later. white house secretary robert gibbs and rnc chairman michael steel. >>s> d chans veefus new ideas to jazz up old classics. have a great morning. high stakes for health care reform as the president delivers a make or break speech to the nation in prime time tonight. >> he needs to draw a pretty firm line in the sand, say i need it, i want it. >> can he convince the country and congress? we'll hear from both sides. shocking new developments in the jaycee dugard case. police say the bone fragment found near suspect phillip garrido's house is probably human. and he reportedly also stalked jaycee just before she was abducted. >> phillip said to nancy, oh, i want that one, she's cute, her, her. >> ever wonder what it was like to live like bernie madoff? >> it's almost 360-degree view. a 360-degree view of manhattan. >> we'll show you how the swindler's penthouse compares to the big house. and we're twisting and shouting over the new beatles video game. watch us form our own rock band early this wednesday morning, september 9th, 2009. captioning funded by cbs good wednesday morning from new york. maggie rodriguez here with harry smith. and we should warn you right after the bat that our beatles rock band is going to feature harry smith and russ mitchell on guitar and yours truly on vocal. i don't think it's going to be exactly the fab four. it'll be four. that's all. >> we don't know how fab it'll be. also coming up this morning. i don't know if you've heard about this. big new trend in france. the government there has encouraged people to stop kissing. >> why? they invented it. french kissing. >> and even just the littl on both cheeks, right? no more because of you know what. >> h1n1. >> that's right. do you have the h1n1? is that why you were out sick yesterday? >> i thought i might, but i didn't have a fever, so you're okay. >> no kissing. >> no kissing just in case. we're going to revisit a story about a missing boy who was found alive. he had been kept captive in a tiny room in his grandmother's house for two years. this morning we have his father who has now seen his son unexclusively with new developments. tonight president obama will try and rally a very divided congress to pass health care reform. and it isn't just republicans who stand in his way. it's also members of his own party. cbs news chief white house correspondent chip reid has the latest. good morning, chip. >> reporter: good morning, magg maggie, the president has been criticized by republicans and democrats alike, for not being enough of a leader on health care reform, by adding to the confusion by not saying exactly what it is he wants in this health care reform package. well, tonight, he hopes to fix that. >> the president needs to do is clarify, again, what's specifically in it for the public. >> reporter: but the president also has to unify democrats, senate majority leader harry reid and nancy pelosi have endorsed the the public option. >> i believe a public option will be essential to our passing a bill in the house of representatives. >> reporter: but senator reid doesn't have the 60 votes needed in the senate to get it passed, and speaker pelosi will have difficulty with moderate and conservatives in the house. the only chance of a bipartisan bill will leave the public option out. instead, the $900 billion baucus plan would offer privately owned cooperatives and charge insurers, drug companies, and other health service providers fees to cover the cost. it would also require all americans to purchase insurance with maximum fines up to $950 for individuals and $3,800 for families above the poverty level who don't. cbs news will bring you live coverage of the president's address and the republican response this evening starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. maggie? >> cbs's chip reid. thank you, chip. joining us now is white house press secretary mr. gibbs. how are you, mr. gibbs? >> i'm fine, thank you. >> a cbs news poll finds that most persons still don't know what his plan would mean for them. mitch mcconnell says it should be clear by now the problem is not the sales pitch, it's the product. is the president willing to accept or consider the possibility that's true? >> well, look, what we're going to do tonight is the president's going to speak clearly and directly to the american people about what is in this bill for them. it will provide safety and security for millions of americans that are fortunate enough to have health care and provide access to affordable health care coverage for the millions who don't. it'll talk about cutting costs for families, small businesses, and government. and i think that's what we'll lay out tonight. >> the president has continued to express the support for this public option that would compete with private insurance. but i could give you a list of republicans and democrats who either are not for it or are very willing and happy to drop it. would the president tonight go on and say i know the only chance of this happening is if this public option is off the table. so that's my compromise, the public option is off the table, let's move forward? >> no, the president tonight will talk about the public option and talk about the need for choice and competition. we