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>> i i heard him talking about the heat and ways to beat it. the search for bodies continues this morning after the deadly midair collision over new york's hudson river. >> divers had extremely challenging conditions with current and visibility. at times the visibility was no more than one foot. >> but was this an accident wait to go happen? we'll talk to the ntsb about our nation's crowded skies. hospital horrors. a new report claims an estimated 200,000 americans die every year from medical errors in hospital infections. we'll tell you how to make sure it doesn't happen to you. he played oliver twist. now a friend of michael jackson is involved in a new twist in the case. we'll tell you what it is and how it involves jackson's young children. and a routine flight turns into a nightmare on the tarmac as passengers are forced to sleep overnight while locked on board their plane. >> they were emotional, and they were screaming, and they were yelling. >> that's "early" this monday morning, august 10th, 2009. captioning funded by cbs hazy, humid, hot. going to be hot today in new york city. good morning. i'm harry smith along with debbye turner bell. >> good morning. >> both maggie rodriguez and julie are off. we showed you at the end of the open. these folks are on this plane. they're flying from texas to minneapolis. plane gets diverted to rochester. the plane lands. the ntsb folk have left for the night. so they said, you've got to stay on this plane. >> they can't let them off the plane. >> 49 people on this plane all night. toilet backs up. there's no food. isn't there supposed to be this passengers bill of rights or something? we'll get more on that in just a little bit. >> enough to throw you off for a little bit. also, we'll give you the weight fate quiz. it's 14 specific questions that can help you determine how much weight you may gain in the futu future. first, though, divers resume their search in the waters of new york's hudson river this morning for victims and debris for saturday's midair collision between a helicopter and a small plane. our own dave price joins us from hoboken, new jersey, with the very latest. dave, good morning. >> good morning to you, harry. here's what we know right now. 7 of those 9 victims have now been recovered along with most of the wreckage from the sightseeing helicopter. it's been brought onshore. and we learn from the waters of the hudson just behind us they have located with side scan radar what they believe is the wreckage of that piper single engine aircraft. and now the tough work begins trying to piece together exactly what happened. after pulling the liberty tours helicopter and four more bodies out of the hudson river yesterday, search crews will now focus on recovering the small plane. >> side-scanning sonar has revealed a number of promising targets. >> reporter: the euro copter a-star 350 had just taken off from manhattan's west side for a tour. the piper t-32 left new teterboro airport and was headed for the jersey shore. witnesses say the plane approached the helicopter as both headed south and clipped it with the wing. both aircraft plunged into the water. on board the private plane were pilot steven altman, his brother daniel, and nephew douglas all from pennsylvania. in the helicopter, the victims included jeremy clark, the pilot, and five friends on vacation from it bologna, italy, who were celebrating one couple's 25th anniversary. it's a tragic end to this story not only for those on board but for the now widow of one of those killed on board the chopper, who chose to stay behind because she was scared to fly in it. she's now lost her husband and her 16-year-old son. harry? >> dave, you're a private pilot. you happen to be flying up the hudson river on friday. describe what it's like up there. >> harry, it's like a busy, multi-dimensional road. it's a huge narrow thoroughfare packed with air traffic. there's a constant clip of people saying where they are, where they're going, what altitude they're at and what landmark they're passing. it's not just one level. it's several different altitudes. you have to listen to the radio, always watch your instruments, look at the beautiful scenery, of course, and at the same time, most importantly, listen to air traffic and keep an eye outside. it's so easy to become distracted. you're talking about high wing aircraft, low wing aircraft, and rotary aircraft. it is a complicated route to travel, to say the least. >> complicated for sure. dave price, thanks. joining us now is debbie hersman, chairman of the national transportation safety board. miss hersman, good morning. >> good morning, harry. >> one of the papers here in new york this morning, a fellow helicopter pilot described what happened on saturday as almost inevitable. is there too much traffic or unregulated traffic over the hudson river? >> well, we know that there is a lot of traffic over the hudson river, and i think that we're going to have to take a look at that as part of our investigation. we don't know all of the facts with respect to this accident investigation at this point in time. that's why we're here. we've got to develop those. we've only been here a day. and so we won't be reaching any conclusions at this early stage of the investigation. >> is there some surprise, though, because the helicopter pilot had unbelievable amounts of experience, was even trained as a trainer or was capable of training other pilots. the single engine plane pilot had lots of experience. in theory, these things -- these people shouldn't be colliding in midair. >> well, unfortunately, the ntsb sees about 11 midair collisions every year. in the last ten years those have resulted in 158 fatalities. so the challenge is to try to make sure that all aircraft are separated. we never want to see any aircraft getting too close, and certainly this accident is a tragedy with all of those lost, and our condolences going out to those families who lost loved ones. >> debbie hersman, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> now here's debbye. >> thanks, harry. president obama is in mexico today meeting with his mexican and canadian counterparts for the so-called three amigos summit. but it's a domestic issue that remains at the forefront of the president's agenda. cbs news white house correspondent chip reid is traveling with the president. >> reporter: here at the summit in mexico, the leaders are discussing the economy, the h1n1 flu, and cracking down on violent mexican drug gangs. for the president, it's a brief respite from the healthcare debate that is heating up back home. >> you're asking us to trust turning power over to the government when there clearly are people in america who believe in establishing euthanasia. >> reporter: newt gingrich added his voice to the chorus of health reform critics who suggest the democratic plan would encourage some seriously ill seniors to end their lives. the president called that claim an outlandish rumor. >> that's simply not true. >> reporter: the house