from the cnn world headquarters in atlanta, this is your cnn saturday morning for this december 3rd. i'm t.j. holmes. we have got a lot ahead for you this hour. we are standing by for herman cain, waiting for him to talk about the future of his campaign. that announcement would come at any time. he's battling, as you know, the latest allegations that he had a 13-year affair. also, former penn state football coach squarery sandusky is giving his side of the story. he says he never had sexual contact with young boys. but you'll hear from him in his own words. we're telling new this hour, yeah, this is a tough economy, but you can still get your dream job. it's true. stick around for that. a lot to get to, though, and a

lot on politics. seems to be a lot about herman cain today. some think this could be decision day for him. after weeks of sexual conduct allegations, he's expected to announce how exactly he's going to move ahead in this republican presidential race. again, we could get that at any moment. an event is taking place right now. it's just getting earn way. we have a lot of political players. look at who is joining us on this cnn saturday morning. we have shannon travis at cain's georgia campaign headquarters which are supposed to be opening right now. also candy crowley, and joe johns standing by in washington, as well. i want to start with you, shannon traffvis out there. what is this event? remind our viewers what this is supposed to be about today. >> well, this is supposed to be about the opening of his georgia campaign headquarters. but obviously, a lot of us here in the media and a lot of his supporters are here to hear what he has to say about his

reassessment, what his decision will be. let me tell you, booelg being out here, we're hearing drips and drabs of information, not all of it entirely clear. a few things that we know for sure is that herman cain has left his house in a suburban neighborhood not too far from here. is he coming straight here? is he stopping somebody else? we're not sure. there's also a question about what time he will speak. earlier, i spoke with one of his staffers and they said around 1:30, although that wasn't hard and fast. now our producer, janet, just spoke with another staffer and said it might be 12:30. that's another thing that's not entirely clear yet. obviously, the big question, t.j., and what will he is when he does speak? will he come out and say, hey, i'm dropping out of the race, given all the scandal and the allegations that he's repeatedly denied? or will he come out and say, i'm forging ahead, i'm staying in this race. i denied it then, i'm denying it now and i'm staying in this race and i want to thank you all for

being here and we're going ahead and opening this headquarters and forging ahead with the campaign. so a lot of questions. we're sticking around to see what happens. whenever we find out a few more answers to some of these questions, we'll let you know. >> let me bring in, and shannon, you stay with me. candy crowley, let me start with you. joe, you can chime in on this, as well. you cannot open a campaign headquarters and drop out a race in the same day, can you, candy? >> unless you're herman cain. one of the things that herman cain hat prided himself on is that he is not running a template campaign. he is not running a campaign the likes of which we have ever seen. i would say he has succeeded in that. i thought yesterday when he said, tomorrow i'm going to open my headquarters and then i'm going to talk about my decision on whether or not to even have a campaign was almost a classic herman cain line. i think we don't know what to expect when it comes to him. i think there is -- and there

are two tracts here. there's a very personal decision, you know, does he say, listen, the price of my wife, the price to my family is too high, i'm out. or is this a political decision? listen, my numbers are in the tank and with it my donations and, therefore, i can't afford to go on? so there are two different decisions here. either one of which could make his him decide to get out. on the other hand, there have been plenty of times, particularly when the sexual harassment charges came out that a lot of people said, done, over, he got a lot of more kons bugzs. it's not happening this time, but it's defied gravity in some ways. >> let me get somebody in here who doesn't mind judging these tea leaves. joe, joe did you know, there is no way you're going to open a campaign headquarteres and drop

out of a race at the same time. >> well, look, first of all, you can talk to almost any political analyst who has been around for a while, they'll tell you this guy is in political quick sand. his polls show it. identities he's in a tremendous amount of trouble. on the other hand, he extends to do whatever it is he wants to do. and when he made an assessment last week that he was reassessing, he didn't say reae sessing getting out of the race, but reassessing how he's going to run the campaign. he's been going to ohio, for example, when everybody else is in iowa or new hampshire. and gave some suggestion that that was what he was going to reassess. nonetheless, i mean, how is that going to help him if he's in the situation where it's not necessarily a viable campaign?

a lot of people will say over years and years and years of political experience that the xaven and the candidate are often the last to go ahead and realize that the handwriting is on the wall and they don't have a shot. that may be the situation, at least some people think he's in right now. >> let me bring shannon traffic advice back in. shan yo, stanning by at the process and ceremony right now. some of the people are starting to gather. what is the chatter about around there? are they excited about this announcement, are they algz anxious about it? >> i would probably separate them into two camps the one camp of supporters. ooefb following them all week long, people chanting, go, cain, go, and probably another camp of some of those people i spoke with who are hear just for the spectacle of it all.