have insurance markets that are dominated by just one insurance company. and for those that are in the private insurance market or seeking small business insurance through the private insurance market, there's nobody to compete with one health care insurance company that dominates that market. there's no choice, there's no competition. those are exactly the things that we have to see in health care reform and the president will talk about that tonight. maggie, you used your poll in your first question. the public option is something supported by a majority of people in this country. >> is the president willing to budge? would he go as far as vetoing something that lands on his desk without it? >> again, what the president is going to look for, is does the legislation that he thinks will get to his desk this year to reform a health care system, does that bill provide adequate choice and competition for millions of americans who are looking for private health insurance on the private insurance market? we can't have health care reform if an insurance market is dominated by just one company. >> rahm emanuel said that the inability to act here would mean political consequences. if health care reform doesn't get done, what do you think the consequences will be for the president? >> well, i think the political consequences are for both parties. mitch mcconnell has come back from kentucky, mike pence has come back from indiana and both said in the last few days that they've heard from their constituents and we have to get something done on health care. we have struggled with the high cost of health care for decades. something has to be done about it, and this president is determined to address this issue this year. >> robert gibbs, thank you so much. >> thank you. now over to you, harry. >> thanks very much, maggie. joining us now from washington is republican national committee chairman michael steele. good morning. >> hey, good morning, harry. >> a lot of conservatives around the country feel like the public option, which is still very much on the table and the president is going to talk about tonight, is socialism. do you think the public option is socialism? >> yes, i do. and quite frankly i think a lot more people believing that there's more to this than meets the eye. and the reality of it is, you know, i just don't understand this idea that somehow people think that the federal government can enter into a marketplace and compete with private industry. that goes counter to everything that we know about how markets work and the role that the government plays in those markets. so the idea that you're going to take an institution like, you know, the department of health and human services and then put that -- put them in competition with private insurers, to me doesn't make sense. if you have an insurance problem with one insurance company dominating a particular market, then break that up. there are incentives and disincentives that can be created that would create greater competition. but the idea that the federal government can come in and all of a sudden be the same as all-state in providing insurance is a ridiculous notion and that's the problem here. the people of this country have figured this out and they're like this plan makes no sense. and after 26 speeches and 12 resets on this health care plan, tonight in my view it's one more opportunity to tell us what we already know. >> okay. polls would say the opposite of that. here's the question, though. >> harry, i don't know what polls you're looking at. the polls don't say the opposite. >> the polls say they don't really know what is in this health care plan or what the public option is. >> exactly, and what they do know they don't like, which is why this thing has been tanking for the last three weeks. >> let me ask you this. if the public option is socialism, then what is medicare? >> medicare's a government-run program that is not -- that is not -- >> that people think works pretty well for them. >> no -- harry, come on. how often do we have to do another reset on medicare because it's in default or running out of money? the reality of it is, you know, this is something that -- >> but people say i don't want this public option, but don't mess with my medicare, you know that. >> i know that. and that's now a part of the system here. my only point is why do we have to up end 1/6 of our nation's economy to fix what the president has now -- >> because that 1/6 of the economy will bankrupt us. >> that has redefined 1/6 of our economy to fix what he has redefined as an insurance problem. if this is a matter of getting a certain number of people insurance, then let's work to get them into the insurance market. there are ways to do that. you can create in situation with respect to pre-existing conditions, address that issue through portability. you don't have to up end the entire system. to do this comprehensively just is not the way this should be done in my view and the view of a lot of people. >> mr. steele, as always, a pleasure to chat with you this morning. >> all right. >> russ mitchell is at the news desk this morning. should be an interesting speech tonight. >> it certainly should. >> interesting interview right there. good morning, guys, good morning at home. the president speaks today on health care. his back to school address was labeled propaganda by conservatives, but in the end, many agreed it was more of a pep talk. >> what you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. the future of america depends on you. >> some school districts refused to show the president's address. british commandos rescued a kidnapped "new york times" reporter from the taliban this morning. he was being held in northern afghanistan, taken hostage on saturday. some incredible flooding pictures from istanbul, turkey this morning. cars and buses were swept away. some people had to be rescued from the rushing waters. 