pretty. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com good morning, new facts after another shooting at virginia tech, scene of america's worst ever campus massacre. many wondering how this could happen again. the latest on the killing of a police officer, the father of five. jerry sandusky's wife says the accusations against her husband are false as he leaves jail and she comes under scrutiny for what she knew and when. we'll hear more from dottie sandusky's first public statement in the case. mitt romney has iowa's new campaign ad and why it points out newt's marital failures. tim tebow, winning quarterback and a praying one but he's note the first or only athlete to bring faith to the

field. we'll talk about religion and the gridiron early this friday morning, december 9th, 2011. good morning, i'm erica hill. happy friday. >> happy friday, erica. i'm jeff glor. wrist wragge is off. welcome back from d.c. >> boy, what a day yesterday. so many people on edge as we were watching the events unfold at virginia tech. we want to begin with the latest from virginia tech which was an ugly reminder of the deadliest shooting spree in u.s. history. a man who shot a campus officer to death apparently used the same gun to kill himself. >> thursday's shooting left the campus on lockdown for several hours and elaine quijano is at the virginia tech in blacksburg, virginia. elaine, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jeff and erica. virginia state police are

heading up the investigation still trying to determine if there was a link between the shooter and the officer who was killed. they haven't yet identified the gunman but we do know more about what happened. >> keep hands up. >> it was just after 12:30 when students got word of a gunman on campus. heavily armed police including s.w.a.t. teams flooded buildings as the campus went into lockdown. >> do not leave this room until you're told. do you understand? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: about 20 minutes earlier campus police officer deriek crouse has in the middle of a traffic stop in a school parking lot. officials say that's when the gunman walked up and shot officer crouse, killing him. >> i was walking to the sidewalk to go home to my dorm. >> reporter: freshman juliet fielding was living a nearby building and saw what happened when police opened officer crouse's patrol car door. >> the officer in the driver's seat fell out on to the ground

and from what i saw his face, it was covered in blood, and so i immediately knew that he had either been shot in the face or head or both. >> reporter: half a mile away from where he was shot police found another wounded man who later died. after four hours official lifted the campuswide lockdown leading to speculation that the second body was that of the gunman. university press charles steiger. >> in light of the turmoil and tragedy suffered by this campus by guns, i can only say that words don't describe our feelings and they're most elutionive at this point in time. our hearts are broken again for the family of our police officer. >> reporter: officer crouse and army veteran father of five children and stepchildren joined the police force just six months after that department dealt with the deadliest rampage in u.s. history. ironically crouse was killed

across the street from the dorm where the 2007 massacre began. 32 people were killed and 17 wounded before the gunman killed himself. >> that day seemed surreal. >> reporter: student joseph gates remembers that day. >> next thing you know i'm getting out of class and two hours later i'm informed there was a shooting that had been on campus. >> reporter: two hours later you found out about it. >> reporter: this time he said he received information immediately. >> gun shots reported. stay inside. secure doors. >> reporter: he says officials sent text messages and e-mail alerts throughout the ordeal. >> this time it was totally different. their response system is 50 times better, 100 times better. >> reporter: investigators are continuing their work today including taking a close look at the dash cam video from officer crouse's patrol car. authorities say that it showed a man with a handgun at the car and captured the moment when the shooting took place. erica.

>> elaine quijano at virginia tech, thanks. last night there was an impromptu candlelight vigil, 150 people gathered near the memorial to the victims of the 2007 massacre. gathered there this time to remember the officer who lost his life. >> tonight's vigil is expected to draw many more people including survivors of the attack four years ago and sharyl atkinson is also there. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. naturally the 2007 tragedy is so much on the minds of everyone here especially those who made it out. [ sirens ] >> reporter: for frederick cook, a graduate of virginia tech, the unthinkable was happening again. >> your heart kind of drops. it's in a pretty intense emotional thing. >> reporter: he was an engineering student in 2007 when there was a shooting rampage. cook was in close and jumped interest a second floor building to escape. he survived but 32 others and the gunman didn't.

>> my life has changed dramatically since the shooting. there isn't a day that goes by that i don't think about what happened there. >> reporter: those painful memories rush back as cook anxiously followed thursday's events from his downtown office in blacksburg blocks away from campus. in 2007 virginia tech professor and poet nick giovanni gave this memorable address. >> we are the hokies. we will prevail. we will prevail. we will prevail. we are virginia tech. >> reporter: thursday she was back on campus in lockdown. part of new security measures put in place after the last shooting. >> lightning is not supposed two strike twice and it's just incredibly sad. >> reporter: michele robinson's sister was attending here the first time lightning struck. now she is a student here herself. following the slow response last time she feels the campus got it

right this time. >> i'm in the right place and know if it was to happen anywhere tech would be the safest place to be. >> reporter: cook agrees. >> a huge difference, yeah, and like possibly saved lives. >> reporter: of course, nobody hopes for any more incidents at virginia tech but as you've heard, people say communications were better and stronger this time thanks to the systems put in place after 2007. jeff? >> sharyl, thank you very much. we'll move to the penn state scandal where the wife of suspect jerry sandusky is speaking out for the first time calling the charges against him false. >> meantime, he is now free on bail. we have more from pennsylvania for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. jerry sandusky spent just one night in the county jail before posting the $250,000 bail he needed to get out. 200,000 of that came from real estate holdings. but 50,000 of it came from a person whose name is beginning to be mentioned in the case, his

