spot early this tuesday morning we'll tell you who took the top spot early this tuesday morning june 29th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs a very good morning to you. thanks for being with us today. we have a lot to get to. harry smith is in pensacola, florida this morning. he'll have the latest on the efforts to clean up the mess in the gulf. >> but first let's get the very latest on tropical storm alex and where it's headed right now. dave price has that for us this morning. >> the question is how long does it remain tropical storm alex before it becomes a hurricane. most likely we'll see that transition within the next several hours. here's the data we know right now. current winds hovering around 69, 70 miles per hour. 74 is the key number to turn it into a hurricane. it's moving to the north/northwest 7 miles per hour gathering strength. this is what we're anticipating. by about wednesday night, thursday as we head into the early morning hours, we are going to see most likely a strong category 1 or weak category 2 storm make landfall just around the area of south of bafan bay to the texas mexico border. that's where our bull's-eye zone will h be. we anticipate rapidlying it decrease in strength, work its way inland, but that's the big area of concern right now, of course this area has been pounded by hurricanes before. we're expecting wind surf to yk. we're watching this change in the next several hours or so potentially from tropical storm to hurricane. >> all right, dave, thank you so much. now let's head down to pensacola to find out how alex is impacting the relief efforts in the gulf. harry smith joins us. >> reporter: i'll tell you, it really is starting to have some feskts down here. we'll talk more about that in just a second or two. you're really feeling it emotionally and the people down here, as well. and all up and down the gulf coast as we now enter week 11. it's day 71. hard to comprehend that it this has been going on for so long. we want to check in once again with mark strassmann who is back it in grand isle, louisiana and has the latest from down there. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. for the next couple of day, people here and along the gulf coast will be keeping an eye on two forecasts, one for the oil and the other for bad weather. and here at least it looks as though both are heading this way. for grant i' for grand isle, more oil and more bad weather from tropical storm alex. >> we don't want to go through that. >> reporter: coast guard choppers that spot new oil could stay grounded depend today. response boats and crews could stay docked. >> rain is fine. lightning and hail, not so good. >> reporter: barges used as barriers against oil in the island's passes have been ordered to shore. high waves has them banging into each other. chris hernandez says no one's coming to his rescue, so he's building a levee to protect his backyard from oil. you're worried about it coming on your property? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: and is anybody else going to do this for you? >> no, sir, we got to do it ourselves. >> reporter: that's a familiar complaint along coast ittal louisiana. more oil's on the way. where is the help? >> those individuals who are making decisions from washington, d.c. need to be down here, not just for a photo-op. pack their bags and stay down here until this job is finished. >> reporter: that's a very common complaint here. the story today, though, will be this case of terrible timing at a moment when this community needs these response boats out on the water doing their thing. they're going to be on shore watching oil come this way along with everyone else. harry? >> reporter: thanks a lot, mark strassmann in grand isle, louisiana. here in pensacola beach, there was a pretty good sign last night. while the skimming operations were suspended because of high winds yesterday, up and down the florida panhandle, the folks were back out on the beach literally all night long, the shovel bring grade, out with shovels, rakes, cleaning up the tar balls off the beach. and it's created kind of a dilemma because at one point there are these unsightly tar balls all over the place, but as best as can be determined, they're not toxic and they're not terribly dangerous. as they were described to us yesterday by governor crist, kind of an inconvenience. we went out on the beach ourselves and scooped up something that only took us about three or four minutes to come up with this. and you can see this is this nasty mix of oil and sand. it creates these little balls and it's just kind of a horrendous thing. and if you put your nose in it, you can really smell the petroleum. so the good news is back here at least since the cleanup crews were out, the beach is clean. you're going to have to encounter some of this stuff and the effect down here has created just -- it's been devastated economically. we talked to some people here, they say their business is off by at least 50%. lots more coming up later on from the gulf. for right now, let's go back to new york and erica. from oil now to espionage. ten seemingly ordinary people under arrest this morning accused of being deep cover spies for russia. cbs news homeland security correspondent bob orr is in washington this morning with details. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, it's a throw back to the cold war. phony names, crypt tip codes, money drops. all involving secret agents the u.s. government says are spies for russia. ten people, including three in the back of it this van, were arrested over the weekend around new york, boston and washington. five appeared in court monday, among them anna chapman, a practiced deceiver. federal indictments charge the ten plus another man who is still at large with being part of a network of russian agents sent to the u.s. with instructions to search and develop ties in policy making circles and send intels or intelligence reports back to moscow. for more than a decade, the fbi followed the suspects using phone tap, bugs and sr. say lance cameras to document what prosecutors say were repeated contacts with russian handlers. some of the alleged spy trade craft was high they can can secret messages encrypted inside pictures on publicly available websites. and others sent in scrambled radio transmissions. money and information was often passed in personal meetings with the suspects and their handlers speaking in code. but not all of the payoffs involve face to face contact. in one case prosecutors say suspects allegedly buried a packet of money that was dug up two years later by other clandestine russian agents. when asked about the arrest, russian's foreign minister this morning said, quote, the timing of this announcement is most elegant. the arrest occurred just days after president obama hosted dmitry medvedev at the white house. >> you mentioned that the goal of this alleged network of spies was to develop ties within policy making circles. any idea, a, which circles those were and, b, how close they got? >> reporter: this was a long term project. these people were sent here and told to become americanized. buy homes, get jobbed, get rooted in the community. and they were told kind of loosely to get information from policy leaders, opinion leaders, things about arm control. that was interesting to the russians. they wanted to know about the obama election, for example, they wanted to know about nuclear weapons development. in one case the documents say one allegedly met with a former high ranking government official who worked in national security and another is said to have met with someone who worked in the nuclear weapons program. but it's not clear at all how sensitive the information really was and exactly what was passed on. why so that does definitely make you perk up when you hear those specific ones. you mentioned that meeting between president obama and medvedev. is this just a coincidence that the arrests happened directly after that? >> reporter: the white house is said to be upset about the timing of the arrest. the meeting just happened last week. they shared burgers in a northern virginia burger joint to try to have a feel good session, if you will, and then the arrests played out literally the next day saturday and sunday. and then into early monday around boston, new york and washington. the fbi i think is claiming that they were concerned that maybe these people were flight risks, but it's a little hard to know because this was an operation that went on for years. surveillance in some cases goes back many, many years and it was clear the government was very patient and very content to just kind of watch and see how this network operated. so the timing is at least curious. >> bob orr, good to have your insight. thanks. and now here's chris. day two of kay oig confirmation hearings get under way this morning. jan crawford is on capitol hill with a look at today's session. >> reporter: well, elena kagan really stayed out of the public eye for on two months and americans finally got a glimpse of her, but today she'll face a lot of questions from the republicans on this side of the i'aisle and they'll see if she n handle the heat. after nearly two months of public silence while republicans attacked her h, elena kagan was sworn in and answer the back. she vowed to uphold the law fairly. >> i will listen hard to every party before the court and to each of my colleagues. >> reporter: and she told a bit of her life story. >> my parents lived the american dream. they grew up in immigrant communities. my mother didn't speak a word of english until she went to school. but she became a legendary teacher and my father a valued lawyer. >> reporter: kagan sat stoically for hours while senators gave their opening statement, but today the questions and the fire work begin. republicans say the questions won't be easy as they try to paint her as a liberal activist. >> it's not a coronation, but a confirmation process. serious and substantive questions will be asked. >> reporter: but democrats will be ready to come to her defense. >> she's brilliant, she's thoughtful, and i think she is straight out of central casting for this job. >> reporter: but proving that to the senators is what elena kagan l. have to do and it all starts in just a couple of hours. >> the last thing i would ever do is sit here and say this has got to do pretty easy on someone, but every word yesterday was as to measured and so deliberate. can we expect more of that today with the questions she'll be fielding? >> reporter: no, it will have a very different tone. yesterday, she showed no expression all day asd she just sat there and listened to these senators. so today they'll really start pressing her on all these issues that they've got ready. so what we'll see today is how how agile e and effective she is at engaging the senators without saying anything that can be held against her. >> and on a separate note, the supreme court ruling. they rule that had state and local governments cannot ban guns. what's the importance if you can just tell us quickly of this 5-4 decision? >> reporter: this was a huge ruling that basically extended gun rights nationwide. it says cities and states across the country cannot flatly outright ban handguns, that you have a fundamental right to own a gun in your own home to protect yourself. >> and you know elena kagan very well. how do you think she'll perform today? >> reporter: i think she'll do very, very well. i've seen her argue before the supreme court. she pars with those conservative justices very