bill, he says, would simply provide for counseling on end of life issues, like whether to have a living will. >> this is a very emotional issue that caught on big when no one was listening. the administration now has to explain. >> reporter: democrats are also now busy refuting republican claims that the forum would insert government into the doctor-patient relationship. >> i don't want somebody in between the doctor and the patient. >> reporter: health reform critics continue to express their anger at town hall meetings, this one by senator tom harkin. >> it is not good for us! >> reporter: and ads for and against the president's healthcare plan are filling the airways. today aarp will join in with an ad that encourages seniors to support reform. the president returns to the white house this evening. tomorrow he'll continue his push for healthcare reform at a town hall meeting in new hampshire. chip reid, cbs news, traveling with the president in guadalahara, mexico. >> cbs' chip reid. chip, thank you very much. russ mitchell is off today. early show national correspondent jeff glor is covering at the news desk. jeff, good morning. >> debbye, good morning to you. good morning, everyone. typhoon morakot has forced more than 1 million people in china out of their homes. that storm hit eastern china yesterday afternoon flooding hundreds of villages and killing at least one person there. in taiwan, where a hotel collapsed after several feet of rain fell, 14 people are known dead. in one village, 400 people are reported missing after a mudslide. pajan n,stern japan, another typhoon is blamed for at least 12 deaths. hawaii is bracing for tropical storm felicia, expected to hit tonight or early tomorrow. felicia was a monster hurricane until it weakened. top winds are now only 50 miles an hour. forecasters say heavy rain is their biggest worry. >> the potential we're clooking at is probably 10 to 12 inches across all of the islands. that could cause flooding, landslides, and other factors affecting this storm. >> high surf is also in the forecast, and some parks and beaches have been closed. the top u.s. general in afghanistan says the taliban are winning. general stanley michriystal gave that bleak assessment in "the wall street journal." he said the taliban are gaining the upper hand and force the u.s. to change strategy. the u.s. casualties will remain high in months to come. in the northern city of mosul at least 25 people were killed when two trucks exploded. at least 138 others were wounded. in baghdad, two bombs targeting construction workers killed at least 17 people and wounded 80 others. this morning another potential health issue for 9/11 rescue and clean-up crews who worked in new york city. immune system cancer. in a report releaseded this morning, doctors found a small number of young emergency responders developed multiple myeloma. it's unclear if there's any link between the illness and toxins released at ground zero, but doctors recommend that everyone who worked at the site should watch their health carefully. a big announcement today from ebay and gm. beginning tomorrow, hundreds of california car dealers will let customers bargain for new vehicles on the online auction site ebay. meanwhile, a new speed bump for the cash for clunkers program. got an extra $2 billion approved friday by president obama, as you know, but so many consumers are buying cars right now that many dealers are running out of inventory. all right. let's go back to dave price in hoboken this morning for a check of the weather. dave, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, jeff. let's go right to the maps. a lot to get to this morning as we talk about weather all across the country. an active map. we'll go first to the midwest where thunderstorms from the southern plains all the way to the lower midwest and great lakes are going to be popping up. keep that in mind. you could see delays if you're traveling through that area. we're going to clear up across the upper midwest and central plains. that's good news. as far as the northeast goes, early thunderstorms and clearing. steamy hot air comes from the south, though. it is going to be the hottest summer day we've had in a long while in washington, d.c., with temperatures in the 90s. d.c. and charlotte, mid to upper 90s. the southeast is going to be hot and dry. rockies to the pacific, really nice with daytime warm temperatures. and the northwest coastline, where you'll see mostly cloudy conditions. >> that's a quick look at your weather picture. felicia now a tropical storm, but watch it along the shores of the big island and maui by tomorrow with winds up to 50 miles per hour. harry, we'll send it back to you. up next, a traveler's worst fears come true. trapped on a plane overnight for nearly 14 hours. we'll take you inside the nightmare trip. plus a shocking new 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>> unbelievable. cbs' susan roberts. thank you so much. turning now from passengers to patients, a shocking new investigation by the hersh corporation says an estimated 200,000 americans will die this year from preventible medical errors and hospital infections. the report also says 20 states currently have no medical error reporting system in place. here with some tips on how you can protect your family from medical errors is our own dr. jennifer ashton. jen, good morning. this does not make you feel good about being sick, no pun intended. >> absolutely. >> what are some of the causes of death? >> it could be sleep deprivation of the medical staff to poor communication, to illegible writing, to nurse to patient ratio and on and on and on. this kills more people every year than car accidents. out of every 15 hospital visits, one child is injured due to medical error. this is a significant issue. >> this is shocking. the important thing has been what should we do to protect ourselves and protect our family? >> obviously, we don't have a choice when we have to go into the hospital, either ourselves or a loved one. the first thing is people should remind all medical personnel if they're having a procedure, where that procedure is being done, what side it's being done on. wrong site, wrong side issue is a big one. if you're having surgery on the right knee, expect people to ask you. and the surgeon should sign with ink on your right knee so they know where the surgery is occurring. >> you should keep saying it over and over, it's my right side. >> absolutely. the second thing is medication error. this is the most common type of medical error that occurs in the hospital. this is huge. when you're given a medication, ask what the medication is. remind the staff of any allergies, and be aware of any medications that sound like other ones. >> and also in the o.r.? >> absolutely. the third one is a little bit -- can be a little logistically difficult. you really want to see your surgeon eyeball to eyeball while you're awake, not sedated before you go into the operating room for surgery. the surgeon is the captain of the ship when you get into