104 in dallas. as heat advisesry leads. we have the latest forecast for you this august 6, 2010. a very good friday morning to you. i'm erica hill. >> we've got the heat in the headlines. wyclef jean, the big music superstar, announced this week he's running for president of haiti. we've got an exclusive interview this morning. our betty nguyen sat down with wyclef and talked to him about what his plans are. >> looking forward to that. first, we to want get you to this. supreme court justice elena kagan will be sworn in tomorrow, as president obama latest supreme court nomination. jan crawford joins us from washington. the confirmation was pretty much expected, but very divisive at the same time. >> that's exactly right, erica. it was basically a foregone conclusion she would have had a major misstep. she didn't. democrats have a solid majority in the senate and she got all but one to supporter, in addition to five republicans. like you said, that vote was largely on party line. that's just a fact of life in these modern supreme court confirmation hearings. the days of justices getting confirmed, 96-3, as justice ruth bader ginsburg was, those days are over. >> long gone. she isn't expected to balance the court very much but she comes into this position bringing -- or setting historic precedence, i should say. >> that's true. some of them she may not like so much. she did get more no votes than any other supreme court nominee put forward by a democratic president who got confirmed and still the only supreme court judge without any previous person. it will mark the first time in history that three women will serve on that nine-member court. only three but that's still progress. >> yes, it is. the swearing in comes tomorrow and then she has to get to work. >> she does. she's never been a judge, so she has to get her clerks together, start reading cases. the court comes back on the first monday of october. she has a lot to learn, a lot of catching up to do to take the seat of justice stevens. she won't change the balance of the court that much when she sit in that seat but she'll hold that seat for a generation. >> what do you think is the biggest thing people are expecting from her? >> they expect her to be a solid liberal vote. dazzling intellect, former dean of harvard law school. they hope, certainly the obama administration hopes, she'll be a force, that she'll be a leading voice for the liberals. like i said, that court is closely divided. you have four liberals and four conservatives. and then there's that key swing justice vote in the middle they're always fighting over. so, the obama administration hopes she'll be able to persuade him to go over to the left side a little more and get some of those cases more in the left column. >> everybody will be watching very closely. of course, they're always so surprised as they come along. >> oh, that's the truth. >> jan crawford, thanks. now to the disturbing final word of the man who killed eight coworkers at a connecticut beer warehouse as cbs news national correspondent jim axelrod reports, the gunman kaild called 911 from the crime scene just moment before he killed himself. >> this is omar thornton, the shooter over in manchester. >> reporter: the chilling 911 call from omar thornton lasted a little more than four minutes. >>. >> you probably want to know why i shot this place up. it's a racist place. >> yeah, i understand that. >> they treat me bad over here. treat all black employees bad over here so i took it in my own hands and solved the problem. >> you're not going to surrender yourself? >> no, they're coming to get me. >> reporter: he called from inside the beer distribution center. the 911 operator pleaded with him to surrender. >> we don't want any more, you know, people to lose their life there. >> i'm not going to kill nobody else. tell my people i love them and i are to go now. >> omar, if you work with me we'll get this to stop. okay? omar? >> reporter: company officials for hartford sdriber deny his claims of racism saying he never filed any complaints of discrimination. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> what a chilling story. went into the union meeting, resigns, comes out and says he's getting his lunchbox. when he got his lunchbox is when he got his guns. >> awful story. new st. louis this morning, a tragic story. two people dead after a horrific pile up, two school buses packed with kids. cbs news correspondent ben tracy joining us with the latest on thursday's crash. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. this was supposed to be a fun field trip for members of a local high school band but instead 40 of them, nearly 40, ended up at this hospital in st. louis after their school buses were involved in a terrifying crash. if you saw this along the road, you couldn't help but stop and stare in disbelief. >> i seen it but i didn't see it. it happened so fast. >> reporter: two buses, the cab of a semi, and a mangled mess of a pick uptruck that was once a pickup truck. the driver, daniel schatz. his father sent him out for an accident when the accident happened. >> he was a good kid. >> reporter: jessica brinker, a member of the st. james high school band, was on the first bus. >> it's a horrible day if our community and will be felt forever. >> reporter: buses, one with boys, one with girls, was just miles from the six flags amusement park when the day turned deadly. >> we saw a tire fly by. >> reporter: the highway patrol says a semi, heading east, slowed down for road construction. the pickup truck driver slammed into it. the bus driver didn't see it happen when she crashed into the back, and moment