think you've accomplished your goal. we want to get you caught up onhat's going on. wikileaks strikes again. their confidential and embarrassing revelations about key world leaders. a terror plot foiled a 19-year-old somali-american could get life in prison for allegedly planning to bomb a christmas tree lighting ceremony in portland, michigan. we're learning more about the teenager and a possible revenge attack on a mosque he attended. and losing john lennon, a cnn documentary that counts down to lennon's murder 30 years ago. this morning, an exclusive interview with mark david chapman's wife. wikileaks striking again. the huge document dump revealing conversations between washington and diplomats stationed around the world. >> yeah, some of the most fascinating parts are about

iran. and jill dougherty live from washington with more on that. jill, first of all, how damaging is this latest release of documents? >> kiran, you know, it's really hard at this point. because it's very early now. not all of the documents have been released, still more to come. so it's hard to assess what overall this will do. but i did talk to one u.s. official who said that this could be hugely damaging. and one of the factors is the number of these documents, 250,000, and there are more to come. it gets into diplomatic issues, leaders, hot spots around the world. literally almost everywhere the united states has diplomacy. and it's not just u.s. diplomats that are quoted in this. there are leaders from other countries who are quoted talking about third countries. so the net of this and the impact could be really, really broad. this came out, obviously, over the weekend.

and now monday we should be hearing from around the world some reaction to this. it could certainly at a minimum make life difficult for the u.s. diplomats that are in embassies and missions around the world dealing with people, perhaps, about whom they said very uncomplimentary things. it rises in significance when you get into u.s. strategy and vision, what the u.s. has been doing with its diplomacy around the world. and one last thing, kiran and john, i've been looking at some of the blogs and one person said, well, if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear. but that's not really what we're talking about here. it's not necessarily anything wrong, it's things that were done -- it's the unvarnished truth about things. and that is going to make it very difficult for u.s. diplomats to tell and be honest about what they are reporting back to washington. it's very, very damaging to the structure of how they do business. >> sort of like if your private

conversations were suddenly printed on the front page of the "new york times." a lot of chatter too about iran and its nuclear program, specifically regarding both israel and saudi arabia. >> right. those are some of the most interesting. in fact, you have to say in the arab world in the mideast, the most interesting will be those comments by arab leaders, specifically the leader of saudi arabia, talking about iran, the fear and loathing that they have for iran, its nuclear program, and for the president ahmadinejad. another one is this disturbing report that iran is getting missiles from north korea. that's a very serious part that's come out in wikileaks. and another aspect of this is how they gather intelligence and the cable purportedly coming from washington and secretary clinton, although not always do they come directly from the secretary even though it's signed by her, telling diplomats to gather information on other

diplomats. things like credit card numbers, frequent flier numbers, and that, of course, would lead to the implication that there's spying. something that crowley vehemently denies. he says this is what they do, they collect information. and added other diplomats from other countries do the same thing. >> jill dougherty for us with the latest on the wikileaks. thank you. >> thanks, jill. from the white house, to the pentagon, to congress, wikileaks may put them at risk. saying wikileaks should be declared a foreign terrorist organization and called on the obama administration to prosecute the founder. coming up at the top of the hour, we're going to speak with the wikileaks spokesman. in a few hours, a suspect accused of plotting a bomb is

due to appear in court. he's a somali-american trying to use a weapon of mass destruction. >> authorities say mohammed wanted those attending the tree lighting to leave quote dead or injured. chilling, particularly when we consider he tried to detonate this bomb. the intent would appear to be there. >> reporter: absolutely. john, kiran, the police chief here in portland told us, even though the public was never in any immediate danger because the bomb was fake, it's frightening to think. this area was crowded with thousands of people. who is the suspect? we followed his trail to the town.

corvallis, oregon. the home of oregon state university. this is where 19-year-old mohammed has lived for the past year and studied engineering part-time. alex masik, a friend from high school said mohammed was outgoing, the kind of guy everyone wanted to hang out with. >> he had a lot of friends, he was pretty popular. seemed like he was friends from people of every crowd. >> fbi investigators paint a different picture. saying mohammed, a naturalized u.s. citizen from somalia told an undercover agent he'd been thinking about committing violent jihad since he was 15. according to an fbi affidavit, he plotted for months with undercover agents believed to be jihadists. to detonate a van this past friday in downtown portland. in preparation, he allegedly exploded a practice bomb earlier this month and recorded a chilling good-bye tape saying "to my parents who held me back from jihad and the cause of

allah, nothing you can do to can hold me back." fbi agents are investigating an attack where mohammed sometimes worshipped the destroyed front office. >> they're going to assume that this mosque is what trained him to do such and such item. >> my name is mohammed, and that first thing threw me off. great, now mohammed is linked ask more and more -- >> reporter: he says mohammed worshipped here once every two months. >> what was your first reaction when you heard he'd been arrested? >> i was shocked. and the greatest thing, you know, that affects me most is i wish i could have intervened in a way. >> reporter: it seems as though you're very saddened by this, very emotional time?

>> he had the brightest future, you know. >> reporter: and hurt the muslim community, as well? >> and put the civilians in threat and the population as a whole. >> reporter: now the young student who appeared to have it all could face life in prison for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. he's scheduled to appear in court later today. john, kiran? >> and the fbi said they've not made a connection between the apartment attack on the gathering and the mosque. >> reporter: that's exactly what he believes. he says this mosque has existed in the town of corvallis for 40 years, they have never been attacked and now this. he says what has been very surprising to him is that the

community yesterday as word got out about the alleged attack, people started coming out and talking to them offering their support. business people even told the imam will help rebuild that center. >> thelma gutierrez, thank you. sad news from hollywood this morning. leslie neilson has died of complications with pneumonia. his career took a sharp comedic turn in 1980 with his unforgettable role in the movie "airplane." and he went on to star in the police squad television series and then in three "naked gun" movies. the great leslie neilson, 83 years old. >> there's a whole generation of people that remember him as a comedic actor. >> it spawned so many favorite lines. have you have a favorite line? >> i still love when he says pudding? and he says no thank you. >> it's is the same old story.

boy remembers girl, boy loses girl in tragic blimp accident. goodyear? no, the worst. >> you really had one of those planned out. >> it's one of those things that sticks with you. >> he was great. he will be missed but he'll live on in the movies and quotable quotes. about ten minutes past the hour right now. i know reynolds wolf has a favorite line from leslie neilson. hey, reynolds. >> i've got to jump onboard with john on this one. that was absolutely classic. one thing that's not going to be so classic today is your travel. we've got millions of americans still trying to get home. either way you're going to be traveling and it might be that pain for many of you. check out this map behind you -- behind me, rather. delays in minneapolis, chicago, st. louis, memphis, dallas. some of those delays possibly up to an hour or so. the reason why, this immense

storm system right in the middle of the country, top half bringing storms to the northern plains. thunderstorms will be a possibility. very quickly, your temperatures for the day, a bit on the cool side, no surprise for billings, 23 degrees, 71 in dallas, 53 in d.c., 50 in new york, 85 in tampa, and 59 in san francisco. okay, guys, you're up to speed. let's pitch it back to you in new york. pretty good day for you guys. >> yeah, and 50 degrees not bad in anybody's book this time of year. still to come on most news in the morning, china is calling for emergency talks on the crisis in korea. next week marks the 30th anniversary of john lennon's murder. we have a special documentary. and this morning, part of our exclusive interview with the wife of lennon's killer mark david chapman. and could it be true? does wolf blitzer really do the

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15 minutes past the hour. and a show of force this morning. american warships in the waters off the korean peninsula. we're now more than 24 hours into the war games involving the u.s. and south korea. >> and as the tensions escalate following last tuesday's deadly attack against the north, china is calling for an emergency meeting to diffuse the crisis. at the same time, john mccain telling our candy crowley on "state of the union" that it is time for the north korean leadership to go. >> i think it's time to talk about regime change in north korea. and i do not mean military action. but i do believe this is a very unstable regime. >> well, we're tapping now into the global resources of cnn. stan grant is live in seoul,

south korea. what did he say? >> reporter: kiran, john, this is a very defiant -- and you will pay a very, very big price. the attack on yeonpyeong island last week was an inhumane act. it's unprecedented. now, many people in south korea have been waiting -- >> you know what? we're actually -- i have to apologize for interrupting, stan. we're unable to hear him. just lost the connection when we went to him. we'll try to get him back later. to find out more about what's going on 24 hours into these war games, tensions ratcheted up, and a lot of people wondering how this is going to end. >> the latest is that china is beginning to take a role calling for resumption of six-party

talks. i think we have stan back on the phone. go ahead, stan. start back from the beginning. we literally couldn't hear anything you were saying. >> reporter: yeah. a lot of pressure has been on president lee myung bak since that attack by north korea last week. basically south koreans angry that the south korean military did not respond hard enough or quickly enough. he stepped up today and spoke to his people basically saying he took full responsibility for not being able to protect the lives and property. he said to north korea, any more aggression and north korea will pay a big price. he said this was an inhumane act. and an unprecedented act since the end of the korean war. and as he said to the south korean people today, it is time for action, not words. john? >> so what about, stan, this call from china for everybody to come to the table and talk about

what's going on and try to ratchet the tensions back down? >> reporter: absolutely crucial. china is north korea's biggest ally. it has been able to chair the six-party talks in the past which basically bring together china, united states, japan, russia, and the koreas to discuss the nuclear program. what it's calling for is to bring the heads of the delegation of those six-party talks together to try to find a way through this crisis, talk this down, provide some legal room to negotiate and then resume the talks in full. the problem is getting the others to sign on right now which could seem to north korea like a reward for bad behavior, john. >> all right, stan grant for us this morning in seoul, south korea. thank you. and coming up on "american morning," it's the video you have to see. wolf blitzer does the dougie and stands in for eminem? what's that all about? ♪

