medicare. >> we'll have more on today's birthday with a look at why presiden presidents seem to age faster presiden presidents seem to age faster than the rest of us. captioning funded by cbs >> good thursday morning to you. i'm erica hill. nice to have you with us this morning. >> i'm chris wragge. nice to have you with us, everyone. a police some are calling robo cop. some people have different dna. he gets knocked down by a hit and run driver, gets up, gives chase, eventually caught the guy, caught him. we'll ask him what was going through his mind during all of that, after nearly being run over. >> the guy has a pretty good sense of humor about it so i hear. also ahead at home the heat that is relentless. 114 degrees in little rock, 109 in dallas. the death toll is also climbing around the country. this is dangerous stuff. marysol castro is in dallas this morning with the latest on the heat wave for us. we do want to get to this first, that massive nationwide recall of ground turkey meat. 18,000 tons of it, it is one of the biggest product recalls in hus history. the contaminated turkey is blamed for food poisoning that caused one death and made dozens others sick. kovr has the latest. >> reporter: the centers for disease control linked the deadly salmonella outbreak to a meat plant in arkansas, cargill, the can. that owns and operates the plant is now recalls 36 million pounds of ground turkey products. at least 76 people in 26 states have been sickened, the heaviest concentration occurring in michigan and ohio. one death here in california is believed connected to the contamination. >> these are very complex investigations. they sometimes take months to complete. >> reporter: the recall applies to ground turkey products dated february 20th to august 2nd and containing est p-962 on the label. they were sold under honeysuckle white, shady brook farms and riversigned, under giant eagle, heb, kroger, safeway and spartan. in a statement released by cargill, the company says suspending production until they can "determine the source of the salmonella and take corrective action is the right thing to do." >> they should know where it's coming from. >> reporter: the cdc estimates can die from it each year. >> it should be like the sole of a shoe. >> reporter: customers should return unopened packages to the store for a refund. steve lars for cbs news, sacramento. >> the first case of salmonella was reported back in march but it wasn't until yesterday that the recall was officially allowanced. a horrifying story about the largest international child pornography ring discovered. u.s. officials say more than 70 people face charmgz and could be hundreds more. bobber, good morning. >> this involves the sexual exploitation involving hundredof not hundreds in the u.s. and more. it was called dreamboard. beyond lurkd a private online club of mild millionesters dedicated to the sexual abuse of young children. >> some of the children featured in the images and videos were just infants and in many cases the children being victimized were in obvious and also intentional pain. >> reporter: the child porn cyber trading post shut down this spring, when immigration and customs enforcement agents began arresting dozens of dreamboard members. >> there were no dreams. just young defenseless children. >> reporter: police richard chandler and high school football coach matt wheeler. >> april has children. >> usually the people you think you can trust. >> reporter: using encrypted files and phony names to hide their identities. some of the aliases include pervesser, 14 years max. a reference to dreamboard's goal, sexual exploitation of kids 12 and younger. rules were strict, only people who contributed child sex videos could participate and the most prolific porn producers were rewarded. >> membership status was upgraded for those who produced and shared their own child porn and videos. >> more than 500 suspected dreamboard users are still out there somewhere but those in custody aren't going anywhere. nearly all are being held without bail. at the same time investigators say they're going through a huge amount of material, the equivalent we're told of some 16,000 dvds, trying desperately to identify who the young victims were. chris? >> cbs's bob orr in washington, thank you. we want to get you the latest on the deadly heat wave across the south, threatening to break all-time records for 100 degree records. 115 in ft. smith, arkansas, nearly as hot in dallas where we find marysol castro. probably nice the sun is not up for you. >> reporter: because the sun is not up it happens to be a little bit cooler. dallas is approaching its 34th consecutive day of triple-digit heat that could shatter a record set in 1980. it's been responsible for at least two dozen deaths. it's taxed energy grids across the region, exacerbated the drought here in northern texas but still we manage to find a few people that know how to thrive despite the scorching heat. >> hut. >> reporter: it's the soul of nearly every town in this state, high school football. but even pure souls are tested and these athletes know it well, every sprint, tackle and pass executed under 112-degree heat. there is no cloud cover, there is no breeze and while it's only the third day of practice, residents of dallas, texas, have suffered through triple-digit heat for 33 days street, heat that's buckled roads and put energy companies on high alert throughout the region. for daniel perez