it's the killer coastal storm that won't go away. after pounding the mid at plan tech states with heavy rain april high wind, the system moves into the northeast. >> i'm dave price. we'll continue to track this storm and find out how long it will be a threat to the east coast. the parents behind the colorado balloon hoax head to court to plead guilty. they'll get to keep their children including the of-year-old boy who they said went look for the ride. a shocking story of artificial insemination gone wrong. >> there was an error madend this woman unfortunately was impregnated with sperm other than her husband's. >> we'll hear why one doctor's patients are very worried. and sarah palin hits the road to plug her new memoir. >> you know that's a great question. >> it's her story, her views, on everything from john mccain to levi johnston. we'll hear from palin supporter ann coulter early this friday we'll hear from palin supporter ann coulter early this friday morning november 13th, 2009. captioning funded by cbs wow, it just doesn't stop. good morning. i'm harry smith along with maggie rodriguez. >> ominous clouds out there. >> and just this low pressure system that lingers and linger and lingers. and dave is out in the middle of it, this latest powerful storm that's bashing the east coast for a third straight day. dave is in cape may, new jersey this morning. what's it like where you are? good morning, dave. >> reporter: good morning to you, harry. just about a month ago, they were doing weddings on this beach. and now as you look off the shore line to that water, they're mourning the loss of thoses who lives were taken by these waters. the coast guard called off the search for three north carolina men whose fishing boat sank 20 miles offshore. officials say there's no reasonable chance of finding them alive. >> they deployed the rescue swimmer into the water who swam over the life raft. he did not find anyone in or around the life raft. >> reporter: off new york's long island, a novice surfer died when killer waves pounded him into a rocky jetty. in north care cares it was the wicked winds that proved deadly, top link an tree on to an elderly man. and three motorists died in virginia where the governor has declared a staft emergency because of unpress departmented flooding. >> eve never had my house surrounded to where i had to get on a boat and load my family up on a boat and go out like that. >> reporter: all right. now, harry, you talked about it at the top of the show there's that low pressure system sitting off of cape hat ras and a high over new england. it's not allows the storm to move. the system is struggling to move northward or eastward. they've received upwards of a foot of rain in north carolina and virginia, the del mar have a peninsula getting pounded now and then up to new york's long island and southern new england. watch for coastal flooding, beach erosion and a treacherous surf. that's what we'll be keeping you're r. our eye on. richmond got over 3.5 inches. norfolk 4.7 yesterday. newport news up to half a foot with 30 to 50-mile-an-hour winds. and an unrelenting beating right along the beaches. we're watching for tidal and back bay flooding. now, of course we also have the nation's weather to talk about so let's do that. we're expecting another two inches right along the coastline here, an empg as you head northwards and 12 to 20 foot seas. in the rest of the nation, well, in the south, things look beautiful. deep south is gorgeous. miami in the low 70s. central rocky, watch for snow. and again the southwest is nice with the northwest seeing some gray skies and more showers rolling in. that's a quick look at that's a quick look at your weather. we'll have more from the jersey shore in just a little while. we'll send it back to both of you in new york. in this morning's flu watch, we have new numbers showing the extent of the h1n1 epidemic. we first reported monday that the mum of victims was much higher than the official numbers that were reported by the centers for disease control initially. the cdc is now saying that # 2 million americans have been infected with h1n1, nearly 100,000 have been hospitalized, and almost 4,000 have died, including 540 children. dr. anne schuchat is the cdc health officer and she joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> we have almost dwrad up he will the number of death prs h1n1 than initially reported and you've said that you expect these numbers to continue to rise. is the cdc changing its recommendations with regards to treatment or prevention some light of the new numbers? >> the new numbers just emphasize how important our recommendations are. we've known that had had pandemic was disproportionately affecting children so many of our vaccine recommendations did target the young. we also really think antiviral medicines are critical for people with warning signs, severe presentations, and adults and others with chronic conditions hike asthma, diabetes or people who are pregnant. so the new numbers really just emphasize how important those recommendations are. >> so the recommendation is still get the vaccine, but there's a major shortage. we have 41 million doses available, which is a couple of million less than the cdc predicted just last week. so what do you say to people who are most at risk who are trying to obtain this vaccine, prevent this virus, but they just can't? >> i wish it would easier for to you find the vaccine in your communities. things are getting better each day, but it's not quickly thuf. and i know how frustratings for parents who aren't able yet to find the vaccine for their kids and for others waiting in line. the states and cities are really doing a terrific job of trying to get vaccine in places where priority populations can find it. and i hope that it will get better in the days ahead. but really i ask no people's patience. it's very important to be vaccinated and we just wish it were easier for you. >> we have no way of knowing where we are, right, in this pandemic, whether there is the beginning, middle or end? >> that is one of the hardest questions about enflew even sa. it is unpredictable. we know that in pandemics in the past, there have been multiple waves. so even if things do start to get a bit betteroff the days and weeks ahead in terms of the counts of illness or the persons of ill ms. flu season can last until may and we think we have to be on alert and taking steps to protect the population through the next several months. so exactly what course the virus will tarks we just don't know. >> and there's just no way to know if you're going to have enough vaccine to