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♪ 21 minutes after 6:00 here on the east coast. and here's some of the stories that got us talking in the newsroom this morning. it's being called the play of the year in college football. check this out. oklahoma state defensive back brown launches it into the air while falling out of bounds, tips the ball to teammate shawn lewis for a remarkable interception against oklahoma. >> it happened so fast, you don't even see him do it. >> he hasn't put his foot down. he's still in play, still on the field. it's amazing. when you see it in slow motion, look at that. look at the acrobatics there. well done, like a little bit of

an alley-oop in football. >> great play. >> 900,000 times this has been viewed so far. well on its way to over a million. well, it is now official. he is really happening now. our own wolf blitzer, a presenter at the "soul train" awards wound up getting some dance lessons from none other than dougie fresh. >> teach me how to do the dougie, you know why? >> why? >> because i can learn the dougie from the man himself. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage doug e. fresh. >> all right. well, wolf ended up accepting the award on behalf of eminem who did not show up. but are we going to see it? there he goes. i don't know if they taught him that facial expression, but -- not bad.

>> that studied over years and years and working here at cnn. >> you're supposed to touch your hair, wolf doesn't want to mess his up. he's doing a high dougie. >> two things you never see on television. mom and dad to be giving power to the people when it comes to naming their first born. they're letting facebook users pick one. there's a snag, though. just when they settled on a middle name of lauren -- >> very pretty. >> of course, the number oname emerging on facebook, sophia. >> if it ends up being sophia, i have to change the middle name. >> it could work. >> it could work. >> and hers is sophia lauren, it'll be slightly different. >> slightly different. the great universal democracy of facebook, picking baby names. congress gets back to work.

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affects your bottom line. >> absolutely. in this week, they've got a year's worth of work to cram in one week. and everything they tackle this week is going to affect you, your money, your paycheck and taxes. let me walk you through what is an important calendar for congress this week. today they're meeting on the medicare payments to doctors, could be a 23% cut there. tomorrow, they're going to be talking bush tax cuts with congressional leaders and president obama also the alternative minimum tax fix. well, there could be some 20 million american upper middle class households that could get hit with higher taxes next year. you tack that right on the deficit, of course, and we've done that year after year. but this could result in a higher tax bill if it's not tackled again. jobless benefits on tuesday. 2 million people could lose their benefits in december. and it's looking more and more like they're going to punt on this, that 2 million people will no longer have a $290 to $400 a

week unemployment check. why? paying for the extension. we've done this again and again, and it is expensive. and at what point is is it no longer an emergency but now a chronic condition? on friday, you're going to have them tackle the fiscal -- we don't have a budget. we still don't have a budget. no action the government, of course, could shut down. but what they're expecting to do is to approve a continuing resolution, a temporary spending plan that is in place right now expires on friday. also, we have the deficit commission that's preparing its final report. it will on wednesday vote on its final proposal and present that to congress and the white house. so an awful lot going on that will affect everything from if you're a doctor, how much you're paid, if you pay your taxes and you're in the middle class, what your tax bill will be next year. >> and leave those in place? >> they're expecting for the lower and middle class to leave them in place. but the question is for the rich

and or do you just extend all of them for a year and punt it again? >> and there's unemployment benefits, the difference between being able to stay in your house or continuing to rent or not. >> and that will have an immediate effect. that means by wednesday people would not be able to file for an extension of unemployment benefits, by wednesday. >> they've got a lot of work to do. better get to it. thank you. >> you're welcome. coming up on the half hour now. your top stories this monday morning. joint military exercises between the united states and south korea underway this morning in the yellow sea. the drills are taking place nearly a week after north korea shelled a south korean island. china is calling for an emergency meeting in an attempt to diffuse the crisis. haiti's government calling sunday's elections a national success. two hours earlier, 2/3 of the candidates denounced the vote demanding the results be tossed out. and fallout from another massive wikileaks document dump.

the website released more than 250,000 diplomatic cables from u.s. embassies from around the world. some detailing u.s. spy operations on allies and the united nations. the white house is warning that the leak could threaten lives and national security. joining us now from london is wikileaks spokesperson. kristin, thanks for being with us this morning. explain for folks who might -- not quite understand it, why did you want to put these documents out there? why did you think it was necessary for the world to, i guess, see how the sausage is made diplomatically? >> well, this is a -- we've got a media organization, a journalistic decision. people have the right to know what their governments are up to. i have to correct you, though -- only 250,000 documents, only a few hundred are out there yet. we will -- we will release them

in the next coming weeks. >> all right. so you will be putting them out there eventually. you say that the public has a right to know. there are a lot of things that go on militarily, in the intelligence community, in the diplomatic community, as well. that maybe would be intriguing to know about, but for reasons of national security, they have been kept under wraps and there are people today who were suggesting that what wikileaks is doing is actually threatening national security. what do you say to those charges? >> well, i think it's a bit farfetched. and it is important to keep in mind that these cables are not in the top secret classification. even, i mean, half of them are unclassified. so that could cause imminent threat to national security. and may i add because of the accusation the information in these papers may cause injury to

individuals that we have and will go to great length and scrutinize materials of our organization and our media partners in order to reach out to individuals who might be harmed by the exposure. >> a lot of what we're seeing, the state department of the administration is calling it sort of unvarnished communications between the members of the diplomatic core. it seems like iranian president ahmadinejad being compared to hitler. sarkozy called an emperor with no clothes. the president of afghanistan, hamid karzai, driven by paranoia. this is the sort of thing that if you are an american diplomat, you don't necessarily want these people to know about. but is it really -- >> if you're an american diplomat, should you actually just say those things? compare leaders to hitler? there are other revelations

there. big interest in general public. i point out, for example, the cable instructing the state department diplomat to conduct spying of the united nations and even collect information. that certainly would fall outside the scope of normal diplomatic activity to collect dna samples from the members of the united nations security council. and i think it might even be a breach of international conventions. >> and that is something that we should point out that the state department is denying, saying it never happened. just back to, again, what the impact this would be. the white house calls this reckless and dangerous, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen says lives could be put at risk here. the state department says it could risk counterterrorism operation, certainly impact relations with other nations. i guess they're saying you're playing a dangerous game here.

>> well, these are comments that were -- and statements -- before, actually, we started releasing the materials. and this is nothing new to us. we had similar strong statements when we were releasing the iraq war logs and the diary. later on, even, top officials on the pentagon had to admit that there has been no danger caused when the iraq war log was released prior to the release, the pentagon was saying that we were putting the lives of 300 individuals into danger. in fact, when we released the material, we had rejected all names so there was no danger there. >> now, now, this is being ratcheted up by american politicians. peter king says that he wants wikileaks prosecuted for espionage. and he's also pushing the secretary of state to declare wikileaks a foreign terrorist organization. and i'm wondering what your response to that is. >> well, i think this is a very

serious thing to say from lawmakers and i hope that is not the sentiment in washington in general. >> all right. thanks for joining us this morning. well, they call it black friday, but they say it's getting a little grayer and grayer each year as people don't wait for the day after thanksgiving to start shopping for those deals. plus today's cyber monday. are there any good deals we should know about? we're going to be joined coming up by an expert on all of this coming up. one word turns innovative design into revolutionary performance. one word makes the difference between defining the mission and accomplishing the mission. one word makes the difference in defending our nation and the cause of freedom.

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40 minutes past the hour. we're more than six hours now into cyber monday here on the east coast. it's the biggest, most critical online shopping day of the year. here to check out the deals to be had and how black friday turned out for retailers is marshall cohen for the mpd group, a market research firm on long island. welcome, thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> a lot of people wondered how black friday went. because we know that times have been tough for retailers over the past few years because of the recession. >> black friday actually did pretty well. retailers did a good job of making sure the consumer got good deals and staggered their opening hours. so the consumers who were the crazies, very devoted to shopping were able to go to store to store to store to store. last year they had to wait in line, this year they were able to go to lots of different

places. >> so the bottom line, the national retail federation, which tends to be a little rosier about this said 8.7% increase in spending over last year. some of the other calculations had it a little bit lower than that. but the bottom line is people bought much more and also bought for themselves. >> the real key is is looking at the holiday season with are the consumers opening up their pursestrings and buying? well, we clearly got the answer yes. they were also buying for themselves. and for people extended beyond their lists. last two years, there was no impulse purchase. there was no self-purchasing. this year, the consumer saw really good deals and said okay one for you, two for me. and that's a really big piece of the puzzle. if we can get the consumer to put impulse back into the equation, it'll be a good holiday season. >> some of the other things that are interesting. i happened to be at a walmart on black friday. what i saw, everybody seemed to have a huge flat screen tv. and when we looked it up, walmart had incredible prices. $250 to $400 for these very

large flat screen tvs. a lot of people buying them. so electronics big. what else? >> electronics came in second. apparel is still the number one gift give item. but electronics is continually year after year climbing up the list. toys comes in third. and then you have movies. the dvd business did exceptionally well. it was also a huge doorbuster deal. people were waiting in line to get $1 movies on recent releases. so it's really an interesting thing. and then you -- you know, you also have footwear which has entered into the equation. it turned out to be a big holiday item. so the top five categories are those. but then also look for other areas where the consumer -- remember, consumer goes in to buy the $400 flat screen tv but also buys a lot of other products, maybe even diapers included. >> right. we didn't get any flat panels, though. i wanted to ask you about today, which is cyber monday and the official online retail day. what should you be looking if

you're trying to find a deal today? >> the difference is -- cyber monday was almost a little bit more hype than reality, but really what's happened is now the regular brick and mortar, the stores that have online sites have gotten in on the action, as well. so what that has done is create a greater competition. this year cyber monday is going to offer great deals. don't buy at a site unless they're giving you free shipping. every product you could possibly buy online should come with free shipping this year and even free returns. so do a little homework before you click the buy button and make sure you're getting the best price and don't be shocked if you find that other deals are going to come throughout the rest of the week. it isn't just today only. >> so don't pay for shipping. also, what about taxes? is there ways you can sometimes avoid sales taxes by buying from places that don't have sales taxes? >> you know, every site has different laws that they have to be governed by because some states don't charge tax if you buy from that in that state.

