congressman of alabama, former member of the congressional black caucus wrote an editorial in a paper talking about the voter fraud he saw when he was running for office saying he had been wrong in his opposition to voter id and said it was required. i would point out to you, look, cnn is headquartered in atlanta. georgia has had a photo id law, one of the distributest in the country for five years, two federal elections and local elections. there has been no downturn in the turnout of african-american voters in any of these elections. in fact, they have gone up significantly. >> we're at the top of the hour now, noontime on the east coast. let me hand it to fredricka. it's always sad to say good-bye. we get here, do our segment. >> a quick hello and brief good-bye. >> footing is starting. >> you're in a hurry, lsu alabama. >> it's tonight. >> get that early start then.

that's what it's all about. t.j., thanks so much. we begin, it is a very sad day but at the same time a life is being celebrated, sad day for "60 minutes" and many of us who have loved watching andy rooney for so many years close out that program. rooney died last night from complications following minor surgery. he was 92. rooney got his start as a writer in the army and spent nearly 60 years at cbs, half of them on the air. he always thought of himself as an ordinary guy that simply wrote about what he saw and read what he wrote. his colleague lesley stahl called him our poet lawiat. here is how he signed off the news magazine a few weeks ago. >> a writer's job is to tell the truth. i believe if all the truth were known about everything in the world, it would be a better place to live. i know i've been terribly wrong sometimes, but i think i've been right more often than i've been

wrong. i may have given the impression that i don't care what anyone else thinks but i do care. i care a lot. i have always hoped people will like what i written. being liked is nice, but it's not my intent. i spent my first 50 years trying to become well-known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. i walk down the street now or go to a football game and people shout, hey, andy. i hate that. i've done a lot of complaining here. but of all the things i've complained about, i can't complain about my life. my wife margie and i had four good kids, now there are grandchildren. i have two great-grandchildren, although they are a little young for me to know how great they are. and all this time, i've been paid to say what is on my mind on television.

you don't get any luckier in life than that. this is a moment i dreaded. i wish i could do this forever. i can't, though. but i'm not retiring. writers don't retire. i'll always be a writer. a lot of you have sent me wonderful letters and said good things to me when you meet me in the street. i wasn't always gracious about it. it's hard to accept being liked. i don't say this often but thank you. although if you do see me in a restaurant, please, just let me eat my dinner. >> andy rooney. cbs correspondent bob simon worked alongside andy rooney for 16 years and later on in this hour bob joins us to share his thoughts and mems memories about andy rooney. across america growing anger at big banks and their rising fees. some of those banks could be losing customers and their deposits today. moveon.org is sponsoring a move your money day.

another money is packing an organization your bank day. they are calling to move your money out of a bank and into credit unions. it started with a woman and her anger. >> i started the idea myself. it began as a facebook event that i spent to 500 of my closest friends educating them to the powerful impact credit unions can have on our local community. from there they invited 500 and they invited 500. so now we are 42,000 supporters in less than two weeks. big banks have mismanaged funds and utilized unethical business practices. it's time we vote with our dollar and help restore our own local communities. >> overseas up to 100,000 protesters are expected to take to the streets in rome voicing opposition to the government of italian prime minister silvio berlusconi amid a growing

economic crisis. many are upset saying he's incapable of handling serious problems affecting italy. berlusconi could face a confidence vote next week. now to greece, a country on the brink of bankruptcy. prime minister papandreou met with the president hours after barely winning a vote of confidence. he said he would do whatever possible to form a coalition government his next objective push through a package. some greeks may not wait around much longer. >> reporter: break time at business college, a bunch of students set on getting qualified and quitting the country. >> reporter: don't you feel your country needs people like you? >> they do but there's no opportunity. people are closing, stores are closing, strikes are making it very hard for people to even go to school and work.

>> reporter: his friend thinks it's more deep rooted even than that. >> you take a greek guy in greece, he can do nothing. take a greek guy, move him to australia, anywhere we want, he will do great things. >> reporter: there's a special course here an greece and the crisis and the attempt to try to buck the trend and keep the young back home. >> it's all about finding the presence of mind to go against a lot of what has been built and declare it bebunked. it's something only younger people can do. >> reporter: it seems younger people feel the principles of democracy broke down a long time ago. they feel cheated by politicians, their parents and grandparents creating a mess of monumental proportions that no one seems able to fix. talk to older generations and they will freely admit much of the blame lies with greek

