studio 54 to reveal why he waited so long to reveal his battle with parkinson's. first, we begin with this morning's "eye opener," the world in 90 seconds. >> no air conditioning, no electricity and we can't get in. >> reporter: nearly 2 million americans facing the fourth day without power in the midst of a historic heat wave. >> utility crews from as far away as quebec are pitching in to restore electricity. >> sizable tree that's fallen has not been removed, typical of what we've been seeing. states of emergency have been declared from ohio to washington, d.c. >> they're bracing for yet another scorcher today from the plains to east coast. this action constitutes the largest health care settlement in united states history. >> glaxosmithkline will have to pay $3 billion to settle charges of improper marketing. >> promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses. >> also not telling the fda about two studies on cardiovascular safety related to avandia. >> practices like these put our public health at risk. we're determined to bring them to a stop. iran is flexing its muscles with war games. >> this exercise included the launch of missiles capable of hitting u.s. navy ships that are out in the gulf. anderson cooper has revealed he's game. cooper says he "couldn't be more happy, comfortable with myself and proud." the observation of this research vessel flipped, which was literally designed to flip, right in the ocean. >> all that -- >> watch this ball. she's staying with the call, and boom! >> here's the great catch, dad holding the baby was a great catch in itself. >> that poor girl ends up flowerless. >> and all that matters -- >> with all due respect to speaker boehner, did you see the clip? did you see the clip? >> well, i -- >> i heard it. >> i, i, i -- >> on "cbs this morning." this thing is headed our way, but the key to the forecast, right before this thing makes landfall, it is going to be deflected by a godzilla. now, to be honest, i have no idea what's going to happen on that day. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." from the midwest to the mid-atlantic, hundreds of thousands of homes are still in the dark and suffering through the heat, four days after violent storms caused heavy damage. >> nearly 2 million people are facing a few more days without electricity, and many of them are asking their power companies why is it taking so long? chip reid is in washington, d.c. chip, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, jeff and erica. take a look behind me. that is why it is taking so long. now, fortunately, no one on this street was hurt, but look at all those wires down. as you can imagine, nobody around here has power. and multiply that by the thousands upon thousands of trees that were brought down by this storm. power companies say they've been playing catch-up as they struggle to get the washington area back online following friday's big storm that hit so quickly, it caught just about everyone by surprise. ken barker is can virginia's dominion power, the largest electricity provider in the state. >> in parallel, we're restoring power and getting more resources in while we're restoring power, versus a hurricane, where we would prestage the resources. >> reporter: the storm system originated in the midwest and affected over 4 million households and businesses in seven states and the district of columbia. president obama declared federal emergencies in ohio and west virgina. the vast area affected by what officials are calling a catastrophic event has made it impossible to get the kind of assistance the washington area usually counts on. >> the resources that we'd usually get from ohio or other places, they need their contractors to restore service for their own customers. >> the work we're doing today is going to keep the power on. >> reporter: pepco, one of the largest electricity providers in the district, launched an ad campaign back in january, defending their often maligned service, but they have come under new fire since the storm. >> pepco's pace of restoring power, to me, anyway, is unacceptable, and the speed of their response has been disappointing. and how many times have we been through this before? >> reporter: in virginia, dominion has restored power to over 75% of its customers while 60% of pepco's customers are back online. both hope to be near a full recovery by friday. with the greater washington area under a state of emergency, many communities are considering canceling their fireworks displays for the fourth of july. jeff and erica? >> hey, chip, you mentioned they expect to be near full recovery by the end of the week, but when can we see full recovery? >> reporter: well, it could be a while for some people. the people on this street were told another four or five days, so some time this weekend. and they say the most difficult part is that last 5% or so of people, because they tend to be in remote areas, out of the way, one family affected by one tree, and those people, it could be quite a while before their power is back on. >> chip reid, thank you. iran is reporting new missile tests this morning. in a show of force meant to give u.s. forces in the persian gulf something else to think about. >> the official iranian news agency says several missiles were test-fired this morning and hit their target. elizabeth palmer is in london with more on iran's war-gaming. so, why now? >> reporter: well, iran hasn't come right out and said it, but it does appear to be a show of force in response to a new round of oil sanctions targeting iran, trying to prevent it from selling its oil abroad and cut off its revenue. they took effect yesterday. these war games seem to be a response to that. of course, this is all about trying to put enough pressure on iran to shut down its nuclear program. >> liz, saber-rattling from iran, but on both sides, right? >> reporter: you bet. not only these war games on iran's side, but yesterday the iranian parliament floated this idea that they might shut down the straits of hormuz. now, that is its very small but crucial choke point in the persian gulf through which about a fifth of the world's oil supply travels by tanker. so, if they did that, the world oil price would shoot up again. the united states has been doing a little saber-rattling of its own. it's been building up its forces in the persian gulf, partly to deter iran from shutting down the straits and partly to deter israel from launching any kind of military strike on iran's nuclear installations. >> is there much concern about any potential danger with this situation? >> reporter: look, any sort of a military build-up like this is dangerous just because a mistake can so quickly spiral out of control, escalate into open conflict. but we should say that there is dialogue going on behind the scenes. iran and the u.s. and its allies are talking about the nuclear program, so i suppose there's a glimmer of light that there may be a deal to defuse this. >> thank you. president obama's health care law has always been a tough issue for his republican challenger, mitt romney, because he supported a similar plan as governor of massachusetts. >> this morning, romney's campaign finds itself in a skirmish over the issue with some in its own party. jan palmer is live with more. >> reporter: good morning. republicans saw the thursday supreme court decision, this huge decision, as a big win for them. it kept alive this controversial issue. it accused the president of raising taxes. but now we're seeing some complaints that the romney campaign could be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. >> i disagree with the supreme court's decision. >> reporter: romney's attempt to distance himself from president obama's health care law has gotten tougher. >> the governor was very clear. >> reporter: adviser eric fernstrom veered off message on monday, saying romney's plan was a penalty, not a tax, essentially siding with president obama. >> the governor believes that what we put in place in massachusetts was a penalty, and he disagrees with the court's ruling that the mandate was a tax. >> reporter: since