by cbs we can confirm, in fact, this is tuesday. i m chris wragge. i m erica hill. nice have you back. congratulations on your triathlon. which we ll have more on coming up later in the show. talk about the story of the day this morning. that is where we begin this morning. amanda knox returning to the u.s. after four years in prison. got on a plane in rome and due to be home tonight after an italian appeals court ordered her to be freed. 48 hours correspondent peter van sant is with us in italy. good morning. this local headline says it all. while in great britain, there s another headline. foxy knoxy free to make millions. while the knox family is leaving the entire media circus behind. these ilmages of amanda knox leaving prisson the first pictures of the 24-year-old american a free woman. the other inmates cheered her name. while her family arrived like tourists amanda was summarypared the look of the check-in desk. today s joy is a dramatic contrast from last n
this october 3, 2011. announcer: from cbs news, it s the early show with erica hill. good monday morning to you. beautiful sky out there this morning. but there s a chill in the air in new york city. a lot of folks feeling like it is fall. i m erica hill. chris is off this morning. indeed, fall-esque. well, it is october, isn t it? good point. nice to have you here this morning. we want to begin this morning with the final day of amanda knox s appeal. it is a day she of course will end with her release from an italian prison after nearly four years in custody. this morning the jury is deliberating after knox and her co-defendant pleaded in court for their freedom. personal pleas they each made. 48 hours correspondent peter van sant has the latest for us. good morning. and today a much different amanda knox addressing the court than we ve seen in the past. reporter: very much so. she was worn, she was dressed. and frankly, she was frightened because this is t
removed decades ago. andy rooney says good-bye after 33 years on 60 minutes saying the one thing he can t complain about is his life. and all this time, i ve been paid to say what is on my mind on television. you don t get any luckier in life than that. at age 92, rooney says he will keep on writing and we have more from his last essay for you early this monday morning, october 3rd, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good monday morning. to you. a chill in new york city for a lot of folks, too, feeling like it is fall. i m erica hill. i m jeff glor. chris wragge is off this morning. indeed fallesque outside. it is october, isn t it? very good point. nice to have you here by the way. final day of amanda nox s appeal. it is a day she, of course, hopes will end with her release from an italian prison after nearly four years in custody. this morning the jury is deliberating after knox and her co-defendant pleaded in court for their personal freedom, personal pleas
medal of honor in person since the vietnam war. meyer risked his own life to save 36 people in a fire fight and last night president obama shared a beer with him at the white house and present the medal of honor there later today. coming up, we ll talk with sergeant meyer who does not surprisingly think of himself as a hero. but this guy is a hero personified. look firfirst, though, a li politics to kick off the day. rick perry requiring 12-year-old girls in texas be vaccinated against hpv. a sexually transmitted disease that can lead to cervical cancer. cbs news political correspondent jan crawford joins us from washington with more. jan, good morning. good morning, erica. rick perry has been under fire for days back in 2007 to require young girls to have that hpv vaccine and wednesday on the campaign trail, perry, who is the republican frontrunner, strongly defended himself just as new questions are coming up. i hate cancer. and that s what this has always been about
good morning. i m erica hill. i m chris wragge. looks like the start of a great day here. a rare moment honoring an american gyro. sergeant dakota meyer will be the first marine to receive the medal of honor in person since the vietnam war. in two years ago in afghanistan he risked his own life to save 36 people in a firefight. last night, president obama shared a beer with him at the white house and he ll present the medal of honor there later today. coming up, we will talk with sergeant meyer who, not surprisingly, does not think of himself as a hero but this guy is a hero personified. and then some. quite a guy and looking forward to speaking to him this morning. first, some politics. rick perry still trying to answer criticism for signing an order requiring 12-year-old girls in texas be vaccinated against hpv, a sexually transmitted disease that can lead to cervical cancer. cbs news has new details about perry s close relationship to the company that makes that va