema, which was allotted $2.6 billion in sdeefrt relief funds. but already this year 48 states have been declared federal disaster areas. with weather events like the floods in minot, memphis, pushing fema to the brink. april's tornados in alabama cost nearly $1 billion in damages. the devastation from joplin's deadly tornado in may is still being tallied, but could cost as much as $3 billion. and last month's hurricane irene is expected to cost $10 billion in damages to people all along the east coast. on monday, hundreds of irene victims lined up outside a government office in hartford connecticut, to apply for federal assistance. tropical storm lee victims are only expecting so much the. >> we'll get some help. we just koent won't get all that we need. >> reporter: she needs $3 million to fix all the infrastructure in her town. >> 80% of my town is devastated devastated with 77 homes that people can't live in 28 businesses that are nonoperational. >> reporter: over the years, congress routinely passed supplemental bills to help victims of natural disasters. just last year fema had a budget of $1.6 million, but spent more than three times that amount in supplemental spending. with agreement on capitol hill witness stand, work can hopefully continue in places like shikshinney. and on $470 million of projects that have been on hold in 43 states, including in places like job lynn which has seen aid frozen while fema deals with the most recent disaster. michelle miller cbs news pennsylvania. >> sadly, when you see those numbers, all it takes is one big storm and it wipes out that entire budget if not -- >> a lot of people crossing their fingers right now that there will not be another natural disaster for a myriad of robes. jeff glor is standing by at the news desk. >> my wife's family is from northern pennsylvania. it is still a mess up there. we've been talking about it last week and this week. >> not pretty. good morning. greece this morning will avoid defaulting on its debt thanks to a bailout that could have dominoed across the global economy. the greek prime minister george papandreou met with angela merkel to cement this deal. earlier he promised business leaders that greece will get its funl financial house in order. >> i can guarantee that greece will live up to all of its commitments. i promise you we greeks will soon fight our way back to growth and processsperity after this period of pain. president obama heads to colorado today, the last stop on his west coast campaign swing. last night in los angeles, the president went to a series of fund-raisers to help democrats and his re-election bid. last night, he told supporters this is where we're tested. at one stop the president's speech was interrupted by a heckler. some gop leaders are presentation new jersey governor chris christie to jump into the presidential race. it appears he might be getting closer. tonight, christie speak at the ronald reagan library. he travels to louisiana later this week. so far christie has decided not to enter the race. former new jersey governor tom cain says christie is considering. he's giving it a lot of thought. i think the odds are better now than they were a couple weeks ago. in los angeles, opening statements are scheduled to begin this morning in the trial of the doctor accused of killing michael jackson. conrad murray is charged win voluntary man slaughter. he was with jackson the day he died. prosecutors say murray gave jackson too much of the anesthetic propofol. >> paeshl this doctor a physician in charge of michael jackson's health never told the paramedics at the scene about propofol, never told the police at the scene about propoefol. he didn't tell the hospital about propoefol. to me, that case he knew he was wrong. ellen degeneres says she is fine today after a health scare. paramedics rushed to her television set yesterday 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do we know exactly what it could be in the coffee to help decrease your risk? >> that's one of the causes of the study. it did exactly show a cause and effect. we do know coffee affects the brain. it stimulates some neurotransmitters that are feel-good hormones in the brain so that might be part of the explanation. >> how much coffee are we talking about here to have this type of effect? >> talking about a lot. when you compare to women that drink less than one cup a week those who drank two to three cups a day were 15% less likely to have depression. and those who drank four cups a day were 20% less likely to have depression. >> that's a lot of coffee and that's a lot of caffeine. does it have to be caffeinated coffee or could it get the same effect to decafcaffinated coffee? >> it absolutely does have to be caffeinated coffee. four cups does seem like a lot, but if you think about it that's what you get in one of those really big tall coffees from starbucks or dunkin donuts. >> this can't be good for everyone to have that much coffee, whether you're depressed or not. >> absolutely. the study did not look at men, it did not look at young women. the average age in the study was 63. there are some negatives to caffeine. but it's encouraging to know that it's not so harmful, at least in this way. >> is there any chance this may have something to do if you're drinking that much coffee during the course of a day, maybe you're having that much coffee with a friend can on coworkers and that's having an