the court's ruling, practically every republican leader has used the decision as proof the president's signature legislation is a massive tax hike on americans. >> it's now a tax, since the court said it was a tax. >> believe me, if this was brought to the public as a tax, there is no way this law would have passed in to law in the first place. >> how are you? >> reporter: it's a tricky spot for romney. from day one, he's campaigned on a vow to scrap the president's health care law, but as governor of massachusetts, he passed the first individual mandate at the state level. some political pundits took issue with the campaign's approach and said romney should return his focus to the economy. >> this is a classic case where consistency and intellectual honesty is a mistake. simply accept what the supreme court has said. it's a tax. >> reporter: now, the focus of romney's entire campaign has been the economy, and that, of course, is the issue voters tell us over and over that they care about the most, but republicans also believe that romney could at least get a little traction on this health care law with this ruling, because of course, most americans continue to oppose at least significant parts of this law. jeff and erica? >> jan, thank you. also in washington this morning, cbs news political director john dickerson. john, good morning. give us a sense, the sort of two almost conflicting messages on health care from republicans and mitt romney. what does that do for his message as a candidate? >> well, on health care, it basically means that governor romney is deprived of an opportunity of beating up the president. in this ruling, what republicans thought they had was a new opportunity to go at the president on health care. a lot of the arguments are well worn, people have their views, it's little backward-looking. what they're saying is, wait, there's something new in this supreme court decision, that this is a tax. the problem for governor romney is he has an identical mechanism in his massachusetts law and that governor romney repeatedly over the years has talked about the tax in that law. so, he called it a tax in the past. his adviser now is calling it a penalty. why the change in tone or why the change in the word? well, they don't want to admit that governor romney was raising taxes in the past or called it a tax in the past. so, this is a semantic game, but the governor doesn't want to get on the wrong side of the tax question. >> so, john, i wonder if you have a sense of how long this stays hot for. so, republicans want to talk about the health care ruling. the presumptive republican nominee does not want to talk about the health care ruling, and the president also does not want to talk about the health care ruling. how long does this stay in the public forum for like this? >> i don't think that long. i mean, where mitt romney wants to get is to connect health care to jobs, and they've been trying to do that all along, because if he's talking about jobs, he's in the most comfortable turf for him in this election. well, this friday, there will be a release of the unemployment numbers. that will move the conversation right back to the economy again, his more comfortable spot. that's where he wants to stay. it's where he has the best chance. so, that's going to happen pretty fast. >> what about, though, there is new polling from the kaiser family foundation out that shows essentially, i think it's nearly a third of republican voters now say they're more likely to vote in november, that health care is starting to galvanize people. >> well, that's good for governor romney that it's likely to bring up his base, give him support within his party, but to get real advantage from that issue, he would need to convince people who aren't already convinced, who don't already hate the legislation. and as we've talked about, he's got some complexity there with his massachusetts record and some conflict with his own party on this question of tax and penalty. so, it's a hard road to get new voters on that specific issue of health care. on the economy, on the other hand, he can say, look, i was in the business world. people think the president hasn't done a good job on the economy. the numbers are bad and people think the country's going in the wrong direction. so, governor romney has a lot easier path on the issues of jobs and the economy. >> john, you talk about the governor wanting to talk about the economy here. i wonder, though, any sense he may talk more about immigration policy? his response to the president's announcement a couple weeks ago was fairly muted. >> he got some grief from his own party that he didn't come out hard enough and say that the president had overstepped his authority when the president signed executive order or made the declaration on the children of undocumented workers. again, the challenge for governor romney is how much benefit can he get on the issue of immigration? hispanics in polls show they support the president by great numbers. governor romney wants to make the pitch to hispanic voters that he's making to all voters, which is, this is about the economy. again, get it back to his sweet spot, and that's been their kind of strategy so far, and it looks like they're going to stick with it. >> john, thank you. the latest banking scandal in britain has forced a top ceo to quit this morning. bob diamond is the second top official to be forced out of barclays, one of britain's largest banks. the bank's chairman stepped down on monday. last week, barclays was fined $453 million for trying to manipulate interest rates. another giant british company, drugmaker glaxosmithkli glaxosmithkline, is setting records this morning for the wrong reasons. on monday, the company settled a federal fraud case by agreeing to pay $3 billion in fines. >> the company will also plead guilty to criminal charges over the way it sold medications used by millions of americans. bob orr is in washington. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica and jeff. well, the $3 billion penalty you're talking about is the largest ever paid by a drug company in a u.s. settlement. federal prosecutors accuse glaxosmithkline of withholding critical safety data from regulators and committing widespread fraud. ♪ y'all ready for this >> reporter: this is not the start of a world-class karaoke routine, but rather top executives at the drugmaker glaxosmithkline, exhorting their sales reps to aggressively push a new asthma drug. >> i think we can make some millionaires out there. let's do it right, all right? >> reporter: federal prosecutors used the tape as evidence, alleging the culture at gsk was focused on the bottom line and put profits ahead of customer safety. >> practices like these put our public health at risk, increase costs and undermine our health care system. we are determined to bring them to a stop. >> reporter: prosecutors said gsk hid critical safety data from the food and drug administration regarding the blockbuster diabetes drug avandia, and the company allegedly marketed two antidepression drugs for treatments that had never been approved by the fda. paxil, court documents charge, was unlawfully promoted to treat depression in children, and the drug wellbutrin was illegally marketed and sold for a spectrum of treatments ranging from sexual dysfunction to substance addiction. now, glaxosmithkline has agreed to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil penalties. >> it's a big penalty when you look upon it as cash on the table. for a company like glaxosmithkline, however, which is making billions of dollars a year, it's really the cost of doing business. >> reporter: in a statement, the ceo of glaxosmithkline expressed "regret," and said "we have fundamentally changed our procedures for compliance, marketing and selling." glaxosmithkline is not the only target of the justice department's crackdown on health care fraud. in the past three years, a number of big pharma companies have paid for marketing sins. in 2009, pfizer agreed to a $2.3 billion settlement. eli lilly paid $1.4 billion in penalties. now to put this $3 