wife. dorothy sandusky sped past reporters on her way into the couple's home thursday. an hour later a car pulled up bringing her husband back from jail to begin living under house arrest. he's the one facing 52 counts of child sexual abuse. but his attorney joe amendola told cbs news that 68-year-old dorothy known as dottie is also suffering the consequences. >> her whole life is ruined. i mean even if they come at it and i've compared this battle to climbing mt. everest from the bottom, i mean even if somehow jerry comes out of this without being convicted, i mean their lives are ruined. >> reporter: dottie has been a fixture of jerry sandusky's life for 45 years. helping raise the couple's six adopted children and being an active participant in his second mile youth charity. but mrs. sandusky's name is now coming up in the case in ways that raise questions about what she knew or didn't know about

her husband's alleged sexual abuse of children. ten young men have alleged they were molested by sandusky over a period of 15 years. in a grand jury report released wednesday, one accuser said that while he was being sexually assaulted by sandusky in the basement bedroom of the couple's home, he screamed for help knowing that sandusky's wife was upstairs but he said no one ever came to help him. dottie sandusky responded to that allegation thursday saying she's been devastated by what she called the false accusations that such a terrible incident ever occurred in my home. she said she and her husband don't know why these young men have made these false accusations but we want everyone to know, she said, they are untrue. now the attorney for another alleged victim tells cbs news that at next week's preliminary hearing he expects his client will be asked questions about what he called an incident in

which mrs. sandusky may have had knowledge of inappropriate conduct concerning her husband. he would not discuss details of that incident. sandusky himself meanwhile, continues to maintain that he is innocent. >> anna westerner, thanks. turning our attention to wall street. the dow jones industrials fell nearly 200 points after more troubling from europe's debt cris crisis. >> there is word of a deal to solve the crisis, though some european countries including britain are not going along with it. here to explain the potential outcome and what it means for us is business even economics correspondent rebecca jarvis. good morning. >> good morning. >> so britain is one of the holdouts here. this is rattling markets as we know. any indication it's going to end now and things have calmed down? >> the fact they say they have a deal is a misnomer here. their deal isn't really a deal without the european central bank playing a role and without

britain playing a role in the overall decision. this is rattling our markets now for almost two years and in the last week there was a lot of hope and expectation that the european central bank could come to the rescue much in the same way our federal reserve did, buy up the debt of these struggling european economies. the ecb's response is our hands are tied. that's outside of our domain, outside of our jurisdiction so now everyone is looking around at this summit and saying, well, the individual european countries are going to have to come to individual aid and they're also going to have to agree to cutting spending in a lot of places. that's not looking very likely right now. >> so in terms of -- that's the crux of this issue here, you have so many different voices weighing in and they are each in such a different position economically. >> yeah, there is a tug-of-war going on. the fact that britain is stepping out of this, there's a tug-of-war going on between the 27 eu countries and you have the very strong countries like germany and france being looked to to come to the rescue of the rest of the european economies, the likes of italy and spain and

countries like germany are saying, listen, we're not going to bail you out without knowing you are going to be putting austerity measures on the table that you're going to be cutting spending so we're not facing the same issue down the road another time. at the same time that could have very negative consequences for the economies that have to pull back on spending at a time when they're not growing. >> rebecca jarvis, thank you very much. have a good weekend. here at home poll after poll shows newt gingrich is overtaking mitt romney when it comes to the republican presidential race. >> so now the romney camp is sharpening its attacks on gingrich. national correspondent dean reynoldss is in des moines, iowa, with more. dean, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. well, you know, from the start mitt romney has thoroughly downplayed iowa and as a consequence iowa has thoroughly downplayed romney. at his only office here in iowa, mitt romney's volunteers were working the phones this week. >> i'm a volunteer calling on

behalf of governor romney's campaign. >> reporter: an abandoned blockbuster store, the nearly vacant space was a metaphor for a campaign that's mostly been awol from iowa. >> would you be able to do that for us? no? okay, thank you. >> reporter: romney's visit to iowa is only his ninth since the last election. michelle bachmann, by comparison, has spent 62 days here. newt gingrich, 50. republicans note that romney declined to contest last august's straw poll and snubbed a thanksgiving family forum sponsored by social conservatives. instead, romney's been relying on surrogates. >> he is the only person who i believe can legitimately take the fight to barack obama this november. >> reporter: some question romney's strategy. >> he's been a kind of iowa hamlet. not sure whether to play here, to be here or not to be here. that's been his question. >> reporter: now that may be changing. his decision to air a new ad

here suggests an increased commitment. >> i've been married to the same woman for 25 -- excuse me, i get in trouble, for 42 years. i've been in the same church my entire life. >> reporter: it appears designed to contrast with newt gingrich who's acknowledged infidelities and three marriages make a lot of social conservatives uneasy. >> i will be true to my family, to my faith and to our country. >> reporter: but a lot of conservatives remain resistant if not flatly opposed to romney. >> the more conservatives here romney the most electable, the angrier at romney they become. because there is a sense that romney's being shoved down their throats. >> reporter: well, they'll get a real taste of romney today in cedar rapids where he's giving a speech and is expected to hold a rare press conference. jeff? >> dean, what's the status of a pac or super pac money showing up now in iowa? >> reporter: well, $3.1 million in super pac money is going to

start showing up by way of commercials for romney. these superp pacs are unaffiliated. one of the ads we'll be seeing shows a picture of president obama smiling and then another shot of newt gingrich and it asks why is president obama smiling implying that he wants newt gingrich to win the nomination and then it goes on to list all of the baggage that newt gingrich has, so it's sort of a clever way of looking like you're criticizing obama but really criticizing newt gingrich. jeff? >> dean reynolds in iowa, thanks very much. betty nguyen has a check of your headlines on this friday. good morning. >> yeah, it's friday. good morning to you. well, the family of a retired fbi agent who disappe disappeared four years ago released a video.

