felt you need to friend me on facebook. can you write that on there, please? >> see youtomorrow. deep freeze, a winter getting an early start as much of the nation from the midwest to the southeast faces bitterly cold temperatures. we'll tell you where this will hit the worst and also how the big chill could impact your wallet. >> tax deal compromise. after weeks democrats and republicans appear ready to extend the bush era tax cuts. we'll take you live to washington for the latest. and the mystery deepens, the investigation into ronni chasen taking a strange new twist as the person of interest who killed himself may now not be connected to the crime at all. early this monday morning december 6th, 2010.

good monday morning. ierica hill. it's chilly. >> it is indeed. a walk across the park was brisk this morning. >> i bet it was. i hope you wore a hat. a lot to get to including we're going to take you to washington to get you the latest on what is going to have to be a compromise. what's going to happen with the tax cuts set to expire at the end of the month, also unemployment benefits. >> first, this morning we're going to start with the week of -- the week with a blast of brutally cold weather. much of the midwest is covered in snow. parts of the south are coated in ice. and the east coast is shivering from maine down to florida. take a look at these temperatures this morning. 12 degrees in chicago, 27 degrees in raleigh, north carolina. 33 in crescent city, florida. cbs news correspondent don teague has the latest on the cold snap. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. it's just above freezing here in

northern florida where citrus growers like the owners of this 20-acre orange grove are preparing to protect crops from a hard freeze expected tonight as the massive cold front continues to move east. winter may still be 15 days away, but a fierce storm has crippled the midwest and the southeast bringing as much as a foot of snow and freezing rain to 12 states, in a band stretching from north dakota to south carolina. the highway patrol in north carolina reported more than 500 weather-related wrecks over the weekend. in high point, tragedy struck when a man and woman were killed in a collision on icy highway roads, the woman's 6-year-old daughter survived the crash but is in critical condition. a treacherous road even caused headaches in places like madison, wisconsin, where they are accustomed to winter weather. >> the main streets are pretty well plowed so not too bad but you get off the main streets and

-- >> travelers in the midwest were left stranded when the blast forced cancellation of thousands of flights. while many are digging out, nearly half the nation is bracing for frigid temperatures as a cold front from the north bears down on the u.s. >> what that does is, it shoves the jet stream from alaska south underneath it through the united states and then out into the atlantic ocean, and when you draw air from alaska, it's going to be cold. >> reporter: the cold snap is expected to bring record lows to much of the southeast putting the sunshine state of florida on an unexpected freeze watch with temperatures hovering in the mid-30s. well, this particular grove was destroyed entirely by a hard freeze back in the 80s. the owners say with this they are not too worried but today they are going to coat the ground with water. they will run sprinklers all day. that helps insulate the ground and should protect the crops

against a hard freeze. >> don teague in florida this morning, thanks. erica. >> turning to politics and the bush era tax cuts. it looks as though republicans and democrats are closer to a deal to keep them for a couple of years. nancy has the latest from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. senate democrats have failed in their bid to eliminate the cuts for americans making more than $250,000 a year. a million dollar cap was also shot down by republicans in a vote and so now the horse trading is in full swing. with a december 31 deadline looming, democrats and republicans are looking to make a deal. president obama insists any compromise on tax cuts must include an extension of unemployment benefits. and republicans appear to be going along. >> most folks believe that the recipe would include at least an extension of unemployment benefits. >> reporter: in exchange lawmakers would extend the bush tax cuts for everyone including

the wealthy for the next two years. dismaying democrats. >> the notion that we would give tax cuts to those making over $1 million a year, which is the republican position, and then turn our backs on 2 million americans who will lose unemployment benefits before christmas is unconscionable. >> reporter: last night on "60 minutes" ben bernanke weighed in saying don't raise taxes on any one, don't cut spending and don't try to cut the deficit right now. >> we don't want to take actions this year that will affect this year's spending and this year's taxes, in a way that will hurt the recovery. that's important. but that doesn't stop us from thinking now about the long term structural budget deficit. >> reporter: the more immediate concern he says -- >> more than 40% of the unemployed have been unemployed for six months or more. that's unusually high. >> reporter: on tax cuts there are still a number of major details that need to be worked out. what's going to happen to the

estate tax, to the alternative minimum tax and some of the president's tax credits like make work pay, they hope to strike a deal on all of these issues as early as this week. >> i know you'll follow it closely for us. thanks. of course it is not just the federal government running big budget deficits. many state and local governments are struggling across the country as well. mayor booker of newark, new jersey is here this morning to talk about your city and you're looking at what, $83 million deficit. projected to be $100 million next year. you had to lay off 12% of your police force. to say things are bleak probably an understatement. >> we have been able to rein it in but as you said local governments across the country are making tough choices. we have 10 million americans employed by municipal governments. so this is a very challenging economy, newark is in the thick of it. and we're getting creative about trying to rail that in. a lot of families are severely

affected and police layoffs which is something which was a last thing my administration wanted to do we're facing as well. >> no newark for a long time was seen as a city that needed every police officer it could get. you had a high crime rate. things have been going down. over the summer things changed a bit. how shard that, too, to sell that to your citizens to say hey, here's where we have to make a major cut and it's with police officers. >> we're leading in reducing violent crime. we still have a crime problem. so we know we have to continue to push that down. so it's something you can't sell. there is no good way to talk about it cutting back on public safety is unacceptable. we have to be a lot more kreeative, investments in technology. restructure our police agency to force more police officers onto the streets. and find ways to do creative partnerships with nonprofits to get more done, help prisoners coming home. >> mark zuckerberg from facebook is giving the city $100 million

which is greaten some respects. when you look at that, is this something that maybe cities and states might have to look toward is trying to find private investment just to keep things going or to boost their education? >> this is a time i think, frankly, private investment should be stepping up. not to make up for governmental shortfalls but try to stimulate innovation so america as a whole doesn't lose ground. we're short changing our economy by cutting back on higher education and not moving forward in k-12 education. so we have to find ways to do more with less, leverage change so america can be competitive. >> if you find these creative ways and one is private investment, there needs to be more, obviously people can get used to that and say you haven't needed the money so you don't need it now even when times get better. >> government has to change. we cannot sustain the level of expenditures we're doing. we as a country have trillions of dollars in unfunded pension liabilities and unfunded health care so. we have to figure out ways to