billion settlement in perspective, consider this, last year, glaxosmithkline made $9 billion. and remember, the alleged infractions occurred, jeff and erica, over a number of years, maybe five or six years. >> bob, i'm not on helpful timing for the justice department right now, right? >> reporter: well, no, this is a big win for the justice department, and specifically for attorney general eric holder. as we reported many times, they've been a bit under siege. they've lost some high-profile cases, they failed to get convictions in the clemens case, in the john edwards case. and holder himself was just held in contempt by the house last week over a flap over documents relating to the "fast and furious" botched gun-running sting. so, this is a win. and we have to say in fairness, this justice department has been good on health care fraud and also good on reinvigorating the civil rights clause. >> bob orr, thank you. in colorado this morning, firefighters are making new progress against two massive wildfires. the waldo canyon fire near colorado springs has destroyed nearly 350 homes and is now 70% contained, and the fire near ft. collins, which burned 259 homes, is now fully controlled. firefighters, however, now have fewer weapons from the air. that's because seven air force tanker planes were grounded on monday after the crash of a c-130 in south dakota that killed at least one crew member. as of this morning, 14 tanker planes are still flying. there are also two new fires burning in utah this morning, and in our next half hour, we'll show you how that state's governor is taking on the rather bizarre cause of some of those fires, guns. time now to show you headlines from around the globe. attorney general eric holder tells "the washington post" republicans are attacking him to get back on president obama. on thursday, the republican-led house held holder in contempt for not turning over documents in the "fast and furious" gun-running operation, which was first exposed by cbs news. the "wall street journal" reports the worldwide factory slump has reached u.s. manufacturers. exports fell last month for the first time in three years, and new orders declined faster than they have since 9/11. scientists aren't using the word discovery, but britain's "telegraph" says they do have the strongest evidence yet they've found the so-called god particle. the subatomic particle got that name because it's said to give size and shape to all matter. "the baltimore sun" says michael phelps will not try to repeat his olympic record of eight gold medals, announcing he's dropping out of the 200-meter freestyle in london to conserve energy for other events. and "usa today" reporting more government offices and hospitals are keeping perfume wearers out. they say fragrances can trigger allergies or asthma, some even comparing perfume and cologne >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by cottonelle. nothing leaves you cleaner and fresher than the cottonelle care routine. anderson cooper tells the world, i'm gay, always have been, always will be. >> we have so many openly gay people now in so many different walks of life that when someone acknowledges that they're gay, it's just another part of who they are. it's not a big headline. >> this morning, we'll look at how coming out is becoming more common and more accepted. 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[ fife and drum corps plays ] our longtime sunday morning correspondent bill geist reveals something personal over the he has a little surprise in coventry for the olympic torch relay. yeah, those people weren't supposed to be there. it happened on monday. two kids came in to grab the torch. they even let them grab it for a second! >> little kid. >> come on! then the security stepped in, the youngsters were escorted away. they may be savoring their brief moment of olympic glory. maybe they're getting scolded, i don't know. worth a shot, right? >> and it moves on. anderson cooper is making news this week, rather than reporting it. during an e-mail released yesterday, the cnn host and "60 minutes" contributing correspondent revealed he's gay. as john blackstone reports, the real news may be how muted the reaction has been, unlike some other announcements in the past. >> i'm gay.& >> reporter: it was just 15 years ago when ellen degeneres made the cover of "time" magazine by uttering three simple words, "yep, i'm gay." was a groundbreaking, national news event and a big risk. >> ellen coming out for ellen meant that she was going to possibly lose her career. >> reporter: ellen's announcement led to an evolution, not a revolution, in stars coming out. some were forced, like musician george michael, after his arrest for lewd behavior in 1998. actor shawn hayes played a gay man on "will & grace" for eight seasons but didn't talk about his own homosexuality until after the show ended. increasingly, coming out is losing its shock value. >> by the way, i'm gay, as opposed to, yep, i'm gay, is absolutely the kind of new way of coming out. >> reporter: anderson cooper made his revelation in a matter-of-fact letter to blogger andrew sullivan. "the fact is, i'm gay," cooper wrote, "always have been, always will be, and i couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself and proud." for san francisco public radio host scott schaffer, who is gay, what's striking about the statement is its understatement. >> we have so many openly gay people now in so many different walks of life that when someone acknowledges that they're gay, it's just another part of who they are. it's not a big headline. >> reporter: cooper says he was always out to friends and co-workers but not to the public to avoid the perception of journalistic bias and to protect his safety, reporting in parts of the world hostile to gays. >> for journalists, what we have is our credibility, and i think for anderson cooper, it got to the point where his being, not in the closet, because everyone around him knew he was gay, but just not being openly gay became a liability, because it seemed like he was hiding something. >> reporter: that it's no longer necessary for celebrities to hide is clear from the recent issue of "entertainment weekly," featuring a long list of out film and tv personalities, including jim parsons, neil patrick harris, wanda sykes, andy cohen, jane lynch. now add tv newsman cooper, who wrote, "there continue to be far too many incidences of bullying, discrimination and violence against people based on their sexual orientation, and i believe there is value in making clear where i stand." for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, san francisco. >> two years ago, chely wright was the first major country music performer to come out publicly. she's with us along with jeff cable, managing editor of "entertainment weekly." the cover story "the art of coming out" was the catalyst for nice to have you both with us. >> great to be here with you. >> great to be here, thank you. >> jeff, did you ever expect this on the heels of this article? >> i didn't expect it, because anderson cooper had been sort of not acknowledging it for so long, and it was always a mystery to me why he didn't, and i'm really glad that he did. i'm really glad that he did. and his statement was perfect. it explained why he had not acknowledged this publicly, and it also touched on the fact that by not acknowledging it pubicly, when anybody who cares already knows, i'm sending a message that there's something to be ashamed of and i don't want to do that i thought it was really perfect what he said. >> that was in his letter. you bring up an interesting point, though, that you thought he should have done it earlier. why is there so much pressure on someone who's gay to come out? because a heterosexual doesn't have to say, hey, guess what? i'm heterosexual. why is it so important for a gay person? >> i don't want to say i think anderson should have done it, because i think chely agrees, if someone doesn't want to say it, they probably have a lot of reasons. and we assume, oh, they think it might hurt my career, but these people have families, they