robert levinson's videos says he is not in good health. >> please help me get home. first three years of service to the united states deserves something. please help me. >> levinson who is 63 was working as a private investigator in iran. the u.s. says it has no idea who is holding him. well, u.s. officers are denying a claim it brought down a u.s. top secret spy drone with a cyberattack. the drone appears nearly intact, something american officials can't or won't explain. the u.s. military says it lost control of it earlier this week and doesn't deny the iranians have it. ir

still ahead this morning, quarterback tim tebow wears his religion like part of his uniform. >> we'll ask one former nfl

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oakland city leaders plan a memorial and march ton good morning. 7:25. happy friday. we have some bay area headlines to share with you now. oakland city leaders plan a memorial and march tonight against gun violence that's killing young children in the city today. one-year-old hiram lawrence is expected to be taken off life support. he was shot in the head just a week ago. and today "occupy oakland" members and some union representatives will lay out their plans to block the port of oakland. on monday the longshoreman's union appears divided within its ranks on whether to support that shutdown. facebook and the city of menlo park are working on ways to ease the impact of adding thousands of new employees at their facebook campus. a meeting about the 748-page environmental impact report drew about 50 people last night. traffic is the big issue with

them. menlo park plans to use a car counting device to limit of number of solo commuters in their community. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,

good morning from the traffic center. let's take you to the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on, traffic

backed up. but pretty typical this morning. no major accidents or stalled vehicles to slow you down through there. a little slow coming off the eastshore freeway, as well. there is lower deck roadwork to report from the skyway to treasure island. various lanes blocked in effect until 1: 45 this afternoon. 880 through oakland, "friday light" bow directions, no delays clear -- both directions, no delays, clear through hayward. golden gate bridge looking good. lawrence has the forecast. >> it is another cold start to the day outside, gianna. many of those temperatures down in the 30s and the 50s. just checked on fairfield, they have dropped to 26 degrees this morning. clear and cold around the bay area now. patchy fog in the santa rosa area that's lifted. but it looks like as we head toward the afternoon, hazy sunshine and plenty of all around the bay area. that should bring numbers to the 50s and 60s. the weekend kind of a 50/50 split here looking good through saturday but a few more clouds on sunday with a chance of a few showers. that continues into monday morning, as well.

♪ welcome back to "the early show." i'm erica here along with jeff glor. we've been telling you holiday spending is up significantly this year. >> that's good news, right? some americans are tired of watching their budgets so out come the credit cards. this makes retailers happy, but might it actually hurt the recovery in 2012? we'll take a look at frugal fatigue. >> more important than the recovery could it really hurt your own economic situation within your family? >> both at the same time, right? >> there you go. that's ahead. first, though over the past 15 years more than a dozen states have legalized marijuana for medical use to ease the pain and help the seriously ill. >> but the federal government

claims that what began as a humanitarian effort is now becoming a criminal enterprise. john blackstone looks at the impact in northern california. >> reporter: business is brisk at what claims to be the biggest medical marijuana dispensary in the country. >> we see 600 to 800 patients a day in this facility. of course, it's a very unique facility. patients can't find what they find here anywhere else. >> reporter: steve deangelo opened the harborside health center five years ago. now he supplies some 95,000 people with a vast array of medicines made from marijuana. though he prefers the term cannabis. >> we have cannabis you smoke or inhale that you swallow and rub on your skin. of course, this is the traditional form of cannabis that most people are familiar with. >> reporter: harborside is a $22 million a year operation run out of an anonymous warehouse. still deangelo doesn't keep a

low profile. harborside is the subject of a discovery channel documentary series. california is 1 of 16 states that have approved marijuana for medical use but that conflicts with federal law which says any use of marijuana is illegal and now u.s. attorneys across the country are cracking down. >> where there's marijuana, there's money and lots of it. >> reporter: melinda haag, the u.s. attorney for northern california is among those pointing to an abuse of what was to be an effort to help the sick. >> people are using the cover of medical marijuana to make extraordinary amounts of money. in short, to engage in drug trafficking. >> reporter: the federal government did not send armed agents into harborside. instead it sent tax accountants from the irs. >> they declared us a drug trafficking organization and therefore denied all of the normal standard business deductions that every other business can take for things like rent and payroll.

and they gave us a $2.5 million back tax bill. >> reporter: as deangelo fights his tax bill in fairfax lynnette shaw who runs the oldest dispensary in the state is fighting eviction that could close the club she's run for 14 years. >> so mean and so inhumane that i'm broken hearted and appalled and shocked and righteously indignance. >> reporter: 40% believe it should be legalized but 77% say they should be allowed to prescribe it for series illnesses. many now getting it are far from seriously ill. >> the commercial marijuana industry ignores the significant restrictions imposed in state law and revels in what some in the marijuana business call the new california gold rush. >> reporter: that it has become big business is undeniable. but steve deangelo argues that

if people can't get that their medicine of choice at harborside. >> see you. >> reporter: they will get it on a street corner. john blackstone, cbs news. betty nguyen has another check of your headlines. 34 minutes past the hour. good morning again. >> good morning, erica and jeff. good morning to you. investigators still have no clue why a gunman shot and killed a police officer on the campus of virginia tech university and then took his own life. a vigil for the slain officer was held last night near the member cal for those killed in the massacre at the school four years ago. officer deriek crouse was 39. an army veteran with a wife and five children. at least 73 people died today when a fire broke out at a hospital in eastern india. officials say hospital staffers actually ran away. police have charged six hospital officials with homicide. many of the victims died from smoke inhalation. and a new list s

up next, religion and sports. >> do they mix? a lot of people talking about it this year. the argument over quarterback -- actually more of a discussion,

