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"i'm really sorry and deeply ashamed," he said. "i don't know what to say." the coast guard used everything from flashlights to flares to keep the operation going into the night. "as of now we don't have any minute or second to waste," south carolina's prime minister told crews. "we have to use all our energy to rescue more lives." it is still not known why the the south korean coast guard is investigating the captain and crew and looking into why it may have veered off its recommended route. >> seth, thanks. >> russian president vladimir putin says this morning there are no russian forces in eastern ukraine and claims he doesn't want to send them there. putin took calls on a russian television program today. he said ukraine's government is committing a crime by using the military to put down protests. >> but president obama tells cbs news there's no question that russia is behind the chaos. major garrett is at the white house. he interviewed the president. major, good morning. >> good morning. when i sat down with the president, he said russia is not operating from a position of strength and putin's meddling in ukraine is a desperate attempt to regain political control lost. the president pledged patience and the need for diplomacy but it was clear a serious economic conflict between the united states and russia could be just around the corner. >> contrary to all the rhetoric that you're hearing from russia, there's no excuse for not only russian troops being massed along the borders of ukraine, but also there's no excuse for the covert support and certainly the rhetorical support that you're seeing for these militias that are taking over government buildings and causing chaos. >> it sounds like you're saying vladimir putin is trying to provoke a civil war. what i'm saying is the russians generally have not been respecting the sovereignty and territory of ukraine. that's not simply my opinion. that's world opinion. the question becomes whether or not this can be de-escalated and resolved in a way that gives ukrainians a chance to make their own decisions about their own lives. what i've said consistently is that each time russia takes these kinds of steps that are designed to destabilize ukraine and violate their sovereignty, that there are going to be consequences. mr. putin's decisions are not just bad for ukraine. over the long term they're going to be bad for russia. we want to give diplomacy a chance, as long as the decisions are being made by ukrainians, not by russia, not by americans, not by anybody else. >> is there a line that vladimir putin must not cross? can you articulate that for the world and for the russian government? >> i think the world understands very clearly that ukraine is a sovereign nation that has deep historical roots with russia. none of us think that somehow ukraine can ignore russia, should be hostile towards russia, but we also don't think that ukraine should be a vasile state. we're not going to see a military resolution to this problem. ukraine is not a nato ally, but we do have a stake, as every country around the world has a stake in upholding basic international norms and basic international rules. so what we're going to be doing is working closely with not just our union allies but allies around the world and partners around the world, sending a strong message to russia that there are consequences to this. and i think it's very important because we haven't seen enough of this in some of the reporting. what mr. putin's been doing, he does out of a sense of weakness, not strength. the fact that he's willing to endanger his economy and lose all credibility around the world the way he has is indicative of the fact that ukrainians are unsatisfied with a relationship in which you've got another country trying to dictate their foreign policy and their economy. and they want to move forward. >> what message do you think vladimir putin was trying to send you and the u.s. military by having a russian fighter jet buzz a u.s. warship? is he mocking you and the u.s. military? >> i have to tell you that everybody around the world understands the superiority of our military. as commander in chief, i don't make decisions based on perceived signals, we make decisions based on what's required for our security and the security of our allies. the russians understand that. they're not interested in a military confrontation would us, understanding that our conventional forces are significantly superior to the russians'. we don't need a war. what we do need is a recognition that countries like ukraine can have relationships with a whole range of their neighbors and it is not up to anybody, whether it's russia or the united states or anybody else to make decisions for them. >> major, is the president concerned at all about these perceptions that he may not be -- or be perceived at tough? >> reporter: really he's not, charlie. the phrase you here is the united states and european allies are going to play the long game while they believe vladimir putin and the russians are playing the short game, putting most of its economic future in jeopardy and its role in other diplomatic matters it cares about globally at stake and in jeopardy. the white house believes over time patience and the persistent threat of economic sanctions or applying tougher economic sanctions will resolve this without a military presence and believes a military presence would serve no purpose. >> thank you. vice president biden joins that conversation. asked the president if he would endorse a biden run for the white house, the answer is ahead. >> secretary of state john kerry is holding a meeting this morning in geneva. a bloody battle in eastern ukraine overnight is raising tensions even higher. holly williams is at the port city of mariupol. >> reporter: it started with 300 separatists. the ukrainian government said three militants were killed and 13 injured as they tried to break into the compound and the national guard opened fire. the base's vice commander told us this morning that his men fired warning shots first, but the separatists fought back with molotov cocktails. it was the