shrink american government so we're not burdening taxpayers but effectively do things. this can be the new green economy, ways to use solar energy to reduce costs but provide the same service. so government has to be more innovati innovative. >> quickly how do you sell this to your citizens who are sacrificing so much in their families, to tell them that they may have fewer services at their disposal. and pay more. >> again, the thing is there is no good way to sell it. we can find more ways to bring resources. so most of american cities have millions of unclaimed earned income tax money. we set up free tax centers, brought millions into the pockets of our residents in city hall, connecting residents to other critical services, one-stop centers for grandparents raising their grandchildren. so what we're trying to do is say look, these are tough times but let us help you find creative ways to get more money in your pocketp and stop paying people to do instant refunds

when we're working with banks to do it for free. these are the things to do to help through a difficult time. >> we'll watch it all. thanks for being with us. time to get you a closer look at the other headlines. good morning. >> good morning to you and you at home. at least 50 people were killed by suicide bombers in pakistan this morning. two bombers attacked near the afghan border. the dead and wounded included tribal elders, police and political officials, at least 100 others were hurt. this morning the wikileaks website is on the run and so is the man behind it. julian assange supporters say he may seek asylum in switzerland. the website is spilling secrets. mark phillip has more from london. mark, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. despite the efforts to turn off the wikileaks tap, the website has continued to pour out sensitive information. the latest shows a great

frustration on the part of the u.s. in trying to stem the flow of money to terrorist groups. money coming from places the u.s. considers to be friendly. the gush of embarrassing revelation continues, today involving suspicions that some of the u.s.'s prime allies in the middle east, notably the kingdom of saudi arabia, continue to be the source of financing for al qaeda and other militant operations. one classified cable quotes secretary of state hillary clinton last year saying it has been an ongoing challenge to persuade saudi officials to treat terrorist financing emanating from saudi arabia as a strategic priority. the traffic alleges that large sums of money collected from muslims attending the annual pilgrimage to mecca are channelled to terror groups and rich saudis make significant contributions to al qaeda, the taliban, and other terror affiliations. the u.s. public position has been that efforts stemming the

flow of money have been working. the cables indicate otherwise. and where is that information coming from? this high security underground internet facility in sweden that looks like it could come out of a james bond movie, says wikileaks is one of its clients, two of its servers continue to hum away with wikileaks traffic, even as the website says it's the subject of cyber attacks trying to shut it down. and wikileaks founder, julian assan assange, currently in hiding, continues to stick to his basic philosophy which he explained to me when he was still appearing in public. >> we believe in the full right of people to communicate and build up a collective knowledge about what is happening in their world. >> julian assange's status is a mystery this morning. he is still said to be hiding in england. his lawyer says he is waiting to learn whether an extradition warrant will be served on him for alleged sex crimes in sweden, crimes he denies but

with the threats against him including assassination threats, he's not breaking cover. jeff. >> mark phillips in london, thank you. facebook is getting a face lift this morning. the redesign is supposed to give it a more personal touch. it lets users rearrange their facebook pages, during an interview last night mark zuckerberg says it puts photographs front and center. >> photos originally weren't that big of a part of the idea for facebook but we found that people like them so we built out this functionality. >> you can opt into the new features starting today. this year's kennedy center honors were given out last night. the president said the winners were recognized for their ability to bring people together. the five are dancer choreographer bill t. jones, jerry herman, merle haggard, oprah winfrey, and paul mccartney. julia roberts paid tribute to her friend oprah winfrey and had fun, too.

>> now in the spirit of the oprah show, if everyone could reach under their seats -- [ laughter ]. >> i'm so proud of you. i love you. congratulations. >> chris rock talking about oprah winfrey took note of the seating. >> an amazing feeling to look up and see the most powerful person in the world, and right next to her barack obama. >> rock said he didn't get her a job, she got him a job. it's 14 past the hour. we turn to mr. dave price. >> nice to see you. >> a good weekend? >> very good. you? >> very good. let's take a check of the weather, see what's going on. it looks like we are seeing more

lake effect activity. let's go to the maps. this is what it looks like now. here is a little bit of a pattern. right now, the

>> it's 16 minutes past the hour. that's our first check of the weather. harry, over to you. >> thanks very much. police investigating the murder of hollywood publicist ronni chasen are looking for fresh clues this morning because a possible big break in the case apparently did not pan out. cbs news correspondents ben tracy has the latest on the case that has many baffled. >> reporter: the mystery sur rounding publicist ronni chasen is deepening. harold smith, the man who committed suicide after police came to question him, may not have been involved in the crime.

a local los angeles tv station quotes sources as saying ballistic reports on smith's weapon came up negative. >> there was an even chance harold martin smith has absolutely nothing to do with the ronni chasen murder. >> reporter: the beverly hills police department is still calling him a person of interest, but smith's claims to neighbors he killed chasen may have been a case of mouthing off or simply delusional. >> beverly hills police have been very tight lipped. it's very hard to get information about the status of the investigation. >> reporter: there are reports smith thought he he was being arrested by police for unrelated burglarys. it would have been a third strike offense for the 43-year-old, who reportedly bragged to neighbors he would die before being taken alive. neighbors confirm smith's suicide happened just moments after officers arrived. >> when he came in, it happened a minute after, boom. >> right down below the steps, i seen like a big splatter, a big splatter of blood. >> reporter: in an interview with the "new york times," ronni chasen's brother says smith was deranged and the killing was

more likely a traffic dispute turned violent. >> we are told ronni chasen had a tamper and cops believe road rage here is a possibility. >> reporter: beverly hills police now describe the investigation into chasen's death as wide open. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> twists and turns. still ahead our exclusive interview with a woman who refused to be intimidated by a stalker. she tracked him down herself and helped bring him to justice. >> from oil changes to thread counts, unconventional wa save money when we come back. withere's the life you live... and the life you want to live. fortunately there's enbrel, the #1 most doctor-prescribed biologic medicine for ra. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, fatigue, and stop joint damage. because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, and other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred.

