working at your computer pretend you are very very involved. beat checks diplomatic crisis. the swhous scrambling after wikileaks posts more than 200,000 secret documents including sensitive material about iran and afghanistan as well as some of our closest allies. we'll get reaction from a leading republican about what the u.s. plans to do about it. cyber monday. today could be the biggest online shopping day ever. as consumers are expected to spend a record $1 billion. we'll go live to an amazon.com center. and the passing of a star. actor leslie nielsen of "airplane" fame has died at 84. >> can you fly this plane and land it? >> surely you can't be sherious. >> i am serious and don't call me shirley.

>> coming up we'll look back at the career of the man who made us laugh. early this monday morning, november 29th, 2010. look at your tv. if you're not looking this way, that is one spectacular sunrise. a perfect way to start the week. good morning and welcome to "the early show." i'm maggie rodriguez. >> i'm harry smith. >> we're going to have the latest on the disturbing story of the teenager who had dreamed for years about killing fellow americans with a bomb. he tried to do that this weekend at a tree lighting ceremony but failed thanks to the fbi. he will be in court and we're going to have the latest on the case and we'll be speaking with a national security expert. >> first that massive leak of thousands of pages ever secret documents is causing quite a stir this morning. the founder of wikileaks, the website that released the

documents says the diplomatic cables show the u.s. is spying on its allies. meanwhile, the white house is condemning the leaks saying they put our diplomats and intelligence professionals at risk. cbs news senior national security correspondent david martin is at the pentagon with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. italy's foreign minister call this is leak a diplomatic 9/11 which could blow up relations between countries. some of the state department documents are embarrassing. russian president medvedev is described as afraid. chancellor merkel avoids risk and is rarely creative. french president sarkozy is called a naked emperor. car sigh is driven by paranoticia.

then there are the more sensitive cables which quo arab leaders as urging the u.s. to cut off the head of the snake. do whatever it takes to head off an iranian bomb. a position that puts him on the same side as archenemy israel. >> lots of things understood in private and may have been not even talked about explicitly suddenly are out there in the cold light of day and it's going to make some governments and individuals uncomfortable. >> another reveals the u.s. has been negotiating with pakistan to remove enriched uranium so it doesn't fall in terrorist handings. now it's no longer a secret it seems less likely the deal could ever go through. and the revelation that american diplomats have been instructed to collect things like credit card and frequent flyer numbers, even dna samples are bound to make foreign officials much more cautious and suspicious in dealing with the state department.

>> david martin, thanks. joining us from grand rapids is republican congressman pete hoekstra of the house intelligence committee. good morning. >> good morning. >> so many revelations in this latest batch of wikileaks revelations. the one that strikes me most pointedly is this negotiation with the pakistanis to get a hold of this spent nuclear fuel to make sure it doesn't get in the hands of terrorists. such a sensitive issue for the pakistanis. this is a real potential time bomb. >> i think there's a number of time bombs in here. what you're seeing is a range of information getting into the public due main that was never intended to be there. some of it is gossip, some is about the political sausage of getting to a deal. and then the situation that you're describing really is very, very sensitive negotiations between the u.s. and one of our allies, dealing with nuclear weapons and nuclear

proliferation. >> is there anything in this from what you've seen thus far, that is potentially catastrophic in terms of the damage it can do? >> well, i haven't seen it in any of the tactical information about the negotiations or discussions on any single point. i think the catastrophic issue here is a breakdown in trust. there's a lot of countries that are going to be out there that are going to see stuff they never thought was going to be public. it's now in the public due main, on the front page, all over tv, the internet. they are going to wonder can the u.s. be trusted, can the united states keep a secret. >> there's always been sort of a murky relationship between the state department and the cia. but we have in this one memo the state department basically asking diplomats to spy on members of the u.n. delegations. >> again, a very, very awkward

position i would think for diplomats to be put in. i know that in our work with the intelligence community, even being on the cia -- on the intelligence committee, the cia has never really asked us to spy on the people that we've been meeting with or those kinds of things because they recognize that it may compromise our position as being a congressman. i think it does the same thing for diplomats. it compromises or potentially compromises their position and their relationship with the people that they work with. >> i guess the other part is to close things off, this many documents of this nature could be so easily uncovered, is sort of in its own level stunning. >> a massive failure within the intelligence community to create this kind of a data base with this much information in it, and then provide access to hundreds of thousands of people across the government. i think the surprising thing is that it never happened before.

