good morning, everybody. good morning, maggie. >> good morning. yesterday at about this time we were speaking here on the air with vice president joe biden, just as we've learned his son was being admitted to the hospital after a mild stroke. 41-year-old beau biden is recovering this morning. we will have the latest on that coming up this morning. and we'll also talk about what can cause someone young and seemingly fit, like beau biden, to suffer this condition. >> a lot more common than you think. first we begin with breaking news. the deadly plane crash in libya. cbs news correspondent charlie d'agata is in london with the very latest. good morning, charlie. >> good morning to you, harry. they're still trying to determine all the nationalities of the victims aboard the flight. we do know there were dozens of dutch passengers, including an 8-year-old boy who may be the only survivor of the crash. the wreckage of africa airways was thrown across farmland at tripoli international airport. the tail of the airbus was clearly visible among the sea of wreckage. the flight had taken off from johannesburg, south africa with 104 people on board. it was due to land in tripoli, then fly on to london's gatwick airport. according to the libyan transport minister, an 8-year-old dutch child was the sole survivor. the libyan rescue services could do little more than collect passports and personal effects from the wreckage to start identifying the dead. the airbus a-330 has an excellent safety record and aviation officials say the weather conditions were good at the time of the crash. the plane's data recorders, which will be critical in determining what went wrong, were quickly recovered. the airline is owned by the libyan government, which has already ruled out terrorism. but what caused the plane to crash just as it was coming in to land is still unknown. harry? >> charlie d'agata in london this morning. thank you. maggie? >> thanks, harry. it is now 7:03. and the latest on the disaster in the gulf now. crews this morning getting ready once again to try to cap that massive oil leak. and oil executives will be back on capitol hill today playing the blame game. cbs news correspondent mark strassmann is in venice, louisiana, with the latest there. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning, maggie. that blame game will go on, as bp tries planned "b," which is lowering another containment box underwater, a smaller version of the one that failed last weekend. once again, the hope is to plug the main leak that's gushing into the gulf. later today, bp's response teams will get back in south louisiana's marshes. using rakes and shovels to remove oil that washed ashore. some of the estimated 4 million gallons now floating in the gulf. >> we got out here, after we identified from the air that we had oil infecting the shorelines. >> reporter: the oil rig went down about 50 miles from where we are. and the now-mammoth oil blob has been lurking closer to here than anywhere else on the gulf coast. >> i hear one message, and the message is, don't blame me. >> reporter: on capitol hill tuesday, a senate committee grilled executives with bp, and two other companies. transocean, which operated the doomed rig. and halliburton, which sealed the doomed well. the companies blamed each other. but bp concedes the mess ultimately is its responsibility. >> i'll acknowledge we've had issues and we've got to change some of the areas of the company. >> it gets down to the agenda and the culture of the company. >> it sure does. and the culture of this company is that there's been one accident after another. >> reporter: bp says it already spent $350 million responding to the spill. late last night, engineers tried another fix on the gushing well. a smaller, two-ton containment box called a top hat was lowered into the gulf. bp hopes it will trap oil on the seafloor and funnel it to a surface ship. but no one can guarantee its success. and today, another estimated 200,000 more gallons will expand the blob of oil drifting in the gulf. bp hopes that top hat containment box will be in place on the sea floor by tomorrow. but remember, again, this is untested technology. never tried before in waters this deep. maggie? >> mark strassmann in venice, louisiana. mark, thank you. joining us from washington, massachusetts senator john kerry. senator kerry, good morning. >> good morning to you. >> as we've just heard, bp keeps trying and so far failing to contain all these oil leaks. how can our government, how can you assure the american people that everything necessary will be done to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> well, it's going to be -- senator lieberman and i are introducing legislation today called the american power act, which is a major shift in america's energy policy. what this spill in the gulf tells us, above all, is that we have to really take the steps that we've been talking about for 30 years. for too long now, to move away from our energy independence on fossil fuels, and particularly on imported fuel. the importance is now to move to the new economy, the new -- the new energy economy, if you will, where we're producing our energy at home. we're producing green energy. we're producing clean energy. energy which can't ultimately have the kind of problem that we had in the gulf. but we also, we know we're going to continue to drill for some period of time, so we have to make certain we know exactly what happened in the gulf, and that we have the ability to prevent that from ever happening again. most importantly, we need to get in to the global marketplace and compete with china, with india, with mexico, brazil, other countries. america's falling behind. we want america to be number one in clean energy power production. we can reduce pollution, create jobs, and restore our energy independence, and that's the direction we have to move in. >> but senator kerry, correct me if i'm wrong, your legislation calls for expanding offshore drilling at a time when polls show most americans no longer support it. why do you believe it's necessary to do that? >> that's not what we do. we actually restrict the current plan of the president. we give states greater power, and say, over their future -- >> are you saying this does not call for expanded offshore drilling? >> i'm saying that it restricts, i'm saying that it restricts the current law and it restricts the president's current plan. that is exactly what i am saying. it gives states greater power to be able to make a choice about what will happen in the future in terms of drilling. and in addition to that, it places a moratorium on current drilling until we know what happened in the gulf, and then we proceed forward. but, look, we're not going to stop drilling all of a sudden. americans drive their cars every day. we heat our homes. we do things with this oil. and it isn't going to disappear until we put