look for that, as well. at the check out point, you don't always have to push buy. so look for what your total is before you click. and if you are paying tax, then look at another site that may be as hosted from another state. >> all right. bottom line, things are looking better for retailers this year. but all of this is still preliminary. >> still very early in the game. but the good news is that the consumer was there and the retailers did a good job. >> thanks very much. marshall cohen for us. "buy me." thanks so much for being here this morning. >> my pleasure. reynolds wolf is in for rob marciano with this morning's travel forecast. and gloria chapman. hear from the wife of john lennon's killer. part of our documentary to mark the 30th anniversary of john lennon's death. 44 minutes after the hour. check out the myboniva program. it's free to join, and it shows you lots of ways to help improve your bone strength. like bone-healthy exercises that are easy to do.

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♪ sun coming up over new york city this morning. it's in the 30s. it'll be not bad today, sunny with a high around 50. >> not bad. let's check in with reynolds wolf right now for a look at weather across the country, as well. hey, reynolds. >> we're beginning to see a bit of a pattern coming across the rockies and then heavy snow no the rockies. it's beginning to move into the central plains. scattered snow showers in parts

of big sky country and in the northern plains. and before the day is out, some spots could see up to 5 to 6 inches of snowfall today. you happen to see it's shaded in purple or pink, that's where you have your warnings or watches. as we expand our view a bit, more of those developing out towards the west. we have a winter storm warning now in effect for portions of the cascades and also a winter storm watch currently in effect. the big weather maker is this area of low pressure that's going to bring a lot of cold air to the parts of big sky country, the northern rockies, like 23 degrees for a high in billings. tampa, 5 degrees shy from the 90-degree mark by this afternoon. and you guys were talking about temperatures in new york, 90 will be your expected high. this area of low pressure, once it gets moving towards the east, it's going to be changing a lot of things. more cloud cover develop along the great lakes, your snowmakers farther back out to the west. and as everything ramps up and intensifies for tomorrow, we could see strong thunderstorms develop from the gulf coast

clear up to parts of the appalachians and then more snowfall back from the twin cities. in terms of delays, very quickly we're going to wrap this up. you can expect to wait in atlanta. for chicago and memphis, minneapolis, dallas, even houston. houston's had delays due to low visibility and showers anywhere from a 15 to 30-minute wait. all right. you're up to speed. send it back to you. >> thanks so much. we'll see you again. and this morning's top stories just a few minutes away. it's cyber monday and it's your day to save if you know where to search. we're going to show you where to click. looking back at the life and the legacy and the music. a sneak peek at our documentary, "losing lennon." next week will mark 30 years since lennon was gunned down. and we'll hear from the wife of the man who pulled the trigger. yes, mark david chapman is still married. why has she stuck with him for all these years? we'll find out in a minute, 50 minutes after the hour. [ s. greenlee ] i would love to have been a musician

but i knew that i was going to need a day job. we actually have a lot of scientists that play music. the creativity, the innovation, there's definitely a tie there. one thing our scientists are working on is carbon capture and storage, which could prevent co2 from entering the atmosphere. we've just built a new plant to demonstrate

how we can safely freeze out the co2 from natural gas. it looks like snow. it's one way that we're helping provide energy with fewer emissions. ♪ 53 minutes after the hour. 30 years ago next week, december 8th, 1980, john lennon was gunned down in new york city. the killing, of course, shocked the world. in the wake of the murder, we learn more about the man who shot john lennon, including the fact that he was married. well, 30 years later, gloria chapman has stuck by her infamous husband. all these years have gone by. in the documentary "losing lennon: countdown to murder," we hear from her exclusively about her husband, their life, and lennon's death.

>> reporter: it was a remarkable press conference. december 10th, 1980. >> being a beatles fan, i mourn the death of john lennon and feel great sadness for his wife yoko and his son shawn. >> two days after her husband shot john lennon, gloria chapman appeared oddly disconnected. her answer to one question shocked many people. >> do you still love him? >> yes, very much. >> in this exclusive interview, she reflected on those days saying she couldn't comprehend the enormity of what had just happened. >> for i guess the first few weeks i was just in a dream kind of thing. i mean, it just didn't seem real, you know? >> reporter: as reality sunk in, it left gloria wondering what happened to the life she had dreamed of when she first met mark david chapman in 1978? >> she saw him as sort of a

night in shining armor? >> she did, she did. >> reporter: jim gaines is one of the only reporters to have interviewed gloria chapman. he says she spoke lovingly about her engagement. >> they were walking on the beach and mark said to gloria, would you marry me? and she was just ecstatic. and she described it to me as the happiest day of her life. mark never did. >> perhaps that was a glimpse into the misery and she said abuse that soon followed. >> i don't remember what i said, but i have said something sarcastic. and he hit me real hard on like my ear. and i had to sit down. >> reporter: gloria's naive dreams of happily ever after vanished altogether. >> the only place you could go for privacy was in the bathroom.

i'd go in there, lock the door, and just cry. you know, i can't take this. how long will it be like this? this is miserable. >> reporter: why do you think she stayed with him all these years? >> she was faithful. it was a virtue. you obeyed virtues. she was trying to be a good wife in an impossible situation. >> it's pretty amazing when you think about it. 30 years later, she is still married to mark david chapman. still visits him at least once a year for visits. you think she would've pulled the plug a long time ago. >> it is. it's amazing. and does he talk about their marriage, as well? >> he doesn't really talk about their marriage too much. he does talk extensively, though, about what was going on inside his head leading up to the murder, his remorse after the murder, how he has tried -- he was just recently denied parole for the sixth time. gotten rid of the demons he said

possessed him and drove him to kill john lennon. we've got a documentary this saturday night "losing lennon: countdown to murder." we talked to all sorts of people. julian lennon, yoko ono, the police officers on the scene, dr. steven lynn who tried to treat lennon that night, vance hunter, a whole lot of people. give you some really amazing insight into the events leading up to the murder. the type of person mark david chapman was and how significant john lennon was. >> a fascinating look and certainly must-see television. very cool. >> it really is. very proud of this. i think it's going to be great. >> that's awesome. meanwhile, we're going to take a quick break and your top stories coming up. 57 minutes past the hour. togetr we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the diamond store. where you'll get an extra 10% off at zales.com, all day cyber monday. where you'll get an extra 10% off at zales.com,

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spies, lies, and missels. wikileaks strikes again. the fallout live from washington this hour. ahead on this "american morning." and good morning, thanks so much for being with us on this monday the 29th of november. i'm john roberts. >> and i'm kiran chetry. first, though, other top stories. a foiled terror plot. a 19-year-old somali-american indian could get life in prison for allegedly planning to bomb a christmas tree lighting celebration in portland, oregon. this morning, we're learning more about the teen suspect in a possible revenge attack on the mosque where he worshipped. hollywood mourning a legend this morning. leslie neilson died. he became a comedy icon with his roles in "airplane" and the "naked gun" movies. we'll take a look back at what's surely some of his most memorable movies. online deals supposedly

everywhere this cyber monday. how do you get the best bargains out there? christine romans will be joining us to tell us how. up first, though, part bond movie, part tom clancy novel. wikileaks striking again. another huge document dump revealing conversations between washington and diplomats that we have stationed around the world. jill dougherty joins us live from washington. and there's question as to whether this information out there is actually damaging or just more embarrassing. >> well, john, you know, when you plow through, there are 250,000 documents, not all of them released yet. but one certainly stands out, and that is the cable that indicates iran gets missiles. this is exactly what it says, cnn has looked at that cable. a cash of missiles based on russian design. iran obtained 19 of the missiles from north korea, and those missiles could for the first time give iran the capacity to

strike at capitals in western europe or easily reach moscow. that is really important. it is not saying they are delivering nuclear weapons, but the capability could be there. that would be the delivery vehicles. and there's another thing on iran that is very important. and that is the opinion of the arab countries toward iran. really fear and loathing. in fact, cable showing that king abdullah of saudi arabia urged the united states to strike, strike iran's nuclear program and as he put it, cut off the head of the snake. john, kiran? >> some members of congress are suggesting that people involved with wikileaks should face prosecution. is it possible they could have charges brought against them? >> representative peter king of new york is saying precisely that. he wants to get them on the espionage act. king is saying he wants wikileaks declared a foreign terrorist organization.