well, so i don't think these republicans h have an easy time pressing her on some of these issues. >> jan crawford, thank you very much. we look forward to your report later on today. and now over to betty nguyen at the news desk. good morning. we begin with economic news. big losses for overseas markets this morning as dow futures point sharply low person the shanghai composite closed down 4.3% hitting a 14 month low. hong kong's hang seng index was off 2.3%. trading in europe opened lower, as well, with markets in france, britain and germany down about 2%. stocks were down following dischurching economic news from japan and nervousness about friday's unemployment numbers in this country. also this morning, the debt crisis in greece has triggered another general strike. in athens, police fired tear gas at huge crowds of demonstrators. the 24 hour nationwide walkout is the latest effort to fight austerity measures imposed by the government. and there were also strikes in spain this morning. thousands of people marched in the streets to protest wage cuts there. subway service was also shut down in madrid for the three day strike. this morning the vatican said it would prove it cannot be held sponl responsible in the case of alleged sexual abuse by a priest in oregon. yesterday the u.s. supreme court refused to consider an appeal on whether the vatican has immunity over the sexual abuse of minors by priests. and airlines are collecting big bucks from baggage fees. in the first quarter of this year, the fees were up 33% compared to last year. that amounted to over $768 million split between six major airlines. delta was ranked first with $217 million. more than double the first quarter of 2009. teen sailor abby sunderland is back home this morning. she arrived in california last night. sunderland was rescued two weeks ago after she was forced to abandon her dream of sailing soho around tso he solo around the world. she dismissed concerns about her young age and rejected criticism for her parents allowing her to go. she's expected to hold a news conference later today. we to wawant to get a check the weather from dave price. >> from sailboat to weather anchor. good morning. we have a very active weather map. let's begin as we head out to the northwest. boy, do we have strong storms rolling through. the difference in temperature between the cool air right here trying to get over the mountains and the warm air ahead of it, just about 25 to 30 degrees in some locations. so great falls, you'll see strong storms roll through. hail, wind gusts. all that warm air coming up from the south. the cool air trying to get in from the north and west. we'll keep an eye on that. in the southeast, take a look at what we're dealing with here. moisture coming down from the top. over from the side. up from another side. and as a result, one to two inches of rain stretching along the gulf coast into places like pensacola where harry is today. so expect heavy are downpours, that's a quick look at your weather picture. all eyes also on alex which we covered at the top of the show. we'll watch it for the rest of the day. just ahead, a surprising new development. why the father of missing 7-year-old kyron horman has now filed for divorce and what it could mean in the case of his missing boy. and more troubles for former tennis great jennifer cap pre-annie. she's rushed to the hospital after an overdose. we'll tell you how she's doing. this is "the early show" on cbs. at cousin everett's blueberry farm to talk about our blueberry juice drinks. they're made with my sweet, ripe blueberries, packed with th-those antioxidants that are good for ya. tastes real good, too! to give you an idea, let's whip up a quick sample. or you could just try this. 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>> a couple of thoughts. first, you shouldn't be surprised that we're hearing that law enforcement people are focusing on the last person to see him. that's going to take place in any kind of situation. you have to remember that generally four categorieses of people involved in an investigation. bottom level is witnesses, people because of who they are, where they are, know something about a case. then you move up to persons of interest. law enforcement want to talk to them because they're not sure where they stand in all this. the next notch up is a suspect. and finally you get to the top which is a target. basically law enforcement is saying you're the person we're coming at hard. right now, again, one thing we have to keep in mind, the caution we learned from the duke lacrosse case is don't jump to any conclusions. but it certainly sounds if you look at the die namics here, the family dynamics, that she may well be floating somewhere above witness into at least person of interest and perhaps even up into the suspect. >> how much of this -- because the statement was released which was signed by the mother, the stepfather and the father. she has now been left off of that. these other moves that we saw in terms of everything that happened yesterday with moving out of the house, the restraining order, how much of that could be part of investigators then saying here's moves do you need to take? do they get that involveded? >> they do. one of the first murder investigations i was involved with, old time detective said to me there are subtle wayses that you can put pressure on people. it may well be that that's what you're seeing here. you're seeing law enforcement people saying we're going to apply pressure in different ways. we're going to pull the rest of the family away here. also also investigators will usually say to you there's no such thing as a coincidence. so with the rest of the family pulling away and her not being included anymore, might that just be a compaincidence of the marriage breaking down? it might, but others are hooking hard at other angels and that may well be why you're seeing the breakdown of the family structure. >> does this tell you there's an arrest imminent in. >> that's tough to tell. it may be well that the investigators are moving forward, but if you're a good homicide investigator, you don't want to go too quickly. we saw in the o.j. simpson trial, for instance, in the middle of the trial, they're still developing evidence. and it was a great his on for prosecutor and detectives. wait until you have everything wrapped up before you go ahead and arrest somebody because once you do, then the clock starts rolling. >> jack ford, always good to have you. thanks. and now here's dave standing by with another check of your weather. 