new zealand's favorite penguin is on his way home, more than two months after swimming thousands of miles off course, happy feet is headed back to his home in ant arc ta, "early" september 5th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >> as we saw happy feet we say happy labor day, everyone. good morning, i'm jeff glor. >> and i'm taryn winter brill. chris wragge and erica hill are off this morning, we're pinch-hitting. >> did you have a great weekend? >> i did. labor day is not just for workers, speculating over sarah palin's political future is about as high as it's ever been. this weekend's speech she went out of her way to point out shortcomings in the current political gop field. tropical storm lee downgraded to a tropical depression. it dropped a foot in some places spreading the risk of flooding especially in louisiana. cbs's bigad shaban is in crown point, louisiana. bigad, good morning. >> reporter: it's expected to die down this morning but in crown point and other coastal communities the main road behind me, it's because of the storm surge brought in rising waters from the gulf of mexico. homes were turned into tiny islands as tropical storm lee left coastal communities under water in south loo us uuisiana. the same storm left 13 inches in new orleans and 15 in the metro areas. it spawned tornadoes in lilliana. >> ungodly clap of lightning lit up the whole house. >> reporter: 78-year-old is waiting for the waters to go down in his community of lafitte, louisiana. >> the water come up, nothing i can do. >> reporter: front yard swings not high enough, streets look like bayous than roadways. back yards for gators. gary pisani paddles his way to his father's get to shop to check for damage. >> everything's floating around? >> reporter: what is the worst part? >> housing, everything's flooding. >> reporter: michael waded through knee-high water to check on the shipyard he manages. he's been through it before. >> like living anywhere else, everybody's got some problem. hopefully we get two or three years before it happens again. >> reporter: lee has already brought more than ten inches of rain in mississippi and expected to bring between four and eight, jeff, as it crosses over into alabama tomorrow. >> bigad shaban in louisiana this morning, thank you very much. joining us from new orleans is billy nungesser, president of plaquemine's parish. good to see you again, sir. >> good morning. >> tell me how things are in plaquemine's parish. scale of one to ten, ten being best. >> eight, water is still coming back over the levee. highway 23 is completely underwater, cut our parish in half, the south has to be evacuated on top of the mississippi river levee is the only way in and out of the parish. >> how does this compare to katrina? >> it's not as bad as katrina because the whole south end was under water but the back levee the water for three days pounded over the levee it was inevitable the levee would be overtopped. >> how many folks out of their down there, we evacuated the critical people that need medical care. we have about 5,000 people stranded in south plaquemine right now. >> billy, did i see over the weekend you helped herd cattle to dry land? >> yeah the water came up so quick within two hours that back levee was overtopped and the baby cattle started to go underwater so we jumped in an air boat, cut the fence and got them out to the highway, and saved those cattle. >> i can only imagine how busy it is for you right now. any time frame on when things get better? >> as soon as this storm moves farther enough inland for the winds to shift around we need the north wind blowing the water out, we'll cut the levee, let the water out and hopefully open up the highway again. >> billy nungesser, president of plaquemine parish always good to see you. hope things get better soon. >> thank you. >> now here's debbie. all of the rain expected to move east in the next 24 hours, raising a flash flood in that area. we get the latest from david bernard chief meteorologist of miami station wfor. lee is no longer a tropical storm but what can we expect from it as it heads up north in. >> it doesn't matter if it's a tropical storm or tropical depression, all that heavy tropical moisture is still there and complicating matters is a cold front moving into what's left of lee, all of this is tracking northeast and that path is going to mean a severe flood threat as we go through the next 72 hours. where you see the yellow areas, two to five inches of rain and look at some of the areas of the northeast in the mid-atlantic, oranges as much as five to eight inches of rain is possible, obviously these areas suffering from flooding because of hurricane irene, very high rivers in the area. the next question is will we have to worry about katia on the east coast? this morning, 100-mile-per-hour winds. this morning the trend has been for katia to take that turn away from the east coast, may go between bermuda and the east coast, that would be great, not affecting anybody. high surf is a good possibility. as long as it maintains that track, feeling a little bit better on this labor day morning, katia will remain out to sea. still three to five days out, that's a big forecast day for error. >> back to jeff. turning to labor day politics, president obama could be under more pressure than ever to produce an effective new jobs proposal after friday's bad unemployment report. bill plante has the latest on the president's plans. bill good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, jeff. the president will be in detroit this labor day. unemployment there is about 14%, that's five points above the national average. michigan is a state he won by a huge margin in 2008. today things are not looking as good particularly on the jobs front. at his speech to a labor audience in hard-hit detroit today, president obama is expected to hail the success of the 2009 auto industry bailout, and call on members of both parties to come together to solve the jobs crisis. >> there's a lot of talk in washington these days about creating jobs but it doesn't help when those same folks turn around and risk losing hundreds of thousands of jobs just because of policical gamesmanship. >> reporter: this days after a report shows no new jobs were created in july. rivals like mitt romney, in michigan, one of his home states, continue to hammer the president with. >> we have last month zero job creation. look a shutout is okay in baseball, it's not good when you're talking about jobs. >> reporter: congress returns from mid summer recess this week and president obama is calling on lawmakers to extend the transportation bill. the white house claims failure to pass the legislation will mean thousands of construction jobs will be lost. >> it makes no sense and is completely avoidable. there's no reason to put more jobs at risk. >> reporter: in his big speech thursday before congress the president is expected to propose a broad range of initiatives including tax credits perhaps as high as $5,000 per employee for companies that hire new workers, job training for the chronically unemployed, extension of payroll tax cuts and unemployment insurance benefits and trade deals with south korea, colombia and panama, but republicans in congress and republican presidential candidates suggest that whatever the president proposes they're not likely to go along. >> the principles that i adopt are permanent fixes rather than temporary gimmicks like we've seen from the president and also private sector solutions versus government solutions. >> reporter: the white house says that the job growth incentives that the president will propose on thursday are more than temporary gimmicks. there's probably nothing the president could say that could satisfy many republicans but the question is whether his ideas will be big enough to safe members of his own party and the independents in the middle. jeff? >> bill plante at the white house, thanks. joining us is lib secretary hilda solise. >> good morning, happy labor day. >> the white house and republicans couldn't agree on a date. how much can this speech accomplish? >> it will help provide confidence to the public. you'll hear about that on thursday. i don't want to get ahead of the president but there's discussion about creating incentives so that regular people could have payroll tax, be able to use that disposable income to put back into the communities, create jobs and investment and infrastructure and extending support for people who have been out of work more than six months, those are top priorities for the president and i'm looking forward, the american public is and he's made very clear now is the time to focus, the congress, the senate, the white house, everyone coming together and i believe that's what the public wants. >> clearly at this point not everyone is coming together. texas governor rick perry is out on the campaign trail saying one in six working eligible americans are not working, he says that's not progress, that's economic disaster. when you hear that, what are your thoughts? >> thinking about what's going on in texas, there are a lot of people there still unemployed and we were able to help many states like texas and others through the recovery act to help create jobs and provide stability, just think if states like texas did not receive some of that money, their unemployment would have been much higher and we're doing everything we can to make and also in health care, i.t., broadband, these are areas we know are going to grow ionths an years and you can kind of see the trend happening in areas in the southwest. in the northeast you see investments in the automobile industry. that's why today we're going to detroit to talk to some of the workers up there experiencing some of the challenges but also a renewed interest in manufacturing jobs. >> madam secretary on friday you blamed some of the brinksmanship on some of the politics. unemployment was 7.2%, now it's 9.1%. is this country headed in the wrong direction? >> it is not. by the time the president took office we had lost 750,000 jobs. now he's helped to create 2.4 million private sector jobs. we'll continue on that trajectory but we need bipartisan support from the congress, the senate and from the public and the president has said very clearly that if there is no action here in washington, that he's going to take it out to the public, let them understand and clearly, clearly be able to define who is helping to create jobs, incentivizing that and who are the road wlokz. >> labor secretary hilda solis joining us today, we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> a lot of pressure on thursday night, nevermind the football games. >> besides the people a lot of people will be listening and hanging on to the words. >> absolutely. since you're here, terrell brown is over here with the other headlines of the morning. >> just keeping it warm for you, jeff. >> appreciate that. >> good morning to you both, happy labor day. a fast moving wildfire in east texas killed a young mother and her 18-month-old daughter. dozens of fires are burning in drought stricken texas. the mother and daughter were caught inside their trailer home. dozens of homes have been destroyed and thousands of acres burned. in california a small plane crash sparked a wildfire north of los angeles. two people on board died. residents of 100 homes evacuated. the fire burned 3,500 acre. a passenger jet did not catch fire in canada after it skidded off the runway. 44 people were on board the united airlines jet at ottawa international airport. fortunately no one was hurt. new video showing the aftermath of united flight 93 september 11th, shot by a nearby resident. >> saw the smoke come up and the explosion shook the house clear over here. they ran one into the pentagon and the world trade center and we're watching it on tv and this one happened. >> all the people on board flight 93 killed. the annual muscular dystrophy telethon raised more money this year than last and without jerry lewis. the mda pulled in over $61 million during yesterday's life six-hour broadcast, that's $2.5 million more than lewis hosted last time. the 85-year-old comedian hosted the show for over 45 years. victory came at a price for ja champion rafael nadal. he prevailed -6, 6-1, 7-5. the agony happened during a post-gameber view, you can see him wracked with pain, charlie horse, if you ever had one, you know what he's dealing with. regular cramps hit his right cramp and thigh. he is okay and ready to play in his next match. the wayward penguin known as happy feet is finally headed home to antarctica. he was released yesterday. he was found sick and lost on a new zealand beach two months ago. a quarter million people tracked his progress on a web cam. we'll have more on happy feet coming up in our still ahead this morning, amanda knox goes back to try to get an italian court to throw out her murder conviction. why dna to cohold the key to her freedom. the republican candidates go after each other, we'll look ahead to a big week of events starting today in south carolina. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. ♪ [ gertrude ] you do look good. 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[ female announcer ] from one a day. how have our lives changed and welcome back, everyone. a lovely labor day here in new york, i'm fwlr jeff glor along with debbye turner-bell. instead of taking on attacks on the president they're taking on each other. sarah palin is said it has to be the right republican. >> the tea party activists are watching the race closely. one of them, south carolina jim demint will tell us what to expect from the debate with the top republicans in the field. first the appeal of the amanda knox case, the college student from seattle convicted of killing her roommate resumed in perugia, italy. mark phillips reports her fight to regain her freedom is now in the home stretch. >> reporter: the conviction of amanda knox for the murder of her college roommate has always been controversial, based on forensic evidence contested at the time of the trial and now even more contentious during this appeal. the argument centers on dna evidence found on a knife, the victim's, meredith kercher's dna on the blade and knox's on the handle, the traces were so minimal experts say they were unreliable at the time of the conviction and too small to be reexamined now. knox's lawyers argue that other evidence including dna on a bra strap was mishandled by police and so unreliable as well. for the victim's family, uncertainty over who killed meredith kercher makes coming to terms with her death even more difficult, even four years after the murder. in a letter written to the court by meredith's sister, stephanie, she says "it is extremely difficult to understand how evidence gathered with care and presented as valid at the original trial now risks becoming irrelevant." for amanda dox, know, the appeal is a time for hope. >> she is very happy we're going to get back and no more breaks and you know, get to the verdict soon. >> reporter: that verdict may come at the end of the month. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> joining us now is former prosecutor beth karas, correspondent for trutv's "in session." good morning. >> good morning. >> this turns on the dna and how it was handled. what is going on in her favor? >> in this appeal, really a trial, a different system in italy than from in the united states, the judge focused on the dna evidence, that's the physical evidence that allegedly ties amanda knox and raphael, her former boyfriend to the murder. the dna experts appointed by the court, different from the first trial where each side had her own experts advocates for her side, neutral experts the court, the judge appointed, they agree with the defense from the original trial, they agree that this dna evidence is unreliable, and possibly contaminated because of the way it was handled, and it is such a small amount from this knife the prosecution says that the murder weapon found not at the scene but found at the home of the apartment of raphael sollecito, the boyfriend, it is below international standards, it is such a tiny amount. they're not even sure meredith kercher's dna is on the knife. >> in the u.s., the states this would be enough to overturn the conviction. >> i'm not sure it would have been a conviction in the united states, but you know, we didn't see all of the evidence and it's not just dna evidence. however, this is the physical evidence that ties her to it. this is very good for the defense that these two experts appointed by the court agree with the defense. >> without this, there's not much of a case for her. >> it's all behavior and statements of individuals who have their own reasons perhaps, too, to lie. >> let's cover a couple more things quickly. what's happening in court because they're in session. >> the case has been on hiatus for the summer, picking up today for the rest of the week to finish the testimony so there's more examination of the experts and there may be some rebuttal evidence put on by the state, all focusing on the dna. after this week it's supposed to go into a ten-day hiatus and then a decision. so there could be a verdict by the end of the month. >> reporter: i wonder what is the kercher family's reaction to this in. >> obviously they're upset and victims have a voice in usuall until sentencing. they're concerned meredith is being lost in this appeal. they're confused why the dna evidence was accepted at the first trial and considered reliable and is not now. >> quickly we might get a decision on this when? >> end of the month. >> beth karas, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> interesting. terrell brown is at the news desk with another look at the day's top headlines. good morning. >> good morning to you, good to see you. this morning a slow moving tropical depression, formerly tropical storm lee is drenching the southeast. lee came ashore yesterday pelting new orleans with more than a foot of rain. jackson, mississippi, has gotten more than ten inches of rain. flash floods are a concern as lee heads north. hurricane katia remains a category 2 storm with sustained winds of 100 miles an hour. it will become a major category 3 storm by tomorrow. it's expected to curve away from the atlantic coast. almost 40,000 households and businesses have no power after hurricane irene roareded up the east coast. president obama offered comfort and federal help. severe weather and lightning forced 80,000 to clear out of notre dame station twice yesterday. the first time the stadium has been evacuated. the fighting irish lost the up next, the republican presidential candidates turn their fire and take aim at each other over the weekend. we'll tell you what they had to say and we'll talk tea party with senator jim demint coming up on "the early show." with the guaranteed low price on the carpet... the pad, and installation. let's get peace of mind for a lifetime. it all adds up to better carpet at a better price and a great-looking room transformed. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get 10% off or 24 months special financing on your first purchase of $599 or more when you open a new home depot credit card account. but your cloud of depression is still with you. maybe it's time to ask your doctor about adding seroquel xr to your antidepressant to treat your depression. seroquel xr is a once-daily, extended-release tablet, which means medication is released around the clock. for many, seroquel xr, when added to an antidepressant, was proven more effective than an antidepressant alone at helping people feel less depressed. call your doctor if you have unusual changes in mood, behavior, or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. elderly dementia patients taking seroquel xr have an increased risk of death. call your doctor if you have fever, stiff muscles, and confusion, as these may be signs of a life-threatening reaction or if you have uncontrollable muscle movements, as these could become permanent. high blood sugar has been reported with seroquel xr and medicines like it and in extreme cases can lead to coma or death. your doctor should check for cataracts. other risks include increased cholesterol and weight gain as well as seizures, dizziness on standing, drowsiness, impaired judgment, trouble swallowing, and decreases in white blood cells, which can be fatal. use caution before driving or operating machinery. isn't it time to put more distance between you and your depression? 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>> i have been at the tip of the spear on issue after issue on washington, d.c., fighting against the implementation of obama care, fighting against the epa rules and out of control government spending. >> reporter: former alaska governor sarah palin also took what appears to be a shot at perry, after reports suggesting he was cozy with big donors. >> -- some gop candidates they also raise mammoth amounts of cash and we need to ask them, too, what, if anything, do their donors expect in return for their investments? >> reporter: campaigning in new hampshire, perry ignored the criticism for now and made the case that he is the anti-obama. >> we don't need a nominee who is going to blur the differences between themselves and barack obama. the differences between president obama and myself are great. >> reporter: but this week expect perry and front-runner mitt romney to start punching back as the 2012 presidential campaign kicks into gear. now they'll get a chance later today at a presidential forum in south carolina with in the jim demint but most e fireworks to start wednesday when the candidates take the stage in a major political debate. >> jan thank you very much. most of the top republicans will be in south carolina today at a political forum hosted by republican senator jim demint. happy labor day. >> thank you, jeff, good morning to you. >> so rick perry is the front-runner in the polls. is he the front-runner in your mind? >> well, i think it's still very early. we've got all the top candidates in south carolina today and we're going to give them a chance to define themselves to talk about the american vision, to talk about what they would do differently than barack obama so i think we'll learn a lot from the candidates. this is not a gotcha meeting with sound bite answers. we will give each candidate a chance to talk about their vision. >> i know you don't want to endorse any candidate but is there any candidate would you rule out? >> no, i'm going to keep an open mind and see what they say about the president's jobs plan that comes out. i want to know what they think about this super committee recommendation when it comes out, and so i think in a few months we're going to know which candidate really has the courage to speak out and to contrast themselves with what this president is doing. >> let me ask you about the jobs plan as you know the president is making his big speech thursday night. how much of a difference will that speech make? >> i spent most of my life in business and i heard what the president is talking about, temporary incentives, giving a company 5,000 to hire someone. it cost a company about $65,000 a year to create a $45,000 job. nobody is going to create a job for $5,000. if they were going to hire the person anyway they'd certainly take it. the president is not thinking like an american business person who has to look long-term, has to have some certainty. we need to know what the tax rate is going to be, what the cost of health insurance and the cost of unemployment insurance. the way he's talking is not like what i hear from the businesses around south carolina or throughout the country. so he doesn't seem to be on the same page with what it really takes to create jobs. >> senator, you are abig sarah palin fan. does it appear she gets into the race? >> it doesn't appear so. she appears to stir things up which we really needed to do to get american citizens more involved in the process. it made a big difference in the last election. my hope is it will make a bigger difference in the next election as people take back their government. >> there are some declared candidates who are concerned about the forum you're holding, including rick santorum. he said rudy julgiuliani who wa invited he's not a conservative or candidate and was invited. >> rick is a great friend but a couple of months ago we got together with american principals aand other sponsors, if we're going to give candidates 20 minutes on the stage we can't have 10 or 15 candidates up there, it will take all day so we decided to set a minimum threshold of 5% in the polls and just allow those candidates to come, and rick didn't make that cut, but some of the candidates who were undeclared or some of the ones who aren't candidates like sarah palin, rudy giuliani, they got a courtesy invitation but we knew they would not come unless they declared their candidacy. it's the top contenders at this point. that doesn't mean swels could not get in the race or gain in the polls. we wanted to give candidates enough time to define themselves in their own terms and we couldn't do that with 10 or 15 candidates. >> senator demint we will be watching today. thank you, sir. >> thank you. still ahead here dominique strauss-kahn goes home after his sexual assault case in the u.s. was dropped. we'll tell you what's next on dsk. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. ♪ vo: a breakfast worth waking up for. enjoy the sausage, egg and cheese croissan'wich today. only at burger king. wait a second... with olay challenge that. new regenerist wrinkle revolution... relaxes the look of wrinkles instantly, and the look of deep wrinkles in 14 days. ready, set, smooth... regenerist. from olay. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping people rethink how they live. ♪ in here, video games are not confined to screens. ♪ excuse me, hi. my grandfather lived in this village. 