have parents, they have a lot of considerations. i'm glad that he came out because i think that successful people who are gay really do have a moral obligation to step up and be role models. and i'm really glad that all of the, you know, all of these people on the cover, jim parsons, neil patrick harris, now anderson cooper, chely wright and being a country singer, it's probably more difficult than for a hollywood actor. i'm really glad that they're stepping up and doing that. >> one of the reasons cooper cited was because he sometimes spends time in war zones, as you know. >> yes. >> and sometimes it's easier to blend in and not be a big deal if you're trying to get some of this information. so, i wonder, chely, i mean, a difference between a journalist and an entertainer, like yourself? >> yeah, i think it's a good point to note that, you know, part of anderson's wheelhouse is he loves to be boots on the ground in these very dangerous places, many countries where it is punishable by death to be a gay man. so you know, when all these years when he didn't come out, that was in the back of my mind about, okay, that could be a reason. i think his letter was really eloquent, really beautiful and really perfectly anderson. as far as journalists versus entertainers go, all i know is i had a look-in-the-mirror moment, where i realized i was hiding. you know, obviously, i hid because i wanted to protect my career and not be rejected, but i had a come to jesus, if you will, where i knew that i could facilitate ease and dialogue and understanding within my community. >> so, what's changed since? >> what has changed is i'm here. i'm talking about lgbt issues and equality on a daily basis. and we've recently, after i was on your show last time a few weeks ago, i called for a big star in country music to come forward and not just say, i love my gay fans, but advocate for us on a deeper level. and carrie underwood, a few days after i was on this show -- not saying i had anything to do with it, but she stepped forward and said i believe lgbt people deserve every freedom, every right. they should be able to get married. and that's big. we are making progress. >> you mentioned that you thought there was a moral obligation. do you think there's more questions from the gay community for people to come out or from sort of more -- or from other areas? >> i think the gay community puts a lot of pressure on people. if you look at the way the gay community talked about, you know, anderson cooper, if you look at the way they talked about matt bomer, there was a gigantic eye-roll. you know, why don't these people come out? and you know, it's not like anyone wants to out anderson cooper. it's just that he was out in his life. he just never acknowledged it in the media. and that idea that you don't acknowledge it in the media becomes a real liability and a real negative thing, and it's not just the gay community, it's also the mainstream press, it's "the new york times," it's "entertainment weekly." any time anderson cooper would do an interview, there would always be the big question, well, when are you going to talk about your private life? >> right. >> you're doing a talk show in the afternoon. >> right. >> when are you going to talk about your private life? now it's not such a big deal. we don't have to talk about that question. >> bringing up the issue about a talk show, any thoughts about doing this in an e-mail, as opposed to his medium, which is on tv. >> i think it's perfect the way he did it. i think, again, it was perfectly anderson. i don't feel like -- i don't feel like he was hiding, because as we've mentioned, a lot of folks knew. he had a lot of people in his circle, certainly his folks at cnn knew. i think he gave a genuine response to someone, andrew sullivan reached out to him, said do you have comments on this article? and he gave a genuine response and said, and by the way, share this with your readers. i don't think in any way it was a cowardly move, a sneaky get it under the radar on a holiday weekend. i thought it was just a real genuine human response to a question asked, and i think, you know, i'm certainly -- i can't say what anderson cooper thinks, but i would imagine that at some point recently, he probably said to himself, why am i not out? why haven't i not done this? okay, i'll just do it. >> it's also no different than the way all of these people on our cover, you know, have come out. you know, zachary quinto, jim parsons, it's been dropped as a by-the-way point. what they're saying is, this is not what defines me. this is part of who i am and i'm being honest about it. but anderson cooper doesn't want to be known only as a gay man in the same way he doesn't want to be known only as, you know, a vanderbilt, you know? he's a journalist. >> i thought zachary quinto's coming out was particularly profound and emotional because he said, i've done an "it gets better" video, and he said i was telling young people, i'm for you. but there's a difference in saying i'm for you and i am you. and that's what anderson just did. because we know there's not been a more fierce advocate for antibullying measures and efforts than anderson cooper. no one doubted that he was for us. now everyone knows that he is us. >> chely wright, jess cagle, good to have both of you here. >> thank you. >> thank you. target shooters in utah don't want to give up their guns, even when they are now being blamed for starting more than a dozen wildfires. this morning we'll take a look at what the state is doing about it. and tomorrow, the boston pops. get ready for america's greatest fourth of july celebration on "cbs this morning." over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. a stevia leaf erased my fears. it made my willpower a super hero. as for calories, it has zero. twinkle twinkle truvia® star natural sweetness, i love just what you are. truvia. honestly sweet. - hugs from beneful baked delights... - [ barks ]rs ] are crispy, oven-baked dog snacks with soft savory centers, made with beef and cheese. beneful baked delights: a unique collection of four snacks... to help spark play in your day. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yellowing skin or eyes. tell your doctor about all your medicines, including those for migraine and while on cymbalta, call right away if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles or serious allergic skin reactions like blisters, peeling rash, hives, or mouth sores to address possible life-threatening conditions. talk about your alcohol use, liver disease and before you reduce or stop cymbalta. dizziness or fainting may occur upon standing. ask your doctor about cymbalta. imagine you with less pain. cymbalta can help. go to cymbalta.com to learn about a free trial offer. 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[ shots ] >> reporter: it's a recreation long enjoyed and vervently protected by enthusiasts, but firing a gun near the high-and-dry grass of utah is sparking flames and igniting controversy throughout the state. >> this is going to be really everybody working together. >> reporter: on monday, republican governor gary herbert empowered the state's forester to restrict firearms near cities and towns where fire danger is extreme. >> our biggest problem really is there's been people being foolish, you know, not using common sense. >> reporter: a recent fire outside salt lake city was caused after recreational target practice led to flames that engulfed an area near a dump. 9,000 people were temporarily forced from their homes and more than 6,000 acres were charred before the fire was contained. gun advocacy groups say banning weapons is a step too far, and in a statement to cbs news, utah's shooting sports council said, "we may concede that the improper acts of some shooters may have, in fact, caused fires, but to impune all shooters and the sport is to demonize an activity that is safely done by tens of thousands of utahns every week." >> well, as you can see, this is cheap grass, and the cheap grass, as you can tell, is extremely dry right now. it's like straw. >> reporter: salt