and robert morales, 16 years old, the four-hour practice is a test in tenacity. >> i have the objective in my head and stay focused on what i have to do so i don't think about the heat. >> one, two, three! >> reporter: but this is just the beginning. for when everyone else walks off the field, it's the cool air of the field house, both daniel and robert don't get a break. instead they go to work outside. daniel swaps his cleats for a cooler, his helmet for a sled sledgehammer. the temperature holds steady at 112 degrees in the shade. he works for four hours straight just like he did in the morning, but there is no coach giving him a handtory rest or water break. you would prefer to work outside? >> yes, i would. >> reporter: why is that? >> it will help me during football. if i can do all of this, when i go on the football field i can work just as hard. without stopping, without thinking about the heat. >> reporter: across town, robert traded in his playbook for fliers and while they may not be as menacing as linebackers on the field the 1:00 p.m. sun is punishing enough. what do you get more excited about, your job or football? >> probably football. >> reporter: even in the heat? >> yep. >> reporter: why are they working so hard in the scorching sun? for every teenager's dream, a new car. and the heat continues across much of the southern plains. the other big weather story in the tropics, tropical storm emily. look at the satellite picture just off the coast of haiti packing 50-mile-per-hour winds moving slowly 7 miles an hour, hasn't strengthened in the last 24 hours and the most significant feature rain and flooding. here's the path, no watches or washings for the state of florida. it has it crossing haiti and cuba. we'll keep an eye on it for you for the next 24 hours. more on the forecast later on in the show. back to you. >> we'll check in with you in a few minutes. now jeff glor at the news kesi desk with the other headlines. president obama is calling on congress to get back to washington so they can end the partial faa shutdown. congress left for vacation without approving funding, so almost 75,000 people are out of work right now, more than 200 construction projects halted, transportation secretary ray lahood yesterday begged for action. >> i'm asking congress to come back and do for the american people what they've been talking about. put 75,000 people to back to work. >> the government could lose more than $1 billion taxes on airline tickets. in california, a dramatic beach rescue. amateur video caught a frantic struggle to save a teenage boy buried when the hole he was digging collapsed in on him, five feet of sand fell in him. took 25 minutes to pull him out, they got him, he was dragged out unconscious but alive. doctors say he will be fine. 11 minutes past the hour now to the latest on britain's tabloid scandal. paul mccartney's ex-wife claimed a london tabloid listened to her phone messages. charlie dagata has more. >> good morning to you, chris. the new allegations take britain's hacking scandal well beyond the realm of rupert murdoch's empire as more newspapers and high-profile names get dragged into the controversy. heather mills says a senior journalist called her up in 2001 with her then rocky relationship with paul mccartney. >> he said it was "evasive, the message was from my machine." she said if the paper went with the story she was going to the place. >> he said, "okay, okay yeah we did hear it on your voice messages i won't run it." >> she said it was from the "trinity mirror" group, it was piers morgan who built his career spilling celebrity beans with insider knowledge. she made clear the journalist was not morgan but the allegations seemed to echo morgan's own words in an article he wrote in 2006 in "the daily mail." at one stage i was played a tape of a message paul had left for heather on her mobile phone, it was heartwrebreaking. he sounded lonely, miserable and desperate and even sang "we can work it out" on the phone. it was a textbook tabloid story, the day-to-day sleaze and celebrity of their relationship made for irresistible fodder for morgan's diagnosis daily mirror." morgan insisted he never hacked phones or told anyone else to but his claim he never knowingly published the story of pay through hacking is becoming less convincing. >> they've really got to, he's really got to give an explanation for that. >> there have not been any formal requests for piers morgan to appear. >> charlie dagata in london. >> each day a little bit more. still ahead, a happy birthday bash for the president, barack obama turns 50 today, and boy, it is not easy when you are aging as a president. you can chalk a lot of that up to the stress and a few other things >> it we'll tell you what's in the cards for a-rod coming up here on "the early show" on krbs. cbs. lots of sun, some rain and that's how they get this big and beautiful. our fruit has to be perfectly ripe because it's delivered on the same day. for me? 