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♪ team tebow has played just everyone is talking about tim tebow. but it is how this committed christian shares his faith on the feel. there are critics who thinks it goes a little too far but, hey, not the first time, plenty of other athletes have been very public about their faith both on and off the field. some say they don't get the same attention as tim tebow is seeing. >> joining us is analyst and former player keith evans. heath, good morning. >> good morning. how are you guys? >> i'm well, thanks for getting up with us, heath, here. >> any time. >> why is tim different? >> well, i think there's a lot of reasons. let's start with on the field. i mean everything that he does on a football field on a sunday afternoon is different than what we see out of the other 31 starting quarterbacks. i mean he's running more than

throwing and then obviously his throwing motion alone creates a lot of controversy, so when you look at the field, he's just different and then he has this wow factor about him that's just very polarizing and kind of off the field or after a game he always chooses to kind of praise his lord and savior jesus christ which ultimately rubs people the wrong way. >> why do you think it rubs peep the wrong way? there are plenty of people with strong faith themselves who watch football every sunday or who don't. i mean there are plenty who are public about their faith. why do you think tim tebow rubs people the wrong way. >> i think he's kind of one of those guys you almost love to hate. he has this golden boy smile and finds a way to win when everyone says you can't and be bold and blatant about his faith and ultimately, you know, i think we live in this country this day and age where we have freedom of speech but if we're all honest with ourselves we like our freedom of speech. we don't want others to have it so it's a delicate balance but i think it comes down to he's just

playing so well right now, every time he has -- he turns around there is a camera in his face so he is just, again, very bold. he's very sound in what he believes and it's almost refreshing for me to see a young man that is constantly turning the praise obviously to his lord and savior but also to his teammates. the contrast to the day and age we live if with the athletes look at me, look at me, pay me, pay me, i think this is a refreshing stance we're seeing out of tebow. >> it's not the first time people have -- or athletes i should say have shown their faith publicly. albert pujols getting a lot of attention for this contract. he spots to this guy, muhammad ali, flo-jo, music artists, if they are thanking someone the first person they may thank is god a lot of time. >> very, very true. it just goes back to tebow. so many things that surrounds this young man. his career at florida. i mean, yes, in the s.e.c. and,

yes, national championships but he found a way to engulf the nation. even if you didn't like florida you still had something to say about tim tebow and now at the professional level so many people have just told this guy no and so i think the spiritual, the religious aspect is just kind of like one more knock on this guy that so many people want to see succeed but so many people ultimately want to see fail. he's kind of got that golan boy curse on him. >> eric mentioned pujols. he points to the sky with his fingers, says he does it to remind himself and his fans to see god. he left st. louis. there was a front page of "the st. lou st. louis post-dispatch" saying he turns his back on st. louis. what do you think of him going to california? >> everybody ultimately wants to look out for their family first and foremost. i had to leave new england and go to new orleans because it was what was best for the evans team and ultimately that's what albert has done. i know him personally.

he is one of the most humble superstars you'll ever meet and the people that truly know him would never second-guess or fault him for making what is a business/family decision so we need more guys like albert pujols and tim tebow that are constantly trying to find way to praise teammates and live life full of character and integrity and not always try to point the limelight at himself. >> heath evans, thanks for being with us. up next here, frugal fatigue. experts think we may be spending more because we're tired of cutting back. >> we'll find out though if all that spending could backfire on the economy and also on the spenders. this is "the early show" on cbs. saturday salpreview.riday r save with low prices on denim for everyone on your list. plus, spend $50 on clothing and get a $10 award card to use later. that's real gifts for real joy. sears

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you may feel like you're tired of pinching pennies and it it turns out you're not alone. retail experts are calling it frugal fatigue and they say this could explain why holiday shopping is way up this year.

>> but what if that feel good spending spree now causes a january hangover? financial contributor carmen wong ulrich is here to help us look past the holidays and prepare. >> for realty? >> talk about the hangover, jeff! fix this! >> seriously. don't we always get frugal fatigue around the holidays because we just want to forgot about it for a second? >> it started in the spring. frugal fatigue started in the spring and we saw spending numbers start changing. a study was done and 60% of americans said i'm tired of pinching pennies and just tired. however, they did also say but i'm going to continue to do so because things don't look so good. again, the spending numbers are changing. so i think that we are shifting this year. >> so it's more than just, you know, combating that with i'll buy myself a pedi but i guess we are spending more and i guess on credit? >> but big ticket items too. million more cars sold this year. 13. million this year so far. and also in terms of credit too.

$52.4 billion was spent over the black friday weekend. but keep in mind this. that's a record number. the same thing happened in 2008. and then we shut our wallets and didn't spend barely the rest of the holiday season and so we have to see what happens. >> are there darker clouds on the horizon? >> credit card usage up 10% this past quarter. >> wow! >> credit card use over black friday up 7%. big numbers there and we have to pay attention to it and revolving debt is two-year high. $2.5 trillion. we were doing so well pulling back and now back to charging more. >> we have talked about this a lot over the last few weeks. still millions of people paying off their holiday debt from last year still this year. >> exactly. >> so it sounds like with these numbers there is a potential to add to those numbers. >> there is. that's what you want to really, really avoid. here is the thing. employment numbers are getting pa better and folks are more

numbers to spend. debit cards are getting more expensive so folks are using credit more. the national endowment for financial education found that 63% of americans do not have a budget for this holiday. shame. you got to have a budget! you must have a budget! and 45% are going to pay with their credit cards. now that is fine if you pay off the balance. but only 32% say they are going to pay off the balance and 13% will not be able to pay off the balance. that is that 14 million you're talking about we are going to add to. >> always nice to see you. >> yes. >> did you get all of those numbers? >> i have them all right here. >> i will check your statements next month. >> stay with us. this is "the early show" on cbs. done done done,done,done almost done. done done done done done,done,done,done,done done done