35 minutes pa tst the hour. most of the activity is right along the gulf coast. we've got a lot of activity, so let's get right to that. want to show you how much moisture will be building over the next 24 hours or so. all the way over to pensacola, florida and a lot of intense activity as you head to places right along the texas gulf coast. the tropical activity, this is alex are wind speeds sustained at about 69 miles per hour. this will wind up a hurricane most likely working its way towards the texas coastline and, boom, as it we head wednesday night into thursday morning, strong category 1 or weak category 2 storm. warnings posted all the way from mexico up to kingsville with the tropical storm warning posted from kingsville to port o'connor. lots of rain, high wind, wind speeds could be around 100 miles per hour at landfall. we'll keep an eye on it. 7:37. that's a look at your weather picture. good news, less humidity in the northeast, so we're all set for our 30 mile run today, chris. there excellent, dave, i will see you at the finish line. are you coming? 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(announcer) for five generations, with a name like smucker's it has to be good. welcome back to the early show oig, everyone. the statute of liberty is with us, as well. >> the kids were going from the statute of liberty, we decided to save them the trip. we're here for you. >> a little more money for shopping now. welcome back again. i'm erica hill along with chris wragge and dave price. coming up this hour, we'll speak with the parents of a young woman who has been missing now for two months ever since she left on a hike in nepal. the fbi is now involved in this case. we'll tell you why and what her parents are hoping the fbi can do to help find their taught. also another shark attack, this this time a 13-year-old girl. needed about 70 stitches. very gruesome injury. we'll talk with her coming up in just a couple of minutes as she tries to make her recovery. >> glad she's well on the way. and first we'll go inside as we begin by saying hello to betty nguyen with a check of this morning's headlines. good morning. tropical storm alex is getting stronger and expected on become a hurricane sometime today. this morning alex is moving north/northwest away from the gulf oil spill toward the u.s. mexican border. landfall is expected tomorrow. in coastal communities like galveston, preparations are under way. the city has asked tourists to register just in case an evacuation is ordered. south padre island is right in the path of alex. khou is there. good morning, courtney. >> reporter: good morning. well, the mayor of south padre island has issued a local state of disaster. he has also called for a voluntary evacuation as the island prepares to take what could be the brunt of the storm. take a look at some video that we saw yesterday. this is a huge weekend for the island. the fort of july holiday weekend, a lot of tourists here. we did talk to some hotels and they started getting cancellations two days ago. even more this morning. people not taking any chances. homeowners, businesses, they've all started boarding up. we're expecting more preparations today as people prepare for the dirt iti itit iy side of the storm. and if you take a look at the bridge right there, that is the queen isabella bridge. that is the only way in and out of -- or in and off of the island and that h be shut down at 45 miles an hour. so if you want off the island, you have to get off before the winds get to 45 miles an hour. betty? >> courtney, thank you for joining us live. this morning the russian foreign ministry called the arrests of ten alleged russian spies in the u.s. a throw back to the cold war. five of the ten suspects appeared in court yesterday. the fbi had tracked them for more than a decade as they allegedly tried to gather information on u.s. weapons, diplomatic strategy and political developments. posing as civilian, they allegedly used secret codes, money drops an face to face meetings. an 11th suspect was rooe arrested this morning and released about. elena kagan faces tough questions as her confirmation hearing resumes this morning. republicans plan to challenge kagan on her political views and lack of experience as a judge. in her opening statement yesterday, kagan told the senators she would make decisions with an open mind. >> i will work hard and i will do my best to consider every case impartially, modestly, with commitment to principal and in accordance with law. >> democrats say kagan's legal views are within the mainstream. she's expected to win senate approval. this morning protesters in kabul clashed with afghan police. the demonstrators have gathered at a religious school to complain about a raid by u.s. troops. residents claim u.s. forces entered the school last night with dogs and detained several people. police say five protesters and 15 policemen were injured. and abby sunderland, the 16-year-old sale who ailosailore in california this morning. welcomed home by family