putting in the time there. he arrived in honolulu yesterday. this is the year the first -- or the first year, i should say, on the island of oahu. top of the hour here now from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia. this is your cnn saturday morning for this christmas eve. i'm t.j. holmes. got some bad news this morning. for two people in particular. those two, newt gingerich, rick perry, those names, those two will not be on the primary ballot in a key straight. we'll tell you why. also, financial fitness in 2012. got some tips on making some smarter money decisions than the ones you made in 2011. also, we all remember this video. the check president, pocketing a pen. do you see him there? you're on tape. we see what you're doing. switch i tell to the left hand, get it in the pocket.

this is one of a number of embarrassing videos from 2011. we'll show you. and a pretty big setback to tell but now for newt gingerich and rick perry. two presidential candidates have not collected enough valid signature to appear on the state's primary ballot. athena, everybody is wondering, how in the world if you're a serious candidate for the nomination, can you, i don't know, just forget to get your name on the ballot? they didn't forget, but still, how can this happen? >> i mean, it's really baffling to a lot of observers here. people were surprised, especially about newt gingerich. but we have gotten a statement from each of these campaigns. the perry campaign says in part, they're going to closely review the facts and law to determine whether an appeal and challenge is warranted. now, gingerich's campaign called the whole way virginia handles its ballot requirement process, they said it's a failed system

and they said they're going to pursue an aggressive write-in campaign to make sure all the voters of virginia are able to vote for the candidate of their choice. this is interesting because, you know, gingerich lives in virginia. he lives in the d.c. suburb. he also is on top of the polls in the latest poll showed him five points ahead of mitt romney. but none of that matters if you can't get on the ballot. and it's interesting, even though he talks about his write-in campaign, people say, if you didn't have the organization and the ground game to make sure you're on the ballot in your home state, how are you going to moint this ridin campaign? >> who is feeling pretty good about this now? we have a couple that will be on the ballot. >> exactly. as you'll remember, this is so important. each state is so important in this process because it can be a really, really long process as

we saw in 2008 opinion so all of these states, primaries and caucuses, they all add up. these candidates are trying to get to 1143 delegates. that's half plus one of all the delegates at stake. or at hand. so those numbers can change a little bit, but it will be a long, hard flog to that 1143 number. >> athena, thank you very much. cnn politics.com. can we please get over to reynolds wolf? reynolds is over here doodling, okay? i'm trying to do some news here, we're coming to you next with weather. why did you erase that? >> it's funny how perspective changes from person to person. what some people might consider doodling, others consider hard core metrology. >> and i don't understand. >> what it's called is radar. i have a lot to share with you and that all has happened happens in texas. one huge thorough fare is the

i-20 corridor. if you're taking off going from dallas to el paso. when you get things started in dallas, what have you got? scattered showers. you're driving through the clouds, windshield wipers going crazy. then right to the point of abilene, you have an area with thursday at or below the freezing point. below 32 degrees, that twitches over to snow. take a look for that. over to abilene. now, in terms of aum calculation was we had hour we had up to. inches of snow. not going to be ta big of a deal. traveling around tl texas, that will be the biggest travel trouble spot in the nation. dallas, ft. worth, maybe going to san antonio or a flight in houston. that storm system is going to drive its way to the east, eventually moving into places

like new orleans. not saying severe thunderstorms, but certainly heavy rainfall. lake-effect snow fall. the northern plains, high temperatures of 42 degrees in kansas city, 39 in minneapolis, 50 in seattle, 70 in los angeles. 37 in albuquerque. the string of 30s and 40s from boston to washington, 80 degrees in tampa. here in atlanta, 61 degrees will be your expected high. >> that's pretty good stuff. i don't understand metrology. >> you know what snfs he was telling the truth. it was teelgdzed, but not to be shower with my viewers, i'm sorry. we're five minutes past the hour. some folks are out there right now hustling try to get those last minute gifts. ben, the malls there in new jersey opened at 7:00. it's getting louder and busier every time we come to you over

the past couple of hours. >> it is, t.j. you know what i noticed? i took a walk around, did a little window shopping. you know what i noticed? i noticed a lot of men are out here shopping today. the majority is men, of course want there are also a lot of women. one of the guys i found here is anthony rui. you are doing pretty well, though, considering you are catching up on your christmas shopping, aren't you? >> yes, i am. >> and this isn't the first time you've been out, but you said you have a lot to do. >> yes. a heavy load of christmas parties in the restaurant business. i got all my shopping down this morning. i got here earlier. it was quiet. now it's picked up a lot. >> so who are you shopping for inspect. >> for my wife. >> and you've got some bags here. what have you got? victoria's secret. that's a good one.