20 people died. archard has died. he wrote stories about movie stars for daily variety. arnie archard was 87 years old. some doomsayers had predicted the end of the world as the numbers turned to the ninth day on the ninth month of the ninth year of the new century. but others are getting married on what they think is a lucky day. if the end of the world does come today, we'll have it tomorrow on "the early show." >> that's right. president obama's hoping it's a lucky number for him. >> yes, he is. >> i was on television 1/1/01. lucky weather, i'll point it out because my choice is going to be from the rocky mountains all the way into the southwest. this will be some beautiful weather for you. nice skies, comfortable temperatures, little bit of wet weather around the pacific northwest. the toughest weather around the chesapeake. the same low pressure system dropped 4 inches of rain around norfolk, virginia, 2 to 3 i>> >> all right, everybody. mags, over to you. >> thanks a lot, lonie. up next, bernie madoff stole billions and spent millions, now the fall of his empire is for sale. shocking new developments that could prove that alleged kidnapper phillip garrido may have also been a serial killer. and a young boy kidnapped business his mother and kept hidden behind a wall. why hasn't the dad been reunited with his son? 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>> well, right now they're talking $20 million for these three properties, he's got the yachts, we've reported they're going after the sons' properties and their money and the brother. so i was doing the math this morning, we could be talking $100 million or more, but it's really a drop in the bucket when you're talking about $3 billion worth of claims already in the madoff scandal. >> armen keteyian. a boy abducted by his mother and kept hidden behind a wall. his father finally got to see him. we'll talk to the dad about how his young son is doing. this portion of the "early show" sponsored by lendingtree.com. get started at the allnde.gtrec. innde.recom. for a pure clean, there is one clear choice: all free clear 2x concentrated detergent. all free clear's powerful clean is free of the ingredients you'll find in most detergents: no perfumes... no dyes... no preservatives... free clear is specially designed for people with sensitive skin and has powerful stainlifters, so you can trust it to get the job done right. free clear is the number-one detergent recommended by dermatologists... so, for a pure clean, all free clear is all you need. this is humiliating. stand still so we can get an accurate reading. okay...um...eighteen pounds and a smidge. a smidge? 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we're going to tell you the extreme measures that some people are going to to avoid getting sick. but first, the mother accused of locking her 6-year-old boy in a secret room for nearly two years was in court yesterday. and not surprisingly, the judge refused to allow her any access to her son. >> reporter: shannon wilfong appeared before a judge yesterday and proclaimed her innocence. responding to a tip, authorities found wilfong and her 6-year-old son ricky chekevdia, and saying he was kept behind a false wall in a room with a ceiling only 4 feet high. whenever visitors arrived and never allowed to leave the house. wilfong and ricky disappeared in november 2007 after a contentious custody battle that resulted in temporary custody for the boy's father, mike chekevdia. she claims she and her daughter hid her grandson to protect him from chekevdia who they claimed abused the boy. the judge has ordered ricky to stay with one of mike chekevdia's relatives until a november custody hearing that indicated his desire to reunite father and son after thorough counseling. joining us for an exclusive interview from royalton, illinois, is ricky's father. good morning to you, mr. chekevdia. >> good morning, ma'am, how are you? >> i'm good. how do you feel about the judge's ruling that ricky is not quite ready to be with you yet because he needs more help getting over this trauma? >> i'm ecstatic, i think the state is taking the proper steps. it's never been about me, it's always been about making my son reintegrate, having my son reintegrate and making sure the best is for him. >> you may have a real long road ahead. an investigator for the state child welfare agency said yesterday that he has a speech impediment, limited reading skills, socially lacking, socially behind. as a father, what's it like for you to hear that? >> well, i -- you know, not