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officer is hospitalized... after his patrol car was hit by a stolen vehicle it is 7:25. time for cbs news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara a part patrol officer was -- bart patrol officer was hospitalized after a stolen car was chased by alameda county sheriff's deputies who stopped the car. the suspect is also hospitalized this morning. california's battle over same-sex marriage heading back to court today and a three- judge appeals court panel will hear arguments about proposition 8. the voter- approved measure limits marriage to male, female couples. a trial judge overturned prop 8 in august saying it violates the civil rights of gay californians. and state lawmakers returning to sacramento today for an emergency center about california's budget crisis. they will try to agree on how to close a $6 billion deficit. a spokesman for governor schwarzenegger says ugly cuts will be necessary. traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. let's start off in oakland northbound 880 approaching 66. we had an accident just cleared, as we say the damage has been done. it's still backed up to at least hegenberger in these northbound lanes. and about a 20-minute drive time now as you head up towards the macarthur maze from 238.

also slow southbound 880 approaching highway 92. we have an accident there that was just cleared to the shoulder. all right. down to our southbound 101 approaching bayshore we have an accident actually just starting to see some slow traffic now pop up on our sensors. it sounds like one lane is blocked due to the crash. and at the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights were turned on right around 6:15. they have been on for a while. and it is inching towards the macarthur maze about a 20- minute wait to get you onto the bridge. high wind advisory still in effect. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. forecast for the morning, we have some scattered showers still out there so here's a look at our hi-def doppler. and these are some of the -- only the few location that we could find still looking at some light activity near san rafael and vallejo. otherwise, much of the bay area currently dry. so our forecast for the morning, a few leftover showers. after that a mix of sun and clouds. highs in the upper 50s and the lower 60s. more rainfall back in the forecast wednesday and thursday. and a pretty nice weekend expected. ,,,,

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refused to let a stalker intimidate her. laurie rus so tracked the man down herself and thursday in court to watch the stalker plead no contest. before we speak with her exclusively in the studio this morning, jeff glor has details. >> good morning, once again a bizarre and frightening story for sure. she began receiving threatening phone calls from a stalker and called police. in the tend was a process she developed that put him behind bars. for four months, a terrified laurie russo received the disturbind calls and she had no idea who it was. . >> they just kept getting progressively angrier. >> reporter: in repeated calls to her home number the caller would tell her there was nowhere to hide, threatening her and her son. he knew details where she lived. he said he had been her porch and hot tub. he always seemed to know when she was home. >> if i went to get the

newspaper, i had mace in my hand. i tried to not work in my yard unless my neighbors were out. >> reporter: she installed security systems, reinforced all windows and deadbolted her bedroom every evening. the police ran phone tops learning the calls came from local gas stations. but every time she called 911 he was gone before police arrived. so she investigated on her home crating a spreadshe'd of the incoming phone numbers and corresponding gas stations. when she received a call she immediately phoned the gas station and asked if they saw anyone. finally, it worked. >> i answered the phone and the person on the other end said there is a guy in the parking lot. >> the attendent thomas mccomas was able to get the license plate of this man. surveillance video would later show bishop using the payroll at the exact time laurie received the call. at 68 years old, doctor bishop is a highly respected political

science professor at the university of cincinnati who police say has absolutely no connection to laurie. >> what surprised me most about this case is the fact that there is no common thread between the victim and the suspect. that's what i find surprising, why her. >> reporter: although his motivation is still unknown, laurie and her son, brennan, can finally sleep soundly knowing the threats have finally come to an end. . the department of justice estimates 3.4 million people in the u.s. are victims of stalking every year and 60% don't report the crime for this case bishop faces up to 18 months behind bars. erica? >> jeff, thanks. joining us this morning exclusively in the studio is laurie russo. i feel like i've read this a bunch of times but to actually sit here and talk to you about it, this story is amazing. are you -- you must be feeling a sense of relief at this point. >> most definitely. it's nice to be over. >> you had to sit there in court on thursday. and he was staring at you. >> yes. >> that was the first time you'd

seen him. >> correct. >> what was that like for you? >> um, i'd seen pictures but first time in person. it was terrifying, but in a lot of respects it was thighs to see justice being done. >> so, what made you decide you had to tackle this yourself? >> well, it happened so quickly, when you get a phone call, you have, what, i mean he's on the phone for maybe a minute. so, even if i call 911 or call the police force direct lg, it's hard for them to get there in time. so, i started thinking, i'm going to have to figure out how i can make this work. >> because understandably, you were terrified. he knew things about you that seemingly couldn't have known without being inside your home. >> right. >> knew your schedule. give us an idea what that was like and when you realized just how much information he had. >> each call seemed to get progressively angrier and more information, he knew my son was away at college and i lived alone, presumably in my property and things about my backyard,

and knew i had a hot tub that was sunken and would only know that if you've been in my backyard. he referenced that, referenced knowing my car and everywhere i government he referenced that he knew i lived alone. >> beyond creepy, honestly, for anyone. >> uh-huh. >> when you think about this all of a sudden you must second-guessing every single person around you. you didn't go to your post box without mace. >> no, i wouldn't walk down the street with mace. >> did you suspect your neighbors. >> the poor neighbors, all the ones i didn't know. yeah, if they changed the way they had their shades, my gosh, are they looking at me? the neighbors i knew were great my second set of eyes. >> we heard from the detective and we talked during the break, too, there is no connection you can figure out this man has to you. >> no. >> are you still at a loss how you became the target? >> totally. yeah, i have no idea how. >> what did the police say about your help in this case? >> they really appreciated it

and the judge even thanked me for all the help and the police were great. they couldn't have done more for me, patrolling the street more and just being

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>> i'll start with ceiling fans. people use those, they can reverse directions and everything else. sometimes they are helpful in the sometime, sometimes they're helpful in the wintertime. do they save you money? >> they don't necessarily save you money, harry, because rather than cooling off the room, they are actually cooling off the people in the room. so, a lot of people think if they run the fan in the room and are not in the room it is cooling down the house in general. that's really not the case in the summertime. instead, actually running the air conditioning can be a better mode of cooling off the house in general because you're actually attacking the problem head on. also, in the wintertime, we've been told that, you know, running it counter clockwise is going to heat up the room pushing the heat down, that's not really the case and it'll save but $35 a year just to turn it off. >> the national ceiling fan association, i'm sure, will be calling us. >> yeah. >> we'll find out more about that soon. okay, let's go to another one, changing oil in your car often is a good way to maintain the

car and will save you money in the long run. people say a lot of people do it every 3,000 miles. >> yes. that's kind of the nomenclature here people usually think 3,000 miles when you need to change the oil. the fact of the matter is cars have really come up a lot of the technology has improved so it's more somewhere in the range of five to ten thousand, about 7500 miles is the average recommended change. you can save yourself between 25 d $35 a year or on that average oil change cost just by not doing it as frequently. of course, you want to consult the owner's manual and make sure that your particular car, the make, the year and all of these correlate. >> bed sheets, the higher the thread count, the better. >> yeah. well, that's what we've heard, right, harry. >> i think so. >> do you even know how many thread count your bed sheets are? >> well, i have of no idea. >> the truth of the matter is, probably a lot of us don't really know but when you go to the store and buy them what you do see is a major price differential there. if you actually buy the fewer