>> congressman pete hoekstra, thanks for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> here is maggie. >> now to the failed terror plot in portland, oregon. the somali-born teenager accused of trying to set off a bomb in a christmas tree lighting ceremony is scheduled the appear in court today. correspondent ben tracy is in portland with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mag e. plo hamed osman mohamud will make that appearance this morning. this is a city much in shock that this teenager was plotting to blow up thousands of people. now we're learning more about his plan and the fbi sting that led to his capture. as a crowd of 10,000 gathered for traditional tree-lighting ceremony mohammed osman mohammed hoped to fulfill a dream, using a bomb to create mass karnidge. he targeted families, women and children, telling agents i want

whoever is attending that event to leave either dead or injured. what he did not know is that federal agents had given him a van load of fake explosives after he tried twice with his cell phone too detonate the bomb they swooped in. >> a signal was given from the undercover operatives and the arrest team moved in. >> the 18-month sting operation tracked him as he purchased bomb making materials from the feds. the fbi even oversaw what mohammed thought was a practice run allowing him to blow up a back pack in a remote location. he planned friday's event for maximum impact saying it's going to be a fireworks show, new york times will give it two thumbs up. the somali-born u.s. citizen was a student at corvallis south of portland. sunday an islamic center there where he went to pray was partly destroyed by fire. investigators suspect arson but

are not saying whether it was retaliation. >> we don't know if this was somebody walking past and started the fire or whether or not it is a targeted event. >> reporter: now, there have been questions as to whether or not what the fbi did could be considered entrapment. however, the bureau says that all along they always gave mohammed alternatives to violence and in the end he chose the car bomb. >> ben tracy, thank you. joining us from washington is juan. good morning. a couple of things struck me. one that he is a teenager and two that he's an american citizen. foreign born but an american citizen. so it's not just al qaeda from afar. it's our own neighbors. >> that's right, maggie. i think the american home grown problem is a real threat. unfortunately we've seen a consistent stream of these cases where american citizens, either foreign born or here for the united states who are radicalized and are mobilizing to use the fbi's term, willing

to kill fellow citizens. in this case disturbingly and american so laly who wasn't just willing to fight abroad but to kill fellow citizens in portland. >> how is that happening? i remember the times square bomber action an american citizen. how are they becoming radicalized? >> you see numerous routes. the internet providing a forum for people to exchange ideas, to see videos and other material that is really enraging individuals, giving them a sense of purpose and some ways a heroic outlet so these are individuals who are susceptible to these and fall prey to them. >> if there is a silver lining the fbi was in on it and controlling this every step of the way. >> that's right. the fbi has done a good job of late getting close to individuals who expressed an interest and intent on killing fellow citizens. even in washington, d.c., the float plot in dallas and in

illinois, where the fbi has used undercover agents and outreach to muslim communities to really get close to individuals who are expressing intent to kill fellow citizens. >> i know that they are especially vigilant as we should be during the holiday season. thank you. now it's time for erica hill at the news desk. >> good monday morning, harry and maggie. this morning the president of south korea warned north korea against any future aggression like last week's artillery attack. forces are engaged in a joint military exercise. south korea declared the island targeted is now off limits to civilians. and chinaçó call forward emergey talks to defuse the situation. the lame duck congress returns from break today. president obama nursing a split lip meets with congressional leaders tomorrow. the new congress convenes in january. but the work for this congress is not done. among the issues lawmakers have

to decide, the fate of bush era tax cuts. the holiday shopping season off to a good start. it is expected to continue today with cyber monday. the kickoff to the online shopping season, the number expected to shop online today is predicted to hit a record 107 million. sales on black friday totaled $10.7 billion, an increase of .3%. sales may be up but turns out so are prices. the cost of the 12 days of christmas is at a record high. you would knee nearly $97,000 to buy all of the gifts in the song, everything from the 12 drummers drumming down to the partridge in a pear tree. up 11% from last year. among the items 0 on the rise. the birds. the five gold rings are 30% more. live entertainment more expensive, the nine ladies dancing, would cost almost

$6300. talk about an ugly football fight. this happening during the houston/tennessee game. helmets ripped off. johnson fought with the cornerback of the titans, both players were ejected. they may be fined and even suspended. a rescue in india. a baby elephant was trapped in a ditch. a ranger and local residents dug out enough dirt for to the turn itself over and climb out. mom stayed nearby and waited. lovely ending for you. dave price -- dave price with a check -- he got his parents back. talk about a happy ending. >> thank you very much. i'm in the middle of that book. let's say hello to everybody as we start off this monday, got sloppy weather out there through sections of the upper midwest. here's what we're dealing with in the dakotas, 1 to 4 inches of