worst day of violence since this insurgency began, but ukraine's turmoil started six months ago with protests in the capital kiev, which ousted the country's president. those demonstrators resented russian interference and supports ukraine's new western-backed government. but the regime change has angered people here in the east of the country, the majority of them russian speaking. in many ways, there are now two ukraines, one that leans west and the other towards moscow. that doesn't have to mean civil war, but last night's deadly clashes with heighten mistrust on both sides. more than 60 of the separatists involved in the fighting here are now in detention. ukraine's acting president described those men today as terrorists. for "cbs this morning," holly williams, mariupol. >> at home this morning, a new round of april snow is on tap today for the upper midwest and great lakes. parts of central minnesota received 15 inches of snow wednesday and flood warnings are posted across new england. rivers are still rising due to heavy rain and melting snow. one man in northern maine was killed yesterday after being swept away by floodwaters. >> an early analysis of an oil slick near the search area indicates the oil is not connected to the missing jet. new pictures taken by a united states navy robotic submarine are being analyzed. the sub completed its first successful scan today. >> the man blamed for the scare at the boston marathon finish line is apologizing. he's accused of carrying a suspicious back pack hosting a rice cooker on the one-year anniversary of the bombing. his mother issued a statement that says he suffers from bipolar disorder. she said she's sought unsuccessfully to get her sons help. she calls the hoax unfathomable and said she and her daughter have run the marathon for charities six times. >> two rigs were on their way to a fire when they crashed in an intersection on wednesday. one engine slammed into a restaurant. 15 people were hurt, including six firefighters. one victim is hospitalized in serious condition. >> google is down in early trading. its stock price fell nearly 6% after the market closed. >> that was after google reported a 19% increase in revenue, disappointing investors. analyst jill schlesinger is here. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> what's going on with google and what does it indicate? >> i think specifically with google, they're really trying to make this transformation to the mobile market. most of us are accessing the internet through our mobile devices. but the ads are smaller and you get paid less for clicking on those ads. that hurt google. i want to point out it's one quarter, the stock is doing phenomenally well, the company continues to make interesting acquisitio acquisitions. this is just one moment in time. but it could have been caught up in a little bit of a tech downdraft. >> what about this tech downdraft? >> since the end of february, beginning of march there has been a slow and steady selling of some of the biggest, high flying technology stocks that we saw last year. we're talking about those biotech stocks. it's anything that your cousin said he made a lot of money on that you didn't own. it's the biotechs, social stocks, internet stocks. >> so it's bit of profit taking? >> it's a bit of profit taking. some suggesting for tax purposes people are selling off. the nasdaq went into correction territory earlier this week, down 10% from the recent peak. it recovered. but the subsections, the biotechs, social stocks, they're in bear market territory. >> what about predictions for the market overall? >> it's been a long time since the broad market, the s&p 500 has gone through a correction. we almost got there in 2012, but we have to go back in 2011 in the summer where we would see a pullback of 10% from the recent peak. so some people are getting a little nervous. they're saying things could be getting a bit stretched here with the federal reserve changing its policy, companies could have a harder time making money and investors will have different choices to make. right now we're seeing a more defense of push into the stock market. overall real people, don't sweat it. you're a long-term investor, stay diversified, you'll be fine. >> thank you, jill. >> and some good news this morning on diabetes. a new federal study finds a drop of 60% in the rate of heart atax and the disease. the number of american adults with diabetes more than tripled over those two decades. >> it is time to show you some of this morning's headlines. 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>> there is nothing i would do differently. if i absolutely knew i wasn't going to run or i absolutely knew i was, there's nothing i'd do differently. the president, his agenda, is one i strongly believe in. and we have upcoming elections in 2014. if i decide to run, believe me. this will be the first guy i talk to. but that decision hasn't been made, for real. there's plenty of time. we have a lot of work to do between now and november. >> mr. president, how does this filter through your daily life? >> i couldn't say it better myself. i've got somebody who will go down as one of the finest vice presidents in history and he has been, as i said earlier, great partner in everything that i do. i suspect that there may be other potential candidates for 2016 who have been great friends and allies. i know that we've got an extraordinary secretary of state who did great service for us and worked with me and joe to help make the country safer. er who the democratic barrier is going to continue to focus on jobs, making sure that our kids are getting a great education, making sure we're rebuilding prosperity from the middle class out in this country, and i am very much interested in making sure that some of the stuff that we've gotten started continues. >> it sounds like what you're describing is whoever the candidate would be running would be running for a third term. >> oh, i don't want to start -- i don't want to necessarily jam them up. you know, we all a part of this relay race wlrks we're vice presidents, presidents. you know, the truth is that we build off what folks have done