>> the annoying orange spawned dozens of sequels. the number three video spawned a 3-year-old singing a lady gaga hit. viewer discretion. the number two video mit make you gag. we've edited identity the gross parts. it's a parity of this video by the singer kesha. >> vomited in my hair. but i'm way too sick to care. >> and the number one video, antoine doddson got famous when he apd appeared in a tv news report after intrusing an intruder who climbed into his sister's bedroom window. his reaction? >> oh, my god, it's so exciting. >> from his half of the proceedings from auto tuning the song, he bought his mom -- >> her own house. >> and next he's buying himself a mercedes, based on the top ten

youtubes, you might think our culture is going down the tubes. jeanmy moos -- >> i'm on a horse. >> -- cnn, new york. >> tony harris is the old spice man. she left out the best part. >> don't you hey it when that happened? what happened to the leader of the my rent is too damn high party? >> that's right. we forgot him. we'll have cnn's top ten viral videos. >> have a great day. good morning, everyone. we are tracking several stories developing right now at the white house. president obama is meeting his national security team on afghanistan and pakistan. the meeting comes two days before the administration releases its review of afghanistan policy. just about a half hour ago. a judge granted pail to wikileaks founder julian assange. assange turned himself into authorities in london last week. he is wanted in sweden on sex

crimes allegations. the swedish warrant is not related to the release of confidential documents. and the misery after the storms, live pictures from buffalo. are you kidding me? we're talking about whiteout conditions. i can't see a thing. certainly our friends in buffalo, new york, are weathering this, living this experience right now. whiteout conditions. the storm system is now in canada. rain, snow and frigid temperatures, the eastern half of the nation is shivering under a blast of arctic air right now. the storm that pounded parts of this country is bringing snow and icy winds to canada right now. this was the scene in ontario yesterday as cars tried to navigate snow covered roads. the ireport you're about to see is from mountain city, tennessee. pretty to look at, but miserable if you have to get out in the snow and the cold to go about your day. and in chagrin falls, ohio, near

cleveland, main street is blanketed by snow. meteorologist rob marciano is in chagrin falls. rob, there's a couple of snow belts in cleveland, ohio, ashtabula, chardin, and you are in the other one, my friend, in chagrin falls, ohio. >> which is just to the east of cleveland. so you go about, i don't know, 15, maybe 20 miles east of cleveland, about the same distance away from the lake. this is on the western edge of the snow that's been falling the heaviest over the past couple of days. still falling now. we are in the big freeze, as well. that's the other issue is the bitterly cold air. for two weeks now in a row, they've gotten slammed with heavy snow and bitter cold air. it's done a number of things. they do a pretty good job of getting this snow off the roadways. but it's been so cold that they've had some water mains that have busted. obviously, that will floe flood the roads. and with temperatures in the teens, that will freeze up on the roads. even a couple of suburbs south

of cleveland have to boil their water because of those water main breaks. also some suburbs, because of the wind, have had some power knocked out. this has caused a number of headaches, that's for sure. just to give you an idea of how dangerous this last couple of weeks have been, there's been some dramatic dashboard camera video coming in at the "cnn newsroom" out of the cincinnati police department. i want you to take a look at this. the end of this story is better than what it looks to be here, where a police officer that helped somebody on the side of the road and then another car came and slid out of control and pinned that police officer against the barrier there. they both were hospitalized, but now they're okay, so that's the good news endsing of that story. dangerously cold temperatures who woke up in cleveland this morning, tony, and the winds off the lake were blowing 40 miles per hour. temperatures in the teens, looked like a hurricane, but once you steps outside, boy, it was colder than that. over 200 closures with businesses, schools and other

organizations today for the second day in a row. so they're really in the gribs of this. you know, it's a booul beautiful spot. look at this big old tree behind me decorated nicely in christmas lights, kind of a norman rockwell kind of town. only about 4,000 people who live here. they're doing the best they can to keep that holiday spirit, but even the heartiest of northeastern ohioans are saying, this is probably a little too much a little too quickly. >> and i spent nine years there in northeast ohio along lake erie in euclid, ohio, and other cities there in cleveland. and you're right, when that wind gets to whipping, oh, man, it just rips your heart out. stay warm, my friend, stay warm. let's get the latest on the bitter cold gripping the eastern united states right now. let's turn in and out to meteorologist jackie jarius. good morning, jackie. >> good morning, tony. it is brutal out there. subzero temperatures. we're looking at teens down into the deep south. and florida has been under the

big freeze, as well. we had a number of record lows this morning, one of which was jacksonville, florida. take a look at a live picture from jacksonville. 20 degrees was your record low this morning, but right now feeling like about 22. a hard freeze warning expected again tonight when we're expected to dip down below 27 been that's that critical temperature. if you hold there for a couple of hours, that puts an end to the growing season. we're concerned about some of these citrus crops in florida and we'll be talking to a citrus farmer coming up later in the hour. in the meantime, let's talk about that weather party and just how significant is this cold? temperatures are about 20 to 25 degrees below the seasonal norm. this is significant although a lot of records aren't being broken. it has to do with our upper level pattern allowing akt all of this act particular air to spill into the region. we're bottoming out this morning while weir we'll stay below freezing as we head into tomorrow.

