what? kaki. >> thanks. >> wow. for instance, this note has to be tuned to a certain thing in order for all the rest of it to fit together. i have to sort of land here and then get out of the way with this hand. it would be hard to cross that. there is a lot of math that kind of goes into it without adding up numbers. >> you can tell. ♪ >> i see you sitting this closely doing this thing to the guitar and then a few years ago when rolling stone calls you the first female guitar guard and you said, that's hyperbole. >> i play guitar for a living. i say this a lot. i am a guitar student and i will be for the rest of my life. there's too much to learn in a lifetime. there's something beautiful and challenging and humbling about that that i don't want to let go

of. i'm always seeking out new sounds and new technique. i could be hung upside down and play guitar. all sorts of tricks out there. they're not artistic, beautiful or moving. ♪ so, so talented. check out brooke's blog for her music monday reports at cnn.com/brooke -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com right to it. this is reporter roulette where in iraq it's another deadly day with threats of more violence. back here in the states somebody out there is a lottery multimillionaire, but haven't claimed the money yet. will the weather hold up today across the country as millions

of people head home from their holiday travels? first to washington and our own correspondent barbara starr. the army and air force are dealing with a possible serious online security breach today. tell us about this case of cyber hacking. >> hello to you, isha. this is a private company that deals in global intelligence, stratfor. it got hacked over the weekend. it's getting a lot of attention. a hacker said they released subscriber data and information on 4,000 credit cards as well as the company's private client list. they went on and posted on another site called antisec with groups such as anonymous. this well-known hacking group anonymous taking credit for this. stratfor is a company that provides analysis and intelligence information to those government, military and corporate clients who want data on threats and risks around the

world. so this is getting a lot of attention and that is the question. what comes next. >> indeed. the army and air force i imagine will be looking very closely at their systems, right? >> they will be. the military is very used to these types of cyber attacks. they get pings hundreds of times a day. when they get attacked in cyberspace, that private contractor, that poses challenges for the military. right now the pentagon says there is no impact on them. but look, this is something everyone is watching very carefully isha. >> barbara starr, always appreciate it. thanks, barbara. i'll be talking to one of the hacking victims later this hour. next, arwa damon in bagdad where at least five people died today when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a heavily fortified government building.

>> reporter: what's especially disturbing about this attack against the ministry of interior is according to an official from the ministry, they believe the suicide bomber came from outside bagdad which would have mean he would have gone through at least six checkpoints, this at a time when the iraqi security forces were supposed to be on high alert. searches were supposed to be more straingent. they're trying to investigate what kind of i.d.s he may have been using to get through these checkpoints. this is raising a lot of questions, not just about the capabilities of the iraqi security forces but also whether or not and to what degree they have potentially been infiltrated. this coupled with the country's current political crisis is causing ripples of fear across the country and especially across the capital that more violence could lie ahead. the political crisis, of course, stemming from the arrest warrant from the sunni vice president, the government incredibly polarized over that, the vice

president's political bloc largely viewing this as a sectarian move by a shia dominated government. the government has to put this back together. how they'll accomplish this incredibly difficult to determine. this is not about saving one man or one government. it is about saving the country. >> arwa damon, thank you. next, george howell who is here with me, somebody who bought a powerball lottery ticket in maryland is $125 million richer. that ticket was sold on christmas eve. there's another lottery winner out there, another one who has got a $77 million jackpot waiting, and time -- time is running out. when was this ticket sold? >> june 29th. >> june 29th, $77 million. >> someone maybe not looking at the numbers. didn't check the ticket out. time is definitely rinning out. what would you do with that money? >> i probably wouldn't be here

tomorrow, but that's just me. and i didn't buy the ticket, so don't werery, i'll be here tomorrow. >> bottom line. i talked to the people at the lottery. they say this ticket has to be claimed very quickly. 180 days after the purchase date. that makes today the deadline. here is the catch, also, it has to be purchased at a kiosk, one of two kiosks at hartsfield jackson airport because the office hours are closed today. i'll show you the winning numbers to this ticket. be sure to take a look at this, 24, 30, 45, 57, 59. now, you should go back, check your pockets, check the purse, see if that's your lottery ticket, because if it is, that will definitely help you pay off some of those christmas gifts. >> yes, a lot of christmas gifts. you know if i won that, i would probably be off buying shoes. you spoke to other people who were talking about how they would spend that kind of casual. >> one man said, i'd disappear. >> let's take a listen.