the operating room, and he or she is responsible for making sure a lot of these errors don't occur. don't be brought into the operating room unless you've seen your surgeon in front of you. >> and i imagine this is something you need to talk to your surgeon about in advance because some surgeons routinely go in. >> that's absolutely correct. it's a logistical issue. sometimes they wait until the patient is sedated because that can be 30 minutes after the patient is brought in the operating room and they have other patients to see. ask about that before you go into the hospital. >> for those who are afraid of what we adjust heard, what's your recommendation? >> communication, awareness, and knowledge is the key. sometimes we don't have a choice going into the hospital. taking these steps can minimize those errors. >> dr. jennifer ashton, thank you so much. bad news but good tips. coming up, another man claims to be the father of one of michael jackson's children. we will have the latest. this is "the early show" on cbs. >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by cvs pharmacy. for all the ways you care. my health is important to me. it's critical that i stick to my medication. i cannot be one of the 61 million americans who do not refill their prescriptions on time. readyfill at cvs pharmacy automatically refills my prescriptions and reminds me to pick them up. you mean, reminds me to pick them up. 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( elmo giggles ) ♪ big and small! there's fun for all! ♪ i'm harry smith along with dr. debbye turner bell. >> good morning. coming up, if you can look into the future and find out how much you're going to weigh or how much weight you're going to gain, would you do that? we have a formula to figure that out and some tips to avoid gaining weight in the first place. first, we have the remarkable story of a soldier who even in death continues to save lives. for the first time, his mother is going to see the woman who has been given her son's heart. it's quite a story. >> can't wait to see that. first, though, michael jackson's family is expected back in court later today as his mother katherine tries to gain control of his estate. but there is a new twist when it comes to his children that is making headlines this morning. cbs news correspondent mark phillips has that story. >> reporter: paris jackson spoke of her love for her father at the l.a. memorial for michael jackson. but the identity of paris' biological father has always been a matter of speculation. and now a former child star, the actor who played oliver in the movie 41 years ago has considered himself at home in the controversy. mark lester has told a london tabloid newspaper he believes paris jackson was conceived using sperm michael asked him to donate. >> i've come forward now because i have concerns about the welfare and upbringing of the children. >> reporter: lester says he has no dna proof of his fatherhood but points to the similarities between paris here on the left and his daughter harriet. >> paris has blue eyes and pale complexion, high cheekbones. my girls all have very similar features. >> reporter: a jackson family source has told a celebrity news service that lester is not claiming direct parenthood and that he has no legal standing with the jackson children. but lester, who now works as a physical therapist outside london, says for him the issue is staying in touch. >> i dearly want contact with those kids, and i feel now this is the only way that i can ensure that. >> reporter: mark lester gave up acting at the age of 19 and dropped out of the limelight. now in yet another bizarre twist to the jackson story, he's back. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> and joining us from los angeles is cbs news legal analyst lisa bloom. lisa, good morning. >> good morning. >> it just gets weirder and weirder. is this real? is this a figment of this guy's imagination, what? >> we don't mllwikar will mark lester continue to claim that he's the father of paris, or will he back off? the problem for him is that here in california legally, a child born to a husband and wife is conclusively presumed legally to be the child of that couple. and michael jackson was married to debbie rowe at the time those first two children were conceived. under the law here in california, michael jackson is the daddy, and that's the end of the story. >> is there any window for him to say, listen, i'm going to take a paternity test. i'm going to sue. i'm going to do whatever to sort of put a wedge into that. h it's a realor legally. he could come into court here in california and claim, look, michael jackson is now deceased. the children don't have any biological parents in their lives. debbie rowe has only a minor role under the visitation and custody agreement that's been reached. he could wait, of course, until paris turns 18 and try to get her voluntarily to do a dna test. he could try to get the family now to agree to a dna test. i think all of that is pretty unlikely. the probate court has said that michael jackson is the father. >> all right. long shot. let's talk about toxicology reports. when is this going to be out, and why is it taking so long? >> well, it's been six weeks already. that is a long time. toxicology is usually about two to four weeks. a couple of theories as to why it's taking so long. number one, law enforcement may be holding up the results. the results may already be in, but law enforcement is continuing its investigation into dr. murray and other doctors who were involved in michael jackson's care. they like to keep information close to the vest. it helps them in the investigation. the other possibility is that, as they're doing their investigation of the doctors, they're learning about more and more medications, and they're going back and doing retesting to see if those medications are in michael jackson's system. >> last but not least, they're going back to court again today. i thought the jacksons said they weren't going to contest the will. now they found a way to contest the will. didn't it say in the will, if you contest me, you don't get anything? >> you're absolutely right. there's a no contest clause in the will, and so katherine jackson has to be very careful. if she's seen as contesting the will itself, she loses her 40% inheritance. however, what she's saying is that the executors have a suspicious array of activities around them, and she wants the judge to keep a close eye on them to make sure that they're turning over all of the documents and information to her that she's entitled to. she also wants to be named an executor under the will. the problem for her is that michael jackson didn't select her. he selected a record industry executive and an attorney to oversee all of the morass of legal and financial affairs. so far the judge has not sided with her. but in the probate court, things are fluid. the judge could rule otherwise today. also, new matters could pop up today as they have been doing in this case, harry. stay tuned. >> lisa bloom, as always, thanks so much for your help. do appreciate it. >> thank you. >> dave's out in new jersey this morning with another look at our weather. good morning, sir. >> good morning to you, harry. you know what, it's the last few hours of wearing the sports jacket and the long-sleeved shirt, and then all of it comes off for people in the northeast, everybody. you're going to want to open the shirt one more button, in fact. why? 