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they use that profile to sell you particular ads, sometimes they share it with other marketing companies. >> reporter: the aclu's chris calabrese is among those lobbies congress to give more privacy options online. >> everything we do is saving a record, going online, all of our correspondence and all saved on third party computers and can be ac sessioned by other people. >> reporter: instances of malicious software, stuff hackers can use, are on the rise, going from nearly 106,000 last march to more than 287,000 in june. >> you don't know what data is stored, data about you stored, you don't know how well it's stored, you don't know if the company is doing the equivalent of leaving their file cabinet open on the streets, oh there's files of the random people that shouldn't be there. the pony for the most epic fail. >> reporter: last night at the ponies -- >> the winner goes to -- >> reporter: sony got that award for epic failure. >> sony! >> reporter: proof that with technology growing so rapidly, even those on the cutting edge can hardly keep up. whit johnson, cbs news, washington. still to come this morning, just why do some presidents look say ten years older after only a four-year term? >> guess. a doctor who studied presidents will tell us why, he believes they age twice as fast as the rest of us. your local news is next. u.s.a.a. auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation, because it offers a superior level of protection and because u.s.a.a.'s commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. u.s.a.a. we know what it means to serve. hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. top of the hour now we welcome you back to "the early show." i'm erica hill along with chris wrag wragge. keeping the kids off the street at night has become a major issue for city not just for parents. in chicago lots of kids have died in the violence over the years. the city is beefing up its curfew laws for kids under 12 telling parents they could face a serious fine, starts at $500. the new mayor will talk about the curfew in a few minutes. also a story shows how important organ donation could be. a little girl needed a new heart. she was 7 years old and doctors say she wouldn't last much longer. two years after a life saving operation she's doing just great. we'll talk to her and her parents coming up. president obama turns 50 today, got a jump on his birthday celebration last night at a fund-raiser in chicago. ♪ happy birthday to you >> 2,400 supporters led by jennifer hudson singing happy birthday to the president apparently enjoyed it. >> i could not have a better early birthday present than spending tonight with all of you. i love you best! >> the president's doctors say the 50-year-old is in good shape, but as we mentioned earlier, he does have more gray hair than he used to, tends to be after the casualty of the office. got us to thinking do presidents age more quickly than the average american? >> join us dr. michael roizen at the wellness clinic, he studied presidents going way back to 1901. good to see you. >> great to be here. >> you say while in office you age twice as fast. >> for every year they're in office from teddy roosevelt to now they age two years for every year they're in office. >> is it just the stress? is that the leading indicator? >> the stress is the leading reason but we all have stress. you have stress, erica has stress but we manage it with friends. they lose all their friends. even their wives, by the end of their term, are asking them for favors, can you do this? can you do that? and so they end up with no one who is giving them unrequited love except for the pets. >> also sort of that sounding board, a person who is always in your corner to give you a break. >> that's right, so that's what we, the rest of us have that ameliorates stress. they have huge amounts of stress. you saw in the last debate the president loses even his friends. they're criticizing him, so what do you do? you feel like you've got the stress. you do have the stress of the world on you and you have nothing to ameliorate it. teddy roosevelt gained a lot of weight, had heart disease. if you look at it, every one of them develops high blood pressure or heart disease or aging the arteries. clinton has it, too. why are these eight guys running on the other side? it's a very tough job. >> they get great medical care while in office. do they not exercise the option to make sure they're well maintained? >> the best medical care can't replace friends. they have a purpose in life which helps them, they have a driving force but they realize how tough it is to get their mission done so then they end up with, most of them will exercise, most of them will eat reasonably although you showed, if you will, teddy roosevelt who went from 210 pounds to 340. bill clinton, all of them gained weight usually, don't eat as well and they really end up with arteriole disease. th they. >> they can reverse them, president clinton is an example. >> all of them get to reverse it, the great thing about aging. we get to change it, and that's why he's on a diet, changed his diet radically and getting more friends. >> maybe you should send a note to this president for his birthday, a little advice. dr. roizen, thanks. jeff glor at the news desk, aged about 20 years. >> that's what happens working here. millions of ground turkey recalled. cargill recalled 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey linked to the salmonella outbreak blamed for killing one person and sickening 6 people in 26 different states. the turkey was sold under honeysuckle white, shady brook farms, safeway and kroger. all carrying the code est p-963. kraft foods plans to split into two publicly traded companies, one would handle their snack products, the other groceries, allowing krft to focus on the grocery business, seeing increased competition. australian police are