society. >> i agree we have to earn our living. it was the last 10 years we were living with -- not only the last 10 years but since our revolution in 1821, we have bankruptcy five times, maybe more. we don't get the lesson out of that. >> reporter: in 1821 field marshall fought for independence and won. now greece faces the option of dependence on european pay masters or a fate that may be worse. sadly for greece, many of the young who could fight for its future say they are not prepared to stick around. cnn, athens. >> how might greece's problems affect you? come back in the 2:00 eastern hour and we'll tell you what you need to be doing perhaps with your 401(k). world leaders pledge support

spor-of- for the greek debt deal while at the g-20 summit in france. they wrapped up the meeting but unveiling a two-page action plan. the plan is short on specifics. leaders admit it will be hard for some countries to follow through as they try to get their own financial houses in order. in pakistan, a court has indicted two police officers for covering up the crime scene in the 2007 assassination of former prime minister benazir bhutto. the two pleaded not guilty on charges of conspiracy to commit murder. their defense attorney is saying that, five others with suspected links to the talabani pakistan also face charges of murder and terrorism. a tough week for hurman cain. we'll check in live with our political desk in washington on the harrisment allegations against the presidential candidate. man travels to mars? not quite.

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on the presidential campaign trail, iowa took the spotlight last night as five of the republican candidates addressed the ronald reagan dinner in des moines. it's the iowa republican party's biggest annual fund-raiser. among the no shows, front-runners mitt romney and herman cain. it's been a tough week with cain facing a barrage of allegations about sexual harassment. he is at the top of the polls with mitt romney. earlier i asked david gergen how he thinks the harassment scandal

will affect cain's campaign. >> as it is, drip, drip, drip process. yes, it hasn't shown up in the polls, yes, he's getting more money. i guarantee over time, this story continues much longer, it will be corrosive for the campaign. everything in politics tells veterans that's what happened over time. >> let's go to deputy political director paul sign housteinhaus. paul, what about david gergen's comments saying that campaign shows inexperience. it took too long for herman cain to respond. >> his responses were changing throughout monday. we heard that criticism from others. you were also talking about the polls. let's take a look at that. abc warrant poll, came out yesterday, conducted entirely after the controversy hit. the controversy hit last sunday night, this poll was monday

through theories. there's cain tied at the top in the republican nomination with massachusetts governor mitt romney. that's where he was in the polls before the crisis started. go to the next poll as well and you can see seven in ten, republicans and independents that lead to gop, the kind this vote in the primaries that start in 10 months. 69% say no difference. 23%, one in four, say they may be less likely to support cain. in a close contest that could be troublesome for cain. yesterday he was right here in d.c., a kbras roots fiscal conservative conference. he got good applause there. a more well received applause than mitt romney who was also speaking there. one more thing, herman cain's campaign brought in $1.6 million since sunday night. that's a good chunk of change. as much as they want to get past this and to other issues that

matter to the voters, until all the questions are answered, the story will stick around. >> heraldan cain wasn't in iowa last night, pivotal, important for a lot of candidates. instead he's going to be in houston. why is this that much more significant a move. >> interesting he wasn't in iowa, nor was romney, both here at that tea party summit. that is telling it. as you mentioned, in houston, texas, for another tea party event. tea party patriots between cain and newt gingrich, former house speaker also running for the nomination. later he will join candidates at a debate in michigan which will focus on the economy. all this as herman cain's campaign and the candidate him receives tries to get past the story. we'll see if that happens. >> paul steinhauser, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> join us at 4:00 eastern time when we dedicate an entire hour to the presidential contenders of the 2012 election. you're thinking of

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rights attorney and a new york criminal defense attorney and law professor joining us from our miami bureau. good to see you as well. >> good morning, fred. >> okay, gentlemen. one would think jurors have one decision to make, involuntary manslaughter. they may have come to a decision. now we're heading into day two, deliberations come monday. avery, you first. they don't have to make a determination as to whether conrad murray caused the death of michael jackson, but contributed instead to it at least. >> yeah. you nailed the issue. the question is do we have criminal negligence, extreme negligence, and, indeed, i think this is a very smart jury. they listen to judge michael pastor, fredricka. they paid attention. they are asking questions already. they have deliberated almost eight hours. the bottom line is i think they understand the instruction. if they do, there should be a

conviction. >> so richard, you have a problem with what avery said, what? >> they have to prove gross negligence not just medical malpractice, gross negligence. >> right. >> they have to prove that gross negligence caused or substantially contributed to the death of michael jackson. fred, it comes down to this. no propofol drip, you must acquit. if the propofol drip -- if they believe the drip was not there and the propofol injection that murray gave was in his body for seven minutes, murray had no reason to sit there. he could have walked out of the room. >> is that the issue? >> yeah, that's the issue. >> wait a minute. >> or is it at the minimum that this doctor had this propofol or any other litany of medications within reach at the disposal for michael jackson whether he were to inject it himself or