now, whether that is really legally possible is not clear at this point because it's not clear that he himself was the one who accessed those documents. the allegation is that private first class bradley manning did that. so questionable at this point, but there's certainly a real ground swell to do something to shut them down. >> jill dougherty for us in washington this morning. jill, thanks. the white house is accusing wikileaks of being reckless and dangerous. at the bottom of the hour, ed henry takes a look at how this leak could affect the president's efforts to end the war in afghanistan and reach peace in the middle east. a major cyber monday setback narrowly averted. comcast cable said service was knocked out in the boston areas last night. comcast says service is back up and running right now. engineers are still trying to pinpoint the cause. tragedy at soldier field during yesterday's bears/eagles

football game. a fan fell off of a small rooftop and later died in the hospital. a teen accused of attempting to set off a bomb at a christmas tree lights in portland, oregon, is due in court. mohammed, a somali-american is charged with trying to use a weapon of mass destruction. authorities say that he wanted those attending the tree lighting to leave "dead or injured." the foiled terror plot may have sparked a revenge attack against a mosque where mohammed occasionally worshipped. thelma gutierrez is following this story for us live in portland. hi, thelma. >> reporter: hi, kiran. well, when he was arrested on friday night just 20 minutes before that tree lighting ceremony, authorities were quick to point out that the public was never in any immediate danger because what mohammed thought was a bomb was actually a fake.

now, who is this young suspect? we followed his trail to find out. carvallis, oregon. the home of oregon state university. this is where 19-year-old mohammed has lived for the past year and studied engineering part-time. alex, a friend from high school, said mohammed was outgoing, the kind of guy everyone wanted to hang out. >> he was pretty popular. seemed like he was friends from people of every crowd. >> fbi investigators paint a different picture. they say mohammed, a naturalized u.s. citizen from somalia told an undercover agent he'd been thinking about committing violent jihad since he was 15. according to an fbi affidavit, he plotted for months with undercover agents he believed to be jihadists, to detonate a van filled with explosives at a tree-lighting ceremony this past

friday in downtown portland. in preparations, he allegedly exploded a practice bomb earlier this month and recorded a chilling good-bye tape saying to my parents who held he back from jihad and the cause of allah, nothing you can can hold me back. fbi agents are investigating an apartment arson aattack son att mosque he sometime worshipped. worrying muslims will once again be targeted for the actions of one misguided person. >> they're going to assume this mosque is what trained him to do such and such items. >> now mohammed's forever linked with more and more perpetual crimes. >> reporter: the imam says mohammed worshipped here once every two months. >> what was your first reaction when you heard he'd been arrested? >> i was shocked. and the greatest thing, you know, that affects me most is i wish i could have intervened in a way.

>> reporter: seems as though you're very saddened by this, very emotional time? why? >> because he had a future, you know. >> reporter: and hurt the muslim community, as well. >> and he put civilians in threat and the u.s. population as a whole. >> reporter: mohammed could face life in prison if he's convicted for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. kiran? >> and the fbi also say they have not made any connection between that apparent attack on the mosque and his arrest. but there are those in the community who see it as more than a coincidence. >> reporter: kiran, we talked to the imam of the mosque and he says absolutely. he says 40 years that mosque has been in the town of corvallis.

nothing like this has ever happened before. so he believes that there is a direct correlation. >> thelma gutierrez this morning, thank you. we're also going to have a bit more on this story at 7:40 eastern. we speak to a former neighbor of mohammed. well, hollywood has suffered a great loss. actor leslie neilson died yesterday of complications of pneumonia. he had a long career as a comedic actor. his dead pan humor giving life to a second career. >> can you fly this plane and land it? >> surely you can't be serious. >> i am serious, and don't call me shirley. >> strike! >> nielsen's family says the actor was the life of the party, 84 years old when he passed away in florida. >> he'll be missed. made for a lot of laughs.

>> he sure did. made a lot of canadians proud. quick check of this morning's weather headlines. hey, reynolds. hey, guys, a trying day for people going out to the airport. if you're in a hurry, you might have to slow down a little bit once you get there. looks like some people waiting up to an hour in some locations. right to the maps as we do so. atlanta, due to the low could you describe and the wind. in chicago and memphis, wind will be an issue for you, and minneapolis, low clouds coupled with the rain turning over to snow, could give you up to an hour's wait. in dallas, low clouds and wind, houston, low visibility might hamper your travel times. the storm system chugging across the nation in this intense area of low pressure that's going to bring cold air into parts of the rockies and northern plains. 23 for billings, 31 in denver, 50 degrees your expected high along this trip. 57 in raleigh, 85 for tampa. but check out the storm system.

as it pulls in that cold air, snowfall in parts of the nation. but at the same time we could have strong showers and a few rumbles of thunder. especially into the ohio valley and the mid mississippi valley. and as we fast forward into today and tomorrow, that's going to turn off to the east. tomorrow the clouds are coming in right behind it some rain by midweek. also a look at that snow beginning to pile up back to the twin cities. it is definitely going to be winter time. certainly going to feel that way even though the official beginning is december 21st. try telling that to people in parts of the rockies digging out of a foot of snow in some places. >> wow, there you go. thanks so much, reynolds. so forget the crowds, it's point and click day, cyber monday as they call it. and today, there are deals to be had if you know how to get them. it's estimated that 107 million people will be doing internet shopping. and it's up from 96.5 million last year. >> yeah, you will be a crowd of one in front of your computer screen today. online retailers are doing

about everything they can to win your business. take a look at some of these cyber monday deals we found. a panasonic, 65-inch high definition television set for under $1,800. that's a pretty good savings of $1,400 there. how about this? a garmin gps for $79. and scooter for under $100. not such a big savings on that. but if you want an electric scoot scooter, there you go. christine romans live with more. what are we expecting? >> some of those are limited quantities. you've got to move quickly. sometimes these deals only last for an hour. >> you better be online now. >> exactly. productivity at work is going to come to a screeching halt. in the very beginning we business reporters scoffed at the whole cyber monday thing, we thought it was retail hype, they're trying to get you. they want you to reach in your pockets again. but now this is the first year it's trael -- this is really a full-fledged retail holiday.

you could see $1 billion in sales today. this is starting to become a big deal with real legs. but you need to be careful for a few things here. i always say never pay shipping also watch out for the restocking fees. if there are restocking fees, don't buy it. compare prices because there are wildly different prices across the web. check for coupons. kiran is a fan of retail me not. it's this website where you can look at coupon codes and you should be using a coupon code today. >> you type in -- let's pretend you're going to buy something at ralph lauren or brooks brothers, type in coupon for brooks brothers and it'll show you the coupo coupons, the time they worked. >> i eventually searched up some of those. >> so you can find. >> and there are other websites, as well. but use a coupon code. also if you don't get it in the hour it's for sale today, don't worry because most retail analysts are telling me that

prices could be this cheap or lower again later in the year. don't feel the pressure of the cyber monday hype because it could be cheaper. >> let's say now where you bought something a few weeks ago and now it's way cheaper. is it harder to get your money back online? >> yeah, like if you went to home depot and paid $40 for a ladder and you went in yesterday and it was $18. >> did that happen? >> yeah. >> home depot, you just need a credit card, you ask them to give you the difference and if it's -- the big retailers -- you'd be surprised how costco, for example, also has very, very good favorable return policies. >> what if you don't want to go back, online do they make it easier? >> it's harder online. and watch the restocking fees that, can be 25%. if there's a restocking fee, i say don't buy it. >> the reason i found out it was half price because i walked back into home depot.

>> you should have walked right to the manager, john. >> i need to have you with me. >> smile and hand him your credit card and say could you give me the difference back, please? >> maybe he's watching this morning. thanks, christine. the airlines are gearing up for more holiday travel. some of them say they're adding seats. we'll find out which carriers lead the pack. plus charles and diana had the wedding of the century, but william and kate could have something they didn't, a wedding in 3-d? we'll tell you what that's about coming up. join the jaguar platinum celebration !

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17 minutes after the hour. patience is wearing thin on the korean peninsula. south korea promising to pounce if the north attacks one of its islands like it did last week with artillery fire. the tough talk is u.s. and south korean warships are taking part in joint military exercises in the yellow sea. stan grant is live in seoul, south korea and has the latest. and we're hearing that lot this morning. everybody from south korea's president to the chinese. what do we know?