previously. and in some cases that includes, the by the way, republican presidents. that's the beauty of democracy. it keeps evolving. and i'm sure there are going to be some things that whoever the next president is they're going to want to continue. there's going to be some things i'm sure they want to do differently, but the trajectory, hopefully, is going to be one in which we're putting out the opportunity for every american. >> reporter: the president in the end did not say whether he would endorse vice president biden or number he's clearly keeping himself out of this race. clearly vice president biden will play a role all year in the white house and campaign for the democrats. that will keep speculations about him in 2016 very much alive. >> major, it's an interesting question you asked and the president's response about a relay phrase given the phrase hillary clinton is using, too, about handing off a baton. what do you make of that? >> reporter: well, i do really think one of the big questions for democrats is the next nominee for party running to extend the program he has done. and if former secretary of state hillary clinton runs or joe biden, it no not be on the extension. or will it be more progressive or centrist. he was watching the vice president's words very carefully. i know he's going to come down on that question should he decide to run. >> the question about relay and batum and the earlier interview, whoever's the candidate, the issues are the same. the president was speaking of issues of equal prosperity at home. thank you. we're getting rare insight this morning into a scam. it targets and steals money from grandparents. carter evans sits down and talk about it. good morning. >> good morning. the scam begins with something most grandparents don't get enough, a phone call from grand chooirn or so the caller says, but it almost always ends with a desperate plea for money and the criminal you're about to meet used to be on the other end of the line. shackled in federal custody, this 31-year-old con man is awaiting sentencing in california for his role in what's known as the grandparent scam. he agreed to let us in on how he did it, but only if we wouldn't reveal his name. >> you can make ten grand sometimes in a day if you do it properly. >> reporter: part of an elaborate scheme run out of canada. >> give us an idea how a typical phone call would go. >> hawai, grandma, hi, grandpa. it's bad weather so it's kind of hard to hear. i got into a little trouble. i got arrested for dui. you tell them things got out of control and i need you to send me money. >> how many people would fall for this? >> one out of 50. >> reporter: it's is tell mated senior citizens are robbed of roughly $350 billion a year in scams. phone scams are often run outside of u.s. in boiler rooms like this one and connell artists usually buy their personal information online including age and income. >> we target people over the age of 65 mainly because they're more gullible, they're at home, they're more accessible. once you get them emotionally involved, they'll do anything for fer you. >> doug is with a ta arp. >> we have haddock tors and lawyer fall for this. it doesn't matter. >> i wasup set and sort of frantic. >> it happened to this 81-year-old grandmother. she was home alone in california last september when her phone rang. the caller said he was her 29-year-old grandson arrested for driving drunk in north carolina. >> there was a desperation and an urgency in his voice partly because he said, love you. >> did it sound like him. >> no, but he said he had a broken nose. i just wanted him to be home with his family. that's all i wanted. >> so she immediately sent almost $18,000 to a bank account in north carolina thinking it was going to a lawyer. but her grandson wasn't in jail and wasn't in north carolina. her money was gone. we dialed the number of the person who called her. it's now disconnected. >> we're sorry. your call cannot be completed at this time. >> you're blinded by emotion. totally blienlted. you don't think rationally when this happens. you know, your family comes first. >> just so cold-hearted and horrifying. the effect on the victims is so great, it's not simply the loss of the money. they feel stupid, they feel gullible, and they have nightmares about it and anxiety and depression. >> people are going to want to know what drives a person like you when you know how much pain it's causing people? >> i didn't know how much pain this was causing people. >> how could you not know? >> i figured people make 1g $00,000 a year would lose a couple thousand here and there. >> that doesn't make it okay. >> people lose money all the time. >> reporter: in most cases they never get it back. what did you do with the money? >> what did i do with it? snl spent most of it. >> i think he recognizes now that it's a despicable thing that he did and he's doing the right thing in trying to get the word out. he also knows that this will be a factor considered by the judge at his sentencing, but if you ask me what he's most sorry about, it's getting caught. >> do you feel remorse? >> of course. wouldn't you? >> it's hard to tell how many senior citizens have been scammed like this because there is no national database to track the grand parent scam and many grandparents are simply too embarrassed to report the crime in the first place and it's also very hard to catch some of these scammer, gayle, especially when they're operating outside the u.s. >> carter, we're seeing the emotion card works when you play it with grandma and grand pachlt so if grandparents get these kind of calls, what do you suggest that they do? 