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at 7:15 that's our first look at the weather this morning. harry, over you to; dave, thanks a lot. to the passing of a hollywood legends 84-year-old leslie nielsen star of classics like "airplane" and "naked gun" died in florida sunday of complications from pneumonia. cbs news correspondent betty nguyen takes a look back at the funnyman's storied career. >> don't tell the captain we've got to land as soon as we can. this woman has to be gotten to a hospital. >> a hospital? what is it in. >> a big building with patients but that's not important now. >> the canadian actor leslie nielsen had roles in dozens of tv shows playing bland authority

figures. >> thank you for your help, mcgarrett. intelligence will take over from here. >> reporter: but with one film his career changed and took off. his delivery of assertive dialogue brought him out of the background and made him a star. >> can you fly this plane and land it? >> surely, you can't be serious. >> i am serious and don't call me shirley. >> born in 1926 in canada, he studied at toronto's academy of radio arts and moved to new york where he began his dramatic career in the 1950s. in 1988, he began a break-through tv and film series of his own, "the naked gun" nielsen starred as the hapless dirve blissfully ignore rafnt of the comedy around him. >> cops and women don't mix. like eating a spoonful of drano. it will clear you out but leave you hollow inside. >> as an actor making laughter --

his final was in 2007 and yet-to-be released "scary movie five." betty nguyen, cbs news, new york. >> what a guy. you met him several times, right, harry? >> a guest on this program many times during the "naked gun" series and would always do practical jokes, often would put a whoopi cushion under himself and the producers got tired of it and said tell leslie nielsen no more whoopi cushions. i told him and of course last tight right during the interview you heard this -- >> he he seemed nice. was he as nice as he seemed. >> charming, gentle and generous man. >> wow. >> coming up the latest on the desperate search to find three michigan brothers who disappeared after their father says he handed them over to a woman he met online. >> also ahead on this cyber monday how to click your way to savings as we go live to the

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on vacation with his kids this weekend, doesn't he look fantastic? he said is recovering nicely after being treated for throat cancer. we'll show you more picturess and give you an update on his condition and tell you what he is planning to do next. first at 7:30 a desperate search for three michigan brothers continues this morning. the boys disappeared friday, the same day their father says he tried to commit suicide. cbs news national correspondent jeff glor is here with more details. good morning, jeff. >> good morning to you. after john skelton tried to hang himself he told police he gave his sons to a woman he met online but investigators so far have no trace of the woman or the boys. a prayer vigil was held last night as the community holds out hope for the same return of three missing boys. 9-year-old andrew, 7-year-old alexander and 5-year-old tanner skelton was last seen thanksgiving during a court-ordered visitation with their father. john skelton says he sent them to be with an friend and posted the following message on facebook. i love my wife very much.

hey god and tanya forgive me. he then tried to hang himself at his home on friday, when the attempt failed, skelton called an acquaintance and was taken to a local hospital. but the three boys were nowhere to be found. as the fbi and police continue to search for the boys, they say they fear the children are in extreme danger and according to a family friend, the children's mother, who's divorcing her husband, is overwhelmed with worry. >> and this particular parent wants everybody to know how much she misses her children and she wants them back. and shis hoping that anybody out there that has any knowledge will please come forth. >> reporter: skelton told investigators he asked a woman named joann taylor he says he met several years ago online to take the boys to their mother but the search for taylor and supposed silver minivan was driving have not turned up. >> we have not confirmed or denied joann taylor exists or

who she is exactly. we are continuing to pursue all possible leads to locate this individual and determine who she is. >> reporter: over the weekend police searched skelton's home and did confiscate a vehicle. this morning john skelton is in a hospital being treated for mental health issues. his mother, roxanne reportedly said, quote, i know my son, he's not a monster. the search continues this morning, maggie. >> thank you, jeff. joining from washington criminal profiler pat brown. did morning to you. >> good morning, maggie. >> in your experience, from what you've heard, do you believe this mystery woman exists? >> i believe the story is the biggest bunch of bull i've ever heard, i'm sorry t. doesn't make a darn bit of sense. we're talking about a man who he just want -- wants the children to go back to the mother so he can commit suicide. why doesn't he simply drive them over there and drop the children himself or have his mother do it, why does he call a varng, oh, by the way, he can't even give the police the woman's address or phone number? they have no idea how he even contacted her. yeah, he has no record on his