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[ falcon screeches ] it is labor day, september 5th already, can you believe it? where did the summer go? >> in the blink of an eye it was gone. i want it back. >> good morning, everybody. i'm jeff glor along with debbye turner-bell. chris wragge and erica hill are off this morning. >> dr. keith morrow is helping people recover from a storm that destroyed their town and his clinic. the first jerry lewis telethon without jerry lewis. it beat last year's total by $2.6 million but there's a controversy over the decision to lead the mda's long time chairman out of this year's telethon. what some showbiz friends are doing today on his behalf. >> it's not the same without jerry. first the remains of tropical storm lee are soaking the southeast after dropping more than a foot of rain on the new orleans area. there's been flooding, a major storm surge and a few tornadoes. cbs's bigad shaban is in crown point, louisiana, with the latest. bigad good morning. >> reporter: good morning, debbye. the main road into town is flooded, it flooded area bayous but along the coast, rainfall is also a main concern. mississippi has already seen ten inches of it and aid is expected in alabama. in crown point, louisiana, floodwaters still linger, surrounding nearly every home, seeping into many of them, the area is under a mandatory evacuation. not everyone is taking heed. in new orleans a much less dramatic scene. roughly 13 inches of rain fell in the last four days. the flooding was concentrated along streets. levees saw less stress because what happened with hurricane katrina six years ago it flooded nearly 80% of the city but lee did bring tornadoes, one struck down in south mobile county snapping trees and knocking at power. no injuries reported but another tornado did strike down in mississippi, ripping off shingles and flipping over cars. by the time a slow moving lee finally moves past the gulf coast some areas will see as much as 15 inches of rain and more wet weather is expected tomorrow as it heads into tennessee valley and the appalachians. back here in louisiana, tornado warnings continue in some communities and debbye that stretches to the florida panhandle. >> bigad shaban always so hard to see the pictures. thank you, from crown point, louisiana. dominique strauss-kahn turned home to france on sunday for the first time in four months. the former international monetary fund chief left the u.s., two weeks after criminal charges were dropped in his alleged sexual attack on a new york hotel maid. he may be free but the political future may be under a french cloud. joining us is anne-elisabeth moutet, french journalist. >> good morning, jeff. >> the prime time television interview possibly explaining himself. what might we hear in that? >> i have no idea how he's going to do and ideally the journalist who should have interviewed him in the traditional french would have been his own wife and of course that's not going to happen. i'm not sure it's a good move on his part. i don't think the french will go so much for the confessional and also he is minded to say that he was unjustly accused from start to finish and i think too much came out about his private life for the people to take this entirely at face value. >> anne-elisabeth how much is the opinion has him has changed from the time he was arrested to now? >> i think it is interesting because the first reaction was to say what are these americans? and the swiftness of the american justice process in both ways, the way he was arrested and the way the charges were dropped is something that fascinated the french but at the same time, he has come out as somebody whose private life ought to have been reported by the press because it impacted his public life and he's also come out as being incredibly rich, which in this country which has an all catholic tradition is not something that people like, especially in the socialist candidate. nicolas sarkozy for years being called the bling president but all of this falls when you look at the fortune of dominique strauss-kahn, the $50,000 a month townhouse, the $600 evening pasta, that sort of thing, so it blurred his image as a socialist candidate and in "le monde" the sex life that were frankly shocking. >> has it changed the landscape of beyond dsk? do the french look at these sex cases differently now? >> i would say that they look at it a bit differently in general but french women look at it very differently because the one fascinating thing, that will lastingly remain the strauss-kahn thing, french women said we're mad at hell and we're not going to take this anymore, by this not only dominique strauss-kahn but the attitude of men in power, men in politics, men in the corporate world, men in the civil service and what was fascinating you found women left to right, from the socialist to communist party women leader, all of this emin full agreement with cabinet ministers saying there's sexism in french political and public life and we don't like it and it can't go on like this. >> anne sinclair is still firmly by her husband's side, correct? >> she is extremely firmly by her husband's side and suddenly looking old-fashioned in a way that is not necessarily a good way. >> last question, any chance at all dsk still runs for president? >> i would say not at all. i can't even see him in a cabinet assuming that the socialist candidate wins. the only possibility for him to be brought back in the political fray would be if we had another economic crisis of massive importance, and then there would be a cabinet of all the talents and he might be brought back specifically for financial expertise which at no moment was put in doubt. >> anne-elisabeth moutet good to see you again. thanks again. >> thank you. all right now another check of today's headlines the completely scandal free terrell brown. >> we try to keep it that way over here. good morning, guys. the u.s. postal service needs emergency aid from congress. by the end of december the postal service will default on a $5.5 billion payment for retiree health benefits. postal authorities want congress to approve elimination of saturday mail delivery and close some post offices. fighting erupted at the corruption trial of hosni mubarak. six people were injured when scuffles broke out. anti-demonstrators clashed with police, many tried to enter the court when tv cameras were banned. senior libyan officials and heavily armed forces were hold up in bani wali. >> reporter: this is the road to bani wali, it is one of the last