>> yeah, we'll start with south korea's president. these are the words that south koreans have been wanting to hear from him. more tough talk. he says north korea will pay a big price for any further provocation or aggression. he said that attack on yeonpyeong island last week was inhumane and targeting civilians is unprecedented since the korean war. he says south korea has run out of patience with north korea. he says now is not the time for words, but actions, and we're seeing actions right now in the yellow sea with military exercises from south korea and the united states. john? >> and what about china? as the tensions are escalating on the korean peninsula, the united states has been calling for allies of north korea such as china to try to do something to deescalate these tensions. what's china asking for? >> reporter: china has stepped in. they are now calling for the

heads of the delegations to the six-party talks. those talks involving china, the united states, japan, russia, and the two koreas. they want to sit down and try to work a way through this towards a full resumption of those talks. the problem is getting the other parties to agree. saying this could be a reward for bad behavior for north korea who in the past have used these talks to up the ante and then walk away again. and in the words of president lee, now is not the time for words, now is the time for action. china crucial to this, it is north korea's biggest ally, and if someone can bring north korea back from the brink, it could be china. >> we'll see if the parties will come back to the table in the next few days. stan, thanks so much. kiran? >> thanks. well, the lame-duck congress is getting set for the first real showdown this week. the battle over tax cuts, unemployment benefits. we're going to have much more on how much they're going to get done before the year is over. also, you've seen him show off his moves on ellen. well, now wolf blitzer has a new

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♪ >> why is bon jovi going strong still after 25 years? doesn't that sound like i was born to be your baby and i was born to be your man? oh, well, maybe he sticks with what works. few rock bands emerged from the '80s that have much staying power. >> 25 years goes by with a blink of an eye, doesn't it? >> tonight, bon jojovi joins "ly

king live." i hope your turkey turned out a little bit better than this one did. watch. >> get it out of there! step away. >> a little thanksgiving drama there. this was sent in by one of our cnn i-reporters over the week. he said his wife went to take the turkey out of the oven, all the oil ignited in the hot oven, but apparently when all was said and done, the turkey was salvageable. >> she's yelling i have to get the turkey out of there and he's yelling, the turkey! this is what happens. all the emotions. we had a problem with our turkey too. she's laughing. in the end a good time was had by all. happy thanksgiving. >> so you can burn the house down when not deep-frying a turkey. >> that's right. and they said this turkey was salvageable. she's now laughing.

i know how you feel. well, can't be there for kate and william's wedding in april? broadcasters are reportedly talking about the next best thing. this would be a royal wedding live in 3-d. and right now several networks are reportedly negotiating to try to make that happen. >> wow. have a little pick-up football game over the weekend? did you watch football? you might have seen this. it's being called the play of the year in college football. oklahoma state defensive back rodrique brown launches himself into the air, pitches to the teammate shawn lewis. fantastic. he leapt from the air from the field and even though his body was out of bounds, still inbound. look at that. >> all is fair -- good thinking on his part too, number 11 grabbed it and the defense just sort of standing there. >> this has happened before, but obviously very infrequently. and something memorable. when it does, so far almost 1 million people have watched this.

generating lots of interest. >> congratulations. well, it's official, he really is happening now. our own wolf blitzer was a presenter at the "soul train" awards. he ended up getting dance lessons from none other than doug e. fresh himself. >> the real reason i came here tonight was because i want to learn how to do the dougie. they don't have to teach me how to do the dougie, you know why? >> why? >> because i can learn the dougie from the man himself. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage doug e. fresh. >> there we go. out comes doug e. fresh doing his dance, and there's wolf. holding his own. looking good. this is two for two. >> his facial expression really makes the whole thing. >> first he rocked it on ellen

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30 minutes past the hour on this monday morning, time for a look at your top stories. wikileaks underfire for exposing confidential documents. it's not only illegal, but could endanger lives. leslie nielsen being remembered for his one-liners in comedies like "airplane" and "the naked gun", but he started out if you didn't know as a dramatic straight man in television film back in the 1950s. nielsen died yesterday at a hospital in florida where he was being treated for pneumonia. he was 84 years old. >> certainly be missed. well, the bush era tax cuts on the table as lawmakers arrive back in washington today. they have a lot of business to take care of before the end of the year. president obama and most democrats want to extend these cuts for families making $250,000 a year or less. republicans want them extended for everybody, including the top

income earners. more seats for holiday air travelers, "usa today" says almost all carriers are increasing the number of flights and moving others to bigger aircraft. travel demand is the big reason. jetblue and delta leading the way in belief booeefing up thei capacity. another fallout from the wikileaks document dump, some of those details spies on allies. warning the leak could threaten lives and national security. ed henry is live for us at the white house this morning. some are saying this could damage the president's foreign policy goals? what are they saying this morning about that? >> reporter: well, at the white house, they're trying to push back on the notion that it's as damaging as some critics think. in part because there are no top secret documents in here. but there are secret documents, thousands of them that are exposing things that in some cases are embarrassing, other cases could be damaging. there's details, for example, about what the "new york times" calls let's make a deal diplomacy on closing guantanamo. the prison there where basically

the white house was offering up a meeting with president obama for the leader. it could make it even harder to actually shut that prison down. secondly, the white house has made a big deal about iran's sanctions and how that has started to neutralize the threat from iran. but as these papers lay out how all kinds of leaders in the gulf are very, very nervous about iran getting nuclear weapons, moving closer to that. and that basically the sanctions have not done enough. so that could really raise some new questions about whether the president's policies there have really worked. and when you look at the statement from robert gibbs last night and how blistering it was, it shows how nervous this white house is saying president obama supports responsible, accountable, and open government at home and around the world. but this reckless and dangerous action runs counter to that goal by releasing stolen and classified documents, wikileaks has put at risk not only the

human rights, but also the lives and work of these individuals. some of that other sensitive information including inside information about one-on-one talks between the u.s. and israel. that could further complicate the push for mideast peace. and then, of course, you have the fact that there's more details about the u.s. concerns about president karzai, his brother, whether he's got ties to corruption. that could obviously further complicate the situation in afghanistan, kiran. >> remind people again how this information came to light, how it was leaked, and whether or not the government's going to try to put any changes into place to prevent this from happening again. >> well, obviously there's suspicion around private manning and whether he leaked these documents and was able to take them out of the u.s. government and pass them on to wikileaks,which is the middle man to the media organizations like the "new york times" that are getting the actual cables. the bottom line is that the administration has made -- previously made changes to try to be more open within various

agencies to share information. there's now -- pardon me, questions about whether that went too far and maybe they should clamp down on that. bottom line, administration officials say there's going to be a very serious top to bottom review of all of those procedures. but i talked to one top official who said, look, you can put the best procedures in place. if some of these are going to leak anyway in the future, there's always going to be something like wikileaks that's going to put them out there. it's a very vexing problem for this administration, kiran. >> sure is. thank you. >> thank you. coming up on this "american morning," a somali american accused in a failed terror plot, we'll talk to his former neighbor shocked by his arrest. and it's back to work and a chilly start to the week for a lot of the east this morning. join the jaguar platinum celebration !

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38 minutes after the hour, a 19-year-old suspect accused to try to set off a bomb at a christmas-tree lighting ceremony in portland, oregon, has a date in federal court today. the fbi diffused the plot and arrested mohamed osman mohamud. we're joined this morning in portland where it's very early. stephanie, thank you very much for joining us. how well did you know mohamud and his family. >> mohamud himself i did not know that well. his mom and i were friends. you know, we would have tea

together, we'd go to the movies, we'd chitchat, neighbors, you know -- the son, quiet kid, would say hello, good morning, good night when i'd see him. >> hi sister babysat your son? >> that's right. my husband and i both had to leave the house at 6:00 a.m. and don't want to leave your young child at home, so my older son would get him off to mona's house in the morning and mona would walk him to school every morning for quite a while. >> wow, so you knew them for a couple of years. how did they strike you? >> very nice people. very nice people. normal middle class family. i think that's why it's so shocking. you know their house was clean,

well taken care of. nice people. nice people. >> there was a break up in the marriage, though? >> yeah, they separated about a year ago. >> that's a shame. it happens to so many people these days. any indication -- i know you said you didn't know mohamed himself well, but i know your son played basketball with him once maybe a couple of times. your younger son went over to the home. was there any indication that he had anti-american sentiments? >> none whatsoever. talking to my son tyler, he said through talking to him more at school, he would hear some comments from other people about anti-america. but never heard mohamed say anything negative or derogative. >> he would hear it from other kids at school but never from mohamed himself? >> that's what my son said, yes,

sir. >> wow. how did you and your husband who we should mention is a sergeant first class in the army reserve and has just gone back to the middle east for another tour of duty, how did you hear about what happened? >> my son actually via facebook, believe it or not, came and woke us up at 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning and said, oh, my gosh. that was mohamed. yeah, wow. that's what everybody's saying, i think, wow. >> it's got to be a real surprise to you. i know that the family moved away about a year ago. but you remain in touch with the mother myriam. i know you didn't have close contact with her. but would you talk from time to time? >> yes, sir. >> and have you tried to contact her since this news broke? >> i have. i called her and she didn't answer her phone and by all means i don't blame her. i wouldn't answer my phone or the door either.

i'm sure she's just as stunned if not more than anybody else. >> so what do you think -- >> i did leave her a message. >> what are you thinking about all of this, stephanie? >> what do i think about it? i think it's a very, very sad thing. i hope that people don't start racially profiling. because we don't know -- i mean, we don't know enough about it to judge -- who's to say it's terrorism? who is to say it's not just a messed up kid who made a bad choice? >> right. but it's so ironic because here again, your husband staff sergeant in the army reserves going off to the middle east to fight terrorism and then here you have an accused terrorist who was living right across the street from you. >> tell me about it. wow, right? wow. very, very -- very surreal. >> well, we'll be watching what

happens in federal court today. stephanie napier, thanks for getting up and sharing your thoughts with us this morning. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and she expressed, you know, it must be such a shock for people who knew the family and this young man to think he wanted people to die which is apparently what he said. >> can you imagine you send your young child over there for babysitting? and other members of the family, obviously, upstanding citizens, but here this one person was in the house. and you've got to think back and say, wow, what was i exposing my child to potentially? >> i know. tough for stephanie. other stories this morning, one, of course, is that it's cyber monday. and, of course, often times the feeling that you want to spend money, especially when you see those discounts there, but how do you actually do it and stick within the budget this time of year? christine romans with great ideas for us coming up. also, let's take a look at the snow in the country's midsection right now.

very chilly start to the week in the east. reynolds wolf will be along with the forecast, as well.

