his life on the line early this wednesday morning, october 6th, his life on the line early this wednesday morning, october 6th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs top of the empire state building there. a live look this wednesday morning. good morning to everybody. welcome to "the early show." i'm maggie rodriguez. >> i'm harry smith. >> good morning, harry. the story out of california is nothing short of remarkable. a little girl playing in the front yard, snatched into a truck. 11 hours later, a monowatching tv spots a description of the truck, thinks he sees the truck and chases it down and doesn't quit until the little girl is rescued. you know who joe miller is, tea party candidate in alaska who upset lisa murkowski, the senator there and was assumed was going to just roll back into the senate all over again. well, part of joe miller's success dependent on sarah palin endorsed him. a couple of times miller's been on television on fox and people have said, what do you think of sarah palin? you know, running for president. and miller's been kind of -- >> he didn't return the endorsement sort to speak. >> that's right. apparently todd palin is not exactly pleased with those responses. there is some -- an apparent internet trail causing a internet sensation and we'll delve into that. >> show you the e-mails. it's being called one of the most horrific crimes in recent memory. the first of two trials is now over and the verdict is in. cbs news national correspondent jeff glor in connecticut with the details. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. there was an emotional scene outside court here yesterday after that verdict was read. jurors will now return here on october 18th for part two of this trial. whether steven hayes should be executed. >> there is some relief but my -- my family is still gone. >> reporter: as dr. william petit closed the door on one phase of the case, the lone survivor of a horrific home invasion prepared himself for what comes next. in 12 days, jurors will begin deciding if steven hayes is to receive the death penalty and petit will sit through more grueling testimony about the killing of his wife and two daughters. he was asked how he could push on when they decided to plead guilty, sparing any trials. >> i think that you probably would all do the same thing for your families if -- if your family was destroyed by evil. >> it's mainly going to be the defense putting on evidence of why he should live and there's no limit to what they can put on. the question from the jury does what the defense puts on outweigh the heinousness of the acts? >> reporter: the guilt phase took nine days and jurors took four and a half hours deliberating to find him guilty on 16 counts. petit was asked if hayes still matters to him. >> what matters to me most is my family and my memories of my family and i don't know. over the last couple of weeks i have just kept trying to tell myself that goodwill overcome evil. >> reporter: the evil, hayes and then 44 and joshua komisarjevsky 26 broke into the petit home in connecticut in july 2006. beating william petit with a baseball bat. forcing jennifer hawk we tis to withdraw $15,000 from a bank before strangling and killing her. all three murder victims doused with gasoline before the house was set on fire. >> to pour gasoline on them, to light the house on fire, to strangle and rape the mother, who begged for her life, it is evil incarnate is all you can say. >> reporter: the penalty phase for hayes is expected to last about a week. as for the trial for his co-defendant joshua komisarjevsky won't begin until next year and in two parts. >> jeff glor in new haven this morning, thank you. joining us now is jack ford. jack, good morning. >> good morning, maggie. >> you are an attorney. you have defended five death penalty cases and very familiar with what happens next. what will happen in the penalty phase? >> what you get in the cases are two separate trials. under the umbrella of one. we know that the first trial focuses on whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty. what they'll do now is an entirely separate second trial. there will be opening statements by the prosecution and the defense. the prosecution will present evidence here. the defense can if they want to, you have to assume there's some evidence here from the defense, then closing arguments again by both sides. the judge gives instructions to the jury and ultimately the jury comes back with a verdict and a second separate trial within this whole case. >> it is a separate trial but the same judge and jury. correct? >> same judge, same jury. >> does that mean they won't rehash the horrific testimony and evidence again? >> that's a tough case. i've seen cases where the prosecution simply said to the jury, you have heard everything already. there's nothing more to tell you about. so rely on that information. sometimes prosecutors say rely on what you have heard so far and provide you now with the victim pact statements, let the father talk about to them what this has done to him, let the family members talk about what this has done. not every murder conviction results in a death penalty. there has to be what they call murder plus and here among things, talking about the particular heinous and cruel and vicious manner in which the murders took place so the prosecution may bring some more witnesses in. i have to believe you hear something from the family members, the jurors will. >> i'm sure because they could have settled this long ago and where the defendant went to life to prison for life and they wanted to go for the death penalty. >> exactly. >> i'm sure they're going to speak up. what about the defense? will he be put on the stand? >> i did put the defendant on the stand to essentially say, here's what happened. here's why i'm so terribly sorry and basically asking to save their lives. you will probably get some testimony about who he is, what his background is, if he had a troubled past. i would suspect -- he didn't testify beforehand and i would suspect a lot of times that lawyers will keep the defendant off the stand even here if their defense is i didn't do this. you have the wrong person here. they didn't really have that defense. i would suspect you may well hear him on the stand saying something to these jurors. >> all right. of course, we'll follow it. we thank you. >> thank you. >> now back to you, harry. now a controversial e-mail reportedly from sarah palin's husband todd, that is burning up the internet. it was leaked by a left leaning website called the mud flats and causing quite a stir in political circles. todd reportedly sent it to republican senate nominee joe miller whom sarah palin endorsed and it says, quote, sarah put her blank on the line for joe and yet he can't answer a simple question, is sarah palin qualified to be president? i don't know if she