what did you get there? >> all of the essentials that she's like. it's been a trend every year since we've been married. i get her a perfume some some under garments. >> and what else? h&m and macy's. i can't give it all away because she might be watching. >> good point, anthony. but you're doing pretty well. and he's one of the guys walking around with bags and bags full of stuff. would you believe that 25% of the people who were surveyed in the consumer reports survey, t.j., as of thursday did any -- they didn't do any christmas shopping. so i think he's ahead of the game. do you think? >> yeah. this might be the first cnn saturday morning in a while where we talked about undergarments in a live shot. but please -- >> he gave it all away. >> one quick thing here, though, how much time do people have? i made the mistake of thinking a lot of stories are going to be open later, but not necessarily tonight. >> right. they're not going to be open as late as they have been over the

past several weeks because of the holiday shopping season. yeah, usually on christmas eve, the stores do close relatively early. this particular mall is closing at 6:00 p.m. so that might be the trend. so if you still have shopping today, i say get out sooner rather than later. >> we will see you again soon. >> thank you so much. >> we're at eight minutes past the hour. while most people, kids, are undressing their final wish lists to santa claus, some are sending others to a well known name. also ahead, is that deal really a deal? financial experts collide anderson has the tips. [ woman ] ♪ what i want this season ♪ if you'd like to try and guess ♪ ♪ it is something very special ♪ i would readily confess [ dogs barking ] ♪ 'cause all i want this season ♪

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president obama kick off the holiday weekend in his home state of hawaii. he got this last night hours after signing into law a payroll tax cut extension. you remember that whole fight. he had to wait around. and michelle and the girls already went ahead on their vacation. brianna keilar, have you been out there just hanging out waiting on the president to show you up? >> this is what happens, t.j. i know it's hilarious. but yeah, we've been here for days playing the waiting game for president obama. >> poor thing. >> reporter: and seeing as though things wrap up at the last minute with congress, it cass wind of what we expected. >> congratulations to you on this trip. i'll ask you later what you've been up to the past couple of days. but what is the president -- the president is never really on vacation. he has a 24/7 job, of course. but what do they have planned now? do they have to put some things out because he's getting there late? >> well, you know, i think all

along, there was this uncertainty of when he would get here. pretty much the president when he comes to hawaii, there's a lot of activities that are pretty standard vacation activities that anyone here on vacation would do. of course, it's a little different being the president, but already last night, if you can imagine, i don't think i could have handled this after that long, almost nine of-hour flight from the d.c. area, president obama and the first lady went out for dinner with family and friends to maury motor restaurant here in waikiki. but there's no public events that are actually on the schedule, t.j. what we're expecting is to see some of these standard activities, you know, in past years, you certainly will expect that president obama is going to play golf. he's done this the last several years when he's come out here. maybe he'll go to the ola monna golf course where he learned to play golf here as a team. he's gone out for hawaiian shave ice with his daughters. that's something they do almost every trip. and then they'll, of course, go to the beach.

the beaches here are gorgeous. we're probably not going to get any pictures of president obama and the first family swimming out there on the surf because they go to a beach that's on a marine base not far from kialua where they're staying. >> how much work can we anticipate the president doing out here? is there some work that needs to get done? >> there's always work that needs to be done. i think the white house is hoping for a quiet vacation. but always top of mind would be, of course, whether there might be some sort of thrift threat or some sort of attack. if you remember back in 2009, it was that attempted bombing on that airliner going into troit detroit on christmas day. i mean, this is something that the president has to pay attention to, obviously, and always be vigilant of. he will receive a national security briefing every day. he's staffed by a member of his