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>> we did. when it came time for him to renew his driver's license because he had turned 21 in january, we did talk about that. there wasn't any question about it. he'd had it on his license in the past. >> and judy, talk a little bit about your condition. was your life fairly healthy, and then you realized you had this congenital condition? >> yes. until i was 56 1/2, i led a fairly normal life. and then i went from literally waterskiing to needing a heart transplant in less than a month. >> you get the heart transplant, and how has this changed your life? >> well, i've never had very good circulation. my feet and hands were always cold. with ben's heart in me, that is not the case anymore. my pulse is better. everything. i'm three weeks from a heart transplant, and you can look at me, and people don't even believe it. >> you've got a new life. jill, seeing judy and hearing her speak, what is this like for you to see her? and as it turns out, how -- >> hi, jill. >> who's related to who here? there's some crazy connection, right? >> judy is a good friend of my cousin maria. >> and how did you put this all together then? how did you figure out that you ended up with ben's heart? >> well, i had posted a message on the caring bridge site that i set up after ben was injured. and when i let people know that ben had passed and hisanrg osrg were going to be donated, we were told by the transplant team that a recipient could be designated if they were on the list. well, i didn't know anybody on the list. and my cousin maria just posted a comment on the site, just offering her condolences and saying that, because of people like ben, that her friend judy and other people's lives may be saved. and so i called maria and asked her for judy's information. we shared it with the transplant team, and then a miracle occurred. >> judy, are there words you can say to express what it feels like to be able to have a new life? >> i can't hear. >> she lost the live feed there. let me just say i have walked in places like baghdad with people like your son, and they're the most extraordinary people in the world. and what he did in his final act is extraordinary as can be expressed. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back. >> announcer: cbs healthwatch sponsored by kashi. seven whole grains on a mission. 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we'll answer that question. this is "the early show" on cbs. n that they have cervical cancer. that's why i chose to get my daughter vaccinated. i chose to get my daughter vaccinated when her doctor and i agreed that the right time to protect her is now. because it's about prevention. (nice) gardasil is the only cervical cancer vaccine that helps protect against four types of hpv. two types that cause seventy percent of cervical cancer and two more types that cause other hpv diseases. i chose to get my daughter vaccinated because the cdc recommends that girls her age get vaccinated. gardasil does not treat cervical cancer or other hpv diseases. side effects include: pain, swelling, itching, bruising, and redness at the injection site, headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, and fainting. gardasil is not for women who are pregnant. gardasil may not fully protect everyone and does not prevent all kinds of cervical cancer, so it's important to continue routine cervical cancer screenings. i chose to get my daughter vaccinated because i want her to be one less woman affected by cervical cancer. one less. gardasil. ask your daughter's doctor about gardasil. as much calcium and vitamin d as milk, and so creamy smooth and bold, they'll love getting calcium and vitamin d to help bones grow. ♪ bigger (look at me) ♪ ♪ better (see me go) ♪ ♪ stronger(let it show) ♪ (announcer) new smoothies from sunny d! caused by a completely blocked artery, another heart attack could be lurking, waiting to strike. a heart attack caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix, taken with other heart medicines goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots. ask your doctor about plavix, protection that helps save lives. 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(male announcer) if you take plavix with other heart medicines continuing to do so will help increase your protection against a future heart attack or stroke beyond your other heart medicines alone. you may be feeling better but your risk never goes away. help stay protected, stay with plavix. you probably have some habits that seem harmless enough like eating certain snacks or not getting enough sleep. i know that's true for us around here. it turns out they can have a big effect on how much weight you gain in the future. here with a weight fate quiz is lucy danziger, editor in chief of "self" magazine. lucy, good morning. >> thanks for having me. as you said, this is your personal crystal ball. you can look in the future and see if you're going to gain weight over the years. most women gain about a pound a year. >> tell us what this quiz tells us. >> "self" did a 14-part quiz. it's so easy. answer these questions and find out if the habits you have today are going to affect you in the future. how'd you do? >> you said i did pretty well. i had a score of 34, which at first i was upset about. >> lower is better. anything below 75 is normal. we'll talk about your habits. i saw you're not getting enough sleep. >> i work in morning tv. >> the more sleep you get, the lighter you're going to be. if you don't get enough sleep, your body produces this hunger hormone that makes you hungry all day, and you don't produce leptin, which stops hunger. >> if i'm tired, i eat mindlessly. >> i see you commute by car. for most people, we say try to walk, bike, take public transportation. get to the train. try to walk a little more. it's tough. try to do it a couple of days a week. >> once someone takes this quiz, which they can go online. sort of gives you the picture of where you're headed. you can change your destiny. >> you can take the quiz at self.com and take it again and see if you changed your fate. >> first tip is improve your eating. >> the more you eat in the morning, the less you weigh. up to 500 calories. you're going to keep your blood sugar really level. not going to reach for all the wrong snacks. we say yogurt and fruit, kashi cereal, egg white omelet. get that protein in there. >> 500 calories. that's a big meal. you have to teach yourself to eat that much. >> a lot of women wake up and they're not hungry. grab a bar. get some milk in there. eat enough that you can keep eating throughout the