our bill in place. the american power act, which will move us to a new energy economy, where we're producing clean energy, a broader array of energy options for the country, so we could have clean energy produced in one part of the country, transferred to another part of the country. all of that is going to take time. and we are putting in place the mechanism so we can reduce pollution, clean up our air and our water, create jobs here at home, and increase america's energy independence, thereby strengthening our national security. that's exactly what our bill does today. >> all right. senator john kerry, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> now back over to you, harry. >> all right, maggie. now to the cleanup from the deadly storms that hammered the nation's midsection yesterday. a tornado was caught on tape in freemont, ohio. no injuries were reported. it was the same band of storms that wreaked havoc across oklahoma and kansas the day before. and that's where concern is growing this morning, as forecasters say another round of storms is expected to roll through maybe later today. cbs news correspondent cynthia bowers is in norman with more. good morning, cynthia. >> reporter: good morning, harry. and amid all this devastation, there is some good news this morning. three children who were believed to be among the five dead turned out to be alive, in a hospital, albeit in critical condition. the mistake only serves to demonstrate the confusion caused by so many tornadoes hitting so many communities, touching so many lives. all across central oklahoma, tuesday was a day for coming home. to see what the killer twisters left behind. >> i don't know where to go. don't know what to do. >> reporter: david and katrina shaw found the home they built in shambles. >> it's tough. it's tough to come back to this again, and see the damage. when you saw it, emotions just start welling up, and you go through a checklist in your mind of the things you have to do. >> reporter: the weather service says it may be the weekend before it has a firm count on just how many tornadoes were spawned by an enormous system they saw developing days ago. >> a lot of times there may be six ingredients there, but we're missing the seventh and eighth ingredient. monday, we had all of them. >> reporter: even folks who dodge tornadoes every spring were caught off guard by the intensity of these. >> i think it's about as bad as i've seen. >> reporter: even so, like many mere, martha preferred to focus on what was left, not what was lost. >> it's just stuff. as long as you're alive, you can start over. just stuff. >> reporter: and as harry said, oklahoma could be under the gun again, as soon as tonight. although forecasters don't anticipate anything like what people just went through. >> all right, cynthia, thank you so much. cynthia bowers in norman, oklahoma. >> it is now 7:11. and we want to go to the news desk and betty nguyen for the rest of the morning's headlines. >> good morning, maggie and harry. good morning to you at home. britain's new prime minister is getting down to business today. david cameron is the first prime minister from the conservative party in 13 years. cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer is in london with the latest. good morning, elizabeth. >> good morning, betty. the british election was actually last thursday. but the conservatives didn't manage to win an outright majority then. so we've had a five-day political cliffhanger. horse trading and back room dealing that finally, late last night, produced the first coalition government in britain since the second world war. britain's new coalition partners shook hands this morning outside number 10 downing street. 43-year-old conservative david cameron is the youngest prime minister in 200 years. his deputy is nick clegg, from the liberal democratic party. david cameron, with his wife samantha, paid the traditional visit to queen elizabeth last night, and accepted her invitation to form a government. cameron is a conservative in the british sense. in favor of gay rights, a green agenda, and the welfare state. in fact, in his victory speech, addressing the huge challenges facing debt-ridden britain, he even paraphrased john f. kennedy. >> we don't just ask, what are my entitlements, but what are my responsibilities? when we don't ask where, what am i just owed, but more, what can i give? >> reporter: president barack obama was the first foreign leader to call with congratulations and an invitation to visit washington in july. now, that's five months down the road and they're likely to be -- i beg your pardon, that's a couple months down the road. likely to be very rough months, because britain's facing enormous debt problems, and the government's already said it's going to cut billions from public spending in the next few months. betty? >> cbs' elizabeth palmer in london. thank you. vice president biden's eldest son beau is expected to make a full recovery from a mild stroke. the vice president gave a thumb's up after visiting his son last night in a philadelphia hospital. beau biden became ill at his delaware home yesterday. he's said to be alert and talking to family members. beau biden is the delaware attorney general. he also served a year in iraq with his national guard unit. ahead in our next half hour, dr. jennifer ashton will have more on strokes. a horrific attack this morning at a kindergarten in china. seven children and a teacher were hacked to death by a man who went on a rampage in northwest china. the attacker also took his own life. 20 years were injured. this is the latest in a series of attacks on schools in china. a singhole caused by a giant landslide in canada killed a family of four. their home northeast of montreal was swallowed up by a giant singhole monday. the bodies of the parents and their two young daughters were found in the basement last night, where they had been watching a montreal canadiens playoff hockey game. controversial swedish artist lars vilks came under attack. ville k was giving a lecture yesterday near stockholm when he was assaulted. vilks said he was head-butted before being rushed out of the lecture hall by police, who used pepper stray on the angry crowd, some shouting god is great in arabic. vilks angered muslims with a sketch that put the head of the prophet mohammed on the body of a dog in 2007. and dramatic video from australia. it shows a man holding on to his baby, as a car smashes into him. he turned just in time to shield the baby, who incredibly, was not hurt. the man suffered a broken leg. the car was driven by an elderly woman who lost control. the accident happened back in 2008, but the video was just now released. amazing that the baby wasn't injured. here's dave price with the first check of the weather. good morning, dave. >> and good morning to you. good morning, everyone. let's go to the weather map, because