>> i'd go guy an island, wouldn't nobody know where i was and just live. live, plain and simple. buy anything i want, whatever. >> what about you? what would you do with $77 million? >> probably just buy a house and probably get an island like him. >> the house first or the island? >> the island, then build the house. >> okay, and in that order? >> yeah. just live my life and take care of my kids, having fun. >> everyone has their way. >> some people would just disappear. enough already. i'd be gone. >> the deadline is definitely coming closer. 3:00 right now eastern time. these kiosks close at 10:30 tonight at hartsfield jackson airport in atlanta. if the person lives within the region, they've got to get that ticket claimed quickly. >> what would you do with the money? >> i'd probably learn how to play like brooke's friend on the

guitar and buy a helicopter. >> reynolds wolf is here with us. he's our meteorologist. what would you do with that cash? >> everything is relative. my gosh, i'm the kind of guy that gets excited winning a free big gulp at the 7-eleven. $77 million, probably set my hair on fire and doing back flips in the median of i-20 naked. you can't imagine. >> i'm almost sad now that you didn't win it. >> yeah. probably better if i didn't. seriously, that would be some bad news. it's sensory overload. could not comprehend that kind of money. >> george, thank you forgiving us the low down. the clock is running out. you got to go -- if you have those numbers, turn up and claim your money. >> time is running out. >> reynolds, i want to switch gears and talk weather with you. it's a pretty quiet day weatherwise which is great news for holiday travelers?

>> absolutely. last year it was just a nightmare trying to get around the country after the holidays. really, today, all things considered, it's pretty good. that doesn't mean we don't have trouble spots because they are out there. especially out towards the west. in san francisco, backups almost an hour and a half. 45-minute waits in minneapolis and newark and also in ft. myers. what's interesting is not what's happening right now but what's going to happen in days to come. take a look at. this we'll show you out to the pacific northwest, a lot of rain and moisture coming through. you this plume of moisture that extends into the pacific northwest. snow into the bitterroots of montana, of course the cascades and the northern rockies before all is said and done. >> reynolds, appreciate it. go check your pockets or just buy another ticket. >> okay. fair enough. >> thank you. that is it for today's reporter roulette. we're now only eight days away from the first voting of the

2012 presidential election and three candidates are tied for first place in iowa right now. we'll show you who they are. that's coming up. plus remember the baby formula that was yanked from store shelves last week after a baby died? we have brand new information from the manufacturer about the formula's safety. and new research finds that kids who have sleepovers with their boyfriends or girlfriends are less likely to get pregnant. that story and so much more coming up in two minutes. stay with us. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation,

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one week from tomorrow americans will cast their first votes in the 2012 president race when iowa holds its caucuses. polls show no clear winner in the republican race. three candidates are in a dead heat. newt gingrich, ron paul and mitt romney. the american research group poll shows paul at 21%, romney at 20% and gingrich at 19%. the other candidates, as you see there, are ail in single digits. a horrible discovery in mexico to tell you about. 13 bodies in an abandoned truck. national defense forces were on routine patrol when they came across the bodies in the mexican state. authorities believe the case is related to organized crime groups. the number of people killed in the church bombings in nigeria is more than 30. the string of blasts tore through five cities. bach co-haram claimed

responsibility. they targeted chrisians in the past as well as muslims who the groups consider insufficiently islamic. the maker of a popular baby formula shows the testing shows its product is free of the bacteria blamed for an infant's death. the test tam ms came from the same lot. parents, what would you say if i told you it's okay to let teens have sex in your house? it is according to amy shallot. she's a soes olt and college professor who compared how parents deal with adolescent sexuality here and in the netherlands. >> the takeaway is you can have more open conversations. you shoeld probably have more open conversations about what's a good relationship, sex and contraception should go together, what does it mean to be ready, how to get rid of some

of these damaging gender stereotypes. >> well, in london, it is a nice day for a walk, out of necessarily i should add. subway workers are on strike today as parts of the system are shut down. it's one of the busiest shopping days of the year. the strike hasn't stopped thousands of people from heading to the big department stores to go hunting for those bargains. now this. >> attempts to try to get ahold of somebody. no one responded. we made entry into the apartment and discovered seven victims inside the apartment, all deceased. >> a horrific scene at an apartment in texas where the bodies of four women and three men were found. the latest details coming up in about two minutes. stay with us.