to discredit what the state investigator said. i understand my son has some but i thi h he's going to know how my son was when i saww him when i was 5 years old. he was a quick study. m bounce y fast. and from what i understand, some of the programs they're going to put together for him, it's going to be okay. it really is. >> i know you got to see ricky the day he was found and again over the past few days. could you already tell a difference in how he was acting and how he looked? >> a mark difference. the first day that i saw him, he was a little boy that was outside for the first time and he was really very intently studying things that he had not seen in a long time. it was really -- it appeared to me it was hard for him to lift his eyes off the ground. when i saw him yesterday, he's playing basketball and he was obviously unaware of the intricacies of the things around him. he was just experiencing life. >> are you concerned that he might not want to go back and be with you? because the same state investigators said that the little boy called you a monster. and who knows what he's been told. >> well, from what i'm gathering, he's staying with fa ilynd g aet situation reports from my family on seven to ten times a day as to how he's doing. i call them, they call me. you know, we spoke about that stuff. and i asked them, did these appear to be program statements? or were they actually words he used with emotion? and my family -- my family member told me and he's a really educated guy. he said they really appear to be programmed responses. i don't think they're -- to my son i think it's a word more than a word that's associated with an actual being. >> finally in the last seconds, what are your words this morning for other parents of missing children zm? >> oh, gosh, there are a lot of words, and i really don't know if you have enough time for it. but i guess keep the faith, stay the course, seek out the right. and if anybody has any questions, the national center can provide you all of the information that you need. that's national center for missing and exploited children. it'd be great to help you -- great people to help you. and you know, give them my phone number. i'll tell them how to -- where they need to go to get help. i'd be glad to help anybody. >> mike chekevdia, thanks so much for taking the time this morning. >> thank you, ma'am, i'm a big fan. >> thank you so much. let's check back in with lonie who is in for dave this morning. >> good morning, maggie, good morning, everybody. the toughest weather is on the east coast. i'm talking about pretty good-sized downpours for places like salisbury, maryland, dover, delaware, washington, d.c., 2 to 5 inches of rain over the next two days. elsewhere, if you take a look at the big picture, rain, scattered showers, storms, all across the plains. hit or miss throughout the day. the west side of the country really looks great. a little bit of rain pushes in around the pacific northwest later on today. kind of expected this time of year. otherwise from the >> all right, everybody. you have a great day out there today. harry, over to you. up next, should we say good-bye to kissing hello or even shaking hands? 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they already have in france. cbs news correspondent bianca solazano takes a look. >> nice to see you. >> reporter: it's a famous french sign of affection. a cheek to cheek peck for hello or good-bye. but with the threat of swine flu, the french health ministry hot line is recommending against close contact. so it's good-bye to the kiss and the handshake. >> i don't think this was the permanent change. they are so demonstrative. >> reporter: it's been echoed by health officials around the world. from lebanon to mexico to the united states, where schools like this one in new york are banning all touching. >> the high fives, i think, just to cut down on the transmission, we think it's a good idea. >> reporter: we asked people if they changed their social greetings because of the h1n1 germs. >> i would embrace you like this. >> no kissing and no handshake. >> no, i don't think so. >> because the germs are there. >> exactly. >> you can't just not shake someone's hand because you're afraid. >> reporter: so what is the germ-free way to respectfully say hello and good-bye? >> for most americans, we're not comfortable bowing, so instead we have the eye contact and the head nod. >> reporter: and perhaps save the kiss for another time. cbs news, new york. joining us now, good morning. >> good morning, harry. >> i saw a story on the bbc in france about this whole thing about don't even -- maybe not even air kiss, right? are people overreacting to this? >> well, you know, it's tough to know. what does that mean social distancing? you don't want to have magical thinking. you cannot get the flu virus from shaking someone's hand. you're not going to get the flu from that. we're getting the flu because we're doing this. then the virus comes off your hand into your mouth. >> you can shake hands as long as you -- >> or maybe if you walked around with a yardstick. >> you could do that. just 50 feet away and just sort of one of those queen of england things. >> how about some new guidance from the