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didn't send it but it could be his photo. we're in washington for the latest on the controversy that has capitol hill and the nation buzzing. "early" this thursday morning, june 2nd, 2011. good morning to you. at the top of the hour, good to have you with us. i'm erica hill. good morning. i'm chris wragge. new england not known to be tornado alley. can you believe these pictures from springfield, massachusetts, wednesday, two twisters touched down in massachusetts, wreaking havoc in two dozen cities and towns, an unbelievable picture. they do get a couple of tfrnds on average but this damage is unprecedented. >> so you can imagine this is not a place where you have tornado drills in schools growing up. what do you do when this happens? how prepared are folks? we want to get straight to that now. cbs news correspondent, whit johnson is in springfield this morning with the very latest for us. whit, good morning. >> erica, good morning to you. these tornadoes killed at least four people in massachusetts is now under a state of emergency. taking a look around, you can see why. look at this damage. we've seen images like this recently in other parts of the country. but for people here in new england, this was a once in a lifetime event. it came out of nowhere. an eery image of churning winds and spinning debris over the connecticut river. it quickly turned into a killer tornado. ripping through the center of springfield, massachusetts right in the middle of afternoon rush-hour. people caught off guard ran for cover. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: in nearby westfield, another twister ripped off the roof of the elementary school, fortunately, most of the students had left before the storm hit. >> i was crying. everyone was crying. it was disaster. people were puking. it was terrifying. >> reporter: once the skies calmed, the extent of the damage became painfully clear. >> couldn't get down the street, parked my car at the church, ran up here, and, you know, your life changes after that. >> reporter: rescue workers pulled people from collapsed houses and overturned cars. the injured were rushed to area trauma centers as the search for the missing continued. the tornado, a rarity in this part have o the country, was estimated as an f-2. the strongest to touch down in massachusetts in 45 years. at least 19 communities in the central and western part of the state have reported damage. the governor deployed up to 1,000 members of the national guard to assist in rescues and debris cleaning. >> at the end of the day, i'm just grateful that we're here and that we're safe. >> reporter: and about 50,000 people remain without power this morning. but if there is some good news, power crews, cleanup crews will get a bit of a break over the next several days with clear skies and mild temperatures in the forecast, erica? >> > whit johnson in springfield, massachusetts, this morning. whit, thanks. also in springfield this morning, there to inspect the damage from those tornadoes is massachusetts governor duvall patrick who joins us with a closer look at what's actually happening on the ground there this morning. governor, good to have you with us. as the sun is up you get a look at this damage. what's your first priority, sir, this morning? >> well, obviously, the first priority is the safety of individuals and their families. we have nearly 300 people sheltered across the street at the mass mutual center here in springfield. so far, four confirmed fatalities across the whole region, which is remarkable, given the strength of this storm. there is still search and rescue to do. >> how much warning, because this is an area of the country not prone to tornadoes, there is not training in elementary school? how much of a warning did folks have? did they know what that warning was for? >> well, we got very little warning. i mean, i'm personally from the midwest, so i'm familiar with -- with preparing for and responding to tornadoes. but the mayor told me yesterday when i spoke with him, the mayor of springfield, that i had about ten minutes' warning before the first and most powerful of the tornadoes hit. so its remarkable, frankly, that we didn't have more widespread personal injuries than we have had. although, it is early days and we're still checking on all of this. >> that midwestern background will come in handy for the folks in your state. thanks for your time this morning, governor, de val patrick. good news out of joplin, massachusetts. officials there now say all those reported missing have been accounted for. so that is a little update for you from joplin this morning. want to turn it over to chris. >> all right, erica, thank you. now to the latest on the economy. financial markets in europe and asia are down this morning after wednesday's bad news on jobs sent wall street into a slump. in a moment, we will take a closer look at the stock market and the housing slump. we begin with the growing concern over jobs and cbs news correspondent, don teague in dallas. let's begin with you. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. dallas area is one of the few bright spots in what has been a gloomy picture nationwide on job creation. for an already battered economy, it is dismal news. payroll provider, adp, says private sector employers added only 38,000 jobs last month. nowhere close to the 175,000 jobs economists had expected. giving little short-term hope to the unemployed. >> next few months, i think are going to be a bit on the tough side. the higher oil, food prices have knocked the economy for a loop. we're just not going to see as much job creation in the next few months. >> reporter: while the nation as a whole struggles, the dallas area economy just keeps growing adding jobs faster than any other area in the country. more than 83,000 new jobs last year. >> general motors is pleased to announce we will invest $331 million in arlington assembly. >> reporter: businesses like gm are growing while other companies are relocating to texas. attracted by lower taxes and what many consider a business friendly atmosphere. >> california based in and out burgers expanding into texas opening ten new stores in dallas this year. it means 500 new jobs that start between $10 and $14 an hour. the store managers make more than $100,000 a year. what did it mean to you to find this job? >> it was great. just knowing that i had a job. knowing that i had a paycheck coming in every two weeks. >> reporter: tomorrow the government will release its report on new jobs added in may. analysts expect 60,000 fewer than the month before. another sign the nation's appetite for jobs isn't being fed fast enough. well, the experts we spoke with hope to see some improvement on the job front by the end of this year of course. that's not nearly soon enough for those looking for work. chris? >> cbs' don teague for us in dallas this morning. don, thank you. wednesday was the worst day wall street has seen in nearly a year. the dow, nasdaq and s&p all fell more than 2%. joining us from the new york stock exchange is liz ann sonders, chief investment strategist for charles schwab. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> we mentioned the market down 2% yesterday. the worst single-day drop since au august. the factors driving the drop yesterday, are they long-term factors, do you think? >> no, i don't think so. i think maybe the jobs picture which you talked about is the longer-term factor. but you've got issues in japan with the tsunami and earthquake. that's the third largest economy in the world. huge disruptions to the supply chain, particularly in the auto industry. we have very severe weather in the first part of the year that contributed to the weak economy. and then of course high energy prices which fortunately have come down. but certainly acted as a tax on the consumer. and a lot of those are not necessarily long-term factors. >> and in this economy i think the average investor sees the dip in the market like that yesterday, their inclination is oh, my goodness, i should pull everything out now and bring my money outside the market. is that a smart move for the average investor out there? >> rye acting to a single day move in the mashrket, absolutel not. investing should never be a moment in time. it should be a process over time i think some mistakes that investors make they have dramatic emotional reactions to a very short-term move. it doesn't seem to serve them well in the long-term. >> payroll unemployment numbers for may looking good right now. wall street is scaling back their estimates, dramatically scaling them way back right now. what can we expect with the numbers we're expected to hear tomorrow? >> adp, which was weak yesterday, has not always been the best proxy for the bigger job number we're going to get tomorrow. it is unsure whether it is going to be as weak as adp suggested. because of the things i already talked about, some of the hits to the economy, you wouldn't expect a very strong number. corporate profits are so high i am optimistic that we are going to see those numbers improve again. possibly not tomorrow, though. >> liz ann sonders, we appreciate it. home prices have hit their lowest level since the housing bubble burst in late 2006. new york is one of the many hard-hit metro areas. we have jill schlesinger in nearby montclair, new jersey, for us this morning. >> good morning. >> what brings you to new jersey, especially the town of montclair this morning? >> reporter: well, prices in this town are down at five-year lows. this is consistent with data that was released earlier this month. nationally, the housing market is in a double dip. we are about he low where we were in home prices in april of 2009. across the country, prices are down over 31% from the peek. that's amazing. we are now at nine-year lows in housing prices. >> why are those numbers so low right now, jill? >> you know, it's just a case where there are too many homes for sale. in this neighborhood alone there are ten houses on the market. the house behind me is priced at the same level where it was about six years ago. i think that's probably going to continue. we've got 6.3 million properties across this couldn't interest i that are either delinquent in their mortgage payments or at some plas in the foreclosure process. price pressure will continue. >> you know, yesterday on this program we talked about whether it was a bet ever option to rent or buy right now. what are we looking overall at things getting better in certain regions, like in northern new jersey or the new york area right now, and is it a good time for people to think about buying? >> well, let's start with the housing bubble. from 2000 to 2006, home prices doubled. so it is not really out of the ordinary to think it could take that same seven-year period for recovery to take place. that puts us into 2013. that said, i think this is a really good time to buy if you are in the right position to do so. you have to be informed and take control. we have nine smart home buying tips on moneywatch.com if you are in the market. it is up to you and your family to make this decision. but it depends on where your neighborhood is. be careful about entering. run those numbers. >> location, location, location. jill, thanks. good talking with you. here is erica. >> chris, thanks. republicans in washington say the economy will improve if the government cuts sfending and reduces the budget deficit. dozens of house republicans met with president obama to discuss those issues along with the debt ceiling and medicare. one of those republicans is house majority leader eric cantor who joins us from capitol hill. good to have you back with us. >> good morning, erika. >> so you met with the president yesterday. americans want to hear something positive coming out of any of these meetings. they want to see that there's a light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to governments and money. can you point to one area where you felt there was even the smallest bit of progress? >> well, you know, there is some progress going on, erica. there is a lot of discussion that i'm engaged in with the vice president as well as some other leaders in capitol hill trying to forge some consensus on how we can cut the level of spending here in washington, and once and for all sort of change how the system works here so we can live within our means at the federal level just as most families have to do and businesses and focus on the long-term goal which is what you are talking about this morning, growing this economy. we all know that the economy is not growing fast enough and too many people are out of work. >> and we are getting those unemployment numbers tomorrow, which are not expected to be great. may is expected to be fairly soft. part of the deal we are talking about, companies have great profits. they are sitting on a lot of cash. they now know how to do more with less. how can any government, doesn't matter which side of the aisle, how can anybody convince a company that they should spend money on new hires? >> well, i mean, that's the question. >> you can't wave a magic wand and tell companies to hire. we are trying to create an environment where you have more small businesses starting up. more entrepreneurs willing to invest money to create jobs. we know in america, that's where most jobs come from, from small businesses. that's why we republicans unleashed a plan last week for america's job creators, the small businesses and entrepreneurs of this country to get them back in the game. what we are trying to do is make sure washington stops hurting small business and begins to create an environment where you will see entrepreneurs, small business folks willing to invest their capital. >> give us -- the chairman of the ways and means committee is working on this tax reform plan. give us some specifics about what we would see change? are we talking about reducing deductions, overall tax rate changes? how are some of those changes perhaps going to affect? >> well, chairman camp is working on a comprehensive tax reform bill. and what that will do is lower rates both at the corporate level and the individual level, and in order to do that, we've got to take care of eliminating some of the loopholes and special preferences that a lot of interests here in washington have been able to gain through the code over the years. and what that will do is broaden the tax base and lower the rates for most people. then we can see more certainty put back into the game and that will help put incentives in place for small businesses and entrepreneurs to begin to grow and invest again. >> real quickly, sir, there