great greeted with showers this early tuesday morning. i m harry smith. i m erica hill. maggie rodriguez is on assignment. david hartley killed on a jet ski out with his wife on this lake which span it is border with texas and mexico. she spent a second day in questioning with mexican authorities now so we ll hear more about what went on there and hoping all of this could do for her. first, though the crucial midterm elections. just two weeks away and some interesting numbers of a new poll by cbs news. the news is not so great for president obama and the democrats. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has the details. good morning, bill. reporter: good morning, harry. the poll was taken among people who voted for president obama in 2008. they still like him a lot but that doesn t mean they ll vote for democrats this year. only two thirds of democrats who voted for president obama in 2008 say that they ll vote for a democrat in 2010. the biggest erosion
her surprise of a lifetime early this friday morning, october 8th. this friday morning, october 8th. 2010. captioning funded by cbs good this morning, everyone, happy almost weekend. welcome to thety shoerl. i m maggie rodriguez. i m harry smith on this weekend eve. this weekend eve an important story, breaking story out of anaheim, california. where an amber alert issued for these two little boys, brothers, ages 2 and 4 and they were snatched from an alley behind their home last night. just yesterday we did a story about an amber alert that was issued right away and broadcast right away and led to the safe return of the child. so, you could really make a difference here and we re going to bring you all the details from the news desk in a moment. discrimination in the workplace? two females, side by side doing exactly the same job, have exactly the same job performance. one is, we would call of normal shape. the other one is overweight. who gets paid more? it s pretty
this friday morning, october 8th. this friday morning, october 8th. 2010. captioning funded by cbs good this morning, everyone, happy almost weekend. welcome to thety shoerl. i m maggie rodriguez. i m harry smith on this weekend eve. this weekend eve an important story, breaking story out of anaheim, california. where an amber alert issued for these two little boys, brothers, ages 2 and 4 and they were snatched from an alley behind their home last night. just yesterday we did a story about an amber alert that was issued right away and broadcast right away and led to the safe return of the child. so, you could really make a difference here and we re going to bring you all the details from the news desk in a moment. discrimination in the workplace? two females, side by side doing exactly the same job, have exactly the same job performance. one is, we would call of normal shape. the other one is overweight. who gets paid more? it s pretty easy to figure that one out. how
much of the country waking up to extreme weather, including us here in new york city. good morning, everyone. i m maggie rodriguez. and we got soaked around here yesterday. good morning, everyone i m harry smith. of course in the midwest there s still a lot of cleanup and a lot of water piled up all over the place there. and the big story, then turns out to be in southern california. california, a record-breaking heat wave making l.a. feel more like death valley. in downtown los angeles yesterday, thermometers topped out at 113 degrees, an all-time high. more than 30,000 customers lost power. and the l.a. department of water and power says it recorded its highest-ever demand for electricity. early show national correspondent hattie kauffman reports. reporter: talk about scorching. los angeles topped out at 113 degrees, the hottest day in l.a. history. it edged out the previous record set in 1990 by one degree. i m going to melt. quite frankly, you can feel your skin
have been forced to evacuate. nearly six square miles have been burned. it s unknown the number of buildings destroyed. sandra hughes has our report. reporter: the smoke is so dark and thick it can be seen all the way to denver. fire crews have had to attack the blaze which is ten miles northwest of boulder on the ground because high winds had kept air tankers grounded until late afternoon monday. some of the structures lost or destroyed actually belong to firefighters that were currently working on the incident. reporter: officials don t know how many structures the blaze has burned, but anna and tom know their home is gone. tom stayed back to fight the fire, but had to give up. i was putting out the spot fires, but once that firestorm hit and the trees just ignited, the flames were up about 200 feet in the air. reporter: some desperate homeowners who were away when the fire broke out were trying to get back up to the area. i ll be back down here in 20 minutes. m