national security team while he's out here, so he'll be getting that briefing either in person or in writing. then, of course, there's oos another concern. t.j., you may recall president obama coming out a few weeks ago and saying that he wanted the senate, which failed to confirm his nominee for that consumer financial protection bureau, this is an agency that needs to regulate those financial products that were really at the heart of the financial meltdown. it's very possible that president obama is going on be thinking on this trip about a way maybe to circumvent congress, perhaps. he said all options are on the table. maybe he'll make the news, maybe after the trip, and he can use the time to think about that. >> brianna keilar, always -- >> oh, wait, and t.j.? >> yes. >>. [ speaking foreign language ]. to you in case i don't see you tomorrow. >> okay. and -- to you, as well.

thank you so much, brianna keilar, always a pleasure, my dear friend. about a quarter past the however now. time for the little ones to write to santa. many people are skipping the dear santa letter and writing a dear president obama letters. they are pleading for their loved ones not to be deported. >> reporter: one wish for christmas. >> i don't want my -- >> the georgia native says some of her relatives are not in the country legally. so she fears they could be deported. >> it would be sad for me. >> ana and some 5,000 children across the u.s. wrote letters not to santa claus but to president obama. >> they are angry of the things that have been created to take their parents away. >> the head of the georgia human

alliance for rights web organized a letter writing campaign in georgia. he says the almost 100,000 ordered deportations ordered last year are having an effect on the kids. >> they're writing to obama and saying, listen, don't do this to us. leave my father here. let him spend christmas with us. let the family be together. >> and not all of the letters were written by kids whose parents are undocumented. daniel says his parents and brothers are u.s. citizens, but still he wanted to reach president obama. >> if i can be able to give the president a better understanding of why i don't want this. >> he says, he has friends whose parents have been deported from the only place they could see their home. >> my friends from school don't have to go and right here is my life, here is my town, here is my -- everything i have is right here in georgia.

i don't want to go. >> mao said these children have shown an awareness to this difficult issue far beyond their age. the letters were sent to the white house and members of congress in hopes the leaders can reach an agreement on immigration reform. but for now, the fear of the unknown overshadows the joy of the season. >> what i think is going to happen is more -- than they've ever been in their life because their parents have been separated. >> cnn, atlanta. we're at 17 minutes past the hour now. and a story you want to see out of north korea. north koreans risking his life to tell cnn about his country. >> north korea does speak openly, he says if anyone knows i'm talking, i'll be sent to

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20 minutes past the hour now. we've all seen the website advertising great deals, two for one. is it really worth it? i talked to collide anderson about how to make the right decision and avoid some of the mistakes you made in 2011 and 2012. listen to these traps. >> one of them is that deal of the day, the deal of the day, the groupon, they're telling you that this is on sale. or are you buy right now, you can get it for this price. >> that's not right? >> what happens is it wasn't on your list. it wasn't on the needs list and now it becomes something that you want. it seems like it's a great deal,

so you go for it. sometimes, isn't a great deal? if you need it, it is not a great deal. now we get to driven by the excitement. >> what if i don't need a car? >> that's a different situation. it depends on what type of car it is and what you can do with the cars you have. >> well, you know how i am, man. >> yeah. >> what's next on your list? >> the next thing we have to look at is a lot of times what we're seeing is people that are buying, they're going out finding all these deals that they think are really, really good deals. they exhaust all possibilities for the sale. they say, i'm going to look all over, spend five hours talking about this things. how much is your hour worth? if i spend five hours and i make $100 an hour, i've spent $500 looking for this item that i need. so you wasted time and money instead of just buying it.

saving $10 or $5, is it worth your time? >> i never would have thought identity this way. what's next, the trap toes avoid for the next year? >> buying on emotion. this year has been a roller coaster. we've seen the stock market go up, the debt ceiling, all these things going on. people are tuned into until it's driving them to make a decision to buy or not to buy. so the stock market is up. we feel good and want to go and buy. the economy is great, job market is good, we're down and we don't want to buy. we're driven by these things. don't make buying decisions based on how you feel on emotion. >> something else to keep in mind, collide says pay with cash as much as you can. that can help you get around those bank fees. always he says save money first before you spend. 10% of out your pay, put it aside before you go buy anything. britain's prince phillip rushed to the hospital friday? we'll give the update on his health. stay with us. in america, we believe in a future