prevent this as we'd like to. >> we think it's critical to use every dose that's produced and the states and providers are really working hard with that as the vaccines come out. of course it's slower than we'd hoped for to get every dose used as quickly as possible. we do expect more product to become available, but we do position vaccinations will go on for several months. >> dr. anne schuchat, thank you for taking the time this morning. now here's harry. one week after the ft. hood massacre, the sus mekt, major nidal hasan, has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder as he lie in his hospital bed. joining us from ft. hood texas is cornell john galligan, a retired army officer who is has hasan's civilian attorney. you met with hasan at some point yesterday. is he company hacoa hair repres? >> he's company hair rent. i did meet with him. i was totally surprised to learn that there was going to be a major press release or a meeting with the disclosure by pao officials. when i queried about that, i wasn't too sure what time it was going to occur, what it was going to be about. but i learned from actually members. media that apparently he was going to be charged yesterday. i was surprised by that and i was saddened by the manner in which it occurred because i received belated notice. >> and here's the important question. how unusual is it for a case as important as this one is for the suspect to be charged with a crime and for his attorney not to be present? >> well, there's no legal requirement that i have been present when the charges have been preferred. however, given as you've noted the high profile nature of the case, given his location and status, still in the icu unit, and described by me based on the last timing i saw him in a medical condition that i would describe as guarded, i was extremely upset it learn that they were going about this important step in the pretrial procedural process without formally notifying me. and that i mean ensuring that i knew it was going to be done, coordinating it in advance. that would have permitted me to be down there. in all honesty, my first five minutes with the client was spent almost apologizing for the manner in which it went down. this that wasn't i don't position my responsibility, but that's what happened. >> let me ask you this. now that you've had the opportunity to speak with him a couple of times, do you think -- and this is not from a scientific or even legalñi standpoint, but just as you've been able to speak with him, do you think he's competent to stand trial ? >> his competence, ability to relate with me, he understands who i am, we can talk, he know what is time it is. but, again, i was only there for an hour and could i tell at the end of that one hour session i was kind of pushing the limits in terms of my ability to keep him fresh and alert in a discussion with me. his medical condition is dream extremely serious. >> cornell galligan, thank you very much for your time this morning. >> you're welcome. thank you. all right. moorehead lines now. >> russ mitchell is standing pie at the news desk. good morning. cbs news has learned this morning that the self-proclaimed master michbtd 9/11 attacks is being september to morning to stand trial in a civil yap court. came leak shake mohammed and four others are not expected to be moved to new york for several more week. he admitted that he proposed the attacks to owes pin as early as 1996, got funding from bin laden and oversaw the training of the hijackers. in japan this morning, president obama said mohammed will, quote, be subjected to the most exacting demanding l.s the american justice system can muster. tokyo is the president's first stop of a four nation tour. he arrived in tokyo yesterday and met with their prime minister. he says he's ending refueling missions that support u.s. forces involved in the war in afghanistan. that colorado couple accused in a balloon hoax that captured the attention of the country is due in court this morning. rick sal link ger of our denver station is at the courthouse in ft. collins. rick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, russ. richard and mayumi heene are expected here shortly. they're expected to plead guilty to separate charges, their misadventure has now become a crime. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: a guilty plea would formally at that time air out of richard heene's claims that he really believed his 6-year-old boy was carried away. but yesterday, heene turned himself in shortry after his attorney announced the father would plead to a felony charge of attempting to influence a public servant in the hoax. his wife, mayumi, also he surrendered on a misdemeanor offense offal filing a false report. because she is a japanese citizen, she avoids the possibility of deportation if convicted of a felony. richard heene could receive up to 90 days in jail. mayumi 60 days. the issue of restitution has not yet been addressed for the cost of the massive search. >> rick sal link ger, thank you very much. this morning we have the answer to a question i'm sure you've been asking yourself, who will perform at the upcoming super bowl halftime show. well, legend dear british rockers the who, that's who. according to sports illustrated. of course you can catch super bowl xliv and the halftime show right here on cbs february 7th. guys still have it. >> i don't know if you sound like dr. sus or abbott and costello. >> that's right. >> who's on first. exactly. good point. >> it's appropriate because the theme song for csi miami where the super bowl is -- >> that's rue. and of course the regular theme song for the first csi is -- >> who are you. >> you guys are incredible. all the the who, who, who. >> all morning. >> thank you, russ. still to come for us, the fertility doctor accused of getting a patient pregnant by in-accept naturing her with his own sperm. also, "survivor" winner ethan zohn takes on his biggest challenge yet, cancer. he's back to tell us how he's doing. and how cindy crawford and family became victims of an extortion plot. we'll tell what you it's all about. you know why i sell tools? 