cell phone. he has no record on his internet. it's a bogus story. >> what's very interesting, i know you read into the spelling of the mystery woman's name. what does that tell you? >> well, it's curious, if i'm reading correctly this is the spelling he gave to the police he said joann, without an e, his mother's name is roxaan, which is fascinating. a lot of times you try to come up with a phony name you will pick something close to what you already know. so, it's hard to come up with something completely unknown you say, let me think, i goe a named joe -- skrdz oann like my mother's name. i think he made up the names and that suicide attempt, don't buy that, either. how do you fail to hang yourself? almost everybody who tries can do it successfully. i think se he pretending to be in insane, that's just his defends starting to set up there. >> so, what do you think happened to the boys? >> well, it's a horrifying thought but, you know, sometimes in these divorce situations if you have a person with a

personality disorder, he thinks, you know, i'm not going to accept this divorce or let you have the kids. she had full custody. she's not going to get them back. if i can't have them, she can't have them, so i think the police think this is not going to turn out well but they're doing everything they can just in case because they are hoping, they're hoping ther are wrong these children are out there someplace and so they are going to look for them. >> but, if -- if the father did have something to do with their disappearance, the case against him is for the good because when you look at that facebook message he sent the day

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phoenix, craig berman, amazon's v.p. communications. good morning, sir. >> hi, harry, how are you? >> i'm well. like so many businesses like yours you oop have a couple of doorbuster deals. what are amazon's great doorbuster deals this cyber monday. >> we do a couple of them this pansonic digital video camera a great price this three colors this is champagne, it comes in black and blue. and for kids. this is a new product for amazon. it's a radio flyer classic bumper car and kids ride around on it and actually when they run into stuff, it makes noise. i don't know if you can hear that. it's really fun. it's been very popular and has been -- and folks are snapping those up. >> you know what, do me a favor, put one of those aside for me because i like that one so much. >> got it. >> let's move on to some sort of

people-friendly tech things that are selling particularly well. >> well, our best selling most wished for and gifted item ever in the history of amazon, the a.m. son kindle. this is it in black, also in white. it is $139 for the wi-fi-only version. the 3g version is $189. again, this has just been our best selling item ever in the history of amazon. for other tech folks, the flip video has been a top seller for years. it is super easy it use with this easy connection so you can upload your videos very easily to your computer. and onto youtube. the quality is great. this is the hd version. it's $170 and again these are super popular. >> i have one of those and even i can make one of those things work. let's go to the kids department. what do you have for kids? >> so, this is the season of pillow pets. i don't know if you've seen these but they are soft, fluffy, they look like stuffed animals

but then you open them up and they open up into a super awesome pillow. this is the dolphin. we have a bumblebee, a ladybug, a penguin. there are tons of different little critters. then we've got the wowie paper jams, a theme guitar but when you turn it on, it'll give you a count-in. then you gist start jamming away. i hope you guys can hear me. >> oh, nice. all right. "born to be wild" i like it. >> exactly. >> give me one more kid one before we got to wrap this up. >> so for girls, this doll has been super popular, adorable, cute button eyes, girls love this, it's been really a great seller and gets great feedback, something i'm sure will be under a lot of christmas trees. >> craig berman from amazon.com, thank you very much for sharing your time with us this morning. we surely do appreciate it.

>> thanks, harry, happy holidays. >> good holiday to you. so, black friday turns out to be a little better than expected, an awful lot of traffic. this cyber monday and even over the weekend there were gigantic sales on these dot coms. what does this all mean for the economy? >> i think overall what it shows is that people are getting a little more optimistic than last year, obviously. in context last year was a much more difficult time. a lot of people had been feeling the brunt of the recession. the main thing to think about the economy going forward about 600,000 temporary employees have been hired for the holiday season. the better off this holiday season is, the more likely some of those jobs are to come back as full-time and the more likely we are to see some improvements overall. it's just, as far as optimism goes, it's a little more optimistic. >> thank you so much. up next michael douglas and his family conjure up a great time this thanksgiving. we'll have the latest on the