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regular season and there's a new top team to tell you about. auburn replaced oregon as number one in the bcs 10 after coming from 24 points down to beat them on friday. a win over south carolina, next saturday in the championship game and the tigers get to play in the bcs title bowl. now to the pros. an ugly moment between the houston texans and the tennessee titans. houston's andre johnson, tennessee in the white, toe-to-toe at the line of scrimmage, then the helmets come off, the fists fly. wow, personal foul and ejection for both of them. no action yet. i can't imagine it's going to go unpunished. >> there'll be some action, no question about that. wow. >> it went from a football game to a wwe match. >> they were arguing about how best to make the gravy. well, time now to get a check of the weather.

47 minutes past the hour. reynolds wolf in the extreme weather center. >> no fighting about today. we're going to have rough weather in parts of the country. some places, some snow, other spots a few strong thunderstorms. some might reach severe levels into the afternoon. right now this morning, we're talking snow in parts of the plains. back into the rockies, sierra nevada, but today about 6 inches or more in some locations, including fargo, perhaps over into moorhead. more expansive view shows we have some winter storm watches, warning out towards the west, especially into the cascades. some still in the central rocki rockies, salt lake city and the western half of the great lakes and upper plains. 38 degrees the expected high in minneapolis, but with the wind, it's going to be feel much cooler than that. 51 in chicago, 71 in dallas and 45 in atlanta. this area of low pressure that's you're going to see in few seconds, there it is. and today to tomorrow, you're going to see it begin to intensify and drive eastward. as it does so, places like new york, philadelphia, back over

into portions of say charlotte, north carolina, as far south as atlanta. you could have strong thunderstorms, but the back half of this system in the twin cities, that's where the snow could begin to pile up. as a quick snapshot of your forecast, top of the hour, an idea of what delays you might expect around the country, there are going to be quite a few. back to you. >> looking forward to it. well, not the delays, but we're looking forward -- >> so i understand. >> thanks, reynolds. 30 years ago next week, we lost john lennon. he was gunned down outside his new york apartment by mark david chapman. coming up in our next hour, we're going to hear from the killer's wife. yes, he is still married. >> wow. and just five weeks until the new year, so what can you do now to save money on this year's taxes? i know it's a lot. some good thinking now might save you money later. we've got the answers coming up. 50 minutes past the hour. [ s. greenlee ] i would love to have been a musician but i knew that i was going to need a day job.

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am pairsing revelations about key world leaders. we're live in washington with the fallout at home and potentially on the battlefield. >> the 19-year-old somali american could get life in prison for allegedly planning to bomb a christmas lighting ceremony. we're learning more about the teenage suspect and possible revenge attack on a mosque where he occasionally worshiped. >> all eyes on north korea. it's threatening attacks, the u.s. and south korean warships taking part in joint military exercises. how will the unpredictable regime behave during these war games. >> first, it's part bond movie, part novel. the website wikileaks releasing confidential u.s. documents publish forward all the world to see. >> in all 250,000 diplomatic cables revealing sensitive conversations about our allies and world leaders.

jill dougherty joins us live with more. hi, jill. >> you know, it's 250,000 they released 220,000 so there's still about 30,000 more to go. and those will be coming out in drips and drabs. if you look at cnn is doing, looking at the cables, one big subject leaps out. that is iran. especially that indication from a cable that iran gained access to missiles, missiles from north korea. here is what that cable says. iran has obtained a cache of advanced missiles based on a russian design, iran obtained 19 of those missiles from north korea. and the missiles for the first time could give iran the capacity to strike at capitals in western europe or easily reach moscow. that is important because the u.s. believes that iran is developing a nuclear bomb, if that bomb could be loaded on a missile, that would be very dangerous as you can tell,

delivery vehicle to hit europe or russia. so that's one of the most important. another thing on iran is the worry, the concern and really the animosity that the arab world has. they don't always talk about this in public but the arab world has for iran. in fact, king abdullah of saudi arabia urging according to these cables to the united states to strike as he put it at the head of the snake and to attack iran's nuclear program. john, kiran. >> there are some members of congress saying that wikileaks should pay for releasing this confidential information. is it possible that wikileaks founder might face charges here? >> that's what they want to do. that's i'm sure what lawyers are looking at right now. what legally could you charge him with. peter king, the representative from new york, is saying that he should be charged with espionage act. that they should declare wikileaks a foreign terrorist organization. but the question is legally can

you do that? they have to make that case. did he have direct access, or did he entice someone else, and we know that bradley manning, that u.s. private first class, is the person who allegedly did collect those documents. but there's a big groundswell to do precisely that. >> we'll see where it goes from here. jill dougherty for us this morning with more on this latest wikileaks document. thank you. >> we're learning more about the alleged terror plot in portland, oregon and the suspect who authorities say wanted to set off a car bomb at a crowded christmas tree lighting ceremony and kill and wound as many as possible. 19-year-old mohamed osman mohamud is charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. >> the fbi says no hamed plotted for months with undercover agents to detonate a van filled with explosives. authorities say the public was never in danger because the explosive device was a mock

device. thelma gutierrez is following this, she is live in portland for us this morning. what are you learning about the suspect this morning? >> reporter: john, the people that we talked to say they are absolutely shocked to find out that this young promising student who was very smart, who was studying engineers, had graduated from high school early, was involved with this kind of a thing. they describe him as being a very gregarious, friendly guy, the kind of guy that everybody wanted to hang out with. popular on facebook, not somebody who ever talked about wanting to harm the united states or had any animosity to it. in fact, one of his neighbors told me that her son who was a friend of mohammed's said mom, if somebody like that could do it, he goes that means that i could do it or the guy next door could. he saidly was that well liked out here. >> also, a lot of questions about the attack as you said, this was a mock device.

but how long was mohammed planning to try to carry this out at this tree lighting ceremony? >> reporter: there is a lengthy 38-page affidavit and in that affidavit the fbi says that mohamed osman mohamud in 2009 sent an e-mail to a person in pakistan suspected of engaging in terrorist activity he said that the time he was interested to travel to pakistan to engage in jihad so. this goes back. he also according to that affidavit, provided a thumb drive with all the details of the plot, of course he is expected to appear in federal court later this morning so we'll learn a lot more, kiran. >> thank you. >> well, you had black friday. today is no cyber monday. major setback was narrowly av d avoid avoided. a server issue knocked out service in greater boston and

the washington beltway area last night. comcast says service is up and running now. engineers try to pinpoint what went wrong. >> tragedy at chicago's soldier field during yesterday's football game. police say a fan fell 35 feet from an upper level balcony to a small rooftop outside of the stadium. he later died at the hospital. friends say the man got up from his street go to the bathroom and they never saw him again. >> hollywood mourning the loss of actor leslie nielsen. he died yesterday at a hospital in florida where he was being treated for pneumonia. nielsen had a long career as a dramatic actor before a comedy star in the airplane and naked gun series. >> can you fly this plane and land it? >> surely you can't be serious. >> i am serious. and don't call me shirley. >> strike three.

>> nielsen's family said the actor was the life of the party. he was 8 four years old. >> the same old story. boy finds girl, loses girl, girl finds boy. boy remembers girl. >> it was a good year. >> no, it was the worst. >> hey, reynolds. >> guy, keeping a sharp eye on rough weather around the country. it's going to be a combination of rain, sleet, snow, and maybe even strong thunderstorms. let's go right to the forecast. one of the first things to show you will be the delays. you can expect at the airport atlanta, chicago, memphis, even minneapolis, you could have a half hour to a full hour delay. and dallas and houston, both those cities in texas low visibility, winds and perhaps thunderstorms. another thing to deal with out on the roadways, especially in the northern plain, we've got snow that is developing, more of that. in fact, some places could see owe they're six inches of snowfall today.

we do have watches and warnings in effect. not only up in the northern plains but all the way in the pacific northwest especially in the cascades, i-5 could be a bear of a drive. you are traveling that part of the world. 45 the high in seattle, salt lake city about 27. the other side of things, tampa, you're going to be four or five degrees away from 90s, a nice warm day for you. houston 80. atlanta 43 on the other side of the frontal boundary. and the storm system that's going to be sweeping across the nation is going to bring rough weather to a lot of people. not just today but tomorrow. once it gets close to the eastern seaboard, like our capital and new york you can expect more cloud cover with that possibly a few showers and storms as we fast forward into tomorrow. we might see flash flooding in parts of the tennessee valley, the ohio valley valley and the appalachians. the snow will continue back in the northern plains and into the midwest, minneapolis, st. paul, possibly heavy snowfall for you. that's the latest. more coming up. back to you in new york. >> reynolds, thanks so much. the new wikileaks data dump, is

it more of an embarrassment or does it jep diz national security and the crisis between north and south korea continues to escalate. is all out war coming up next? jamie rubin, the assistant secretary of state during the clinton administration joins us.