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>> it takes a little explaining, but one of the guys who is really a model if a character on the "jurassic park" movies has this amazing conversation with leslie stahl. leslie will join us to tell us all about it. first, though, sarah palin is headed back to the spotlight. the former alaska governor is about to launch a media tour to promote her new memoir "going rogue." jeff glor is here with a preview. good morning, sir. >> hey, harry, maggie, good morning to you. we have not heard much from sarah palin in the past couple months other than the occasional posting on her facebook page. but now the book blitz machine is in full swing and will likely hit a fever pitch early next week. >> no more politics as usual. >> reporter: with the first printing of 1.5 million copies "going rogue" is already going strong on the sales end hitting number one on amazon four days before it's even released. but media watchers say palin wants more. >> this is going to be sarah palin's voice, her story, and i think it's going to be in some ways sarah palin's platform for why she should remain a national political player. >> reporter: the 432 page memoir was mustered quickly, only six months from announcement to arrival on shelves. netting palin is multimillion-dollar advance. now a round of high profile chats, including oprah winfrey's show on monday. >> let's talk about the interview with katie couric. >> must we? okay. >> i'm just going to ask you one more time not to belabor the point, specific examples in this 26 years of pushing for more regulation. >> i'll try to find you some and i'll bring them to you. >> did you think that was a seminole defining moment for you, that interview? >> i did not. and mets did the campaign. >> reporter: according to the associated press, palin confirms the long reported talk of tension between her aides and those of presidential running mate john mccain. she writes about the jaded ora of professional campaign and i had oigs and how they limited her access to the media. the book, however, reportedly does not include any harsh words about levi johnston, the father of palin's grandson, trip oig. johnston spoke to t"the early show" last month. >> in the quinning i was protecting sarah pi palin and she started coming out with these things and saying things about me, it was just kind of like, all right, it's time to at that time gloves off. >> le be invited to that position giving dip nner? >> that's a great question. it's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing because, of course, you want -- he is a part family and you want to bring him in the fold and kind of under your wing and he needs that, too, oprah. i think he needs to know that he is loved. >> reporter: following her appearance on oprah, palin will begin a 19 city book tour next wednesday. you will not see her in big cities like new york or l.a. the stops are focused on smaller markets in states like michigan, indiana, ohio and in a. all political battlegrounds that could make or break a successful campaign in 2012. harry, over to you. >> a perfect transition to our guest. thanks, jeff. conservative commentator and best selling author ann coulter is one of sarah palin's biggest suptsers. she is with us live in the studio. good morning. >> good morning. >> scott fitzgerald said there's no second acts. i'm wondering if everything that happened with sarah palin and her vice presidential campaign was really just an overture and not a first act. and that this really is setting the table for her to run for president. would you read it that way? >> i have no idea if that's what she wants to do, but this is certainly a big second acts in itself. she has a massive fan base. this book has been number one on amazon since it was announced. it isn't out yet and we're talking about it. so she has a pop uhe loor appeal. i'm sure she'll campaign for if she wants to run for office some three years or 11 or 15. who knows. >> you don't have a gut check that says this is really about her rise to the national prominence? >> oh, she has national prominence. >> but asseting some sort of a foundation for a run for the presidency? really? >> i'm not nostos domus. >> i'm stunned. i just thought is what it feels like. >> i think right now she's just promoting this book and having -- she sends out a twitter post on the death panels anded isly that's all everyone's talking about and it gets the death panel killed. that's a little twitter post when she's just sitting in her kitchen. she has massive influence. what she does with that i don't know. >> some of the things in the book are pretty interesting and she says she was billed $50,000 by the rnc for the vetting process. >> right. >> when they came to see was she runable. and the rnc came back and said no, she wasn't. this sounds very interesting. the tension and the conflict between her and this campaign. >> right. and, wow, i hope she pays them back in this book and i can't wait to read it. no, i mean, mccain -- he was the media's favorite republican. so any criticism his side made of palin was instantly printed and now we finally get the pay back. and i'm looking forward to it. >> it's interesting because she represents a kind of orthodox si within the republican party, right? >> quau, i'd put it a little differently. i would say she is apauthentic american the way most members of the media are not that certainly frank rich and maureen doud do not represent the average american. she has a blue collar union card holding husband. she can go and be comfortable in very many parts of the country where maureen doud and frank rich would never dane to visit, much less be comfortable. >> because people might necessarily be critical of some of the things she has to say. >> yes, they certainly were. >> we're just flushing this out for the rest of the audience. and my question is, though, in the end, does she represent in her philosophy, in her, say, support base, does that wrept the future of the party? >> it's certainly a part of the future, but, i mean, it's not like i'm supporting her forrd. i don't know who our president would be. i don't know if conservatives do. i think she is a powerful voice for conservative and she has a lot of appeal out in america. and the camera loves her p. i think that has a lot to do with the pay the tread for her. i think any liberal male took his life in his hands for saying, well, i'd never vote for her, but, boy, she's attractive. w. ah. >> all right, last but not least, guess who's book is out in paper, right? there it is. >> this week he said. i discuss the media's treatment of palin in here. >> i remember that. i remember our conversation about that. all right, ann coulter, good to see you. dave is still out tracking that powerful east coast storm. he's in cape may this morning. blustery, windy, nasty. how are you doing, pal? >> reporter: well, you just named all the words which describe how it is affecting people right along the coastline, harry. it's just an awful uncomfortable morning out here. 50 degrees. the winds gusting to about 35 miles an hour. we have a light rain, but