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the stars came out in washington last night as some of the biggest names in hollywood, broadway and the music world pay tribute to this year's five kennedy center honorees. cbs news correspondents whit johnson has a look at the big night. >> reporter: the highest award for those. oprah winfrey celebrated first by good friend julia roberts. >> on behalf of the women of america, we thank you and we are in debt to you. >> reporter: and roasted by comedian chris rock. >> no one deserves this award more than ap pra winfrey, but no one needs it less. >> reporter: winfrey told julie chen she understands the eminencety of th or. >> i've sat in that auditorium and looked at all of the names. i understood deeply what it meant to get this award. >> reporter: co poser and lyricistist jerry herman was

supported by the "glee" star, matthew morrison. dancer and choreographer bill t. jones honored for his imaginative star. country legend merle haggard called the poet of the common man. >> one of the greatest of all time and his songs, they truly are the standards of this great music. >> and paul mccartney, one of the most influential and successful songwriters and musicians of all time received a tribute from a rock music who's-who, steven tyler, james taylor, dave grolll and gwynn stefani. whit johnson, cbs news, washington. >> you can see the entire kennedy center honors tuesday december 28th 8:00 p.m. 7:00 central right here on cbs. boy what an event.

you've been to . >> this is oh yeah. >> incred diblg. that's an assignment you really want. >> it s. you have to like crawl over people. [ laughter ] >> it really is an amazing event and everybody's on their best behavior and everyone is kind of charming and interesting and spectacularly talented and -- >>he intimidation factor is -- >> huge. >> enormous, enormous. >> that was a great scene with the lights singing "hey jude" the stars up there at the time. >> intimidating. >> no too shabby. >> you're watching "the early show." we'll be right back on cbs. ,,

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an officer is hospitalized... after a suspect being chased in a stolen car rammed into his it is 755 time. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. an officer is hospitalized after a suspect being clayed in a stolen car ram into his bart patrol car in hayward overnight. minutes earlier sheriff's deputies stopped the suspect but he rammed their car and sped on the the suspect is hospitalized with a severe head injury. california's battle over same-sex marriage heading back to court today. a three-judge panel will hear arguments about proposition 8, the voter-approved measure that limits marriage to a man and woman. a trial judge overturned prop 8 back in august. tomorrow san francisco's board of supervisors will vote on whether to use eminent domain to take over four buildings standing in the way of the transbay transit center project. those buildings are blocking a path for rail tunnels but owners are holding out for more

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foster city. 880 the nimitz freeway very slow in the northbound lanes past hegenberger and the coliseum. we had an earlier accident by 66. it is long since cleared but we were left with a pretty good sized backup in the northbound lanes. and highway 17 several fender- benders in this area and it's still slow making your way northbound towards los gatos. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. forecast for the morning, still have just a few leftover showers out there. and they have been in the same area for the past hour, light showers through vallejo moving into the fairfield area and also know vacaville and just some light activity near mill valley and san rafael and novato. forecast for the morning showers expected but for the afternoon, we'll squeeze out sunshine. a mix of sun and clouds highs today in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. sunshine on tap for tomorrow, nothing but sunshine. and then another round of showers is expected wednesday and thursday. friday, saturday and sunday, sunshine and some pretty mild temperatures near 70 degrees inland for the weekend, with loads of sunshine.

welcome back to "the early show" on a -- a flurry-filled monday morning. >> we have snow flurry. >> i'm excited, ready for snow. >> are you? >> talk to me after the third snowfall. but for the first one, i'm ready. >> i'll talk to you in an hour, see if you're still feeling good about it. >> we'll see what happens. i'm erica hill along with harry smith this morning. a lot to get to. i'm excited about this segment pap surprising guest for hanukkah. the macabeats changed the internet. a hanukkah sensation. with days more than 1 million

watched it on youtube. up to almost 2 million the last time we looked. the mcabeets are with me this morning. you'll hear from them in a bit. i heard people talking about you in the city this weekend. seeing it in stores, it's huge. getting ready to kick off a week of gift ideas. gifts, toys, the perfect present at every price range and this morning wonderful stuff for -- are you ready -- look at that stuff up there. >> fancy, schmancy. >> less than $100. >> even better. we'll count count. the end the week, things that are free. and traveling for the holidays, airport food can ruin your diet. any time of the year. especially over the holidays. dr. jennifer ashton is here to tell us all how to find the healthy choices at the food court or even onboard in the air. of course, you'll have to pay for them on the plane, but they're there. first, a check of the news, though. jeff glor is at the newsdesk. good morning. >> airport food combines the best of both worlds, because

it's bad four and it cost $20. >> exactly. >> good morning, guys. good morning, everyone. it appears the white house and congressional republicans are putting the final touches on that deal to extend the bush-era tax cuts. ex-extending tax breaks for all americans, including high earners. the extension would likely be for two years and include an extension of long-term jobless benefits. on last night's "60 minutes" fed chairman ben bernanke said raising taxes in a fragile economy is not a good idea. >> we need to pay close attention to the fact we are recovering now. we don't want to take actions this year that will affect this year's spending and this year's taxes in a way that will hurt the recovery. that's important. >> with the unemployment rate now at the 9.8%, bernanke said it would likely take four or five years before it returns to a more normal level of 5% or 6%.

the price of gas is jumping quickly. the price of unleaded regular $2.95 this morning. 9 cents more than a week ago. a court in france this morning found continental airlines guilt any a crash that killed 13 people nine years ago. continental and one of its mechanics were responsible. titanium debris dropped on a runway at charles de gaulle airport slashing the concorde tires sending rubber into fuel tanks and sparking that fire. the bodies of two american balloonists have been recovered off the east coast of italy this morning. they had taken off from bristol england in september as part of an international balloon race. contact was lost, though, with richard abruzzo and carol rymer davis as they flew over the adriatic sea in rough weather. rescuers back then looked for almost a week before the search was docalled off. in germany a stunt went horribly wrong in front of 10 million live tv viewers.

the 23-year-old son supposed to jump over a moving car by his father wearing spring-loaded stilts, he hit the car and was knocked unconscious. difficult to watch. he reportedly underwent surgery yesterday for back injuries and fractures. a design reboot for facebook. the new design being introduced making pages more personal and emphasize photos. during an interview on "60 minutes" last night ceo mark zuckerberg says the focus is on using your own social network. >> i think what we've found is that when you can use products with your friends and your family and the people that you care about, they tend to be more engaging. >> zuckerberg and others have already started ne eed using th feature, available as of today. we're going back outside now. dave price there. >> yes, jeffrey. >> the flakes in the air this morning. >> the flake is right in front of your camera. >> here we go. yeah. very nicely done, sir.