morning. >> before we get to the next tip, i see there's a lot of healthy snacks. not about chee-tos. >> obviously, that 3:00, 4:00 troll for chocolate, which is me. a lot of women drink a lot of calories, which doesn't register as satiety. if you eat a healthy snack, string cheese made from skill mi milk, almonds. if you eat almonds at 4:00 in the afternoon, you can go out to dinner and not attack the bread basket. >> keep a journal. write off weight. >> it's the number one indicator for diet success. find out where your traps are. you can eat every three to four hours, and you're not going to attack dinner because you realize, oh, my god, i forgot to have a snack. it's good-bye to prevent me from blowing it at night. if you're the quickest eater at the table, try to slow down. every 30 minutes your body is going to register satiety. slow down. >> and fimly this makes perfect sense. >> exercise. >> you've got to move. you've got to exercise. >> you're doing great in this department. muscle -- one thing you should know muscle burns calories. even while eating or sleeping. we say go to the gym three times, four times a week, do your weights and build muscle. you can go to self.com and get easy little moves. the truth is you're going to burn calories sitting down. you're going to change your weight. >> don't tell people that. they don't do anything. >> you've got to exercise to get the benefit. you're doing great. the truth is little tweaks for big results. that's what it's all about. >> what is your weight fate. lucy danziger, thanks so much. if you want more information or want to take the weight fate quiz, go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. up next, the secret lives of teens online. we will tell you what they're doing and saying on places like facebook and twitter. we asked my niece if she agrees ocean spray craisins, sweetened dried cranberries, are sweet. we'll take that as a yes. craisins -- the sweetest way to eat a cranberry. social networking sites are the main communication vehicle for teens these days. as some young people are discovering, every tweet or status update lives on forever and ever. cbs news correspondent kelly wallace reports. >> i just got a friend request. >> reporter: ally shulman and her friend confess they've posted things on their website that they later regret. >> one time i posted something about my boyfriend, and i realized he had facebook and he could see it. then all my friends saw it, and it's awkward. >> sometime you post things, and you realize why did i just say that. >> reporter: according to a poll of teenagers, 39% say they have regrets about their online activities. 28% say they've shared information they would not normally share in public. and ally and gina told me kids often pretend to be someone else. >> like someone you don't like, people make a fake profile and write stuff about them to insult them or whatever. >> reporter: the poll said 25% of teens admit creating a profile with a false identity. >> anonymity opens the door wide open for kids not to take responsibility for their online action. >> reporter: parents, the survey found, are often out of the loop. only 4% of the parents think their teens check facebook ten times a day whereas 22% actually do. diane, you're shaking your head saying oh boy. >> who are these boys? >> reporter: ally's mom diane says she has a lot to learn about facebook, but her message remains the same. >> you don't have to tell everybody everything. have some privacy. >> reporter: and every post leaves behind a digital footprint that remains long after those high school years are a distant memory. kelly wallace, cbs news, new jersey. >> joining us now is psychologist dr. jennifer hartstein. good morning. >> good morning. >> can we still be doing this segment? >> i know. it just keeps changing and changing and changing. each time the internet is so vast, we have to figure out what to do with it. >> and these kids are still doing remarkably stupid stuff online. >> their judgment is not really the best. it's really a shame. they still put just negative pictures and really incriminating things on there. >> what was the percentage? 30-some percent said they wrote something they regretted? >> i have to say it's great news. at least they're finally recognizing there are limits and things they need to be aware of, which is the first. >> you have tips. the first one says open -- as a parent, you should open your own social network profile. >> you're looking at me with disbelief, but i think it's really important for parents to know what these social networking sites are. you need to know what your kids are doing. i opened a profile, and magically all of these people, some of whom i haven't talked to in 30 years, are friending me. >> then you know what the process is. >> absolutely. you need to know. >> there's no way you're going to friend your kid, your kid's friends, whatever. >> i would recommend that you friend your kid so you can actually check out what they're doing. >> right. and they're going to set up their own site that is the one that you have access to, and then they're going to put their own that their friends actually have access to. >> possibly. but i also think it's very -- it's possible. >> that's exactly what they do. >> kids are going to go about their thing. but the fact is you wouldn't send your kids to other people's homes without knowing what they're doing. you need to know who they're friends with online. you need to be able to check. you can say, i'm not going to be your friend and write all sorts of notes. there's the commercial where she puts that on the facebook page. we won't do that, but you want to be able to check what they're doing. >> at what point is there an age line where a kid gets to be anonymous? >> just as if with our children in high school, we give them more and more freedom. as they demonstrate we can give them more and more freedom, we'll give them more freedom. >> what rules can you set? >> i think they have to know you have to be responsible. teach them what is okay to put online. teach them that a picture of them at the party with a really skimpy dress on is not appropriate to put online. if gives them the wrong message. we want them to be aware of what's real, what's not real, and how it can impact them later. >> i think it's important to somehow communicate to them that everything has a consequence. >> absolutely. face to face is now face to cyberspace. we really need to be careful. we need to teach them how they would interact with you on a face to face is the same on cyberspace. once it's out there, it's out therefor ever, and we can't get it back. >> and anonymous is never anonymous. dr. jennifer hartstein, thanks so much. always a pleasure to see you. debbye? >> all right, harry. you probably heard about the old aesop's fable about the crow and the stone where the bird uses the rocks to raise the water level and get the worm floating on top. turns out that might be true. take a look at this. so here, as you can see the water level line is low. so the bird