we'll look for gradual improvement particularly across the southeast. do you see these 60s and warm air in texas? that will be head your way and maybe a little bit wintry precipitation is going to go along with that, too. the northeast, we had a little bit of slight light snow this morning. but the big story continues to be the lake-effect snow like what we saw from rob over here east of the cleveland area and the south town and buffalo really getting in on it. this is going to start to die down a little bit over towards lake michigan. but that overall pattern across the east is that arctic oscillation as we like to call it. >> the arctic constellation. >> arctic oscillation. >> what am i hearing? >> think of it as el nino-ish. it's a weather seasonal pattern. >> i just need to listen. jacqui, thank you so much. president obama call is him a giant of demroemsy. former u.n. ambassador richard holbrooke died last night from a

ruptu ruptured aorta. he ended the bosnian war 15 years ago today. >> i remember running into dick at the white house a km of weeks ago and he never missed an opportunity to be selling what he was doing and so he saddled up to me in his usual, aggressive way. he was a dedicated public servant and we will all miss him greatly. >> president obama's also honoring him. his reported last words, you have to stop the war in afghanistan. a federal judge has struck down the core of the law which requires americans to buy health insurance. two other federal judges have ruled the law constitutional,

setting the stage for a likely supreme court showdown. >> this has never, ever been tried by any congress before. and the judge yesterday ordered us they don't have the power to order to buy product, in this case, helthd insurance. but if they can do it here, they can order us to buy gym memberships to use the examples that were talked about court in our case. >> we will be talking to elizabeth cohen about this ruling and how it affects you later in the broadcast. a surprise just last hour, a london judge granting bail for wikileaks founder julian assange. assange is fighting extradition to sweden where he is wanted on rape charges. the judge essentially order him placed under house arrest. australian tv quoting assange from jail today saying his arrest has only increased his determination to publicize secret government documents. hot online this morning, cnn

launches its ipad app. where is derek dodge? derek, give us a quick show and tell if you would, please, sir. >> tony, if you're an ipad users like me, the first thing you did this morning is down loan the cnn ipad app. look how stunning the images are. this is the broadsheet view. it's an amazingly beautiful way to explore the news. you have all these thumbnail images. but say you don't want to broadsheet view. we have three different ways to explore cnn on the app. you can do the broadsheet. maybe you want quick headlines. check this out. this is a beautiful way to sit back and flip through the news. this is the slideshow view. but there's more, okay? we have two versions, the version of the united states, which we're on right now. but if you want to toggle and flip over to the international version, you can do that, as well. it doesn't matter where you are. you can get united states or international. the video on here is beautiful, okay? you can also get live video,

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the senate. lawmakers voted 83-15 to end debate. but the big challenge will come from house democrats. dana bash is live on capitol hill with the latest. give us a bit more, if you would, on the bipartisan vote in the senate. >> wasn't that an unbelievable stunning somebody number? we got earfuls last week about this deal. many of them decided to go ahead with this test vote. the final vote will probably look something similar to this. even if they lose a couple, they're still well within the margins. as you said, probably we'll see a final vote today. what we're waiting for in the senate is whether or not the democratic and republican leader who are working together on this will allow amendments. there are some republican senators who want to put up amendments, for example, to pay for the unemployment benefits which runs almost $60 billion. so those are the kinds of things that we're going to see.

those amendments are not likely to pass, even if they come to the senate floor. >> dana, given all the back and forth on this, could we maybe get 90 senate votes on this today? >> i'm getting it won't be more than the 83 mark, but you never know. >> what is in this bill for americans? >> the most important thing, if congress doesn't act, almost everybody's tax es will go up. but this bill extends for all income levels. that was the controversial thing that the president and democrats conceded on pipt also will extend unemployment benefits for 13 months, which is what democrats got. but one of the things that is most controversial and is something to look ahead to in the house, tony, is the estate tax. that provision is something that has really angered democrats. and i want to put up -- there

you see a graphic. what is in the package, it exempts states for individuals up to $5 million and it sets the top tax rate at 35%. what many democrats want and prefer is something less generous to wealthy americans. exempt estates for individuals up to $3.5 million with a top tax rate of 45%. looking ahead to the house, what we have been told from several democratic sources is that if they do go ahead and take up this bill, which we're told is likely, despite the revolt last week, that they are likely to offer an amendment to change that estate tax provision. that would be a pretty significant change, one that would anger republicans, particularly in the senate. so if they were able to pass that, it would probably go back and forth again and delay final passage a little bit. but that is something to look for in terms of a significant change that house democrats will try to get. >> boy, it seems awfully quiet around you, dana. all right. dana bash, thank you.

brett farve's glorious run is done and so is his season. on the flip side, aubrey teaming up with me next for your sports fix. good morning. >> good morning. >> we're back in a moment. right now, there's a nurse saving a life in baltimore.

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so-called big three lighting the fuse. they're playing great ball right now. aubrey is joining me from miami. it's good to see you. so the team has won nine straight games by double digits. are people -- are the fans in miami starting to show up at game time? >> well, good morning, tony. it's great to see you. you know, i was at the game last night. >> nice. >> and i am happy to report that the fans were showing up. you know, it's one of those things where the heat had a whole initiative, to fan up. and they're showing up and it was packed last night. >> can i have you do me a favor here. we've got some tremendous video from this game last night against the hornets. this is third quarter action. we're teeing up the play now. this is lebron james. we're going to see it in a second. would you describe what happens here and the video will match you at some point. >> okay. it was late in the third, the shot clock winding down. lebron cuts to the baseline and does this turn away, fade away

shot and it goes from behind the backboard and it's all net. who does that? lebron james does that. >> lebron james does that. was it the mcdonald's commercial years ago when you had magic and byrd and jordan playing horse try this shot? isn't that what it looked like? it looked like a shot from the game of horse. >> and at the 24 shot clock buzzer at that. it was very exciting and the fans were on their feet. american airlines was rocking last night. okay. i want to change gears with you here. it's a piece of video that i guess we all that you tell we would see at some point. we just didn't know when. it is brett farve on the sidelines at the start of a football game. this -- we haven't seen this in forever. 297 games, the streak comes to an end last night because of injury. what are your thoughts, aubrey, on the end of this streak? >> well, i mean, we definitely didn't want to see brett farve

have to end his streak because of an injury. i mean, i would have rather seen it because of retirement, which, you know, a few times we thought it had already ended. but, you know, he is a class act and, you know, his record is going to be safe for a little while. it will be five seasons for baiton manning can catch up and brett has had a great run. >> yeah, he really has. and it ends for brett the way it does for so many great athletes. it ends with an injury, which is not necessarily -- we love the elway story, but we're not going to get it with brett farve. it ends with his being injured. >> right. and, you know, it's time for change. if the collapse of the dome didn't send a red flag that minnesota needs some change, i don't know what will. i wish brett farve the best, but 297, there's nothing to be ashamed of there. >> absolutely. aubrey, if you would, tell everyone where they can find you, your site, and where they can see the great work that you're doing right now. >> okay. well, they can see my show at

ontheflipsidetv.com and check my out on twitter at aubreyanne. >> great to see you. we'll have you back on the program again. good to see you. >> thanks, tony. and still to come, a police officer stopped to help a motorist, but ends up needing help. boy, it is a video that we just can't stop watching. that's horrible. but we'll have the story for you. it's a good news ending. back in a moment. and a choice. take tylenol now, and maybe up to 8 in a day. or...choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. enjoy the flight.