it is active once again today. we've got a lot going on. we have, believe it 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"early" show national correspondent hattie kauffman has the story. >> reporter: erica blasberg seemed to have it all. a standout at the university of arizona. and on the ladies pro golf tour -- >> hole in one for erica blasberg. >> reporter: -- she became a darling with photographers. but sunday afternoon, a 911 call brought police to blasberg's home near las vegas. where they found her body. >> it's devastating. you don't want to have a bury a 25-year-old daughter. >> reporter: blasberg's agent said she had her bags packed for a tournament in alabama. but recently, she has struggled on the course. blasberg earned $113,000 on the lpga tour in 2008. last year, she made only $26,000. this year she competed in just one tournament, an event last week in mexico, where she finished 44th. still, her father says there were no signs of any trouble. >> she did everything right. and i mean, she's not immune to the pressures of golf, not immune to the pressures of life. this is a story about how you raise a kid, and they came out okay. and now something happened. we have to find out what it is. >> reporter: las vegas police say it could be weeks before an official cause of death is known. erica blasberg would have turned 26 next month. hattie kauffman, cbs news, los angeles. >> joining us now from phoenix is one of erica's close friends shane bacon, a writer for yahoo! sports and a classmate of hers at the university of arizona. first, we are so sorry for the loss of your friend. can you talk a little bit about what she was like at arizona? >> well, you know, she came on the scene as a freshman and basically dominated like something we've -- we've never seen. you know, she won six tournaments in two years. but, you know, she was just always fun. i mean, it was fun writing about her. and that's kind of how our relationship spawned. but she was just an athlete who enjoyed the game, enjoyed college, enjoyed life, and was just a sweetheart that basically everybody that was around her really, really loved. >> a couple of times as an all-american goes off to go on the pro tour, you even caddied for her? >> caddied for her twice. she called me -- i'm from phoenix, and she called me about a week before the tournament down here, and ask if i'd carry her bag. obviously as a golf journalist, i jumped at the opportunity. as a friend and getting to write about it and she really pushed for me to just, you know, basically write anything i wanted. what was kind of who she was, you know. she wanted to really expand the story and almost help me out more than help her out. >> interesting, though. because you go inside the ropes, you find out a lot about somebody if you're going to be that close to someone. telltale signs? what was she like on the golf course competing? >> well, i mean, she was super competitive in the ropes. you know, when the tournament started, she wanted to compete. she wanted to play well. but, she had a really unique ability of being able to kind of let golf go when she left the golf course. you know, we'd get in the car, on the drive back and talk about the round, if it, you know, what we did wrong here, what we did well there. you know, she was a golfer. she was an athlete. and i think that, you know, you could see the competitive side, what she wanted to be as a pro, after her amateur career. and you know, she never reached that potential. but, you know, she did have s e some, you know, some thoughts where she played really well. >> sure. that becomes the question, because folks are really focusing in on this now. and would say, you know, perhaps her professional career had not fulfilled its promise. was there any sort of signs of frustration that you know about? >> well, i mean, i think that anybody that doesn't live up to the level that they -- they, you know, see for themselves gets frustrated. but it was more one of those where she -- she knew that she could get there. and i think that she was working to get there. i talked to one of her fellow pros yesterday night on the phone, and you know, she said that -- a couple weeks ago in mexico, when she finished 44th, said erica was as happy about her golf game as she's been in awhile. so she was really excited about, you know, playing this year and getting out there and, you know, you know, having some good finishes and getting in some of the tournaments she knew she could get in to. >> in your work as a reporter, as you've been raking through, trying to find little bits and pieces or find some way to connect some dots here, you finding anything? >> you know what? it's been pretty confusing for everybody. and we're -- we're basically, you know, myself and our family and the friends are really just trying to focus on, you know, her as a person, because there's nothing we can really do right now with what happened. because, you know, we're not going to find anything out. and, you know, we're just trying to kind of praise her. because she really was, you know, a great person and she was, you know, people really enjoyed her and she, you know, she left this world a little too soon. >> we'll find out what the police have to say in the not too distant future. shane bacon, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> absolutely, thanks. >> that poor family. now planning a memorial at a golf club, which is fitting. we want to switch gears and turn again to dave. good morning. >> all right, good morning to you, hag i go. good morning, harry. howdy, everybody. let's go to the maps, she what's happening all across the country, shall we? i think first let's zoom on in and take a look at what's going to be happening over the next 24 hours. as we head in to the rockies. look at all that moisture beginning to build. some locations as you head back to wyoming, you are going to see upwards of 3 feet of snow. in the meantime, across the rest of the country, look how nice it's going to be in the southeast, everybody. let's zoom on in to atlanta right now. take a look at those numbers. you're going to see temperatures under sunshiny skies, a good 20 degrees warmer than you saw yesterday. a great day in the southeast. mean while, as we head to the northeast, it is going to be more in line, or more in the line of rain, i should say. rolling on through. cool temperatures. they warm up as you head to the mid-atlanticic states and south where you're going to see the potential for strong thunderstorms in north carolina, let's say. for much of the northeast it's gray skies and cold temperatures. that's a quick look at your weather picture. 7:37 right now. maggie? 