they've been watching us on tv and knowing he's going to make an important announcement today. they want to be near and see what he says and be a part of it. there are some loyal supporters in this crowd. just a few days ago, one man told me flan flat out that he does not believe herman cain sexually harassed anyone or had an affair for 13 years because he did not believe a man would speak with such conviction and do those things such as herman cain does. >> on that note, he just made, somebody doesn't believe that the man can speak with that much conviction, we've seen politicians speak with that much conviction before and be lying to our faces, haven't we? >> you know, let's not even go very far back in history. there are a lot of people who were stunned to find out john edwards, the family man, had an affair and had a child with someone else. so, you know, i would never

underestimate that people aren't all one thing. we tend to make these politicians what we believe they have. they tend to want to be what we believe they. but reality has a way of coming in even on the political campaign trail. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman, bill clinton, remember? >> we remember them all. herman cain, we are told, has left his home, presumably on his way to this event, but we don't know that for sure. don't know if he's making any other stop. but what you're seeing, folks, is the new georgia campaign headquarters of herman cain and many saying this is decision day about whether or not he's going to stay in the race. i am one that's saying you can't have a grand opening and a grand closing on the same day. so candy, joe and shannon, we will be talking to all three of you throughout the morning. thank you so much. meanwhile, oh, yeah, there's other candidates.

mitt romney. he's rallying supporters today in new hampshire. he's at a campaign stop in new hampshire. not a lot about his own policies, but the first question out of a reporter's mouth was about herman cain. >> you know, i don't know where herman cain's support will go. if he decides not to stay in the race, i wish him well. if he doesn't stay in the race, those folks will take a good, hard look at all of us. i don't think people have settled down in a final way in deciding who they're going to support. i hope they give us a good, careful look, that they see the work we're doing and the commitment of our people and recognizing what america needs right now is a leader. i hope as they vault that they believe i am the leadership that america needs. >> romney commentsed about how many front-runners there have been, he said his campaign has been steady throughout the storm. stay with us as we wait for that herman cain announcement as soon as possible he starts speaking,

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all right. we're 13 minutes past the hour now. we turn to the penn state child molestation scandal. jerry sandusky is speaking out again and giving his side of the story. he said he's innocent and never had sexual contact with young boys. the former penn state football coach sat down with an extensive interview in four hours with the "new york times."

here is a piece of what he said. >> if i say no, i'm not attracted to boys, that's not the truth because i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls -- >> yeah, but not sexually. >> right. i enjoy -- that's what i was trying to say. i enjoy spending time with young people. i enjoy spending time with people. i mean, my two favorite groups are the elderly and the young. >> now, the voice you heard there off camera was his attorney jumping in trying to help him around that question. he's asked in that interview why he did things like showering with kids, sleeping with them in hotels. he said he only saw them as his own children. sandusky insisted he never sexually abused a child. prosecutors decided in charging him with 40 counts of month lefting young boys. another scandal in the syracuse scandal. we're now hearing from head

basketball coach jim boeheim. he's apologizing for being angry when he was defending his former assistant coach of sexual molestation. he said his comments were wrong and made out of loyalty to bernie fine. fine was fired last month and is accused of month lefting young boys. it's not clear whether country singer mindy mccready will face charge after she took her son from her mother and stepfather. police say they found mccraydy hiding in a closet with her 5-year-old son in a house in arkansas earlier this morning. the boy is now in state custody. authorities say mccraydy took her son from her mother's florida home late last month and she asked the court to restore custody to her out of concern over the boy's safety. the singer, who has fought a public battle against drug addiction does have visitation rights. former democratic presidential nominee george mcgovern is in guarded condition in a hospital in south carolina,