hunting for a man behind a bizarre bomb scare that turned out to be a hoax yesterday. the man broke into a wealthy family's home in sydney and chained what it he said was a bomb to the neck of an 18-year-old woman. you see her there. police spent ten hours getting that off here explosive explosives. they think it was an ex-portion plot. this is what richard handl's stove looked like after three radioactive elements blew up in what police are calling a small nuclear meltdown. he said he'd been trying to split atoms inside his apartment as a hobby. why not? he was arrested yesterday for unauthorized possession of nuclear material. find another hobby, buddy. six minutes past the hour. marysol castro in dallas leisurely checking out the weather. >> reporter: stand in front of bovine, bronx bovine statues. >> how about that. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. we're in downtown dallas, and right now looking at tropical storm emily, following its path, right now packing 50-mile-per-hour winds. right now it's just going to skirt the state of florida. from there, more heat is on the way, at least 13 states have some sort of heat watch or warning. it will feel like 115 in many of these areas. this weather reported sponsored by at&t. rethink possible. >> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. back over to chris in new york. >> marysol, thanks so much. children in chicago now have a new official bedtime. city officials just approved a curfew in an effort to cut down on crime and bring a long running series of child killings to an end. dean reynolds has more now from chicago. >> reporter: it is the latest reaction to the violence in the city that is ravaging the young. >> i want to make kids safe. i want a curfew policy that's clear and unambiguous. making sure that kids, like i used to have, lights go on. you get home. >> reporter: by unanimous vote in the city council the new weekday curfew means kids younger than 12 must be off the streets by 8:30 every night, and 9:00 on weekends. for those 12 to 16, the times are 10:00 on weekdays and 11:00 on weekends. new mayor rahm emanuel says it's past time to turn the tide in the city that's become infamous for murdered kids. >> if you're indoors or adult supervised activity you're safe. >> reporter: critics and concerned parents point to laxed enforcement of the existing 10:30 curfew. >> they're getting but i think they can get more. >> reporter: 2009 police issued 23,000 curfew citations. last year 19,000 but half way into this year the number is only 8,000. the mayor says that will change, particularly since the new ordinance will hit parents in the wallet. a parent or guardian can face community service or a fine of up to $500 if their child is caught after curfew. a pending rems would triple the fine for three offenses in one year. the idea is that threatening absentee pashts with a heavy penalty may spare their children from paying the ultimate price. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. >> you talk about heavyduty fine, $1,500. >> lots of money. $500 is tough for a lot of folks. coming up next a little girl's heart condition was so bad she had little hope of surviving much longer. >> she did. we'll hear about the transplant that gave her a second chance at life. stay with us. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. 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>> yes. i barely could make it up one step. >> reporter: doctors warned that her heart would eventually fail. for alexia, time was running out. what was the worst part of this for you? >> to see your child suffer. >> reporter: it seems so fresh. >> part of it is you think of it every day. >> reporter: after a year on the donor list the call finally came through. a possible match was found and alexia was rushed into surgery >> they put her to sleep and the coordinator said okay it's time. you can leave. when she walked me out of the room she touched me, and i, my knees hit the floor and i just started to sob. it was for me that moment that i thought this might be my last good-bye. >> reporter: alexia's life lay in the hands of dr. sam weinste weinstein, one of 150 surgeons in the u.s. that specializes in pediatric heart transplants. he's operated on the tiniest of hearts from newborns to the tiniest of adults. >> alexia's transplants went smoothly and the heart began to beat within six to seven minutes. i knew i was going upstairs to talk to the family. i started getting excited. >> his xkts words were "she has found her heart mate." that's all he needed to say. that meant it was a perfect match. >> reporter: for alexia, receiving a new heart has given her a new lease on life. >> i try to treat every child as if they were mine, knowing alexia is bouncing around like my own son who is close in age is wonderful to watch. >> reporter: what does it mean to you? >> i think i'm really happy that i can be one of the lucky ones and be able to have a second chance. >> reporter: michelle miller, cbs news, rye, new york. >> good for her. some transplant patients have complications and need a second transplants. others live for decades with their new organs. alex ka has a heart biopsy every six months and doctors say her outlook is good. >> if you want more information logon to earlyshow.cbsnews.com. just ahead on "the early show," you "ask it early" everything about gold futures to building your credit score. >> rebecca jarvis will answer your personal finance questions and everyone can profit from that. stay with us. this is "the early show" here on cbs. >> "healthwatch" sponsored by truvia natural sweetener. honestly sweet. uilt-free no artificiality ♪ ♪ my skinny jeans zipped in relief ♪ [ announcer ] truvia. honestly sweet. there's another way litter box dust:e purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder on dust. and our improved formulas neutralize odors better than ever in multiple-cat homes. so it's easier to keep your house smelling just the way you want it. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. this morning we "ask it early" with cbs news business and economic correspondent rebecca jarvis here to answer some of your personal finance questions which you sent in to us. we love having your viewers. first question comes to us from matt, and this one is on camera. matt? >> hi my name is matt neeley from seattle, washington. do you have a quick and easy formula to determine if we're saving appropriately for our children's college education? >> the earlier you start the better off you are. savingforcollege.com offer calculators so you can put in your specific personal information and get a good outcome. vanguard offers 529 plans, these are the plans people should be looking for when saving for college, they say if you put $100 a month into that plan for 18 years you'll come out 18 years later with about $40,000 for college. so there's something as a general rule of thumb for people to consider. it comes back to your own finances as well. >> figure out what you can do and don't neglect your own retirement. next question via twitter from erika, "what's the best way for individual investors to invest in gold, etfs, bullion, futures, rings?" >> it keeps hitting all-time record highs day after day. etfs, exchange trade funds. an investor like someone or you or me, not a big time investor, not trying to play wall street, an etf allows to you invest in gold without too much trouble, one that people should check out is ticker symbol gld. if you want to buy physical gold, first of all the commercials you see late at night saying buy our gold we've got the greatest gold, it's really not necessarily the greatest gold for people to buy. it costs you more money so go to the u.s. mint website if you want to buy physical gold. they list some more reputable gold dealers and double check the dealers with the better business bureau. if you're buying physical gold you have to pay insurance on it and you have to pay for storing it because most people store it in a bank, safety deposit box so there are costs involved. i would say most people should look at exchange traded funds. that's the best. >> you don't want to put the gold bars in your bed or under the mattress. question from lee working on your credit. >> my name is lee cummings from rio, brazil. i currently reside in new york, how can i build my credit fast? >> best thing to do, pay your bills on time, pay off the balances and make sure once you do pay off those bills and pay your balances, don't close the credit cards because the more credit cards that you have and you maintain as open, the better off your credit looks because people are looking at how much credit does this person have available when they look at credit. >> even though it feels counter intuitive. lastly from a college student wondering how to make sure she can save enough money while in school which saving is aa good thing in itself. >> i'm katie finnegan from san francisco, california. my question is what is your number one money saving tip for college students? >> don't take on credit. don't swipe the credit card. what happens with college students is oftentimes they'll swipe the credit card everywhere they go and they come out of school, they have their college loan debt but then they have credit card debt and it's so high interest rate it piles on and dpleeepletes the savings. >> it's hard. when i was in college they prey on you. credit card companies are everywhere and it feels like free money, makes people feel like they have this new level of independence but the reality is that once you become dependent on a credit card the bank is in your pocket and they will continue to take it from you as long as you have taken and swiped that card. >> great advice. >> we'll be right back. this is "the early show" on cbs. [ cherie ] i always had a job, ever since i was fourteen. i could not make working and going to school work. it was not until the university of phoenix that i was able to work full-time, be a mom, and go to school. the opportunities that i had at the university of phoenix, dealing with professionals teaching things that they were doing every day, got me to where i am today. i'm mayor cherie wood, i'm responsible for the largest urban renewal project in utah, and i am a phoenix. [ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu. several low level clouds here in man hat than this morning, weather on the 30s. i'm chris wragge. a lot of bad press or the government agency. a little girl saved a woodpecker from being eaten by the family cat. when a wildlife official found out about it the girl's mom was fined $535 for transporting the bird. we'll speak with the little girl and her mom. also ahead a lot of movie fans are ready for the "planet of the apes" prequl. the way they were able to do it, cutting edge computer technology, making those the most realistic apes we're hard to believe they're not real. the costumes