later the second crashed into the back. they used metal ladders to help kids escape. yet given this scene it's amazing more people did not die. >> all right. what's hurting on you? back of your neck? >> reporter: nearly 40 students were taken to the hospital but with only minor injuries as they were reunited with their anxious parents, krans were brought in to disassemble the wreck. now, a lot of people are wondering if there were seat belts on this school bus. we're told there were not. in fact, there are not seat belts in post school buss in this country. the ntsb already has a team here in st. louis. they'll begin their investigation today. we're told that should last just about two weeks. erica? >> ben tracy in st. louis this morning, thanks. all right. there is a shakeup this morning in president obama's economic team. christina romer, head of the president's council of economic advisers, will resign next month as she returns to college for teaching. as she leaves, figures show an increase in people applying for unemployment benefits, aed that of the jobs report due out this morning. cbs news correspondent rebecca jarvis joins us this morning. >> hi, harry. >> what do we make of this report? >> we expect to hear the report will show the economy lost jobs in the month of july. 70,000 jobs are expected to be lost in the month of july. we expect to hear that unemployment ticked back up to 9.6%. we heard from timothy goeter in, we can expect higher unemployment for some time to come. >> it's going to go from 9.3% to 9.6%. there was this anticipation through the spring and into summer that maybe we'll see a gradual downturn. this has to be bad news, especially for the chronically unemployed. >> it's definitely bad news but also the number account for the census workers, the temporary workers who came on board over the last couple of months. a number of them, their jobs have concluded. as a result of that, they're back in the unemployment work force -- or unemployed, and now we're seeing that number refl t reflected in you'll's number. >> any good news out there on the horizon? >> what we can say is good news, in the auto industry ford announced this week they are taking on new workers, 27% more than what was anticipated earlier this year. so, that's some positivity in a field of limited positivity. >> also general motors talking about really wanting to get out from under the thumb of the federal government, which bailed them out a year ago or so. >> that is the case. we're expecting to hear they're going to ipo, go public again in the next couple of weeks here, harry, and we'll are that story for you soon. >> rebecca jarvis, thanks. let's get more news. jeff glor is -- i know, i know, he's right there. >> i'm here. >> how are you doing? >> i'm well. how are you, harry? >> good to see you. good morning. we'll begin with the deadly heat wave that has killed more than a dozen people in the south. with hot weather comes storms as well as like the powerful thunderstorms that hit washington, d.c. yesterday with heavy rain and damaging winds. for more on this heat down south, cbs news correspondent don teague is in dallas this morning. don, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. here in the dallas/ft. worth area we saw temperature as high as 108 degrees yesterday. we will be well into the triple digits again today as much of the country continues to swelter. it's supposed to be hot in august, but the combination of high temperatures and humidity from texas to the east coast, is deadly. in delray peach, florida, authority say a 2-year-old girl died after being left. a hot van at a day care center. >> it's safe to assume she was left by a staff member. we'll look at that. >> reporter: there have been more than a dozen deaths and heat advisories in 1 states, with temperatures soaring into triple digits. 104 in dallas. 105 in little rock. >> 118 and flashing danger and going up. >> reporter: in georgia 118-degree temps on the field put high school football practice on hold. >> there's a real danger right for you. not extreme danger but a danger so we keep our guys inside. >> reporter: fire fighters in memphis took extra precaution with heat index reaching 120 degrees. tulsa, 100-degree plus temperatures and dry shifting soil have ruptured water lines. authority urging residents to use less water. and speaking of water, the hawaiian falls water park near dallas dumped loads of ice into its pools just trying to cool things down. well, those thunderstorms across the country have helped cool some areas down, which has been a help here in the dallas/ft. worth area, no such luck, though. it was still in the 90s a couple hours ago. the sun's not even up. it's now cooled down to the 80s. jeff? >> all right, don teague in dallas, thank you. the online whistle-blower wikileaks may be ready to release more classified government documents. they posted a massive encrypted file on their website entitled "insurance," larger than the 77,000 documents released last week. nobody knows what it includes and wikileaks says it wouldn't say. they are asking them to cancel and pull back the documents already posted on the web. a new man in charge of the nation's intelligence this morning. last night the senate confirmed james claerp as next director of national intelligence. he will oversee 16 spy agencies. in the gulf this morning, bp has plugged its broken well at the top. next comes the so-called bottom ki kill. here's a live look at that well. thanks that to that cement plug on the top. that plug, called static kill s nearly complete. for the bottom kill, a relief well must be finished. it that 100 feet left to go. officials