cdc. what's your take away from that? >> i thought it was very interesting. they said, look, most people get better on their own. so you can take a wait and see attitude. but, if you are somebody who is at high risk. if you get very sick, if you are hospitalized, one of these high-risk people, pregnant, under 5, over 65, chronic medical condition, then you want to leap on it at the first sign of any illness, you want to get the tamiflu right away. >> so that's the wisdom of the morning. if you have a preexisting condition, if you're in those demographics that are usually particularly hit hard by the flu, you need to act. >> right. and they did one big change. if you're in that high-risk group of people i described and you've been exposed, like you're not sure you got the flu but you may have been exposed. it's okay to take a wait and see attitude. but it's up to clinical judgment as always with the doctor. >> do appreciate it. thanks so much. here's maggie. all right, harry. one of my highlights of my career was being on stage when ringo star played a concert for us on the early show. this morning we're going to play with all four beatles on beatles: rock band. don't miss it. cbs health watch sponsored by walmart,erbettlm, waart. tter, waart. aying ) - so our family is playing a game of monopoly and caitlin's already snapped up half the hotels. - thank you. - her little brother has nothing. but then just like that, caitlin helps him out. i don't need a wall and a piece of chalk to mark the growth of my kids. we can just play monopoly. family moments cost less at walmart. monopoly championship edition and other hasbro games at unbeatable prices. save money. live better. walmart. discover gives you a cash back bonus on every single purchase. what you do with it is up to you. what will you get back with your cash back? 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"cowell's new contract is reportedly worth $45 million. >> you can only eat three meals a day, what more do you want? >> i like winning, amanda. >> i thought you were going to say -- >> i do. that's what excites me. i like winning. if you're allowed to make shows that you like making, and i like making the shows, i like producing the shows more than being on the shows. >> really? >> yeah. >> do you think you're going to take more of a backseat? >> of course. >> really? >> on susan boyle's upcoming release, she'll be covering some familiar songs and simon told me he spent over two months choosing songs whose lyrics would feel personal to her. and susan felt that many applied to her life. i can also share with you that simon revealed she'll be singing a hit song by the rolling stones. >> by the rolling stones. what else did simon have up the sleeves of his t-shirt? >> even though they're kind of only very short sleeves, he's got an awful lot up there, harry. he never sits still. he has the boredom threshold of a goldfish. and he did tell me he really wants to get involved in drama. so maybe we'll see him making movies or good tele-drama. >> thank you so much. >> so lovely to see you. have a great time in london. >> will do. up next, the five things to put in writing that could save your marriage. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. ♪ stains surrender to the power of all. our powerf ohacrleay and leave clothes whiter and brighter. win the battle for clean clothes while saving over 25% versus the leading brand. for coupons, go to all-laundrytv.com forget about the pre-nup, how about signing a contract about how you'll act while you're still together? >> married for a little over a year. >> i love to travel and i have told her that i think if we had this in writing, this would have been great. if you -- i said this before a million times. if she can plan it, i'll go on them. i don't like to be involved in the planning. >> we were married june 30th of 2007. >> 2007. >> 2007. >> what team we would raise our kids to be fans of because we actually do sort of argue about that. >> right. >> he's under the impression that they will be red sox fans. but i disagree. especially being a new yorker. >> serious stuff. joining us now is judge toler, her new book is called "put it in writing" agreements between family and friends. and she's with us live in the studio. good morning. >> good morning, how are you? >> i'm really good. >> good. >> i want to do a little background on you. you were married once. you got married again? do i get this right? >> no, one time 20 years. >> one time 20 years. >> my husband was married before. he had four kids when i married him. >> i got it now. so you marry into this family. >> right. >> and suddenly you find yourself doing what? >> a whole lot more chores than i thought i was going to do. >> right. >> that's part of why i'm thinking you should put things in writing because we talk generally about things, but at the end of the day, general doesn't clean the toilet. and that's what i ended up doing. and i -- debra hutchinson billed her ex to take the emotion out of it. if he got a bill like he did from at&t, it took the emotion out and she got the money. we got the idea of putting agreements in writing not to ruin a relationship. saying if i'm going to lend you money, i want to know when