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24 minutes after the hour now. let's take a look at the headlines on the inter national front. syria's president blaming terrorists for twin suicide bombings in da mastus. opposition says the attacks are the work of the regime. meanwhile, the u.n. saying more than 5,000 people have died since president al assad began a crackdown on protesters back in march. to moscow, more than 10,000 voters are protesting what they say was a rigged election. security is tight. russian media reporting bus loads of riot police lining up along streets. britain's prince phillip will spend christmas eve in the hospital. this is queen elizabeth's husband. he under went a procedure to

block a coronary artery. prince phillip is 90 years old. and many of us have been taken aback by some of these pictures. you're seeing north koreans appearing to cry hysterically over the death of their dictator, their dear leader, kim jong il. a lot of people have openly wondering if all that sobbing was real. is it just a show? our stan grant goes looking for answers. he's just over the border. >> this man does not want to be identified. he's afraid even to talk. there are many north korean spies here, he says. many, many. there are hundreds of spies. we will call him mr. lee, a north korean living on the china side of the border.

he says he risks death just being seen talking to us. north korea does speak openly if anyone knows i'm talking, i will be sent to prison and there's no mercy there. i will be shot dead. as we perceive, he opens up a little more, painting a picture of a harsh live across the border where people are starving and the only factories operating are for making military weapons. right now, he says, he fears a desperate country with a potential power vacuum that could so easily lash out. >> before kim jong il died, he's preparing the country for war and to hand power to kim jong un. other north koreans here are in northerning, weeping openly for their leader. for hours, korean bess,

restaurants normally flourishing have closed their doors. san duang is separated from north korea by a river. cross border trade flourishes here. this is a bustling small chinese city, tall buildings, noise and traffic. on the other side, emptiness and silence. a lone ferris wheel, a symbol of a colorless world. from this pedestrian bridge, we can walk right to the edge of the border, so close yet so gift. this is the end of the line. it's about as far as the bridge goes. it stops right here. this side of the line, i'm in

china. as i step out of the bridge here, i enter north korea. mr. lee knows too well what happens there, a regime obsessed with pumping money into its military while desperately poor people go hungry, he says. that's all we can eat, corn. no one can get full on that, he says. there is no food, not even food for china. it's been blocked for three years. even if you have money, he says, there is nothing to buy. any goods are traded for what little food remains. mr. lee is well off by his countryman's standards. he has relatives on the china side who runs businesses. it's a lifeline for his family back home. mr. lee is able to work here on a limited visa, but he crosses back and forth just to keep his family alive. i can't not go back. i have to. i have a son and daughter, he says. if i don't go back, they can't survive.

he has shed no tears for kim jong il and harbors no great hopes for the so-called great successor, jim kim jong un. but still, he lives in here of what the north korean regime can do. spied upon, afraid to speak out. as much a prisoner as those whose lives are trapped in its borders. stan grant, cnn, on the china/north korea border. >> and at the bottom of the hour here now, we're going to turn back to politics in a moment and ron paul's problems with a newsletter from 20 years ago still dog him on the campaign trail. you tell us what you want to pay, and we give you a range of coverages to choose from. who is she? that's flobot. she's this new robot we're trying out, mostly for, like, small stuff. wow! look at her go! she's pretty good. she's pretty good.

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all right. 33 minutes past the hour now. big election news out of virginia. it's not good for two candidates in particular. newt gingerich and rick perry have not collected enough signatures to be on the virginia ballot. donald trump is abandoning the republican party? the business mogul has changed his voter registration from republican to unaffiliated. trump switched to preserve his right to run for president, also

because he was disgusted with the way republicans handled the tax cut battle. and a newly released poll shows ron paul, newt gingerich and mitt romney in a statistical tie for the lead. a solicitation for those newsletters has come to light and it koms describes a race war, a gay cover upand a government conspiracy theory. our brian todd explains. >> as you surges in the polls before iowa, ron paul is, again, having to defend himself over language in a letter written on his behalf. we've reported recently and in previous campaigns how ron paul has disavowed newsletters with his name on them. newsletters from the '80s and '90s with racial insights towards african-americans and others. paul says he didn't write them, didn't know who did and that he rarely read them. now we're learn ofg a