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today the obama admini time for news headlines from cbs 5. i am sydnie kohara. obama administration ordered government agencys to review immediately how they keep information classified after wikileaks disclosed thousands of secret documents including unflattering asisesments of world leaders. >> they want to state to ease restrictions on sex offenders. jessica's law says they cannot live within 2,000 feet of child care facilities, parks or schools but they want to help the homeless find housing. saw supreme court will look at what to do on -- the california supreme court will look at what to do to ease the

over crowding in the california prison statement. releasing 40,000 prisoners would put the public at risk. traffic and weather in just a moment stay with us

good morning we will start you off with a look at south bay northbound 101 blocking two lanes of traffic working to clear it now. but in the meantime we are seeing a lot of heavy traffic

from at least blossom hill. coming out of san jose, 280 looks okay. it does start to bottleneck 21 minute drive time 101 and cupertino. 880 through oakland just starting to slow as you pass the coliseum, remains heavy up towards downtown oakland that is your traffic for your forecast here is tracy. thanks elizabeth. a chilly start to the day temperatures will continue to be 30 degrees for much of the bay area. here is a look toward ocean beach and clear skies. seven-day forecast, temperatures in the 50s. 60s tomorrow plenty of sunshine showers expected thursday and friday. [ mom ] my son only wanted one toy this year.

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about it a little bit. she doesn't like to talk about him publicly. they very much like to keep privacy. let me tell you, they are definitely smitten. i can easily see her being a mom and wanting to be a mom. that was my perception watching things and talking to her. >> you heard it here first. >> catch the performance at the victoria secret's fashion show

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good morning we don't have any big hot spots or accidents. 808 through oakland our -- 880 through oakland, our bottleneck, pretty heavy drive

time, 280 up towards the maze. our bright spot before we get to that, silicon valley, westbound 237, 880 in milpitas, this is our bright spot the bay bridge toll plaza not too bad at all this monday morning backed up to mid-to end of the lot in the busiest lane that is your traffic for your forecast here is tracy. >> well, the forecast this morning, boys, it sure is sunny you are going to need that to warm up. temperatures out there, cool, here is a look what you can expect later on in the day. temperatures 50s. that will be monday and tuesday, and then you can see wednesday more clouds, chance of showers thursday and friday and then the weekend our 7 day showing, we will see sunshine saturday, showers building in for sunday. i spend three hours on my homework --

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j nice crowd on the plaza on a chilly monday morning. people from pennsylvania, from vermont, even canada. yep. welcome back to "the early show." it's expected more than 100 million americans will shell out a cool billion dollars on this cyber monday. but, before you start shopping, we have some important dos and don'ts that will save you money and, also, protect you online. >> also, if you want to reignite

the spark in your romance the authors of a new book here with novel advice. they say a very important thing you should do is drop the pet names, people. stop calling your spouse cutie names it is killing the romance. >> like what, phonies? >> honey, the book is called "stop calling him honey". >> "honey" is the worst offen r offender. mo pookie or mommy and daddy, you know when people become parents. >> that freaks me out, too. >> mommy doesn't like it when daddy does that. >> that's role playing. >> more information than we bargained for this morning. >> also ahead now that prince william and katherine are getting married should he be the next king of england? turns out plenty of people believe it should be so, however to do that, of course, prince charles would have to step aside. buckingham palace not really on board with that idea. we'll tell you why.

>> but first, here's dave with a final check of the weather. >> hey, dave. >> thank you, mommy, pookie. >> and boppey. >> that's right. >> all right. let's take a check of the weather and see what is happening across the country, shall we? to the maps we government looks like we're dealing with snow rolling through sections of the dakotas, as you head into minnesota you'll see a mix of kind of sloppy stuff rolling into rain but later it should change over. as you head to the midwest, watch it, quarter of an inch to inch of rain stretching all the way down, heading to the gulf states some of the rain could be in the form of strong thunderstorms, a lot of gulf moisture rolling up. watch for sudden gusts of winds and tornadoes popping up. in the northeast things look good, in the west things like good, pretty good with the exception of the northwest where you see showers rolling through and that cold air, another pattern of really

that's a quick look at your

weather picture at 8:33. maggie, inside to you. >> thanks a lot. now that prince william and kate middleton are getting married there are calls for him instead of his father to become the next king of eng handled but it is stirring up controversy. cbs news correspondent mark phillips is in london with the new development. mark, good morning. >> good morning, maggie. one undeniable result of the announcements the surge in prince william's popularity which as you say has led to speculation whether he, not his father, prince charles should be the next monarch. two recent public opinion polls here both state people think william would be a better king but officials at the palace may be trying to chock that idea on the head right now. from the time he was a child through his teen-aged heartthrob years to dashing officer with his future bride by his side, prince william has always occupied a warm spot in british public opinion. it was an affection enhanced by the sympathy he received at the

time of his mother's shocking death. and it's in some contrast to the public image enjoyed by his father who has blown so lukewarm and cold over the years that opinion polls have consistently shown william would be a more popular next king than his father. that the succession should skip a generation. don't hold your breath. nameless palace sources have been quoted here saying william wants to squash any speculation that his father won't be the next monarch. william, we're told, has no desire to, quote, climb the ladder of kingship prematurely. >> prince william would be deeply embarrassed if he was put in the role of kingship before his father because that's what his father has worked towards. so, it won't happen. >> reporter: anyway, the 84-year-old queen, just returned from a visit to the gulf region, is still apparently in excellent health. that does not seem to be any urgency in discussing who will succeed her.