has to figure out how to raise the water level so he can get to the worm has floating on top. >> this is fascinating stuff. >> i found this online the other day. this kind of stuff makes me completely nuts. >> it's great. >> the old aesop's fable was they put the rocks in to get the water level up in order to drink the water. so they set this up, this experiment up, and it's basically called a rook. >> it's related to a crow. >> exactly right. four different crows. two crows figured this out on the first try. >> yeah. >> on the first try. >> which flies in the face -- >> there's just this little thing, right? and it has water in it and a worm. and the crow's in there all by itself. then the scientist puts a little handful of rocks in, bang. >> flies in the face of the theory that birds are dumb because we have the whole thing bird brain. because we thought they had a tiny little brain that they can't learn. turns out not only can they learn, they can use tools, which is huge when you talk about cognitive power. >> which is my question because you're a veterinarian. you spend a gillion hours in veterinary school. does this match up with what most animal experts understand about animal behavior or animal intelligence? >> no. it changes the way, what we thought before because we thought the brain, the bird brain, which was so small, had an undeveloped cerebral cortex, which is where we think the cognitive ability is. >> that's my problem. >> as a result, the bird wouldn't be able to problem solve, let alone use tools. once we figured out that chimps could use tools or that dolphins could use tools, those were huge. well, the bird was just sort of down on the intelligence scale. >> next to reptiles, right? 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there you go. happy birthday. red sox fans. >> take a look at this beautiful lady in this wonderful costume. >> there you go. >> going to be in our labor day parade with caribbean carnivale culture style. it's a lot of words. >> i had that costume. actually, dave was going to wear that costume today, but he's in new jersey. >> looking very good. welcome back to "the early show." coming up in this half hour, if you're concerned about redeeming your frequent flier miles, worry no more. travel guru peter greenberg is going to tell us why it's a great time to use them. >> i can't wait to hear what he has to say. also, nothing better than a fresh picked tomato this time of year. if you're not growing them yourselves, we're going to tell you how to choose them at the store and what to do with them once you get them home and how to save them too. >> we had organic fresh tomatoes over the weekend. drizzle a little olive oil on them, crunch some pepper, little bit of sea salt. >> little bit of heaven. and he is the emmy-award winning star of entourage. going to be speaking with jeremy piven about his new role as the smarmy car salesman in "the goods: live hard. sell hard." first, here's jeff glor at the news desk. california's chino state prison remains in lockdown this morning after riots that sent more than 50 inmates to hospitals. prison officials say the riots saturday were apparently sparked by disputes between black and hispanic prisoners. near fresno, california, five children died in a car crash following a high speed police chase. a stolen car ran a stop sign on saturday and slammed into a pickup. the children, who were not wearing seatbelts, were thrown from the truck. the three people in the car also died. hundreds gathered to honor the memory of lily burke. the 17-year-old was murdered last month in downtown l.a. at burke's memorial service yesterday, her parents offered a loving tribute to her and also to her friends. >> she loved you guys. and she is in you, and when i see her light shining from you, each of you, and i watch you move forward, i get the feeling that it's possible for me to move forward now as well. >> charles samuel is accused of murdering burk after a botched robbery. the weekend ended with very strong storms in a few areas, including western new york, where thousands of people lost power last night. other storms blew through the upper midwest, causing some damage in michigan and wisconsin. and now here is dave price with a final check of the weather for today. dave, good morning. >> good morning to you, jeff. the jacket is off. the heat is on here in the northeast stretching all the way down the east coast. temperatures in the 90s today or near it. that's the warmest it's been in a while. we'll go to the southeast also, where it's going to be hot but dry. in the northeast, you may see thunder showers begin to roll on through later in the day. rockies to the pacific, everything looking real good. nice day with warm temperatures. northwest coastline mostly cloudy, typical, of course, but certainly not unpleasant. we'll move on and take a look at the midwest, where thunderstorms are going to roll in from the southern plains to the lower midwest to the great lakes into tomorrow. not as hot in the northeast, little bit of relief. steamy in the southeast. beautiful day in the central part of the country. high heat as you head up to the northern plain states. not so bad in the desert southwest. again, we're expecting very heavy rain as we head to the hawaiian islands. felicia weakened to a tropical storm, but headed for the north shores there. the big island and maui tomorrow seeing winds up to 50 miles per hour and up to three inches of rain and >> sacramento, you're going to be close to 100 degrees, 98 or so. that's a quick look at your weather picture. harry, back to you. >> thanks, dave. listen to this story. it often seemed that redeeming your frequent flier miles was more trouble than it's worth. right now all that's changed. peter greenberg, our travel guru, explains why. peter, good morning. >> good morning. >> there have been times i've tried to cash in miles. there's no seats on that one. or they put a seat available. so difficult. >> the good news is you can earn miles for everything short of dying, right? the problem is you die trying to redeem them. >> that's a very good line. >> the reason for that is the airlines never want to displace revenue passengers with giving away an award. guess what? because of high fuel prices, the economy, the airlines have been cutting capacity, parking planes, cutting flights. the passenger numbers have dropped even further. there's a gap between the demand and the available seats. so for the first time ever and in my recent memory the last three weeks, there's a limited window for you to be able to redeem those miles. so the airlines have them. >> so now is the time? between now and the end of the summer? >> yeah, right now. not just to the end of the summer. now for the rest of the year. do it before the end of the summer. >> okay. so why -- so this window is open now. >> yes. >> how is it -- how do we take advantage of this? >> first of all, you have to understand the airlines are doing something they've never done before. when was the last time you heard of an airline eliminating a