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18 minutes past the hour now. tun employment rate in november dropped from 9% to 8.6%. that's a 2 1/2 year low. that's great news for people. and while the country added that of 120,000 new swrobs, there's a hidden fact in here. almost three times as many people dropped out of the labor force. they just stopped looking for work altogether because they haven't been able to find a job. so you have to look a little deeper into those numbers. also, if you're looking for a job, should you be required to volunteer in exchange for getting unemployment benefits? one georgia republican state senator, john alberts, says absolutely you should. he sponsored a bill requiring jobless people to volunteer at least 24 hours a week. critics say it's not fair, it doesn't give unemployment people here time to search for that job. he was here talking to me about it earlier. >> when folks lose their job, it

can be depressing and defeating. i helped do this at our church in our jobs services ministry. getting out, serving folks, getting new stuff on your resume. there's only positives. when you're helping our citizens serve other people and our charities, only good can come of it. >> shouldn't people have that right whether they want to do that? >> that may be true, but we need to get people back into the workforce. as you know, there's a record number of people who have given up on looking for work right now and we need to get folks back in there. we as a government want to do the best we can to provide that environment. >> now, what makes you think this would pass the legal test that you could require this? employers here in this state pay into the unemployment insurance that goes out for folks. what makes you think you could legally attach this condition? >> i think if you look back in history at the wpa and other things that were done back during the time of the great

depression, he can put those same practices back in the legal recession. i think we have to challenge the status quo. we have to do things differently, we have to do them better. >> a lot of people say, wait a minute. and you're required. how did on come up with the 24 hours? that is a huge chunk of time for someone trying to find a job. how did you settle on that amount of hours sfp. >> i believe three days is week is a good amount of time. but you think about this, most people find work when they're already working. so they already know that you can work a full-time job and find new work. to give back what would be three days of business tooilt time, i think is more than reasonable. >> that business time, a lot of people argue i could be using that time to find another job. and we all know, certainly in these times and georgia has had a higher unemployment rate than the nation for quite some time now. it's a full-time job to find a job. >> what a better way to find a job than to be working, have something on your resume, new skills and meeting new people.

>> on that subject of jobs, a lot of people looking for work. when you're doing that, even in these times, don't sell yourself short. don't just try to find a job. you should find your dream job, at least according to our "new york times" client tells you yes, even in these times, be picky. get your dream job. >> don't just spray and pray and think that i'm going to put myself out there to everybody and it's going to happen. my resume is going to be all over the internet and somebody is going to call me about a job. be focused about it. find the company that you want to work for. >> aren't you limiting yourself in some ways? >> no one wants to see that any more because it's going to get hit and at the bottom of the pack. you've got to know these companies inside and out. you have to figure out, how can i get inside that company and what do i need to do to stand out? >> what if you don't have the skill set yet? >> go to tech school, take additional classes. some people think, i have to go and spend a lot of money to get another degree. that's not always the case.

specific skills to say, okay, now i know the company i want to work for. let me find that job that's going to work for that company. >> talk about the classes there. >> it's about networking, who you know and what they know about you and what you know about them. >> you hear about that all the time. >> exactly. >> but is that the type of network? >> thing people get messed up, it's not about pags out business cards, it's about relationships. so if i meet two people out of a hundred people, that's fine. but realize, know you like you trust you. first people get to know, then they like you and then they trust you and they'll get you a job. >> and what is this, it's all about online now? >> you've got to have your own presence. there's a website called about.me. that's a great website. use your social media, your twitter, your linkedin, use your facebook and talk about who you are and what you're looking for. >> do you direct people back to

that stuff? >> you direct them back to it. and it's not about the pushy salesperson any more. you're pulling people to you. they're intrigued about what you're talking about. now they want to see who you are. >> how do you market yourself? you can't buy a billboard and -- >> you've got to build a campaign now. it's called building a campaign. it's about you watching and realizing that in the next six months, this is what i want to do. so it's interesting, you've got videos out there, 17,000 videos on youtube of people doing online resumes. a guy did a creative one from google and he wanted to get a job and he talked about his skill set and why they needed to hire him. we have to be that intent in this economy about getting that job. >> 24 minutes past the hour now. up next, the story of one cnn journalist. watch the iraq war. watch it on tv like a lot of folks. he was there. he was in the line of fire at times. our good colleague and good friend, michael holmes shares his year in the combat zone. stay with us.

it's 24 minutes past the hour on this cnn saturday morning.