and, while we're speculating, could it be that the wedding will bring prince harry and his on and off girlfriend chelsea davy to his brother's wedding? stay tuned. william, by the way, will be hoping his popularity will help moat england's bid for the 2018 world cup soccer tournament. he'll be trafg to zurich later this week with other members of the english bid including david beckham. we'll whether the football top brass around the world, the soccer leadership are as susceptible to celebrity as everybody seems to be, maggie. >> we are hooked. mark phillips in london, thank you. harry emplts thanks. it's cyber monday. if your head is already spinning from all the online choices, stay calm. "early show" and c-net technology contributor katie linendoll is a list of dos and don'ts for cyberspace shopping especially this big sale day. >> big sale day, yes. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> where should i start?

>> first, don't start with every link that says cyber monday deal. what a lot of people don't realize this month alone since the beginning of november, searches for cyber monday deals and google have been up 400%. what does that mean to you? >> you are inundated by come-ons right? >> it means for a hacker they create and try to lure you to fake sites. you have to take that url and go to sites you know, reputable, ones you trust and that you shopped before. nine out of ten retail locations are offering deals today, cyber monday, the second biggest shopping day of the year. >> right b. researching, though, as you go out and go to the sites that you know, what's the best way to research and compare? because, if you are going to save money you might as well save as much as you kinchts as you say inundated with choices and options, my gosh, where do i start? i love reviews and i love sites you know and trust like amazon or shopping.google.com with a ton of outlets and show where you you can get the best deal. at the same time you don't want

to go on a site again you have never heard of. >> right. sometimes, though, i remember shopping last year on amazon and there were certain products and some were reviewed like crazy and others had only two or people had written in and -- you tend not to go to that review. not buy that product. >> i want one that has a lot of reviews, i always say three and a half to four stars is a good indicator of a product. at this moment to your point don't trust something with only three or four revees, not a tell-tale indicator. i could as a marketing company review my own products four times and say it is awesome. >> sure. what about warranties, like in best buy or anybody else like that, they offer these electronic -- especially on electronic equipment warranties on line. yes or no. >> i'm obsessed talking about them, it is a case-by-case basis. i can't tell you how many people get caught, the final check-out, upsold, this panic process, do i need the warranty, do i not? buying a $2,000 computer, a few

extra dollars for that warranty, is it worth it to cover things like if you drop it or a hard drive crash? absolutely. however, if you are purchasing a $130 digital camera and you've never dropped it or had any rough damage are you going to spend 45 bucks on a warranty? probably not. you need to call those companies in advance and understand what kind of warranty they offer. a lot of places offer one and you are upsold for nothing. >> the other thing is what is in the warranty itself. they say if you spill the cup of coffee on your laptop, forget about it. >> exactly. >> you really need to pay attention to that. what about return policies. >> big mistake on cyber monday, the second biggest shopping day of the year. check out a retailer's saqs, frequent wendt asked questions townthe policy. a lot of trong electronics and big ticket items, if they opened and you are not sure exactly a gift somebody wants, 25% up to restocking fee and shipping and handli

handling. >> restocking. >> you don't want to make a quick decision with only 24 hours to make a sale and make a mistake. no the return policy and restocking fee. >> i think one of those things you are wandering on there to look around you would have been much better off spending last month doing homework, correct? absolutely. >> last but not least talk about credit cards and debit cards and potential abuse there, certainly a problem. >> up to 40% of people are expected to make one holiday purchase online. what to do, what not to do. don't use an unsecure wi-fi spot. if you are doing a lot of purchases at a place like starbucks without that secure password et protection -- >> the guy two feet down from you. >> and let me tell you, it is not hard to do. you can pop into somebody's account pretty easily these days. you also want to use a credit card as opposed to a debit card. don't make a mistake, i have done this before, someone has made a transaction and forgot a des mel point instead of $25,