is this issue, of course, of the debt ceiling. in two months, basically, the government won't be able to pay its bills. if you don't get what you want in a compromise, are you willing to let that happen? >> what we're trying to do, and i've said before, the vice president is heading up talks, and we meet twice a week, weekly. several hours a day on both sides of the aisle trying to reach consensus of where we can cut. my sense is that we have already identified trillions of dollars in cuts. what we want to do is make sure we do that and put in place a plan in which we can actually demonstrate to families across the country as well as the markets that washington's changed now. that we can get our fiscal house in order and make sure it doesn't get out of control again my hope is we get that done and get on with focusing on how we grow this economy. >> all right. we will be following that progress. congressman eric cantor, thanks. >> thank you. we'll talk a little weather. marysol castro is here with our first check of the weather. >> good morning, chris and erica. good m >> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to chris and erica. >> all right, mary, thank you. still ahead this morning, congressman antony weiner bringed over that racy photo sent from his twitter account. >> we'll hear his response when we asked him, is that a picture of you? 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>> well, the main question that a lot of people are asking is, did i send the photograph? i did not. this was a prank, a hoax. >> the story that just won't go away. new york congressman anthony weiner there, still facing questions, talking with nancy cordes about the intimate photos sent on his twitter account, which were sent to a young woman in seattle. as we welcome you back to "the early show," you can imagine. new york papers have a -- have a fun time with any headline. this one especially they're having a field day with. on the daily news this morning, there you go. this is what we have from the daily news. over at the "new york post." >> this one probably -- very interesting. battle of bulge right there. this is -- the new york -- typical of "the new york post," they've got full coverage on pages 4, 5, 6 and 7. this story -- >> you can't miss it. getting a lot of mileage. >> if you thought you were missing any puns, trust me check the new york papers. >> this morning the congressman is going to tell us exactly what happened when he first saw that tweet and why there could be some serious legal implications down the road. we'll talk with cbs news legal analyst jack ford about all that coming up. >> before we get to that, jeff glor is standing by at the news desk with a look at some of the other top headlines this morning. the ones that may not be on the front page of the daily news and "the post." >> i thought nancy's question was fairly clear and straight forward. >> it was. the answer, not so much. >> exactly. good morning, everyone. state of emergency has been declared in massachusetts today, where rare and deadly tornadoes struck yesterday. one tornado, as you can see, hit springfield. there was severe damage in 19 communities. at least four people were killed, and at least 40 injured. about 40,000 customers are without electricity and the national guard has been activated. the world health organization said this morning the deadly e. coli outbreak in europe is a mutant strain that's never been seen before and it's highly toxic. so far 18 people have died of e. coli. mostly in german capitol hill and frankly much of the nation is still buzzing over this rather bizarre twitter incident with congressman anthony weiner. the new york city congressman has been trying to quiet down the story of the lewd photos tweeted from his account. but his comments just seem to be making people more interested, and perhaps even more confused. cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill this morning with the latest. nancy, good morning. quite an interview for you yesterday. >> thanks, erica. yes, this was definitely a new one. congressman weiner had been trying to avoid questions about the issue, but that was creating kind of an image problem. so yesterday he sat down for a series of interviews, but in doing so, created a new 34s stri. congressman, i think the main question that everyone has is, was that a picture of you? >> well, the main question that a lot of people are asking is, did i send the photograph. i did not. this was a prank, a hoax. >> reporter: congressman weiner told cbs the picture of a man's groin in gray underwear does not look familiar to him. but, left open the possibility that it was him. >> photographs can be inserted. photographs can be manipulated. we're trying to get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: it's a confusing twist to a story made for the tabloids. the racy tweet was addressed to a 21-year-old female college student in washington state. it went out from congressman weiner's account to all 45,000 of his followers. so assuming that it was a picture of you, because i think that's the conclusion that a lot of people are going to draw, do you think that someone knew that you had a photo like that in your account, and then knew enough of your account information to be able to hack into it and send it? >> well, this is exactly the -- the problem that we have with this issue. and i just want you to respect the idea that at some point, the questions can get more and more and more invasive, and bizarre. >> reporter: supporters of weiner note that it was right-wing blogger andrew breitbart who broke the story. but breitbart tells cbs news he had nothing to do with the supposed hack. >> it's certainly not true that i'm behind this. i was at my kitchen island on friday night when i was notified. >> reporter: congressman weiner is known in washington for his fiery liberal rhetoric and his sharp-tongued tweets. he was watching a hockey game friday night when he noticed the offending tweet, deleted it, and told his followers he'd been hacked. all before the woman the tweet was addressed to even saw it. had you had private conversations, e-mail conversations, or twitter conversations with this woman before? >> i don't know this woman. this woman doesn't know me. she's made that very clear and i'm making it very clear. >> reporter: have you spoken to her since this happened? >> no. >> reporter: the congressman, who has publicly said he'd love to be mayor of new york has not asked the fbi or the u.s. capitol police to investigate. i would imagine you don't want an incident like this to hound you for years and years as you run for perhaps this office again, maybe another office. why not ask the authorities to investigate simply to clear your name? >> well, we'll see. i mean, one of the reasons i asked the law firm and internet security operation to come in is to give us advice on that. you know, first of all, i don't believe that this is a federal case. i don't believe this is a capitol crime. i believe this is a bit of mischief. >> reporter: what the married congressman seemed to be saying between the lines in all of these interviews was that this may be a picture of him that was doctored in some way. and that certainly was never meant to be made public. erica? >> nancy cordes on capitol hill this morning. nancy, thanks. we want to bring in now cbs news