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b-s five... i'm elizabeth wenger. oakland city leaders plan a memorial and march ton good morning. 7:55. in the headlines on 24 friday, oakland city leaders planning a memorial and a march tonight against gun violence that is taking the lives of children in their city. this afternoon, a 1-year-old shooting victim will be taken off life support. hiram lawrence was critically wounded 11 days ago on willow street in oakland. this morning, "occupy oakland" organizers and leaders of local unions plan to lay out the plans for a blockade of the port of oakland. on monday, occupy groups all along the west coast are planning port shutdowns. the longshoreman's union is divided in its ranks about supporting the protest. new firefighters getting ready to report for duty sunday

in san jose. graduation ceremonies are being held this afternoon for the lateral firefighter academy class of 2011-2012. a $15 million federal grant made it possible for san jose to hire new firefighters. good news there. we'll have an update on your traffic and weather coming right up. california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a world where tobacco kills more people... than aids, drugs, alcohol, murder and car crashes... combined. we have a lot more work to do.

good morning from the traffic center. let's check conditions in the south bay, northbound 280 stop and go through downtown san jose. we have reports of an accident

though in san jose. san tomas expressway at williams road the left lane blocked. you have crews on scene there. also, 880 not doing too bad. northbound looking better than it did this morning. a few delays through hayward. south 880 no delays there. and extra busy across the upper deck into san francisco. lower deck of the bay bridge we do have roadwork various lanes blocked from 7:00 this morning to about 1:45. that's traffic. here's lawrence with your forecast. >> gianna, it is cold so let's take you to the beach right now, folks. out the door, it's probably actually warmer around the waters in the 50s than if you stand outside on the beach. we have nice clear skies along the coastline but temperatures there into the 40s. it is cold in spots. 26 degrees right now in fairfield. 31 in livermore. 37 degrees in san jose. we are expecting hazy sunshine into the afternoon. that should allow the temperatureswarm up into the 50s and the 60s.over the weekend, dry saturday, showers sunday. ♪

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♪ welcome back to the early show, everyone, it is a friday morning indeed, i'm jeff glor, along with erica hill, chris wragge is off today. we've been talking about working out and staying in shape. coming up, we talk with four long-time friends in their 60s and 70s who play basketball together once a week. they've been doing this for 40 years. >> that's awesome. >> they plan their lives around this tuesday night game with the old guys play against the young guys. they're going to tell us why they do it how they prepare for it. how long they think it can continue for and thousand might help. >> forget poker night. you got a pick-up game. also ahead this year's top

entertainers at any age. "entertainment weekly" is out with its best entertainer of the year, adele, harry radcliffe. and don't count out the ladies from "bridesmaids." we're going to get a little preview from our good friend, jeff kagele, from "entertainment weekly." >> it's a rewatchable movie. first more at thursday's shooting at virginia deck. yesterday as we watched this, many people thought, it's happening again, remembering how 33 people were massacred on the campus just four years ago. >> in this latest incident, virginia tech police officer, deriek crouse, an army veteran with a wife and five children was ambush and shot and then the gunmen shot himself. joining us is vice president for student relations. how is everybody doing this morning? >> good morning, erica. we appreciate the opportunity to talk with you.

obviously there's a profound sense of sadness on this campus, that is certainly amplified by the tragedy that struck us once before, four years ago. so at this point, the campus is just waking up and beginning to come back to life again. i think, i think the important thing is that this is a very resilient, tight-knit community and we've come together and will come together once again, like we did before. >> larry, on the investigation, any better sense at all of a motive here? >> no. we don't. the state police are very close to final identification. they're just going through the final processes. i think as you know, you may have reported, that forensically, they've linked the true ballistic testing, the weapon, that killed the offerser crouse, as well as killed the other person in the parking lot, motive and process at that

point, is still yet to be determined. we hope to have an additional briefing that will be conducted by the virginia state police. as you know, they have a lead on the investigation. we hope to do that later this morning. certainly no later than this afternoon. >> larry, you guys changed the way you did things after the last shooting. how did students respond yesterday? >> you know, our students responded very well. you know, the world changed on april of 2007. nobody would have expected anything like that to happen on the university campus. nobody had the protocols and the emergency notification systems that we have today. and as a result, our campus was able to alert the student body, the university community very quickly. and as a result, our students did exactly what we asked them to do. which was stay secure, stay indoors until they heard from us again. >> and by all accounts, a lot of

the students that i know have spoken with cbs news, most of them said they felt like this time around, they got the information they needed. especially kids who unfortunately there for the last one. what more can you tell us about deriek crouse, the campus police officer who was killed? how is his family holding up this morning? >> i'm afraid i don't know. i checked in with our police department this morning. our chief of police was with the family yesterday. and we're still just now getting that. and i'm really sorry that i don't have anything to report in that regard. we will again be posting memorial information, locations where people can make contributions. we've already begun to get questions, can they make convictions. we'll get it and post it up on our website later. as you can imagine, we're just beginning to come back to life after a very long night last night. >> just beginning to process. we appreciate your time this morning, thank you. >> thank you very much, we appreciate it. it's four minutes past the hour. betty nguyen is at the news desk with more headlines.

good morning to you. >> good morning, erica and jeff, and good morning to you. britain is the only remaining hold-out this morning as all other nations in the 27-member european union agreed on a deal to head off the economic crisis. shore up their common currency, which is the euro, and tie their finances together. germany and france pushed the deal through during a marathon overnight bargaining session in brussels. britain, which doesn't use the euro, refuses to go along. >> we never going to join the euro. we're never going to give up the sort of sovereignty that these countries are having to give up. in order to enter a fiscal union. >> the new deal allows unprecedented involvement by the european union and national budgets. the 26 eu countries agreed to cap their deficits and agree in advance how much debt they plan to take on. occupy wall street protesters in boston defied a midnight deadline to leave their downtown camp. and police did not try to enforce it. but when protesters blocked a nearby street, at least two were

arrested. and we have new video this morning of a former imf chief, dominique strauss-kahn and the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. the surveillance video from last may shows strauss-kahn checking out of his new york hotel and leaving in a cab. while inside, his accuser described the attack to hotel staff who called police. in another area, though, two men