say 53 gallons of oil remain in the gulf and along its shores. a minnesota man sent to prison for a failed crash involving a toyota is home with his family this morning. lee was freed after serving 2 1/2 years of an eight-year sentence. two people died in that crash in 2006. lee says he tried to stop but his toyota's accelerator stuck. after that big toyota recall lee was granted a my trial but yesterday the prosecutor backed off. >> the prosecutor just announced she's not going to pursue more charges. >> she did? >> she did? >> oh, my god! >> they're not going to recharge you. >> it's over. >> he says all he wants now is to spend time with his wife and his children. finally, wild video of a police chase in los angeles. police were after a suspect driving a blue car yesterday. he did not want to be caught. smashed into several cars, racing down the sidewalk, as you see here. one police car eventually rammed into that driver. he was eventually caught. they broke the window out, as you can see, and the trugle continued to arrest him. they eventually got him out of there. there we go. all right. dave price here now with our first check of weather. not sure what to say out of that one, but -- >> how about -- >> i hope your day isn't quite as wild. >> absolutely. never run. they're just going to get you anyway. let's take a look at the maps. a lot of people trying to run from this heat. don teague was talking about it a little while ago. look, it's still hanging around. we have making progress. look, this has become a stationary front. it is slow to move. the good news is the high pressure system sitting in the atlantic, which was blocking all this, now beginning to move away, but the stationary front is going to bring some really strong winds, fast rainfall, especially along the carolinas, so we'll keep an eye on it. again, back into sections of texas and as you move through the gulf states, there on the tail end of this eat, so it will take a while. in the meantime, no more beautiful place. right now getting all that nice cool air in the northeast, central new york, the finger lakes, over to pittsburgh, over to boston, up through new england, 70s and 80s and sunshine. what a weekend it is going to be. as we head west, things look good once again. kind of quiet. that's how we like it. that's a quick look at your weather picture. looking for something to do over the weekend? 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>> it's a good question. we're asking it a lot, certainly in this situation. there's many reasons that they may do it. they found in research that a third of people who shop lift have depression. so, is there a mental health reason behind it? is there an entitlement factor we have to wonder about, well, i just deserve, it i'm going to take it, do that and keep moving forward. >> i want to get back to -- entitlement i want to tackle. depression, a third of people -- but two-third of the other shoplifters -- >> two-third that don't. there are other reasons. there's about three. one is it's a substitute for a loss. something happens and then they feel like they need to replace it, so they go and take things. the second thing is, justified payback, which could be something we're talking about with caroline giuliani, is getting back at a parent, getting back at someone who does something to hurt you and getting back at them by trying to embarrass them? >> embarrass them. like, look what her father did to new york, reduce crime, what's the best payback? get caught stealing. the third one is as a relief mechanism. it's to relieve some anxiety or negative sense of self, some negative feelings, similarly to someone who might drink, someone who might self-injure. it helps decrease ee mogul disregulation and makes them feel better. >> harmful behavior like self-mutilation or shoplifting? they see that as -- >> it gives them a rush, it might give them the boost they need to make themselves feel more regulated and feel better. >> interesting when you think about these things. you mention this sense of entitlement. there's so much talk about kids these days, they don't know how to work for thing. no matter their background, there is a sense of entitlement with a lot of kids and young adults. as a parent, how do you keep that from happening with your own child? >> a couple things to do. first, you want to teach them what your raulz are and teep them what the consequences are if these things happen. you want to hammer that point home. you want to teach them how to give back. they can't have everything, but the things they don't use, give to people less of the. thirdly, i think you want to talk to them about how they are going to earn things. how are they going to get what they want? how do you give it to them and what do you need to do? >> and how shoplifting can hurt any of those plans. >> absolutely, especially at 20. it will be on your record, a bigger problem. so, you have to think about that. >> good to have you with us. >> thanks. and dave price standing by with another check of the weather. >> all right, erica. 7:34 right now, let's go to the maps and take a look at temperatures across the country. still in the triple digits as you head to places like dallas. plenty warm and humid along the southeast. keep in mind, we have aa surprise here. that is colin back as a tropical storm. here it is. and as we imagine over the next 24 hours, all lines lead right by bermuda where bermuda is on the right hand side of the storm. 