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start your plan today. chase.com/blueprint. in this morning's "healthwatch," the causes of strokes. vice president joe biden's son beau, the 41-year-old attorney general of delaware, suffered a minor stroke yesterday. doctors say that he's recovering in a philadelphia hospital this morning. so, how does this happen to someone so young? our dr. jennifer ashton is here with more. good morning. >> good morning, maggie. >> first of all, what is a mild stroke? what does that mean? >> also known as a transient ischemic attack or t.i.a., or a warning stroke. a mild stroke where the symptoms come on suddenly, but then they completely resolve. and about one-third of patients who suffer a mild or minor stroke like this then will go on to suffer another stroke in the future. so, it is a warning sign, and usually prompts aggressive diagnosis and treatment so that you can hopefully prevent the stroke in the future. >> how? how can you use that warning to prevent a major stroke? >> well, basically two types of strokes. those caused by a clot or those caused by a bleed. and probably a lot of what was going on yesterday involved a lot of diagnostic tests to find out what type of minor stroke mr. biden had. once you find out what caused it, then you can really tailor the treatment in terms of prevention in the future. and again, that's evaluation of the heart, evaluation of the big blood vessels in the neck. sometimes certain medications. but hopefully, prevention of that future stroke. >> he's only 41 years old. is this common for someone that young to have a stroke, even a minor one? >> not as uncommon as we think. we typically think of strokes affecting the elderly. but it is the third cause of death of men and women in this country. and to look at the numbers from 2006, which is the last time the american heart association put out these numbers, there were about 2 1/2 million strokes in men in 2006. 2.3% of which occurred in non-hispanic white men over the age of 20. so you're talking about 60,000 people a year. you know, that's a lot of people. >> we talked about this just recently. the warning signs, or the symptoms that you had a stroke, if it's minor, are the same as if you've had a major stroke? >> yeah, they can be. and very important for people to know this because you want to seek medical attention immediately. time loss is brain loss. you want to look at things like sudden numbness or confusion. things that come on right away. a difficulty in your vision. a loss of balance or severe headache. if you have those yourself, or if someone around you has them, you want to activate the 911 system, get them to an emergency room immediately, because certain type of clot busting medication needs to be given in a narrow window of time so you don't lose brain function. >> even if it's a minor stroke and you feel fine. >> absolutely. you don't want to make that decision in hindsight. you want to be aggressive and get out ahead of it >> all right. dr. jennifer ashton, thank you very much. still ahead on "the early show," from "golden girls" to hollywood it girl. we'll tell you all about the new facebook campaign to get betty white hosting again. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.ing ol gold be girl betty white sure brought ratings gold to "saturday night live" and now her growing legions of fans are pushing for some even bigger gigs. cbs news national correspondent jim axelrod has the latest. >> reporter: kim kardashian, eva longoria, miley cyrus, all usual paparazzi favorites. but the new big get is the 88-year-old "it" girl who was spotted going into a new york hot spot. betty white. new facebook campaigns have been launched to see her host the emmys, and the oscars. >> she's definitely having a moment. she's having a senior moment, you could say. >> betty white! >> reporter: the "saturday night live" she just hosted had the show's best ratings in a year and a half. >> -- the campaign to get me to host "saturday night live," i didn't know what facebook was. and now that i do know what it is, i have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. >> reporter: which comes on top of white's super bowl commercial. widely seen as the best of the super bowl bunch. >> you're playing like betty white out there. >> that's not what your girlfriend said. >> reporter: yes, she's won six emmys. but in her 70 years of show business, it's never been like this for betty white. and who knows where it will end. >> si, senor. >> reporter: and now she's received the ultimate stance of couldn't be any hotter status. "dancing with the stars" reportedly wants her. >> you're working harder now than i think i've ever seen you work. >> well, i'm such a -- i'm such a whore, i can't say no. >> reporter: it's an explosion born of a grassroots, viral campaign. all of which sets up even greater success for her next project. >> i think the winner in all this is tvland, which starts airing her show "hot in cleveland" next month. >> reporter: betty white better slow down. or she'll have nothing left to achieve in her 90s. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> quick anecdote. talked to somebody who was at the "snl" party after the show on saturday night. she walks in, doesn't usually happen, standing ovation. >> really? >> everybody in the place stands up. she stayed until 3:30. >> oh, i believe it. >> party girl. >> wouldn't you love to see her hosting the oscars? >> oh, absolutely. >> she'd be phenomenal. >> first of all the comedic timing is just perfect. >> she can say anything, though. at her age, it is hilarious. >> i like it when she talks vulgar. i'm sorry. that was just too much. >> coming up we're going to meet einstein, little einstein, the incredible pint-sized pony on "the early show." kiss those lines goodbye! bye bye! discover new juvéderm® xc, the smooth gel filler your doctors uses to instantly smooth out those parentheses lines around your nose and mouth for up to a year! temporary side effects include redness, pain, firmness, swelling, bumps or risk of infection. lose those lines! the way you look with new juvéderm® xc... might just change the way you look at everything. ask your doctor and visit juvederm.