as we get close to the bottom of the hour now, a major milestone in the nearly nine-year u.s. war in iraq. all americans packed up yesterday and left an enormous military base near baghdad's airport and signed control over to the iraq authorities. it's camp victory over the american headquarters since very early in the war since the days when correspondent michael

holmes may say made his first trip there to cnn, we asked him to share his thoughts, miss memories, both good and bad of his experiences of reporting on the war. >> it still, you know, resinates with me as a very big part of what i've been in the last eight or nine years. i look back on those photos right now and look back on what that's like, initially, this was day one of the setup. you could all the wires everywhere, people everywhere, plastic chairs. this was our live shot position. this was after post combat bureau, if you like. we're a pretty knight tight-knit group. it's a bit of a club. and anyone who was there at the time, you never forget them. in the early part of the wart,

we were able to travel what the military called unilateral. we can out and do stories. that changed in january 2040 which is when we were attacked. we were down and ambushed. it was a horrible, horrible day because yasser and bkhatab was killed that day. the military became almost a safer way of getting out of the city. in '06 and '07, too, there was an absolute explosion of sectarian violence where militia were killing each other by the dozen. here is the photograph. i turned the corner, there's a body in the streets. it's a bizarre reality when you think about it that way. there's a body.

let the police know and you keep on moving. for while, you were conditioned to be looking for suspicious packages. then for a whole period of the ward, you would find you're looking at out and looking around. these guys, they're looking out at rooftops. they look out for sniper activities. in '08, we did a patrol out in the western desert. this was a place that the u.s. military hadn't even been to before. we did find a couple of car bombs. these are bits of shrapnel coming off of it. in more recent years going back, things have eased. i remember last year, for the first time for me since '04, we headed out of town. we went up to diallah province on our own, without the military, wandered around the marketplace with iraqi soldiers, not americans, and there are photographs of that walking around the marketplace and that, again, just felt, things have settled down a lot. that puts the reality in iraq

now, are things better? yeah, they're a lot better than they were in '06, '07, '08, '09. are they good? no, not really. you have an average of 14 attacks a day. you have an infrastructure that's crumbled and still is not working well. sewers kb rome, techdy. the influence of iran, the militias, what will happen when the americans are all gone? what's going to happen then? there is so much that remain toes be seen in this story. >> and michael holmes is headed back to iraq, counting down tow end of a mission in iraq. we just passed the bottom of the hour. a lot of people asking the question about will he or won't he get out of the race? well, this is the event. campaign headquarters, the georgia headquarters opening up. that's a live picture you're seeing. this is taking place right now here in northwest georgia.

we know that herman cain has left his home. we don't exactly know where he's headed. presumably here, but don't know if he's making any stops beforehand. but he has an announcement that is coming. we don't know what he is going to do. stick around with that. we have the latest for you and our political players joining us, as well, to talk about what herman cain will do.

34 minutes past the hour. you know something is up when a presidential candidate makes news just because he left his own home. that is the case this morning with herman cain. he has left his home, presumably going to an event that has to taking place or is taking place at the opening of his georgia campaign headquarters. that's peculiar because this is the day that herman cain is going to be making a major announcement about how his campaign is going to move forward. some are speculating that he could possibly get out of the race today after meeting with his wife last night for the first time face-to-face since the allegations of a 13-year affair. as we keep an eye on this picture, we just called into our show this morning. lenny mccall sister and maria

cardona, what will he say and what should he say is the question. >> what i think he will say is that they're going to continue to move forward, they're keeping a strong front and doing it for america. he's in the race for his grandchildren, all the rhetoric that you heard when he first jumped into the race. what i should say is probably at some point it's taken too much of a personal and emotional toll on my wife and it's time for me so sunset our effort and i'm going to get behind our nominee for 2012. when he came out with this, he mentioned that this was taking a big toll on his wife and that may be the hook that allows him to slide out sooner than later. >> i agree that that is exactly what he should say because, you know, in all of this -- and we can talk politics as much as we want. but this ham become a huge tragedy. i feel for his wife in all of this. i think if he can focus on what's best for her and his family, then he'll get out. unfortunately, we have seen this

is somebody who has run a campaign that's all about herman cain. and it's been all about selling books and putting his name out there. and i just don't think that he is thinking in terms of what is best. he says he is, but i don't think he's thinking in those terms. i do think, however, that this is a question not if he will get out, but it's a question of when and how. >> do you agree with that? i assume you don't. but a lot of people have been dispolicive. and i don't want to put words in your mouth, but dismissive of his campaign. he's just here to sell some books and he's surprised that he got up to the top of the heat. but do you think he has played an important role? does he still have an important role in the campaign? >> he has played an important roept role and i don't think he got into it just for the books. if you look at this, he was shoring up the tea party support in 20089. so he knew that we've never had a presidential cycle with the tea party pushing a presidential candidate. he knew he could catch lightning in a bottle. he was more familiar with them than mitt romney was and jon

huntsman was and newt gingerich at the time was seen as a retread. so why not catch that lightning in a bottle? and what happened? he went from the single digits to the top of the poll. people thought that he was doing well in some of these debates. 9-9-9 caught fire and caught the nation's imagination. so in some regards, he was not totally surprised. >> but i think that's where you have to go to. i think he was serious about getting in the campaign and i think those tea party tours were part of that. was he serious about participating in the campaign? yes. was he serious about ever being a real contender? no. if he was, he would have set up infrastructure. he would have started raising money earlier. he wouldn't have been in tennessee and ohio doing book signing ceremonies when he should have been in new hampshire and iowa.