three major cities holdouts that have gadhafi supporters. we don't know what the situation is like in the city, we're told that snipers have taken up positions, food is scarce, there's no water. power is out. there is some effort to associate but that seems to be in some trouble. the rebels trying not to have their blast their way in but they're going to go in one way or the other. one of the things they want to find out in bani walid is where is moammar gadhafi. there are rumors he had been in the city at some point, perhaps several days ago. no sense that he is there now. he may have moved farther south to areas where he still has supporters and can still get protection. the hunt for gadhafi is very intense at this point. they say he's pretty clever about this, he's not using cell phones, and he's moving around on a regular basis to keep himself well hidden. barry petersen, cbs news on the road to bani walid, libya. >> back here in this country,ager in arizona over a controversial new prison fee the state plans to charge $25 for each adult to wants to visit a prison prisoner. it's a one-time fee for a background fee. critics say it's an extra burden. fire officials in texas are running out of resources as they battle dozens of wildfires. a mother and her young child were killed when a fast moving blaze overran their trailers. high winds are fanning the flames. thousands of acres are scorched. scott pelley has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> we sat down with a group of world trade center rescue workers to talk about their lives today and how the days after 9/11 continue to affect them. >> the world trade center is still claiming lives. >> that story's tonight, on the "cbs evening news." and time now for a >> this weather report sponsored by expedia, the best travel tools are all in one place, where you book matters, expedia. hacklesburg, alabama, population 1200, two hours south of birmingham was once named the best town in alabama, but a tornado devastated the area. >> the dedication of the only dr. keith morrow is helping to heal hacklesburg one patient at a time. >> we had about 40 patients killed in the tornadoes, those poor people we would see at least usually every other month, we had whole families killed in the tornadoes. 31 out of 32 businesses were destroyed. it's really sad here, because small town with a direct hit is such a horrible blow economically to the town itsel after we've been open probably ten days, two weeks trying to work out of the tents and camper, we were soon to find out you really couldn't work effectively, so then we knew we had to get something different, one of the local gentlemen had trokor trailer, set up to help feeding people and he had one that had a shower in it, came on the idea of putting the clinic in one of his 18 wheelers. how is your neck and your back? >> sore. >> giving us a place safe to work. it's been cool, gives us a place where we can at least reasonably be able to see our patients. when we started with the trailer, the disadvantages are obvious because 18-wheeler trailers are high off the ground, we have a lot of seniors and handicapped people that we didn't have time or space to build ramps so we make what we jokingly call car calls. you been with me a long time. usually several times a day we go out to a car to see somebody, can't get up the steps or too sick. >> my leg's getting better and you know a lot better. >> i've been in this town for 25 years and we've mostly had good times so to speak with the town being the best small town in america. you're going to be all right. >> we are, within time. >> we'll get back. >> love you. >> we love you too. after the tornadoes, 55 years, what do i want to do with the rest of my life. look around, i been here so long and love it here. you can't quit. >> a lot of people without a good doctor, yes. >> i thank you from the bottom of my heart, sir. >> thank you. doing the right thing is not always the easy thing, so we decided to stay because we belong here, and the people need us here, and it would be easier to leave but that's not the right thing to do. this is where we'll be. >> i think that's the absolute definition of being a hero. >> absolutely, and he said every excuse to leave, clinic destroyed, most people gone but he stayed. >> god bless him. >> good stuff. up next we use treadmills to stay healthy, thousands of people every year get hurt using treadmills. what's behind the injuries and how you can avoid them. you're watching "the early show" on labor day, monday morning. expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? 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[ male announcer ] get to a better state. text save to 7-8836. welcome back to "the early show" on a monday morning, labor day. good morning, everyone. i'm jeff glor along with debbye turner bell. erica hill and chris wragge are off. we did not see jerry lewis last night on the muscular destiny telethon, they did spend a lot of time talking about him, they supposedly had a camera ready in case he showed up. we'll check in on the telethon and tell you how much it raised without him. also ahead a long road trip for a lost penguin named happy feet. on sunday he was released back in the ocean, more than two months after he was found sick and wandering on a beach far, far away from home. he gained thousands of fans as a local zoo nursed him back to health. we think we know how far he's gone. >> debbye has been closely tracking his progress all morning long. he's gone almost 1,500 miles. he has a makeshift tracking device. >> like macguyvered on. week two of the u.s. open tennis championship begins in new york, very exciting day, when contenders try to become champions. this year might be some surpr e surpris surprises. >> former pro player justin gimelstob serves up predictions. everybody is talking about the press conference yesterday when rafael nadal disappeared under the table with leg cramps. >> a lot more physical match. tough player, david nalbandian had beaten him before two out of three sets. i might own this studio if i didn't lose so many matches cramping but just from the lack of hydration, the sweating, loss of minerals. >> is this a sign of things to come for him if? hopefully not. he has a very physical style of tennis, so much effort. he doesn't win a lot of free points and he has played so many matches, a lot of miles on the odometer. he started playing in the u.s. open for eight years but played a lot of hard matches since then. >> pounds on his