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. it's a great day out here. welcome back to "the early show," everybody, i'm harry smith along with maggie rodriguez and dave price. and joan rivers. >> we have royalty in the house. >> everyone is so excited. she's signing autographs for everyone. she looks like a million bucks. >> yeah. >> doesn't she? >> with the sunglasses on. >> i got you! >> listen, the street lights are on in new york city. >> yeah. >> because it's so dark this morning. but joan has her sunglasses on. >> because it's cool. coming up this morning you're about to meet a miniature horse that may one day earn the title of world's smallest horse. he weighs just 6 pounds. but 6 pounds is about what a cat weighs. >> oh, there he is. >> the horse is the little one. the little miniature horse. his name is einstein. we're going to go there live, that's his barn out there in new hampshire. and we're going to talk to his owners. >> how about that? also coming up this morning the one and only joan rivers. talking to her about her show, "how'd you get so rich," as well as a documentary with the provocative title "joan rivers: piece of work." not what a piece of work, but piece of work flp >> in the meantime, inside we go to betty nguyen in the news desk. >> good morning, guys, good morning to you, at home. the only known survivor of this morning's crash of the libyan airliner is a 10-year-old child. the jet went down as it was attempting to land at the tripoli airport following a flight from johannesburg. pieces of the twin engine airbus jet were scattered over a large field. there were 104 people on board, including 61 dutch citizens. reports indicate the weather was clear at the time. a passenger arriving in egypt this morning was detained with guns and other weapons in his luggage. the egyptian american man flew in to cairo from new york's kennedy airport. customs officials found a metal box containing two handguns, 250 bullets, and several swords and knives. the three companies involved in the oil spill in the gulf of mexico may continue the blame game in a second day of hearings today. in senate testimony yesterday, bp blamed transocean, the company it hired to drill the well. transocean then blamed halliburton, the company hired to cap the well. then halliburton said it had just followed instructions from bp. earlier, maggie asked senator john kerry how the companies can be held accountable. >> we know we're going to continue to drill for some period of time, so we have to make certain we know exactly what happened in the gulf, and that we have the ability to prevent that from ever happening again. >> despite the controversy over offshore drilling, senator kerry is introducing new climate change legislation to congress today. the death toll from that string of tornadoes that pummeled oklahoma has been revised downward from five to two. at least 19 tornadoes destroyed more than 100 buildings monday. three children who officials had thought were killed are actually hospitalized in critical condition. they live in a mobile home. one was found lying on the ground. the other two hanging in trees. their mother died trying to protect them. and the last of the ziegfeld girls died yesterday. doris travis may have been the youngest of the legendary girls who danced in elaborate shows known as the ziegfeld follies in the early 1900s. she was 106. katie couric now has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning. he died three times, yet he's alive today. the remarkable story of a soldier's devastating injury. his road to recovery, and his incredible perspective on life, luck, and destiny. we'll have that story and more tonight only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." >> and we want to take you back outside now. dave price and another check of the weather. good morning, dave. >> good morning to you, betty. hey, guys. happy thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving. and merry christmas. it's a perfect holiday weather, isn't it? it is cold out here. am i right? and everybody in the eighth annual mcgowan builders charity golf classic in emerson, new jersey, you're going to be caddieing today? put on your jacket. it's going to be chilly out there. temperatures 15 to 20 degrees below the norm here in the northeast. let's go to the maps right now. check things out, shall we? it looks like it is going to be a dreary day. now, as you head to the carolinas, where you get some warmer weather, north carolina, you could see some severe weather rolling through. we'll keep an eye on it. temperatures do begin to warm up south of d.c. as we head out to the rockies, it is going to be a rough go. you are going to see in some locations in wyoming, the potential for upwards of three feet of snow. how about that? ooh. out on the west coast things look good. gorgeous in the southwest. southern plains, there ask still a possibility, slight as it may be, of some severe weather rolling through in the mid-mississippi valley, same story. ohio valley will see some rain and the midwest is going to be dreary, too. >> this weather report sponsored by stainmaster carpet. find a retailer at stainmaster.com. >> my friend, and your message to everyone out there is? >> the chinese restaurant is awesome >> no. you're supposed to say science is fun. >> science is fun. >> that's a quick look at your weather picture. maggie, i was just talking to this kid about a good chinese restaurant in his hometown. >> i was going to ask, where is that restaurant? thank you so much, dave. i'll get the details later. in 2006, the guinness book of world records declared a tiny mare named thumbelina the world's smallest horse. well she just might be dethroned. our resident veterinarian, "early" show correspondent dr. debbye turner bell went to new hampshire to meet the new contender for the title. >> reporter: he looks like a wind-up toy. meet einstein. quite possibly the smallest horse in the world. at birth he weighed a mere six pounds, the average weight of a cat, and stood just 14 inches tall. >> he was so tiny i had to hold him up to nurse because he couldn't reach his mother. >> reporter: veteran miniature horse breeddy has seen plenty of ponies but one this tiny? if someone had said you're going to foal a six-pound horse, what would you have said? >> can't be done. won't happen. there he is. >> reporter: any way to know how big he's going to get? >> he's going to be small, but how small i think is the question. >> reporter: the average mini, as they are called, weighs 18 pounds at birth. just look at einstein compared to another mini foal who is just six days older. less than three weeks old, einstein is already an internet sensation. his youtube videos have received more than 800,000 hits. >> he's like oh, boy, that sunshine feels good. >> reporter: and the little fella's growing fanbase is learning what new owners charlie cantrell and rachel wagner knew from day one. >> i just absolutely fell in love with him. he's the most charming little horse that i've ever met. >> reporter: but love turned to fear six days later, when einstein developed a fever. >> it was terrifying. i was riding in that van holding him on the way to the doctor's, and i was just trying to fight back the tears. >> reporter: at such a young age, he couldn't fight off infection. but after a week of treatment in the hospital, einstein is back home. >> he looks so good. >> reporter: just this past weekend, an estimated 4,000 people lined the streets in this tiny new hampshire town to catch a glimpse of the petite pony. >> they adore him. they're so wanting to watch him grow up. there's nothing quite like that, you know, being able to share that kind of joy. it's really special. >> reporter: i can't help but agree. debbye turner bell, cbs news, barnstead, new hampshire. >> live this morning in barnstead, new hampshire, are einstein's owners charlie cantrell and dr. rachel wagner. and there you see einstein, as well. his mom is also there. her name is finesse. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> good morning, maggie. how are you? >> oh, i'm well, enjoying this very much. i just want to know, first of all, we just heard in the report that einstein had some health problems. is he doing okay now? >> yes. he's absolutely healthy. we actually had, i think you saw maybe dr. bartle came and looked at him here. and she said that he's absolutely 100% healthy, happy foal. >> we see that he's having a little bit of trouble standing on his own. is that normal for his age? he's only three weeks old. >> actually, he doesn't have any trouble. >> oh, there you go. >> i want him near me. >> you can now walk perfectly by himself and everything? >> oh, yeah. >> okay, good. >> you may see me carrying him a bit, and that's just because since he's so tiny, we want to preserve his legs a little bit until he grows in to them. so normally, you'd never carry horses, and i don't want to give the wrong impression, but in his case, he's sort of a little exception, which is fun for now. but he will walk on his own and run, and do everything horses do. >> can you educate us a little bit about miniature horses. because we see his mom in the background there, is full-size. and she has this little tiny horse. is that unusual? >> well, there are a lot of miniature horses around in the united states, actually. they've used them in mining, and people also use them for pets, like einstein's our pet. we can also put them on carts, and use them as carting horses. but for the most part, they're just plain fun. >> and they're regular horses. it's not like he has a condition or anything. he's going to develop proportionally. he's a regular horse, correct? >> absolutely. 100% horse. and he knows it, too. he may be small, but, he has the mind, and the personality of a large horse. >> when will you know if he's -- >> a little stallion, actually. >> when will you know if he's officially the world's smallest horse? because i know you've petitioned guinness. >> i think it takes them a good little while to get back to you, because they get about 50,000 applications a month or something like that. so, i'm not expecting to hear from them very soon. but, i just was really excited. he still is definitely smaller than thumbelina who is the current world record holder. but the difference is that thumbelina is what we call a dwarf. so her little legs are a little bit on the small side and not correctly formed. most horses are like him, they're just all long legs and that's what's so remarkable about him. he's just a really, beautiful, little tiny horse. >> exactly. and he is absolutely beautiful. it's like looking, this far away, it looks like you're looking at a dog or something. you don't realize until they get close up that it's a horse. >> oh, it is a horse. >> i'm sorry say again? >> the sire super small? >> no. >> no, actually the sire is 30 inches and his mother is 32 inches high. he's wearing a little dog coat right now, size small dog coat. >> jack russell size. >> i don't want to disagree with dr. wagner, but looking at einstein there, i don't think he's fully recovered. he looks like he's a little hoarse. >> oh, sorry. we had to do it. >> now you know. >> thank you so much, charlie, rachel, and of course einstein. we'll stay in touch. >> thank you. >> and right now it's a little bit cold, so he's sensitive to cold so they don't want him to go outside. but they said in the summer, he'll come by the plaza so we can all meet einstein in person. >> i love how he's got a little dog outfit on. >> jack russell size. >> put him in a little bag, too, carry him around at the mall. >> up next, the always-funny joan rivers. she joins us when we come back. subway now has... breakfast!! -your... -better breakfast. with egg whites. all on english muffins... or flat bread... however... you want it!! 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>> yes. >> okay. so this is vacation jewelry. this is beautiful vacation jewelry. let me see your vacation watch. oh. and there's another vacation watch. okay. and this is who? >> it's a bear. i had them do this one in gold. >> and joan rivers joins us this morning. there's no -- there's kind of no -- it's not like there's a limited supply of rich people to do this show, right? >> but these are self-made, that's what made the show a hit, people who started with nothing, harry, nothing. and have become millionaires and billionaires this season. >> do they tend to be risk takers? >> they tend to work like, without a stop. i love that. and all of them love and have a passion for what they do. >> right. >> and very charitable. >> and very charitable. >> first generation, remember, you pee in the sink. second generation has already forgotten all that. so love them all. >> so these people are all up from nothing, started with zero or less than zero, and have accumulated significant wealth. >> and then show me that. and they all live differently. i thought it was going to be very repetitious. one lives in the biggest house in the hamptons. >> right. >> another lives still in a one-room apartment. beautiful apartment. she remembers the simple life. because he's so surrounded by opulence. >> right. >> they all live differently. >> huh. >> some of them have their trophy wives. hello! and some of them have the wife that they grew up with. everybody -- and some have gorgeous homes. and some buy art that's really pornography and they don't know it. you haven't noticed what's happening on those statues? >> so if you're a boy, this is going to be really fun. >> it's great. don't you walk around and you say, who lives there? how did they get so rich? >> right. >> you kind of like look -- >> sure. >> and that's what we do. and they tell us how they did it. zblch of it really is about hard work. are they dreamers? because everybody dreams. everybody says boy, i've got the greatest idea for this. i've got the greatest idea. what separates those dreamers from these doers. >> they're not -- one was an old encyclopedia salesman, john mitchell. he now owns paul mitchell cosmetics. >> hair stuff, right. >> he said he was used to selling 100 -- ringing 100 doorbells before he got a yes. so you understand? the mind-set -- we have the guy that invented the -- clapper. the lights go on. there's a guy tonight -- >> careful. >> if the lights go out. in chicago, for going -- the chia. where you grow the stupid hair. >> oh, the chia pet. he's loaded too? >> loaded! the man who did wee-wee pads for animals. loaded! i go home, i spit on my furniture. >> you should get some wee-wee pads. this documentary about you. >> yeah. >> has been in all these papers. people are raving. >> yeah. they're putting it into a theatrical release june 