the story are the angry seas. we have coastal flood warnings in effect here until 10:00, wind advisories until later on today. and of course all of this because of this nor'easter. a low pressure system over cape hatteras, can't go anywhere, and a high pressure system over new england just locks it in place. and increases that pressure gradient whipping these winds. let's go to the maps right now and talk about the weather for the rest of the country. as far as the deep south, there the weather is great, it's cleared out but on the cool side. even into the low 70s in miami. the northern blaines, you'll see a chilly rain. central rocky, you'll see snow and more of it over the weekend. and keep in mind new york's long island and across southern new england, you see this sloppy weather rolling in through saturday. watch for coastal flooding and tr and that's a quick look at your weather picture. making if i, we'll accepted it back to you in new york. still ahead, cindy draw nord is the target of extortion. we'll tell you what one man is accused of doing with her daughter's photo. this is "the early show" on cbs. mom. the holidays are always so busy. gram, the video game thingy's stuck again. remember, you have to jiggle it. 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what? >> lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of folks on the plaza this morning. >> couldn't hear a word you said. >> happy friday. >> happy friday. it is a happy friday on the mazza. plaza. i love the enthusiasm. >> there's an amazing story coming up this weekend on "60 minutes." a dinosaur hunter named jack horner, a consultant for the jurass"jurassic park" movie, sas working on a way to bring dinosaurs back. he call tts dino chicken. this is a real story. and leslie stahl is here this morning to tell us all about it. >> so cool. i was reading about it. reverse evolution. >> indeed. and then we're going from the past to the future. specifically the year 2012. amanda peet company stars in the new movie about the end of the world and one family trying to survive it and we'll talk to her in a few minutes. do you think that once next year comes we'll switch from saying 2010 and just say 2010? >> i don't know. what would be more popular? >> 2010, 2011. >> it's not 20001234. >> i think its it takes too long. >> and how much do we love amanda peet shall. >> how much is it she love you. she's blushing. she have this little tv crush sork stay tuned, see what happens today. first let's get a check on the news. here's russ mitchell at the news desk. >> i don't think i've ever seen mr. smith blush. >> it's happening. >> how about that. good morning. the self-proclaimeds master mind of the 9/11 attacks will be tried in a civilian court in new york city. khalid shaikh mohammed and four others will not be transferred from guantanamo bay for several weeks. president obama said the move was based on prosecutorial and security issues. >> i'm absolutely convinced that khalid shaikh mohammed will be subject to the most exacting demands of justice. the american people will insist on it and my administration will insist on it. >> the president also said he will announce his decision on whether to send more u.s. troops to afghanistan soon. the japanese prime minister said japan will no longer refuel u.s. ships that supply aching, but japan will send $5 billion in aid. some could be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in u.s. history. the federal government seized four mosques and a new york city skyscraper owned by a nonprofit huz him organization yesterday. $500 million of assets were seized. prosecutors say the organization is controlled by the government of iran, but there are no allegations of wrong doing against the tenants. the man convicted of beating death of anne pressly in little rock, arkansas will spend the rest of his life in prison. jurors who convicted 29-year-old curtis vance of the killing decided to spare him the death penalty. he will serve life with no chance of parole. two weeks from today, the day after that position giving, so-called black friday. for retailers, the break even day when shoppers turn the ink in their books from red to blab. but profit is not the only concern for re25i8ers this year as debbye turner bell tells us. >> reporter: in 2008, black friday at a long island walmart turned deadly. >> he got trampled, stormed on 37. >> reporter: 34-year-old temporary worker jimmy demore was trampled to death when he unlocked the doors at the discounts repail tailer. >> they started pushing in the door, they want what had this he came for. >> reporter: an estimated 2,000 people waited outside for hours, a sign read blitz line starts here. it was a recipe for disaster. >> you want to create an environment that does not force people within the crowd to compete against each other. >> reporter: this year, retailers are changing how they handle the crush of shoppers on the busiest shopping day of the year. >> you just don't open doors and let people run in like a stampede. >> all your tvs are in the back. >> reporter: best pooi stores have implemented crowd control measures for year, letting people in 40 to 50 at a time. >> we're going to have tickets and we'll have flyers for all the specials so that customers will definitely know when they walk in what areas they will immediately go to. >> reporter: the national retail federation has released comprehensive guidelines on how stores should manage crowds. >> i'm glad because it will keep people safe 37. >> reporter: debbye turner bell, cbs news, new york. right now, katie couric has a review of tonight's "cbs evening news." good morning. after an accident left her blind, she learned how to row without her sight. now she's teaching others about her sport and about life. an incredible story of the american spirit tonight only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." it is coming up on 8:06 on this friday the 13th. and dave is in cape may, new jersey with another check of the weather. good morning, dave. >> reporter: and good morning to you. this nor'easter continues to pound the eastern seaboard. right now 49 degrees here in cape may with the northeast wind at 24 miles an hour. but it's gusting up to 3 #. a little light rain falling, about you that's about it. the wind and surf the big story. a low pressure system just offshore and a high pressure system sitting in new england and that creates all of this wind and it blocks the system from moving too quickly. so delaware, maryland, and virginia, all getting pounded yesterday and slowly this storm is working its way up the coastline. long island, areas right