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that's a concrete barrier. the two men were hospitalized and are now okay according to police. a cnn app is now available on ipad. how many apps are out there? the answer in 75 seconds.

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sandra endo, she's in washington following stories trending on the internet. what is catching your eye this hour? >> hey there, tony. trending today, whatever this lady does, you know it's a big talker, yeah, when the sydney opera house changes its name for opera, you know it's going to be a big production. the queen of talk bought her show to australia for a week-long trip accompanied by more than 300 u.s. audience members who took part in oprah's ultimate australian adventure. the final two shows of the journalny were taped at the at the opera house where a mishap took place. that is hugh jackman zip lining towards the stage. there he goes. but uh-oh, he hits something and that is a ska folding getting a boo-boo on his right eye. the taping was suspendsed for him to get checked out. but he said a few sips of red wine did the trick and he went on with the show. >> wow. >> that is amazing.

australia, obviously a big tourist attraction, right? >> absolutely. one of the top tourist destinations in the world, actually. >> how about going to the site of the world's worst nuclear accident for a vacation, tone snee? >> i don't think so. >> yeah. this story is trending big on cnn.com. ukraine says it's going to lift restriction owes visitation for this dome around chernobyl nuclear plant starting next year. >> 1986, abdomen explosion killed 32 plant workers and 40,000 more people are estimated to die of cancer from the radiation. officials now say the radiation levels at the site are well above normal, but it's not unsafe. i don't know, tony, would you go there? >> no. i think i'll go to sydney. >> yeah, i think i'll pass. but rin this story you're not going to pass up on because it features your sweetheart. the golden globes trending today from hollywood.

the nominees for the 68th annual golden globes were announced this morning. leading the way, racking up several nominations, the king's speech. it stars collin spers, helena carter. and the one i know, tony, that you are just waiting for is the best performance by an actress in a motion picture drama category, because there's tough competition out there. natalie portman in black swan, nicole kidman in rabbit hole, jennifer lawrence in winter's bone, but your sweetheart, halle berry in "franky and alice." >> she got that nomination, huh? >> yeah. stop drooling, ohio. >> from cleveland, ohio, not far from where rob marciano is buried in snow. sandy, good to see you. see you next hour. thank you. richard holbrooke, we look

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charges. wicky leaks has angered and embarrassed world leaders by publicizing secret u.s. documents. in berkeley, california, the city will vote on a resolution declaring army sergeant bradley manning a patriot. at the white house this hour, president obama and his national security team are discussing war strategy for afghanistan. a one-year review of the president's true build up in afghanistan will be out on thursday. a key player is missing from the white house strategy session this morning, ambassador richard holbrooke. the president's special envoy for afghanistan and pakistan died, as you know, last night. foreign affairs concerned jill daugherty in washington for us. jill, ambassador holbrooke spent five decades as a troubleshooter foss u.s. presidents. if you would, take a moment and reflect on his career for us.

>> well, you know, it starts almost 50 years ago and he was in vietnam. and seeing that war up close really changed him. it was an approach, you know, trying to at that point rescue a war that had gone wrong. and now, at the end of his career, as some have said, trying to set right a war that could go wrong. and in between, probably the most notable thing was working and succeeding in bringing about the dayton peace agreement back in 1995. and it was a really template for solving the problem of a war and has been used by other people. many people refer to it. and coincidentally, by the way, according to bill clinton, today is the 15th anniversary. >> jill, if you would, watch with us former staent secretary of state jamie reuben, his reflections on ambassador holbrooke on cnn this morning.

>> richard, obviously, was an intelligent man, but he also had the ability to operate at several levels. he operated as a -- in the world of politics, in the world of policy, in the world of the press. he was quite a formidable & in the media and he also operated in the world of people. so he put all those components together and i think his probably signature element was his historical analogies. he was always making a grand analogy says this is the guns of august and -- like in world war i or that it was related to vietnam. so he had this unique ability to use all the tools of historic and geography and politics and diplomacy and put it together for one purpose. i think there are going to be some, you know, difficult times now finding someone who can do all the things as well as richard could do them. . >> jill, how difficult is it

goss going to be the to find something someone to fill shoes that can't be filled? >> oh, i think quite difficult. after all, as jamie was saying, those are the things that he brought to the table. and he also brought to the table this amazing, you know, physical presence and his charisma. his ability almost to be like an actor when he's involved in these negotiations. he would get angry and he would be nice. he was able to pull off some are a magz negotiations. and to find that in one person right now, although the policy and the policy review that will come out at the end of the week, thursday, is already set and that will go forward and there is a team. but to find somebody with all of those characteristics will be difficult. >> our foreign affairs corespondent, jill daughterry, thank you. in your face, old man winter. that's one of our cnn reporters

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this would be a wonderful time for him to make the case it's time to get a new stadium because the dome has collapsed and he wants a new stadium, doesn't he? >> he does want a new stadium and l.a. is trying to move the vikings away from minnesota. this might be that thing that either gets them there or maybe that makes the city say, okay.