>> thank you very much. nice to see you. we've got a great bunch of people from all over the country. charleston, south carolina. we have a birthday girl right here. nice to see you. we -- by the way, if you don't know, from all of these years, if you went to cornell university, where i was lucky enough to go school you get anything. we're saying happy birthday to mark in final the week at cornell. class of 2011 in agriculture or a cow student who needs a job. right? >> yes. >> that's committed mom and dad. and actually, maybe they should be committed for being out in this col

this weather report, spoens ared by macy's. we've got three generations of women here from amelia island

and it looks like you could be sisters. and we've got an 80-year-old birthday mehere and if i wasn't married -- if i wasn't married -- there we go. i'll leave it at that. harry? >> all right, dave, thanks. up next, healthy eating while on the go. why you shouldn't follow your nos nose to the food court. this is the "early show" on cbs. the "early show" on cbs.

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an organization called diet detectives looked at a lot of airlines and rated their in-flight food options from a health standpoint. united did the best followed by jetblue, then american airlines and really got high health points for feeding us at 35,000 feet, because they serve things like sandwich, fruits and veggie, even humus, nuts, and rated the country's top airport for healthy dining options. detroit metro airport, number one. >> how about that? help us avoid some of the diet traps that are out there, and they are -- there are multiple traps? >> like an obstacle course, harry. if you have connecting flights, delayed because of weather or because of all the security precautions in place, you have to spend a lot more time at airport. people fall into a couple different categories or trap, pitfalls if you will. first is following your nose. as you're walking from the entrance of the airport to your gate, how many delicious smells do you have to pass? that is really an obstacle

course, because you can say i'm really not in the mood for a buttery pretzel or cinnamon roll, it smelled so good i'll get one anyway. >> cinnabon -- >> right. 1,000 calories. a lot of people are stress bawd of the holiday season, don't like to travel, stressed because of the regulations they have to go through. so they can fall victim to eating because of stress which is really the last thing you want. you're much less likely to make a good food choice if you eat due to stress. lastly, we forget serving size when traveling. you grow up, a restaurant, an airport. you order a dish, it's fluff to feed two or more. way more than you need for yourself. >> serving size is always good to remember. >> exactly. >> healthy options. okay. we get delayed because of who knows what. traffic and weather and everything else. give us healthy options at the airport. >> the good news is that airports and the vendors at airports are savvy now. they know people are out there looking for healthier choices. so they are there.

you just have to spend time and maybe put a little effort into finding them. they could be anything from yogurt to the energy bars. they're all over the place at airport vendors. you can bring dried cereal. bring it from home or find pre-packaged dried cereals. obviously, fruit, things like sandwiches. if you want to stay away from the bread, peel the bread away, even with a wrap. >> bring from home is an important way to sort of really beat the hassle of being in those lines and -- >> absolutely. >> facing thousands of calories. >> not only can you save money and watch your calories by bringing things from home, obviously not liquids. you have to clear the security checkpoint before you take that on to the plane, but you can bring whatever you want from home. harry, remember, a lot of people fly with chronic medical conditions. they might be very sensitive to salt. they may have food allergies. bringing things from home can not only save you money but the healthiest thing to do. >> dr. jennifer ashton thank you very much. >> you bet, harry. >> appreciate it. up next, a pile of perfect presents, and each one less than

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this morning, we become your elves kicking off a week of perfect present ideas.

with wonderful ideas to kick it off. today, all the items you will see are less than $100. as we go through the week we're going to drop that ceiling lower every day from 50 to 25 to 10 to zero. yes, gifts you can get for free. so, as we begin our way through that chassie post is here to show us the must-haves. we have to prove the point a hundred bucks. unfortunately we don't get to keep this, the money. this is great, $100 or less everything you have for us. >> yes. the great thing about all of these things, erica, they look so luxurious, you could hardly believe you are just spending $100. these are great gifts. >> in most cases less than $100, including the first one here. >> yes. first, we have this amazing punching bag set and this is from everlast and it's to commemorate their 100th anniversary sort of the big word in boxing. what you are going to get with this gift is a full-on punching bag. >> wow. >> 70 pounds. it's just like the pros use.

you can work out and look like a pro or if you want to work out a pro this is fantastic. it also comes with the gloves, the boxing gloves. >> all of that for $90 is that right. >> $90. >> this is great. you don't have to be just a boxing enthusiast but a lot of women take kick-boxing, you can have it in your basement. >> a present that packs quite a bunch. >> for your new year's resolution. these are fun. >> a very james bond gift called the liquid image digital underwater camera mask. if you can believe it or not there is actually a digital video camera and a regular digital camera just here in the mask. >> wow! >> you put it on and can swim around, snorkel. >> don't have to worry about the camera in the underwater case. >> not at all. you just push the little button on top to take a video or photograph. this is super cool. >> i like that. he i may have to learn to scuba dive to use that. this is a real cool idea a nice sort of grandparent gift i would say.

>> absolutely, such a sweet gift for the family, grandparents or anyone with kids. this is actually a portrait sketch print by an artist named lisa golightly. what you can do send in or e-mail a photograph of your child or really anyone and then she'll do a line sketch, an original line sketch, dij pittize it and print it on archival paper. we just framed this and it is such a butte will and sweet, original, very personal presents. >> it is. i like it. for that both the print and frame under $100, which is important. >> this is fantastic for people not only the keyboard is too small for but you if have a device that doesn't have a keyboard. >> this is a life changer. the jurno bluetooth keyboard. it connects to any blackberry or ipad and makes it sort of a miniature laptop. the coolest thing about this is this keyboard actually folds up and fits in your pock kelt.