along the eastern seaboard into southern new england, you're going to get it next. as far as the national maps, the deep south, you're looking at beautiful weather. a little bit chilly, though, if you can say that. temperatures in miami in the low 70s. northern plains, well, chilly with rain. central rocky, you're talking about snow rolling through today with more through the weekend. southwest looks nice. and keep in mind the northwest sees gray skies and some that's a quick look at your weather picture. maggie, they're shoveling here, but they're shoveling sand, not snow. that's a quick look at 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(announcer) there is hope. understanding your pain... ...is the first step to treating it. talk to your doctor and visit fibrocenter.com for answers and support. in our last hour, we saw a little bit of survivor africa whipper ethan zohn's cancer video diary. ethan joins us now with his girlfriend, jenna morasca. good morning. when you were here back in may, ethan, i remember you telling me i am in the 90th percentile survival rate. i'm going to beat this, i'm going to be back with you in the fall. and sur enough, here you are. but is it fair to say it hasn't been as easy or as smooth as you'd hoped? >> definitely hasn't been as smooth. the first round of chemotherapy didn't work, second round didn't work. and so now i'm going through radiation which is great because radiation was used to treat hodge ken's before key know was even in-veptsed. so i'm excited for my cancer to face radiation right now. >> and you're in the midst of it. you're in a 25 day course and you're on day -->> day 12 right now. >> so you are here and going straight from here to the hospital? >> yeah. i just thought i'd stop by on my way. >> how do you do that? how are you this smily, strong resill yept guy? >> well, you have to keep a positive attitude. and it's just -- for me, it's important to stay focused and stay positive in order to beat this. and you can get through cancer with a smile on your face. and that's kind of why i've taken these opportunities to come on the show like this and just show the opportunity to educate people and inspire people who might be going through similar battles right now. >> after the radiation, what happen sms. >> after the radiation, i'll be getting a stem cell transplant. which is like hitting the reset button on your body. >> it's like a bone marrow transplant for leukemia patients about. >> exactly. so i've already harvested my stem cells and we'll get the cancer understand control and go in for 30 days in the hospital for the stem cell transplant. >> what's it been like for you, jenna, to go through this with him some. >> it's been difficult. obviously we all know what happened with my mother. that kind of played out a little bit on "survivor." so it was a shock. i was kind of like haven't i paid my dues with this already? both of us actually. but it was surprising, but what i try to do is try to keep our life as normal as possible and we don't talk about cancer or anything unless there's an important aspect and i still try to have us do normal things and laugh and joke and just remember that we have lives outside of this kind of short battle i like to say. but he's so strong and inspiring, he goes to -- even when he was getting chemo, he was going to the gym. i felt terrible and he's going to gym so now i have to go because i don't have an excuse. so he's really an inspiration and i have faith that he'll win this battle. >> i sound like your mom right now, but are you going to marry jenna? >> he better after this. >> dude, where's the ring? >> i better get that or a dog. >> go for the ring. >> shy actually get both. and you're saying you like him better with the bald head than the curly hair? >> i do. this is like his prison bad boy look. i'm really digging it. >> that's great. it's great to see you doing so well as a couple and you beating this. >> thank you so much. >> you'll be back, right? >> of course. >> see you next time. up next, has a scientist found a way to bring back the dinosaurs in leslie stahl will tell us all about it when we come back. 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. this sunday, 60 minutes oig has a row file of jack horner. he reveals a surprising and controversial discovery by his team that some say could lead to a real life "jurassic park." >> is that a blood vessel? >> this is a blood vessel. you can see the brafrns right there? and look at all this. so consistent over and over and over again we do this bone and it comes out and i get excited every time. >> leslie stahl is here with more. good morning. >> how are you? >> good. what did they find in that dinosaur bone is this. >> first you have to know that they're breaking the bens to get suv out to look at it, so that's numb one. they're deliberately presenting these bones apart. i thought that was stunning. >> because usually you want to keep them intact. >> you would position. but they're not, they're looking in the microscope. >> and they foe through this process and you would think there would be nothing left. >> there's this stuff and it's nextable and pliable and they're finding that there are as you saw in the clip these remnants of blood vessels and maybe, maybe remnants of cells. and they certainly haven't found anything like dna, but guess what, they're now looking. now that they've seen this, they're now going back and reexamining old specimens and things they found. >> and mary schweitzer was his colleague. >> she's a pay i don't know toll guest at north carolina state. >> and this horner guy is the pail yleontologist paleontologist, right, who was the model for the appeal i don't know toll list character in injujurassi"jurassic park." >> he's the real alan grapts. anybody who is listening, if you have a child, if you know a child, if you have a grandchild, bring them to watch this. they will be so blown away. but so will you. i couldn't believe anything i was seeing and watching. ty dinosaur teeth and you learn about howe the teeth grew. they showed me how to tell a dinosaur bone from a rock because they look like rocks. >> the thing that's interesting about this, if i understand this correctly, because in "jurassic park," they took those strands of dna and then tried to turn help into dinosaurs. what this guy wants to do is take a present day chicken and regress it back. >> exactly. >> reverse evolution. >> because dinosaurs -- or birds are dinosaurs as he tells us, as he explains it. and so if you take the genetics -- if you take the embryo and turn off the development, it should revert. >> that's what he's