is. joe, please explain how the endorsement stuff works. is it to be completely one sided? here now to tell us -- see if we can fathom what this means and how it could impact future races is analyst and republican strategist dan bartlett. good morning. >> good morning. >> we set this up a couple of minutes ago business sarah palin endorsed joe miller, tea party kand did it. he runs over, very closely, very narrow race, beats lisa murkowski and gone on fox and hasn't been able to say how much, you know, profess to sarah palin. >> yeah. it's a kind of interesting deem. on one hand you can kind of feel for todd palin, when the oldest political actions, if i scratch your back, you scratch mine and he's not holding up his end of the bargain but the reason why he's having trouble with this is the same problem that a lot of americans are having is they can't answer that question as to why potentially she's qualified to be president of the united states. and in my observations, watching during the previous presidential campaign is that sarah palin and her camp are extremely thin skinned and if she does plan to run for president, she will have to get used to people like this doing things they don't appreciate but it particularly strikes a cord in your home state of alaska so i imagine they'll somehow try to figure to him back out and bring a qualifying statement for her. >> a thicker hide in order, perhaps. >> absolutely. >> some people suggest this means sarah palin wants to run that. i think i see it like you do. this is about loyalty. >> i think there's a little bit of both. they want to preserve the option to run for president. they want everybody to treat her as if she's qualified to run for president for maximum leverage. whether she uses that leverage to run herself, i don't think she's sent a signal on that but wants to be relevant, a power broker and politics not only for this cycle but more importantly for the presidential cycle. so they're doing everything you would want a candidate to do. and part of that is behind the scenes, lining up as much support as possible. i don't think there is a clear signal of intent to run for office. >> very quickly, four years ago in the off-year election, the amount of outside money about $16 million. up to $69 million now thanks to a recent supreme court decision. this is money raised by groups, nobody has to disclose where it comes from. a lot of it pouring in especially on the republican side. some people suggest that this decision has allowed all this money to come in and literally takes these elections out of the hands of the voters. how would you respond to that? development where we're seeing where traditionally organizations like labor that supported democrats had the ability to have an outside influence on the campaigns and then previous cycles. you are right, this time around because of the citizen you united supreme court ruling, republicans sent up center right organizations leveling the seeing on the republican side and that intensity always financial contributions, whether it be directly to candidates and one of the phenomenons here, harry, the fact there's not a the national party because of the chairman. and they don't want to give the money to steele and now going to places they trust to give it but the bottom line is this is a natural reflection of the fact that republicans are fired up for this election and democrats aren't but no question about it. a lot of outside money. it's going to be the difference maker in many of these states across the nation. >> dan bartlett, appreciate youren sight. thank you, sir. >> you bet. >> thanks, harry. we move to the surge on wall street l the dow skyrocketed yesterday and closed just short of 11,000 making -- best day wall street has seen since may. cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis at the new york stock exchange. we'll take this surge any day of the week. what is it attributed to? >> reporter: maggie, yesterday put us back in the before may levels and what people are looking at is the main driver is two things. first off, better data from the services sector and potentially more jobs created there and also this expectation that while the government doesn't necessarily have the political will or the motivation to put a new stimulus into effect here in the united states, the federal reserve is prepared to step in and do that and many anticipating that the federal reserve taking the tools and do stimulative action. >> yeah, the fed has been indicating to step in and prop up the economy, but there's a lot of speculation of what exactly ben bernanke will do. what's the options? >> reporter: the likelihood focused on one particular thing and that's to start printing more money, more money in circulation. what does that do? decreases the value of the money in your pocket but it also can increase the value of things around you like your home. maggie? >> all right. rebeck da jarvis, thank you. we'll look for those unemployment numbers out friday which i'm sure will cause wall street to react again. >> all right. erica hill has the headlines. good morning. >> good morning. we begin with breaking news out of afghanistan. this morning, there's word of high-level talks between the afghan government and the taliban. talks aimed at ending the war. afghan president hamid karzai is thought to be taking part in the previously secret talks with representatives of the taliban. "the washington post" reports this is the first time taliban leaders have authorized such talks but meantime in southwest pakistan this morning 20 tankers carrying fuel to u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan were attacked and set on fire. one driver was killed. and if this sounds familiar, it should. it is the sixth such attack by suspected taliban gunmen since pakistan closed a key border crossing to afghanistan seven days ago. the man who tried to set off a car bomb in times square, faizal shahzad will spend the rest of his life behind bars. he was defiant here in new york and when given a chance to speak, had a warning for americans saying, quote, brace yourselves because the war with muslims has just begun. emergency workers in western hungary struggling to contain an environmental disaster this morning. a flood of toxic red sludge burst from a holding tank at a metal refinery southwest of budapest on monday. several towns were overrun killing at least four people. the toxic flood threatens the danube river. we want to get you the latest on the alleged attack on a lake on the texas-mexico's border. there are witnesses now backing up the story. cbs news correspondent don tieg has more. >> reporter: the family and friends of david hartley gathered today in texas tuesday. there to remember the man they said had no fear. and never met a stranger. hartley's family decided to go ahead with the service even though they have no body to