>> super portable. >> and almost full-size keys so a lot easier to work on. >> makes your life easier especially out and about all the time. speaking of the ipad this has to be the snazzie spdz ipad case i've seen yet. >> so chic. we love these ipad cases. these are the sort of faux python, actually stylish protection. they really do protect. there are cushioning here. from graphic image.com $98. >> man does that look real. >> i know. >> i can imagine little boys and little girls flocking to this workbench. >> it is fantastic from melissa & doug and you can get it at gilt.com. amazing workbench with nuts and bolts and tools. one thing we really like about it is, it is sturdy enough children can use it as their own sort of workstation, you can do

other crafts and work projects on it and tls is super cute. >> it will last if a couple of kids, it looks like. >> never hurts to have a little bling in your stocking. you have a lot for us. >> we do. these chunky rings are fantastic from j. crew, only $50. a huge trend now is costume jewelry vintage inspired. we've seen cocktail rings for a couple of seasons but these really are so well made. >> i love them, they're great. >> they look really expensive. these are beautiful bangles from chumak. what we love about these they come in stacks. >> a bunch at once, you can have -- >> exactly. they start at just $50, a great gift. >> it looks like a lot more. these, unfortunately, are not my size. >> i know. >> you have really fun shoes and obviously the big trend being over-the-knee boots. >> we took these even a bit here. these are thigh-high boots, also from gilt.com, again $99.

and they're from a designer named kelsee dagger. as you said, the fashion is sta, you must have the tall boot. this is a great way and great price point to get in. and we love the gray, gray is the new black. >> gray is beautiful. the gold zipper on the back -- >> exactly. >> i want to mention these, kind of fun from converse. how much do they run? >> 70 for the first one a sequinned stitch converse and 50 called the wallpaper sneaker. >> great to have you with us. >> thanks, erica. >> thank you for all the gift ideas. for more on these perfect presents you can log on to our website. we are counting down all week so tomorrow we have great gifts for $50 or less. coming up, ray ramono is with us on "the early show." [ male announcer ] whether you're new to california

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you already have one. oh. ♪ officer is hospitalized... after his patrol car was hit by a stolen vehicle in hayward. the time for headlines. i'm sydnie kohara. >> a bart police officer is hospitalized after his patrol car was hit by a stolen vehicle in hayward. the car was being chased by alameda county sheriff's deputies who earlier stopped the car. the suspect has also been hospitalized. today lawmakers will get down to business with an emergency budget session trying to agree on how to close the $6 billion deficit. a spokesman for the governor says to expect, quote, ugly cuts in state spending. and four buildings standing in the way of the transbay transit center could soon come down. the san francisco board of supervisors will vote tomorrow on whether to authorize eminent domain. the buildings are blocking a path for rail tunnels. traffic and weather around the bay area coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. it's still backed up through san mateo on westbound 92 from mariner island towards hillsdale boulevard. there was an earlier accident. speeds still under 35 miles an hour. out of the altamont pass, 25 minutes now. we just had an accident approaching grant line. quickly cleared to the shoulder. about a 25-minute commute to take you out towards 680 and the dublin interchange. and still bad northbound 880 the nimitz freeway earlier

crash by the coliseum, still a half hour from 238 to the maze. westbound 237 your silicon valley ride backed up as you exit milpitas all the way towards about zanker road. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. forecast for the morning, boy, we still got just a few showers out there. this is the only location still seeing some rainfall through san rafael, novato, more light activity just to the north of vallejo and moving off to the northeast just along the 80 there moving into fairfield and also pushing into parts of vacaville. otherwise, we're relatively dry outside. so here we go. forecast for today, rainfall early this morning, scattered showers coming to a close. for the afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. tomorrow, nothing but sunshine. after that another low pressure system, another storm system will enter the bay area, and that will give us another chance of rainfall wednesday and thursday. friday, saturday and sunday, no rain in sight. plenty of sunshine and temperatures are warming up. ,,,,

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♪ ♪ [ cheering ] >> we're celebrating hanukkah with the amazing maccabeats. a bit of candle light their hon kau song has gone viral.

a couple million hits on youtube. we'll talk with them. >> the ladies have arrived for the mac ka bees. look out. >> we'll talk to them in a bit. welcome back to "the early sh " show." for nine years everybody loved ray ramona on his sitcom. now he has another story called "men of a certain age". >> what am i doing here?! >> i know. the other show is over. the sitcom thing, the cbs done -- >> oh, still on? good show. it's a good show, very good show. >> it's terrific. he'll talk about that and golf. when we come back. >> i see some bonding moments between the two of you over the golf thing. >> "men of a certain age" and golf. >> we're also busy this time of the year the shopping, the cooking, the working, the parties. so, probably exercise tends to go out the window. doesn't have to. in fact, you have no more excuses after this this morning. celebrity trainer seven boggs will show us how to sneak in a

workout without missing a beat. >> grb a can of tomatoes. >> that's all it takes. >> before i hit the news, i'll do a few of these. >> that explains a lot, jeff glor. >> i don't know what i was doing there, but -- inlts didn't look good. >> please get to the weather. >> dave, save us. >> dave, please, take it. >> you make it more difficult, jeff, every time it goes by in the program. nice to see you, everyone. what a great crowd we have. maccabeats are here.