administered by the doctor. >> the issue, if michael jackson downed eight lorazepam pills and gave himself an injection when conrad murray is out of the room, this jury is not going to convict him. we don't know what happened in that room. >> avery, it's involuntary manslaughter. involuntary manslaughter. >> i mean, he had a catheter in him. this whole idea of the defense argument that he somehow injected himself and then ingested all these things strikes me based on the state of the totality of the record as ridiculous. i think the jury is going to be able to understand that. i don't think it's a close call. >> the prosecutor stood up in his rebuttal at the end and said, you know, we'll never know what happened in to room. that's great for the defense. the jury is going to be back there. the prosecutor doesn't know and they didn't prove their case, they must acquit him. i'm looking for a hung jury or acquittal here. i've been saying that all along. >> we'll talk about that more

next week. herman cain, the accuser coming out by way of her attorney saying i don't want to reveal who i am. i don't want to elaborate on the complaint. there was an agreement we now know for sure between the national restaurant association and this accuser or maybe even the two accusers, avery. given that and given that herman cain was not a party to the settlement, so he in no way has breached an agreement because he has at least responded in different ways to the questions that have come his way. >> you know what, fredricka, he's handled this in a kardashian matter. he waited 10 days for politico, basically ignored them, then it turned into a monstrosity. look, here is the law. under the federal law, herman cain could never be a different. never. all he had to say is look it, i

vigorously deny it. the employer, not me, the employer decided to pay off because it's less money than the cost of defense. i didn't agree with that. case over. but that isn't what he did. he flip-flopped and created a monster that frankly was unnecessary. >> we know there's an agreement between this alleged accuser and national restaurant association but there's another allegation, richard and we don't know that agreement with that accuser, do we? >> oops, did it again. four transactions back then. look, we discussed it. he was president of the restaurant association. complaints were made against him years ago. a settlement was reached. a one-year severance was given to this woman. he to approve that, please. he had to say, yes, i made a mistake several years ago. it's the past.

move on. you deny it, you invite -- >> the attorney speaking on behalf of the accuser said that case and that settlement came after herman cain had already left the national restaurant association. >> right. >> perhaps we'll never really know. >> it was handled wrong, that's all, real simple. >> let's move on to this other case involving this texas judge william adams daughter posting this beating or disciplinary action on youtube. >> beating. >> well, i guess it's up to various people's interpretation of what it is. >> okay. >> there is not going to be any kind of prosecution because there's a statute of limitations is out. but he is a judge for family court, avery. so might the bar association step in and say, wait a minute, he either has to recuse himself from certain cases or might we need to review cases he's been involved in because now this videotape may show there could have been some bias and some

other cases that may have involved disciplinary action, beating, whatever the terminology you want to use? >> yeah, the civil and criminal statute of limitations have run. the bar association should investigate. my opinion, it's sadistic behavior. this is a taliban and letting him serve on the bench. i think the bar association should not only examine whether he should remain on the bench but whether he has fitness to have a law license. the other issue, civil rights department of justice should really examine this, fredricka, to determine if there are federal civil rights violations. this is a fellow that should not be on the bench, i don't think should have a law license. we'll see what the texas bar association does. that's the next step. that's what could should happen. >> interesting. will there be a review of previous cases he's seen. >> i don't think so, fred. this is a psychotic animal guy.

his daughter had cerebral palsy. she was 16 years old and downloaded a music video so he took the belt to her and his wife stood there with another belt screaming at her. fred, please, you saw the video. this guy is insane. he was beating her. i mean beating her. i don't care what state you're in. i don't care where you are. this guy has to be thrown out of the bar. he is not fit to sit as a judge. he makes it a mockery sitting as a judge. i would spit on him if i saw him in person. he's got to resign. they have got to grab his license. it's outrageous, fred. it's outrageous. >> if he doesn't resign, you say it's up to the texas bar association to take action. >> he's not fit to sit. >> his words were. >> there's another angle. >> his words were he admits to disciplining his child. that's the language he use. i can't imagine why he would want to resign now when he's standing firm in his actions. >> the local media, fredricka,

the main newspaper in corpus christi has called for his resignation. that's exactly right. he's taken leave. this guy should not return to the bench. this is taliban, sadistic behavior. he does not belong on the bench. no doubt about it. >> avery, we're not done with you guys. we're going to see you again in 20 minutes and talk about other cases involving your favorite, richard, lindsay lohan. >> oh, no. >> yeah, but we're also going to talk about one of america's favorite people, andy rooney. he has died. bob simon, correspondent with cbs news is going to be joining us and he is going to be reflecting on the life and career and friendship of andy rooney. [ male announcer ] go beyond the brush