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the website wikileaks, making headlines around the world. joining us to talk about the potential impact is jamie rubin, former assistant secretary of state during the clinton administration. great to see you. >> good morning. >> the case is made that these potentially jeopardize national security. do they or is this more embarrassing to have your more intimate conversations between your diplomats out there. >> i think it's both. i think rather than the previous wikileaks which were aimed at one policy, the war in afghanistan, or the war in iraq, this is a broad-based attack on u.s. foreign policy and the government of the united states. the government can't achieve all of its objectives in terms of fighting terrorism, for example, if a foreign leader knows that when they secretly agree to allow us to bomb a terrorist hideout on their territory, that that secret agreement can be published in "the new york times." on the other hand, the basic

contours of what's revealed about iran, pakistan, we've known because good journalism has shown us that for example, arab governments say one thing to us in private, that is supportive, then in public might criticize us. so i think we've known the basic contours and some of the details are really just as you said, embarrassing. but in certain cases there is a damage to the state department and the united states' ability to have private conversations and do the nation's business if these other governments feel that that information is going to be made public. >> you did this for so long as madeleine albright's right hand man. how important is it to be able to talk in an unvarnished fashion in diplomatic circles about certain issues because when we talked to kristin wrath must son he said if you don't want these printed on the front page of the new york times you shouldn't be talking in those tones. >> well, these people don't know

anything about how the real world works. if the united states needs to help, and in this case as an example, the leader of yemen, to attack a terrorist group planning an attack on the united states and that leader refuses to publicly support us, because of its own problems, we as americans trying to defend our national security interests need to be able to have a private conversation with him or her, but him mostly in the arab world, about how to go about defending the country, our country. and if that leader knows that those statements or actions that he takes privately are going to be made public he may not do them. and terrorist cells may not be destroyed and americans may die because of the irresponsibility of these people. in some cases he's right, in some cases these are just embarrassments. but in some cases they are very real. and i think the broader point is

this isn't about the war in afghanistan any more or the war in iraq which these people obviously opposed and have every right to oppose. this is about america's ability to operate in the world and they obviously are trying to damage america's ability to operate. >> for clarity what you were referring to was a cable in which yemen's president said i'll continue to say if the u.s. wants to keep bombing terror hideouts i'll continue to say to my people that the bombs are ours and not america's. >> exactly. >> yemen doesn't want the idea that america's bombing its territory. >> exactly. so, in the arab world in particular, where most of these terrorist cells are based, there is a difference between what government there is are prepared to say publicly and what they are prepared to say privately. >> what about the point that the public has a right to know how its government is doing business in the world. >> they do, and the journalism

that is on the front pages of our newspapers and on cnn and other networks does that every day, tells us what our government is doing. but just as journalists like to sometimes have a private conversation, just as individuals like to sometimes have a private conversation about people they don't want to be made public, governments particularly when it comes to securing our nation, have to have the ability to have a private conversation and that's been destroyed at least temporarily by wikileaks. >> one of the other issues i need your take on north kree yaxt china calling all six parties to the table to try to deescalate the tensions there. do you think china will be able to make a difference? >> china could make a difference if it chose to. but so far china has been reluctant to use all of the leverage it has in terms of cutting off assistance to north korea. and they have in general tried to manage all their interests,

and america, and until china chooses sides, that is concludes that it wants to be a responsible member of the international community, and put real pressure on north korea, unfortunately we're going to have a north korea crisis from time to time. >> we'll see if the talks take place. nice to see you. thanks for coming in. still ahead, country singer willie nelson busted with marijuana. he may face jail time.

>> 20 minutes fast hour. morning talker, some of the stories that got us talking. we've been talking all over the place. willie nelson at it again. the 77-year-old country music icon busted at a border checkpoint after an officer smelt something in a tour van.

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just not enough room. message sent. you decide. some thought he might challenge the bulls' record but miami's off to a very ordinary, shall we say, 9-8 start. >> that doesn't look like a very cordial exchange. >> didn't look like sorry, i didn't have enough room. >> they both look mad. >> here is another ugly moment in pro sports. a game that took place this weekend. houston texans and the tennessee titans. andre johnson in the dark blue, you'll see. he and finney in the white go toe to toe. there you see it on the ground, now it looks like a wwe match. personal fouls and ejections for both. no word yet from the nfl on punishment but you can bet they are coming. >> i would expect. it's called the play of the year in college football. have a look at this. the acrobatics, broderick brown launches himself in the air,

tips the ball, falling out of bounds to shaun lewis. remarkable interception. look at that in slow motion to appreciate the acrobatics. it's viewed 900,000 times on youtube. probably over a million later today. >> people trying to figure out if he was in or out. >> both feet in the air when he tapped it. so inbounds. >> good for you. plan on taking holiday shopping break at work today. it's cyber monday. people are going to be online all over the place. what deals should you watch for? also you were looking at of course john lennon. >> 30 years ago next wednesday he was shot and killed outside of his apartment in new york city. the gun man mark david chapman. what do we know about him? coming up an exclusive interview with his wife gloria, a hawaiian woman who has stuck by her infamous husband for 30 years. ♪

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home and shopping. 70 million people will be shopping from work today. it's cyber monday. the beginning we thought this was all like a scam but cyber monday is becoming its own sort of black friday. advice for you. compare prices because different sites have different prices. check for coupons. you should not pay shipping for anything and you should get 10, 20, 30% off on what you buy. don't wait if it's a great deal in the electronics. some of these deals are only an hour long. also don't dismay because later on in the season we expect prices to go down again. >> that's something i ordered for you making its way. didn't you say earlier that $30 billion of merchandise on things people don't want gets spent. >> 13, 25 for the author figured it out. come on in. >> that's what i got for christine. >> you got me the 12 days of christmas. 364 items. the 12 days of christmas, wealth management does this.

the christmas cost index, up almost $100,000 if you buy all of the things on the list. the problem here, gold. gold prices are up sharply. the five gold rings set you back. this is not the year for gold, honey. also the turtle doves and the french hens, those are up, the feed costs are up. >> how much can a couple of french hens eat. >> the cost of all of those grains. then the dancing ladies apparently, $6200 for the dancers because -- >> you hear that, guys. >> not the kind the crew is talking b. i think these are professionals. >> those are professionals, too. >> i knew we were going to go down this path. i knew this was going to happen. but also a lot of the entertainers are going to get higher prices. >> the lords a-leaping. >> wages and benefits are up. so pnc bank, it's clever. >> you want to save on the french hens we'll go across the street and dress up the canada

geese. >> there you go. >> use of central park turtle doves. >> this is for all of you buying gold, silver and platinum this year, you're going to dig deep. there you go. >> 28 flat screens a singing. we could go on but we won't. we're taking a look at the top stories. diplomatic secrets revealed. fallout from a massive wikileaks dump. some detailing u.s. spy operations. >> a somali-american could get life in prison for allegedly planning to set off a bomb at a christmas tree lighting ceremony in portland, oregon. he is scheduled to make his first appearance in federal court today, charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. >> the lame duck congress returns to a daunting agenda.

president obama and most democrats want to extend the cuts. >> more on the fallout from the latest wikileaks leak. the website is under fire from the u.s. government for exposing a massive collection of confidential diplomatic documents. >> the white house is calling it reckless and dangerous and we're live at the white house this morning. some are questioning whether or not this will do real damage to the president's foreign policy goals. >> reporter: absolutely, kiran. some wonder whether it's just embarrassment. i can tell you from going through some of the cables there could be real damage to the foreign policy goals. you look at some of the revelations on guantanamo, the military prison there and the fact that the documents say that for the leader of slovenia to get a meeting with president obama the administration suggested they would have to take at least one prisoner. sort of let's make a deal diplomacy as the new york times calls it. that could make it even harder

to close this prison that they already had problems closing. then you have the situation in yemen. the fact that the u.s., it's alleged for a long time, has been launching secret drone strikes in yemen to target al qaeda. these lay out the president of yemen acknowledged all of this and said look, we'll keep saying publicly that your bombs are our bombs and really the yemen government that's doing it, not the u.s. government. on iran, take a look at the fact the administration has been touting the fact that new tough new sanctions against iran is getting the job done. when you look at these documents all of these leaders in the middle east saying they are nervous about aran getting nuclear weapons, maybe the sanctions are not enough. that could be a problem for this president. no wonder then that robert gibbs put out this tough statement. quote, president obama supports responsible accountable and open government at home and around the world but this reckless and

dangerous action is counter to the goal by releasing stolen classified documents. we condemn in the strongest terms the unauthorized disclosure of classified documents and sensitive national security information. you also have documents suggesting that the u.s. officials administration officials here don't believe that russia is really a democracy, that could further complicate and strain that whole reset of russian relations that's already under some peril now by the president's own account because the start treaty is stalled in the senate right now. so these documents could complicate the u.s./russian relationship. >> wikileaks has a quarter of a million documents, they put out a small number compared to the overall number. is there anything the white house can do? >> reporter: that's the big question moving forward. you've got republican congressman peter king saying why don't you declare this a

terrorist organization and prosecute them. the administration is looking at options of course. but the question is going to be is it private manning accused of leaking the documents initially who is really the person who may have committed the crimes here s. wikileaks just the middle man, what can the u.s. do to try to pros doubt that company. there are complicated questions and no easy answers. >> ed henry for us this morning. we'll keep following it. it's crunch time on taxes. up next vera gibbons joins us. the things to do to help lower your 2010 tax bill. ♪ [ male announcer ] one hundred years ago, chevrolet sprang bolt by bolt, car by car, out of the very best america had to offer. ingenuity. integrity. optimism. and a belief that the finest things are the most thoughtfully made -- not the most expensive. today, the american character is no less strong.