>> he's already said he's a nonpolitician. do you know how to set up that infrastructure and that organization? no. some of that is going to be trial by error. >> and it's not rocket science. if you're serious about being a contender, you can do that research and you can hire staff who has run presidential campaigns in the past. >> but he didn't have the money. >> he didn't do any of that. >> he didn't have the money. as he was building up himself in the polls, he was building up the money and still doing well. why not save that money towards the end, have it in time for 2012 and then start spending then? if he doesn't get tripped up in october, that strategy may still have him at the toll of the polls and then he might have been a force in iowa, south carolina and beyond. >> is this another strategy on his part today? he has a lot of attention, clearly commanded a lot of attention today. is this another -- i don't want to call it brilliant, but it's clearly working to get the attention of all eyes on me and to say, you know what? i'm full steam ahead and it

recharges that campaign ahead. >> i think there is a distinct possibility for him to be full steam ahead and to go to iowa. i think he has enough money. iowa is not very far away, to go to iowa and then say he's quitting the campaign because of d he didn't do so well in iowa. but i will say this about him. i don't think that he is doing this today just to command attention. because i have to say from the very beginning, this is not the kind of attention that you want to demand as a presidential candidate. >> but can he turn it down? >> it's not the kind of media attention that you want. >> can he turn it today? he can get back on message in some way? >> what's the message? >> no. >> there is no message. 9-9-9 is a domestic policy issue. he hasn't been able to speak to foreign affairs and everybody has been talking about these allegations for the past month now. there is no message other than what will herman -- >> and 9-9-9 fell flat on its face, as well. >> clearly wbts over. we don't know if it will be over

today. lenny mccall sister, maria cardona, so nice to have you in house here today. they'll be with us cnn sunday morning after this announcement. thanks, guys. >> thank you. we're about 40 minutes after the hour now. those powerful winds have been battling southern california for days. not done just yet. they're damaged homes and businesses, knocked trees and power lines all over the place. when are things going to get back to normal? when will the winds die down? reynolds wolf, joining us in a moment.

once again, the event is under way. we are standing by to hear from herman cain, making a big announcement today about the future of his campaign. you are seeing the building. that is his new georgia headquarters which is supposed to be opening today. i can't really imagine opening and closing a campaign headquarters on the same day. he did leave his home a short time ago here in northwest georgia. hasn't made it to this event yesterday yet. he made a stop on the way and we're told he is meeting with donors before making this announcement. but we will have it for you live. stay with us. meantime, important weather story. we need to bring in reynolds wolf for. southern california.

no hurricanes over there, but hurricane force winds. >> the santa anas have been coming through the region. it will be tough today. these guys have been busy. my gosh, the guys up there trying to restore the power. me passed into the high elevations and into the valleys. that dry, dry air, of course, very strong as t.j. mentioned as it happened. you see the damage. let's pop over here for a moment, t.j. another another issue with the wind. with the wind, you have a lot of dry, with it. it's something where it's going to push a lot of that humidity out to sea. if you've ever spent any time in southern control, you have the marine layer. today, you have all the wind coming from the inland areas out

towards catalina island. but the dry conditions with the wind really do pose a fire threat. keep that in mind for the day. the winds, how strong will they be? as we wrap it up, looking for it to be anywhere from 40 to 60 miles per hour. you could see more downed trees, more power lines, more problems. the wind should subside as we get towards the afternoon. that's the wind been we're going to go over here to t.j. we're a quarter to the top of the hour now. a lot of folks are maybe stressed out about buying toys for the kids. but a company has an idea for you. maybe you could just rent the toys. also coming up, looky who we have here. do that two-step you were doing just a second ago. fredericka witfield is in the house. she's coming at the top of the hour. but before she gets started, she's going to sit down with me. they came to see us in florida... make that alabama... make that mississippi.