400 miles to the southwest. as it rolls through, you could be talking about 60, 70 miles per hour as wind speeds go in bermuda. a tough 24 hours there. then shift out. not a threat to the u.s. mainland. again, we'll keep an eye on it. especially if you know someone that's a quick look at your weather forecast. we'll see you again outside. >> thanks, dave. coming up next, our exclusive interview with wyclef jean. he's taking a break from hip-hop to run for president of haiti. we'll ask him why coming up next on "the early show." 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i think it's the friday excitement. it never fails. never disappoints on a friday morning. there's a little extra energy on the plaza. >> you can feel it. it's cooling off up here -- >> you're ordering up nice weather, thank you. >> what a difference from yesterday. >> huge. >> it was like soup out here. today it's balmy and beautiful. >> like cool soup. >> a nice, cool mint pea soup. just ahead, michelle obama getting a lot of attention in the past couple of days. people woerntding if this could be a good image for her. we're untalking about what she's wearing. there she is eating ice cream. some people say doing a marie antoinette, a lot over her trip here with younger daughter sasha, whether it's the right image to portray during this economic downturn. >> cost a lot of money to travel overseas. big entourage. how casual should casual friday be? some offices are crack down. they say too many people are wearing things that are just not appropriate. that looks pretty good, doesn't it? we'll check out some new looks that will be right for you. >> all coming up in a little while. let's go inside and say hello to jeff glor for a look at the headlines. good morning. >> good morning to you. the latest on employment numbers are out there morning. economists on average expect july numbers to show 70,000 jobs were lost overall and that the unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percent to 9.6%. meanwhile, a key member of the president's economic team, christina romer, chairman of the council of economic advisers is resigning. elena kagan will be sworn in as 112th justice of the united states supreme court tomorrow. she was confirmed by the senate yesterday. she'll be the fourth woman to serve on the court and this will be the first time three women serve together on the nine-member court. the national transportation safety board is investigating a terrifying school bus crash in missouri this morning. two buses were involved yesterday. it began after a pickup truck slammed into the back of a truck. the first bus then crashed into the pickup and the second bus crashed into the first. the pickup driver and one student were killed. in the gulf this morning, bp's broken well is plugged at the top and no oil is leaking but making it permanent requires a bottom kill. for the bottom kill, bp must finish drilling a relief well that has about 100 feet to go right now. they're still a huge clean-up task ahead. the government estimates 53 million gallons of oil remain in the gulf and in the coastal wetlands. now the latest alleged case of homegrown terrorism. prosecutors have charged 14 people, including at least seven american, with aiding a terrorist organization in somalia. cbs news justice correspondent bob orr is in washington with details. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. had a troubling new front in the fight against terrorists. al shabab, an emerging terror group is now threatening attacks against the u.s. in the most frightening part is that some of their foot soldiers are americans. he grew up in alabama, now federal prosecutors say omar hamammi is a big player inside this somalia based terror group al shabab. >> he's believed to be a ranking member of the al shabab organization and he has operational responsibilities. >> reporter: hamammi is using internet videos to recruit other americans. in this one he praises the sacrifice of a fellow jihadist. >> if you can encourage more of your children and more of your neighbors, send people like him, it would be a great asset for us. >> reporter: now the government has charged hamammi and 13 others from the u.s. with funneling fighters and cash to al shabab. the 12 men on this fbi poster are not in custody and believed to still be fighting in somalia. two women charged with raising money for the terror group in their minnesota neighborhoods have been arrested. al shabab, with links to al qaeda, has focused primarily on conflicts inside somalia, but the group took credit for last month's bombs in uganda, killing more than 70 world cup soccer fans and they are threatening to spread their violence to the west. >> that's the worst case scenario, that they could be enlisted, trained and deployed to hit sites in the u.s. >> reporter: u.s. officials are fully aware of that risk and tracking the three dozen or so americans who have joined al shabab. so far no imminent threat to the u.s. but no one is dismissing the possibility. >> bob orr, thanks. a follow-up on the case of a home invasion victim who got help by typing with her toes. a suspect has now been arrested. amy windham said an intruder tied her up tuesday morning. she got help by using her toes and a power cord to type a message to her boyfriend. now a 17-year-old robbery suspect was arrested during a traffic stop and later he was picked out of a line-up. all right. back outside now. dave price has another check of the weather. mr. price? >> yes. yes, yes, i'm sorry. >> that's rude. >> let me say for the record, i was cued, the floor directors did their job. i was engrossed in conversation with these people who were distracting me. i would like security to please remove them. do you realize what just happened? jeff glor wraps up the newscast. they throw to me and i'm talking