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♪ the tax man yeah >> no one likes it but you got to do it. it's not only the season for shopping and gift giving but you have to plan for taxes as well. december 31 around the corner and that means you have about five weeks to get some finances in order for 2010. vera gibbons joins us. good to see you. one thing as we talk about the fact that congress is debating whether to extend the bush era tax cut, some concerns, they are not affecting 2010. >> right. we're waiting to see. you can get a program like turbo tax up to date once that takes effectment we're talking year-end 2010 moves to do now to lower your tax bill. >> you gave us a check list of things. one is retirement of course. and for many it's contributing to the 401(k). >> boost your retirement accounts.

this is is the time to do it. the easiest way to reduce your overall tax income, to reduce your tax bill and you're saving t money grows tax deferred. the maximum for $16,500 or $22,000 if you are 50 or over. you have until december 31. >> you call and you figure out through your benefits. >> call your benefits department. you have a couple more pay stubs probably, ratchet it up and you'll save. that's one of the easiest ways. >> what about people not employed or lost their job. can they contribute to their retirement even if they are not getting a 401(k)? >> there are solo 401(k)'s, roth, sep iras. you have until april 15. i'm talking about the 401(k) and 4013 b. >> flex dollars in their child care or a lot of them have flex spending health accounts. >> as you well know it's use it or lose it. so you may have until march 15th

to use this money. but in some cases you only have until the end of december, any money that is not used is forfeited. so now is the time to go out, buy over-the-counter medications, band aids, contact lenses, have the teeth cleaned. this is the last year, 2010, that you can use the fsas for the over-the-counter so you require a prescription in 2010. even if your plan allows you to do this until march 15, you use the over-the-counter stuff now. >> the tax credits, like whether you made home improvements, whether there are things you can write off because of that. you got to make sure you put in for that now. >> now is the time to do the energy efficient moves, energy efficient windows, door, add insulation. you could be eligible for a 30% federal tax credit up to $1500. this is valuable. credit reduces your taxes dollar for dollar. so if you owe the irs $2,000,

and you have a $1500 credit yourks liability drops to $500. so and you've done something. >> and saving energy. this is the time of year you want to do that. >> as if people don't have to think about it but if you can and have it all together power to you. the charitable deductions, the time when you need think about that. that's what you can write off. >> right. whether you give cash, check, make your contribution with a credit card, you give donated goods, household goods, now is the time to do that. of course you have to have a receipt for $250 or more. the charity has to be legitimate, registered 4013-b. you might want to think about giving appreciated stock. this is the way to go because there's no capital gains and you get to deduct the full amount f. you give $10,000 to your charity you deduct that full amount. if you were to sell it you would be up against a 15% capital gains. >> good tips there. this is interesting.

the irs claiming they are sitting on $164 million of refund checks from 2009 because people didn't either update their addresses. >> crazy. >> your money. >> sitting in the irs. now we could all use this. if you have money sitting in the irs. >> how do you know? >> you didn't get your refund. the average refund that the irs is sitting on, these are checks that came back, and the average refund of those specifically was nearly $1500. so if you didn't get your refund, go to irs.gov. go check it out. this is your money. >> sitting there. absolutely. good advice. good to see you as always. >> nice to see you. >> john. >> rain, snow, thunderstorms could make a tough travel day across the country. our reynolds wolf got your travel forecast next. ate suburba and the bourgeoi-sie ♪ ♪ but i really love my bank

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that and showers that could give some people some delays, especially in atlanta. from a half hour to a full hour in chicago and memphis, same story, minneapolis, snow might be a problem. also in dallas and houston, you might be waiting for a bit. one of the biggest issues around the country is some of the heavy snow forming not only in parts of the northern plain, some of it across the country. some up to 6 inches of snow from fargo to bismarck as far south as rapid city and sioux falls. more snow in the rockies. outside of salt lake city they had a foot of snow. to the pacific northwest, up and down i-5, expect rain. in the high elevationsen the range along the coast and the olympic mountains expect snow. it's going to remain in the cascades for the next couple of days. enspokane may get 7 inches of snowfall between now and tuesday. cold air to the west, warmer in the east. how warm? tampa the high expected to be 86. 80 in houston. 54 in kansas city, 29 in denver.

and 27 in salt lake city. everything in the west is going to pull towards the east. as it does so, along the frontal boundary that area of low pressure we can expect scattered showers, some of this possibly flood inducing in parts of tennessee, southeast of st. louis and in southern illinois. as it drives eastward it's going to bring more rain along the eastern seaboard. the back half of the system is going to bring snowfall to parts of the twin cities, so i would not be surprised tomorrow if we see long delays in the twin cities, toward chicago before the day's out. even milwaukee. only good news we're getting heavy snows in the rockies. flying out of denver, hoping to ski in steamboat it's been a dream beginning to the season. so we've got that going for us. >> can't complain. >> whatever snow falls where it's supposed to, it's a good thing. >> absolutely. >> how did your bird come out? hopefully better than this one which was sent in by one of our

eye reporters. >> get away. >> put it back. >> get the turkey out of there. >> how did they get video in my home? i'm kidding. can we look at it. the guy, she's holding a steaming flaming bird and he's pulling her with both hands s. that the smartest thing to do? look. she has the hot turkey. let her take it out. he shuts it back up. >> if there is a flaming turkey should you take it out? >> you leave it in the oven to flame? >> close the door and snuff out the oxygen. >> that eventually happened. >> take it out, spill it on the floor and you're burning down

the house. >> well, somebody grabbing you with both hands and pulling you from it isn't probably the best way either. hey, the kitchen looks nice. everything else looks great. >> if your wife has a flaming turkey in her hand, leave her alone. >> december 8, 1980, marked the end of an era. the night that john lennon was shot and killed by a crazed fan mark david chapman. who was he and what was he like? an exclusive interview with his wife gloria as we approach the 30th anniversary of losing lenon. [ female announcer ] humana and walmart are teaming up

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♪ ♪ there are places >> 30 years ago next week, december 8, 1980, john lennon gunned down in new york city. the killing shocked the world. in the wake of the murder we learned more about mark david chapman t man who shot lennon including the fact he was married. >> remarkably, gloria chapman has stuck by her infamous husband all of these years. they are still married and she visits him in prison. in our documentary here on cnn

we hear from her about her husband, their life and lennon's death. >> it was a remarkable press conference. december 10, 1980. >> being a beatles fan i mourned the death of john lennon and feel great sadness for his wife yoko and his son shawn. >> two days after her husband shot john lennon. gloria chapman appeared oddly disconnected. her answer to one question shocked many people. >> do you still love him? >> yes. very much. >> in this exclusive interview, she reflected on those days saying she couldn't comprehend the enormity of what happened. >> for i guess the first few weeks i was just in a dream kind of thing. i mean, it just didn't seem real, you know. >> as reality sunk in, it left gloria wondering what happened to the life she had dreamed of when she first met mark david

chapman in 1978. >> she saw him as sort after knight in shining armor. >> she did. >> jim gaines is one of the only reporters to have interviewed gloria chapman. he says she spoke lovingly about her engagement. >> they were walking on the beach and mark said to gloria, would you marry me? and she was just ecstatic. and she described it to me as the happiest day of her life. mark never did. >> perhaps that was a glimpse into the misery and she says abuse that soon followed. >> i don't remember what i said but i must have said something sarcastic, and he hit me real hard like on my ear. and it really kind of sent me, you know, my ears were ringing and stuff. i had to sit down. it was so bad. >> gloria's naive dreams of happily ever after vanished

altogether. >> the only place you could go for privacy was in the bathroom. i would go in there and lock the door and cry and say i can't take this. how long will it be like this. it's miserable. >> why do you think she stayed with him all these years? >> she was faithful. it was a virtue. you obeyed virtues. she was trying to be a good wife in an impossible situation. >> it really is some incredible insight into the head of mark david chapman. we talked in this where so many people who knew him when he was younger, noticed changes that happened in him. he went on a bad acid trip once when he was in the beginning of high school. came back from that believing he was john lennon. one of his childhood friends we talked to has a theory the reason he killed lennon he thought he was lennon in his twisted mind and the real john lennon had to be eliminated.

>> unbelievable. also that she stayed with him despite the descriptions of abuse. and that they are still together now. >> they are together 30 years later is just extraordinary. she goes to visit him at least once a year inatic ka prison for conjugal visits. as jim gains was saying out of a sense ever duty that she has maintained their marriage. >> almost like a sentence for her as well. >> it has been. over all of these years and continues because mark david chapman was denied parole in september for a sixth time. there are many people who believe if he were to be released that he wouldn't last long on the streets. >> well, it is certainly going to be fascinating to see this documentary. >> we talked to so many including his son julian, yoko ono. the documentary losing lennon countdown to murder. it's 56 after the hour. stay with us. breathe in, breathe out.

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