lake city fire captain richard boden says conditions throughout the state are ripe for a wildfire season like no other. >> we're extremely concerned. we know that it's not a matter of if it's going to occur, it's a matter of when. >> reporter: so far, 20 fires in utah have been blamed on recreational shooting this year. while gun owners we met weren't willing to give up their weapons, they said they were getting the message. >> from my perspective, i certainly wouldn't want to be responsible for a fire that burned somebody's house. i wouldn't even take a chance. >> reporter: at this west valley city shooting range, manager brett epperson says the fear of fire has led to a boom in the firing range business. >> we're probably seeing 15 to 20 or more people a day that are telling us when they come here that they're coming here because of the fire danger. >> guns have a lot of sparks, ad those bullets fly pretty dang fast. one, two, three, four. >> reporter: this grandmother has been using the range to teach her grandkids about gun safety and to warn about devastating fires it can ignite. just don't ask her to give up her gun. >> i don't think that the standards should be any higher for any one person that sets a fire. now, granted, somebody's shooting and accidentally sets it off, they're going to feel bad about it, because there's nothing you can do about it once a fire starts. >> reporter: more than 110,000 acres have already burned this year in utah. the majority of those fires, hum human. now for the officials, the concern is that the fire season is just starting and could easily go into bill geist, we think, is one of the best reasons to watch cbs's "sunday morning." he always makes us laugh. this morning, though, he's here to talk about something more serious, the news that he has parkinson's. stay with us. 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instead, i responded, "i'm scheduled for major back surgery tomorrow, i've been diagnosed with parkinson's disease, and my dog has diarrhea. how's your day going for you?" my spine and i have been spending a lot of time in doctors' waiting rooms recently thumbing through magazines so old, they must be on loan from the smithsonian. i've been in surgery, wheelchairs, taking equine-strength painkillers, doing physical therapy and being x-rayed, mr inkeded and ekg'd. i've had so many steroid shots, major league baseball might ban me from watching baseball on tv. viewers watching this show haven't missed a trick. some may speculate i have parkinson's. well, i do. i've had it for years, told no one, not even my kids. didn't want them to worry, didn't want to be seen as the sick guy. today i'm telling you. and i'm happy to tell you the back is much better, the parkinson's is under control, and i hope to see you again soon on "sunday morning." oh, and the dog, she's fine. thanks for asking. >> we were asking, and we were delighted to have you, bill geist, here at the table. >> great to be here, thank you. >> your piece was so classic you, i thought, humorous and poignant at the same time. i found myself laughing, then going, oh, no, laughing, then no, no. i think that was your intention. >> well, i think i threw people off. >> yes, you did. >> kind of slipped that in. >> was it a difficult decision to go public this way? >> it was very difficult. as i said in the piece, i didn't want to be seen as the sick guy when you walk into a room, oh, he's got parkinson's. that's the first thing they think about, or i didn't want to scare my kids, make them worry about it. there are personal reasons, too. you know, you're afraid you'll get laid off or won't be promoted or something like that. there are all kinds of reasons for it. >> how long have you been living with this? >> well over ten years. it's been a very -- i'm lucky because it's been a very slow process. >> and you didn't tell your kids for how long? >> oh, five to ten years. >> and when you finally did -- you're very close. i mean, your whole family's very close. >> yeah. yes, everybody knows that. >> yeah. >> i use every bit of the material. >> whether they like it or not. >> for better or worse. >> anything anybody does at home is -- >> fair game. >> -- fair game, exactly. but i didn't tell -- actually, my son was angry because parkinson's takes your energy and i took a nap every afternoon and he said he thought it was because we didn't like him anymore. >> that would be willie geist. >> yes. >> and your daughter libby. >> works at the exxon station. >> one day he'll do something for himself. one day he will do something with himself. so willie was upset with you? >> well, he didn't show it to me, but he told his mother that. my daughter took it pretty well. >> and why didn't you want your kids to know, of all people? >> because i didn't want them to worry about it and think -- there's a very small percentage of this is genetic and i didn't want them to think, oh, i'm worried they're going to get sick or something like that. so, i don't consider myself sick day to day. >> i was wondering, how do you see yourself? >> i've always been -- denial has always worked for me. i mean, when my parents died, i went to vietnam and just put it back there and, you know, move on. but with a disease, it's kind of hard sometimes, you know, because it reminds you that it's there, and i guess ultimately i'm not going to beat it, but i'd like to go 15 rounds. >> is there inspiration to be drawn from those who have announced their diagnosis before? michael j. fox, in 1988, has continued acting. >> yes, he does, and he's a huge influence raising money for research and so on, and i've gotten a lot of messages from viewers out there who say that, you know, maybe i can help a little bit in that way, too. >> i was wondering about the reaction. and now that you've done it, are you glad that you did and are you glad you did it this way? >> i'm still ambivalent about it. >> because? >> i don't know, for the same reason i gave, they continue to be there. i guess i just wish i didn't have it. >> yeah, of course. of course. what's a good day, what's a bad day? what's your day-to-day like for you? >> well, the pharmacist sends me greeting cards and bouquets of flowers because i spend so much time and money there. so, actually, i can keep it pretty much under control, taking about eight different things a day. so, i'm constantly reaching in for another pill, and people -- there's one guy, i had to take one once during an interview, and the guy said to me, "oh, does that keep you going?" he thought, oh, network correspondent, we're taking drugs to stay up, and some of them are. >> but not this one. how important is laughter in all of this for you? >> well, i think it helps. i've gotten, again, with the messages i've received from viewers, i mean, they say that helps. and it kind of -- i've actually become an inspirational figure. you may not realize that, but people send notes and say, you know, i've got it, my husband's got it, my neighbor's got it. >> yeah. >> and seeing somebody kind of go full throttle through it. >> i'll bet people are saying thank you for speaking up, and i think you will be an inspiration to others. but the big question is, when are you coming back to "cbs this morning"? that's the question everybody wants to know, mr. geist. >> very soon. >> very soon. >> yeah, it was interesting because i actually took about three months off because of my back. >> uh huh. >> as i said in there, they've tried everything with it and it feels pretty good. >> well, you look good. >> i'm trying to milk it as long as i can. >> you look good. your daughter, libby's with you and your son-in-law, and a new baby on the way. >> she's actually due at 8:30. >> well, we'd better get you out of here. -of-got a lot to look forward to. >> thank you very much. thank you, guys. >> what were you going to say? >> no, just, they said in makeup that they delivered babies in there before, so. >> yes, we are a full-service operation. >> so, come on down! >> life lived on cbs. why not the baby, too? >> would be a great story. >> it would be. >> great to peter greenberg says beware of the sea, especially if you have to take an extra bag to europe. he's telling us one, two, three, four, five things this morning to help you make your travel plans. and those "twilight" books are great, but worth a night in jail? 