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the joy of christmas morning shot tered by an unspeakable crime in a texas home. a killer dressed in a santa suit according to our affiliate kttv massacred a family after they opened their presents. today autopsies are being done on the seven people found dead. the shooter is thought to be among them according to amber fisher with affiliate kdef. >> reporter: with many neighbors out of town for the holiday, grapevine police are investigating this case with little information. at this time they believe it happen peers to be a family christmas celebration gone terribly wrong. around 11:30 christmas morning, grapevine police received an open line 911 call. >> we made repeated attempts to try to get ahold of somebody. nobody responded. we made entry into the apartment and discovered seven victims inside the apartment, all

deceased. >> the bodies of four females and three males were found in the kitchen appearing to have died from gunshot wounds. >> it looks like relatives of each other, probably here to celebrate christmas. >> reporter: police found two guns inside the apartment and believe they were used by one of the victims, first on their family, then on themselves. >> at this point that's what we believe. it's early initial stages of the investigation. we're not searching for a shooter at this point that's at large. >> i can't imagine anybody doing that to your family. >> neighbors are shocked by this christmas day tragedy and say it will change the way they view their community. >> we see the cops around there. we never really hear nothing, family arguments probably. but other than that, it's a very quiet neighborhood. >> i think it puts people on alert to be more aware of who is or round them. >> grapevine police say this is the most serious case the department has ever dealt with. >> any day of the year it's very

tragic. it's certainly amplified because it is christmas. >> if names of those seven victims won't be released until the next of kin is notified. it's nothing anybody would want to hear about their family on christmas day. i'm amber fisher reporting from grapevine, texas. let's talk politics everyone. take a look at this. look who is back from maternity leave. oh, yes, our one and only dana bash, here to tell us what's hot on the political ticker including who is getting ahead start in iowa, just days away from the caucuses there.

the iowa caucuses mark the first votes in the 2012 race just one week from tomorrow. we want to welcome back dana bash in washington with our america's choice 2012 politics update. great to have you back, i should say. really excited to see you're here with us for this big race. what is your sense as you look at the data, as you speak to people? is there a clear front-runner in iowa. >> certainly looks like there isn't. a statistical dead heat between gingrich, romney and paul. what's interesting is four years ago at this time i was actually in iowa and spent a lot of time with a little known former arkansas governor who came out of nowhere and won the iowa caucuses, that man is mike

huckabee. he now has a job on another network. he's not a weather man, but making weather predictions. take a listen. >> if the weather good, mitt romney is in better shape. if the weather is bad and it's tough to get out, ron paul will win. >> let me translate what he's trying to say. it's about intensity. there's a lot more organic or natural intensity among ron paul supporters than mitt romney. if the weather is bad and it's hard to get out because it's basically hard to drive which happens a lot in iowa, paul supporters are more likely to brave the elements because for the most part they care more. >> we'll see how that plays out. i want to talk about rick santorum, still in the race. he's there in iowa. a lot of other candidates aren't. looking at it as the calm before the storm. what is santorum up to today? he has a very important and influential hunting buddy,

congressman steve king. he's a republican from iowa, probably one of the most coveted endorsements of this 2012 republican presidential race there. i talked to congressman king by phone a short while ago while he was driving up to have this hunting oughting with rick santorum. he said he's not endorsing santorum today but he's not sure if he'll endorse anyone. he's making what he said is a really difficult decision. it's interesting because it's emblematic of the problems across the board. king told me he planned to endorse in the fall but said he couldn't get comfortable with anyone enough. he said he's still not comfortable with anyone enough. eight days away. he said it's still possible. with the polls neck and neck, the congressman is being courted big time. i'll have more of this next hour with wolf blitzer, asha. >> dana bash, back from maternity leave, mother of a very beautiful baby. >> thank you, very sweet, thank

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the shortened nba season finally got off the ground after a five-month lockout. the nba rewarded fans with an exciting game between the knicks and the celtics. the knicks edged out boston 106-104. the much anticipated rematch of last year's nba finals between the champion mavericks and heat wasn't so close. the heat beat dallas 105-94 with the mavericks trailing by more than 30 points at times. the nba players and toners reached a tentative deal to end the lockout back in november. at the center of the dispute, you may remember how much of the league's revenue should go to players. a new deal offers a virtual 50/50 split. now, quick question for you. who won the world series? how about the nba championship? in the world of sports 2011 went by like a blur.