to -- >> you're getting married? >> now you're telling everybody i'm getting married. now i messed up on national television. i was ready to do the weather forecast and i was distracked. >> we love you. >> i love you, too. it's time we told your husband. let's take a check of the weather, see what's going on across the country, shall we? looks like we have more high heat rolling through the gulf states into the southeast. watch for some severe storms, at least some rough weather along the carolinas. beautiful weather rolling into the northeast and great lakes and northern plain states. nice stuff. west coast looking good, too, top to bottom. >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by chilil's. it's all in the pepper -- ation. >> we are dragon boaters, people from jamaica, people from cincinnati. that's a look at your weather picture. have a great time at the wedding. >> erica, here you go. just ahead, michelle obama's spanish holiday. would it have been smarter for her to stay home as well? 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>> sure. i think the bottom line answer is optics matter. first ladies wield a tremendous amount of influence behind the scenes and they're the perception of the administration. at i time when we're seeing 9.6 unemployment, people are losing their homes, it doesn't convey that she senses the plight of working families. the more of a narrative that many of his critics push that they're an elitist administration, thumbing their nose at working families. >> perception is so important here and something this first family knows of a little too well. the first lady just recently on the gulf coast saying, come here, it's a grit place to vacation but ends up in spain. do you think that they just completely missed the public perception part of this trip? >> well, i think there's no question but that every political family want to avoid the inop tune photo op and that's what we have here. i also think americans are a little more mist indicated than we give them credit for. mrs. obama's husband is leading an administration that just fought for jobless benefit. at the end of the day, americans who are struggling really care whether or not jobless benefits will continue, whether the first lady went to the beach, quite frankly. >> if you talk to folks, they say this is the i quif lent of ceo of several banks ask for a bail outand use resources -- >> that's a harsh parallel. >> it's one a lot of admirers and critics draw together. they say, if you like spain, the culture g to new mexico. americans are very concerned about building the strength of the economic environment right now. and i think every bit of that, including the influence of the first lady, really matters. >> ton, yeya, i'll let you resp. we know the first lady can help humanize the president and yet there is this backlash now. >> no question. look, i think we liked it when she was wear a talbot's dress, but by the same token i'm uncomfortable with the notion that to be a good american, you are to surrender your passport and not leave the border, but if i was advising her might i have said, maybe we take a different trip? sure. but i'm not. >> michelle obama's poll numbers have been pretty good. you want to look to your first lady, obviously, to help humanize your president but there's also a certain amount of glamour that americans like in their first lady, exhibit a, jacqueline kennedy. is it so wrong to are a first lady who may want to, perhaps, explore some annual things and introduce americans to different thing? >> sure, not at all. michelle obama to her credit has done important thing, mom in chief, talking about family, talking about working moms in many senses, being a professional mom before this role and also her approachability and fashion style. this is tone deaf when it comes to the economic reality of families. >> well, i have a feeling it will be one of many thing we continue to discuss as we gear up for november, even if president obama is not ready for re-election yet. lesscy sanchez, tonya acker, appreciate you being with us. just ahead, casual friday. we'll help you find the right look for the end of week. 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>> reporter: sid decided to take me on a surprise staff wardrobe. she's wearing denim. >> no, it's a skirt. >> reporter: are you wearing socks? >> of course i am. >> reporter: he's wearing socks. good? >> she always looks good. >> reporter: is sid taking this too seriously or is being too casual a distraction? >> i think some people have taken it a little too far. a good rule of thumb, unless you're a lifeguard, if it works at the beach or poolside, then it dent cut it at the office. >> reporter: before i left the button-up law firm i asked if my outfit would pass. >> everything is wrong. >> reporter: how many rules am i breaking? >> showing too much skin, first of all. >> reporter: this has to be higher? >> yes. jeans are jeans. i don't are to say anything more than they're jeans. sandals, no socks, the worst. you would not get past the downstairs desk. >> reporter: really? so, i'm fired? >> now, here to help us avoid any friday faux pas is "early show" contributor katrina szish. . >> hi. it it's important, it's friday, beach on the brain, but you don't want people at the office to know that because it's a sure fire way to say -- >> i've already checked out. >> and i don't respect this workplace. bring a carry-on bag with you, change while you're walking out the door, but keep the beach separate from the boardroom. >> let's take a look at our denim don'ts. you have some denim don'ts. these are things you definitely don't want