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"healthwatch," we continue our series on active aging. for 40 years, four friends in new york city have gotten together every tuesday night for a game of pick-up basketball. >> the pace may have slowed a bit over the decades, but these guys are staying very fit and stilling the time of their lives. >> we started playing in this game in 1971. the original pick-up game had 18, now we're down to four of the originals. >> thank god we have reversible uniforms now. >> we don't miss tuesdays. if you miss a tuesday, generally a wednesday morning there's a phone call, what happened. >> we'll arrange our vacations, our business trips, we fly in the day of the game. >> bob is the oldest. i'm the second oldest. >> i'm 71 and i've been playing for 40 years in this game. >> i look at bob and say, i want to go until his age. even though it's only about

three years. >> walking into the gym is therapeutic. once you cross that threshold and enter the gymnasium, it's a different world. >> it's worth it now, because of the camaraderie. >> in this day and age, you know, it's tough to find good friends that you have something in common with. it's definitely like a family. and we fight like a family. and sometimes we've gotten into some pretty heated arguments here. and then we go out to dinner after and it's all forgotten. they keep the old guys together and we take two of the better young guys and then we play against the young guys. >> i always tell them, i wish that i'm able to play basketball into my 60s. first, i wish i could live to be in my 60s. bob is 71. if i could live to that age, i'd be happy, let alone play basketball. >> it's wonderful to have them carrying this, this game forward. and i have no doubt it will. >> people say how could you

still play. well, i think that playing has helped me feel more spirit. i think it's helped my body. you can't run the same way, you can't jump the same way. but you can still have the same good time. >> originally when we first started to play, it was come, get on the court and start running. now it's -- come, warm up for ten, 15 minutes, then you can start to run. >> i used to score a lot of baskets. now -- i just want to take a few shots. some of them go in, that's great. i don't want to get hurt. >> it's great to have a win, but the most important thing is you leave, you feel good. you're not injured. you've gotten some shots off. and you've had a good time. >> i thought maybe i would play until 40. i mean it was like, because i was at the generation, people weren't as active as they are today. >> i intend on playing for as long as i can.

>> my goal is to keep playing and i see no reason to stop. a reminder as always. before you start any new major program here -- consult with a doctor. >> consult with your doctor, exactly. that's our disclaimer. up next, if you're not aware, this is a really important day. it's national believe day. today, macy's is making more than 50 wishes come true. >> we're going to consult with macy's about that coming up. one of them will happen right here, when we come back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. on cbs. >> announcer: cbs healthwatch sponsored by bayer. try bayer advanced aspirin. extra strength pain relief. twice as fast as before. you know. er aspin it's different. first, it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before.

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♪ this morning we continue our partnership with the macy's believe campaign when benefits the make a wish foupgs.

what an important day today is. it's national believe day when dozens of wishes will be granted from coast-to-coast. >> here to tell us more about the campaign's message and generosity is martine reardon and make a wish recipient, ceci christenson. what is planned today? >> national believe day is so important. it is the day we grant 55 wishes simultaneously across the country and so, today, very special wishes will be granted for one very important young woman in texas, her name is grace, and we are doing a great party to send her off on her trip to the bahamas and then going all the way to minnesota to give a ballerina of the day, a very special wish for charlotte to become a ballerina of the day. a fun day of making those 55 wishes come true. >> what a great way to highlight all of the wonderful things that the make a wish foundation does and that do you in connection with them. ceci, your wish is being granted

today too. we're in the process of granting it at this moment. tell us what your wish was and how it's coming true? >> my wish was to promote the need for national mayor registry on a national publication so i'm so thrilled to be here. thank you. it's so close to my heart because it's my story. i was diagnosed with ail failure of the bone marrow in 2009 and like many diseases, a transplant is the only known cure. thanks to my two perfect matches, i received my stem cell transplant. they were my brothers but most people never find a match. >> that's why you want to promote the marrow registry because it's so important to everyone. >> yes. it can save a life. >> what do you do? i don't think a lot of people know this. they with register and get tested. >> it's simple to join. go to my website which is ceci's climb.com. you can have a kit sent to your

house and you can literally join from your couch. >> ceci's climb. you do this from your couch and you can literally save a life? >> yeah. all you have to do is a simple cotton swab at the inside of your cheeks. the guidelines you have to be between 18 and 60 and in good health and willing to donate to anyone in need. and then from there, you'll see if you're a possible match for someone and save a life. >> it's great. the make a wish foundation and everything they do is incredible any day of the year, but especially on a day when you're granting more than 55 wishes. how do you decide which ones to grant? they are all so wonderful and so deserving. >> you're right, they are. we make sure. we partner with the make a wish foundation and that what makes it happen. what is also very special about today, every day during the campaign for every letter that you bring to macy's, we donate a dollar but on national believe day, we are donating $2 for every letter received. last year, when we did it we rais raised 200,000 letters in one day. the importance of getting out there and putting that letter

into a macy's mailbox today will double the donation and, so far, we're up to 577,000 letters. so our goal is a million. so get out there, get those letters into our mailboxes and let's continue all the great work we are doing with ceci and the make a wish foundation. >> which is great. plenty of time before christmas to get your letter in there. my son still hasn't written his so we need to get it down to macy's today. >> please do. >> what else is part of your wish today, ceci? you wanted a national program and come on tv to promote the marrow rejectgistry. >> my wish is get the word out to people they have the power to save someone's life and i hope they jump to the opportunity. >> it's great. i'd say she is a natural. what do you think? >> i would say so. >> we may have to keep you around! >> i don't know about that. but thanks. >> we always love looking at the believe meter here. besides writing a letter or checking out ceci's climb, i

think it's a great idea to do, what else can people do? >> you can go to local make a wish foundation and volunteer their time. there is so much work to be done in the local chapters. whether it's doing office work or helping granted some of these wishes, we welcome both macy >> there really is a chapter no matter where you live, there is a local chapter. i can remember the first time i was introduced it was in middle school. this was our fund-raiser every year for student council. it's amazing to see how it's grown. >> there's 63 chapters across the country. almost not one in every state but pretty close to that. i just encourage all people, it's such an incredible cause, macy's has been involved with make-a-wish foundation, this is our fourth year of the campaign. although we say a million dollars, because of national believe day we end up with more because of double donation.