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get to the downtown oakland exits. and cycling through the metering lights slowly after an earlier motorcycle accident on the bay bridge very slow on the approaches especially 580. with the forecast, here's lawrence. a lot of clouds at the coastline now, sunny in the bay and valleys although a little hazy high clouds in the distance. we are going to see a few more patches of fog developing coastside cooling down the temperatures. otherwise mostly sunny away from the beaches and the temperatures a little cooler today still plenty of 70s inland and inside the bay, 60s patchy fog toward the coastline. a few more clouds and cooler on friday and saturday. chance of showers next week. ,,,,,,,, good morning to our in the west. it's thursday, april 17, 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more world news ahead including questions for the captain in the south korea ferry disaster. first, here is a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. divers plan to pulp oxygen into the ferry for any possible survivors. >> sounds like you're saying putin is trying to provoke a civil war. this completed the first successful scan today. >> the scan begins with something most grandparents don't get enough -- a phone call from a grandchild. >> you can make $10,000 in a day if you do it properly. the university president claims his school is at risk of fa failure if it has too many white students. >> my rule as a leader is to ask questions that take people outside of their zones of comfort. pope francis admitting that even he faced moments of isolation, loneliness, and sadness during his years as a priest. >> a new federal study finds a drop of more than 60% in the rates of heart attacks and deaths from the disease. domino's debuted a new pizza where instead of dough they're using fried chicken. yeah. it's called tomorrow know's deep dish you're all going to die. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by panera bread. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. the search continues for survivors of the sunken ferry off the coast of south korea. nearly 300 people are still missing. divers are having trouble getting to possible survivors because of rough seas. south korea's government is sending giant cranes to try and lift the ship. many family members at the scene are distressed and angry with the pace of the search. rescuers did pull out one 6-year-old girl. meanwhile, the captain is apologizing saying he is deeply ashamed. the south korean coast guard says the captain face as criminal investigation. and russian president vladimir putin says this morning that trust between the u.s. and russia was lost even before the crisis in ukraine. he spoke on a tv call in show where he also got a question from nsa leaker edward snowden. putin told snowden that russia does not carry out surveillance on its citizens. meanwhile, margaret brennen is there to show us how emergency talks are trying to quiet the attention inside ukraine. margaret, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here in geneva talks have been under way for nearly three hours. and this is the first time that russia and ukraine's top diplomats are directly negotiating. behind closed doors ukraine is offering russia a role in a political solution. that involves giving amnesty to armed separatist groups that have seized government buildings and even offering more you a ton had mi to russian-speaking parts of the country. top diplomats tell us this is a test of whether russia's new willingness to talk actually means they might withdraw those 40,000 troops they have amassed along the ukrainian border and perhaps distanced themselves from violent separatist groups. if they don't, the u.s. and the eu will likely slap more sanctions on russian leaders. earlier today in moscow during a are press conference vladimir putin, the president of russia, said he hopes that this diplomatic solution will work. he said u.s. claims that russia is orchestrating the violent on the ground in ukraine are rub ib, but he also said he hopes he doesn't have to exercise what he called his right to intervene militarily in ukraine. charlie? >> margaret, thanks. president obama is criticizing house republicans for not acting to change immigration laws. in a statement the president said the gop is behind the times. in response wednesday, eric c cantor said the president has no sincere desire to work with his party's lawmakers. in an interview major garrett asked the president about his immigration goals. >> there's always going to be a limit to what i can do in the absence of action like ours. and i think it is very important for congress to recognize that this is going to be an issue that haunts them until it gets solved. and we've got the possibility of a consensus in this country to solve it. what we need is some political courage and political will. that's always, on many of these issues, what's been in short supply in washington and i'm hoping that once we get through some of the republican primary season, maybe as we are still far enough away from november, that people see a chance to do the right thing. >> police in denver are investigating themselves this morning. a woman who called for help was shot and killed allegedly by her husband. she had been on the phone with 911 for about 13 minutes when she was attacked. as barry petersen reports, that response time is alarming victim advocates. >> reporter: police were dispatched to this home in an upscale denver neighborhood shortly before 9:30 p.m. on monday night. >> domestic violence in progress. her husband has been smoking marijuana. they do keep a handgun in the house but it's not in anybody's possession. >> reporter: 44-year-old kristine kirk called 911. she said her husband, richard, was hallucinating, wanted her to shoot him, and was scaring her three kids. about 13 minutes later, with police still not on the scene, the situation apparently took an ominous turn. >> grabbed the gun and screamed? >> technically she's still on the line. we have an open line with her. >> reporter: by the time officers arrived, kristine kirk was on the ground, a gunshot wound to her head. >> we're going to need homicide. >> reporter: richard kirk, 47, was arrested and now faces first-degree murder charges. the according to court filings, he admitted to a police officer that he had killed his wife. domestic violence advocates say the system failed kristine kirk. >> survivors count on an immediate response, and what's so heartbreaking about this story is that immediate response didn't happen. >> reporter: in november the denver post reported it took officers 7.2 minutes on average to respond to critical