fee? united airlines just eliminating a fee. they basically got rid of the fee so you can actually redeem the miles. american airlines is letting you redeem miles for even a one-way ticket. you can do a one-way deal. not bad. jet blue has eliminated all the blackout dates. >> that's incredible. >> and some of the other programs like american express, they're offering double miles. remember, every airline is offering miles for even getting lasik surgery, it doesn't matter. you still have to be able to see your way clear to redeem the miles. >> how long is this window going to stay open in theory? >> probably until february or march. in terms of the redemption. but you've got to do it within the next three weeks because, as the demand starts to come up and intersects the capacity cuts -- >> the business traveler starts getting on the road again and everything else. >> it's over. >> especially with the mumblings the economy may be improving, scratching along the bottom. give me some other advice here about alternate airports. >> right. you don't necessarily have to book los angeles. book burbank, ontario, long beach, oakland instead of san francisco, providence instead of boston. book alternate routes. believe it or not, i have friends of mine who wanted to go from los angeles to hawaii. they were able to redeem their miles -- it's going to sound silly. they went los honolulu, but thee tickets. >> an extra two hours and you get it. that's terrific. so alternate routes are good. what other good things are out there? >> you can book up to 330 days away. don't necessarily book on your primary carrier. book on their mileage partner. meaning on the one world alliance with american, you've got british airways and qantas. you can do that as well. >> let me ask you a question a little off the subject. >> go ahead. >> you heard about the plane going from texas to minneapolis, gets diverted to rochester, kept the people on the plane all night long. >> they're getting triple miles. no. >> in fact, they're getting triple miles. >> just kidding. >> if you were on that plane, what would you have done? >> you know what i'd do? the airlines hate this when i say it. declare i'm sick. because they've got to get the people off the plane at that point. there's a liability issue. and by the way, when they ask me later on why i was sick, i was sick of being on the plane. i'm serious about that. >> no, but i'm serious too. i'm thinking, if i'm trapped on this plane, i think i might have called 911 or something, called the police. >> you declare a medical emergency. i'm ip sick of being on the plane, and the liability issue alone will force them to take you off the plane. >> peter greenberg, good to see you. as always, thanks so much. now here's debbye. >> thanks, harry. now a story about a young, make that very young up and coming artist. karen williamson is a painting prodigy who's taken the art world by storm. when you see his work, you'll understand why. cbs news correspondent richard roth reports. >> reporter: the surprise for the williamson family happened last year on summer vacation when kierin, who was just turning 6, asked for something different to play with. >> kierin was inspired by the countryside, the landscapes, and he asked us to buy him some blank paper. >> reporter: he began to sketch and then to paint. he's been at it ever since. >> i saw the bay on the internet. >> reporter: spurred by the internet and art books and the postcard studio adjudicaoutdoor around him, he painted this and this. and he learned some technique in a local watercolor class before he turned 7 this month. >> i was the youngest in the class. everyone else was grown-ups. >> reporter: how did you manage that? >> didn't think about it. >> reporter: and now when he's not at the xbox, his mother says, he's at his paint box. >> kieron in particular will get up at 6:00, maybe a little bit before. we're often woken up with the chinking of the jam jar, and we know he's painting. >> reporter: in fact, the whole country knows. for his hometown summer festival, kieron's work is the featured attraction at a local gallery. >> we've come all the way from northampton to see. isthis >> reporter: what do people say when they see this? what have you been hearing most from people? >> very good. excellent. really good. >> reporter: does it make you proud? >> yeah. >> reporter: the english landscape here has been an inspiration to artists for more than 200 years. part of norfolk's fame comes from painters who celebrated its coastline and its countryside. in a place that's produced a distinguished tradition, kieron's talent is just developing. >> he could be great. yes, of course he could. >> reporter: he's working at it. the hardest part, he says, is getting the shading right, the balance of light and dark. how do you figure that you're going to get better at that? >> practice. a lot. >> reporter: well, he's got time. richard roth, cbs news, norfolk. >> incredible. now here's harry. we all know jeremy piven from his three-time emmy award-winning role at mega agent jerry gold on his tv hit "entourage." now he's back on film in his sleazy car salesman film "the goods: live hard. sell hard." >> sell the metal! sell the metal! go! go! go! welcome to sellic motors. let's get you in a car. >> this was actually a documentary shot on the first day of cash for clunkers. >> it was actually. it's very timely. >> it's amazing in one week you can turn around an entire theatrical film base on that one idea. >> we saw the problem. that's the way we do it. we've taken our process, and we've condensed it. it's interesting because this is actually a smart low brow comedy but that is also very timely. >> i'm looking at this guy, and he's like a down market ari. >> you know what's interesting is that, i think, people that know me from playing ari gold will see there's similarities and know that i can handle this character. at the same time, this particular journey that i take, the guy starts out where he can only eat if he's in a strip club. so he's eating breakfast, and he's in a strip club. by the end of it, it's a little bit of a life lesson. you can't be a road dog forever. >> really? >> it's not didactic. can i use big words like didactic on this show? are you with me, harry? >> i'm with you. >> by the end of it, he realizes what matters most to him in life and yet he's still a little delusional. i'm 50 movies into my career, if you can believe it. i've been acting since i was in the womb, and this is the funniest thing i've ever been a part of, without a doubt. >> this is part of the pantheon of the most important films made in the last decade, including anchorman, talladega nights, step brother. for me, these are the most important films. the same people that produce those films produced this. >> indeed. i saw those movies, and i own them, and they're literally on top of my dvd player. it just so happens -- i don't know if you know this. my brother-in-law produced all those movies. >> who's your brother-in-law? >> my brother-in-law is adam mckay. he has a company