so you think you're having a bad sweater day, right? try telling it to the guys here. talk about misery loving company. we'll get the shot. that's pretty representative right there, about 70 cars in all, right? we're talking trucks, vehicled cars, suvs, all stuck in the snow, forced to wait it out at a gas station for nearly 15 hours. 15 hours. one bright spot, though. have a listen. >> one of the things that we definitely want to say is just how amazing the gas station service people were. it was the end of their shift and they ended up being there, just the two of them with us, and probably another 100 people all night long. they kept it up and running and they could have easily gone home to their family.

the attorneys for wikileaks founder julian assange is speaking right now. let's have a listen. >> in court with him today. >> i think the swedish government is looking using their legal pressure. i believe that the swedish process is an abusive process. as i sand here now, despite the ox orientation of the district judge, we still have not been given the material about -- and the evidence to which mr. assange is entitled to allow him to understand the nature of the allegations against him. >> mr. stevens, if the appeal does happen within the next hour from the swedes, is it true that mr. assange will have to remain behind bars for another 48 hours until there's another hearing spp. >> yes. whatever happens, mr. assange will have to stay behind bars. he'll have to be staying behind bars because there's an appeal and we'll be in court late tomorrow or early thursday or because we haven't got 200,000 pounds which we can deliver to this court in cash because, of

course, checks say teven days to clear. >> how soon could you have 200,000 pounds, if allowed? >> we're putting the begging bowl out and anyone who wants to send cash to the court here, i'm sure they'd welcome it. >> why did you choose 200,000 pounds? >> we didn't choose it. the judge chose it. we chose a significantly less amount. as you all have seen, we had large number of people who are prepared to stand for 20,000 pounds. the position in the united kingdom is a person who sends surety promises to pay $20,000 pounds in the event of a breach of fail which means you have a to lick daid date a significant sum of money. >> mr. stevens, mr. assange can't speak for himself, but he gave us some -- >> there are a number of failed conditions which the judge put on mr. assange's release. the first is that he have a particular dress which was given to the court, the second is that he has to be in that property

between certain hours of the day and night so that he can be geopositioned with an electronic monitoring equipment, that he has given to sureties to the court and you've seen poth of them, smith and sarah and in those circumstances, he's also got to come up with a cash deposit. those are the conditions before he releases. and otherwise and until those are met, particularly the surety, he will be sitting in the conditions at wadsworth prison. >> can you explain at the end there was a thumbs up? >> the extradition process can take a number of years. we saw with gary mckinnen that his extradition to america is still ongoing and potentially

may not even get there. so it can be an extremely lengthy period. and for that reason, rereally don't understand why the prosecutor is wanting to turn this into a show trial. >> mr. stevens, i stood beside mr. assange when he gave a thumbs up and a triumphant move at the end. can you describe that moment as you had a chance to communicate and what he said to you that you can share with us? >> well, i think we were all very pleased, everybody on the legal team and that is many of us have put in many hours of work and getting very little sleep. part of the problem has been actually preparing the evidence and all the rest of it. it was, of course, an enormous relief, but it comes with enormous sadness that we on his legal team now that an innocent man is about to be in jail for another night in solitary confinement where he is denied access and ability to talk to other prisoners. he's locked up for 23 1/2 hours a day and he's subject to

infrared photography 24 hours a day. so it's a pretty unpleasant experience that he's going through at the moment. his mail is not getting through. he's not being allowed to read the newspapers or indeed "time" magazine who sent him a magazine. that was ripped up by the prison and he was given an empty envelope. >> have any of the sureties that you've got for surety said that they would give you part of the security? >> some of them have gone away to think about that. they're very decent people. but it obviously takes some significant amount of time even for people of enormous wealth and particularly for people of enormous wealth to liquidate sums to make them available. >> okay. you've been listening to the attorney for julian assange, the founder of wikileaks. as you know, bail has been set for julian assange. it's at 200,000 pounds.

that is about $315,000 u.s. he will be released into what is essentially house arrest once bail can be posted. you heard his attorney there, attorney stevens, saying that the begging bone is out to raise this money. as you know, wikileaks has angered a lot of diplomates, a lot of governments and world leaders by publicizing secret u.s. cables, although bail has been set. julian assange will stay in jail until bail can be posted. we'll continue to follow this story, of course. we're back in a moment. host: could switching to really save you fifteen percent

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where we should be for this time of the year. temperatures were below freezing and reaching record levels in the state of florida. now, joining us live on the phone is gary parks and he is the co-owner of parksdale farms that produces more than 3 million pounds of strawberries a year. gary, just how cold and how much damage are we talking about? >> we're doing fine at the moment. we'll have to wait for the rest of the ice to thaw to see if we got hurt from last night. but then we'll have to turn around because then we're expecting colder temperatures tonight. >> tomorrow morning may be bat for you, as well. florida has seen these type of temperatures before. but, you know, this many blasts in a short period of time, is that more damaging, potentially? >> it could be. but, you know, we just had

the -- i believe we had, was it 24 days under 32 degrees just last year, so, you know, this is only -- we just finished the third day and coming up on day number four and then it's supposed to ease up on us a bit. so in comparison, we're feeling kind of -- you know, i'm much more confident in this year than i was in last. >> that's some good news. the long-term impact hopefully not too bad for you guys. >> i agree. hope not. >> okay. great. that's a little bit of good news coming out of the frozen sunshine state this morning. gary park, thanks for time the time and is joining us this morning. >> how cold tonight, jackie? >> probably down in the middle 20s again. he's just outside the tampa/st. pete area. they put water from the punishablers and try to protect it and if the wind is too strong, it can make ice pellets that hit it, as well. we'll be watching it.

>> appreciate it. the holiday seasons coming up, it is time to tip the mailman, the news carrier. stephanie elam is in new york at the new york stock exchange. how much is enough to say thank you very much? >> that is the big question this time of year, tony. consumer reports says the average tip this year is around $35. but, of course, the amount varies when it comes to the type of service or where you live. but some folks will be getting a tip pay cut this year. i'm just the messenger. don't hate me. but according to year. according to money mag, house cleepers are getting the shaft. down to 65 bucks from $75. but newspapers are getting a raise. about $5 more. but what's the exact right amount? a general guide for how much to tip is one week's pay or one unit of pay. this applies to housekeepers,

babysitters, day care providers, your barber and dog walker. if you can't afford that, tip as much as you can, but don't break your budget on tipping and if you tip these folks regularly, maybe give a small gift instead. >> appreciate it. let's take a quick break. back in a moment. [ sneezes ] client's here.