bury. mexican authorities will now search falcon lake along the texas-mexico border today looking for hartley's remains with boats an military helicopters. it was five days ago that hartley was allegedly shot by pirates while jet skiing on the mexican side of the lake. >> ma'am? >> yes. >> okay. are you sure that your husband got shot? >> yes. in his head. >> reporter: his wife tiffany with her husband and couldn't save him expressed frustration in an early show interview on tuesday that the mexican government wasn't doing enough to help. >> as far as we know, we don't think they have been looking. >> reporter: on monday, a mexican official seemed to question tiffany hartley's story saying we are not sure. we are not certain the incident happened the way they said. but zapata county sheriff said he has a witness seeing tiffany hartley being chased by men in a small boat and family members criticize what they see as a lackluster search effort by authorities. father dennis hartley told the associated press i don't think at this time mexico is really doing anything. that should change, according to gonzalez who met with mexican authorities last night and tells cbs news they promised to search all day or until they find david hartley. don tieg, >> mid section of the country looks real nice. that's your weather picture, folks. >> thanks, dave. coming up, a little girl back with her family after being abducted. we'll speak with the good samaritan that stepped in to save her. a hiker lost for six days in the hot des sert speaking out about his brush with death. this is "the early show" on cbs. 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what made you follow your instincts and go check? >> yes. i didn't want to leave the chance out to say that's the truck or i just took that chance to follow the truck and told my cousin dial 911 while i keep chase and to just make sure it wasn't hill. i wasn't sure it was him because i couldn't see the passenger until, like, i stopped him the second time. i was able to see the little girl. i said, okay, this is -- go ahead. >> what did he do with the little girl? >> i just -- had she was dropped off i just stayed with her. the guy took off again. i didn't keep chase no more, because the little girl was safe. so the cops took over after that. >> you had the little girl with you waiting for police to arrive. what was she saying to you then? >> yes. >> she was terrified. she just said like, twice, i'm scared. i'm scared and asked me if she was going to be okay. i said you're ak for now and jut waited for the right people to get there to help her out. >> and chief dyer, that is when your officers arrived. 11 hours, almost 12, after this little girl was abducted. do you have any doubt that victor saved her life? >> i think there's a high likelihood victor's ip involvement ultimately end up saving her life. we no that the longer a victim abducted is with the assailant that the more likelihood is that we're not going to be able to recover them alive. so victor's a hero and rightfulrightfu rightfully so he's being recognized. >> do you agree with that label and what do you they good reward for you would be? i. didn't feel like a hero. i just felt i was doing my part, living in the same neighborhood as the little girl. i just felt like everybody should step up in their own communities and when something like this happens come together and try to do your part to help out and, you know, i jut thank god i was put in that right situation to do what i did, and -- >> yeah, because not everybody would. chief, how is the little girl doing this morning? how is elisa? >> well, she's doing fine physically. mentally she's going to be faced with a scar for a big portion of her life, and she's getting the assistance she needs, but, you know, when you consider what the outcome could have been, it could have been much more tragic, as tragic as it was, we are very, very grateful and thankful to god we were able to be involved, be a part of this and able to rescue her. i know her mother and the family are very, very grateful for that as well. >> have you had a chance, victor to speak with elisa's mother? >> no, i haven't. no. i shook the father's hand and he was too nervous to even speak. so i haven't had a chance yet. >> they owe you a debt of gratitude, as do we all. such a lesson for all of us. law enforcement not to hesitate to put out alerts, media on air as quickly as possible and the public be like victor. thank you so much for sharing this amazing story with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you, ma'am. >> you're welcome. >> have a good day. time f up next, a hi up next a hiker lost for six days speaks out for the first time about what it was like to look death in the face. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. 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[ whitman ] they say california can't be governed anymore. i say baloney. this state belongs to all of us. we just have to decide we want to change. i know government isn't a business and it shouldn't be, but the same values of accountability and focus that make california businesses among the best in the world could do a lot to fix sacramento. i'm on a mission to create more jobs, stop wasteful spending, and improve our schools. let's get to work. ♪ chkz chkz chkz 8:00 wednesday, october 6th, and we welcome all of you back to the "early show." i'm maggie rodriguez here with harry smith, and coming up in this hour, a battle over revealing cheerleader uniforms. you have to hear this story. all right? this is a school in connecticut, and the cheerleaders, not the parents, are complaining that their outfits are too skimpy. i know. everybody here's jaw is dropping. these girls say this hurts my self-esteem. i don't want to wear this. they've taken to the school board and we'll bring you the latest on their battle. also, doesn't seem that long ago we couldn't drive long distances without a map or find someone's number using, remember this, a phone book? how about that. >> a who? >> of course, gps, the internet, largely replaced a lot of different things that we've used in our lives. all kinds of technology has changed. remember floppy discs and waummans? we'll look at those items and businesses that are going, going gone. >> good ridden, frankly. first, erica hill at newsdesk with a check of the headlines. >> good morning again to everyone at home. breaking news this hour out of afghanistan where the government opened peace talks with the t taliban. talk lag not stopped the fighting. in kabul we have the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. in pakistan today, the taliban attacked a vital supply command for neighbors afghanistan. as news emerged of secret talks with the hamid karzai government and the taliban aiming to end the war. trucks set on fire by 14 gunmen in two pickup trucks on the outskirts of quetta