incidents, more than a minute slower than the year before. as police investigate the circumstances of kirk's death, they will also look at why it took officers about 15 minutes to arrive and how they handled her 911 call. >> it's unfortunate that she lost her life. we are looking at all the aspects what led up to it. >> reporter: on wednesday following kirk's initial court appearance, his friends and family refused to speak with reporters. but in a statement to "cbs this morning," his brother lance said, this is not richard's normal character. richard was a good father to their children. chris was the best mother a family could ask for. she is going to be so very missed. for "cbs this morning," barry petersen, denver. >> a terrible story. >> it does seem like an epic fail on the denver police, and i know it's under investigation, but it doesn't make sense if you're on the line for that long and no one is interest there to help you, when you're saying i need help. very scary. >> awful. all right, and now to this story in dallas. 9-month-old twin brothers are out of the hospital for the first time in their lives. emmett and owen ezell were born conjoined. they shared a liver and some intestines until separation surgery in august. emmett and owen were take tone a rehab center yesterday. >> they are very interactive, very social little boys. they flirt with all the girls that come in, flash smiles and wave, and they're just what they're supposed to be. >> i think we can say this is finally normal. and even it if it's normal with the boys and they've got feeding tubes and trachs, they're home. that's going to be normal and that's going to be fantastic. it's good to see them doing so well. >> yes. later in the interview the mom said there's a special way they like to be held and i know how to do that. i can't wait until they get home. you know what that means. >> very special bond between the two of them three out of four americans have never been on a cruise, and this recent bad publicity isn't helping. this morning the new head of royal caribbean, there he is, in our toyota greenroom. adam goldstein. just plan to keep passengers safe and the next big destination for the cruise industry. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." the crew's industry. that's 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most people when you ask if they've been a cruise, they look like they've bitten a lemon. >> we're fortunate that even now we're taking a million people on cruises who have never been on a cruise ship before we have to work harder, tell our story better of all the wonderful innovations and features that are on our ships, but people are responding. the most important thing is the guests who have been on in the past know how great it is and they've come back. >> not the guests who got the norovirus. >> which is something like a fraction of a fraction. the most important thick is we take care of everything we do. when it relates to something of that sort, the protocols, the approaches our people take and the training they have to minimize the spread of illness, for example, is topnotch and you're in very good hands when you board our ships. >> are you saying we don't have problems and we have a failure to communicate our story? >> no. it's been a tough two or three years for our industry. the events we've experienced, though unusual, they have happened. >> why? >> hard to say whaty they've happened. but as i say, the people who cruise with us, our customer base, they know the experience, the training, the discipline of our people and how dedicated they are to our welfare. they know the improvements that the industry continues to make and they know that it's great vacation. >> let me -- >> what about the first time? listen, i'm an experienced cruiser and i get it. i've taken 13 people on a trip on your ship. >> thank you. >> my family said they'd go back. what about the first-time cruisers, adam? they're look at the news and all of you guys are painted with the same brush. >> there's no question but the biggest challenge is convince first-time cruisers to come on board. we've got to really stress all the great benefits of cruising, the phenomenal features, innovations being brought on our ships an other ships and show that we care about everything that relates to their cruise vacation. but it's a big job and we have a lot of work to do. >> so just to address that concern for vacationers who think that a cruise ship is a floating petri dish and are concerned about norovirus, how do you answer those concerns? >> we start out by saying it's the second most common illness in the world in general and it happens with much greater incidence on the land than it does on board the ships and the dedication and techniques and proetd kol we have to minimize the spread of the know row virus are state of the art. the other thing is the reason people know about us in this respect for better or worse, we have to report to the authorities wchl're the only segment, business, industry, have to tell officials if there are any illnesses on board. the care and attention we give on board this ship is second to none. >> so take an example of the fires. when you look at that and examine what happened. do you find that your staff and your people acted within the best sense of safety? >> oh, yes. i think we had seven different independent reports of fires that occurred on our ship that concluded that the training of our people and actions of euro people wul exactly what was called for in response to the incident and we're very proud of what they did and the guests were very proud of what they did as well. but we still look all the time. we look for all ways to improve. we say there's no such thing, in our business, anyway, is perfect safety. >> thinks seem to be going okay for royal cruise lines despite all we've heard because you're expanding to asia. that's big. >> yes. we've given big news this week. we're very pleased. we're taking our new ship "quantum of the seas" out this fall. we just announced yesterday that we are taking her to shanghai, chi china, in the spring of 2015. that is a huge move in the cruise industry to take such a