11th called "joan rivers: piece of work." go figure. >> one last question for you. we saw in the paper that you and don rickles are going to be at westbury? >> you're doing all my promo. love you. >> dave said, ask her for tickets. >> oh, see, there's always a catch. there's always a catch. sure you can have tickets. i'll give them to you wholesale. no, you've got tickets. >> always a pleasure to see you. >> always good to see you. >> i love joan rivers. thank you for coming on. >> it's mutual. >> you can see "how'd you get so rich" wednesday nights at 10:00 p.m. on tvland. that's tonight. we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show." ♪ [ female announcer ] it's fun to get more! and now, during bonus daat petsmart, get more free with bonus deals on select items throughout the store. pestmart. we love to see healthy, happy pets! no, this is not "one life to live" or "the doctors." this is "the early show." we've got bree williamson and travis stork here because they're going to announce the nominations for the 37th annual daytime emmy awards live here on cbs. >> yes. >> have you done that before? >> no. >> nervous? >> not till now? 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"the bold and the beautiful," cbs. "general hospital," abc. "the young and the restless," cbs. >> the nominees for outstanding talk show, entertainment are -- "the ellen degeneres show," "live with regis and kelly," and "rachael ray." >> the nominees for outstanding talk show, informative are -- "dr. phil," the "the dr. oz show" and "the doctors." congratulations, travis. >> thank you. that's a lot of doctor shows. >> and finally the nominees for outstanding talk show host are -- the "the bonnie hunt show," bonnie hunt. and for live with regis and kelly, regis philbin and kelly ripa. "rachael ray," rachael ray, "the dr. oz show," dr. mehmet oz. "the view," whoopi goldberg, joy behar, elisabeth hasselbeck, sherry shepherd, and barbara walters all co-hosts. >> nominated last year. do you know you've been nominated again. >> i have? >> yes. >> thank you. >> just thought we would bring that in. >> thank you. what a great surprise. >> no small coincidence that you were here to present the nominations. >> i guess not. yay. >> put it all together. >> and how about that for you guys? >> it's exciting. >> and it's in vegas this year. >> oh. reason enough, an incentive to go. very good. you guys have a great show. we appreciate it very much. congratulations. >> thank you, harry. >> third time may be the charm bree williamson. dr. travis stork, thanks. you can see the daytime emmy awards on sunday, june 27th at 9:00 p.m., 8:00 central, right here on cbs. maggie? >> thanks, harry. spring is all about color, especially when it comes to fashion. style expert gretta monahan brought some of the seasons ahot lbds, little bright dresses, good morning. >> good morning. >> so it's all about the little bright dress this spring? >> it really is. we've taken that wardrobe staple of lbd as we know it, which we've loved, and evolved it to a little bright dress. >> let's go from little black to little bright. and dress number one, i understand you say flatters all shapes and sizes. >> this is great because this dress is the geometric pattern that used to be done only in bolds, maybe a lot of people felt restricted from. now can you see it being done in a new palette. what i love is the shaped dress is very workable. and if you take a look, the geometric is key here for everybody out there, a little tip, is that see how that goes on an angle on the skirt? be careful with geometrics that run hoar doesn'tal. but that's very slimming. the nude pattern is not as high contrast are also slimming. so i love this to give a pop and she can throw on a little blazer like mine. >> it will go perfect. thank you very much. our next model is julia. she's showing us a more weekend look with a lot of hardware. are you seeing a lot of hardware? >> absolutely. we know that florals are a big spring look. this is funky floral with a zipper. you're going to see a lot of zippers which i love, because it gives the corsety feel up the front. it's also super comfortable. and if you want to get into your outfit in a fast way, this is the way to do it. >> it's okay to mix florals with hardware? not too busy? >> not too busy. this is about making an lbd a staple and i believe this will test the time situation. this will stay in your wardrobe and work. this is from h&m. the other dresses are in the $30 range. so i mean to think that you can just jump in to a cool outfit and look that good with one piece is great. >> it is great. thank you. let's bring out ursula, two-tone and embellished. >> another one, $29.80 it costs. so i kind of splurged on the accessories. we did via spiga shoes and arden b. accessories which i love. the dress, the thing that's great here, is that we used to think black is the only one that minimizes as a color, not true. this gives you two trends. the embellished and also the color blocking. the light top gives her volume in the front, even though it's not black on the bottom, it's a darker tonalty so that's going to have a slimming effect. and this can go to cocktail, this can be fun out on the weekends and for $29 you can't go wrong. >> so wherever you wear the darker color is the part that you will be slimming? >> absolutely slimming. so always look if it's your bottom or your lower half or your pear shape, go for the darker tonality there and no patterns. stick to solids. >> got it. caroline come on out. she's going to start our evening look. >> oh, yeah. >> she looks like "dancing with the stars" but more subdued. >> exactly. well this is probably the leading trend of the season, because we've seen it on the red carpet, and a lot of us go oh, my god, i can't wear that with cutouts around the waist. but this is going to last. this is why this is becoming a staple. you can see the little cutouts are great on the shoulder and now caroline, turn around. >> here comes the money shot. >> if you really, really want to do it, what i love about this is backs and shoulders on most women are very comfortable. and also very appropriate. now if she throws a little blazer with this she can extend the wear of this dress during the day. but if she wants to go out and wants to do it dressy, why not? >> did you splurge on this one? >> this is $69, and every dress today is under $100. this is arden b. >> i love it. thank you. you look beautiful. >> mikki has our final lbd. >> isn't this great? >> i love the one shoulder. >> we just tried it on her and it was great. so arden b., one shoulder, it's so great. i know we talk about strapless being a staple. but i have to be honest, strapless doesn't work for everybody up top. not enough support. and you'll see, i love this because as far as size and shape, anything goes from a zero to a plus size, this works. we saw queen latifah on the carpet to