i'm going to get it back. i'm putting it in writing. >> while you're dating and engaged and it's romantic, who is thinking of putting in writing, you will not make me clean toilets for your children? >> no one, that's why we wrote the book. how could they possibly think of everything? >> and you can't. and that's not what it's for. when you promise someone, and the marriage agreement isn't in there, it's on our website. it's a bigger one and more complicated. you talk about the idea of things. and for instance, you put down in writing what your relationship to money is. my husband's relationship, he wants to enjoy and fun the money, i want to see it in the bank. now, you have to decide who is going to do -- because he thinks i'm depriving him of his happy. i think he's depriving me of my safe. so we say, look, here's the general fun money. this is this money, you don't mess with mine, i don't mess with yours because that's what works for the two of us, and that we had to agree upon. >> do you think people, you could save people's marriages on the front side if you got people to sit down and actually write these things down before they even go as far as to say, honey, will you marry me? >> absolutely. because it makes you have the conversation. on divorce court when i talk to people, sometimes i say have you two met? what was he doing beforehand? and what did you think the ring was going to change? we get the ring and everything is cool, that's the goal. but that's when the work starts. so if you talk about how you want to live, do you want to be a stay at home mom? how big is your career going to be? do you want to live in the country? do you want to work a lot? do you want to stay at home? there's a lot of things you have to talk about. and the last and most important thing, which we didn't talk about my husband and i, we went to a marriage counselor before we got married, but oddities and expectations. i was odd, he was idiosyncratic and it really messed up all of our expectations. >> i thought you were going to say he was an idiot -- >> no, i don't have the key of the house, i need to get back in when i get home. and he's watching. so i have to be careful. but i needed a lot of privacy. so i had my own bedroom. shared his most of the time, but every once in a while, momma needed a little space, she had somewhere to go. and you have to include that in your understanding. he was insulted the first time i did that. but you explain it, you understand it, that has nothing to do with how she feels about me, it's a need she has. >> and it gives the other person to say the opportunity say i can't live with that, bye-bye. >> right. and you know, it's stressors and all of these kind of things. if you talk about the little things and the big picture and how do you want a day to run? 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>> maybe. >> sign me up, people. let's talk about the weather out there. here's what we see. we see around the east coast, the chesapeake, the toughest weather today. about 2 inches to 3 inches of rain around the washington, d.c. area, and before it's all over and done with, maybe 2 to 5 inches of rain d.c., portions of delaware over the next two days. if you take a look at what's going to happen tomorrow, that low pressure system will push further to the north. those downpours and coastal gails will be strong, as well, around the new york city area. that's going to be your tougher day tomorrow. tougher day for you tomorrow. california, beautiful today and beautiful tomorrow. speaking of california today, it's their anniversary. california became a state in 1850. you can figure out how many years that >> all right, everybody. i think i found the one lone cheerleader who is not a cheerleader in the crowd. >> i am a cheerleader. >> you're the base of the pyramid. thanks very much. let's get in to harry. this morning on our series "early essentials," having a well-stocked pantry. here with a list of essential ingredients every cook should have, gail simmons, special projects manager at food and wine magazine. and a big star of our favorite things about top chef. >> thank you, harry. it's always good to be here in the morning. >> are you doing all right? >> i'm doing fine. >> and before we do this, do you have crazy things going on? >> that's right, the fourth episode's airing tonight. it's actually, i have to say an incredible episode. it's supersized, big, french, delicious episode. so please watch tonight, harry. i'll be calling you tomorrow. >> you'll check. all right. well, you said the most important things you have to have in your pantry. >> there's a lot of ways to make things easy, save you money, save you time if you have a few great essential ingredients. >> olive oil. >> so important. people always think you need a million different kinds. you don't. you need one really great extra virgin olive oil and one other oil to cook high heat with. canola, i love grape seed. and then olive oil for finishing. >> but also balsamic vinegar. >> this is a place you don't want to skimp. spend an extra dollar or two, get a great balsamic. sweet and good quality. also a chery vinegar. lots of questions about salt. i always have two types of salts. a fine sea salt for fine