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think about tipping only the folks who come into your home like the babysitter. if you don't have the budget, then a handwritten note expressing appreciation is acceptable. don't think if you don't tip, you won't get great service the next year. if you think you've had bad service, you might want to change companies. it's the thought that counts. >> lovely sentiment. let' how it works out in practice. good to see you. see you tomorrow. back in a moment. >> sounds good.

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everyone who can afford coverage needs to carry basic coverage by 2014 to level the playing field. henry hudson in virginia yesterday completely rejected that noex and said it's unconstitutional. no final decision on this for probably a couple of years because it's likely to go up to the u.s. supreme court. secondly, president moving closer to a big victory on that tax cut deal with republicans, cleared a hurdle in the senate last night. might be moving forward to a vote in the house next couple of days, but moody's is saying not too fast. they've got a new report saying that while this may boost dwrout in the short-term, it could really balloon the debt, saying it could raise u.s. debt to 72% from about 62% right now. it's a warning that unless the president as well as congress start cutting spending, get the

deficit under control, we could have real problems where u.s. debt gets downgraded. >> and ed, if you would, tell us about this new appeal by joe miller's campaign in alaska. what's going on with that? >> he's appealing it now to the state supreme court in alaska. you'll remember that lisa murkowski has declared victory. she was a write-in in the general election because she lost the primary to joe miller. he's now challenging and has been challenging, counting of write-in ballots that had misspelled names for example, even though the board of election had decided before that voters' intent would be taken into account. if it was clear that it was just off by a letter or two and they were trying to vote for her, they would count that. a judge has also ruled that joe miller has not proven there was any election fraud. he's appealing all of this to

the state supreme court. lisa murkowski wants this to be over as soon as possible. it's not going to affect which party is in control. >> ed henry for us. great to see you. thank you. your next political update in an hour. for the latest political news, you know where to to go. hello, again, top of the hour. here are some of the people behind today's top stories. this american is a star in japan. why is that so shocking? we will share his amazing story with you. every time you go out of your house, someone may be watching you on a surveillance camera. we will show you how to see if it is happening to you in our end of privacy report. and you're online right now, we are, too. a story about snoring. is it ever a good thing? let's get started with our lead

story. yesterday, a federal junl in virginia ruled that it is unconstitutional for the government to force americans to buy health insurance. it is the first time a portion of the president's landmark health care bill has been struck down in court and a ruling that promises to spur a heated legal debate that could go to the supreme court. the white house immediately struck back. here is what attorney general eric holder and health and human services secretary, kathleen see bee las had to see about the case in this morning's "washington post." let's take a look at it right here. yeah, but i can't read it on the screen. all right. there it is. so, strong reactions on both sides following that rules yesterday. that parts of the new health care law are unconstitutional. the judge says the government cannot force americans to buy health insurance. virginia's attorney general agrees.

but the white house is already fighting back. here is what attorney general eric holder and kathleen sebelius said and "the washington post," we don't have that, but just heard it mentioned by our senior white house correspondent, ed hen pry. let's get to our senior medical correspondent, let's put all of the legal wrangling aside. what does this mean? this ruling from this judge in virginia, a federal judge, for you, for me, for families? >> at this moment, nothing. what he struck down was basically a way to pay for this. forcing americans to buy insurance is a way to pay for all of the provisions of health care reform. >> yes. >> but some of those provisions have gone into effect. they will remain in effect, however, this will, this reform will not be long-lived if they don't think of a way to pay for

it, but right now, for this moment and probably the foreseeable weeks, months to come, no changes. >> so, what's left in the bill if this ruling stands? and i know we're looking down the road a little bit. >> let's talk about what's in effect right now. what families can take advantage of right now and what stands despite what the federal judge did in virginia yesterday. two things. there are serl. right now, you can stay on your parents insurance until age 26. that's a new thing that came with health care reform. that started in september. that will stay the same. if your child is on your health care insurance at the age of 25, that's not going to change. also, children with preexisting conditions can get insurance now. before, it was extremely hard. they faced ridiculous prices or just being told no. that stays. so, if you last month got your child insurance and they have a preexisting condition, they're

not going to yank that way wa. i know that people are concerned, parents are concerned, is my kid going to get their insurance taken away. the answer is no. >> i did want to get to this. the note frs the editorials from "the washington post" and again, this is from attorney general eric holder and kathleen sebelius and you can comment on this once i read through a bit of it here. without an individual >> it's interesting how they put that. basically, what they're saying, i'm going simplify. health care reform allows people with preexisting conditions to get insurance. right now, if you have a preexisting condition, they're not going to give it to you or charge a ridiculous amount of

money. what the law says the is that insurance companies can't do that. if someone comes to you with cancer, you have to insure them. that's expensive. how do you pay for that? you make every american get insurance. you tell healthy americans of which there are tens of million of them without insurance, hey, buddy, the game's over. you've got to buy insurance. that's where that cash comes from. the virginia judge saying, you can't do that. well, how do you pay for this. the funding mechanism goes away. that's a big prb. >> i know you're going to be following this closely. we appreciate it. thank you. other big stories we are following for you, the final senate vote on a deal to extend the bush tax cuts could come as early as today. yesterday, the deal cleared a hurdle in the senate, but the big challenge will come from house democrats. they're angry over a provision that lowers the top rate and