lindsay lohan. what i love is also now brights work like black. if you want to go monochromatic this is very, very slimming. the trick up top is you can see that asymmetrical little wrapping. that's going to give her lift and shape to the bust area. this you can do over and over again and let it just change up the jewelry. >> i love that this one shoulder trend has endured. because a lot of people said it wouldn't. >> you never know when these things come in. we see it as stylists. you're going to see a lot of this just in different incarnations in the future. the bag is from bloomingdale's. it will be on the website. >> all right. yes, we want to remind everybody, thank you so much. thank you, gretta. >> thank you. >> reare going to put it all, as usual, on our web which is earlyshow.cbsnews.com. everything you want to know about lbds. and now over to you, harry. >> thanks, maggie. goat cheese has long been popular in europe, but americans are now embracing it, as well. our good buddy bobby flay is here with a look at what it takes to make great goat cheese. good morning, pal. >> good morning, harry. i recently met two sisters from westchester county, new york, who run the rainbeau ridge farms. they're producing amazing goat cheese on just a few acres of land. >> i love goats, because have incredible personality. >> and they've give so much. they're great moms. they're great milkers. >> reporter: lisa schwartz and her sister karen both left corporate careers to raise families. but today the kids they take care of are on their farm. one that produced hand db crafted goat cheese. i'm ready, bring them in. to really understand how goat's milk goes from this to this, it's best to experience the process firsthand. >> i close my fingers around the teat and follow it down and give it a little pull. >> lisa starts the milking the old-fashioned way. and it's an acquired skill. >> close it up, follow it down with your hand. nice work. >> all right. that's my first milking. >> there you go. >> they don't teach you this in culinary school. once the milk is flowing the milking machine takes over. these girls will produce a gallon of milk per day, which will eventually yield about a pound of cheese. >> wow. it's much faster than me. much faster than me, for sure. the film is then mast yourized by heating. cultures are added that cause the milk to thicken. and after 24 hours, it's ready to be lateled into the cheese molds. i'm trying to do good portion control here. >> that's true, because at the end of the day, you know, this is handmade art us nal cheeses but we want there to be some symmetry. >> in some cheeses a flavoring called ash is added both on the inside and the outside. >> it occurs to me i don't think a lot of people understand what the ash is. >> the ash that we use is a vegetable carbon. and mixed with the salt allows us to apply it to both draw out the moisture, and provide an additional earthy, or salty essence, seasoning to it. exactly. >> goat cheese can be used in ways you may not have imagined. in fact, the sisters have written a cookbook with over 60 recipes with dishes like goat cheese friend toast and goat cheese cheese cake. you've got to start with goat cheese and end with goat cheese. >> in our house there's nothing that doesn't go with goat cheese. >> i was a little surprised with you milking the goat. had you never had your hand on a teat before? >> harry! >> how long did it take you to think of that one? >> it's an old farmer's skroek. >> i've got to tell you something, we get goat cheese in restaurants. and i take it for granted, i have to admit. when you go to the source and actually milk the goat yourself. >> whole new appreciation? >> and because you are such a good appreciator of things like that, experiences like that, in our daytime emmy award nominations, this morning outstanding lifestyle culinary host, you have been nominated. >> really? >> congratulations. >> really? >> bobby flay! >> that's so nice that you can deliver that news to me, harry. >> there you go, buddy. >> that's awesome. can we eat, please? >> yes. >> celebrate your nomination. >> the women who run that farm have lots of recipes for goat cheese. they have a book out, the rainbow bridge farm cookbook. pizzas, asparagus. this is what they call estrada. sort of like a bread pudding with artichokes and goat cheese. i made something this morning because i had two hours hanging around here. so we got some tomatoes, we had a crostini. this is sort of their version of ricotta cheese and you put it on some toasted bread and i chopped up some tomatoes and jalapenos and a little bit of parsley and some oregano and olive oil and some balsamic vinegar. >> and crostini is fantastic. it's got crunch. it's got that creaminess with that delicious goat cheese. and then, of course, the tomatoes, balsamic vinegar. dave goes right to the estrada. >> delicious. >> does anybody feed you at home? >> nobody. >> i have to admit, i opened the refrigerator, and this is no kidding, he didn't know i was there. there were menus from every asian restaurant in new york city sitting in his refrigerator. >> inside the refrigerator? >> that's where you go when you're hungry. so i never lose the take-out menus. >> that is so weird. is that true? >> it is true. >> so today i have all kinds of goat cheese for you to go home and save in the refrigerator. >> that is good. and you know that stuff keeps. that's terrific. >> what do they do with the ashes? >> the ash, it's mostly for presentation. it's a vegetable ash so it doesn't have a lot of flavor. but it sort of evokes sort of the old world of making goat cheese. it's really nice. and it's in different shades. some are aged longer than others. some are really fresh like this one. and then, as they sort of age, they take up a little bit more flavor. >> right, right. >> that's just great. >> and i'm happy to see that they pasteurize the milk so i can eat it. >> exactly. >> too bad there's just one cookbook here. so i'll just take it. >> so this is a goat cheese cheese cake? >> goat cheese cheese cake. very simple. it's just the goat cheese, and it has some sugar and some separated eggs. very, very simple. >> pass that down here. >> i know what you mean. >> oh, thank you so much. >> bobby is on so many shows -- >> please. >> over the rainbeau. >> for more on goat cheese go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. >> it's just an old farmer's joke. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. mary! hey! wow, you look great! thanks! it's this new wish yourself thin program. i just wish it and it happens. it's probably those fiber one bars you're eating. i know they help me stick to my diet. the bars are 90 calories and the fiber helps you feel full. 90 calories and high fiber. so that's why this diet thing is working. but it's weird because my wish for lorenzo came true. 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