legal analyst jack ford. jack, good to have you with us for this. you listen to the congressman's comments. he says it's a little bit of mischief. it started out, though, as a lot -- very different words. first he said it was a hack, a prank, maybe a hoax. i mean is it the kind of thing, if he's hiring lawyers to look into what happened, should he have gone to authorities? >> well, there are a couple of questions here. the first one is, well, if this in fact happened, and it's a big if. we don't know. what sort of consequences could there be? are you looking at some criminal charges? the short answer to that is probably not. because, you know, there are laws against sending out pornography on your account. people will look at this and say, this might be really distasteful, but it's not pornographic. you know, the young lady, if she felt she was being harassed in some fashion. but she hasn't expressed that. and you might say one instance of something like this wouldn't rise to that level either. i don't think you're really talking about possible criminal activity there. but i think the important part of your question is, why not bring in authorities? and here is the answer. if i'm a lawyer and i'm representing a politician, in general, it's not against the law to lie to the media. it's not against the law to lie to your constituents. it is against the law to lie to law enforcement authorities. martha stewart went to jail not for insider trading, for lying. barry bonds gets charged, goes to trial, not for using steroids, for lying about it. so i'm a lawyer looking at a case such as this, i'm going to be real careful before i let my clients talk to law enforcement authorities because i don't want to find my client, you know, jammed up here criminally because, despite what happened here, they're not telling the truth. >> is this something, though, that could ultimately escalate into maybe investigation by an ethics committee? >> well, that's where i think you might see something happen here, erica. i don't think you're going to see law enforcement get involved for a lot of reasons. but congress has the ability to investigate its own. and they have the caps to kens your somebody, to suspend somebody, even to remove somebody if they think there's conduct unbecoming a representative of a member of congress. those are pretty elastic but certainly they have the ability to take a look at it. >> only yes or no, but no laws appear to have been broken? 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>> reporter: since being freed almost two years ago, dugard has maintained her privacy. except for a photo session with "people" magazine. but next month she will release a book she's written about her hellish 18 years. it is a tale that can be both horrifying, and hopeful. >> jaycee dugard gave hope to the parent of every missing child. she miraculously reappeared, and seemingly in good physical and emotional health. >> reporter: but she could have been released years earlier, if parole officers had been properly monitoring garrido, a convicted sex offender. for that failure, the state of california paid jaycee dugard $20 million. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. and coming up next here on "the early show," we'll switch gears a little. shaquille o'neal says good-bye. we'll look at the basketball giant as he leaves the court for good. packing it up. this is "the early show" on cbs. exactly! really?! 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[ sirens ] >> reporter: rescue workers pulled people from collapsed houses and overturned cars. the injured were rushed to area trauma centers as the search for the missing continued. >> waiting for his daughter. >> reporter: at least 19 communities in the central and western part of this state have reported damage. and the red cross tells us that statewide about 500 people had to use their emergency shelters, also we spoke with governor deval patrick earlier this morning. he says that still at this hour, about 50,000 people remain without power. erica? >> whit johnson in springfield, thanks. now, here's chris. >> erica, thank you. this morning one of the most notorious alleged war criminals is locked up in the netherlands where he'll face an international criminal tribunal for the first time tomorrow. ratko mladic is accused of massacre and other atros dis during the bosnian war nearly 20 years ago. ratko mladic was shuttled by helicopter to his new home, the detention center at the international criminal tribunal in the hague, netherlands. >> for almost 16 years he has evaded justice. now he must answer to the serious international crimes he has been charged with. >> reporter: those charges include genocide and crimes against humanity stemming from the atrocities of the wars in the former yugoslavia. as commander of the bosnian serb military, mladic is accused of targeting civilian areas of sarajevo. and ordering the execution of nearly 8,000 bosnian-muslim men and boys in the u.n. safe haven of srebrenica. a robust and commanding figure during the war in the '90s, the 69-year-old mladic today has been hobbled by a series of strokes and his lawyers appealed his extradition based on his failing health. that appeal was denied. >> i can assure you that we are comfortable debut that he has access to the best possible medical care. >> reporter: mladic is scheduled for arraignment on friday. mladic was arrested last week in verb ya after a 16-year manhunt. joining us is their foreign minister voouk jeremic. >> what's important precondition for lasting reconciliation is the balkans establish the full truth about what happened during that terrible decade of the 1990s. first and foremost we expect the trial will bring up the truth. >> ultimately how was he caught? where did they find him? >> he was -- his last hiding place was in a small village in northern serbia and he was found after we came across a piece of information leading to his arrest. >> there is a report this morning from his attorney that he's been suffering from cancer since 2009. was actually treated in ray serbian hospital and had chemotherapy. do you think that should play any role whatsoever in how he is prosecuted. >> i'm not that much of a legal expert to be able to answer that but i'm sure a u.n. court set up in the hague is going to deal with it in an adequate man sdmrer how important has this been, the fact he's been captured and after 16 year, this extensive manhunt that he's finally being brought to justice. >> the last few years have brought about a total change in the balkans. right now i would be able to say the relations in the balkans have never been better, at least not since the beginning of the war. but not all ghosts have been laid to rest and establishing the full truth about the atrocities that took place against serbs, against bosnian, against albanian, against anybody is something that is an element without which one cannot look into the bright and prosperous future, so facing charges for war crimes is something that all the nations in the balkans have to deal with on the individual level, of course, so serbian government has done its share of the job. now, we rightfully expect others to follow suit. >> you have -- your country has done its job as far as bringing fugitive war criminals to justice as of late. was that necessary in order to have i guess