year the afghan border. one driver killed. the latest on a series of attacked turned out in retaliation for a nato helicopter raid into pakistan last week that killed three pakistanis. as fighting inside afghanistan continues to escalate, there are news reports that afghan president hamid karzai is now conducting secret talks with the taliban in a search for a negotiated end to the fighting. there have been talks with lower level taliban fighters in the past, but now the talks seem to involve the top taliban leadership who are pressing for a role in the national government. despite the fact that afghanistan has been a war for three decades now, talking to the taliban, many feel the insurgents cannot be trusted and remember all too well how difficult life was when the taliban last ruled this country. erica? >> terry, thanks. in stockholm the nobel prize for chemistry awards richard heck and two japanese chemists developing a tool used in electronics. and speaking at a women's conference, president obama, watch this video, the presidential seal fell from the front of the podium. >> we cannot sustain -- >> whoops. was that my -- oh, goodness. that's all right. all of you know who i am. >> a little after there mr. obama joked a white house aide backstage must be really nervous and then continued his speech. here's katie couric with a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning. they're responsible for one-third of our food supply, but over the past three years tens of millions of bees have been dying off. now researchers think they know why. find out what's killing them, tonight, only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." and it's just about four minutes past the hour. we want to get you a check of your weather for the this weather report sponsored by subway restaurants. build your better breakfast and grab lunch to go, too. you better check attendance in enterprise, oregon. you're missing two people this morning. that's a quick look at your weather picture. see new a little while. maggie, back to you. up next, nothing to cheer about. we'll tell you about khmer leaders who refused to wear their outfits because they're too skimpy. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. outfits because they are too skimp y. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. rush to subway. i'm all over it. 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>> let's go central. >> reporter: but in bridgeport, connecticut teens are actually fighting to cover up. heidi medina complained to school administrators about a uniform she says shows too much skin. >> i don't really want to show, you know, my stomach to people, and it's not legal in competition for us to show our midriff. >> reporter: heidi and her teammates loved last year's uniform less revealing. >> i don't feel comfortable. my whole stomach is hanging out. yishgs can pull it up, and if i do, the back side is hanging out. >> reporter: a recent poll of cheerleaders say uniforms can have damaging effects. one-third polled at risk for eating disorders especially young women wearing midriff bearing uniforms. >> this chaps when women are vulnerable, developing their identities, bodies are changes. they are particularly impacted by peer pressure and social pressure. >> reporter: you're really covered up. >> yes. >> reporter: two cheerleaders were so embarrassed they wore football jerseys to cove up during the game. bridgeport public school officials say they don't condone inappropriate attire. >> as we move forward, new skirts ordered, full body suits ordered, so the uniform is total complement as of this next game should be fine. >> reporter: for some girls the uniform controversy is a personal foul. >> i feel trashy. >> reporter: for cbs news, bridgeport, connecticut. >> "the early show" contributor dr. jennifer hartstein joins us to talk more. how much do we love this story? >> such a story for these girls. >> most girls unfortunately want to show more skin. so how much do we have to applaud, it's parents who raise these girls and these girl whose stood up for what was right. >> so true, maggie. the fact is, they went into a group of adults, teenagers, and were eloquent and really spoke their minds on the fact this is not the thing they were willing to accept. what can we do to change it? terrific. sends a great message for girls out there. >> and such an important message in this day and age when we know that body image is affected by so many negative role models. >> look what the girls look at what the media puts out to them. thin is the way to be. you're supposed to show your skin, be in skimpy outfits discounting how good girls can feel in their own skin if they are wearing appropriate clothes and these girls may feel more comfortable, cheer better, be bet other than the field if they're comfortable in their uniforms. >> about sloous salutely. a new study out showing that cheerleaders who show their midriff are more prone to eating disorders. >> the study looked at about 130, 140 college students and whether or not their uniforms impacted how they felt about things and about their body image and themselves. it did put some of them at great irrisk. we forget that cheerleading is a sport like any other sport. especially in college. we have to keep that in mind. >> surprising, these girls came forward and said i felt degraded, hue mill grated, embarrassed and there was pushback from school administrators who said these uniforms are fine. based on the sizes you gave us. they're appropriate. isn't that surprising? >> so surprising and so sad and made me angry when i read that. i was thinking, these girls are standing up for what they're comfortable with. why are we as adults putting them down and blowing them off when we should be working on empowering them and making them feel good. they stepped up and said good news skirts, tights for underneath. that's important. some part got through. they're really respected the girls' needs. >> shouldn't have taken so long. >> exactly. >> what is the lesson here for everybody, from the school administrators to other young girls watching to the parents? >> i think it's so important for everybody to figure out how to feel comfortable, body image and self-esteem are so linked together that you need, we want to teach girls to feel comfortable in their own skin in whatever way possible. to promote that, however to do that, we have to do that. >> what are ways? i have a daughter and think about that all the time. >> work with her on getting -- these girls got involved in cheerleading because they liked being on a team a team sport. one great way. how can you do it to keep them feel going? get them involved in clothes, things, activities that make them feel good, feel positive and make them be more empowered towards the future. >> another idea. tell them this story. >> exactly. great idea. >> thank you, doctor. a