a lot of the action occurred off the field. mark mckay has a look. >> to call the 2011 sports year tumultuous is an understatement. in no place was that more evident than college sports. ohio sports football players sold and traded memorabilia for cash and tattoos, something the head coach tried to cover up. a booster for the university of miami said over the span of eight years, he spent millions of hurricane players including paying for prostitutes. but at penn state the transgressions were far worse. >> jerry sandusky is charged with molesting eight boys. >> where were the authorities? >> this is not a case about football, not a case about universities. it's a case about children who have had their innocence stolen from them. >> reporter: a child sex ab cues scandal involving jerry sandusky resulted in the firing of head coach joe paterno and a legacy that was six decades in the making is now in shambles. bernie fine, an assistant

basketball coach at syracuse for the past 36 years was fired after allegations emerged that he molested children. in the nfl and nba we saw owners and players fighting over billions of dollars while the rest of the country suffered through economic hardship. and there was tragedy on the race track when indy car driver dan well done was part of a 15-car crash which cost the 33-year-old husband and father of two his life. we also said good-bye to smokin' joe frazier, one of the greatest heavyweight champs of all times. but amidst all the darkness, packers quarterback aaron rogers emerging from the shadow of bread favre to lead green bay to a super bowl title. dirk nowitzki, a player from germany taking the mavs to the first nba title against a team that featured two of the nba's biggest stars. a 33-year-old head coach named chaka smart leading 11th seed commonwealth university to the final four. a 21-year-old from northern

island named rory mcelroy who won the u.s. open and made many ask tiger who? not to be out done was alex xi thompson who at 16 became the youngest player to ever win an lpga tournament. who could forget the story of david freese, a kid who grew up in st. louis, rooting for the cardinals and leading them to a world series championship, his performance earning him the series mvp. those are some of the stories that reminded us why we watch. mark mckay, cnn, atlanta. >> what a year. you've seen those tv shows where coupon clippers go wild, whipping themselves into a freezer section frenzy. this woman, she's one of them. but she's not hoarding all her discount finds. stick around for a woman who takes extreme couponing to a very unselfish place. arning...

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lots of people could use help with their grocery bills these days. one woman in georgia is using extreme couponing to pay it for regard right now. natalie allen has the story. >> reporter: expenses for gifts and holiday meals can strain a family's budget. for many people, the costs of basic things like groceries can be overwhelming this time of year. one woman has taken the

couponing craze and turned it into an opportunity to help people in her local georgia community. >> i was doing it for my family. i was amazed at what you could get for free or almost free. and god just really latd it on my heart, why not use the same concept to help meet the needs of others. >> reporter: she created save it forward, providing more than 60 families groceries every month using extreme coupons. that means collecting every coupon she can find and using them to cut her grocery costs. school kouns lar jessica high is familiar with seeing many students who don't have enough to eat. >> i believe the pantry program supports their families by making the parents feel secure in knowing each month they're going to receive groceries and food. >> reporter: like keith brazwell whose wife had to stop working because of illness. >> by them providing food for me and my family, creates time for me to really be with them and do

the things i need to do for them as a care giver rrp financial analyst salt down with ronda smith to find out how save it forward works. >> these are the bags the families actually receive. how do you determine what goes into the basket? >> can thing that i love about extreme couponing is it allows us to love on people extravagantly. what people receive in our bags is not the normal food pantry type of food. we provide items, name brand items like brownies and fruit snacks for kids. >> how much have you actually saved with some of these receipts? >> on this particular receipt we spent $3.69 and we actually saved $63.36. very volunteers help purchase groceries and stock the food pantry. >> save it forward makes it super easy. they hand you an envelope, you go to the store, put it with your grocery list in your purse

and you're done. >> ronda is always looking for more coupons. >> the economy we live in, we're all trying to stretch every dollar that we can. this is -- we make it easy for people to give back to the community without a significant impact on my wallet. >> reporter: natalie allen, cnn, atlanta. >> isn't that a great story. moving on. hacking at a global intelligence agency. we're going to tell you about one of the people who was victimized in the cyber attack, actually talk to him right after this quick break. stay with us. made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪

we talked about this at the top of the hour. a notorious hacker group is bragging online that its members managed to infiltrate a global intelligence company, stratfor and stole thousands of credit card numbers from its clients, companies, government agencies and private citizens. it's still unclear exactly who is behind this alleged hack, but it has got people like alan bob very concerned. alan is a client of stratfor that had his credit card information, and he found out a week ago unauthorized charges had been made on it. alan, you were, indeed hacked. some money was stolen from your account. tell us how much and what it was used for. >> about $700 was stolen from the account before we could identify it an turn the account

off. it was in four amounts, to red cross, c.a.r.e., save the children, et cetera. it was in increasing increments of $150, $200, $250, totaling $700 before it was stopped. i found out about it -- it all happened in about 30 minutes saturday a week ago from 4:45 to about 5:15 while i was actually away helping with the community christmas party with the hay ride. >> you were at a party when you got the news. talk me through how you got the news. >> visa security on the card, their computers identified an on no, ma'am many and called my house. thigh wife just happened to be there. we donate to these charities anyway, whether i was just donating an amount in excess of what i discussed with her.