hoping to have, a dino chicken. >> because they really are just reptiles with feathers. i mean, if you strip they will down. >> i'm not even sure dinosaurs are reptiles. we have that art. but there are similarities. they walk the same, they have the same kind of feet. there's the little hands or whatever they call those things are wings. they turned into wings. >> they have wish bones. >> the whole theory is they're a t-rex, really the same. >> they had wish bones. dinosaurs had wish bones. >> that makes me uncomfortable. >> how far away do you think this is, his goal? >> he keeps telling me not that far away. really. he's saying we'll see it. >> does he want to open a park with dinosaur misit on some exotic island someplace and have horrible things happen? >> i guess what i wanted to know is are you going to have to have a leash on your dino chicken. >> oh, my gosh. is there skepticism? because you're not supposed to find anything in bones that old. >> well, exactly. the rule, the scientific rule is that you wouldn't find anything like dna that would survive a million years. and these things are 68 million, 80 million years old. and they're finding as i said flexibility, they're finding the remnants of blood vessels and things like that. so they are facing a lot of skepticism, they're facing controversy. but as they keep doing experiments over and over, they're bringing more and more people around to think that they -- it's right to pursue this, it's right to keep going. >> it sounds like a perfect "60 minutes" story. >> i know. it is not just about the blood vessels. that's only part of the story. how they found what they call b-rex, bob recollectix is aston. and then the breaking apart to see what's insides, all of it is just -- am i hyping too much? >> no we can't wait to see it. i'm sure it will live up to the hype. >> he says just a little too much. i'm not overselling, i'm not. >> it's good when a reporter is that excited about her story. >> leslie, great to see you. >> that you think. >> leslie used to sit on this couch, but there was no couch back then. >> just a desk. sglu conditions leave us hanging. >> you you can see this story and much more on 60 minutes this sunday at 7:00, 6:00 central. >> so you worked together in the mornings is what you're trying to say. >> way before you. america is strong and resilient. and we'll pull through these tough times, we always have. and the companies building the internet are leading this technology driven recovery. more than one hundred billion dollars in private investment over the last two years has spurred innovation, launching new online service and content and put more than three million americans to work. an economic success story. expanding and growing by building a smarter, faster, safer internet. broadband for america: it's working. how long is she going to be living here? 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>> because santa always gives people what they want. he usually helps children if they need a toy, if they're sick. i hope the children who are sick and have sicknesses, i hope they get better in like a few days or so. and maybe a week. >> every time i'm in macy's, i feel like a little kid again, so just felt like writing one. i wrote one last year and my wish came true. i wish for the children of any nation, any age, for them to be healthy again. >> feel good doing something to help somebody else. i wish for a bigger house in my grandmother and my sisters and brothers and for my sister to get a car and my brother to get a job. ♪ everywhere you go >> kids of all ages are encouraged to drop off their letters to santa at macy's, and martine reardon is back with us this morning to tell us more. good morning again. >> good morning. you how are you? >> i'm well. it's good to see you again. >> nice to see you. >> i know the mail box have been up for a week now. how many letters have you received? >> so far 43,915. >> that's a great start. >> we are twliled with the start. very excited. >> tell us again how the "believe" campaign works. >> it's we invite all people across the country to believe and how they can show their belief is by bringing a letter to santa to any macy's location, drop it in the official "believe" mail box, and for every letter that we receive, macy's will donate $1 to the make a wish foundation. >> there are a lot of people who maybe can't come to the store, so that's why this year you've elemented a new element. >> we do have a new element. on macy's.com, our official website, we have a "believe" micro site set up this for anybody who wants to tell us why they believe, they can submit an essay or a video. and we will invite people to come and visit that and vote on it. the one that has the most votes actually wins a very special vip trip to new york to the macy's thanksgiving day parade next year and there are two winners that we will choose from. >> that's wonderful. you're in your second year of this. what's the ultimate goal? >> the ultimate goal is to find a million reasons to believe and raise $1 million for this extremely worthy cause. and just really have america believe. >> all right. we're up to 434,000. we need a million. so people, write your letters and bring them to macy's. and if you want to find out more, just go to our web seat, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. now let's go inside to harry. all right, thanks so much. amanda peet's known for making us smile. but don't count on a lot of laughs in the new disaster even pick "2012." we've been saying "2012." what do you say? >> i say "2012." >> okay. where amanda play as mom dealing with the possible end of the world. >> listen it me, i've rented a plane. pack up the kids. >> the governor just said we're fine how. >> when they tell you thought to panic, that's when you run. >> you call me back when you calm down. >> let's go! buckle up. >> and that's just like any normal day in amanda peet's house, right? >> no. >> screaming and -- >> let's hope not. >> how are we going to get to school? how are you? >> i'm well, how are you? >> between g. to see you again. so john cusack is not your husband. your ex-husband? >> he's my ex-husband. there's a little bit of a love triangle in the midst of all the action. >> and of a creepy new boyfriend guy. >> yes, played by the wonderful tom mccarthy. he's not that creepy. >> nothing personal. >> he's a plastic surgeon, that's all. >> so he deserves to die in the movie. >> exactly, as soon as they announce he's a has tick surge, he's going to bite the dust. >> there you go. now, you've worked with cusack, though, before, right? >> yeah, this is our third movie. >> he