with will ferrell, and they produced this movie. will plays my right hand man in this movie. the reality is i think that will -- he's been playing the lead too long. >> yeah. >> and he needs to move aside. >> he needs your help. >> thank you, harry. >> so you play ari on "entourage." >> yes. >> do you ever think to yourself, i actually -- my brother works in the white house? >> you're referring to rahm emanuel, who's the chief of staff, and ari emanuel is the inspiration for my character. no, but i like to pretend that i'm in with barak in washington in the whole thing. i stumped for barak in indiana. left me all of his phone numbers. he's a true mensch. i'm not kidding. i saved all of his phone numbers. went back in to get it. completely erased. i have no way to reach barack obama. called the white house to see if i could find him. they don't want to have anything to do with me. nothing to do with me. >> we don't remember you. >> no. not a clue who i am or why. i said, do you have any idea who i think i am? and they didn't care. >> no. that's a good story, though. this is one of those things you're just going to have to go see. you have to man up and go see "the goods: live hard. sell hard." >> august 14th in theaters. >> there you go. >> are you man enough or woman enough, i should say. >> or person enough. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. gó fa >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by ocean spray craisins, sweetened dried cranberries, the sweetest way to eat a cranberry. we're kicking off our new series called "summer harvest 101." this morning we're talking about tomatoes. tim stark is the author of "heirloom, notes from an accidental tomato farmer" and also the proprietor of eckerton hill farms. man, oh, man, we've been waiting for you all summer. you're like santa claus, man. >> i've been waiting for these tomatoes all summer too. >> your farm is in pennsylvania. we have the craziest weather in the northeast. how is it for you? >> it seems the tomatoes come in later and later. now it's august. they're in. they're doing fine. it's dry enough now. we had a cold wet june and july. they're in. it's the season. they're in the markets. if you get to the market, they're everywhere. >> man, do they look great. look at all these different types of tomatoes. how many varieties are, and what did you bring here? >> i brought just a couple l ones that i wanted to point out. the kids love these. these are little -- we call them wild mecs. try that one. a deep red one. >> check this out. >> oh, my god. >> and this is sun gold. and these things, you've got to pick them, and the stems are perfect. you've got to pick them and sell them in a couple of days. that's really sweet. >> it's like eating candy. >> this is big, big tomato flavor. the flavor of a whole beefsteak squeezed into there. this is sweetness. this is nature's candy. the kids eat them. you give one of these to your child, and in five minutes it's gone. >> they're hooked. >> what about this bad boy? >> this is cherokee purple. it looks like a big piece of steak. i always think the term beefsteak came from this tomato. it looks like a steak. you can eat it like a steak except you don't have to cook it. >> do you have toe grow this tomato, or can i find this at the local market? >> you can find it at the local market. ask for cherokee purple. there's one called black crim and black seaman. i grow all of them. >> it's so different. as different as that is from that is from that. it's a completely different sensation. >> in general, i find the darker they are, the more acidic they have. some are looking for more high acidity and the purple and pink have that. if you wanted something without this acidity, something like a peach tomato. it has fuzz like a peach too. even it's starting to blush like a peach on the tip. that one's going to be real mild. some people don't like that. some people love that. they taste the sweetness but not as much acidity. >> it's more salty than sweet. >> what's this one? >> that's an interesting one. russian 117. it's yellow. it grows in an ox heart shape and gets a pink blush on the tip. >> almost looks like an onion. >> that's going to be mild. i would think that would be fruity, sort of pineapply kind of. >> it is fruity. >> this is actually called pineapple tomato. i would imagine, if you look at it, it looks sort of like a pineapple. >> we have all kinds of great dishes here. let's talk about making some something. >> yeah. >> anything. >> the tomato is the king or the queen of the salad or the sandwich. that's all i do. when i get into new york city with my truck full of tomatoes, i'll grab a bagel with cream cheese and put big fat slices of tomato on it. this is the blt. the key thing to a blt is a big fat slice of tomato. you don't need much of anything else. we put arugula on one and lettuce on another one. >> this is feta cheese? >> this is feta cheese and slicing up the heirlooms with so many varieties. >> you've got to taste this. >> i have a question. i go through this every time i go to the market. how do you choose a good tomato? >> to me, it's all in the touch. for instance, there's a green one over here that looks like it's unripe, but feel it. >> this one? >> it feels right. >> you want it to have a little give. >> it should be firm but a little give. sometimes people say firm, firm. firm tomatoes, sometimes you can bounce it off the floor. these, you can tell from the touch that you can't bounce it off the floor. >> tim, thank you so much. for more on buying and cooking tomatoes, go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah! calculating for getaway. ♪ find your way to a perfect destination at busch gardens... and water country usa... where family-fun surrounds you... and world-class rides astound. start at buschgardens.com. when morning comes in the middle of the night... rooster crow. ...it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer dissolves quickly to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly to help you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, don't drive or operate machinery. sleepwalking, and eating or driving while not fully awake with memory loss for the event as well as abnormal behaviors such as being more outgoing or aggressive than normal, confusion, agitation and halluciations may occur. don't take it with alcohol as it may increase these behaviors. allergic reactions such as shortness of breath, swelling of your tongue or throat may occur and in rare cases may be fatal. side effects may include next-day drowsiness, dizziness, and headache. in patients with depression, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide may occur. if you experience any of these behaviors or reactions contact your doctor immediately. wake up ready for your day-ask your healthcare provider for 2-layer ambien cr. it's the all new sesame street forest of fun... at busch gardens in williamsburg. with four family-friendly rides... and everyone's sesame street friends. 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