little later for the breast cancer panel. >> yes. >> up next, some remember when it was a big deal to make a long distance calls. those days are gone along with other practices and products. a list of what suddenly is obsolete. a lot of fun, when we come back. what's suddenly obsolete. this will be a lot of fun when we come back. ♪ i loved you, sweetness ♪ but you're not sweet you made my butt fat ♪ ♪ you drove me insane self-control down the drain ♪ ♪ we're over i'm so done with that ♪ ♪ i found a new love a natural true love ♪ ♪ that comes from a little green leaf ♪ ♪ zero-calorie, guilt-free no artificiality ♪ ♪ my skinny jeans zipped in relief ♪ ♪ its name is truvia i had no idea ♪ ♪ no more sprinkling my coffee with grief ♪ [ announcer ] truvia. honestly sweet. introducing wisk with stain spectrum technology. try new wisk. we upgraded the formula, but not the price. ♪ let's raise a glass to cookies just out of the oven. to the morning bowl of cereal. and to lactaid® milk. easy to digest and with all the calcium and vitamin d of regular milk. 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"early show" contributing correspondent tara winter brill is here with more on retiffly recent but now irrel lant technology. good morning to you. >> good morning. combine rapidly developing technology with a culture focused on new and improved, it is easy to see why so many of the things we once loved, exhibit a, are quickly becoming obsolete. hello? take a tour through the nearest antique shop and you'll spot them. the typewriter. >> behind door number two. >> television console. >> and wooden tennis racquet, all once popular and in high demand. >> this is an old victrola. >> pretty much irrelevant today. >> no idea how it works. >> but not limited to these items. one-time stables of corporate america are also becoming obsolete. for the past quarter century blockbuster dominated home entertainment. now, the company is bankrupt. >> do you come here often? >> never. >> i can't remember. years ago. >> customers are opting to rent online, instead. >> a convenient thing. >> yeah. >> not just the video store that's out of date. >> i notice you came out of the store empty-handed. >> we spotted more browsers than buyers at this soon-to-be closed store in new york city. according to amazon digital downloads of books are outselling actual books. at this high school in cleerdz water, florida, kindles are replacing textbooks. when is the last time you used one of these? how much do they even cost? at&t plans to disconnect all of their pay phones by 20117. of course, most won't mind since a local call now costs 75 cents. but this unprecedented rate of change in technology goes way beyond the convenience of the cell phone. a television once lasted in a home for a generation. now, plasmas and lcds bought a few years ago may soon be headed to the curb in favor of 3d tv. get this, there have been 23 different models of the ipod since it revolutionized music just nine years ago. i have the orgnal ishd pod. >> it looks an chefnt now, right. >> while most of us wouldn't trade spell check for white out soon, it is worth noting the written word itself might be in endanger thanks to the text message. >> we take for granted now so many things that make our lives easier but worth considering what we are losing. >> like our once valuable free time, the time we often used to discover something new. >> this is kind of like a modern-day ipod. >> which, of course, will be old before you know it. >> smile! indeed. incidentally, something else experts say we are losing, the art of the conversation. so nice to be able to talk here with you all this morning and at home. >> e-mail, texting. >> i worry about that in terms of my kids because all of a sudden you realize you use your cell phone all the time. we have a home phone we never use and i have this huge fear my children will not know how to properly answer a telephone. that's my next thing i need to teach them. >> you know what i hate? spell check because kids don't know how to spell anymore. >> true. >> true. >> when is the last time you used liquid paper, white-out? i haven't used it in ages. >> not that long ago. photocopys, you need a cleaner photocopy. >> wasn't a guy in the monkey's whose mother-in-law invented that? >> this is like john cusack in -- >> oh right. >> how did they hold those things. >> spend ten minutes in central park and there are guys who ride their bikes. >> true. >> or roller skate. >> yeah. >> what is that? a vhs. >> is a -- >> walkman. >> when was the last time -- >> ooh, nice. >> that can go bye-bye. >> am/fm radio. >> hello. >> when video cassette players came out my dad came home with a beta max and said there are two choices, vhs or beta max. i think this one was going to be the bigger one. >> so wrong. >> maps with gps. when was the last time you opened up a map. >> excuse me. excuse me. excuse me. >> you are excused. >> there are many gpss that don't take certain addresses. >> yes. >> and often when i'm on the road especially covering a story, i often stop at the local 7/eleven. >> even if you have the gps, you could be in an area without coverage. i was driving to my mom's a couple weeks ago with heavy traffic. i decided to take a shortcut a cousin told me about, i couldn't exactly remember which exit. i'm driving with two kids and a dog in the car, i can't look it obviously when i'm driving. i pull over at one point, try to look it up, i have no coverage on my phone. >> oh, no. >> -- sure enough, in my stack of maps, it was there. >> how about a phone book, the last time you opened a phone book. >> i had one delivered to my apartment. >> they don't even do that anymore, do they? >> we still get them at our house. >> getting thinner and thinner. >> straight to recycling. >> exactly. >> check out the size of the vcr. >> can i have that typewriter? >> i love typewriters. >> do you remember typing injure scripts on a typewriter. >> you had to get it right the first time. right? because you -- otherwise -- you had to take out the paper and start over. >> really? >> we're bringing typewriters back. >> speaking of obsolete, exhibit a. >> no. >> no, you've got to --,,,,,,,,, it's 8:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. police have arrested man they believe intentionally ran over a fremont police officer. 36-year-old alexander diaz is now in custody. police tracked him down in los angeles, where he was found leaving a home around 5:00 a.m. he is facing charges of attempted murder of a police officer and vehicle theft. the dmv is issuing a new driver's license to try and cut into a cottage industry of fakes. the new version has more security features. they include a laser engraved signature and a second smaller picture of you that is visible only under ultraviolet light. also, lawmakers will meet today to help finalize a budget. they will be working on a plan that contains no new taxes and that is designed to protect jobs. some of the budget language and a few related bills still have to be ironed out. and we'll have traffic and weather for you coming right up. ,,,,,,,, p let's go to the 24/680 interchange. really slow on southbound 680 from walnut creek to alamo. one lane is still blocked approaching lavorna road. at the bay bridge, things have improved quite a bit. unfortunately, look at that drive time down the eastshore freeway. 