a more positive perception from the european union? i know your president is making a strong, strong argument for that case right now. >> well, full cooperation with the u.n. court in the hague is part of the condition at to become a member state of the european union, but i can assure you this was not the main driver behind our government's determination to make this contribution to full reconciliation in the balkans. even if the european union were to disappear tomorrow, we would still have live with our neighbors. >> but it is a big factor, though. >> it is a big factor and this is something that is a part of -- it's a commonality between all the european states that we want a future and this is part of it. even if it weren't for the european union, i assure you, this was about reconciliation first and foremost. everybody who committed war crimes have to face charges, serbian government has done its part of the job. now the other governments have to do the same. >> we'll see what happens with that when it begins tomorrow. foreign minister vuk jeremic, thank you very much. jeff glor has another look at the headlines. good morning, everyone. this morning the world health organization said the e. coli back tear responsible for an outbreak in europe is a highly toxic strain never been seen before. chinese scientists analyzed it and say it's resistant to some antibiotics. russia and the uae banned vegetables from europe even though the source of that is still unknown. at least 18 people have died. mostly in germany after being sickened by the bacteria. more than 1,500 are sick including two in the u.s. who recently traveled to germany. google is blaming chinese hackers on an attack. the chinese government said it had nothing to do with the security breach. google says hackers in central china breached hundreds of accounts including those of american government officials using g-mail. they tricked specific users into revealing passwords. president obama holds budget talks today. he met with republicans yesterday. they say the president doesn't have a concrete plan to cut the budget. republicans refuse to approve a debt limit increase without significant spending cuts. former massachusetts governor mitt romney makes it official today. he will announce he is seeking the republican nomination for president, kicking off his campaign in new hampshire. sarah palin's latest stop on her bus tour was the visit to the statue of liberty. she was accompanied by her parents and younger daughter piper. new jersey's budget cutting governor chris christie is in the middle of a helicopter flap. he is being criticized for taking a helicopter to his son's baseball tuesday and they say he should reimburse taxpayers for the trip. richard and naomi heenes have a slightly used balloon for sale. they said their son was trapped inside the balloon. of course, it was all a hoax. they were looking for publicity. they went to jail. now they say they want to auction off that balloon for a million dollars. they say it'll go to charity. ten minutes past the hour. >> you know what? 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>> well, this is a known side effect of all birth control pills and it is on the package labeling for all birth control pills. and, in fact, women who are in any kind of high hormonal state can have a clotting event. so about 300,000 women in this country every year will have a clot for a variety of reasons. the risk is actually much greater for a woman who's pregnant of having a blood clot than for any woman taking any type of birth control pills. >> if you are worried about the pill that you're currently taking or someone you care about is taking, what is the specific ingredients that the fda is looking at? which pills is it in? >> any hormonal formulation that contains a hormone known as drsp, pills that have the names yaz, yasmin, beyaz, if win are on those pills they should talk to their doctor, if they're concerned about options and alternatives. there are other pills on the market that may have lower doses that may have different types of progestin and they can easily be switched to one of those. >> is there anybody in general who should not be taking this as a form of birth control? or to help with acne. a lot of young women take this for ack think. >> and it's such an important point. because as we talk about here all the time for any medication there's risks versus benefits. a lot of women take the pill for reasons other than contraception. in general there can be side effects, women over the age of 35 who smoke should not take any pill who have a family history of a clotting disorder should not take the pill, or who have migraines should not take the pill. >> jen, thank you. we'll be right back. >> "cbs healthwatch," sponsored by i can't believe it's not butter! fresh butter taste with 70% less saturated fat than butter. mmmm... oh my...what a dish. the potatoes aren't bad either. 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[ giggles ] good morning. into oakland we go. we have delays if you you work your way northbound 880 at 29th. we have reports of a broken- down big rig blocking the road. they are trying to push this to the right shoulder soto trucks and chp are on scene. yellow on the sensors so 880 busy stacking toward the coliseum. give yourself some extra time there. southbound though check that out, not too bad towards hayward. golden gate bridge not bad. most delays south 101 away from 37 to 580. that's about a 13-minute ride through there. and if you are taking the bay bridge, slow and go. metering lights are on, 26 minutes westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. caltrain delays, northbound train 217 about 20 minutes behind. here's lawrence with the weather. >> gianna, many clouds around the bay area, some of them producing some showers out there. most of that just light stuff and actually starting to taper off a bit although we are seeing this band of moisture off the coastline right here and this is going to be pushing onshore affecting san francisco in the next few minutes. but it doesn't look like much. through the day the skies will part and we are looking at sunshine and a few clouds. temperatures going to be in the 60s in many spots, 50s and 60s at the coast. tomorrow not a bad beginning but throughout the day the clouds will move in once again. chance of showers late in the day on and off throughout the weekend. ,,,,,,,, oh. close-up of a bug. cicadas are back. can you hear them? they're actually here in the studio. they're in a closed vessel, and i'd like them to stay that way. the insects come out of the ground every 13 years. they're not going to harm you. but they certainly will wreak havoc with your hearing for a lot of folks. they come out in parts of the south and the midwest. that incredibly loud buzz that you hear is actually their mating call. just ahead you're going to meet that little 9-year-old boy who you just saw. he says he loves it. that noise, that sound, music so his ears, doesn't bug him at all. why is he so in to the cicadas? he's going to tell us. >> did you ever experience them? >> no, i haven't. beyond seeing it on television. >> i was covering a golf tournament in dublin, ohio. the memorial. >> deafening? >> not only deafening. they were everywhere. can you imagine golfers trying to play golf with all that noise? >> and