sliftdation letter of those newsletters, not only written on paul's behalf but on what appears to business his signature on them. it warns of, coat, the coming race war in our big cities. it mentioned the federal homosexual cover-up on aids and then says in brackets, my training as a physician helps me see through this one. it references the israeli lobby, which plays congress like a chooep cheap harmonica. in one, they lay out what they say is a government conspiracy to track people through new currency. unlike those letters, this letter has ron paul's signature, indicating possibly a closer connection. the reuters news agency which first reported on this and obtained a copy of the letter says this solicitation was object sustained around 1993. reuters says it got the letter

from james kircheck. we contacted ron paul's campaign. the campaign chairperson said dr. paul did not write that solicitation and the signature is an auto pen. it does not reflect his thoughts and is out of step with the message he has espoused for 40 years. they say there were multiple ghost writers involved in writing all these letters and that paul does not know who wrote the offensive material, but the campaign says that because they appeared under his name, quote, he should have better policed it and that he has assumed responsibility and apologized. i also tried to find out whether ron paul's campaign is going to try to find out who wrote the letter and maybe admonish that person. we didn't hear back. wrien todd, cnn, washington. and be sure to join cnn for the iowa caucuses. finally, time to start doing some voting after all these debates and all this back and forth, finally, the primary

season starts. iowa caucuses, catch it right here on cnn, 7:00 eastern on january 3rd. america's choice 2012 coverage begins. 36 minutes past the hour. let's say good morning to a very important person of the morning. that is reynolds because he has the info you need this holiday travel weekend. >> where do you keep coming up with this very important person? i'm the guy that just does the weather. >> most days, maybe you're not a big deal. but today -- >> it's gone from bad to worse. >> today, really important. people want to know what's happening with the travel. >> a big question i want to ask you, t.j., what do you consider a white christmas? white christmas, when you already have snow on the ground or does snow have to be falling? >> you kind of want it falling. you have to see it. >> yeah, you want it falling. falling. >> let me show you would is going to get what. this is who has snow on the ground and lots of it. the southern rockies and up into the northern rockies, parts of

the cascades and, of course, into the sierra, nevada. back out towards the east, you have the u.p. of michigan, arrowhead of minnesota and extreme northern wisconsin and part of the northeast. that's snow on the ground. who is going to get snow tonight and into tomorrow? well, it looks like, as we pe put this into motion, we're going to see snow. >> west texas, parts of new mexico, parts of the pacific northwest and some of the great lakes. that's it. that is complete lit it, which is unfortunately if you're hoping for a lot of the snow across the nation. you're not going to see tons of it. but if you're just start to go travel, your travel weather is going to be a-okay. we're seeing great conditions across the eastern and central great lakes. pretty nice if you're taking a flight towards san diego or l.a. the only big trouble spot we have in terms of rough weather for travelers is going to be right here in texas from abilene back over to dallas. it's a weird situation with rain on one side, sleet mixed in and heavier snowfall on parts of 20.

abilene, back into midland, odessa, the snow should continue through a big part of the day. then, t.j., as we wrap things up, we're going to see that storm system pull the its way into louisiana. certainly bringing the snowfall into parts of louisiana. >> good stuff. pretty good weekend for the most part. our time sg fine. >> all right. reynolds, thank you, as always, buddy. it's 39 minutes past the hour. we're talking movies coming up. sgroo well, this movie family bought a zoo. did you and your family, though, go watch the movie? also coming up, regifting. it's been a debate all morning. is it okay to regift or is this just something tacky and you need to avoid or is it something you dodell you how to do it,