overall effect on your emotional age? >> sure. the study did not look at cause and effect. it could be just what holding the cup in soothing in some way or you're taking time-out to stop and drink your coffee and think and reflect on your thoughts. there could be a lot of reasons that it would lift depression. it is sort of interesting and when you consider coffee is the number one source of our cavene and 80% of americans drink it. if it can have some positive effect -- >> we're not saying people who are depressed drink coffee, but side effects. >> increase your water intake maybe. >> exercise, those types of things. they can always make you feel better. >> interesting perspective. holly, thanks. sleep, though you may have to be careful if you're drinking four cups of coffee. for more about your health log on to our website and search coffee. greeting cards, are they tasteful or just mean spirited? we're going to help you decide what to say to a friend who is out of work when we come back. this is the "the early show" on cbs. job as a diabetes educator is teaching my patients how to start taking insulin. and i've learned a lot from patients who use levemir flexpen. flexpen comes pre-filled with my long-acting insulin, and i dial the exact dose of insulin i need. my flexpen is discreet and doesn't need to be refrigerated. and flexpen goes wherever i go. levemir is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes. do not take if your blood sugar is too low. tell your healthcare provider about all medicines you take and all of your medical conditions including if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. the most common side effect is low blood sugar. other possible side effects include reactions at the injection site. get medical help right away if you experience serious allergic reactions such as body rash, trouble with breathing fast heartbeat or sweating. ask your healthcare provider about levemir flexpen today. learn more about the different insulins available in flexpen at myflexpen.com. flexpen, insulin delivery that goes with you. tt0w@q aá([ dú:8!, tt5dsh #óóx." #@ "f(tt0w@q aáhzx1ú! #óóx&b #@ 'optt0w@q aá([@9ú:)5x tt5dsh #óóx$j #@ ey$tt0w@q aáazxbú!cw0 tt5dsh #óóx"r #@ ' < there's a greeting card for just about everything these days. birthday cards, graduation cards and now hallmark has a card for people who just lost their jobs. hallmark says they're selling very well. >> one reason why, 14 million americans are out of work. there's a pretty good chance you know one of them. before you pick up one of these cards to send out, we wanted to see if this was the best way to deal with this situation. nicole williams is here to help us navigate these waters. nice to have you both here. this is such a delicate situation and yet, as we mentioned, so many americans are either going through it themselves have a friend or a loved one who is. nicole, should you really say, hey, sorry to hear you got fired with a card? >> yeah. i think verbal would be good but supplementing with a card isn't bad. i think this is indicative that there are so many people being laid off across the country. by bringing it out into the open and discussing it there's less shame attached to it. and the more shame, the less likely you are to go out there and find a job. >> the more you can talk about something, the better off it can be. >> i'm going to read the serious one. sorry you lost your job, but please remember your job is not who you are. you have many great qualities, and that's all that matters. until someone realizes your unique abilities, i hope you'll take pride in all you've accomplished and realize how much you have yet to give. that's quite a nice gesture. >> and one of the things it says on that card is your job knot who you are. i think we often attach meaning to who we are by what we do for a living. if we can detach that we'll be happier moving forward. >> and that may be important, too. the job that you ultimately may find that we have to take care of our bills may not be the job that you feel is really you. >> you and have to adjust your expectations on what's that go that's going to be. >> can i read the front of your card. >> i think it's funny, but i think there's probably truth in advertising here. don't think of it as losing your job. think of it as a time between stupid bosses. >> a positive approach. >> it helps make this taboo subject. obviously, you have to know the recipient, but when you go that route, it can make it easier to talk about. >> absolutely. and like we've said, makes it easier to talk about it. and beyond talking about it, helping them move into action. networking is a way to move into new opportunities. if you're not talking about it -- >> and that's the dos and don'ts, that's your number one do is help your friend network. >> the opportunities are out there. >> it's who you know. >> most of your jobs you get from contacts you know anyway. let me ask you this it's always an uncomfortable situation to talk to someone about losing their jobs. a funny card is a great icebreaker, as well. that would brain smile to anybody's face no matter how difficult a time it is. >> you want to know your audience, right? someone might look at that so you know who your friends and your loved ones are. it would make you laugh. >> if you see someone working hard to get information out there, say hey, that's such a great job, let's go for a walk and do something