you know how i like bugs. that would not be a good place for me to be. >> welcome back to "the early show," erica hill along with chris wragge. also coming up, story out of england, that is shaking some people up. a company exploring for natural gas deep underground might have set off two small earthquakes in the process. with a controversial drilling procedure that's widely used here in the u.s. called fracing. and a lot of people both in the uk and back here in the states are questioning its safety. we're going to get into that debate in just a couple of minutes. >> first we want to look a little closer at the controversy over that racy twit pick. >> congressman anthony weiner has a little bit of controversy with his twitter account and it's putting a look at the dark side of twitter messaging. it's effective, but as many people found out the hard way, it also lasts for ever. in the five years since twitter went online it has become a central hub of any and all information. celebrities tweet major announcements on it. >> you almost think that i won the lotto or something. which i kind of did. >> reporter: athletes say good-bye to fans. >> 19 years, baby. want to thank you very much. that's why i'm telling you first. i'm about to retire. >> reporter: even the president takes a moment to reach out across the twitterverse. >> tonight we show that voters are really willing to look beyond the party label. >> twitter has become a pretty amazing force in the world. you can be in conversation with people that you never thought you would talk to, like celebrities. like ashton kutcher. people are following something like the egypt uprising, you are not only getting updates from cbs or from news outlets, you're getting updates from people on the ground in egypt. >> reporter: the use of twitter was instrumental in fueling the revolutions of the arab spring across the middle east. >> it means that communication happens so much faster, so much more immediately than it ever did before. >> reporter: but the immediacy of twitter can have a downside. which new york representative anthony weiner found out when someone allegedly hacked his account and sent out a lewd photo across the internet to his 45,000 followers. >> i was giving a speech to 45,000 people, and some stood up and heckled in the back i wouldn't spend three days talking to him. >> the thing about twitter is you can't really undo a tweet. it's already been indexed by google. it's already there. maybe someone has taken a screen shot. so you really have to think of it as becoming part of the permanent record. as soon as you decide to say something. it has a dark side. but twitter has become something really incredible, and hard to replace. >> okay. joining us now "early" show technology expert katie linendoll. good to see you. >> good to see you, as well. >> let's talk about this anthony weiner controversy. the congressman can't say that he actually didn't send it and says his account was hacked. is it believable? >> i think we're all on the same page here that a lot of things are not adding up. it's amazing to me that a sitting congressman is not launching an investigation of this. he has been nationally and publicly humiliated. and though he is launching a private investigation, if you're going to get embarrassed on that kind of level i want to turn the tables and put it right back on the person that apparently hacked into his account. and i think the other thing that's really weird about this. he has 50,000 followers. that's a lot. but he's only following 198 people and a handful of those are young girls. i mean that's a little odd. >> let me ask you this, as far as following up and being able to go back and see if your account was hacked. there's a footprint everywhere, i'm assuming. >> absolutely. >> it probably wouldn't take all that much to get to the root of this problem. >> that's correct. so every single device that's effect e connected to the internet has an ip address. it's just like having a phone number. you can go back and see which device sent that tweet out. being hacked now is the new dog ate my homework. a lot of athletes and celebrities can easily say i've been hacked. but, of course, we all, as i always say, you want to make sure you have different passrecords on every single account, use secure wi-fi. being hacked all the time isn't always the best excuse. >> i guess, is it common? is it likely, is it easy to be hacked? or is this kind of like yeah my client's in rehab because he's got an addiction to prescription drugs? >> i think what personally happened in this case is he's not saying yes or no that that photo is of him. my guess is that he was on a mobile device and he had that photo in his blackberry and he accidentally sent it. >> so it's a bigger excuse than it is actually -- >> i think so, yeah. >> the instantaneous nature of twitter. it gets a lot of people in trouble. i mean, in -- it gets a lot of people in trouble. >> absolutely. social media itself. it's so realtime. once you put it out there, i like to say if you don't want something out in the middle of a billboard in times square, don't post it. because the internet, it lives on forever. this is a snapshot of a perfect example of something that could easily happen with not just an individual, but with businesses. with celebrities and athletes. if you're living under this microscope you've got to rethink what you're putting online. >> we want to talk about just a couple of examples that you have. one from the red cross. >> this is a perfect example of how a business, somebody running that account could easily make a mistake. there was an individual that was toggling between her personal and her public account. the public account being the red cross. she accidentally posted this on the red cross' page. ryan found two more bottles of beer, i don't think the people that are on the red cross account were happy with that. but here's the thing, it's also how quickly you recover. the red cross came on within an hour and they made a witty comment and they said we own up to it, we screwed up. and people forgave them for it. so it is how quickly you recover. also another one i want to show you is from kenneth cole. during the middle of the egypt uprising. they said millions are in up roar in cairo. rumor is they heard about a new collection that is now available online. that's pretty tacky. you've got to be absolutely careful about what you're saying on sites like twitter. >> it can be used for good but also can get you in a tough bind as well and you really do have to be careful. >> exactly. >> katie, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> now here's jeff at the news desk with another look at the headlines for us one more time this morning. jeff. >> chris, good morning to you. good morning to everyone at home. the governor of massachusetts says there was a 10-minute warning before the first deadly tornado hit last night. this twister tore through the heart of springfield, as you can see. but there's severe damage in about two dozen communities this morning. at least four people were killed. more than 40 were hurt. the national guard has been called out, and a state of emergency is in effect this morning. missouri officials now say all those who were reported missing after the tornado that hit joplin last month have been accounted for. at least 134 