they take out $2500. harder to stop on a debit card, coming right out of your account. >> as always, good stuff. >> thanks. >> happy monday you to. >> thanks. >> for more, you can all you need to do go for our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. maggie? >> you've heard lots of relationship advice over the years but this title is unique. the book is called "stop calling him and start having sex" a new book, both here to explain why you should not use pet names with your spouse. ladies, good morning. >> good morning. >> why not? >> well, because it takes away your gender, your uniqueness. and by doing that, you're not interested -- you don't find each other interesting and fascinating anymore. right? >> but the thing is, it's not just about calling each other honey, sweatie, pookie,

whatever, but the habits all of us do in our daily lives that sabotages our desire for one another. it is a bit counterintuitive. a lot of people think this is the way i should be with my partner but it's that very thing that we all believe is okay. >> like what else? >> well, you get a bit too complacent with one another. you think that you want to show each other every aspect of yourself. >> open bathroom door policy. >> right. >> or if you have children, calling each other mommy or daddy or you are using baby talk with one another, you're of a bit too complacent, not arguing enough who you are as an individual. >> what we've found after years of talking to people was the connection between pet names and a lack of sex and it was a surprise to us, too. >> but, maggie, you kind of lived this and only realized after your relationship ended that you guys had not called each other by your first names in years. >> that's true. i had a long-term relationship,

20 years, and during probably the second half of it, we were what we call roommates. the roommate syndrome . >> which is really interesting. the roommate syndrome line the great secret so. many people have been together a long time. >> i thought we were unusual. but, we weren't. and we loved each other, respected each other, we were best friends. but, after a few years, we weren't having sex. and when i saw him later after we broke up, we started calling each other by our names and i realized how powerful your name is, your individuality, part of your male/femaleness but our book is not just about "honey" -- >> what's interesting that, as well, we read all of these kinds of books and -- but the thing that's different about what we've written is that we address the core issue of why people lose their desire in the first place. why you end up as roommates, rather than lovers. and by doing that, by recognizing what your habits are

and taking those away, it means that your desire will come back without forcing it or faking it. >> yeah, it comes back naturally. and it's a long-term -- >> it's a small tweak that will make a big difference, is that what you are saying. >> right. right. we talk about how people can benefit from our years of talking to people. we kind of boiled it down to what the bad habits are, by changing them you don't necessarily have to change your relationship. so many people think it's the relationship, i've got to go it a new man or woman but they run into the same thing with the next person because often it's not the person you need to change, it's the habits that got you there. our book is very different because we don't say, oh, you know, go on a date night it will fix everything, go buy sexy lingerie. >> the little things you do at home. >> i have to say something. i'm trying to think, i haven't called my husband by his first name in years, either. we think it is weird. when he calls me maggie, why so formal? we have a pet name for each other that feels very familiar

and intimate. i don't see what's wrong with that. >> pet names, even like courteney cox and david arquette who broke up recently they called each other boo. some names they think it is cool or, you know, it's -- our sort of secret lang but -- >> the way you use it day after day, months after month, year after year actually slowly ebbs away at who you are as individuals. >> okay. >> and some couples might say, we call each other honey and our sex life is fine. you might be fine now but it has a cumulative effect once you do it day after day, yeefr after year. >> not just "honey" all the other. >> "honey" like the first signpost down that road. i think the more you realize what that is, what those habits are, you can stop yourself and think, okay, let's save the great relationship that we have. >> right. >> ladies, thank you very much. thanks for the warning. he is mike. beginning today. >> yes, exactly.

>> hell le, mike. >> and you are maggie. >> i am maggie. >> thank you so much to maggie. >> erica? >> maggie, thanks. weather by land, sea, or air traveling especially during the holidays can hold plenty of opportunities for disaster and helps to have someone on your side, which is where cbs news travel editor peter greenberg comes in to answer e-mails you've been sending us, real people with real travel problems. you are helping them out, doing burr best, i should say, unfortunately we can't solve every problem but important to have that answer. >> not just the problem. we points out the process to help you to the solution. >> which is good. our first from jane from simi valley wrote in about a canceled cruise. she says she book ad cruise with seaborne, i believe it is pronounced with business airfare to italy. unfortunately my husband ended up in an emergency room, seabourn replied in a nutshell "too bad."