together but on the flip side of that, don't nag the person. did you do this today? did you get stuff out. you didn't like it with when your parents nagd you as a teenager. no one is going to like it when you nag them. >> you always need some downtime, as well. >> and validate that. still ahead, we'll tell you how it's done here on "the early show" when we come back. wm÷so ñh there are over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee that have earned the keurig brewed seal of approval. the keurig brewed seal is our commitment that the coffee inside will deliver a delicious cup of coffee every time. keurig brewed. look for the only mark of genuine keurig quality. let's check the traffic report. >> a very busy morning, a new accident 95 southbound at 175. it's closed due to debris. that's going to be charter oaks. meantime an accident 795 northbound, another one in the city. and some fire activity continues west belove deer between right. west rogers, 83 southbound 9 minutes to the beltway 18 minutes effects down to -- that is the stop. that is the beltway. it is foggy and it is jammed on the outer loop. this traffic report is brought to you by pam lot. it's coming from the performing arts center october 8th and 9 9th. get your ticket today at ticket matter.com. >> news this morning a football player is being charged as a an adult for raping a 14-year-old girl. >> good morning, everyone. investigators say 16-year-old raped his friend's sister after she had been drinking. patterson mill high school in bell air according to court documents the 14-year-old victim came into her room undressed and then raped her. her friends are showing support for the players and his lawyer has expressed outrage over the fact that his underaged clients have been is stigmatized by these allegations. he's free this morning on $15,000 bond. >> thank you very much. high school track coach is facing child pornography charges. 40-year-old of pasadena worked at spalding high school. police also say he engaged in inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student there. he was removed from his coaching position there back in july. maryland's news station up next a look at chick beer, a locally low cash beer. designed especially for women. it's being sold here in the state of maryland. chick beer, more on that in welcome back to "the early show." i'm chris wragge along with erica hill. coming up do you ever look around your house and say, i wish i had the money right now that i spent on all of this stuff that we just don't need? get guess what? there's a lot of websites out there that will give you cash for your clutter. rebecca jarvis is going to be here to point you in the right direction. how about a different look at beer? most brands on the market are geared towards men. there is one that is una-barbedly geared towards women. it's called chick beer. no girls in bikinis here. the bottle wears a lovely black dress, we're going to give it a taste and see if it matters if the beer you're making is made for women or not. >> coors legitimate you're getting yourself n some competition. first, we're going to take a look at a controversy that's getting a lot of attention. it's stirring up controversy at the university of cal berkeley which is famous for protesting. some students there are using cup cakes to in their words take a stand against the issue that they have with it and in this case it is affirmative action. at 10:00 this morning berkeley college republicans will host a bake sale with special pricing. according to the menu white males will pay the most $2 a cup cake. asians will be charged $1.50. latinos, $1. blacks just 75 cents and native americans, only a quarter. females can take an extra 25 cents off any price. the controversial pricing is a response to sb-185 a bill that would allow state universities to consider race gender and ethnicity in the add milligrams process. berkeley republicans call the affirmative action bill racist and say the bake sale pricing proves the point. >> how do you put somebody in one category? and this sb-185 forces people to do that. you have to check one box. our bake sale, you have to choose one. we think 185 isn't fair, either. >> nos not surprisingly, the reaction across campus was immediate and not surprisingly supportive. >> it was deeply hurtful to many members of our community. >> i think it's creative but it's moderately offensive. >> joining us this morning, the leaders of berkeley's college regions, president shawn lewis and vice president mia lincoln. i know you're up early there and i'm guessing you may not have had@of sleep, but just to be clear, the bake sale will continue as planned this morning, correct? >> correct. >> was there anything that would make you change your mind? >> at this point, the only thing that would stop us from having the event is if security or safety of our group or any other group becomes compromised because of security threats. >> there has been a concern about security issues and there's been a response that people say hey, we get it, we've seen this tactic before. we've seen people use this as an example before. but is this the best way to go about it? in fact, the president of the student association said -- she said this in an e-mail to your paper on campus i believe there should be dialogue and discussion surrounding this issue, but i do not think this method is constructive. shawn, why did you think