people were killed by that storm. a chartered jet carrying the los angeles anxious baseball team made an emergency landing last night at los angeles international airport. the pilot reported a problem with landing gear, but the plane did land safety -- safely. the california doctor who gave octomom nadya suleman fertility treatments is losing his medical license. the state medical board says revehicling dr. michael kamrava's license, they say to protect the public. the order takes effect july 1st. and finally a high tech whodunit solved by a computer with secret crime-fighting power apparently. interesting story. joshua kauffman oakland, california, lost his mac laptop to a burglar. it was stolen. but luckily right before it was swiped kauffman had loaded theft tracking software, an app, kind of part lojack, part nanny cam software. he saw these pictures, the guy who actually stole his laptop and it was able to turn his computer on, take these pictures of imtrying to break into his computer. and police found out. they refused to help. he says. so he posted pictures of the thief online. started a blog called this guy has my macbook. >> and literally hours had thousands of tweets. thousands of likes from facebook and it just spread like wildfire. >> the resulting media attention spurred police to make an arrest. and kauffman got his laptop back. 39 minutes past the hour. now here's erica. >> i love that story. >> yes. that's fantastic. >> yes. >> nice work, joshua kauffman. want to get to the latest on severe flooding in the northern plains. for the missouri river, it's still rising. thousands of south dakota residents are being asked to evacuate their homes by tonight. kelly bartnick of our sow falls affiliate kelo is in pierre, south dakota with the very latest for us. kelly, good morning. >> good morning. south dakota officials have been building levees and shoring up existing ones. they should keep the water at bay. but just in case, authorities here are urging evacuation, in case those levees don't hold. for nearly a week crews in south dakota have been working around the clock building up levees aimed at protecting communities from the missouri river's rising waters. some 2,000 people in 800 homes and businesses in low-lying areas of pierre, the state capital, could be flooded. several hundred more face threat in another boo fort pierre. 200 national guard members and 80 prison inmates helped fill sandbags that were used to help protect windows and basements. >> people out here need our help. we need to get done as much as we can in a short period of time before the -- before the levels of the water rise. >> tomorrow the u.s. army corps of engineers is expected to begin releasing record amounts of excess water from missouri river dams after a heavy spring snow melt and rains. while no mandatory evacuations have been ordered, south dakota's governor is asking residents in the flood-prone areas to move their possessions to higher ground, and to leave their homes by this evening. he also said it could be two months before they're allowed to return, as the flooding could last into july. >> the inundation maps that the corps of engineers has provided show that most residential areas will flood. some more than others. >> this spring flood will be some of the worst the region has seen in decades. and to make matters worse, west of the great divide in montana, nearly all of their river basins are seeing water-to-snow ratios of nearly 200 to 600% above normal. >> oh, rough numbers to hear. kelly bartnick in pierre, south dakota, this morning. thanks. marysol castro standing by with a final check of your weather on this thursday morning. good morning again. >> good morning, erica. let's pick up right where kelly left off in the northern plains. the missouri river. now bear in mind we've been looking at warmer temperatures. that snow pack that he mentioned has not even roolly made a dent in terms of thawing. we are looking at this well into the end of june, early july. so here's the thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to chris. >> marysol, thank you. across the globe nations seeking to decrease dependence on foreign oil are looking for new sources of energy. and a natural gas -- natural gas is said to have a huge potential. the industry estimates nearly 2 trillion cubic feet are awaiting underground in this country alone. but there's a growing debate over the means of extraction. so-called trafracing involves shooting high pressure fluids into the ground to force the gas out. and many claim those liquids are toxic. now the debate has a new concern. the process make trigger earthquakes. cbs news correspondent charlie d'agata is in london with more on this for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you, chris. there were two earthquakes in britain. one in april, the other just a few days ago. now they were small and didn't cause any damage. but what caused concern is their location within a mile of britain's only fracing operation. an american mining company abruptly stopped drilling after scientists raised the alarm that their work may have triggered two minor earthquakes in northwest england. they immediately, and voluntarily, suspended its operations to extract shale gas in a controversial process known as fracing. quadrilla bosses aren't denying their drill may have caused the tremors but they're downplaying their significance. >> earthquake is a very wide-ranging term. it means things, when we hear about earthquakes, we think about things in japan and new zealand and we don't often think about these events that are so small that it takes special monitoring to see that they even possibled. >> reporter: hydraulic fracturing or fracing involves pumping high pressure chemicals into shale layered rock formations. the buildup of pressure forces the rocks to fracture, releasing trapped natural gas collected on the surface. >> six states have documented over 1,000 incidents of ground water contamination. >> reporter: but a little seismic activity in britain is nothing compared to the controversy fracing has caused in the united states. >> obviously we have a problem here. >> reporter: the biggest worry is whether the cancer laden chemicals used could pollute water supplies. the possible health risks were the subject of a 2010 documentary "gasland." it focused in pennsylvania where fracing operations were under way. residents there said the high levels of methane gas found in tap water turned it flammable. but the extraction of shale gas could boost global natural gas resources by 40%. as in the u.s., european nations have been looking for ways to lessen their reliance on imported oil and gas. poland has announced a major investment in shale gas to break free of dependence on russia. and their efforts were backed by president obama during his visit there last weekend. >> shale gas is an important opportunity. it has to be developed in a environmentally secure and sensitive way. what we want to do is to be able to share our expertise and technology with poland in a fully transparent and accountable way. >> now, last month an energy committee for britain's house of commons found that there was no evidence that the deck 'nique of fracing was unsafe. the chairman dismissed fears as hot air. chris? >> cbs' charlie d'agata in london for us this morning. thank you. good to see you. >> stay with us. we'll be right back.,,,,,, we spend a lot of time together. well mainly in traffic. i'm serious. we've been together, what, a super long time. true. and at first it was all business, you know, i'd take him here, i'd take him there. everywhere. and over the years, we've really bonded. sure. why else would you always buy me chevron with techron? 