and the makeup. first we turn to jeff glor standing by at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning to everyone at home as well. two nato service members were killed in afghanistan. they died in the eastern part of the country, one service member was shot and killed by a man wearing an afghan police uniform, the other died during an insurgent attack. in syria overnight opposition protesters say syrian police shot and killed six protesters in hama after syrian tanks took over the main square. congress man david wu officially resigned his seat. the 56-year-old oregon democrat quit after being accused of having an unwanted sexual encounter with an 18-year-old. he is the fourth congressman to step down just this year after a sex scandal. former football star turned actor bubba smith has died. for nine years he was a feared defensive end and won a super bowl with the colts, later became an actor known especially for his role as hightower in the "police academy" series. bubba smith found dead at his los angeles home yesterday, he was 66 years old. finally picture this one, two moons in the night sky, scientists think that's what it was like, the earth had two moons until 4 billion years ago when the moons apparently collided and merged which may be why the far side of the moon has mountains and the near side is mostly flat. 32 minutes past the hour, a little science for you this morning. >> thanks for finally clearing that up. i always wondered about the flat versus mountainous. >> it's confirmed. >> thank you, glor. >> sure. they are calling this the great heat wave of 2011 in the south. we've been telling you about it, frankly one of the worst weeks yet. >> marysol castro is in dallas now more on how people are coping with this blistering relentless high temperatures down there. hi, mary. >> reporter: hi you guys. it was hotter here in dallas yesterday than it was in new delhi, and hotter than damascus, just to put things in perspective. football is religion and those guys don't have any choice but to practice in this relenting heat and we stopped a few to see how they charge ahead. how long have you been playing football? >> since i was probably 6 years old. >> reporter: so at least ten years? >> yes. >> reporter: in those ten years have you ever experienced heat like this? >> i mean, i think maybe a few times but it was pretty tough but i think this is by far the hottest that it's been me being out here. >> reporter: what do the coaches do as a precaution? for you guys, to keep you protected from the heat? >> any point we feel just the slightest dizziness or anything down, drink some water, and we always have to drink water throughout the whole day even when ear' not practicing. the heat makes it that much harder. if you tell yourself it's not a big deal, you can do it and push yourself you really can do it. >> reporter: mind over matter. right now it's 88 degrees here in dallas, the expected high 109, could break another record so you take a look at the next five days, continues to be in the triple digits, 102 on sunday, not very cool at all. where it is nicer, the northeast, conditions gradually improve over the next couple of hours, the morning clouds, afternoon showers, lower humidity. the west coast is where it's absolutely beautiful. fog along the coast, lifts this afternoon, l.a. 82, san francisco 67, temperatures are right on the mark. >> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. back over to chris. >> marysol is that pamplona in the background, running of the bulls? >> reporter: absolutely running of the bulls. >> all right. yesterday we told you about an escaped peacock back at home. this morning another bird adventure began in june, a young aspiring veterinarian in virginia tries to save a baby bird. no good deed goes unpunished. . at her father's house june 13th, 11-year-old skylar capo saved a woodpecker from being eaten by her cat. her mom agreed she could nurse the bird back to health. >> she was going to take care of the bird for a day or two and let it go. >> inside the store a woman confronted them saying she was from the fish and wildlife service. under the federal migratory bird act it's a crime to take or transport a woodpecker. >> i was a little bit upset because i didn't want my mom to get in trouble. >> that's exactly what happened two weeks later. the capos the go an unexpected visit from the same officer they met at lowe's accompanied by a virginia state trooper. although the capos released the woodpecker, alison was issued a $535 citation. >> i feel harassed and i feel angry. >> alison refused to take the ticket because she was no longer in possession of the bird but last week more than a month after her confrontation she received a fine in the mail. according to the u.s. fish and wildlife service the citation was processed unintentionally and they apologized for the clerical error. skylar capo joins us now along with her mother, alison, good morning to the both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> skylar quite a little controversy, huh? >> yes. what was it about this little woodpecker that made you decide you know what? i need to go out and lend some help. >> well, it was just first of all, it was a really, really cute bird and i just couldn't see my cat kill it and bring it up to my porch. >> did you have any idea though it was going to generate this type of controversy, you just going out and and helping a poor little bird? >> no. >> the