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[ male announcer ] this is our beach. ♪ this is our pool. ♪ our fireworks. ♪ and our slip and slide. you have your idea of summer fun, and we have ours. now during the summer event get an exceptionally engineered mercedes-benz for an exceptional price. but hurry, this offer ends july 31st. take a look at this one. last night, daddy-o! cubs/braves game in atlanta. look at that catch. a fan in the stands grabs a foul ball. here's another look at it, with a baby in the other hand. that's -- >> that's amazing. >> that is skills, right? >> kid barely moved. i mean, anchored. >> very good. chicago wins the game 4-1. the real winner, though, his dad, and the child not dropped on concrete. >> yeah, i think the kid really is the big winner. hey, look, i'm still here! >> dad's got skills. as we looked around the web this morning, we found a few reasons to make some "long stories short" for you today. the "seattle times" reports california may allow children to have more than two parents. the bill would allow children to divide kusz dasion, visitation or child support among three people it was inspired by the mother, a same-sex partner and the man who impregnated her during an affair. that's a whole lot of information, but we get it. >> we're processing. our des moines, iowa, affiliate kcci says a flight was delayed for four hours because of a joke by a passenger. the flight crew was already late for the flight on saturday after getting required rest. well, then when they arrived, a passenger joked about the crew being out partying. airline officials heard the joke and ordered drug tests, which the crew passed. our online partner cnet reports facebook is rolling out new icons for same-sex marriages. they are similar to those used by straight couples. facebook co-founder chris hughes was one of the first to use the new icon, announcing his wedding to shawn eldridge. upi.com says a twihard is striking back. lori teal is suing port alice, new mexico, after she had to spend the night in jail. what'd she do? she failed to return a "twilight" book and dvd to the library. oh, no! they were a year and a half poverdue. the town sent reminders to her old address. she never got them, she says. she says she was arrested in front of her five children, leaving them humiliated and traumatized. i'm thinking that town must have a very low crime rate. >> they also report they had come to the home over reports about a possible domestic disturbance, but when they were there, realized there was a warrant out. a lot more questions there. but yes, she's very upset about being arrested in front of the kids. might have been cheaper, by the way, to return the film. marketwatch.com says more executives will not be checking in with the office when they go on vacation this summer. i am all ears. more than half of chief financial officers plan to completely unplug from work, nearly double the rate just two years ago. we wonder if our executive producer, vice president of programming, lots of big titles there, chris, is watching. >> erica, go ahead and test him. >> should we e-mail him and see if he responds? >> no, you test it. say something redunkulous and see if he responds. >> i think that's a good idea. >> really? i'll work on that. meantime. >> chicken! and "the new york times" says that dead heat for a place in the olympics has been settled finally. jeneba tarmoh thought she beat allyson felix for third place in the women's 100-meter dash at the olympic trials, but officials called it a tie and decided they had to have a runoff to decide who goes to london. tarmoh dropped out yesterday, saying "my heart was not at peace with running." she already thought she had won and now she will be an alternate. i'm thinking for the olympics, let's do that again. >> isn't your heart supposed to be at peace with running if you're a runner? >> yeah, i think that's an interesting way to go. >> good topics this morning, jeff. i like it. >> we'll see. want to go to london for the olympics? get ready to pay a queen's ransom for a room, says peter greenberg. he's got some great alternative destinations, too, that he says are more budget-friendly. peter's spreading the word in the green room this morning, but when we come back, he'll be at the table sharing it with you. you're watching "cbs this morning." 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[ male announcer ] the citi thankyou visa card. redeem the points you've earned to travel with no restrictions. rewarding you, every step of the way. ♪ hello, san francisco! always a good time to go there, i think. >> yeah. >> it's a great year for airlines. prices are down, profits are up, but for passengers, things are not so good. >> not so hot. fares 19% higher than last year, but there are some good travel options out there, and who better to point us in that direction than peter greenberg. this morning he has five things you need to know about traveling this summer. good morning. always nice to see you. >> good morning, yes. >> so, this apparently, number one here, this is the summer of fees? >> yeah. we're now in the home of the brave, the land of the fee. everything they can possibly do -- you liked that. >> yeah. >> everything they can possibly do to generate more fees. think about this. delta air lines $2.2 billion in profits, an additional $1.6 billion just in fees. some airlines are making more money from fees than from selling their tickets. >> think about this. united airlines announced if you check a second bag on an international flight, cough up $100. >> i know, that happened to me recently. >> yes. >> i'm thinking fees are becoming the new four-letter word here. i don't think it's right, mr. greenberg. >> i totally agree with you. i totally agree with you. so, pack light because it's going to cost you. >> yet, in terms of the airlines fees, we just mentioned this, up 19%. >> that's an average of 19%. they're higher to las vegas, 20% higher, 26% higher to cancun, and they're going to get higher this summer because fewer airlines, fewer flights, fewer seats, loss of supply and demand. airlines have no place to go but up. >> and every flight is jammed. >> you're in the center seat next to two sumo wrestlers, good luck. >> that said, if you don't want to fly, the other options are what? >> there are lots of options. go cruising in the mediterranean. lower prices they have not seen. this is a great thing. then, how about this, recreational vehicle? >> the rv. >> you know what, not to buy one -- >> rent them. >> rent it. people think rvs are a gas station with four tires. they're right, except you're not checking into four airline tickets, you're not buying four hotel rooms, you're not going out a lot. so, unless gas goes to $8 a gallon, it's a great economic alternative with two caveats. please take a driving test because if you don't turn wide enough, you'll take out the other four cars. and two, you have to like the others in the rv. > a family did that years ago, took the rv, drove across the country. >> you say avoid london at all costs. >> you know what? every four years, some communities think that an olympics that's going to last three weeks will save their entire economy. everybody gets pricedowns. hotels in london are averaging about $700 a night now. >> what are they normally? 