new ship, such an amazing ship with the skydiving experience and the mechanical arm that takes you 300 feet above the water and a lot of other features to china but it shows the developments of cruising and in particular the success we're having in china. >> adam goldstein, thank you for joining your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. dead after cident in san francisco bay. the coast guard says the good morning, it's 8:25. i'm juliette goodrich. one person is dead after an accident in san francisco bay. the coast guard says the 42- foot boat struck a buoy near redwood city that caused the mast as to collapse on one of the passengers. also oakland police say an attack on a teenager may be connected to sex trafficking. neighbors on piedmont avenue in berkeley heard her screaming yesterday morning. the girl told police she was rob and snatched off the streets of oakland some people in the disabled community have a big problem with bart's new train. they say a pole meant for standing riders will block the way for disabled riders. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,,,,,,,,, good morning. coming into san mateo, we are closely watching a four-car accident and it is blocking one lane. so unfortunately, this is what it's doing to the san mateo bridge commute. it's messing it up. westbound 92 is really jammed from the toll plaza 25 minutes between hayward and foster city. again, chp is on scene of that accident. a look at the golden gate bridge, everything is flowing nicely out of san rafael and continuing all the way on to doyle drive coming into san francisco. and check of the south bay now where northbound 280 continues to crawl along through your downtown san jose exits. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." with the forecast, here's lawrence. some changes in the weather today, of course yesterday a gorgeous day with sunshine at the coast. now we have a little fog that's creeping in along the coastline. as you look toward the golden gate bridge, you can see some of that fog beginning to develop over there. we are going to see more toward the afternoon. hazy sunshine elsewhere around the bay area. temperatures going to be a little bit cooler outside but still very pleasant. 76 degrees in concord. should be about 73 in san rafael, 75 san jose and about 650 degrees in san francisco. -- and about 65 degrees in san francisco and breezy. at the coastline, 60s with gathering fog. cool the next couple of days, warming up on easter sunday, maybe some rain though as we head into late monday night and tuesday of next week. ,, ,,,,,, welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, one of the most powerful people in the white house is leaving. alyssa mass trow monaco. she talks about the promise the commander in chief told her to make as she steps down. what is it? i can't wait. >> i can't tell you. >> he has sold more than, get this, more than 110 million books but he is never at a loss for pulse-racing material. his book goes inside an assassination plot. that's ahead. right now it's time to show you this morning's headlines from around the globe. "the boston globe" says 1 in 20 adult patients receive an incorrect diagnosis from their doctor. researchers warn a bad diagnosis can have major consequences like a delay in cancer treatment. "the new york times" looks at how liking on facebook gives up your right to sue. general mills quietly added language to its website. a person cannot sue if they download coupons, join online negotiating. instead they have to use inside negotiating to receive relief. the sriracha plant is considering relocating. we took you inside for a tour. for months residents complained about the spicy odor it creates. he has not made a decision to move. he told us about his controversial flavoring during our visit. >> if you don't like my product, what happens with you, okay? something wrong. >> there's something wrong with people? >> we have one of the best, wouch the best, one of the cheapest -- >> but there are those people who sail it's too spicy. >> just use less. just use less. >> just use less. he received offers fromtown states and several california cities to welcome the factory. >> can i tell you because of the story i went out and bought another bottle of sriracha. i'm going to have to put sriracha on my sriracha. >> do you like it though? >> absolutely. it's good for you. all red peppers and vinegar. it will clean you out. >> i don't like spicy stuff. >> it will clean you out. >> like if you've about got a cold. >> oh. >> not that kind of clean you out. if you have a cold, you know. >> i see. >> okay. good morning, everyone. billboard says the soundtrack from "frozen" the disney animator is at the top of the billboard. it's climbed past the 2 million mark since the movie debuted last year. "frozen" is tied with the lion king for the most weeks at number one for an animated film soundtrack. charlie, stop sinking this song. >> yeah. you too. "the wall street journal" took a look at why was so much information online catalog still clutter the mailbox. it found catalogs are still an effective way to sell merchandise. the thinking is that shoppers will browse through the pages, see something they like, and buy it. and the "sydney morning herald" says florida has touched base as inspiration for big hit royals. she's won two grammys this year. it's great song. lorde's trussing with inspiring when she saw george brett. she was attracted to the world royal on brett's uniform. >> so cool. >> did you know about george brett? >> yeah, because i worked in kansas city. everybody loved george brett. >> you didn't know about the connection with the song with lorde. >> very interesting. >> that's new. >> and it's called the selfie of all selfies. vice president joe biden posted this picture yesterday. that's him with president. he wrote found a friend to join my first selfie on instagram. the white house twitter account also posted the photo with the caption pals. no word that this was brought to you by samsung also. >> i'm thinking that the president and vice president are flossing regularly because they've got great smiles. >> she's often described as one of