she called me [ inaudible ]. >> we're having some technical problems with allan's connection, wednesday you can see there. we're going to try to re-establish contact and continue our conversation with him and find out what happened in his situation, how his credit card information was hacked off the stratfor website. we'll work on that and try to bring him back for you. in fact, i'm hearing we do have him back. we're having a few technical difficulties. let's try to keep this conversation going. you were at a party when you were contacted by visa that they noticed this activity on your account. is that right? >> yes. when they contacted hour house and i checked my bank account, there were pending charges that i didn't recognize. contacted visa security. it took about 30 minutes for me to identify them. we put a hold on it, canceled the card, but it still wasn't

able to keep from going through my bank account, taking the money. and by monday i went down to the credit union, spent about half a day filling out the police reports and affidavits and then they conducted an investigation. about two days later they said that they would credit back my funds pending completion of the investigation. >> so let me ask you this: how did stratfor break the news to you and how soon did they get in touch with you? >> actually, i got a call from a reporter yesterday morning and thereafter got an e-mail blast from stratfor that they understood that they had been hacked. thereafter, i've gotten another couple of e-mails talking about they're upgrading their security. >> all right. we're pleased that you're getting the money back. it's going to be given back to you, it's going to be refunded. allen barr from austin, texas,

thank you. just sharing your situation, i appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. have a nice day. >> you, too. well, police are naming the suspect who allegedly shot and paralyzed a soldier during his homecoming party in california. investigators say the gunman is 19-year-old rubin ray jorado, still on the loose and considered armed and dangerous. police say he was at a welcome home party friday night for 22-year-old army specialist christopher sullivan. sullivan spent much of the last year recovering from a suicide blast in afghanistan. he reportedly got into a fight with sullivan's younger brother. when the soldier stepped in to break it up, he was shot twice, shattering his spine. i spoke with sullivan's mother susan who is remaining close by his side. >> he's a very good son. and i don't know, just to say -- he was a wonderful man and a

great soldier, and yes, he got the purple heart. that's showing a lot of people right there that he would give his shirt off his back just to help anybody. now he comes home to this and he always said, mom, you know, i know i'm going to die by the time i'm 24, but i'm going to die for my country. i don't think christopher ever thought in his own back yard. >> talk to me about what you know ability the man who allegedly shot your son. did they even know each other prior to this party where they were at? >> what i was told is no, i don't know who he is. but what i was told is, he went to school with christopher and i guess they played football for a year or two. that's what i've been told. they just wanted him to turn himself in.

we just want justice to be done, all of us. it's just taking so long and it's getting really frustrating. >> christopher had a visit from someone in his infantry. you already said being part of the army meant so much to him. share, if you would, what happened during that visit and who came to see him. >> richard. his name was richard. he's from the 101st infantry division, a retired vet. he came to bring christopher the screaming eagle flag. he hung it on the wall. and when i went back last night, i told him i don't know if you remember when he came earlier, christopher. i said, but richard came to bring you your screaming eagle flag from your platoon. i said would you like to see it? he shook his head. i said, all right, i'm taking it

off the wall, son. and i said, okay. if you want to see it, you need to open he looked at the flag. he closed his eyes and he started crying. tears were just rolling down his face. and i said, what would you like for me to do with this flag? would you like for me to hang it back up? or would you like for me to cover you with it? i said, just shake your head -- i mean, move your eyes if you want me to cover you with it. he moved his eyes. he wanted me to cover him with his flag. >> family going through so much. our thoughts and prayers are with specialist sullivan and his entire family at this time.