and friends last night. two weeks ago she was forced to abandon her goal of sailing around the world solo. she's expected to talk about her future plans at a news conference today. right now we want to take you back outside to dave price who has a check of the weather for us. good morning, dave. nice to see crowds here from rhode island and idaho and oklahoma, alabama. nice see everybody here. we have rough weather to talk about, so let's get right to it and see what's happening all across the country. again, worth taking a second look at here, this is what we know about tropical storm alex. most likely to be upgraded to a hurricane later on today. winds still remain at about 70 miles per hour. 380 miles to the southeast of brownsville, texas. we're looking at it coming on shore wednesday night into thursday as either a very weak category 2 or strong category 1 hurricane. we'll continue to keep an eye on it as everyone along the texas gulf and into mexico begins to prepare for that. meantime, we check temperatures around the country. carolinas, you're seeing high heat once again. but the trailing edge of a cold front will push on through. you're finally going to see relief. look at those numbers as you head out to places like billings at 98 degrees. a cold front slipping through in that neck of the woods and are you going to begin to see strong thunderstorms develop later on and gusty winds, as well. once that pushes through, temperatures h cool and watch for rain, one to two inches along the gulf coast stretching in to pensacola, florida. that's a quick look at our national maps. here's an early look at what's going on in your area. >> announcer: this quet report weather report sponsored by benefiber. a better you from the inside out. that's the beauty of benefiber. >> a big shout out to everyone watching on base in ft. hood, texas. one of your neighbors celebrated a birthday to you. welcome to new york. that's a quick look at your weather picture. erica, inside to you. a few weeks ago we told you about the the desperate search for american aubrey sacco. she disappeared while hiking in the h h him lay i can'ts. >> reporter: the self-proclaimed free spirit was looking for adventure. but after setting out alone for a ten day trek in nepal, the 23 ymd went missing. her parents haven't heard from her for more than two months. they say she would normally write them every four days on to update her condition and whereabouts. >> we feel like she needs our help. >> reporter: now the denver fbi is involved and the missing persons case is being treated as a criminal investigation. >> we need to just get out there and find out where she is. >> reporter: just last month, aubrey's father and brother travelled to nepal to help search for her. they found her laptop, journal and video camera at a local hotel, but no trace of aubrey. >> once you get on the hike, on the trail, there's no communication whatsoever. >> reporter: on facebook, close friends have dedicated a page to the missing hirk. meanwhile the search party continues to scan more than 600 miles of terrain looking for signs of life. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> and joining us this morning from greeley, colorado are aubrey's parents. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> i know the fbi is now involved. this is now a missing persons case. but that's actually good news for you, paul, why? >> well, the fbi has a lot of investigative resources that they can bring to bear that even the government of nepal doesn't have. >> when you were just there, now you have these added resource, but you and your son were just this searching for aubrey, when you were on that trail in the area, what did you learn? >> well, the most important thing was i learned that the trek is not as dangerous as a lot of people believe it is. when people hear the word himalay himalay himalayas, they think of mt. everest. and really h this is a trekking trail not unlike the ones in colorado, but it just goes on forever. but it isn't as dangerous as we had previously thought. so it's very unlikely she had an accident. >> unlikely she had an accident, so then, connie, unfortunately your thought goes to maybe she was kidnapped, maybe something happened. you say you feel her energy. does that tell you that she's okay somewhere? >> absolutely. it does. we just feel like she's missing. and i do, i feel her energy. i don't feel the dread. i feel the worry, you know, quite a bit, but not a dread. not like we've lost her. and my husband feeling h.s the same way. our family does. we all seem to have the same view and that gives us our venk to keep this search going until we find her. >> because there's no evidence that she's dead, what it means is that to us and to a lot of people that she's alive and what we need to do is bring the resources of nepal and the government resources of the united states to bear in an urgent manner to try to get a hold of her because being alive, how long can she last, who is she with. those kins kinds of things are just haunting us. >> and that's one of the reasons you're speaking out to get more resources. when you were there on the ground, though, how helpful did you find the local people? do people remember seeing her, were they eager to talk about it, willing? >> it's such an irony. the local people are very friendly. they try to be helpful as a rule that's how these people are. however, the more time has gone on, the more we've realized that at the hotel area where our daughter went missing, particularly at that spot, the be people are not talking. we know that they know something, that they saw something, but they're not talking for fear of reprisal. >> connie, the last time you heard from her before she left for this hike, anything that she said to you in that last