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more memories and stories about andy rooney, journalist and commentator died at the age of 92. he considered himself an average joe who wrote for a living. his "60 minutes" colleague motherly safer remembers him this way. >> the person you saw on television was the real person. nothing that andy ever did was an act. he absolute ly never tempered hs thoughts. he said what he believed.

the other thing people should remember. he was a great writer and extremely proud of that talent. never boastful, never boastful for a minute about anything but reproud of h-- very proud of hi talent. that pride really came through. joining me now from new york cbs correspondent bob simon. you worked with andy rooney for 16 years or so. he was a very dear friend not just a colleague, right? >> yes, there's one thing morely said, people looking at him on camera might not realize what a nice guy he was. when i joined "60 minutes," which is not the easiest club to join, he was awfully nice. he invited me to lunch, called

to see how i was doing. he was a sweetheart of a human being which didn't always come across in his commentaries. >> when he went in for minor surgery, were you and the people close to him kind of blind-sided that he wasn't recovering well? >> frankly, i wasn't blind-sided. the reason is i know a lot of guys who die quickly after they retire. it's something that happens. i don't understand it. i don't know if any doctor understands it. i've seen it happen before. when andy left, i was thinking i hope he has good years ahead of him but i wasn't sure he did. >> at 92. he was a writer. during his fairwell so many of us watched on "60 minutes" a few weeks ago, he stressed that, i'm a writer. but he also talked about kind of the things that got under his skin he wasn't comfortable with, he didn't like being recognized on the streets.

>> that's right. >> did you ever see that was something that aggravated him? >> absolutely, when we went out to dinner together. most correspondents love it when somebody comes up and says, i think you're great. can i have your autograph. andy hated it. he just wanted to have his dinner. the best thing about andy personally, every correspondent in television news fills a slot, a white house correspondent, foreign correspondent, anchor. when they leave, they will be replaced. andy didn't fill a slot, he was andy. he can't be replaced. his slot will be retired the way joe dimaggio's number five was retired. nobody else can do it. i have no inside information but i'm confident cbs has no intention of trying to do it. the only guys i can think of who might be able to do it are mark twain and will rogers but i'm not sure. >> they are not available.

andy rooney had this unique position. pictures did not tell his stories like most television correspondents would rely on pictures to tell that story. did he kind of craft this position to be that final punctuation of "60 minutes" every sunday? >> was that kind of his own enterprise? was it shomething that evolved because of the character that was andy rooney. >> i think he was into it. in his final piece, which i thought was his finest moment, he said writers don't retire. i'm a writer, therefore i won't retire. that's how he always thought of himself. he wrote for other correspondents because he was such a good writer. at some point he just started doing his own pieces. and being hoe is, he became who he is. he never thought of himself as a television personality, even though he was certainly one of the most recognizable people on

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♪ >> uh-oh, now when you hear that song, perhaps your mind goes elsewhere. teen star justin bieber has been slapped with a paternity suit. he is 17, the woman is 20. she says bieber is the father of her three-month-old boy. he says uh-uh. let's check back in with other legal guys. avery friedman in cleveland and richard herman in our miami bureau today. oh, my goodness. >> what did you say uh-uh? >> that's kind of rhythmic. ♪ baby baby >> who knew the song that brought him this kind of fame would now be the subject matter of a potential paternity suit.

so richard, you first. she was 19 at the time allegedly. he was allegedly 16 at the time. she says, and her camp, her name is mariah yeater, by the way. her camp wants a paternity test. apparently l.a. is investigating whether -- if there was an encounter, whether there will be statutory rape. >> it's definitely statute ore rape, he was 16, the age is 18. she's admitted to statute ore rape. do they prosecute those? usually they do not prosecute those in california. it's a simple cotton q-tip swab on the inside of the map. there's his dna. unfortunately he's probably going to end up giving a dna sample. >> should you be forced to do