>> that's a quick look at your weather picture. we have friends in from the university of wisconsin, the college football hall of fame dinner takes place tomorrow night. one harry smith is the emcee. it will be a night you'll never forget. that's your weather picture. throw it over to you guys. >> thanks. as we mentioned we are celebrating hanukkah this morning. the mac ka beats are joining us. about two months ago i manl sha leave thought of his own version called "candlelight." ♪ ♪ >> it's practically become a hanukkah anthem. he's here with uri west rich who directed the video and the rest. good morning, thanks for freezing with us on the plaza. you are walking around with your

earbuds on and all of a sudden thinking -- >> you know, what it came out with, i throw my hands up in the air sometimes, listening to the mike thompson version of a cover and turned into i threw my latkas in the air sometimes. it took a day, i think, to write the lyrics from that point and fell together and amazing. >> clearly taking off. i told you anecdotally i was in a store and kids were singing it, wait what's the chorus. i wanted to say they are on the show monday. what's it been like. >> amazing. we had done one previously. i just tried to show a bunch of fun, energetic guys who take life seriously but don't take themselves too seriously and who are proud of their heritage. and i think we got that across. >> it's great, too, because so many christmas songs and a lot going on, not that many hanukkah songs have gone mainstream, obviously. that's changed, though, with

this individual. >> obviously, we weren't thinking on that scale but people are telling us it makes them proud to be jewish and making their holiday, their season, making them happy, then it makes all of us really fulfilled and happy. >> quite an impact on "the early show" not just the two mill hits on youtube. i understand you've had calls from the rabbi of london, even jay leno. what's up for you. >> honestly, we can't think about what's next. we are totally blown away with this but you know what i think people should enjoy the video and the song and we're happy with it sfwloot video is really well done, too. >> thank you. >> how long did it it take you to shoot? it only take a day to write it. >> we shot it in about four days. i'm actually in medical school right now. >> we found some minutes and hours here and there. the last three weeks of editing and i think i'm actually taking a leave of absence now -- >> to be the manager for -- >> i'm not the manager, just to see if this is something i can pursue and maybe work with.

>> it is great. millions are fans and a we are, as well. thanks for coming in this morning and happy hon kau. >> thank you. >> they will sing us off a little bit, i think. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the maccabeats on the plaza this morning. everybody still loves ray romana, even though he moved from the hugely popular cbs

sitcom to tnt and "men of a certain age." its second season premieres tonig tonight. >> hey. hey. what's up? >> stephanie. >> my son is in lucy's class, danny. >> yes. yes. sorry, danny's mom. >> yeah. >> how's it going? danny says you're on the senior tour. >> trying. trying. not on it yet. actually got a long way to go before i'm ready. plus, you've got to be 50 and that's way a couple months away. >> and he's with us this morning. good morning. >> how are you? >> congratulations. great to see you again. >> thank you. thank sglau here in "the daily news" four stars. >> out of how many, by the way, how many. >> you know, what i didn't check. >> see f. it's four out of ten, that's not good. how i look at it. >> you don't -- because i went up to the dressing room and i saw you were looking at this. >> i was trying. i didn't have my glasses so i was trying to read it, yeah. >> and does that feel good or

not to you. >> to get a good review? >> yes. >> yeah, but, you know, i don't like to, um be too overconfident. we got a good review here. i mean, the reviews have been good. i'm not complaining, but i like to complain so, in that sense, i am complaining. >> okay. the show's very successful last year. you have a considerable audience. right? >> yeah. but that doesn't mean -- >> advertisers love it. >> we could use more. don't think, you know -- we have enough. >> never enough. you and andre brauer and scott bakula, great cast. and the seeds of this, i'm a man of a certain age, so i sit and i identify with practically everything that comes out of the mouths of these guys. >> yeah. well, it's write what you know. that's what's worked for me in my career. this is what i know now, you know, the little aches and pains of midlife, physically and spiritually. >> right. >> yeah, i mean, that's what it

was. i was kind of going through this midlife, what do i do now? and so was my buddy, mike royce, who i write with. we said, let's make money on it. [ laughter ] >> see if it works. your character in particular, has a gambling problem. >> a little bit, yeah. he's trying to shake it, yeah. >> and seems to have suck sells. the other thing that's interesting about your character, his sexual awkwardness. >> write what you know. write what you know. [ laughter ] >> well, here's the thing, i saw write what i know so i'm writing about a guy who's thrown into the dating world. >> right. >> which i have no idea. i'm married for 23 years. i have no idea what that would be like but neither does this guy, a divorced guy. so, i'm writing as a guy who has no clue because this character has no clue. what's dating, you know? he's been married 23 years. >> you see guys on the street, guys your age or my age and come up to you and say i watch the

show, what do they say? >> yeah, they say that's me. that worked with "raymond," too, the families. we wrote about what we chew there. but surprisingly, women, this is what tnt tells me, sometimes they just tell me stuff to shut me up. but they said that women are -- we have a bigger woman -- >> more women than men? >> yeah. and i can't -- >> i think maybe you guys are actually sex symbols. >> in. >> i think it's a magnet, you're magnets. >> that's a sad commentary! [ laughter ] >> i've heard they wanted, you know a show that kind of opens up a door into what's going on inside a guy's head. >> how they would help understand their spouses, perhaps. >> yeah, i guess. >> or significant others. >> i guess, i guess. yeah, they -- you know, they look at us and they say, well, i'm married to an idiot like that, also. >> idiot like that is a word they use quite often.

>> yeah. yeah. yeah. tnt, i'm surprised, i have to credit tnt, they have shows about attractive women solving crimes. >> right, sure. >> so, to take us on, you know, this show is about guys like me solving nothing, really, you know. >> slubs like us. slubs like us. >> what soup do we want to eat today, our big dilemma. >> did you ever break 80? >> i'm not selling it. i'm not selling it. it is a good show. >> i did the selling and you did the other f. the other selling meets the selling, people will go and say it's better than i thought it would be. >> that's what we want, yeah that's what we want. but, no, i didn't break w08 to answer your question. that quest still continues. you, ever? >> no. >> but it's, good it's a goal gimplsts to have a goal. thanks for coming. >> all right, man. >> really appreciate it. >> fix it in editing. no? >> in post. now here's erica. >> thanks. if you are a little too busy over the holidays to get to the gym, you have no more excuses

after this morning. seven bougz from bally total fitness is joining us to show us how to fit a sneaky workout in any holiday routine. you are really incorporating -- noimplts excuses. anyplace in the office, shopping or walking down the street, you can do exercise anywhere. >> every little bit adds up and counts and is good for us. >> absolutely. >> we'll start with shopping, walking around the mall, you ngt just be walking around the mall. >> say you are at the mall and you have been doing an enormous amount of shopping as we have. >> as we do, taking ahold of the bags. >> here we'll get a shoulder workout. believe it or not you can work out your shoulders with just shopping bags. pretend we're walking down the mall we'll hold them far out to our sides, imagine we have bags on each hand. we'll walk and holding that's arms out you'll automatically engage your shoulder muscles. >> and pulling in your core a little bit, too. >> absolutely, suck in your