the most powerful people in washington that you have never heard of. alyssa mastromonaco was the white house's deputy chief of staff of operation. if you want to see president obama, you'd better go through her. next month she will leave her job and the white house behind. we recently spoke to her about her low profile high power role. >> every time i read a piece about you, it talks about power. tell me what you do. >> i'm the person that everyone comes to. i have the answer for everything. >> we've been looking for you. >> i think the reason people thing i'm so powerful is they don't know what i do. and that mystery, which i have kept for good reason over the years just really intrigued people. >> because it gives you power. >> exactly. >> alyssa mastromonaco's unassuming power has a major impact. at 38 her most important role is managing president obama's time. she decides who gets access. but her job is much broader. she runs a white house campus which includes 17,000 employees and she's behind the president's cabinet selections. >> you know what somebody called you? scary powerful. >> that was probably a friend. >> now, what did the president say about this? he said at one point as soon as they see you, all of your power will go -- >> that is so -- this is true. i'm a very internal person. i don't do a lot of public speaking. this is the first interview i've done in eight years, but when i'm on the phone, i think i sound like the booming voice of oz. when people see me in person someone said i look like sally field in "the flying nun" and i should stay behind the your can tan if i want people to be scared of me. >> even president kids her about her height. >> he fancies himself as a big brother, i think. >> ah. >> he likes to call me short like a big brother. >> he's got a point, doesn't he? >> obviously i'm du diminutive. when we go on the road we can always laugh he woed say, let's talk about how short alyssa is and then he'll crack a smile. >> our conversation took place where think first became colleagues and friends. barack obama's u.s. senate office. in 2005 she had just wrapped work on john kerry's work as a failed presidential bid when she joined a political startup that would eventually become a who's who of washington. >> so this is, huh? >> this is it. >> this is where young senator obama had his four key staffers. >> yep. me, john favre row, tommy, robert gibbs and pete rouse was on the other side. >> there's the former chief of staff, the speech writer, there's the staff writer and the staff security adviser. >> mm-hmm. we did okay. >> you sure did. >> from presidential office to the central campaign to the white house. she's one of the last remaining members of the original team. >> why do you think the president of the united states trusts you so well? >> i think over the years of decision-making and navigating some tough times, you know, your mettle is really tested and i think i proved to him that his success was my number one priority, that my hard work on his behalf wasn't self-interested, and that, you know, i had good judgment. >> there you go. that's what it's about. >> my judgment is good judgment for him. thing that it's also -- i think in life i have good judgment but in life, between the two of us, we understand each other and i understand what he's trying to do. >> reporter: in november. two were married. so what about pillow talk. >> i'm not going to light. when we come home at the end of the day, there's a lot of work talk. >> oh, really. pillow talk is about politics. >> yeah. it's more who did what to who. >> who screwed who today. >> i'm not going to put it that bluntly, but -- >> you wonder why they're scared of you? >> after nine years of juggling elections, wars, national tragedies, and a president's schedule, she's now ready for some down time. >> when you go in to the president and you say, you know, this is the time. >> time. >> did he try to talk you out of it? >> of course. of course. i think he knew that for me to actually get to the point where i said, you know what? it's time, that he understood. >> he says an interesting thing. i'm not going to let you go. >> right. >> unless you promise me you will be there for me not only during the presidency but in the post presidency. >> yeah. >> i mean that's an ultimate act of respect. >> we've been through a great adventure, and what he said was, you can go and you can take some time off, but, you know, we're together forever and i need you -- i need you around. and he's like, you have to tell me that that's -- that's the deal. i said, of course. >> is the most exciting time of your life behind you? >> it might be. but that's okay. if you look at the things that have made everything so exciting, one, that pace of life is sort of unsustainable. so that's one -- that's one sort of running off of adrenaline every day, that's exciting. the i'd met the pope, i was at nelson mandela's funeral, e've been on "charlie rose." what is there left? >> she's right. what is there left. >> she's trulying? >> she's terrific. >> just look at the photographs. see where she is in every photograph. >> and the video. >> that shows you where the president wants her. >> that's who you want, somebody working with you like that. his success was her number one priority. that's when someone says i have your back always. that's so nice. >> she wasn't out there looking out for herself. >> that right. >> is there a concern now that she's the last of the very closest advisers to the president that he'll not have the same tight-knit group that was with him from the beginning? >> i'm sure it is. you know. >> you know, he still has people who have his back. that was great, charlie. >> that was very interesting. we'll have more tonight on my pbs program. >> and he always hits a mark with his thriller. best-selling author david baldacci is in the toyota green room to take us inside [♪] at the pace david baldacci writes two a year, he shot to fame when his first novel "absolute power" was made into a clint eastwood movie. remember that? he's known for his insider approach to political thrill e. his new book "the target" is no exception. david baldacci, good morning and