message, anything that maybe some sort of a clue for you? >> not really. she told us that she was going to be gone seven to ten days. we listened to that, we tracked it, we counted the days for her return and hoping for an e-mail from her it telling us that she was okay. >> it's great to see hows positive and optimistic both of you are. before we let you know, i know, paul, you didn't find a couple things at the hotel. any clue in those items that you found? >> no, not really. it wasn't unusual to leave all of your heavy items at the hotel. there really wasn't nothing unusual about it. there was a diary there. we had hoped we'd find some things in this diary that would help us search the mountain for her, but we did not. >> paul and connie sacco, we wish you the best of luck and please do keep us posted. >> thank you. up next, the dangers of heat stroke. how you can exercise safely during these dog days of summer. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. r looked better. all-natural benefiber. the fiber supplement that's tasteless and dissolves completely. to make getting fiber easier. that's the beauty of benefiber. look! marshmallows! 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[ mr. bluelight ] there's smart, and there's kmart smart. big crowd, big noise, big heat here on the plaza this morning. real hot. welcome back to "the early show." about 85 degrees right now, but don't worry, they say it will co cool off on the east coast. a teen anlgd girl got more than she bargained for. she'll tell us about her encounter with a shark. also remember that line, i see dead people? now a new live action movie for kids. based on a nickelodeon cartoon series. the special effects are incredible. he'll tell us about the last "t last airbender." >> i love that title. and master chef marcus samuelsson is going to whip up an all-american surf a'n turf menu perfect for the fourth of july. >> at the white house recently, as well. so many things to talk about, we'll be lucky if we can get to the cooking. >> we'll get to the cooking portion. first up dave has a final check of the weather for you. >> you, you, are an exaggerate tore. >> is that right? >> you said it was 85 degrees. it's 81. don't get sloppy with the facts. >> i apologize to the nation and to you. >> so good hur here to keep him in line. nice to see you guys. hey, everybody. happy tuesday. let take a che let's take a check of the weather. it looks like we're continuing to watch a strengthening str tropical storm alex over the next 12 hours or so. we'll keep an eye on it. winds right now 70 miles an hour. 74 will go to a category 1 hurricane. a forward speed heading to the north/northwest at it this point. landfall sometime between wednesday night and early thursday morning. right away brownsville, texas. we'll keep an eye on all of that through the day and into the evening news tonight. as far as the rest of the country, watch for rough weather in the pacific northwest. right around h event lena, you could see rough weather. the gulf coast will see rain one to two inches possible stretching from places right along the louisiana shore line all the way to pensacola, florida where could you see upwards of an inch or so. the northeast will dry on out. much more comfortable. humidity going down. that's a quick lack at our distinguished young woman of measure for 2010 in mobile. just on june 26th. it used to be called the junior miss competition. and we congratulate you, and recognize that it's more of a scholarship program than a pageant. best of luck. chris, inside to you. carly was swimming when she felt something grab her leg. it turned out to be a shark and carly joins us exclusively from greensboro. and in washington, d.c., andy dehart of the national aquarium. good morning to the both of you. carly, i'll start with you. first off, how are you feeling this morning? >> i'm doing pretty good. i took my pain medicine already, so the pain's kind of going down, but it's still kind of hurting. >> how did you know something was wrong when you were in the water? did you know right off the bat that there was a shark that had caught on to you? >> no, i thought it was my best friend's sister grabbing on to my ankle, but then it got really tight, so i pulled away and then i looked at my foot and it was completely open and then i realized that something was wrong. >> fear sets in, a little bit of shock. what was going through your mind at that point? h did you realize the danger that you were in? >> my best friend's family just reassured me that everything was going to be okay. so i wasn't really nervous, just scared au aunt didn't understan what had happened. >> i know your friend's father was able to tend to you at that point. what did he do? >> he took his shirt and wrapped around the bottom of my shin so it stopped the blood flow and we called the ems and the ems got there about five minutes later. >> what's the extent of your injuries? how bad is it? i know there was like 70 stitches. any other damage or any other -- i guesses what's your long term prognosis? >> everything should be back to normal besides the scar in about two months, but i can't play volleyball for at least a month and i can't swim or really do any activities for about two weeks. >> is that the part that's most depressing, that you can't play volleyball and can't do the stuff that you really like to do? >> yeah that's pretty much the worst part. >> when it comes time to go back in the water again, are you going to go back in the water? >> probably only knee deep. i know it's not really supposed to happen a second time, but it wasn't supposed to happen a first time. so i'll probably just stay knee deep for a while until i full comfortable again. >> you seem to have a pretty great disposition about you, though. i'm sure you've for