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[ male announcer ] your car takes care of you. care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. ow. after 13 years underground, cicadas are popping up all over the south and midwest. cbs news correspondent betty nguyen is here with more on the loud and what some would call a pesky insect. >> have you heard the noise? >> it's deafening. >> it's deafening quote side. a lot of people do consider them just a nuisance, a distraction, all that buzzing. well, i met one little boy who finds it quite fascinating, in fact. we spent the day getting up close and personal with a bunch of periodical cicadas. they are the sounds of summer. separated by more than a decade. and this summer, the periodical cicadas are returning. to complete one of nature's more bizarre cycles. 9-year-old lucas phillips wasn't even born the last time these cicadas invaded simpson, illinois. but he's been waiting. >> better not let him fly. >> reporter: a boy with a fascination for bugs. >> oh, he's really orange. >> reporter: how did you get into liking bupgs? >> i thought it was cool. we've gotten sparks. that spark turned in a fire. oh, my gosh. >> reporter: lucas came to simpson to learn about bugs from john coolly. an entomologist studying the sound these cicadas have waited 13 years to hear. the mating call. >> there's the other species. what's the difference? >> they've got black. >> the black versus the orange. >> reporter: aren't you a lucky guy? >> found all three of these. >> if we just find the fourth species you'll have all of them right in your hand. >> let's look around for that other species. >> reporter: what is it about a cicada that you just like so much? >> well, they come out every 13 years. so i've been waiting for that. here's a big one. i get a surprise every time i come out. it's big. >> reporter: nature works in wonderful rhythm. these cicadas have been living underground for the last 13 years. nourishing on roots. across the south and midwest, they are now emerging with their symphony. a loud chorus with a singular purpose, an insect love song. you know, some people, lucas, when they hear that sound, it's really annoying to them. but you, does it bother you at all? >> i think it -- i like the sound. it sounds nice. >> reporter: the sound of a summer's day. and the joy of a boy's discovery. >> right here. it's about to come out. i can't wait. >> reporter: the next time the cicadas emerge in illinois, lucas will be 22. listening for his own love song. but for now, it's boy loves bug. and it doesn't get any better. >> how cool is this, lucas? i mean you're finally here, and they have finally arrived. >> it's a whole lot better than disneyland. >> reporter: no way. >> i've never been to disneyland. i bet it's better. >> what a great kid. >> yeah. you've got to love bugs to say this is better than disneyland. >> you do, you do. so we know why lucas loves the bugs. so these are -- where are these particular cicadas from? >> these are actually on loan because they aren't native to new york. they're just in southern states. and these have been onó:qñ loanm dr. elias boneros. he's actually a cardiologist but he loves bugs. he went down to missouri to get these and he's had these for about 13 days. they only live for three weeks out of their natural habitat. >> they're definitely making sound. go this is not a mating sound. but he has -- >> i'm going to take this sucker out of here. >> they live for 13 years and they come up just to mate and they die. >> they die and their offspring bury themselves underground. they live off of the tree sap and after 13 years they come back live. but you hear it. you can shake it just a little bit. >> keep shaking. i'm shaking it. >> he'll fly away if i just let him go? >> let's not. >> but they're not harmful at all. >> they're not harmful. no, they won't bite you. >> nice little guys. >> just imagine walking and having one of those -- or having five. >> there are millions. >> like i said i had the experience in ohio once, and it is earth shattering. >> oh. >> it grips you for real. >> they stick to you definitely. but they have to climb the trees to get up in the tree. but they have to climb the trees to get up in the tree. >> so much fun.,,,,,,,,,, when your eyes are smiling... but they have to climb the trees to get up in the tree. >> so much fun.,,,,,,,,,, you're smiling. and when they're laughing... you're laughing. be kind to your eyes... with transitions lenses. transitions adapt to changing light so you see your whole day comfortably... and conveniently while protecting your eyes from the sun. ask your eyecare professional which transitions lenses are right for you. headlines... in a few minutes, phillip and y garrido will be ba it is 8:55. good morning, i'm sydnie kohara with your cbs 5 news headlines. in just a few minutes, phillip and nancy garrido will be back in court. they will learn their fate in the kidnapping of jaycee dugard and holding her captive for 18 years. the big question is, will jaycee make a statement at the sentencing? dugard was just 11 years old when she was grabbed off a street in south lake tahoe. californians want to vote and they would likely vote no according to a new survey regarding governor brown's proposal to extend tax increases. about 62% say they approve the idea of a special election. 48% say they oppose his tax plan. and an oakland man had a key role in the arrest of a man suspected of stealing his computer. he used theft tracking software to capture photos of that man using his computer after it was stolen. and then he started a blog and posted the photos online. eventually he was arrested and will be arraigned tomorrow. traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,, [ flashbulbs popping ] [ giggles ] hey! owww! right here! right here! one for me! one for me! good morning. 880 continues to be a big problem. look at this live shot of 880 near the coliseum. pretty much a parking lot. we are seeing some delays stop and go there, 39 minutes northbound from 238 to the maze. the problem is we have a broken- down big rig in lanes north 880 right at fruitvale. it's blocking the number three lane, that's what's causing all this backup. so use 580 right now. in fact, big rigs are being allowed on 580 in that mess is cleared out of the way. busy on 280 through san jose. that's traffic. here's lawrence with your forecast. >> all right. still plenty of clouds around most of the bay area although in san jose we are seeing a lot of sunshine there and we have scattered light showers too. high-def doppler radar picking up on some of the cells in the north bay although it's calming down. toward the afternoon, trying to bring you a little more sunshine and partly cloudy skies. should be dry this afternoon. numbers up into the 60s in most spots, 50s coastside. a brief break though, more rain expected by tomorrow afternoon and on and off throughout the weekend. ,,,,,,

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