to be caught guilty of. >> as we saw, some offices don't allow denim at all. some do. weights most important you want to be careful what you wear it with. on the left we have something way too revealing, not appropriate for the office. you don't want your denim to have rips, frays or be exceptionally sandblasted. dark denim is the rule. guys, logo, sloppy tee shirrs, baggy jeans, running shoes, a big no. >> let's talk about denim dos if it's okay for denim in the summertime, what are our do looks? >> dark denim is the safest way to go. on blair we put her if some skinny jeans. toes are completely appropriate. and then we added more of a trend-inspired top but kept more covered up on top. you don't want to be anything too revealing at the office, nothing too low cut. we layered it, belted it, stuck to the trends at ha hand so you can be fashion forward. >> smart look. then she has shoes, because teryn had sandals on. >> big to. they have an open toe, still summery but not high heels which are a little too after work looking with skinny denim. on tyler he went from a t-shirt to a slim-fitting casual shirt. it's still a button-front shirt, office approach. this is from zappos.com. we layered it over a ringer tee, tucked it in, casual belt. you can wear sneakers to the office but they shouldn't be beat up running shoes. they should be canvas, clean and office appropriate. >> you look like you're ready for work. >> a happy friday environment. >> thank you very much, guys. let's talk about this beach look that teryn talked about in her piece. people coming in on friday. we have some examples of absolute beach nos. >> these guys are halfway on their way to the hamptons, as you can tell. no strapless at the office. looks like a beach cover-up and flip-flops on kara. this guy's halfway to margaritaville -- >> it's fi5:00 somewhere. >> no cargo pants. >> here are the dos. >> you can still wear a dress. as a woman, we love to see that. it's casual, bright, lightweight, cool and comfortab comfortable. this one from loft. it's office appropriate. styled it perfectly. also we have -- now we have slim-fit khakis on clarence. still a graphic shirt. bright, nautical. i'm loving his glasses because that is one of the hottest trends for men, harry smith, as we see this fall. >> what's that? >> glasses on men. skip the contacts and wear the glasses. >> katrina szish, thank you so much. real be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. 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>> can you believe it. there's more, folks. >> stop! >> katie lee also here with great summer recipes. for fruits and veggies you can get just about anywhere, local farmer's market, grocery store. >> the crowd likes it. >> first time, last time, last time as he is now, dave price doing the weather. >> yes, indeed. >> i'm not leaving. nice to see you, everybody. got a great crowd here. where are you from? >> birmingham, alabama. >> very nice sign. you must are worked on that for hours. it is nice to see you. let's take a check of the weather. see what's happening all across the country, shall we? looks like a gorgeous weekend as we head into saturday in the northeast, just beautiful. stationary front is going to keep that hot, moist air in the southeast. southwest looks gorgeous with plenty of sunshine abounding. and as we head into sunday, the story remains relatively the same. we do are some showers beginning to roll into the upper great lakes. watch for some shower activity around the four corner area. meantime, we'll see progress, cooling down and drying out in the southeast but it will take a little while. keep that in mind. got some great people out on the plaza. we met these people before. we've got friends from where? >> texas. >> well, where in texas? >> san antonio. >> there we go. great place to live. washington, d.c. and people who are visiting the dragon boat races take place in queens every year. this weekend it will be terrific. friend celebrating the 4th anniversary of jamaica, am i right? nice to see you and congratulations. a big shout out to go to raquel oden, nicole berry and joe hello, jacksonville, florida. you have some friends and neighbor here. south dakota you're represented as well. let's say hello to people from chicago and iowa, too. that's a quick look at your weather picture. erica, inside to you. >> dave, thanks. it is difficult enough to be kicked out of the "big brother" house, but last night kristin got evicted while wearing a psychedelic unitard. julie chen talked to kristin about the hookup that got her the hook. >> i'm kristin. i'm from philly. and i model. >> kristin and i have a secret shomance. people in a shomance don't make it far in this game. >> i heard you and haydon making out last night. >> that's so stupid. >> i nominate you, kristin, for eviction. so, bring it on. >> by a vote of 6-1, kristin, you are evicted from the "big brother" house. >> if had you to do it all over again, would you do anything differently? >> no. i have no regrets. i said i was going to go into this is game, play with dignity and i did. that's the most important thing. >> what about getting romantically involved with haydon? any regrets there? >> i don't have any regrets. it is a game. i knew he wasn't being completely honest with me. >> i want you to know and hear it from me that matt, enzo, lane and myself are in an alliance. >> i don't regret that either. i think that we had feelings for each other regardless. >> your boyfriend back home was watching and he said, i hope she comes with a mop because she has some cleaning up to do. what is your response to your boyfriend back home? >> you know, sometimes -- it's expect the unexpected. i've never cheated on a boyfriend, i've never done anything behind a boyfriend's back if my entire life. i'm a very honest person. i had to be honest to myself when i was in that house. and i had feelings for somebody and i couldn't deny that. i thought about my boyfriend every single day. and i thought, he probably hates me right now. but i couldn't -- i couldn't help what i was feeling in the house. >> you played the game with dignity. that says a lot. >> thank you. >> we thank you for it. >> thank you. >> for more of julie's interview with kristin, logon to our website at earlyshow.cbsnews.com and watch "big brother" this sunday night at 8:00/7:00 central right here on cbs. now to harry. for our special roundup of the best things to do, buy and eat before the summer's over. best tv shows and books, courtesy of dalton ross, assisting manage editor of "entertainment weekly." right on the cover. we'll get to him in a second. if people feel like they're getting a late start to summer, what is the one movie they should absolutely see before the summer's over? >> you know, all the big movies usually come out in may, june and july. august, kind of a little weaker. if you want to go to the movies and you want to get your laugh on, will ferrell to the rescue "the other guys" opens today. it's this action comedy movie with he and mark wahlberg playing policemen. you know what, he had a bummed out last year with "land of the lost." that movie should have stayed lost. >> he's spot on again. >> back on track. >> they were in the studio with us yesterday. hilarious. i saw the screening. >> you wouldn't think they would be a good pair, chemistry, but they're really funny together. >> he plays a great dweeb. >> he does. >> i'm talking about mark wahlbe wahlberg. tv show, if there's a tv show you've got to see before the end of the summer, it is? >> i brought my crystal ball with me. can't see it. it's invisible. i saw laura linney winning an emmy for the big "c," starts august 16th, plays a woman with terminal cancer. sounds like a downer. it's not. it's a very funny show. >> is that precious? >> yeah, she's playing one of her students. she gets the diagnosis and feels free to do the things she wants to do, say the things she wants to do. very funny. >> she'll be on here tuesday. >> this could be her best role ever. she has an amazing resume, so that's high praise. >> stay-at-home types, what do i need to see? >> if you're looking for a dvd "the lost" finale, very controversial. some people loved it, some not so much. we always want answers with "lost," right? this dvd box set coming out, the entire series, has a 12 minute epilog featuring hurley and ben, what happens when they take over the island. it's fant. if you're looking for "lost" answers -- >> is that out now? >> it will be out august 24th. you have to wait a few days. >> we'll circle the date on the calendar. if there's a book you have to read before the summer is over, if you want to be the last person in america not to read the book -- >> i don't know if there's anyone left that hasn't read "the girl with the dragon tattoo" but if there is, have you to jump on this band wagon. already made into a great swedish film. the american version is on the way with daniel craig. that will be out next year. first start in steve larson's trilogy. you have to read it, right, harry? >> i think so. >> natalie portman turned it down, ellen paige. it's down to, it looks like, four unknown actresses. >> so for the real person who actually never gets out of their house all summer long, what is the one ning we need to do before the summer? >> if you've already spent too much time on the beach, maybe a little pinkish, it's a video game. starcraft ii, a sequel. military/science fiction strategy game. you could lose hours of your life on this game. i'm not going to let you play. they need you here at work. if you have disposal time in august, starcraft ii. >> dalton ross, pleasure to see you. thanks for stopping by. now let's see what to buy with erica. >> thanks. if you're missing for a day, we'll know where you are. summer is a great time to catch some red hot sales and save a lot of money starting this weekend. amy goodman senior editor of "all you" magazine starting with the best bargains and where to find them. i say it start this weekend because in a number of states what has become a ritual for the end of summer, there are tax-free holidays. this can be a huge savings. >> that's right. 17 states across our great united states are offering tax-free holidays from sales tax. in addition to all these incredible bargains and deals we're about to share with you, if you happen to live in one of those states, you'll save on tax as well. >> you see them on your screen. a lot coincide with back to school for folks which is the purpose behind them, which is great. even if it's not a tax-free holiday, big savings this time of year. we'll start with outdoor products. probably for obvious reasons. it's the end of the season. >> stores want to push out the grills and the large patio furniture out of their inventory to make space for other things. you can get great deal on this grill by char-broil, from lowe's, commercial range. >> very fancy. >> $299. you save $50 off the top, $50 you can save for the meat and burgers and veggies and have a great meal. >> i like it. also umbrellas. >> when it comes to patio furniture, also from lowe's. each individual children's set, chairs and umbrella, $4.99 apiece. >> wow. >> the entire ensemble is under $15. normally the chair costs $16. that's a fantastic deal. >> i love -- this is adorable. >> isn't that sweet with