the a great support staff. has that helped, your friends and people rush to go your aid to make sure you're okay? >> definitely. i've had a lot of my friends come and visit me.make sure you? >> definitely. i've had a lot of my friends come and visit me. it's nice knowing i have people i don't even know supporting and praying for me. >> we're happy that you're in such good spirits given the circumstances. i know a lot of people -- if it happened to me, forget about it. but we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us. andy, let me ask you, with these sharks attacking humans right now, what is it that makes these sharks attack? sometimes we hear they don't like humans, but then you see something like this. >> unfortunately, these are all cases of mistaken identity. the shark is in a very murky habitat near shore, they're relying on their other senses rather than vision. oftentimes pale skin can look high contrast and unfortunately mistakes happen. >> is there anything we ccan do to protect against this kind of thing? >> first enjoy the ocean. i know for carly this becomes a lot more personal, but the reality of shark attack is very rare. in north carolina there's only been 35 attacks since 1935, so this is is an extremely rare case. but avoid swimming at dusk and dawn. if you see a lot of bait fish in the area, should you probably sit it out for a little while until that moves on. and if there is a sandbar in the area, a lot of times that brings sharks because that's where the bait fish are living. >> there are myths about shark attacks. what is the biggest smith thmyt does exist? >> i think that sharks are mindless eating machineses. there is no shark species out there that target people for food. they're generally cases of mistan identity and also they're a lot smarter than we realize. they have a large brain and can be quite intelligent. >> if you had to give carly a little advice, you heard her say that you probably when she does return to the water only go in up to her knees. what would you tell her to get past that fear and let her know that the chances of this happening are probably pretty minute? >> certainly carly's a very brave girl. the offer is there if i'm ever down in north carolina shark diving, she's welcome to come with me for that face to face encounter if she's ever up for it, but the reality is it's more dangerous to drive to the beach than to swim at the beach, but for carly it's very personal and that's understandable. >> andy, thank you. carly, andy has tended the invitation to potentially go shark diving. is that ever something you'd be remotely interested in? >> maybe. i went scuba diving in december and i saw sharks and it really freaked me out, but now that i've gotten bitten, it's kind of more scary, so possibly. >> possibly, but possibly not. we won't get a firm answer out of you just yet and i can understand why. carly, again, you're a brave young lady and we thank you for taking the time. we wish you the best and we can't wait to hear about that all-state volleyball career. >> thank you. >> and andy, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. erica, let's go over to you. oscar nominated writer, director, shyamalan is best known for thrillers, but know he's going down a different path with "the last airbender," a live action adaptation of a nickelodeon animated series. >> it is truly an honor to be in your presence. ♪ >> and that is just the beginning in this one. good morning. so "the last airbender," the sper special effects are incredible. people are so used to doing the thriller. so how did you bring up bringing an animated series to life? >> it was a long journey. i had been looking for something epic and long form to do something that would take more than one movie to tell the story of, and i thought about a lot of movies, including harry potter. and i've been asking my agents to find me something and in the end it was my 7-year-old daughter that found me the movie. she was watching a show and said, oh, this, is so great, watch it, watch it. of course i ignored her for a long time. >>s as any good father does. >> and finally we watched it and we were about to eat dinner and i said this would make a great movie and everybody went nutso and my wife was like call the studio, find out if they're making it. and i spent the next year campaigning that i should make the movie. and luckily they said yes. >> and clearly it paid off. you are always so involved in what you do. and you both wrote and directed and at any time you produce, as well? >> i did. >> so very clearly involved in this one. but with the special effects, do you have to give up a little bit of control. was it tough to pass part of your baby on to someone else? >> what's really funny is you get more control because i could tweak the hair, tweak the color of your shirt, i can do everything. and so we spent an extra year making the movie. in which time i could work with the animators and talk about design and movements, maybe the creature needs to move with this kind of -- i'd even say the kree schur not intelligent enough it needs to be moving with awareness. and you could go that deep into every detail. >> you're also known for working with child actors, which a lot of directors would say assign going to say away from the kids. you're known for bringing out great performances in them. what is it about children that works for you? >> i find them very pure. they don't know how to fake things yet as we become, you know, adept at pretending that we're happy to be around somebody. they don't know thousand do that. everything is on their face and so pure. i speak to them very much like i would speak to any actor and tell them the feelings of the character, what the character is going through, and you can see that moment where it goes click