>> you can say this better than we k this is not just the wish granted for the wish recipient. it means so much to your family. your brothers who were a match for you. when someone is suffering from an illness a toll on everyone. >> you're so unsure of what's going to happen. at one point i wondered would i be there next christmas, next year. you don't know. make a wish and macy's made it amazing for my family and i. >> great to have you here. martina, nice to have you with us. >> nice to see you and thank you for having us again. >> we're hoping for big letters. bring letters. for more information logon to the website

federal prosecutors are asking a judge to send barry bonds to 5 months. he'll b it is 8:25. time for news headlines. federal prosecutors are asking a judge to send barry bonds to prison for 15 months. he will be sentenced next friday. a jury convicted the former giants slugger in april of obstructing a grand jury sports doping investigation. the spya is offering $5,000 for information about the killings of several ducks and geese at newhall park in concord. the dead animals were found last saturday morning. despite a recall effort, the approval rating has gone up for oakland mayor jean quan. our exclusive eyewitness news poll finds 64% disapprove of the job she is doing. but just a month ago, that number was at 71%. mayor quan says the recall efforts are divisive and distracting. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,

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slow you down in oakland. elsewhere in the south bay, northbound 280 looking a lot better. we had an earlier accident at 11th now cleared to the right shoulder. and pretty light in both directions. also, extra volume on that southbound side of the golden gate bridge but overall not bad out of marin county into san francisco. that's traffic. here's lawrence with your chilly forecast. >> all right, gianna. yeah. cold if you are heading out right now. chilly temperatures around the bay area. it looks like going to try and warm things up a bit toward the afternoon. still going to be a cool day but clear skies overlooking the city of san francisco. gorgeous but bundle up. this afternoon we have 50s and some low 60s in the forecast. i think the first part of the weekend looks okay. saturday you're going to see a few more clouds. but the temperatures should be in the 50s and 60s. a chance of showers though on sunday. skies mostly cloudy, maybe leftover showers monday morning and then drying up and warming up in the middle of next week.

♪ you want to go skating in central park later together? >> i would love to. i've never done that. >> neither have i. >> sounds like we got a date. >> welcome back to the "early show," i'm jeff glor, along with my date, erica hill today. coming up, shaleen woodley, co-starring with george clooney in "the descendants" she is fantastic, already winning awards. we'll ask her what it's like to get so much attention at her age and the number one lesson she took from george cloony. and who would you pick for entertainer of the year, if you had to pick one person. >> maybe clooney, right? >> there are plenty of candidates, daniel radcliffe

made it big in movies and broadway. adele became popular in pop music. she's getting the mainstream attention. brad pitt had his best year in a long time. just ahead, "entertainment weekly"'s editor will join us with his magazine's picks of the biggest and best of 2011. if you're walking around and you don't have any change to put in the salvation army kettle, that will not stop you from donating any more. >> charity has gone high-tech. senior editor is here with more on unusual giving. this is something we've seen happening for a while, especially with a cashless society. i would imagine the more we rely on plastic, debit or credit, the better it is for charity? >> charities have to respond and make it easier on us, because we're carrying less cash with us. there's studies that show in the amount of cash we're carrying is less to the point that in 2015, there will be $200 billion less

cash exchanging hands for making purchases. just last year alone, it was 3% less. they're responding and the salvation army is even taking plastic now. >> how about this, right, on the street corners, the salvation army will take your credit card? >> yes, those famous red kettles, the bell-ringers, some are taking credit cards, only in select places. it's simple, you hand them their card, they're going to pull out their phone and stick this device into the headphone jack. and when it's time to sign it, you just sign with your finger on the screen. >> do we feel secure in using these? >> it's a good website. a lot of small businesses use it. it's developed by the guy who made twitter. so therefore all is okay. >> we've also seen for a number of years now, whenever there's a major tragedy for example, we can donate by text. this is growing, isn't it? >> because of the outpouring for the red cross when disasters like the earthquake in haiti

happen. now more charities are saying, let's try this, too, for the holidays. let's text, the salvation army is taking text messages, text the five-digit number to give. expect to see more groups doing this, even religious groups, like your local church might start doing it. >> what if we want to do some old-fashioned donating, like getting on the worldwide web? >> i'm logging onto the internet. >> imagine that, it's taken another step, you don't have to spend your own money to donate online. you do your normal activities online and you'll start to earn money. instead of going straight to google or yahoo, go to a website like goodsearch.com. doing your everyday web browsing, will spend every time you search to a cause of your choice. if you still have shopping to do online, instead of going straight to macy's.com or target shaum. go to goodshop.com and find the store you want to shop on and shop like normal. a percentage of everything you

spend will go to a charity of your choice. >> that's great. there's a little bit of controversy surrounding the text donations, i think it was to the red cross, about the fee. there are fees associated with credit card transactions, with texting donations. are most of the charities picking up those fees? >> yeah, they are. it's one of those things where it's kind of like the same costs they have to spend anyway on marketing. >> and ultimately, it could help bring more businesses in because it's so easy for people. >> exactly. bridget carey, senior editor at cnet.com. thank you so much. betty nguyen is at the news desk with our final check of the headlines on this friday. good morning. >> good morning, great ways to donate. i've said you guys can always donate to me, any time of the day. all right. there's a lot going on today, let's get to it. the environmental protection agency reports that it now has evidence that the technique called fracking to extract natural gas can contaminate drinking water. fracking chemicals turned up in