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definitely in the christmas spirit. good to have you with us. let's start with these dramatic reviews we've been seeing about this movie about a horse. let's take a look and i'll ask you about it. >> you won't be any good in the war. >> sorry. >> what is going on? >> i see. what's your name, lad? how old? >> 19, sir. >> no, sir, but i'm bigger than most 19-year-olds and i'm strong, sir. >> what are your qualificatioqu? the war is very clear about the appropriation of soldiers. >> this one seems pretty dramatic and whatnot. old yeller like, if you will. >> you know what? "war horse" is steven spielberg stacking the deck this holiday pep has animals plus saving private ryanesque action and i

was powerless against him. i was sobbing by the end of it. it works. i definitely gave this movie an a because i knew i was being militaried, but i had no choice but to go along for the ride. this movie has egg. it's heart warming, it has action. the horse is majestic and amazing. i'm a sap. i totally fell for it. >> this was going to be sappy and sad? >> it is. it's a horse and war. there's nothing else to say. it's like if you sent the horse from marley and me into world war i. >> i meade might need something more upbeat for myself into the holidays. next, it's we bought a zoo. >> putting yourself into insane debt. >> are you good? >> yeah, all good, thanks. >> who is that? >> that's kelly. >> oh, okay. here is the revised duncan plan. dump the animals, keep kelly.

that's true joy. >> it's about rosy, man. she is happy here. >> rosy is 7. make her a nice screen saver and she'll be just as happy. >>ive it right, this is based a true story of some kind or true event? what's your grade for this one? >> it is. this movie is truish. the author, benjamin meade, debuy a zoo. the rest of it, a little bit hollywood vibe. i gave this one a b minus because i'm a big fan of cameron crow, the director, and this is a great movie for families. there's a lot of family drama in it. how do people relate to each other when they're going through something really difficult, like a death? it turns out these people started hanging out with animals and yelled at each other and wore comfy sweaters. so i was into it. cameron crowe makes great movies with great sound tracks. >> heart warming family film? >> it's heart warming and it is

actually really funny, as well. but you're going to get a little teary. not as much as war horse. this is more upbeat for you. >> let me see if the next one makes me cry. the girl with the dragon tattoo, let's look. >> i need your help. you come stay on the island. >> a way of avoiding. >> you will be investigating. this is the -- collection of people you will ever is see, my family. this is harry. someone in the family murdered him. >> pretty dramatic stuff. please tell me this will not make me cry and please tell me this one is good. >> if this one makes you cry, then i would be a little bit concerned for you. definitely not a crying movie. what says christmas better than sexual abuse and swedish people?

i don't know. yeah. david fincher made this movie. it's a remake of a swedish film. and it's a watered down version of the original, i think. however, the story is still so great that people who haven't seen the others aren't going to know what they're missing and they're going to enjoy it. i gave this one a b because, again, i know how good its predecessor was. but for everyone else watching, daniel craig is a lovely damsel in distress and the hard core punk is going to save him. fantastic movie. it works. >> you enjoy your holiday weekend and you have a thing for sweaters apparently in all these movies. good to see you. have a good holiday weekend. >> thank you. you, too. >> as we get close to the top of the hour, it's the video we just love here on cnn saturday and sunday morning. we caught the czech president stealing a pen. and he really thought he was going to get away with it, did

he? we'll look back at this .some of the other embarrassing videos we have seen in to 211. you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's my world. that's my world. ♪

in this morning's morning passport, the most embarrassing damaging moments of 2011 from around the world gave me the highlights of the year. >> the woman they're about to talk about today loves christmas music too much and she loves christmas drinks too much. she got rather aneeb reeated and stationed in yorkshire, england, and she was so tipsy from her christmas drinking that she literally gets off the train and -- oh! >> wipes out. that is called fall down drunk. and the video was released to warn people not to do that. >> i wonder how she feels about this video being released? >> i'm sure it's embarrassing, but she is fine. >> we have some of the most

embarrassing videos of the year. that's pretty good. can you top that one? >> absolutely. a woman in pennsylvania was so busy texting that she fell into the fountain. the caveat was, after this, she sued the mall saying, you should have warned me. she hated that that video wasme. anyway she hated that video was released. >> the judge threw that one out, i hope. >> you loved the one of the czech republic president when he took that pen. do you remember it was the pen encrusted with gold and lapis. there he is with chilean president sebastian panera. here is what he does. let's take a look. he takes that pen and he very sur eptiously. >> isn't this the case he

thought he couldn't and he had to steal it. >> he said that's what we do, take ceremonial pens out of tradition. >> embarrassing. >> embarrassing for the entire country the maldives. people, a swiss couple, renewing their vows. you have the person conducting the ceremony. he's doing it in tahiti. really he's cursing them, the most terrible things. i can't tell you how bad. cursing them and wishing them a terrible life. that was very embarrassing. put it this way, wonder what happened to their marriage. was it cursed? how powerful? now this week,ed fedex guy arrives. look what he does with this television upon ter. >> at least it arrives on time. >> yes.