hit. novak djokovic later tonight. any expectation something odd might happen? >> he has had one of the best years in the history of the sport, he does everything so well, has no weaknesses, moving incredibly well, one of the best athletes in the history of the sport, best backhand in the game. only a few players can confront him, roger federers, he has the best variety, djokovic the huge favorite. >> donald young, wildcard, beat the 14 seed, 24th seed, he is an american, 22 years old, how far does he go? >> he's talented, one of four americans to the fourth round and emerging later than expected, childhood phenom, so much skill, lefty, very live arm, matured a lot, put a lot of work in on the court, gotten stronger, a break-through winner, but he's a very tough match against andy murray, hard earned veteran but he has beaten him earlier this yeariveo confi them. >> serena is top on the list. >> she is not top on the list, she is the list. she hasn't played, didn't play last year, a couple of years ago, got defaulted in the match against kim clijsters, she is best in the game, playing with so much passion and intensity. >> she did have a tough time in the second set yesterday in the match even though she won in straight sets. you don't see her encountering any difficulties? she rises to the occasion and plays best tennis. her offensive skills are great. >> can wozniaki stand up to her? can she stand up to the skills? >> she's had an incredible career, wins so many matches, the work horse of the wta, won in new haven. one thing that bodes very well, she lost earlier in cincinnati, not logging as many miles coming into the u.s. open, she'll be a little bit more fresh, one of the knocks on her has been she has overplayed too much and the big matches she's been fatigued. woszniaki could be a big one but williams is a legend. >> heard it first, it's not going to be boring. >> serena williams is a lock to win this tournament. >> heard it here. justin, thanks. terrell brown at the news desk a lock with the morning headlines. >> got it jeff, debbye, good morning to you both. tropical storm lee is starting to bring flash flooding as it moves north into the appalachians. lee drenched the gulf coast yesterday, moving across mississippi today. parts of low-lying louisiana saw severe flooding. this morning one official told jeff his parish southeast of new orleans is not out of the woods just yet. >> the water is coming over the back levee, trying to wait for the storm to move inland and highway 23 is completely underwater. it's cut our parish in half and the south has to be evacuated on top of the mississippi river levee. it is the only way in and out of the parish right now. >> more than a foot of rain fell in new orleans but the levee system held up. near albany, new york, a tornado hit in an area devastated by hurricane irene last week. trees were knocked down and homes were damage. hurricane katia is barrelling through the atlantic with 100-mile-per-hour winds. katia is respected to eventually turn east and away from the east coast. gas prices rose again this labor day, this morning aaa reporting the national average now $3.66 per gallon for regular unleaded. that is up five cents from a week ago and it's up almost $1 from a year ago. this labor day president obama is going to detroit to talk to union members about creating jobs. this morning labor secretary hilda so lis said they're doing everything to make headway on the jobs front. >> i.d., broadband, areas that are going to grow in the coming months and future and years and you can see the trend happening in areas in the southwest. in the northeast you see investments in the automobile industry, that's why today we're going to detroit. >> today's speech is seen as a dress rehearsal for the jobs speech mr. obama gives before a joint session of congress on thursday. in buffalo, new york, the tenth annual buffalo chicken wing festival. >> yeah, baby! >> joey chestnut features the black which low thomas, she won finishing nine more than mr. chestnut and two more than she ate last year to set a new world record. her next opponent terrell brown. >> oh, the last words on last night's muscular destiny telethon were "we missed you jerry." it is not cleat completely clear why jerry lewis was dropped as host for this event but it was not the same without him as hattie kauffmann reports. >> i am the national chairman and you will never in your lives meet a man prouder to carry a title. welcome to the muscular destiny teleth telethon. >> reporter: for the past 45 years jerry lewis brought his larger than life mix of comedy to the annual muscular destiny teleon this. he raised more than $2.5 billion for his kids. ♪ the 25-hour show was part vegas lounge act, part variety show, that crescendos in over-the-top emotion. >> i know the feeling of all of my kids tonight. >> if you're a family with someone suffering from muscular dystrop dystrophy. you'll be really grateful to him. >> reporter: fellow comedians were stunned. >> to be told thanks, good-bye is the ultimate in humiliation. >> he doesn't get the opportunity to say good-bye to a show that he initiated is just a slap in the face of anyone who has ever enjoyed any one of his movies. >> reporter: l.a.'s standup community announced they'll gather at the laugh factory to hold their own fund raiser in honor of lewis. fans can watch online and donate. ♪ here i am with open arms >> reporter: this year's telethon was abbreviated to six hours and hosting duties were shared. the twitter sphere reacted with comments like "treatment of jerry lewis shameful and disgracef disgraceful" and "i no longer support the charity, i feel bad for the kids." >> jerry, you always be a hero to the mda families and to people everywhere. >> reporter: missing was the heartfelt performance of lewis. ♪ walk on through the rain >> you get the crazy jerry lewis, the serious jerry lewis and that was the fun of watching the telethons, you never knew which jerry lewis was going to show up. ♪ you will never walk alone >> reporter: hattie kauffmann, cbs news, los angeles. >> cbs news did speak with jerry lewis and asked him to comment on the shakeup. now here's debbye. >> speaking of helping others a man in los angeles doing it for more than 50 years, longer than jerry lewis. his favorite service is a social agency that saved his own family. sandra hughes report. >> reporter: for 91-year-old al azus, cutting a school for disadvantaged children is a culmination of a lifelong mission. >> a dream come true, it's