seasonings, light things, fish, for salads and then for seasoning meat. kosher salt is always great to have, great texture and flavor. >> the grinder for the first time this year -- >> it is fun. but i'll tell you salt unlike pepper which will get you, doesn't release flavor if you grind it. you don't really need. you can buy it -- >> but it's fun to do and looks really nice. you need special sauce. black pepper, white pepper, i like to have both. white pepper more delicate for things like fish and, you know, delicate foods that you want to have a little less flavor. >> pepper flames. >> heat is important. pepper flames, cayenne pepper, one of the two is great in your kitchen to kick everything up. >> these regular old spices. >> you've got to be careful with spices because people keep them for years at a time. you've got to clean out your pantry once or twice a year. but these are great basic spices to build an ethnic pantry. curry powder, ground cumin, you can make great mexican food, great middle eastern food and then smoked paprika. >> it's a good reminder, go through your spice cabinet a couple of times a year and -- >> people keep it around for years and then they're useless. beans dried or can, i keep both on hand. dried are great for when the bean is a main part of the dish. but canned are perfect and they're my favorite to have. they last forever. humus, take a taste of that. nuts, great on hand, great source of protein. can be used in salads but also a fruit tart. ground up almonds, put on puff pace pastry. >> last but not least, you have several jars of things like fish. >> these are all kinds of extras i think are important. mustard, two kinds, dijon and grain, honey which is shelf stable, will stay forever. sweetener, great for tea, but it's also great for salad dressings, and these are fun little things to add flavor to any dish. good quality tuna packed in oil. >> for more on these essentials and much more for your pantry, go to our website earlyshow.cbsnews.com. >> thank you much. big drama on "big brother" last nightment. one of the most polarizing guests was kicked off. our own julie then sat down with master schemer and neuroscientist michelle moments after she was booted from the house. >> i'm michelle. this scientist is really going to mix things up in the house. >> oh, my god! >> i'm really scared. basically kevin winning the veto means i'm probably going home. >> i'm sorry, michelle, i have to vote to evict you. sorry. >> it's official, michelle. you have been evicted from the "big brother house." no one can argue you're a strong competitor and a smart player, yet you see to polarize a lot of people in the house. why do you think that was? >> well, julie, i played both side all the time in the house. and i think a lot of people distrusted me. and when they were had, they called me out on it and, you know, tried to use whatever nasty names in the book to get at me and get under my skin. >> you fought up until the end. you made some very good points to kevin and yet he still chose to evict you over jordan. why do you think that was? i just don't think that there was ever any trust between me and kevin. we've never worked together. and you know, after his history of back stabbing people in the house, i just don't think that he felt that i wouldn't back stab him. and ultimately i was a really good player in the house, i played by myself and made it this far. he also may have mistrusted my advice that i would be second place and he would be first. >> do you believe that? you believe you and kevin were sitting final two he'd take it all? >> no. i had some very good logic on why kevin should be in second place. so he made the right decision. >> thanks, michelle. >> thank you. >> and interview of her interviw with michelle, go to our website earlyshow.cbsnews.com. president obama and former president clinton will be among the speakers at a memorial service today for walter cronkite here in new york city. it is a final farewell to the journalist long known as the most trusted man in america. and we are pleased to be joined by his children, chip, nancy, and kathy who are speaking out in their first interview since their father passed away. we so appreciate you coming by to visit with us this morning. before this memorial service that so many are looking forward to. is there a way to put into words what this amazing flood of response has been since your father passed away? >> i like the way you asked the question. i'm not sure there is a way to put it in words except that i think for my whole life, it's been hard for me to get who he was to other people really. you know, he was dad. and this has been a really big dose of, oh my gosh, there will be thousands of people there to honor him, the president, and the former president will be there to honor him. the coming together of the musicians who loved him and whom he loved. and it's huge. >> yeah. >> very touching. >> it is so interesting. because as we talked about him so much on this broadcast and all of the other broadcasts on every other sort of medium, this sense that he touched so many people from so many walks of life. this notion that it wasn't just him talking with presidents and heads of state, but the guys from the