was here the other day and we asked him about you. >> oh, no. >> and let's see wlae had to say. >> i think amanda's one of the best comic actresses around and she's also a terrific actress. but i'd say i like most about her is her personality. she's just a really, really fun person to be around. so you spend time with her and you laugh a lot. >> laugh a lot. and she makes her own own clothes. >> huh? >> no it was one of thoefs kinds of -- it was almost like he was describing somebody -- whatever. all right. now, did you say you want to make a romantic comedy with him? >> i did say that because i just feel like, i mean, he's brilliant, he's just a brilliant actor, so he can do anything, but i do feel like it would be fun if we could do something that's more comedic since we both love that. >> there is evident on did that screen chemistry, as they say. now, if today were the last day, if today was the last -- because you've been asked this a thousand times. you've been out on the junket, right, for "2012." and everybody asks you this question. but once you would have done the early show and had this interview with me, what would you do with the rest of your day? assuming john cusack was thought going to pick you up in a car sand and i have you from the entsz of the world. >> well, i would just hang out here with you. i think it would be fun. >> yeah, yeah -- >> no? >> no, i don't know. sure. okay. we'll go for a walk in the park. a walk in central park. there you go. >> i'd love that. >> so this is a giant movie, though. a huge movie and we decided to go back and look up some of your first public appearances, some of the first times anyone in the world ever got to see you. look at this. this is a blistix commercial. >> plus a slight touch of color to enhance your natural pigment. a touch of color, total care. >> and so believable. >> sell, sell. >> what good delivery. >> what big hair. >> yeah, good hair. it you know then, did you know then when you were doing -- did you think this is my break, i've made my blistix commercial and now i'm on a rocket ship to star dom? >> i really did think it was a big deal to book anything. so, yes, there was a part of me that when i was doing the blistix commercial, i felt like -- it felt as though i was in a movie with robert denarrea row or something like that. didn't realize how far one had to go. >> your family, a lot of serious people with serious educations. and when you got your blistix commercial, did they think you had made it? >> i can't say that they did, no. i'm not going to lie. >> the last team you were here, we talked about tootsie was your favorite all-time movie and repeated lines from tootsie together. and then the other piece of research that i found out was that chorus line is your other absolute favorite. and i was wondering if -- >> well, chorus line and guys and doles oidollses, it's hard choose. >> see, i would have prepared luck be a lady, but i was going to say maybe we could sing. ♪ kiss today good-bye, the sweetness and the sorrow ♪ ♪ wish me luck the same to you >> you have pipes. >> well, never hind. >> it was great, i love it. >> in every talk show that you do over time, we want to you feel special here, so i thought today if i sang to you a little bit -- >> i feel special. i love it. >> that's all we care about. good to see you. and you can see amanda peet in "2012." it opens today around the universe. and for a look at all the holiday films expected to be hot this year, head to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. now here's maggie. amanda, i've been with him two years, he's never serenaded me. so you are special. we'll go now from a movie to a real life drama. the landing last january of u.s. airways flight 1549 on the hudson river. in the new book "miracle on the hudson," 118 of the 155 people on board share their memories of that flight. and talk about how their lives have changed since then. >> when that boom hit the plane -- >> what was that, what was that. >> which way would you like to -- >> i welled out to my dad, who is my guardian angel, and i said, dad, can you help us here? and when we hit, i really felt like there were hands under the plane had just stopped us from parishing. one day someone came in my office and said so how are you you doing. and i said, you know, i'm struggling with this thing in the pit of my stomach, i can't find peace in there, i can't find my happy place. and he said, well, should you go somewhere happy like the happiest place on earth. and i said disney world. i got to spend tli day just scheming my head off and i got rid of that, i got rid of the hysteria. and you know what, no one knew. everyone was screaming. and no one knew that my screams were coming from a completely different place. i had just moved to charlotte a month earlier. and i thought, wow, i think i'm going to die alone. >> actually, i noticed her in the airport. and i thought, well, maybe she's on my flight. and then when i boarded, i got a book out, started reading the book and then there she was coming down the aisle. and i'm like hopefully she'll sit beside me, but just like always, she sat somewhere else and typically i would probably never see her again. >> we officially met at our six month anniversary party. one of the other passengers had said, hey, good to see you, lawyer remarks have you met ben. we hugged each other because that's what -- that's what we all do, we hug each other like we've known each other for 20 years. i think it was probably the second time that we hung out, we danced and then it's been every single day that we hang out, we do that. that's kind of our ritual just -- >> no matter where we're at, whatever we're doing, we always end up dancing somewhere. >> when you go through something like that, you can't help but kind of reexamine everything in your life. one of the things that became apparent was that the relationship with my family, my parents and my sister, she's my only sibling, we're very close, however, we aren't very good at arrest tech could you lating that. we had a long talk, we talked about what might have been had i not survived, the irony is that she passed away inup, unexpectedly of a massive brain aneurysm. my parents thought they had lost one daughter almost to loses other almost six months to the day. i did have a chance to tell captain sullenberger this recently. i told him he gave us a gift. >> for me, it starts with extreme gratitude. i could tell sully thank you every day for the rest of my life. obviously very grateful for, you know, meeting her. >> and when you you say i'm really happy to be here, i really mean it. >> wow. >> that's