this was the best way to go about getting your message heard? >> well, it was clear that the government in their endorsing of sb-185 and their sponsorship of a phone atlantic being held at the same time as this bake sale it is clear that the student government was not interested in the welcoming debate of this issue on campus. our student government took one side on this issue. they did not invite any other views on this issue and they didn't consider the other students might have another view of sb-185 in this policy that governor brown has to decide on today. this event -- >> go ahead. >> no, go ahead, shawn. >> this bake sale that we're having today, it's a direct response to the phone bank that they're putting on that our student government is sponsoring. we're putting ourselves out there to show there's another opinion on this campus. >> and i would add to that that a large group of the student population here is not politically involved and we've brought them into this discussion. they may not have even know that this event was going to take place, that the student government had an opinion on this bill. now they know and maybe they're able to form their own opinions. >> and what is it specifically mia, about this state bill 185 that you take issue with? >> well one issue that i can personally identify with is the fact that this bill would consider gender specifically as one of the specifically stated terms in the college admissions process. and as a woman in college, i would not like to know that my college admission had been based on the fact that i was a woman. i think that women in america are trying to move past this and that this bill would be a step backwards. >> so you see it as a step backward. shawn, among the other things it would consider if i have this correct, race, gender national origin geographic origin household income. none of those things you believe, should be given preferential treatment when it comes to admissions to college. >> well, one other term in the bill is quote, other relevant factors. the fact is the bill is so loosely vague and loosely written, it's wide open to lawsuit and litigation. and the fact is that it is blantly unconstitutional. we see this as a blatant sdard for the constitution. >> you said you feel people didn't want to discuss this. the president of the afc says she believes there should be dialogue surrounding this issue. has there been an offer now from different groups on campus to sit down talk about this and perhaps bring your concerns to a state level, shawn? >> to a state level? >> yes, because this is a state bill, to come talk to the governor perhaps on your own or to even get the campus together to talk about this discussion that a lot of people seem to say they want to have. >> i don't think anybody is against that. nobody has come out in opposition to that idea. i haven't heard from anyone directly about moving forward are we going to have a debate or -- >> would you guys consider organizing that? would that perhaps have been a better way to brick this issue to the forefront to get people talking about it? >> in this scenario, i think we chose the best course of action because, if we had had a table across from the phone bank with pamphlets and simple literature to explain why we oppose the bill, we wouldn't be having a national dialogue about this right now. as mia mentioned, people wouldn't be on our campus people who didn't even know this was going on wouldn't be talking about it. i think maybe it was controversial and it was definitely offensive to some people but you have to admit that we've deeded in creating a debate on campus and getting people to talk more about it. >> we look forward to hearing more about that debate and discussion on campus. mia and shawn, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. let's go back to jeff glor at the headlines. jeff. >> good morning to you. a bipartisan deal to avert a government shutdown is headed to the house now. the senate agreed to the stopgap measure last night. the dispute over funding disaster relief and suddenly when fema realized it had enough money to last through friday the agreement means that disaster relief to areas affected by recent storms will continue without interruption. >> let's fight when there's something to fight about. there's nothing to fight about tonight. >> in my view this entire fire drill was completely and totally unnecessary. >> the house is expected to approve that measure when it returns from recess next week. can gridlock be a good thing? maybe when it signals the economy is doing better. a report from texas a&m university shows most traffic in this country got worse than in 2009. in some places like washington, d.c. traffic levels remained about the same. the report says that the u.s. is missing an opportunity to expand roads and public transit when conguston is down. congestion last year cost about $750 in time and gas for every commuter. in italy, attorneys are wrapping up the appeals trying for amanda knox. knox was described as a fateful woman in love, knox was convicted of murdering her roommate and was convicted to 20 years in prison. this morning, knox's lawyer said the prosecutor does not justify the requested sentence of life in prison. >> it can only be characterized as inaccurate, unreliable and nonexistent. >> a verdict is expected as early as next week. engineers will repel down the washington monument