44 minutes now from the carquinez bridge to the maze. an accident just cleared near university. and that's what caused all that slow traffic. starting to get a little bottleneck right there near the coliseum but overall your drive time pretty typical for this time of the morning heading towards downtown oakland. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. our forecast for today will include a mix of sun and clouds out there, looking out toward coit tower, nothing but sunshine. plenty of it. conditions for today temperatures will range from the lower 60s along our coastline, near 70 around the bay and the mid-70s in our warmest spots inland. temperatures will remain in the same ballpark thursday and friday. no major changes expected until the weekend. take a look. saturday and sunday, even monday and tuesday, temperatures begin to warm up, that low pressure system that's kept us unseasonably cool will move out. more sunshine expected. and we'll take those nice seasonal temperatures into the beginning of next week. instrumental music ] gorgeous shot of central park this morning. isn't that just amazing. >> spectacular. >> boy, am i going to miss those leaves. they are going to go bye-bye very soon. >> they will turn a beautiful color. >> that's true. we can enjoy them. >> welcome back to "the early show." coming up october of course is breast cancer awareness months. we've been getting lots of messages for our viewers for our experts. in a moment we'll go through a bunch of your most important questions on both the physical and psychological components of breast cancer. plus we all love a good lottery winner story, right, today is definitely one of the best, a hard-working single mom buys a lottery ticket last month for the mega millions but really wanted to buy a powerball ticket. >> yep. >> this is the kind of mistake we should all be so lucky to make. because she won $54 million. can you believe this? and she is here exclusively. look at that smile, to tell us about it. >> the yours works in mysterious ways. clearly it was meant to be. katie lee is here this morning. normally she is cooking up something delicious we can't wait to pounce on. some might be edible but actually not food using avocados, peppermint, even honey to perhaps achieve gorgeous glowing skin, lushcious lock. >> like cosmetics you can eat. >> i once had mayonnaise in my hair because i heard it was good for it and i couldn't get it out for a week. >> and probably couldn't get out for a week. >> yeah. >> dave, good morning. >> if you added a little he lettuce and some bacon, as well, then you would have had something going on in your hair, [ cheering ] >> a shout out to [ inaudible ] today, a bunch of people turning out in central park for the pink pony walk. we'll send it back inside to you guys. >> as you saw breast cancer awareness month, the second leading cause of cancer death in women. that is the topic of today's healthwatch. an estimated 40,000 women will die this year from the disease. joining us this morning to answer some of your questions our cbs news medal correspondents dr. jennifer ashton and "early show" contributor dr. jennifer hartste hartstein, psychologist, is pretty in pink to support the cause. good morning, ladies. >> good morning. >> right to the questions, the first from facebook, david wants to know, i heard guys can get breast cancer, too. is that true? if so, what is the difference between men's breast cancer and women's breast cancer. dr. ashton? >> the first thing, maggie, most men have no idea that they are at risk for breast cancer. while it's much less common in men than women, it accounts for less than one percent of all breast cancer cases, it can be just as aggressive. the good thing, if you will here, when you are talking about male breast cancer, because men have less breast tissue, it's usually easier for them to feel or, in some cases, even see the lump. the bad thing is that they tend to be embarrassed and might not bring that to the attention of a doctor. but important for men to know their risk factors, family history like for women, obesity, alcohol use because that stimulates the production of estrogen. men have it too and that can trigger breast cancer. so again, awareness and if you see something see your doctor. >> if you feel something, don't be embarrassed. how can men get over that stigma? >> it is really hard. i think the embarrassment factor and fear factor keeps a lot of people from getting help. it is important to recognize, validate you're embarrassed, really this is my problem and push through it and get yourself to the doctor. getting yourself to the doctor and finding out what it is a much better option than waiting and having no choice. >> absolutely. >> it is really important to push through and make that happen. >> okay. we have another question, let's hear from dara barnett in san francisco. >> i have a pretty strong family history of breast cancer. my mother hasn't had it but all of my aunts and grandmothers had it. what age is the right age for somebody like me to start getting mammograms? >> we've talked to much about this and there are so many different opinions. you are a practicing physician. what's your recommendation. >> a couple of things. when you have a quote/unquote family history in medicine we really talk about that is it a first degree relative, which means mother, sister, or daughter. now, if you have other people in your family, aunts, cousins, grandmothers is still relevant, still your family history but not the same increased risk with a first degree relative. >> okay. >> the other thing to remember if you have a lot of breast cancer in your family, genetic testing is always an option and lastly the question about when to start screening there, is no firm guideline for that. what most practicing physicians will say five to ten years before the youngest person in your family was diagnosed. if that person was diagnosed at age 40, we'll start at age 30e with things like mammograms, possibly mris and definitely younger women ultrasound. >> so for dara, what age her aunt or granmother was diagnosed. >> ten years from that. >> let's hair from larry in los angeles. >> as a parent, i would be concerned at what age is a girl capable of getting breast cancer? >> actually, start with you, jen. >> luckily, a lot of parents worry about this. it's very, very rare but last year we heard of a girl as young as