u.s. fish and wildlife service show up at your door with a fine for over $500. >> um-hum. >> did they since retract that, and they called it a clerical error. at the time what were your thoughts? >> i thought it was the most ridiculous thing i heard and i thought it was sending a bad message to her because she had gone out and tried to do something she thought was a good deed and something that was natural to her because she's always loved animals and they were basically saying well if you do this, we're going to slap your mom with a $535 fine and a year possible jail time so she was pretty scared. >> we can only imagine what that does. >> i was scared. >> youñr both should be. what did she think you were going to -- >> i don't know, she thought it was going to be in a cage in our kitchen and family pet, i have no idea. i didn't want a woodpecker for a pet for sure. >> did you want to keep it for a pet? >> not really. i knew we had to let it go. i don't want big holes in my room in the drywall everywhere. >> that would not have been good. skylar, what were you thinking when this woman comes up to you and mom and says you need to do this, you need to do that. were you a little surprised? >> yeah, i was really surprised. because i've never run into that before. i've saved a few birds before, and no matter what i do, nothing's happened like that. >> now because of all this controversy, is that going to stop you from saving future birds? sounds like you're kind of a bird superhero. you're always in the proximity of a bird in stress. >> yeah, i probably won't stop doing it, because i know that it's saving something's life, i'd rather pay than let something die. >> well, we thank you guys for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> great to meet you. birds all over the place are thanking you. skylar and alison capo and now here's erica. >> i hear a bird in central park thanking her now. the new's" planet of the apes" opens tomorrow. cbs news correspondent bill whitaker found it's a combination of computer technology and a dose of movie magic. >> reporter: it's an animal uprising, army of apes battling humans in present day san francisco. big action and a big challenge. rise of the "planet of the apes" was made without a single primate. >> we would live or die how people perceived the apes. we needed audience to think those are real apes, orangutans and gorillas. >> reporter: back in 1968 it featured actors in suits, mask answer makeup as did the sequels that followed. the new apes have evolved and making a movie seemed totally through their eyes took a team of performers wearing motion captured gear along with 500 computer artists to morph their every move from actor to ape. >> we could have the photo realistic chimpanzees but they have the great actors underneath so it's acting opposite a chimpanzee with the best acting instincts possible. >> there have been no side effects associated with 112. >> reporter: james franco stars as a scientist who takes an orphan's chimpanzee into his home. the chimp, caesar exhibits extraordinary intelligence. >> taught him to sign? >> reporter: from smart toddler rebellious adult, caesar is played by andy circus, behind gore in "lord of the kings" and kong in "king kong." he's perfected the skill of acting without words. >> what it i love about acting the art of transformation. >> are you just pretending to be caesar or are you thinking of this all day i'm caesar? >> i'm inside the caesar when i'm playing caesar, no question. there's a period of deeply to the role and there's a period afterwards and you have to be able to do that. >> reporter: the film's motion capture actors went to school learning to ape the movements and expressions of their onscreen characters. >> you have to overanimate or pantomime the character, it's trusting the technology will be truthful because it's sensitive and subtly translates facial expressions the way it tracks your eyes. >> the whole advance of performance caption technology is allows for humans to become the puppets as well as the puppeteers. "avatar" allowed us to pull up the story. three or four years ago we could have never done this. jr. "avatar" created an entire world of computer generated characters from actors wearing tiny cameras mounted over their faces. >> i need your help. >> you should not be here. >> reporter: for this film, the special effects company behind avatar wetta digital studied the eyes, fur and skin created them in computer form. >> this has to be a huge amount of computer power. >> we finished about 1,200 shots for the film for your average ape shot, each ape could take about you know, an hour to three hours per frame to render. of course there's 24 frames in a second. >> per frame. >> per frame, that's right. >> reporter: a painstaking process. >> couldn't the other apes be apes, couldn't we get some of the supporting actors, to audition a few of them? >> save a little money? >> reporter: save a little money, there's no ape good enough to hit his mark and shoot over the shoulder? how much did this cost? >> i can't ask that question for cbs, are you kidding me? i know better than that. audiences, they don't really care what a movie costs. they care if it makes a movie. >> reporter: filmmakers hope to turn this monkey business into box office business. bill whitaker, cbs news, holly wood. >> it is incredible the way they can do that. >> you almost lose sight of the fact the actors have to act with that equipment