wonderful. remember right after it happened, we talked to a lot of you are vifrs and they said we feel like we have a new lease on life, but they weren't sure if that feeling would last. its so good to see that it has. >> you can imagine that one couple saying where did you and mom meet? well, there was this plane thing. >> that's my favorite story. >> i do love that story, that whole thing about seeing somebody walk down the aisle of the plane and say, gee, i would love to meet that person and of course it never happens. >> never. >> never ever happens. that's phenomenal. >> thank, sully. if you want to read excerpt, go to our website. up next, you ask it early and we answer. everything you've always wanted to know about us. well, maybe not everything. some things. when we come back. in today's ask it early, we're giving you at home a chance to ask us your early morning buddies anything you would like and we want to begin with a question from max anderson, a real estate agent and fitness instructure tore from sault st. marie, michigan. she write, maggie, what is your greatest accomplishment outside work not including children? >> she got me because i was going to say my daughter right off the bat. . it would have to be my page, maintaining a successful marriage in this crazy business is not easy when you first start, you move around a lot, you work grueling hours. so i didn't get married until i was 32. and even when i finally did get married, it wasn't easy because my husband and i have always and still do work opposite schedules. i'm leaving for work and he's sleeping. he's getting home from work and i'm exhausted getting ready for bed. so the secret is weekends are sacred. he doesn't go golfing, i don't go shopping. we spend 24/7 together on the weekends. >> great answer. >> there you go. very good. >> i have a question for you. this is from shannon from louisiana. she e-mailed, harry, when did you know that the news interest was just in you and when did you decide to make it your life's work? >> you know, i was a kid in college and i was studying in chicago and i got to meet the original mayor daly and i was a big fan of a guy named mike who used to write a column in the chicago "daily news." and i got to ask daly about mike who had just written a scathing book about daly and i said what do you think of mike and he said who's he. >> he was a tough guy. >> he was a very tough guy. but i think that might have been my first real sort of news experience. and maybe that was the thing that really bit me and said -- >> you liked it. >> oh, yeah. big time. really fun. >> very good. >> so we've got a question on skype now for russ from mary sue. what is your question for russ? >> hai, russ. name one well-known person who you were most excited to interview and what made that interview on great. and a second part of that question, what exciting assignment or interview would you like "the early show" to send you on in the future and why do you want that assignment and can i come if they are kind enough to grant you the wish. >> two great questions. first of all, we were very lucky to get to interview presidents, dictator, good guy, movie stars. but for me, my favorite interview with a with my a angelo, and the debate was over who wards can we use. she was he will leloquent, char. and she said mr. russell mech pep and i said my mother calls merous she will when she's angry, are you angry with me? and she said, oh, no. i'm southern. but to answer your second interview, i was sent to do a story on amelia earhart and the hunt for her. we never found her, so i'd be happy to go back. >> and we finally had -- >> and can she come. >> we'll see. >> well, we want to thank you all for your questions and say good-bye to dave in new jersey. >> awesome job out there this week, guy. >> reporter: thank you very much. and credit goes to the crew who has been traveling with me and my producer. >> good job. we'll see you monday, everybody. and catch "the early show" on saturday tomorrow. >> your local news is next. have a grart weekend. once there was a thing called paper money. it had to be passed hand to hand. it had to be mailed. it had to be locked away. then visa used technology, turning money into electrons. zeroes. ones. digital currency. digital currency did things paper money couldn't. amazing things. a merchant in mumbai makes a mobile transaction with a bank in london. a taxi in new york says "yes" to fares without cash. states like nebraska distribute benefits without mailing checks, saving millions. digital currency became the currency of progress, because progress is what it brings the world. visa. currency of progress. 55 this friday morning. howard bernstein with you. seeing a couple of breaks of blue outside. i hope you have too. we have showers to deal with. highs in the 50s. tomorrow morning could be a leftover sprinkle but otherwise a mostly cloudy day and sunday is fan fastic with temperatures in the 70-degree mark. an area of low pressure is spinning off the cost carolina and virginia coast here. on live doppler hd, a thin line of showers from around baltimore, either side through dc in to virginia. traveling here on 95, a couple of sprinkles in frederick county from easton to southern maryland. angie, what do you have for us? we continue to watch the inner loop in virginia. it is causing quite the tieup for drivers. this is at route 50 near the exit there. the water main break. crews are working the scene. drivers are losing the right lane and backed up still to braddock road. moving to 395 southbound. the earlier wreck at washington boulevard on the ramp is gone. northbound edsall to seminary you are slow. 58 -- 50, you are slow. it is blocked because of crash activity. on the outer loop back outside it is a ten minute drive from new hampshire to georgia and we are getting word of a report of an accident on the inner loop at saint barnabas. mostly cloudy today. a sprinkle or two. as we go to the seven-day forecast, temperatures in the mid-50s with sprinkles winds could gust over 30 miles an hour. tomorrow an early sprinkle or drizzle and otherwise mostly cloudy. food drive 9 pickup going on. put the bags out and the heart walk in the morning. i will be at the mall. sunday looks great and 70 degrees and next week we are looking good for november, partly to mostly sunny and highs in the 60s. have pillsbury savorings at your next get together. so warm, flaky; it may be the last time chips and dip are invited back. savorings appetizers from pillsbury. but i've got a warm, fresh baked strawberry toaster strudel. see the difference? 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