age o 10 diagnosed with breast cancer. >> 10? >> ten years of age. and we know now girls as young as 7 years of age can start breast development. so, as they go through puberty, jen and i talk about it all the time when their bodies change is the time you really want to speak to your daughter, girls know about breast cancer because the chances of them knowing someone whose mother is dealing with it, it may be in their consciousness in the background of their mind and can generate anxiety. start teaching them about their body and give them facts so they are not afraid. >> you agree when women start puberty? what's the best approach. >> you have to teach them, even younger having those talks what their body, is how it develops, all those things. you want to talk about what's normal breast development, what do breasts look like, how do they change over time? in puberty, they change a lot. jen and i talked before about the importance of families talking about any sort of history and how that's going to impact their bodies and talk about the fear that might be in there because it does elicit fear all the way around and it's important to keep that communication as open as possible. >> we have another question from california, michelle kirk. >> my question today is for families trying to help one of the members with a cancer diagnosis, when is a good time for them to seek professional help. >> great question, dr. hartstein, what do you suggest? >> i think you have to really know the person who issings inned. so, some people are going to have been stoic and not going to want to go get any sort of therapeutic help or mental health care help but you as the caregiver might need to do that. you have to be aware of everyone's needs and so important to keep that option open, have resources, have support, talk to doctors who have a lot of great support options for you and your family. if you as the care-giver need it or kids need it or family members need it, provide it for them and keep the option open as an open lie doing hey maybe talking about someone about this mortality issue or this question might be helpful. >> also, maggie, a good opportunity to remember when you get that diagnosis, a second medical opinion is always a great idea. >> lastly, a question from twitter. al li son joe rights are there certain lifestyle habits that would help prevent breast cancer? we've talked about this before. bears repeating. >> absolutely. you can't change your family history but can change environmental or behavioral lifestyle habits. diet, low in animal fat high in fruits and vegetables, exercise, even you if don't continue it exercise in the past has a big protective effect on reducing your risk. then limiting alcohol use especially in the younger age group, teenagers shouldn't be drinking at all but young 20s, that can have a protective effect, less alcohol, the better. lastly, breast feeding has a huge and significant effect on reducing the risk of breast cancer. these are all things we can do. >> and should do. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> if you want more information on breast cancer awareness, all you have to do is go to our website earlyshow.cbsnews.com and keep the questions coming, please. erica? >> maggie, thanks. beauty products as you probably know can cost a small fortune. we've got a secret for you. turns out you can make many of them yourself with items from your own pantry saving yourself a lot of money. "early show" contributor katie lee is here to show us how. i love because they he are from your pantry they will be nice natural products, as well. >> that's exactly right, no chemicals. like you said, it is a small fortune, we spend 45 billion a year in the u.s. alone on cosmetics. a lot of those companies can spend quite a bit of money to find the latest and greatest ingredient but many of those formulas started with ingredients you would find right in your kitchen. >> and really stack up still. >> they really do. they have a lot of the same great effects. the first i have for you is an undereye cooling cream. this is great for those of us who have to get up early, like this morning. >> like it. >> it uses cucumber to reduce puffiness and corn starch and witch hazle for tightening and aloe vera gel. >> a step up from the movies. >> exactly. it really does work. >> you just blend it together. >> exactly in a food processor or blender. put it on, pat it on for like ten minutes, let it sit there and you're going to get this nice reduce in the puff and dark circles. it really works. it's great and it's a fraction of the cost. we spend up to $200 just on eye cream. >> wow. >> what does this cost, not even two dollars, probably. >> not even two dollars. >> less than that. >> less. >> number one is a hit with me. i've always been intrigued, you go into the drugstore and see all kinds of scrubs and things for your body with oatmeal in them. >> exactly sxwloo you are using a bit of it. what makes it so beneficial? >> it is soothing and reduces redness and exfoalient. you could probably eat this for breakfast, honey, which gives you a nice glow, cleopatra used it and yogurt, which will moisturize for your skin. it is tasty and good for your skin, as well. put it on ten minutes with a mask your skin will be nice and bright and glowing. >> and clean you out a bit, with the honey. >> a natural cleanser. >> i know your favorite. >> i love, this a shiny hair rinse. >> you have lovely shiny hair. >> thank you. for all that product build-up we put so much between gel and hairspry, apple cider vinegar, who knew you can put it on your salad and air. >> this stuff is like 79 cents a bottle, too. >> this stuff is great. i use it for everything. you can clean with it and put it on your hair and skin. it is rich in alpha hydroxy acids and gives your hair a shine they globe. >> i am one of many women who color their hair. it will strip your color. >> no, you are fine. my friend who is a stylest gave me the recipe. >> i'm cold. >> for dry hair and split end this is great. avocado and olive oil. put it on in the shower with a cap. the natural fats will strengthen your hair and make it nice and shiny. also if you have a dry scalp, dandruff, this is good for you. >> some of us have sor rises on our scalp. it's not dand rough. >> excuse me. >> that's great for us, no mayonnaise noimplts mayonnaise. >> poor maggy told us about earlier. what do we have about the bath. >> this is fantastic now the temperatures are getting cooler your skin gets dryer this is a chamomile milk bath with anti-itch properties. you will take tea bags and steep them in water and powdered milk. >> why powdered? >> a little more intense, more concentrated. the milk has lactic acid, exfoliates your skin with vitamins to nourish it. >> sort of as a scrub or in the bath. >> pour it right in there, you will nice and relaxed. save the tea bags and put them on your