on, the apparatus on the head and arms. >> i know. >> it's amazing bill was talking to the gentleman, fans of movies really don't care how much they cost. the critics do. >> it's true. >> if it bombs and costs its 200 million. >> "waterworld." >> ouch. just ahead, food for thought, there's a new exhibit which shows what people across the world eat every day. >> some of it could look a little foo to familiar. this is "the early show" here on cbs. a fascinating new book "what i eat" around the world in 80 diets shows what the world eats in various cultures. >> taryn winter brill shows us it is drawing impressive crowds in boston. >> i like the spreads and the salami. >> 9-year-old evan may be from rhode island but his diet is just like this master butcher from germany. >> seems like it's doing so much work but this is what i would have for breakfast. >> reporter: nigel can't imagine surviving on 800 calories a day like this herder from kenya. at boston's museum of science a new exhibit called "around the world in 25 diets" has years of all ages exploring the daily diets of people across the globe. >> ham, bologna, gouda cheese. >> people are reading everything in this exhibit. that's mind-blowing. >> what's the secret? >> i wish i knew. >> reporter: david radkin is responsible for bringing this slice to beantown. >> it's a radically different diet. >> reporter: this camel broker from egypt who lives on 3,200 calories of goat meat broth, fava beans and tea and cigarettes. or a mountain farmer from ecuador who eats cheese and banana and machika, toasted barley and wheat flour toasted with hot water. what is it about this photo that resonates with museum goers? >> you look at a binge eater, maybe there's a certain amount of fear this could happen to me or it's just shocking. >> reporter: if you could describe a picture of what you eat in a day what would it look like? >> well, i had pan aches this morning and then we had pizza, no key plan for tonight. >> reporter: now this 400 pound sumo wrestler might not be eating pancakes but eats the same number of calories as this 144 pound bread queen from germany but this exhibit isn't just a snapshot of calorie count it highlights the disparity and consumption between cultures. what surprised you the most from looking around? >> i guess how people eat every day, that surprised me. >> reporter: taryn winter brill, cbs news, boston. >> joining us now is frances largeman-roth from "health" magazine. good to see you. >> good to see you guys. >> what are these diets really saying about the people who are eating them, about the cultures? >> what's so interesting, it's always revealing to see how much food a person eats during the day but also lets us know how westernized a culture has become and the relative wealth of that person. >> is the old adage you are what you eat relatively in line? >> if you are eating close to the earth, whole grains and beans and fruits and vegetables you're healthy. eating packaged, processed foods, not so much, they're low in actual nutrients. >> you mentioned the snapshots show how westernized and wealthy people are. >> right. >> which is interesting, in a lot of cases being more westernized eating things not as healthy for you. >> that's true and it's kind of the state of the world that we're in today but unfortunately american food means affluence to a lot of people, and if we are -- >> mcdonald's really means affluence? >> in other countries it really does especially pranbrands like starbucks. it was really interesting to see the images that showed sort of the diets that were half western and half traditional. you can see where the culture is at. >> where it's moving in and the western and american fast foods are starting to infiltrate which was something that was probably much better for people before the things arrived. >> that's right. >> how does the kenyan farmer survive on 800 calories a day when the normal daily recommended allowance is about 2,000 calories a day? >> i would say she would probably say it's not ideal, that was taken during drought time so they were on limited rations. your body can adapt and adjust and your metabolism adjusts. we saw the trucker or i saw the photo of the trucker who takes in about 4,600 calories a day, a sedentary job he doesn't need that, so it is very interesting to see what people subsist on around the world. >> a lot of paenchs. beverages. >> what else can we take from this? we talked about how maybe our food culture is morphing into someone else's. can we take some cues from them and bring them into our diet? >> absolutely. i talked about eating closer to the earth. we've kind of lost even though we're fascinated by cooking shows we've lost the culture of cooking and everything is on the go, sippy cups for kids to you're in your car and there are holders for everything. >> on our strollers. things are moving all the time. >> exactly. >> i'm guilty, everything is on the go. >> we're on the go but we have to make a concerted effort to do some cooking and eating at home and sit down. >> sit down. i need to do that. >> sit down once in a while. >> make sure you work it off at some point. >> that's right. >> thanks so much guys. nice to have all of you with us this morning as well. hope you enjoy the rest of your day. see you back here tomorrow morning. stay tuned, your local news is next. >> bye-bye. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. 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