raises the exception on estate taxes. former u.n. ambassador richard holbrooke died last night. his career spanned five decades. most recently, he served as u.s. troubleshooter for afghanistan and pakistan. >> he was very tough. president obama said today at the state department, he was one tough son of a gun and that's exactly right. he was a man that if you were president and you had to face somebody who was a criminal or one of the really bad guys, you'd call for holbrooke. both hillary and bill clinton loved dick holbrooke. some thought he should have won the nobel peace prize for his work. >> the deal negotiated by holbrooke and signed 15 years ago today. a couple of hours ago in

london, a judge set bail for julian assange if he could come up with the money. he will be under house arrest. swedish authorities say they will not appeal the bail decision. wikileaks has angered and embarrassed world leaders and governments by publicizing secret u.s. documents. snow, ice and frigid temperatures, bitter cold weather wont release its grip on the eastern half of the country. indiana expected to get more snow today. drivers got stranded by the blizzard like conditions in indiana. these are pictures from a cnn i-reporter. we heard from him and -- >> we just wanted to say how awesome the gas station people

were. it was the end of their shift and they ended up being there with just the two of them with us and another 100 people. >> another ireporter sent us these pictures of the waves pounding the lake front in chicago. man, that's cold. that is bitter. if you would, keep those ireports, those pictures, those videos coming and we will get them on the air. folks in parts of ohio are used to the cold and snowy winters, but it's not officially winter yet and they're already getting hammered. rob marciano is near cleveland. it does look like a bit of a winter wonderland where you are. >> it does. if there is some comfort to be taken here, that's what folks here are trying to do. we were in the town square of chagrin falls, beautiful white

now. it's the holidays. behind me is the christmas tree all lit up and norman rockwell like, but this is the second week in a row they've had not only snow, but bitterly cold temperatures. well over 200 schools and businesses and organizations that have shut down today. the cold has broken some water mains. frozen roadways and people in medina who have to boil their water to make it safe. we woke up in cleveland, the winds were blowing 40 miles an hour. it was right through you with windchills below zero. it looks beautiful, but for even the heartiest of midwesterners here, they've had enough. here's what the mayor had to say about that. >> in terms of early, this is nasty.

in terms of winter, this is normally as bad as it gets, but so we have had storms like this in the past. but you don't have them every winter and you certainly don't have them on a repeated basis. >> and they got another foot of snow last night. other parts of northeast ohio got up to 20 inches of snow. we've got a lake effect storm warning here until 7:00 in the morning. upstate new york also going to see this. tony mentioned that we're not officially into winter, but for weather guy, we know it begins december 21st. last year at this time, we were pretty much talking about the same thing. i want to show you one thing. i came in last night and i lost my hat. so, i had to buy a new hat at the store. ohio state. you know? i know you're a good corn

huske huskers -- >> big 14 by the time they're done. all right. all our producers down there that went to ohio state are happy about that. even the people that went to ohio are happy. it's okay. this is a pretty good year. very cold air where rob is. you would expect that. that's why we sent him there. that's why he had to get a hat. we send our reporters out there and they don't wear anything. rob's smart enough to put something on. make sure you're taking care of the pets as well. here's the snow into cleveland. it isn't as bad as it was. it's pushed they are up to buffa buffalo. here's lake erie. it actually freezes. one of the only lakes that

actually freezes at times. but right here is the 402. it connects the northern part of michigan right through here, here's the thumb of michigan and goes to sarnia. right there is the blue water bridge. just east of that, there are 300 vehicles that have not moved for over 24 hours. my old affiliate is there. they are bringing helicopters in and out of this place dropping sandwiches and pop. >> soda. >> call it what you want. things are trying to move today with the sunshine, but people have been stranded in vehicles for 24 hours. one ireporter saying he was in his car, out of gas, knocked on the truck behind, says, i hear your diesel's running, do you

mind if i hop in. we talk ab the lake effect snow, but there's a giant lake right there. lake huron can really dump the snow. it's that steam you might see on a lake in the morning. that mist is the moisture that the snow machine uses to put that snow down across parts of the land as it comes across the blue water into the land, makes snow, snow stops, more water here. more snow, then gets into cleveland. live pictures. the national guard out, c-130 planes out there and also helicopters out there trying to save some of those people running out of gas and being very, very cold. >> i'm thinking about that couple of snow belts there in northeast ohio. >> did you leave there? >> chardon -- >> i love saying chautauqua.

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irresponsible. >> and coming up next, you might not see them, but they see you and in today's digital world, they are everywhere, so when do security cameras go too far and who's watching? it is part of the cnn special investigation, the end of privacy.

as our special week long

investigati investigation continues, we are taking a closer look at who's watching you. cameras can be hidden anywhere. josh levs shows you how to avoid the spy camera spotlight. >> reporter: they look like every day objects. but when you look closer, they have hidden cameras inside. tiny. unnotice b. >> the camera lens is right here and usually pointing up. >> i have no idea there's the camera. >> reporter: they can provide an extra layer of security. >> the ones that tell me what they're doing with the cameras are going to be the people either wanting to keep an eye on their sitter, their nanny. >> reporter: we've seen how they help the good guys like in "mission: impossible." >> there's a camera built into the bridge. what you see, it sees and transmits it here. >> reporter: but some end up

where they shouldn't. >> i heard of one, a guy with a camera, motion activated. set it up in a gym back and took it maybe in the ymca. >> reporter: these cost a few hundred bucks and technology is making smaller ones all the time. some broadcast video wirelessly over the internet. so, how can you tell if there's a hidden camera where you are? >> this is a low cost camera finder. >> reporter: private investigator brian curry runs a spy shop near atlanta. >> i'm seeing a big, bright, red blinking dot there and it's telling me there's a camera on me. >> reporter: more sophisticated detectors can seek out wireless camera signals. >> it's scanning the frequencies. >> it's picking up lots of different cameras? >> that's going to be the flower pot camera we had on. >> reporter: it's technology versus technology, potentially giving people the tools to invade your privacy, but giving you a chance to catch them.