today looking for damage from last month's earthquake. newly released video, take a look at this shows the violent shaking there and how quickly a park ranger responded and got everybody out. this morning, erica asked ranger niki williams how she felt at that moment. >> i was very very frightened. i initially wanted to run down the stairs by myself and away from everything. then i realized i had to take care of these people 20 people. their lives were responsible -- i was responsible for them. so i go down to that next level to open up the emergency exit and get them down the stairwell. >> and everybody got out safely. the park service is calling williams a hero for her actions. on the other side of things a baseball fan in taiwan has some explaining to do. this man was holding a little girl when he lunged to try to catch a foul ball dropping the child. she went tumbling into the seat below. he picked her back up. the wife not pleased. look at that. stare of death. >> don't try and explain yourself buddy. just say your sorry. >> the little girl is okay. you see testify fog on aerosat side -- the out back shine actually, trying to find a camera to watch. we have a bunch of rain out the 70 corridor now west the flash flood watch in effect. some showers moving across like millions of other americans, you've got a lot of stuff lying around your house, old books, cds, rebecca jarvis is here to tell you how to get some cash back on for all that cluster. good to see you this morning. >> good morning. >> let's start with book. how do you get money for old books hanging around the house? >> one of the best places to go is amazon.com. believe it or not, they will pay you probably the most money of any retailer out there, also of any place out there that you could possibly take those books to use. put them on amazon.com and price them a few pennies below the least expensive book out there. so if you're basically selling, let's say, the great gatsby post it a little bit below the least expensive great gatsby copy there. if you don't sell them on sam zon, take books in a bunch and sell them as a lot on ebay. sell a bunch of books on ebay and you're like lick to get a decent amount of money. if you fail on both of those accounts, you're not going to necessarily owe anything. try toid doing it through swap.com. that will allow you swap through someplace else who wants the same book as you, another book. >> how about old gadgets? >> so if you have computers printers, gps, go toga zell.com. this is a great website. if you're trying to sell a cell phone, however, go to recellular.com. sometimes you get get $30 or more than $100 for an old cell phone. another place to go is tunecycle.com. this is if you have apple products. they can be damaged, they can be old. like i said, it doesn't matter whether they're fixed or broken they'll take them off their hands and they'll pay you for it. >> how about gold because we keep hearing every day about gold hitting these all-time highs. you should scour the jewelry box, shouldn't you? >> yeah. and look for on that jewelry how many karats of jewelry exist. 18% jewelry, about 75% gold and so on and so forth. a way to get a sense for how much your gold is worth before you sell it take it to a jeweler, get it appraised say, what would you pay for something like this? also important to remember if you're selling into one of these gold places that melts the gold down, they're not going to pay you for anything in your vulry other than the gold itself. let's say it has a dmiend or a gem somewhere embedded in it you're not going to get paid for that. maybe sure you're only getting gold. >> how about houseware items? >> a lot of people will do a rummage sale. ebay is also a great place to go. by the way, use ebay if you're doing a rummage sale or a garage sale, use ebay as a point of figuring out how much to actually charge people for it. you can go on to ebay and figure out what is pricing is there. what sells best.com is another great website that will give you a sense for pricing. >> let's say people have remodeled their home and all of a sudden they're left with what others think might be junk. not so taft. >> a place called digger's list will give you a price for every item. literally, if you have an old toilet or wood after a remodeling projects, sell it through this because a lot of times people have a few leftovers. >> toilets, they're going like hot cakes on the open market. >> if you can even get a few dollars for it why not? rebecca jarvis, thanks. now here is erica. >> thanks chris. took notes on that. up next this brew is for you, ladies. just ahead, we're going to sample chick beer. meet the creator and see if it delivers on taste. li s idm ballral,was unl vet.veou or welcome back. football is in full swing. baseball players are about to start. a lot of guys out there are drinking a lot of beer. >> that's right. but not just guys. one of my favorite parts of a football game or a baseball game is drinking a beer. now it turns out there is a beer just for the ladies. karen winter brill tapped into this story for us. she's brewing up a little something. how many more cheesy puns can we come up with? >> a few more. it is pink it wears a black dress and prides itself on being the very first beer created by a woman. i headed to eastern maryland to catch up with the chick behind chick beer. >> what's up? >> what's up? >> when it comes to the mern beer