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about 11 minutes to the top of the hour. a lot of people are still figuring out what they're going to put under the tree for the kids. there's a solution if you still have some questions out there. you can rent the toys. the new website, yes, fredericka, toyguruoffering toys

for less than what they would cost to buy. you can rent the toys for a month, then send them back. >> a month? >> but if the kid gets attached, right, to the toy, they'll let you buy it at a time at a discount. kids might not get so attached to it, so you're renting it and sending it back. >> i need a little more than a a month for a trial. >> well, fredricka is not digging it but some parents are. >> good idea. i like it. >> ideal situation for the holiday time where you can stuff toys under the tree for 50 bucks f you're out there buying them, there's no way you can do that. >> all right. their web page here, the toys are aimed at children at younger ages. can you choose a plan to get a toy every month, every other month. as fredricka was saying. >> i got too involved in that one. >> i like your involvement. that's why you're here. the point is the kid needs two

or three months. >> it's new, having a good time, you buy it, then next month, month two or three, you buy it and you've made that investment. they should have consulted with me first. judd kidding. it's a great idea i like it. >> how are you? >> very well. busy day ahead. >> the herman cain thing happening as we speak. >> of course we're going to have our eyes and cameras and reporters all fixated on this announcement. look, the crowd already there outside the new herman cain headquarters in atlanta. when he emerges from the glass doors there, the partitions, we'll all be hanging on every word about his campaign or whether this will be the ceasing of his campaign, suspension of the campaign, we'll see, or the continuance of the campaign. >> we'll see what happens.

>> anything can happen. >> no way a grand opening and grand closing. not going to open headquarters and say, by the way -- >> exactly. we're going to have our team coverage under way just as you have all morning long. shannon travis, the others, best political team on television. the best legal team will be joining us as well at noon eastern time, avery and richard. you probably heard the case in cleveland, 200 pan, 8-year-old child removed from his home because protective services, child protective services said they felt like they needed to intervene for the sake of his health and well-being. our legal guys will talk about whether this is a common practice in most injuries dicks, or how unusual it might be, what kind of legal recourse there might be for the family if they so choose to indulge in that. when you go shopping, you're at the cash register, and the person at the register may ask you would you like to make a

donation to xyz organization. karen lee is going to be along to let you know whether you should indulge every time, whether you need to ask a few questions. is it a wise move in which to make, even if it's a dollar or $5 or more. >> i need to see that it's almost like you feel bad if you don't. would you like to make a donation? no, i don't. you feel horrible. you start asking questions, the people in line, give a dollar already. >> exactly. karen is going to help us out with that. then oscars, a little bit more than a month away, already quite the buzz on movies. some favorite picks. one is a silent movie, modern day silent movie starring john goodman. is it one you should see or do you think it should be a contender. all that straight ahead. >> don't see that anymore. >> the actors, i saw quite a few of the interviews with the actors who said they really

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just a few minutes away, fredricka whitfield is going to take over in a moment. any of you who used ticketmaster in the past could see a refund. this is part of a settlement to a class action lawsuit filed in 2003. fredricka, have you used ticketmaster in the past three years? >> yes, of course. >> you have among coming back. the company wrongly collected fees. the check you can expect in the mail, fredricka? >> really? i don't have to file any papers, fill out forms? >> probably. >> you are going to get a whopping $1.50 back. >> for each event, each ticket. >> no, just $1.50. you can get up to $5. >> okay. pay for a beverage, candy bar. >> you're not excited.

>> i am excited. it's the holiday season, every penny counts. the list is long. >> on the issue of tickets, listen to this one. snakes on the plane. you ever see that one? >> no. >> you didn't? >> i didn't see the movie. >> how it didn't win an oscar is beyond me. real live snakes in the tax office. this happened in india. a farmer, snake charmer left them in protest. she stopped by to explain what's happened here. >> in northern india, the one farmer is, in fact, a snake charmer. he has asked this particular office to please give him certain deeds for some land he wants to keep his snakes. they keep saying yes, i'm going to give it to you if you give a certain amount of money. you don't have the money.

so he unleashes over two dozen snakes including poisonous cobras on the tax office. capture the snakes. can you imagine how petrifying that is. >> tossed them in there. >> literally walked in. it was the point, furious at this point. he had begged. he had asked this. had gone on for two years. eventually he said no mas, no more. he didn't know what else to do. he speaks about absolute desperation. in india amongst officials there is so much bribery, so much corruption, this was just an outcry, a way of saying i will not take this anymore. if you look on youtube, many times if a public official tries to bribe someone they will shame them publicly. >> was anybody hurt? >> no one was hurt. the farmers has as of yet