>> he arrived, it had broken. he checked out surveillance video and sure enough, explains why it was broken. fedex said the guy was punished. they were shoblgd by the video as well. >> put it this way, they say no advertising is bad advertising. >> come on, dude. you could have tried to lower it down. do something. nine minutes off the top of the hour. big names out there. even bigger gifts. our alena cho is in the building. joining me more with how bill clinton, jennifer lopez are giving back. she's also going to be here at the top of the hour.

six minutes the top of the

hour. look who we have. >> t.j. holmes. i never thought i would see the day. >> of course you thought you would see the day. how are you doing? >> doing well. >> you look great. >> flew in from new york. so glad to see you. is this the last time we'll be on television together? >> it might be. well, here. >> our friendship endures. >> good to have you in atlanta. >> thank you so much. we have a lot coming up at the top of the hour. you've been talking about politics and newt gingrich and rick perry not making the ballot. in virginia talking more about that. the legal briefs. we'll talk about the biggest divorce settlement in hollywood history. >> i thought there was a big one. mel gibson, 8:50 million. i thought maybe was it harrison ford. >> it's hard to believe but it's a lot of money. the interesting part about it, his ex-wife robyn will be sbilgsed sbilg

entitled to future earnings. how did that happen? can you say no prenup. thank you so much for the nice plug, my special big stars, big giving. you know we've been doing this for a couple of years. this year i spoke to bill clinton, tony bennett, will ferrell. coming up in the next hour we'll show you my one-on-one with jennifer lopez. it was a thrill for me. i went out to the set of "american idol" in los angeles, pasadena to be exact. it was something that happened to her newborn daughter emmy. she had a health scare with her. it was that that inspired her to start her foundation and give back to mothers and children around the world. we'll be talking about that. my special airs at 2:00 p.m. eastern time on cnn. i'll be on at the top of the hour. >> tony bennett, i haven't seen that one. >> it was on tuesday, also today 2:00 p.m. eastern. he sang a song for me. >> i'm not going to sing you to break here but we'll see you in a couple of minutes. top of the hour at noon. good to see you, my dear lady. regifting. have you done it before? >> i'm not going to tell.

>> you're not supposed to admit it. that's key. is it tabu? dos and don'ts. one of the don'ts, don't admit it on national television. [ male announcer ] the only place to go for every guy on your christmas list with great deals throughout the store. walmart. and video chat with up to 9 of your friends with the galaxy nexus by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. not quite knowing what the next phase was going to be, you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working.

and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's my world. that's my world. ♪

all right. 'tis the season, the gift everyone keeps on giving. regifting. you give a president to someone somebody else has already given to you. newspaper columnist and blogger carol townsend told me it is acceptable if you pick the right things to regift. >> one of the examples i like to give is those beautiful food baskets, wine, cheese, chocolates. you may get so many you can't use them. there may be something in it you don't care for. great hostess gifts. same season. don't stick it in the closet and use it next year. >> so are we getting over -- we

talked about this being tabu. people still don't own up to it, that means it is still tabu. >> it is tabu. i think that will always be the case. in this economy people are being forced to be resourceful. as long as you do it with taste, you can stell show consideration and care in selecting a gift. a lot of times what people will do is regift, say, a wedding present to someone during the holidays. it can be something very nice. >> we're going to get to the don'ts. two things here, how do you handle -- who is it more offensive to, the person you're regifting to or the person gave you the gift you're giving away. >> it's about an even call if you're caught. >> should you ever own up to it? >> i believe no, you shouldn't. you just have to be careful about it. so yes. >> so let's go through the don'ts. you said one big don't is don't own up to it, don't tell somebody you're doing it. what else do you need to watch