Jeff Glor had the Golden Gate Bridge in the background as he outlined the 2,000 mile road trip that will ultimately take him and his hybrid Toyota Prius to Independence, Mo., where he'll meet up with Nancy Cordes.
She was in Manhattan as she charted her route, which she explained is "a bit shorter" than Jeff's. But, she added, his is more scenic. She's in a Ford Fusion.
Both have GPS devices along for the ride. Jeff kidded that he'd try to ditch his onto a semi somewhere, to throw folks off his route. He also demonstrated his in-car, on-board camera, joking that its presence would mean "Big Brother" would be watching at all times.
You can track their progress across the country in real time right here.
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CBS News begins a weeklong series, “Eye on the Road,” that examines the gas price crisis across America in a series of reports filed from the ground –- and the gas pump -– for The Early Show and the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric beginning Monday, May 12.
Two CBS News correspondents, Nancy Cordes and Jeff Glor, will begin their road trips nearly 3,000 thousand miles apart: Glor will leave from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Cordes from outside The Early Show studio in New York City. As they travel across the country toward each other, they will report from towns and cities on a wide range of gas crisis stories beyond just rising costs. Think: possible solutions, including hybrid information and challenges for “super-commuters” in big cities. Viewers will get a first-hand look at a nationwide consumer crisis, as Cordes and Glor visit everywhere from emerging “bio-towns” in Indiana to RV parks in Nevada. More...
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