robert has volunteered to be a cattle model for today. thank you, robert. >> oh, dave! >> so this, again, this is the rump roast right here. there's lot of this right now. it's very fatty. what it turned into was for me a great week of personal growth. ♪ i hope you had the time of your life ♪ i'm having the time of my life. i love this trip. >> what possessed to you extend the hospitality? >> i think that's just the family that we are. >> this trip gets better and better and better. i was going to take the overnight bus to minneapolis tonight. why don't we go together instead. i got some cash and we'll go grab dinner. would i do it again? in a second. in a second. >>> hello again, it's five minutes before 9:00. the sun is still there and we're looking for a warmup today. tim williams in for marty bass. >>> the warmup is underway and enjoy it while it lasts, the 80 degrees going into the middle of october, these days will be few and far between. an 80-degree day today. rain moved out for now. seeing some scattered showers overnight. the rain gets out by tomorrow morn

let me start with robert. who started this? who came up with the idea to put he's lights on these sheep or to gather these sheep into more than -- really not just pictureesque, but actual pictures? >> a bit of a team effort, it was. all of us really. it was just a bit of a crazy idea. just something we could see if we could pull it off. >> the company came to me first -- sorry, harry. the company came to me with the idea and then i took it from there basically. but it was this commercial company operating out of london. >> and once you started to try to execute it then, how difficult was to get the sheep and the dogs to cooperate? >> well, initially the problem was that they really expected too much. they were asking us to do the impossible. but, in fact rgts as time went on, we found we could actually do more and more. just a little bit of help on the speed of some of the shots and this sort of thing, but it's surprising what you can do if you're given the resources. we had some good dogs, as well. >> well, we're looking at th

cbs' susan roberts. thank you so much. >>> turning now from passengers to patients a shocking new investigation by the hersh corporation says an estimated 200,000 americans will die this year from preventible medical errors and hospital infections. the report also says 20 states currently have no medical error reporting system in place. here with some tips on how you can protect your family from medical errors is our own dr. jennifer ashton. jen, good morning. this does not make you feel good about being sick, no pun intended. >> absolutely. >> what are some of the causes of death? >> it could be sleep deprivation of the medical staff to poor communication, to illegible writing, to nurse to patient ratio and on and on and on. this kills more people every year than car accidents. out of every 15 hospital visits one child is injured due to medical error. this is a significant issue. >> this is shocking. the important thing has been what should we do to protect ourselves and protect our family? >> obviously

defense secretary robert gates met with barack in jerusalem. at issue a potential military strike against iran's nuclear program. the u.s. wants israel to hold back bubbah rack made it clear no option is off the table. >>> french president nicolas sarkozy was released from the hospital after spendg the night at a paris hospital after collapsing yet while taking a jog. doctors say he felt ill from the heath and being overworked. medical tests showed no signs of an irregular heart beat. >>> a huge warehouse fire is burning outside seattle. it is a five-alarm blaze and a 20,000 square foot home furnishing store. firefighters report there's good news, no one is inside. >>> and two astronauts conduct a space walk this morning. the "endeavour" crew members are rewiring the station gyroscope and putting tv cameras on the space station lab. this is a live picture. that's always fascinating. tomorrow the shuttle will undock and return to earth on friday. >>> it is now 8:32. time to go back outside to dave price and a final check of the######### weather.

. >> reporter: kim zimmer and robert newman have played on again off again couple since 1983. >> i'll miss josh and reba, but those are characters we play. there have been so many moments shared in people's lives over the years. kim and i have watched each other's kids grow up. >> reporter: 40 years ago with far fewer channelses there were 19 soaps. now just seven remain. "guiding light," the most recent casualty of declining ratings. >> what's difficult for daytime television now society has changed so much. women aren't at home watching television. they're doing other things. so it's very difficult for daytime to have a business model that makes sense. >> reporter: as for the actors of "guiding light," despite the tears, a genuine sense of optimism. >> i look forward to what's next. i think change is a fantastic thing. >> i haven't had an agent in ten years. so i got an agent. i'm getting new pictures taken. i'm doing all the things i did when i was 18 years old before i got the greatest gig in the world. >> "guiding light," that's a wrap. >> joining us are two of the show's long ti