a miracle. >> reporter: today he and his wife have donated close to $5 million to vista del mar, an agency that provides residential programs, schooling and child care to family in need. >> al gives this place a heart. we were there for al when he needed us and al has come back to say to us what do you need. >> reporter: in 1953, azus was in need. he became a widower, left with two small children and a failing business. he was desperate and forced to put his son and daughter in foster care. >> crying all the time. >> at that time, vista del mar had the orphanage and foster care. it was a new program. al came to vista, we say okay we'll take your kids in, keep them safe, visit on the weekends and when you're ready to take them home, they'll be ready for you. >> reporter: driven to turn his life around, azus poured himself into building an envelope printing factory. years later, he brought his children back home. as his fortune grew he never forget vista del mar. >> i must have sold 50 billion in envelopes to make this possible. >> reporter: over the years he was a hands on volunteer donating money and working with the children. now his granddaughter is following in his footsteps as a social worker at vista del mar. >> this is a great fit, it was a history with my family and then i love kids and i really just enjoy working with them and helping them. hi! i'm really inspired by my grandfather. >> reporter: working with the kids remaninds of allegra of wh her father and aunt went through. >> they were 3 and 4 when they were first placed and i just can't imagine how difficult that must have been. >> reporter: now the azus family legacy is moving on with another generation giving back. >> i feel proud to be a part of this organization and that the family has been a part for so long. >> they gave me so much and i've been trying to giving a little back. >> reporter: sandra hughes, cbs news, los angeles. >> azus gives money to other childr children's charities in l.a. they say philanthropy keeps him alive. john body joined a special detail at ground zero with his camera at 9/11. john, good morning. >> good morning. >> these are some stunning and striking images. when you were down there that day, did you realize what you were getting and the days after? >> i had a high level of uncertainty if i was getting what i was expecting to get, because of the level of heat and smoke and the amount of dust. >> that heat was so intense by the way that your cameras you were taking this is film, not a digital camera. the heat actually burned the enamel off the camera. >> loading some of the film, if i didn't get the film in quick enough it would curl the emul emulsion and i'd have to throw it out and quickly load another. >> i want to talk about this image of this abandoned motorcycle covered in ash. tell me about that. >> the appearance the image has is dark and nighttime, it was actually like very, very nice out, this beautiful blue sky behind me and whoever owned the bike, all of his belongings were in the saddlebags, everything, his wallet, his identification, his keys, everything that this man owned, and runs his life with. >> there's a photograph of president bush, we've all seen these, that iconic video of president bush rallying everyone at ground zero after 9/11, and the video is up close and a lot of the photographs we've seen is up close. you chose to step back a bit, why? >> well everybody converged on president bush and he was there with the mega phone and he had this firefighter, and it was a lot of chanting going on by firefighters, and so i chose to step back and if you really look at the photograph, like everybody's kind of looking in one direction and i just composed president bush in the center of the frame as the absolute smallest object. >> there is another photo i thought was particularly haunting, it's this photo in the landfill in staten island, notices a child's toy and you can see he just becomes visibly deflated when he notices this in the rubble. when you took that photograph, what did you think? >> that was detective eddie o'callahan who i've known for many, many years, very, very tough guy, very tough detective and he found this, and he for a few minutes he tried to, you know, carry on, put the toy off to the side, and he tried to carry on, just sifting through the rubble. >> you'd never seen him like that before. >> never. >> if you had to pick one image, that people would see that kid would see when they learn about that day, what would it be? >> there's an image i took and shows you this vast pile of steel, smoldering, just has a visual impact until this day, when i stare at it, i just don't take my eyes off it, you know? >> john botti, thanks forever being here. >> thank you for having me. >> see more of the photos on our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. comes home. two months after capturing the world's attention when he was rescued on a new zealand beach the penguin called happy feet has finally begun his journey home, warming the hearts of his thousands of fans. with a gentle push down a makeshift slide, happy feet slipped into the icy waters of the southern ocean and was gone. >> the world is attached to him, i'm attached to him, our team is attached to him. it's exciting to me we managed to get him to this point where we can release him. >> reporter: the 3 1/2-year-old emperor penguin became an instant celebrity last june when he was found nearly 2,000 miles from home. it soon became clear his condition was deteriorating. four days after he was discovered he underwent stomach surgery to remove almost seven pounds of sand he likely had mistaken for snow. since then every step of his recovery has been followed by legions of captivated fans. just last week 17,000 showed up to say good-bye. >> i wish i could be his friend and show him all my toys. >> i will miss him when he's gone. >> reporter: but happy feet will never seem too far away. he's been fitted with a gps device so researchers can track his movements as he rejoins other emperor penguins on their journey home to antartica. >> he hasn't gone far. >> we thought he had gone a long way. >> but he's only gone seven kilometers and 1,500 to go. could take a while. he seems to be backstroking. >> got to pick up the pace. >> yeah, i hope so. he needs to get down there so he can eat and be in the colony. >> eat snow, not the sand. >> right. >> good stuff. >> not meet any sharks. >> good luck to happy feet. have a good day, 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