>> josh levs joining me now. how small can these get? >> they can be anywhere. it's amazing what they have come up with. they can be inside rings. inside any object. you saw there how tiny the actual camera lenses are. you wouldn't suspect them. it's not the kind of thing you would stop and notice unless you had reason to be suspicious in the first place. >> who's using this technology? >> there are people i've spoken with who say they want to keep an eye on their kids to make sure their kids are being treated well. sometimes, you hear them being used in offices, in some cases, that's fine, but you know there are people putting these where they should not be. let's you track down and find if this is a camera there. >> preeappreciate it.

new york city is currently instahling more surveillance video in high tourist areas like manhattan and times square. when completing, there will be 3,000 cameras keeping watch, mostly funded by the department of homeland security.

today's top stories, sad news out of baltimore this morning. six people died in a house tire there. firefighters went inside, but had to leave because the flames were moving so fast. they found six bodies, some children. investigators are still trying to figure out the cause.

the senate could pass president obama's tax cut plan as soon as today. it cleared a key hurdle tonight as a majority of senators voted to advance it for final approve. the plan extends bush era tax cuts along with other tax break, but house democrats are pushing to revise the deal. intense snowstorm leaves more than 300 people stranded on the highway in southern ontario. it is shut down indefinitely and under a state of emergency. we're told the canadian military has come in to help. brandon junken joins me to tell us what he is seeing. how long have you been trapped and how are you holding up? >> i just got out about 20 minutes ago to half an hour ago, we were pulled out, but up to that point, we've been over 24 hours stuck on the same spot.

just off the main highway. they had gotten us off the 402 highway that was closed and put us on the side highway. unfortunately, the snow continued all night and by around midnight last night, you could no longer open the doors in your car because the snow had gotten so deep. >> i'm wondering if you had anticipated this when you started your journey and if you had a kit of necessary supplies in the vehicle with you. >> i didn't anticipate. i anticipated bad weather. i was told it was going to be in the area, but i was driving a fairly large truck and i just figured i'd take my time and go through it. i was anticipating lots of salt to be done and drivers going slow any way. when i got there, it was just like there was nobody there and everything was ice and it had gotten bad. i didn't actually pack a lot. i had blanket in the back, but i didn't, no, i didn't have anything packed that i should

have. i had a quarter tank of fuel and it just wasn't good by the time i got stopped and realized i was in trouble, that there was nothing we could do. by midnight, i had to shut the truck off and sit there and wait. i was showing minus 10 to 12 celsius inside the truck, so it was getting really cold by midnight. >> how nervous making were those hours? the hours from the point that you actually had to shut the vehicle off until you could get some relief? >> well, it wasn't until you really felt almost despair. it wasn't until about 7:30, 8:00 in the morning because they kept saying on the local radio, there are cars stuck on 402, which is the main highway, but never made mention we were on another highway. so you almost felt despair because you can't see more than two feet in front of you.

my concern was that did they even know we were out there. nobody had come to us and was no fuel left, i was freezing. it wasn't until 7:30 in the morning, the snow was still coming down and the wind was really strong, but we could hear what sounded like helicopters. i opened by door and looked up. there was a helicopter hovering right over the top. at that point, i realized for sure they knew we were there and would send help. >> chad myers is with us as well. he's been helping us orient the viewers as to where this is talking place. >> major lake effect event here. you were probably driving along and didn't have much snow, then

all of a sudden, drove into a whiteout. >> i like being outdoors and in the wintertime as well, but i have never been in something like that. you're driving along and it was fairly okay, like the driving, it was snowy, but then got so bad that you can't actually see the road even below you if you were to look out, you could no longer see the road at all. at that point, i just slowed down, i didn't want to stop quickly. i was afraid vehicling behind me might hitly me because they just mentioned detroit, niagra area in michigan having these same issues, so i didn't want to get into that. i basically slowed down quickly and it was just like a white wall. you can talk about it, but and i heard people say things like that before, but it wasn't until i was there. you can't see anything. >> you were concerned that -- that you weren't on 402. and you weren't being seen. did you not have a cell phone, no service?

>> i had a cell phone, but i called and just let them know that we were here and they said that there's just too many people out right now and that there's too much going on and that it would be at least 12 hours until they could get to us. on the radio stations and all the local media when you're turning it on, i was turning it on my satellite radio, all they were mentioning was highway 402. the police had turned you around 12 hours earlier, sent you off the highway into the middle of nowhere and said, sit here. now, you're sitting there and it's just whiteout. i've been in a whiteout before, like a ten second gust of wi wind -- >> you could get disoriented if you left your truck. staying in your truck, from what i hear, saved your life. >> literally, i would say 6:30 in the morning, i debated at one

point getting out and walking because i thought i could see christmas lights from a house and i was debating. when i opened the door and realized the snow was four feet beside my truck, i realized there was no way i would make it. you couldn't tell where you were at all. as it turns out, when they dug us out, i only had to drive about half a mile up a road and i was at a restaurant, gas station, all right here. >> were there other people around you? >> yes, about ten cars behind me. they were all big transport trucks lined up in front of me, but you could only see at best, maybe one car. the wind stopped for a minute, i was only five feet behind the transport truck in front of me and i didn't realize. it wasn't until morning, he had jackknifed in that position and his cab was spun around, but i couldn't actually see it until

morning even though he had the rig on all night with the lights on. i couldn't actually see the front of it. >> brandon, you are one lucky young man. you and whoever your traveling companion was. you guys have been -- you were really lucky. chad, before we say good-bye to brandon. just orient the viewers again. >> let's go to that google map. i'll take you from where detroit starts up to the blue water -- >> there are a lot of people still stuck. >> i think they probably are. the helicopters are out now. what we said, opp sent people off the highway 402 because it was closing. sending people on to smaller roads. they sent a lot of people off to the side roads and in the range land where i grew up, wyoming, nebraska, colorado, you would see this gates that say interstate close. you would think the interstate is a safest place to be.