"the situation room" with wolf blitzer is coming up at the top of the hour. wolf is joining us now for a preview. wolf, what have you gone? >> well, we are going 20 do a lot of political news. there is a lot going on. i, myself, am getting ready to head out it iowa. i will be there tomorrow interviewing newt gingrich. i'll be there wednesday interviewing mitt romney. there is a lot of political news bp we are looking at the latest polls. could a major endorsement help some of the lesser candidates like rick santorum for example, we are not neglecting what is happening elsewhere. we are going around the world, we are going to north korea. there are huge developments unfolding in iraq just blogged on our cnn situation room website. my fear that iraq could be exploding, could be breaking

apart, along the lines of what we saw in yugoslavia not that long ago. i don't know if we posted it yet but it should be posted soon. check it out. a lot of our viewers will be interested in that. syria, egypt, lots going on. we will try to cover it in the next two hours. >> indeed. as we go into this election campaign, as things really heat up, closer attention paid to the situation in iraq there. and you know, whether that could come back and impact president obama and his reelection hopes, wolf. >> it is interesting. vice president joe biden has been the point man for the obama administration and trying to make sure that following the complete withdraw of u.s. forces from iraq that country stays together, doesn't get into a civil war. he's been on the phone all week, and speaking with the shiite, sunni, kurdish leaders, he is trying to do his best. but ironically joe biden more than anyone else who years ago feared that this whole country could split up into shiite

sunni, kurdish sections. that fear, at least according to the analysts i'm speaking to, people on the scene and we will speak with our own are a want damon. that fear is real. it's been more than a week since u.s. troops have been out of iraq and that fear is very real right now, that iraq could be breaking up into some sort of civil war. i hope it doesn't happen because a lot of people will die in the process. what held that country together for so many years before the u.s. went in, was ironically, saddam hussein. he was the dictator. he held that country together in a brutal way. but now, we will see what happens. you remember martial tito, he held with an iron fist. now yugoslavia, there is no more yugoslavia. i write about that on my blog. we will go in-depth with that in "the situation room."

>> thank you, wolf, appreciate it. >> thank you, ashley. >> check out this video. that's a child. yeah. with her hand in the president of the united states' mouth. and conspiracy theories. you will love this one. an issue with the first dog. is it because taking a step represents hope? or triumph? at genworth, we believe in taking small steps every day to keep your promises, protect what matters, and prepare for a secure financial future. no matter where you want to go, one step at a time is the only way to get there. go to genworth.com/promises.

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♪ 'cause all i want this season ♪ ♪ is something from your heart ♪ la da da, la da da [ male announcer ] thinking of others this holiday season, travelers. a baby gets up close and personal with president obama,

and we have the pictures to prove it. time now for political pop. johns joins me from des moines, iowa. john, really? what's the deal here some. >> you know, the president of the united states shakes a lot of hands in the course after week. perhaps a thousand or so. and the last time i actually spoke to the president, i asked him whether he used some type of, you know, stuff, solution if you will, to put on his hands it keep them clean because he shakes so many. can you get the flu or whatever. we have this picture of the president in hawaii, doing what he does, and that's sort of holding babies, and so when people always love that, so many politicians because the bibby, this hand goes right into the mouth of the president of the united states. and you think, seriously? i mean, how do you stop that? i guess just an occupational hazard of being any politician and certainly president obama. he has a pretty good way with kids. >> he does. >> as you know. he seems to get along with them really well.

there was this one example early in the year when a baby was crying, and mrs. obama handed the baby to the president. and the baby calmed right down. so maybe there's something else he can do, if he's not president any more. >> a baby whisperer. >> that's pretty amazing, right? a great little picture. and one that i've never seen with any president, quite frankly. up close and personal, rileright? >> it is a great picture. >> we want to stick with the first family and these rumors will be circulating that first dog, bo obama, has a back up, what? to keep up with the publicity. truthful or just crazy? >> wouldn't than incredible? you go to the white house during the christmas season. they actually have, bo, it seems in every room. bo is decorating the tree. bo is all over the place. bo images p. bo cookies. what have you. this story started circulating asking the question whether bo had a body double, if you will.

it all started when somebody thought they saw the president's wife, michelle obama, along with the girls out on the beach or wherever in hawaii, walking with the dog. and not long right in that same time, sort of contemporaneously if you will, the president still back in washington dealing with the congress, was seen out shopping for christmas presents with bo the dog. and people said, okay, which is it? and why -- why would they possibly have two dogs? the white house today clear this up. ended up saying, no, there is only one bo. bo, in fact, is with the president at the time. in the white house. did not go to hawaii. now we know, no body double for bo. you know, that would be an interesting story though, wouldn't it. >> it would be interesting. these are strange times we are living in. so i wouldn't wo say, okay, just another sign the wld is going mad, right?