welcome back to the "cbs this morning" take. >> good morning. thank you. >> one says this is your best thriller yet. you read this book and it's like boom, boom, boom, because so much is happening. once again you always seem to be timely. then again you were here with the general petraeus sex scandal and now there's a story about the white supremacist in the news which is also in your book and north korea cl is also in your book. >> maybe i should start writing picture books so those things won't happen. yeah, it's been fortunate and unfortunate obviously with people on some of the topics i write about but those are some of the things that interest me. people live in the grey areas of life and collide from time to time and bad things happen and putting people into bad situations and seeing if they can survive or not fascinates me. >> this book "the far get" is about a high risk unusual assassination, right? tell us about it. >> they're attacked by the -- >> she's a woman. >> yes. jessica reel is a woman, quite a woman. she's tougher than will row by. there have been like three presidential executive orders. they have the issue of executive order saying you can no longer do that, then, yeah, we probably did. so since it's illegal, it runs awry and goes bad, everybody's going to go down. the president's going to get impeached and convicted and he's going to lose his job and his job will be ore as well. >> in the middle of that there's an attempt on the president's life too. you've about got two going on at the same time. >> there's a lot going on. in the third sub plot is rio's past comes back to haunt her so a great deal is about row by and rio having to fight. >> you have a very active imagine neigh, david baldacci. >> i was going to ask you that. what do you start with? >> i typically i start with a character and then put them into a plot that i find interesting. i don't write for my readers. i feel really bad about that. it sounds sort of selfish that i write for myself. i don't know my readers but i know myself. >> what do you know about yourself? >> i know what interests me. i know the flaws in life and how people who struggle fall down and try to pick themselves back up. that's what interests me and fascinates me. that hook is what people relate to. we've all had to pick ourselves back up. >> when have you failed? >> oh, i've fail add lot in, you know, life. i fail add lot in life, yes. so, you know, but i pick myself back up and had gone on and i expect i will fail in the future. everyone does. but it's your reaction to it. >> career failure or personal failure? >> some of both. you know, i like to keep a balanced life. >> you've also written -- go ahead. >> you've been very successful. >> yes. >> i mean how many millions have you sold? 100 million? >> yes. >> what have you learned about writing? >> i learned that it's not a craft you ever master and you i don't get good at it by doing the same thing over and over. most other occupation use do. if i'm a pilot, i would never be on a plane where a pilot said i've done it this way for 30 years. today i'm going to try it differently. >> please don't. you always did your first teenage novel and you did it under a different name. >> i did it under the name of jay sick pogue. i wanted them to buy it for the book, not the name. >> they were really surprised that it was me. >> thank you, david balg da chi. great to have you here. >> thank you, david balg da chi. great to have you here. we should note "the target" goe, safeway gets that staying on budget can be a real bear. that's why they've got lots of ways to save. real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. for easter, get a safeway spiral sliced ham, for just $1.99 a pound. cadbury mini eggs are only $2.69. talk about a sweet deal. and arrowhead water is just $3.33 a case. there's more savings to love at safeway. the cbs comedy "the crazy ones" wrapped up tonight. guess who's on? gayle and the rest of the cast starting at 9:00,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. good morning, i'm juliette goodrich. time for some news headlines. developing news from redwood city. a damaged sailboat is back at the sequoia yacht club following a deadly accident on the bay. the boat was part of weekly saying regatta at sequoia yacht club. in the middle of the race the boat hit a marker buoy and was entangled causing the mast to collapse on a passenger. the search for possible human remains in that burned down former tv studio continues this morning. the building in san jose was destroyed in a fire sunday. the 20 to 40 squatters inside at the time of the fire, three are unaccounted for. all right. let's check the weather now with lawrence. >> all right. some nice weather around the bay area today. starting out mostly sunny as we look toward dublin this morning and mount diablo we have some sunshine coming your way and, well, there will be plenty of sun in the valleys and the bay. along the coastline some changes though. looks like we have some clouds gathering along the coast and more of that to come. we are still looking at nice numbers but it will be cooler. 75 degrees in san jose. 77 still and warm in the napa valley. 71 in oakland. 65 breezy into san francisco this afternoon. out toward the beaches low clouds and fog will be gathering highs there only in the low 60s. next couple of days the temperatures will be cooling down a few more clouds coming our way. then we warm up a little on easter sunday, a chance of rain late monday night into tuesday. we're going to check out your "kcbs traffic" when we come back. bulldog: [yawn] bulldog: i just had a dream i was at mattress discounters with tempur-pedic and the largest selection of memory foam mattresses under one roof! icomfort, by serta... optimum, by posturepedic... ahh! comforpedic, by beautyrest... ooh! 48 months interest-free financing, free delivery, and queen-size memory foam mattress sets as low as $697! that's more mattresses than you can shake a bone at. ♪ mattress discounters happy birthday! it's a painting easel! the tide's coming in! this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. 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