grateful dead loved your dad. it was such an amazing and stunning thing. what do you want people to know about your father? >> dad very much stood for the fundamentals that you'll be very familiar with. of journalism being important in a democracy so that voters can cast informed votes at the polls. that people got the facts, the truth objective truth. and this was very important to him. and that's why i'd like to mention briefly dad was very interested in amnesty international. and i'd like to tell everybody that this was a big concern, and they work trying to free journalists who have been many times imprisoned for exercising their rights of free speech. and my sister set up a little website for the cronkite foundation if anybody would like to contribute that. weapon send it on to the big charities that dad was interested in and the ones that meant something to mom that were more like animal shelters. >> but this is a way to keep your parents' legacy alive -- >> and i'm pleased to be able to do something because so many people want to do things and now i have an opportunity to do something. it feels great. it's a great opportunity to be here and have the website. i'm very excited about it. >> the funeral was so powerful on so many different levels. when the opportunity then comes to speak then at a memorial service, what goes through your mind? what's the thing that you want to say finally? >> well, it's not final. >> right. >> it's another memorial -- >> very good point. >> this one put together by cbs, which looks like it'll be a great event this morning. part of it is the intrepid museum, the aircraft carrier here in new york city. giving dad an award. >> right because the intrepid does this from time to time, but only literally for presidents, war heroes -- >> well, yeah. i guess heads of state. this one to a communicator who was a patriot to the extent that the veterans, the former crew members called themselves wanted to give this to dad. he was also a big supporter of the intrepid museum refurbishment. >> yeah. what was it like to be walter and betsy's kids. >> fun. >> was it? >> yes. they were both -- one of the things i loved the most about both of them. they had a great sense of play and life as an adventurer. and i remember we'd get lost driving in a car and it would be an adventure. it was a very fun household. there was dancing and laughing and music and -- >> and our mother was a very witty woman, i don't know if you -- >> i did, several times. terrific, folks. and we thank you very much for taking the time to swing by here this morning before this memorial service. and so many folks are looking forward to. and sharing some stories about your mom and dad. >> and thanks for coming to the memorial later today yourself. >> i'll be there. a lot of us will. for more information on how to contribute to the walter and betsy cronkite fund, go to our website. up next, the legendary gladys knight will sing for us. did you know fios has a multi-room dvr? 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"his eye is on the sparrow." >> yeah, i did. i thought that would be in my heart a message michael would want to portray knowing him as i did to let everybody know, you know, i'm fine. because he had that love. that's what he was all about. and that's what most people didn't understand about him anyway. >> how is his family doing? >> they're doing pretty good. i'm amazed at katherine, his mom. she's always been an amazing spirit and she was the one that had randy call me and say, you know, tell her come on, it's family time. so i went. >> sing us off the air, if you don't mind. >> i'd love to. >> songs from the movie? >> okay. both of them. >> thank you very, very much for stopping. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ to fulfill a need to be who i am in this world ♪ ♪ is all i ask ♪ i can't pretend to be something that i'm not ♪ ♪ and i won't wear a mask ♪ you touched my face with love in your eyes ♪ ♪ but will you touch my heart with the understanding that to realize ♪ ♪ that i just can't play a part ♪ ♪ i've got this need to be true ♪ ♪ to myself and make my own mistakes ♪ ♪ but i don't want to lean too hard on someone else ♪ ♪ no matter what it takes ♪ so if you're sure it's love ♪ for me and only me ♪ because i am what i am ♪ i am what i am ♪ and i have to believe to be ♪ i hope you never lose your sense of wonder ♪ ♪ you get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger ♪ ♪ may you never take one single breath for granted ♪ ♪ god forbid love ever leave you empty handed ♪ ♪ i hope you still feel small standing by the ocean ♪ ♪ whenever one door closes i hope one more opens ♪ ♪ promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance ♪ ♪ and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance ♪ ♪ i hope you dance ♪ i hope you dance ♪ i want to tell you that it is a will of constant motion ♪ ♪ always rolling, rolling ♪ rolling us along ♪ tell me, tell me, who wants to look back and wonder ♪ ♪ where our fears have gone ♪ i hope you dance, i hope you dance ♪ miss dimitra, when will you marry me? - be my wife. - miss dimitra, marry me. - marry me. - marry me. - marry me. - be my wife, please. 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