the little watermelon motif? for the adults, it's a great time to save on overall patio furniture. this is from overstock.com, your first purchase, free shipping. not to mention, this umbrella is over $180. you save $100 on this umbrella. deals like that you can get online as well. >> outdoor stuff makes sense to look for. this is a great time of year, i never realized this, for home goods. a big season for white sales. >> all of the stores right now, if you go to them, are having their home sales, including white sales, including household, linens and bedding. kohl's, simply vera, so at $19.99 each towel would be under $10, which is a fantastic deal. >> that's a great deal. bed in a bag? >> yes. jcpenn jcpenney, normally $140, it's $65. that's a 60% saving. this includes the comforter, the sham, the bedskirt, the fitted and flat sheets. it's a complete set. so, that is a wonderful deal. also from jcpenney, buy one, get one for $1 pillows off their entire inventory of pillows. >> my mouth is dropping because these deals are so good. >> with that you can rest assured you get a good deal. >> this is also a good time for electronics. this is a gps system, right? >> from tomtom, their gps at target through saturday, normally $190, you pay $130. that's a 32% savings. >> which is a pretty good deal. computers, a lot of people looking at computers for back to school for their kids and you can get a great deal on those as well. >> you cannot beat this from compac, press aario, you save rt away. >> this is designed -- this particular model is designed for students to be affordable, radio the? >> yes. all the bells and whilstles. you save all that money in your pocket. >> you always have good deals. come back with more. >> harry, over to you for a little more of summer's best. >> yes. right now "the early show" lifestyle contributing editor, katie lee making a beautiful buffet with fruit stand fruits and venlys. >> good morning. >> we love this time of the year. >> yes. you have to go to your local farmer's market or farm stand and get this beautiful produce. there's so many things at the farmer's market you can find that you wouldn't find at a regular grocery store. these beautiful air loheirloom tomatoes. i found these great things, kermit eggplant. >> kermit? >> roast them with salt, perfect. doughnut peaches. >> so beautiful. this time of year, you pick up a piece of fruit, you smell so good. it's not the thing that's been refrigerated all winter long. >> it's wonderful. it's so much better environmentally speaking also because everything's local. and you're also supporting your own local economy. you're going to get more vitamins and minerals because your fruit didn't take as long to get to your plate. so it's really, really good. you've got to go out. i can't encourage you enough. if you don't know where your local farmer's market is, go to localharvest.org, type in your zip code and it will pull it right up. the great thing about consumer produce, you don't are to do anything to it. everything i'm going to show you today, you actually don't cook the fruits or vegetables. >> we like that a lot. >> the first up is zucchini carpachio. hold that mandolin. you can pick these up for 10 bucks. don't be afraid. take that and run it over that. see the zucchini how it comes out like a little paper chip? you just layer them over each other. harry, did you cut yourself? oh, no. >> i told. >> you oh, no, harry. oh, no. i injured harry. so, a little -- are you okay? do we need to get a band-aid? oh, my god. >> i'm good. i knew that was going to happen. i knew that was going to happen. keep talking. >> i'm so sorry. >> you have to be really careful with the mandolin. >> yes, be very careful. i'm so sorry. this is the first for one of our -- >> you need to get a band-aid. >> i need ice. >> i'm going to help katie. >> i won't ask you to grate any parmesan or anything. chop tomatoes with olive oil and some garlic. that's all you do to it. you don't cook it. take the hot pasta out of the water. this hot pasta is going to cook our tomatoes. so, that's all it takes. >> i think i -- i smell the garlic but i think i smell those tomatoes, too. >> they smell so good. >> i love fresh tomatoes. >> this requires no cutting or anything, if you want to tear some basil leaves in there. >> i love it. fresh basil. >> and some fresh parmesan cheese. this tastes good just room temperature or cold, so it's really good if you're going to a barbecue and you want to take something with you as a side dish. it kind of doubles as a main if anybody's a vegetarian. >> perfect. >> down here we have a corn salad. i don't even cook the corn it's so sweet. >> you chop it right off? >> chop it right off. put it in a bowl -- >> we're all about safety tips. >> everything goes right in. i feel so bad. poor harry. black beans, jalepeno, lime vinaigrette, you could put avocado in there. stir it up. then i've got macerated peaches and plums, slice them, add sugar, let them stand for a couple hours. and they make their own juices, this beautiful syrup over vanilla ice cream. >> we're in. >> we are going to test it all out in just a moment. for more on these recipes and all of katie's goodies, logon to our website earlyshow.cbsnews.com. we are going to have a snack. we'll be back with more and an update on harry's health. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. i heard eating whole grain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it's gonna be tough...so tough. my wife and i want to lower our cholesterol, but finding healthy food that tastes good is torturous. your father is suffering. 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