abdominal area and make sure your spine is upright. so now, let's turn our palms out. >> ooh sfl with this one you can either go up and down and these will be bicep curls actually working out your arms. >> these are really heavy shopping bags, by the way. >> it was on purpose i got the lighter ones. >> you want to be sneaky and don't want anyone to notice. if you hold your bags in this position an 90 degree angle this is an is so metric contraction. even though you are not moving, these muscles are contracting. >> i can really feel it. i'll walk around like this. >> your purse or shopping bags, as well. >> there's one idea. >> one down. here's another one. say you are stuck in the office all day or wherever you have the opportunity of taking stairs, you should always take the stairs, don't take the elevator, don't be lazy. what we'll do, say we are walking up the stairs, he we want to try to get a lower body workout. one way, instead of taking step by step as usually we do, we're

going to skip a step and use the heel of our foot to really engage our hammed strings and -- >> if you are walking at work with heels on, we did this on purpose. ooh. >> they the real ones don't move that way. >> not your toe first. >> no heel first and be very firm when you actually step up. the reason you are -- >> yeah. >> -- yes, exactly, the reason you are because most american people are either working or shopping in their heels. >> do it anywhere. >> say you want a brisk cardio workout, you can run the steps all the same just take a brisk step walking up really quick using the toe of your foot instead of the heel. >> that i can do. >> that is going to really engage your quads and calves, as well. >> okay. >> say you are home, stuck all day cooking for the family it's holiday time. the first thing we'll do is load the refrigerator. pretend in front of us is our

refrigerator and we have to put our groceries into the refrigerator. we will put ourselves in a squatting position, our hips apart, knees pointing the same direction as our toes and we'll go into a deep squat keeping your back upright, perfect squat. >> i wonder who taught me could, it have been seven? >> i wonder. we'll load it one shelf at a time slowly as we load each shelf n. this situation, you start feeling the front of your thighs trembling and the muscles are kicking in. again, say you are doing one item at a time, same thing, you want to take it up one notch at a time. now, here's one of my favorite ones. we did this at the gym with a medicine ball. >> yes. >> and this is where it really kicks in for the entire body. say you are at home in the kitchen cooking for the family, everybody is coming over. now you've got your prego sauce and i have my -- >> yep. >> down into a s.w.a.t., bring the can between our legs and make sure we're upright,

abb tight, above our heads and down. working all these muscles right here that lean out the waist, working out our quads our hamstrings and entire body is actually -- >> you've got it all. i hate it when you don't give me an [ inaudible ] but i appreciate it all the same. for more on the holiday workout you can find it on our website. harry, taking notes? >> yes. for the first time, in its 57-year history tv guide is letting fans decide what's on the cover. the candidates were six of tv's favorite cult shows and after five and a half million votes, we have a winner and here to reveal the new cover is tv guide's editor in chief deborah birn bomb. good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> how you did get the idea to let the fans decide among, what, six different shows, right? >> uh-huh. >> how you did come up with this notion? >> every week we get hundreds of letters and e-mails and frankly tweets from readers asking us to put their favorite show on the

cover. i thought, i want to give these fans a voice to let them have a choice and put their cover on the magazine. >> what were the six shows you chose -- used to chews from. >> six across the networks. >> all with rabid fan bases. >> with absolutely fan bases that had big presence in social media. >> you put them up. how long did the vote going. >> for two weeks and let fans vote as many times as they wanted. believe me they let me know, i was tweeting all the way and never let me forget about it. >> how many, five and a half million votes. >> i was amazed. by the first day we had 1u7bz had,000. it came down to the wire at the en. number one and two were vated by something like 20,000 votes at the end. >> no kidding. we can reveal the results of the voting which is -- >> "supernatural". >> what is that?

>> a great show on cw, stars these two handsome boys about two brothers who parents were killed by demons and set out to avenge their parents' death but i eng what fans really respond to not just the sci-fi and action but really the family relationship, the age-old ballots between good and evil and frankly two pretty good good looking guys. >> this has been on cw for a while, right? >> in its sixth season doing very well, obviously very popular with the fans, as well. >> yeah. the thing about some of these shows that's so interesting you have mainstream shows, some of the shows in your list are mainstream and cult favorites at the same time. >> exactly. i think what we were looking at the nielsen rates the top 20 shows but a lot nielsen can't capture looking at ratings but not passion or dedication. we tried to pick shows that really reflected all that. things like social media have brought forward, twitter and facebook giving fans a real voice to talk about what they love about their favorite shows. >> debra birnbaum, thanks for coming by. >> absolutely.

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>> the rink in central park. >> love is in the air. >> beautiful. i. >> i watched your segment with interest. >> yes. >> the whole, you know, get your legs apart to put the milk. >> squatting at the refrigerator? >> yes. >> i'm thinking so, somebody watches this segments, right, the spouse watches the segment and the working spouse comes home tonight only to see the other spouse with the squat and load. >> thinking. >> walking out the front door, starting the car and hitting the gas. >> say, man, they look good. >> great to have you. see you tomorrow!

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headlines... the sex marriage it is 8:55. good morning, everyone. i'm sydnie kohara with your cbs 5 news headlines. the fight over same-sex marriage returning to court today. in just an hour, the federal appeals court in san francisco will hear arguments over proposition 8. in august, the federal judge ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. today, a panel will consider an appeal of that ruling. some san francisco residents are facing another day without water. a 6" pipe broke yesterday morning near filbert and octavia in cal hollow. repair crews trying to pictures problem and figure out how -- fix the problem an figure out how it happened. hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations still haven't been spent after the san bruno pipeline disaster. victims haven't received any checks. the city says it will decide

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san francisco southbound 101 approaching satisfy sar chavez three-car accident blocking a lane slow approaching the accident. okay past the toll plaza but at foster city it slows all the way out towards at the scene of an earlier crash. 17 minutes from hayward in the westbound lanes of 92 and at the bay bridge things have improved quite a bit. only backed up to the west grand overcrossing. half hour westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. high wind advisory in effect for the bridge. here's tracy with your forecast. >> thank you. well, winds were definitely an issue overnight but they are subsiding and now we are seeing a few showers still out there just moving through parts of the north bay. san rafael, also to the north of vallejo, crossing the 80 and moving into fairfield. light showers for the morning are expected to be scattered in nature. and coming to a close to leave with us a mix of sun and clouds for the afternoon. more sunshine tuesday, more rainfall wednesday and thursday. ,,,,,,