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how to get rid of it for good. ♪ how many times can i break welcome back to "cbs this morning." there is new police technology on the streets that goes way beyond radar guns and wanted posters. some people even say it's invading our privacy. >> as bob orr reports, police are now using high-speed cameras to find criminal suspects on the open road. >> reporter: maryland transportation officeransy patrols with two others. he scans and photographs the license plates of passing cars, sparking alarms when they are spotted. the license plate readers allow officer anthony to instantly check plates and the names of vehicle owners against registration records, fugitive warrants and criminal databases. >> here's another one, toyota 4ag. >> reporter: in this one, they lock in on a silver toyota. almost nothing gets by the license reader, which can scan up to 1,800 plates a minute on cars going as fast as 150 miles an hour. >> have a camera on each side of the car, so when cars drive by, i don't even have to look at them. the camera will pick up the car. >> reporter: the information collected by the patrol cameras is also funneled into maryland's intelligence center, which connects and monitors 367 plate-readers around the state. assistant u.s. attorney general harvey eisenberg says that allows officers to share critical data. >> say we want to find a homicide suspect, a rape suspect or whatever. you put that into the systems. that's a vehicle you want to pay attention to. >> reporter: the officers out on the street are getting information about the potential location almost in realtime. >> they are getting it in realtime. someone who's out there with a weapon is a homicide suspect and known to be armed. you're going to want to approach that vehicle differently if you're a trooper. >> reporter: the readers have helped capture dangerous fugitiv fugitives. during president obama's inauguration, they scanned for specific vehicles connected to possible threats. and some 500 readers on the u.s. border feed data into terror watch lists. some cities are also using them to make money. arlington, virginia, uses scanners to locate the cars of delinquent tax-payers. privacy advocates complain the cameras are a dangerous intrusion, allowing governments to track people's travels. aimee stepan vich wants them to suspend the program until rights are in place. >> they jump into these wide scale surveillance programs, compile the huge databases and they don't think through the protections and the necessary steps before doing this. >> reporter: but eisenberg says the cameras are only taking pictures in public places. >> the law permits it. in fact, i would say most citizens would encourage us to do just that for the safety of the public. >> reporter: new hampshire so far is the only state to ban license plate readers. in maryland, authorities are looking to expand the program. >> yeah, ten-four -- >> reporter: "cbs this morning," bob orr, rockville, maryland. >> some could say another reason not to break the law. you're always being watched. >> one of the arguments is, if you're not doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about, right? >> people who have nothing to hyde nothing. >> that said, there is also something to be said for this massive collection of information. where does it go? who looks at it? >> who has access? >> right. >> assume somebody is always watching. somebody is always watching. north dakota has a small population. i wonder if they have license readers there. it's growing very, very fast. this morning, we'll visit a boomtown which is fueled by oil, and it's running out of room for all the newc ♪ how can we dance when the earth is burning ♪ north dakota just became america's number two oil-producing state, behind texas. the oil boom is are drawing north dakota's landscape and also creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed americans. >> but "60 minutes" correspondent byron pitts says that prosperity has a price. byron, good to see you. when i think oil, i don't think north dakota. >> right, but it's big there. it's big there. unemployment in north dakota is currently at 3%. there are "help wanted" signs at every street corner, but as we've discovered, there is no easy way to handle a boom quite like this. known for the broad-shouldered beauty of its great plains and the broadish nature of its winters, north dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. >> all aboard! >> reporter: but north dakota is changing. every day, men mostly, pour in from across the nation, men like steven reisinger from montana, where unemployment is 13%. >> i heard about all this big money, so i thought i could get a little piece of that pie, i suppose. >> reporter: and here's why. there is an oil boom in north dakota. unemployment is virtually zero. a job on a rig can pay $100,000 a year. even truck drivers can earn six figures. and in northwest north dakota, oil is the new gold. >> this is the california gold rush but in north dakota in the 21st century. >> reporter: author and great plains scholar clay jenkinson says this gold rush could be around for more than 20 years. >> somebody driving a water truck now who is 19 years old can make $85,000, $120,000, a year, plus get a vehicle and fuel. >> reporter: 7,000 active wells and 211 rigs are extracting oil from them. just two years ago, there were only 126 rigs. for all of your enthusiasm, i still hear a "but" in the room. >> well, it depends on the individual. i mean, the but in the room is there are people living in the impacted communities whose quality of life has gone up and down at the same time. suddenly, there's prosperity and there's rural renewal, but there's traffic, there's dust, there's strain. >> maybe this is the price of progress, but you can see, i mean, they're lined up. >> they weren't prepared for the influx of people so fast. >> reporter: melissa meyer feels that strain. so, life has changed? >> life has changed. and i, you know, it's not for the better, i don't feel. >> reporter: meyer and her family grew up in williston, epicenter of north dakota's oil boom. here, the population has more than doubled in two years. so, some folks may be surprised to hear there's a down side to this prosperity. >> there is. and you know, we're a small town. we're not equipped to have 25,000, 30,000 people here. now they're expecting 60,000 is what the long-range number could be. we just aren't equipped for that many people to be here. >> reporter: is it the price of prosperity? >> i think it is. you know, a couple months ago, we got another thing about our house value raising again, increases in our property tax. >> we understand that this is one of the phenomena that you put up with in a boom. >> reporter: you've used this term before and i've heard it several times. what is a man camp? >> a man camp is a place where you level it off and put in sewer and water and electricity. there are often fema trailers. but you put up 200 or 500 or 1,000 in a place outside of one of these communities. these camps are here because we don't have houses. >> reporter: those individuals who are able to land consistent work with one of the oil companies and a place to stay with considered the lucky ones. >> just rolled the window down and -- >> reporter: greg zork spent the first six months in his van. now he's updated. >> this is greg's new home sweet home. >> reporter: then there are those newcomers who run out of options and take refuge in their cars or rvs, public campsites or at walmart for the night. >> we'd like to get your name, phone number dir-- >> reporter: this is where we found local williston pastor jay reinkee. >> i have floor space. what's it cost me to put people on the floor? we've got cots, but i can't just ignore that, you know? >> reporter: the skyrocketing mortgages and rents and the lack of housing aren't all. williston now deals with a 200% increase in crime and overwhelmed local law enforcement. >> ten-four. >> reporter: what kind of crime? >> dui, driving under the influence, driving under suspension. >> are you been drinking tonight? >> yes, i have. >> okay, because i do smell alcohol coming -- >> reporter: this night, officers found a man who was wanted in minnesota. >> he has a revoked driver's license and he has a warrant for his arrest. >> reporter: from 2009 to 2011, dui arrests in williston increased 40%, criminal complaints 31%, and residents started noticing the oil workers weren't the only new visitors in town. [ barking ] is that the sound every day? >> it is every day. >> reporter: so, these are three separate families living in the backyard? >> three separate families living in the backyard. you