industry, there's no denying it's a man's world. >> oh yeah. but 61-year-old chaz lewis is changing that. >> who came up with this concept of putting the word chick into the name? >> there was nothing in the cooler that was pink and i'm like, what is this about? >> two years ago, this unlikely entrepreneur had an epiphany. while browsing the beer coolers in her husband dave's beverage store. we looked at 400 beers and there was not one that had pink. >> it's immediate. you're looking at a sea of red, blue yellow, and bam, there's the pink box. >> yes. >> with david's help chaz partnered with a wisconsin brewery to create chick beer a low calorie lagger in a six-pack designed to look like a purse. chris kalew help create chick's taste. >> women like taste. we hashed out a recipe that really, i think is one of the better recipes on the planet. >> at boxy's bar in st. michael's, maryland, the chick was flowing. >> it's refreshing and full bodied without being overbearing and bitter. >> it doesn't fill you up. >> everyone here is drinking chick beer except you guys. >> i prefer a much heavier beer. this seems to be, you know, for chick chicks. >> and that's not such a bad thing. of the roughly 3 billion cases of beer sold in the united states each year 700 million are bought by women. >> the numbers are such that if we can sell to just 3% of women to put this into perspective, we're as large a brand as samuel adam adams. >> do you believe it? what does this designer know about vodka? >> marketing expert mary lou quinlin says beverages designed for women have incredible potential. >> the dollars are there when you start to talk women's language. women become the ambassadors of the beverage industry. >> you guys have to own the right beer. >> that's exactly what it's creator had in mind. >> to see people doing exactly what i pictured them doing, which was being out with friends, sitting on a beautiful deck and enjoying life. if i can give them that then i've done any job. >> drink beer. >> good stuff. currently, chick beer is only available in maryland. but if chicks dig it as they say, it is expanding. the brand has its sights set on florida, california and new york. >> if you show up at a football game with this you will get beaten up. >> i don't see a problem with that. >> oh my goodness. chris brought the chick beer. >> again. >> what a tailgate. >> it would be better than the wine coolers you normally bring. >> at least we got him off the zema kick. >> low blow. >> it's good. it tastes like a light beer. so if you want a light beer i think it's great. >> it's a nice alternative. >> i'm a woman who really likes to drink beer as is our good friend here on set, patti. patti, i think you would like this beer. but if you like a guinness guilty, if you like say, a ubu, my wintertime favorite you're going to want still, that heartier beer. when you want a light beer why not? i think take the pink kuzzi off. i love your idea thing it's great. >> 97 calories. >> i'm sold. >> chick beer does donate 85% of its profits to charities that empower women. >> drink up. i am a face unclogger. i am a nose coach. i am a throat untickler. i am a human cough suppressant. and i am the sniffles worst nightmare. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about cold and flu remedies. we have shower activity continuing. agonizing it slowly, press through the area, enough though, that takes care of the moisture and issued a flash flood warning in effect for your county pa. the next hour in 35 minutes, shower activity now on the east side, a little falling apart, getting the idea. this is not going to be the only moisture we see. forecast calls for high 81. fog, going to bring in some sunshine. in fact some showers later on, tonight 65 low. with a high of 82 degrees. don take it away. >> our two school devices this morning from the eastern shore, care line county schools running 90 minutes late hour and a half if you prefer. in hartford county a high school football player is charged as an adult as raping a teenage girl. here is more on that story. >> good morning, everyone, investigator say 16-year-old raped a friend after she had been drinking. he's played for patter mill high school in bell air. according to court documents the 14-year-old victim claims he came into the room undressed her and raped her. the fans are showing support for the player. his lawyer has expressed outrage over the fact his underaged client has been stigmatized by this allegation, don. >> thank you very much. former city firefighters more than 17 hours after it started. flames broke out at the intersection of belove deer and northwest baltimore around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. there's no word yet on what started that big fire. fire crews are still working to carry hot spots. a chemistry building at the university park will reopen this morning after small explosion in the laboratory there. two students suffered first and second degree burns after mixing and sulfuric acid. they'll retake into bird unit and other good conditions there this morning. this is support of baltimore is proving -- is booming he was recently named the busiest cruise ship terminal on the east coast. after a record breaking 210,000 people sailed from this port on 90 different cruises last year. and stay with wjz, complete news and first morning weather today at noon. as always updates available at any time from anywhere at wj