does she have any recourse if she doesn't buy insurance? >> not a lot. remember the refund policies of the cruiselines border on the draconian, if you read the contract if you cancel in 30 days you get nothing back. she bought her airfare through the cruiseline in addition. this is a substantial investment $14,000 we are talking about here, of which $6,000 is the airfare. to make it worse they wanted to charge her a $750 clarnlg to get the airfare black. guess what, it was business class, those are refundable. >> always? >> she got that back. they didn't charge the $750 but are out the money for the cruise. bottom line you have to buy the insurance but gets down to the kind. trip cancellation and interruption policy. the range of the premium goes from 9% to 16% of the cost of the trip. you want to cancel for any reason whatsoever like i don't feel like it, that's a 16% premium. if you have a dwlrz 14,000 investment in the cruise you might want to buy the insurance. a $59 ticket on southwest, don't

buy the insurance, it's not worth it. get that insurance and don't ever get it from the trip provider themselves. because if they go out of business, so does your insurance. >> you there go. >> a third party any travel agent can sell it to you. >> problem number one. up next a rental car charge. mary g. wrote in to say she rented a car from budget in mid-october and just received a letter informing us this we charging $250 for interior damage to the vehicle. she says she was told they were being charged for smoking in the car. we don't smoke. plus, i mean, this came way after they returned the car. >> we ves gatded, quite an interesting soar. there were ashes in the car. now, let me tell you the whole story. they were actually going to a funeral. no, it's not where you think we are going, uncle louie in the bat. they bought a mum ash and it was from the potting soil left in the car. >> when you drive up and they do the inspection, shouldn't they bring it up at that point?

>> you should actually do your own in this situation they wrote, they wrote, they wrote, didn't get a good explanation. we investigated for them and contacted the agency, in this case budget rental car and they weren't charged that but you need to write the letters and get copies of actual receipts, names, first and last names, bottom line is also copy me. and you can also get that on our website. >> okay. last one quickly before we let you go a canceled flight so many people have had to deal with this susan c wrote in to say she and her husband had a flight from athens to london and it was canceled. all of their future reservations with hole tells, flights, loss of travel time have not been addressed by british airways, the carrier in this case. you can help. >> people don't know this a lot of airlines out-source to a lot of ground handling cases. here's the news bull ten. british airways is the primary carrier and are responsible and are now working it out because the $150 they gave them was

clearly not enough to handle everything else going on. it's pending but will work on it but british airways had to go to the thirtd party and make this happen. >> gotcha. then they all came to you. always a good thing, peter greenburg, always a pleasure. thanks. if you have a case for our travel detective, you can write him: or send him a twaet or find him, ,,,,

you have all the information you need to tackle cyber monday. are you going to tackle it? >> no. >> we can't talk about it because we would be doing it at work instead of working and would never do it. >> it is our job to know how cyber monday -- >> -- important investigating -- >> 15 reporters -- >> -- dollars in productivity lost. >> done. >> today, because people will be shopping online.

>> but it is good for the economy, so it's all right. >> exactly. >> i want -- >> i wear size,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

headlines... what to do about california over-crowded prisons ... that's a question before the united good morning i am sydnie kohara. what to do about california's over crowded prisons that is the question before the u.s. supreme court tomorrow a lower court ordered 40,000 inmates be released the governor and 18 other states are appealing saying that would put the public at risk. today bay area students are rallying in support of the dream act they man to meet at mission high school just before noon attention surrounding the dream act was brought on by the proposed deportation of san francisco nursing student steven lee. congress expects to vote on it as early as next week. >> work begins today to renovate memorial stadium cal bears losing to washington saturday in their final game before the 87-year-old stadium

is redone. they will play next season at at&t park and then move back to the new stadium in 2012. traffic and weather coming up. stay with us hey, you got groceries! yeah! i thought we'd eat at home. save some money. $200 bucks? that's not saving! [jacks voice] at my place i'm bringing back the bonus jack. two patties, melting cheese and my secret sauce plus fries and a drink for only $3.99. i get it. you can eat a lot cheaper at your place than you can at home. but do have this? i have dessert. what about this? ohhh. ohhhhhh. jack. that's for max.

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northbound 880 still jam packed. an accident northbound 880 approaching muraena. speeds under -- marina. speeds under 20 miles per hour. it is a pretty heavy drive time almost 40 minutes between 238 and mcarthur maze. metering lights remain on. check this out not much of a back up heading into san francisco. that is your traffic another check of your forecast here is tracy. >> forecast monday morning coming off that long holiday weekend, you got to get back into gear and that cold breeze this morning will be enough to wake you up but still chilly outside. out toward ocean beach, picture perfect all day temperatures not co-operating, it is november moving into december. highs across the bay area. wednesday december 1st, oh, my gosh and rain showers thursday, and friday. ,,,,,,,,