if they were sending people on to smaller roadways that people didn't know they were there, then you don't have all the people on the highway, you have people on random roads scatter red off the highway. i think these men are quite lucky to be alive. that's the lesson here. you must stay with your vehicle. it's much larger. some protection. the windchill factor outside would have been ten degrees at times with the gusts, ten below zero. >> brandon, you still there? >> yep. >> you consider yourself, i hope you consider yourself lucky and smart. sounds like you were both. >> for sure. it's exactly what he said because when we got off the highway, there was nobody directing us where to go. we ended up on another highway. had he weather not done that,

we'd be all over this great area because it's so vast. i think that's the concern right now is that so many people are out everywhere. they don't know where they all are. >> warm up. collect your thoughts. we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. >> thank you. >> another thing i want to mention and then this is just for people because it's christmas time. go buy a car charger for your cell phone because these guys could have been out there much longer time and i'm sure there will be others who still haven't been rescued yet and they're still out there. if you're cell phone's dead you can't tell them you're in some ditch somewhere. i know what road i'm on, but now, my car's covered. you can't even tell them where you were. >> great point. >> gas up that car all the way. >> let's get to a break. boy, brandon, you and your travel companion, very, very lucky. [ sneezes ] you're up next.

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we've got a nice number as you can see, we're in positive territory. up 69 points and the headlines, stocks gaining on strong retail sales. the numbers so far are pretty good. you're out spending money and that's producing a bit of a pop if stock prices right now.

so we are buying and the nasdaq i can't see it there, but it is up as well. nine points. let's get to london, atika, if you would, give us an update on the situation with the wikileaks founder, julian assange. what happened in court today? >> reporter: basically, the judge has granted him bail with certain conditions, but you would think he would be released, but that's not the case. that's because the swedish prosecutor has just filed an appeal which means he must remain in custody until this has been resolved. another hearing will be scheduled within 48 hours that will basically hear the prosecution's case. for the moment, it look like julian assange remains in jail, in custody. he will not be walking out of here tonight.

that is a fact for his legal team. they were hoping that because the judge had decided he could be rereeced on bail, that he would be walking out of here, but he will be here for the next 48 hours. >> bail set, let me see if i've got the figure right. 200,000 pounds or the equivalent of 315,000 or so u.s. dollars? >> reporter: that's right. the judge had set the bail for that amount, but also set several conditions. for example, julian assange would have to be at the residence that he had registered under from 10:00 in the morning to 2:00 even and would have to check in with police every evening. he would also have to hand in his passport to police and have to wear an electronic tag to make sure he was monitored during those times. there were quite a few conditions in place already, but

clearly, the swedish prosecutor was not happy with that and i should point out that assange's defense lawyers are saying the fact that the defense is not happy is making this a show trial. >> take a break. back in a moment.

okay, of all the blabber we hear all year, what are the -- for 2010 according to yale book of quotations? number five, i am going to really mess this up. what the miners exclaimed when rescued after two months underground. is there a spanish speaker anywhere? anywhere? all right. i'm going to give it a go -- is that close?

is it reasonably close? all right. number four. sarah palin's now infamous tweet -- number three is -- that great quote from airline passenger john tyner, refusing the security pat-down or full body scan at the san diego airport. let's go back to chi chi le.

let's do this. let's get you caught up on some big stories of the entertainment world.

kareen, it's about the golden globes today. the biggest night in film and television, correct? >> absolutely, tony. it's also the unofficial lach o the entertainment awards season. it started early this morning. katie holmes got up bright and early. 5:30. she was joined by josh duhmel as well as blare underwood. for these two, alice in wonderland as well as the tourist. and angelina jolie also got a nomination along with your personal favorite, mr. berry. i hear you chuckling. in frankie and alice where she plays a woman with multiple

personality disorder. along with anne hathaway and emma stone. we're about to hit the huge category, the film category. one of the films to beat will be "the king's speech." seven nods from the foreign critic, followed by the facebook film and "the fighter" brought in six. among the others -- and you know this, tony. the golden globes, they're traditionally a rowdy, unpredictable party because it's the one show that brings together film and tv stars. the tv nominees in the comedy category, "glee," they're coming off winning the emmys in the summer. "modern family" and "nurse jackie." the snow will air sunday,

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gays in the military back on the agenda. data bash, live from capitol hill. dems in the house pushing for a vote? >> that's right. you remember last week when the senate failed to begin debate on a bill that included the repeal of don't ask don't tell. senate democrats who support this said they were going to try to push a stand alone bill in the senate before they leave for christmas break. today with wha the house said the we're going to do it first. that's what the majority leader announced. the house wasn't where the hurdled have been. the house has already passed this before, but what they are hoping is that this gives a push. that perhaps the way they can craft this, it will expedite a vote in the senate, but it is still a question mark whether or not the senate is going to have

time to do this. they want to begin the debate on the star s.t.a.r.t. treaty, which could take a little time. second item is mitt romney. he is now the latest high profile republican to say he does not like this legislation that's moving through congress right now. you know, in the senate, all but five ov his fellow republicans voted to move forward. he is arguing today that he believes that it's bad for the economy because it's just temporary when it comes to tax cuts and that the whole idea of extending tax cuts from his perspective is to give certainty to the investors and this doesn't do it. >> i received an e-mail telling me that you had received an e-mail from bill clinton, the former president, with a contest to pay off hillary clinton's debt. what is that all about? >> you know, we all like contests. i think everybody in politics

knows this, too. it's really interesting. first of all, let's start with hang off hillary clinton. the calendar is not wrong. there's not a time warp. it is the winter of 2010 and her campaign ended more than two years ago, and she still has debt. about 75,000 or so. what bill clinton has done is sent an e-mail saying that if you contribute at least $5, you will be eligible for a contest that you could win to fly to new york and spend the day with bill clinton. they are trying hard to retire that debt with some interesting things going on here. he has done this in the past, tony. he had this contest in his e-mail, he said he had a blast with the person who won this, so he's going to try to do it again. >> that's reality show moment. the day with bill clinton. >> that's good. we can ask if we can bring cameras. >> i'm going to leave it there. good to see you. thank you. your next political update

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