eyes in the bath. >> and this you can use in the shower. >> i love this. >> you swear by this. >> a coffee body scrub. take your leftover grounds in the morning and mix them with sugar or salt and olive oil. take this in the shower to reduce your cellulite, use wide circular motions on your butt and hips. like the caffeine wakes us up it will wake up your skin and tighten it and perk you up. >> you have to do this daily. >> yes, exactly. do it a couple times a week. >> i will take any cellulite help i can get. finally for your tired, achy feet. >> exactly. peppermint foot cream. i love this, the peppermint gets your circulation going and our adrenal glands are in our feet, where we have all our stress. have your husband or boyfriend give you a foot message and perk up your feet and help your pedicure go farther. >> i love these. always great stuff. thank you. >> thank you. >> for more on the he home-made beauty products, just log onto our website and you'll find the recipes and goodies there. harry, i hope were you taking notes. >> absolutely. quite a jurn they for our next guest from her childhood in jamaica including time in a homeless shelter to life here in new york as a struggling single mom, where she's been a robbery victim and assaulted at her job as a prison guard but things changed a bit, well, in a big way actually last month for g o orina feron, when she bought a ticket for the mega millions lottery and won $54 million. congratulations. >> thank you. >> when you hear that story described, does it seem real to you? >> um, no still in shock. >> still in shock. >> yes. >> let's talk about just the moment you bought the ticket. do you buy lottery tickets often. >> not at all. once every six months. >> every six months. >> yes. >> you go into your local deli, where did you go. >> my local deli. >> your local deli. you go in but really wanted to bimplt the powerball. >> powerball. >> yes. >> you bought the other one by mistake. >> the mega million but it was on a powerball ticket instead. >> there you are. you bring the ticket home. you did give any thought to it whatsoever? >> no, i did not. just put it in my pocketbook. >> and when did you get he -- when it was announced, you did pay attention to the announcements? >> no, i didn't watch it. i went to work and a co-worker looked in the newspaper for me like two days later. >> and as you started to see these numbers line up, what did you think? >> i think, wow. wow. and i started jumping [ laughter ] >> as we describe in this story, yours has not been an ideal life, by any stretch of the imagination. >> no, it hasn't. >> you have been homeless. >> yes. >> the victim of assault. >> yes, i have. >> you've got a mom back home in jamaica. >> yes, i do. >> who's blind. >> yes, in one eye. >> and really in need of help. >> yes, she does. >> what does it mean to you to have this -- >> it means a lot. >> -- to have this windfall? >> it means a lot. at least i can provide a medical benefit that she's unable to receive where she's at. and give her a better life. >> yeah. you literally changed your life on your own. >> yes. >> in a big fundamental way. >> yes. >> single mom, struggling along. brushes with homelessness and said, i'm going to take charge of my life. you became a guard. >> correction officer. >> went back to school to become a correction officer. you've got plenty of power inside of you. >> yes, i do. yes, i do. >> will you go back to -- to reich kers? >> at the present moment, in the right now. it's a good job. great people working over there. i met a lot of good people along the way, good friends that i still keep in contact with. but, for right now, i don't know. i took a leave of absence and i'm going to think it over and make my decision at the end of the year as if i want to go back or not. >> sure. i wonder if, in some ways, you're almost compromised a little bit more because people will know who you are. >> yes. >> people will know you what have. >> yes. >> and you are in a place filled with a lot of dangerous f o olk. >> yes, that is correct that. is correct. >> that is correct. >> yes. >> all right. how are you keeping your sanity in the short term? what's the pay-off, how much is it? >> 33 million. >> you took the lump sum, right. >> yes, i did. >> all of a sudden now you are talking about issues with taxes, trusts and, you know, everybody -- has your phone been ringing off the hook. >> it has been. a lot of people calling. i haven't spoke to in years have been calling. >> in a good way or a bad way. >> a good way, bad way, good way, bad way. majority is good way. >> yeah. what a journey. >> it has been. >> a lot of people really admire you, what you've done with your life and i think are really pulling for you that this turns out the way you hope it sdimplts thank you. >> thank you very much for being here. >> you're welcome. >> really appreciate it. we're going to be right back. you're watching "the early show" we're going to be right back. you're watching "the early show" ,, as governor, he balanced budgets without raising taxes. and california created 1.9 million jobs. as attorney general, jerry brown took on wall street banks, mortgage scammers and public officials stealing from taxpayers. at this stage in his life, jerry brown has the independence to make the tough decisions california needs. as governor i'll cap government salaries and pensions. on the budget, we have to face reality. make do with what we have. and no taxes without voter approval. jerry brown, knowledge and know-how we can trust. had the opportunity to talk to her last half hour, taking a leave of absence from work. she really is trying to let the dust settle in ther life. phone ringing off the wall. she has responsibilities and things, you know, to take care of. and, you know, for right now, just putting the money in the bank, has to -- she's tread having lightly. >> she sheems like she has a great head on her shoulders. >> this is a strong person, a strong person. >> yeah. >> who said, you know what, life has given me some hard knocks and i'm not going to let me knock it down. >> and she's worked so hard to get to this point, too, where she is now, she's everycome so many obstacles she seems like the type of woman who is not going to mess that up. >> i'd imagine it becomes very difficult to maintain clarity when you have got all of this. >> 33 million in the bank, i can't imagine. >> what would you do were that kind of money? >> we can have that conversation, the first thing you do is help out your family, maybe charities. >> the other side of that, though, we've done this story, almost every year, people who win so much money, not very many years later they end up they lose it all nimplts all seriousness they need a ray martin. >> absolutely. >> a financial adviser. >> we should hook up her with ray martin. >> that's a reall,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,