and it's very pure. >> there has been a little bit of controversy surrounding some of the casting of the film, that some of the actors, caucasian in roles that people would think should have asian actors playing them. how do you feel about that? >> well, one, i'm a little -- first of all, it's a very small amount of people i'm talking about. we're talking about a few thousand people but i'm saddened because they want them to look at me and be like it's fantastic, this asian guy has this -- his names are on the toys. this is fantastic, go get a happy meal, you'll see my name, this is good stuff. i want them to feel proud and excited. i want everyone to feel that way. but i think there's a misunderstanding about anime. it's an art form where the features are ambiguous. it when we watched the cartoon, i saw my daughters in it. i was leak no doubt these are my daughters in the roles.t when wi saw my daughters in it. i was leak no doubt these are my daughters in the roles.when we saw my daughters in it. i was leak no doubt these are my daughters in the roles. and every family felt that and that's the beauty of ani mchl a. it's the most culturally diverse summer movie of all time. that should be its greatest asset is that it's so culturally diverse. every nationality is represented. with the exception of blond people. now, they can be upset because i didn't put -- >> there is one blond, white haired. >> white, yes. >> without giving anything away, but in the last scene, it sets it up so well for that sequel. so we know you'll be involved in that. what about going back to a thriller, though? >> i'm trying to come the thrillers in between if i can. >> in your free time. >> i knew what i was signing up for. i wanted to do a big long form movie. i'm producing movies that i wrote. so the first one of those is actually coming out in september called devil. >> maybe we'll be talking to you again in september. best of luck with the film. it's the last air bender. it opens july 1st. marcus samuelsson is a busy guy helping the white house promote healthy eating for kids and getting ready to open his new restaurant red rooster. now the and yuthor of "new amer table" is helping us count down to the fourth of july with his surf 'n turf menu. we have the new book, the white house. you've got top chef master. what would you like to talk about first? >> i think the school program is really, really cool. we're asking chefs all over the country to adopt the public school and do cooking demonstrations and mentor the school and work with them in terms of getting better food into the schools. that's a pretty cool program. >> and to win chop chef is one thing. to win top chef masters takes it to a whole new level. >> you're a chef. you're not bad. >> we're cooking up here. we're doing the surf 'n turf thing. >> we put a flank steak on. it's not the most expensive cut. a great cut to put on the grill. and with that, everyone can enjoy flank. so with that we'll do nice simple vinaigrette sauce. it comes from argentina. olive oil, fresh herbs and lemon juice. and this is sort of world cup. what i love about this is that it's not super spicy, so whether you cook for kids or people who don't like strong spices, anyone can love it. >> and is this something we'll put on the flank the night before, an hour before? >> you can actually put the night before, but you'll save something because you'll leave it on the table and you can work it both with the shrimp or the fish and the meat. we're going to put shurimp on, s well. these shrimp are from the gulf. and i think it's important to talk about that. as people are going to the fourth of july weekend, people put a lot of burgers, meat. also put some simple. 70% of the water is still clear. >> a lot of people are skeptical about the fish down there. >> it's definitely a go. people can logon to louisiana seafood news.com and find out every day. >> and a different type of cut with the flank steak. what kind of -- >> why i love frank, it's a nice marble. so it will be juicy for you. >> and somewhat lean? >> somewhat lean. >> just cooked them the other day last week at the beach. i overcooked them a little bit. i think it probably could have been more pink in the middle. i cooked it more well done. >> easy way to do it is here is sort of medium. medium rare hand rare up here. if it feels like that, and i'm going to slice them up for you. i'm going to put a little bit of the sauce on. >> and like i said i overcooked it, but this would be something a little more desired. >> as you're doing that, i'm going to make a milk shake. >> again on average how long is the flank on? >> about 12 minutes. six minutes each side and then let it rest. have a wonderful milk shake here -- >> that is great. >> a little bit of lemon ice cream. >> usually i love getting to dessert, but i'm really enjoying the flank steak here. >> i have strawberries, rhubarb. >> let her rip. >> so what are you cooking this fourth of july? >> i think i'm going to go the burger route. >> i've got a burger for you, as well. >> let's try this. >> let's get some for erica. >> you have no idea the battle she put up this morning when it came time to who was into to go to this segment. >> i never get to cook with erica. of course with that apron -- >> top chef masters, if you're looking for new contestants, i could be your guy. this is great. >> this is really refreshing. i like the lemon. >> the lemon ice cream is really sweet. >> for these recipes, go to our website. it is a huge holiday weekend coming up and we do highly recommend some of the food you saw cooked here today. marcus, excellent stuff. congratulations with everything. continued success. make sure you come back. we'll be right back. this is "the early show" here on cbs. 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