know, we kind of paid attention to see who they are and where they're from. i mean, there's a couple kids back here, too. so, it's just a different way of living that we're not used to seeing. >> reporter: if you could rule the world for a day, what would you do with all these changes going on in williston? >> i would like to have it back the way it used to be. i mean, not to be mean, but i'd like these people to leave. >> reporter: has anyone ever said -- i'm not sure how to phrase this, but you know what, it's unfortunate, it's happened, get over it some. >> oh, yeah. many people have said that. and many of the locals think this is great, have opened up their houses to the strangers. but i mean, like i said, i've got two small kids. i worry about them. >> reporter: so, you are the envy of the country now because your unemployment. >> we are going to be the richest state per capita eventually. we have an endless amount in our treasury. we have full employment and opportunity in a way that other states would beg to have. the question is what do we do with it and do we survive this and do we manage it properly? >> so, mr. pitts, should these strangers start heading up to north dakota? how long will this boom last? >> the experts say maybe 20, 30 years, but the last time -- >> 20, 30 years? >> yeah, but the last time they had a boom in the '80s, they thought it would go for a long time and it lasted three years. >> and one of the questions is what happened there in 20, 30 years? when everything leaves? >> sure, exactly. that's what happened to towns like williston last year. they built these houses and structures and then the boom goes away and they hit hard times. >> so, is that one of the reasons they haven't built up, or is it simply that the boom has happened too quickly to build that necessary infrastructure? >> too quickly, and one word, winter. the oil business is a 24/7, year-round business. new construction only takes place when the weather allows. and as we all know, winter in north dakota is no joke. >> it lasts a while. >> yes, it does. 60 below zero sometimes. >> some interesting fashion choices in that piece. your friend george with the flamed shirt. interesting choice. >> well, there aren't a whole lot of options there. i went to a subway one day and waited in line 45 minutes for a sandwich. so you know, you've got to pick your -- you know. >> you do what you have to do. >> yes, exactly. >> thank you. nice to see you. >> thank you. >> nice. andrew garfield and emma stone are a couple on and off screen, and they're together in one of the summer's most anticipated blockbusters. charlie spoke with the co-host and the director of "the amazing spider-man." that's ahead when "cbs this morning" continues. ♪ ♪ i love it. >> "beast of burden." love the stones. this year is the 50th anniversary of "spider-man." director mark webb is retelling the classic story in the new movie "the amazing spider-man," which opened in theaters at midnight. >> there's already a line. according to "variety," they sold more than $50 million in tickets ahead of time. so, before charlie went on vacation, he talked with mark webb and the co-stars, andrew garfield and emma stone, on pbs. he's got a show there, too. charlie asked the director about following those other "spider-man" movies from a few years ago. >> when you got the assignment, knowing that the series before made like $1.4 billion and counting -- >> yes, right. >> what did you say? >> you know, you said the right question. it was intimidating, but it was -- those numbers are abstract, really, you know. it's hard to calculate that. and i think i was just -- it was terrifying and exhilarating and all the things that you would imagine it would be. but you can't really think about that on a day-to-day basis. you've just got to think about the story and putting it together. but as soon as it happened, we had a start date. we had to get to work on the script and find the cast. it became really about just breaking it down into tiny little tasks. >> and so, what did they say to you? because the idea is this "spider-man" is more somehow real, more -- >> well, yeah, they didn't really come with a plan. i think that there's -- i mean, if you look at "spider"spider-m it's different than "harry potter." spider-man has 50 years of comics. there are a lot of different infections of the comics, a lot of different writers and illustrators that come along, and there are parts of the story that i was genuinely curious about that hadn't been explored cinematically before. there is peter's parents, which is the starting point. and that point of the movie that defined the movie and the character was the point where he was left behind by his parents at 7 years old, which to me is more important. >> so, how do you see peter? >> for me, he was always a kid who had that impulse before he was a hero and felt stronger on the inside than he was on the outside and wanted to do what was right but didn't have the authority or the power to do anything about it. >> so when they called you about being quinn, playing quinn, did you say, i've been waiting for your call, thank you for calling? >> i had met laura, one of our incredible producers, very early on and we had talked about mary jane before they had written the script. and when they came back around months later and said i'd be auditioning for gwen, or asked me if i would audition for gwen, i didn't know anything about the gwen stacy star because i didn't grow up reading the comic books. so, when i went and read and learned the story, i don't know if you know her whole history, but it's stunning and so incredibly tragic and just wild. it blew me away. and i thought, all right, well, if they're going to do this, this movie is probably going to be pretty, pretty incredible. >> who's on your list of people that you would most like to emulate, satisfy, seek to improve or follow their career? >> well, the person i admire's career the most is diane keaton. >> because? >> because she's found a way to do it all and to do it all her way. she doesn't seem -- she doesn't remind me of anybody else and she seems authentic to me. she doesnalso seems very nervou i can empathize with that. i love her in comedy and i love her in "the godfather," and i love her in "looking for mr. goodbar." i think she can do it all in a very special way. >> sometimes in real life she seems stylized, but that in her is authentic. >> that in her is authentic, yeah. she puts it all together herself, and that makes me want to be more myself. so, it's not really that i'd like to be like her, it's that she inspires me to be more whatever my path is. >> in being where you are now, what's been the most beneficial thing? >> it's been a huge, wonderful thing to know andrew. >> yeah. >> that's been a huge comfort and something that has helped me understand days and the ever-changing nature of this. >> the personal relationship enhances the professional life? >> yeah, yeah. i think empathy and understanding of the difficulties and the land mines and valuing what's to be valued. just, i can't -- you have to be reminded, and sometimes you need someone on the outside to remind you. and yeah, i think it means the world, you know? and that there are certain people that you meet on the way that are little beacons of keep going that way, keep going that way. >> because you know thuv experienced it or they have the same kind of -- >> i don't even know. there's something instinctive, but you get a little bit of, oh, that's what i'm supposed to -- that's the room i'm supposed to be? >> you know "cat's cradle," where they talk about groups, when you meet people that's in those groups. that's what gwen's reading at the beginning of "spider-man." i love that book so much. it's about meeting those along the way, moments of recognition. you're on a -- you think like i do. >> good reference. >> i like them together on and off the screen. >> yeah. >> the movie i thought was great. >> you liked it a lot. >> i really did. >> you said you were a big "spider-man" guy, growing up. >> i was. 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