so? they are already vehemently denying the claim saying the teen star never is alone back stage at a concert. he tweeted he's going to ignore the rumors and focus on his movement. if there's a denial, would he be forced to take a paternity test? >> he's going to family court. >> sure. >> go ahead, avery. >> yeah, i mean, the hearing is coming up on the 15th of december, simple swab. that will resolve it. call me romantic but she claims she had this passionate tryst with justin in the rest room. how romantic, 30 seconds. this is a typical fan, bottom line it probably didn't happen but you've got to go through the process. that will end on the 15th of december. >> by the way, fred, we hear allegedly she accused a former boyfriend also of fathering the child. in the end he my have defamation

claims against her. >> all in the science. >> let's move on to lindsay lohan. she's going to need to start serving that 30 day jail term possibly next week. richard, something tells me you still don't think it's going to be 30 days. >> the courts have struggled over the years to define obscenity. it's an easy definition, kardashian and lohan, that's obscenity. with lindsey, 30 days, reduced to six days, she'll do one or two days and she's out. abomination is not enough. we need a stronger word. >> this is all over probation violation, going back to this $4500 necklace. this is an incredible shelf life. >> she missed nine days during her community service. look, i don't want richard running around spitting on people. i'm hoping she does at least a day because he's pretty upset

about this thing. >> yes. >> actually there's going to be a hearing in march of 2012 to see how she does in the county morgue. i have to tell you, i want her it to be okay, get help. i disagree on the talent. i want her to get help. this is part of the judge keeping a tight leash on lindsey. let's see lindsay. >> she has celebrity nine lives. >> celebrity justice. if i had one of my clients in court, she gets the luxury to report next week for 30 days. if i'm in court with my client they are taking her to jail immediately. >> there's overcrowding in california, that's why. >> yeah, but it's ridiculous the treatment she's getting is not the same as a normal defendant gets. it's outrageous. >> celebrity justice. >> she'll violate her morgue stuff. you know she will.

>> my goodness. okay. we'll keep hope alive. avery, do you want to sing us off to break. all right. >> you're not going to sing us off to break. >> fred, you dance. >> i think not. all right, richard, nuh-uh ♪ baby baby >> there go. go, go, go. thanks so much. if you're a college football fan you'll be glued to your television tonight. we talk college football and game day weather when we come back. [ male announcer ] if you're only brushing,

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a look at top stories straight ahead. also this, mankind finally makes the trip to mars. not exactly. stick around for an explanation on that. so for college football fans, it doesn't get any better than this. number one lsu, number two alabama. reynolds wolf huge college football fan. you can't wait. and you have a forecast for all these various games but this the big one. >> as a kid, christmas day is a big deal. for me this is like christmas day.

huge college football weekend. two biggest days, the biggest game some people consider will take place tonight. crimson tide and lsu tigers. both coaches won a championship. you brought up a good point. you were talking about how a lot of guys playing in pro football. tell you the truth, both starting lineups are so talented, a chance all 22 starters could play pro football. also a handful of guys who never will make it to the big game but still playing and that's exciting, too. >> big limelight nonetheless, upper echelon. >> some tickets selling for thousands of dollars. i can tell you they want perfect weather for the game. let me tell you, alabama, lsu game perfect. kickoff 8:00 p.m. temperature 63. wind east at 5 miles per hour. another big game in its own right will take place a little bit earlier. that's number 7 arkansas,

razorbacks against south carolina. should be interesting. temperature of 56 degrees. no rain but wind, lots of it. certainly even stronger winds expected for a game farther out towards central plains. this one on the west coast, stanford, oregon, rainy one kickoff at 3:30. here is the windy game we're talking about. texas a&m and oklahoma, temperature of 65 degrees. wind out of the south at 25 miles an hour. could be gusts approaching 40. the reason the wind plays a big factor, late in the game and one team has to kick a long field goal to pull ahead, that wind can make a world of difference. regardless 100% chance of fun for people, for sports fans. it will be a lot of fun. even if you're not a huge, passionate fan of football, you'll find the turn out for these games is interesting. >> let me guess, you will be rooting for lsu. you're an auburn guy and wouldn't dare root for alabama. >> absolutely. i have a lot of friends and

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checking stories. six volunteer astronauts emerge from a trip to earth's neighbor. they spent 520 days in isolation to simulate a mission to the red planet. the male crew lived in a tight space the size of six buses in a row. it's part of the european space agency's experiment to determine challenges facing future space travelers. a surfer and a couple of kayakers almost became lunch for a pair of humpback whales. it looks so place i had and calm then all of a sudden out of nowhere, wow, amazing video that was caught as it unfolded. the coast guard underscoring this notation thing. you know, here is proof that

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