groundwater beneath a town in wyoming. the water contains benzene, a at 50 times the permitted levels and a ph level equal to that of household bleach. but wyoming's governor remains skeptical. >> before we draw any conclusions, one way or another, we want to make sure that we go back, do the peer review, do more testing, more analysis. and then whatever it is, it is. >> 65% of wyoming's tax revenue comes from the energy industry. it's been pushing fracking as a way to boost domestic gas production. the former chief of japan's crippled look nuclear plant has been diagnosed with cancer. masao yuchida led the onset actions after the nuclear crisis. he resigned after learning he had esophageal cancer. doctors don't think it's related to radiation from the plant. good news for american

motorists. the number of highway deaths has fall ton a new record low. cbs news correspondent bill whittaker has the story. >> reporter: american motorists had the lowest fatality rate ever recorded, even while driving more miles than ever. 46 billion more miles in 2010 than the year before. according to transportation secretary, ray lahood -- >> it's the result of three important factors. roads are safer. >> reporter: and constantly improving with better lighting, better signs, less obstructed intersections. >> drivers are safer. >> reporter: more are using seat belts. graduated licensing has helped bring teen fatalities down 39%. more than any other group. >> cars are safer. >> reporter: front and side air bags now are standard in newer cars. air bags saved shelly burkhart's life. >> if the air bag didn't deploy upon impact. i definitely would have gone through the windshield. >> reporter: as dramatic as the drop in fatalities might be, the

national highway traffic safety administration says we could be doing better. more than 50% of people killed in passenger cars were not wearing seat belts. almost a third of fatal accidents involved drivers impaired by alcohol. and these days, more and more drivers are distracted by cell phones and texting. jeremy of the automotive website, edmunds.com said future

some of the best reviews for the george clooney movie "the descendants" is going to shaleen woodley who plays his daughter. dealing with the impending death of her mother and the secrets that mother kept. shaleen woodley joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you doing? >> i'm really good. how are you? >> i'm well and i was even

better after i saw this movie. i saw it before we had booked this sellment and it's wonderful. >> thank you. >> so best supporting actress, national board review already. is that insane to think about? >> yeah, it's surreal. i don't know, it's crazy. it's so crazy. i think it's the kind of thing you can't really wrap your head around. you just go to bed at night and you're like, whoa what just happened today. >> how did the movie find you or how did you find it? >> i auditioned for alexander payne almost two and a half years ago. it was a standard audition and a few months later, got a call and he told me i booked it. >> we have a short clip when you're talking to your dad, who is george clooney. let's take a listen. >> you really don't have a clue, do you? dad -- dad, mom was cheating on you. that is what we fought about.

when i was out at christmas, i caught her with a guy. >> there's some powerful scenes in this movie. from what you were what, 18, 19, when you shot it? >> i was 18. >> there's a scene where you go under water. that is one of the more powerful scenes of the year. >> i was so lucky i got to go under water and cry, so cool. you know, you never get to do that. >> was any part of that ad libbed or what? >> it was in the script that she goes into the water and distorts her face. i interpreted it as she goes under the water and loses herself. i got to cry, it was my own selfish therapy session. >> your toughest role yet, this movie? >> i don't know if i would say toughest. but it was a different role, i've never played a 17-year-old going through her angsty period who had to kind of come into her own. that was exciting. and acting with george clooney definitely raised the bar. >> did you enjoy getting a

chance to use the sanctioned r-rated language? >> that was awesome, messy and fun. >> i have to say those words, sorry. one lesson from george clooney you took away? >> philanthropy. and generosity, gratitude. he's the most generous person i've ever met in my entire life. and you don't hear him being very philanthropic. you hear about him being a prankster, which he is. but he's so giving and he never stops giving. it's amazing. i'm still inspired by him. >> stay with us for a minute? >> yes. >> more, when we come back. you're watching "the early show"

over here! >> get out of my underwear, you freak. >> okay. >> no! >> back inside, put on a swimsuit. >> why? >> now!

>> real good job you're doing. >> that's part of why i brought you here. you have to help me with her. i don't know what to do with her. >> maybe if you spent more time with her, she wouldn't act like such a complete spaz. >> that was shailene woodley, from "the descendants." shay? >> shay, it's easier. one lessen from alexander payne, the director? >> oh, my gosh. alexander, talking about him will bring tears to my eyes, he's such a powerful man. he's the kind of guy who thinks before he speaks so every word he says is deliberately placed in a sentence. and he's so creative and is so soft and calm and he makes the set comfortable. i've learned patience and serenity from him. >> by the way, the way he speaks, is also the way he makes movies. he doesn't rush into stuff, he takes years in some cases to do it. and they come out great, by the

way. how was hawaii? >> oh, magical, no big deal. >> it was okay? >> yeah, i had never been there. it's a magical place on this planet. it's the abundance of oxygen was so welcomely overwhelming to my body. >> i like the way that's said. >> it has more chickens than buildings. >> you started commercial acting -- >> commercial acting. >> i started acting when i was five. a fun thing to do. i was young. i started in commercials, small things on tv. and then i worked up from there. >> and that's helped you. now you're a veteran actor basically at this stage? >> i'm 20. that's not a veteran of any sort. but, yes. i've had fun. >> speaking of acting, your parents laid down some rules or maybe the family came together and you got together with a bunch of rules for what you had to do to continue acting. what were they? >> i, when i was five the opportunity came up. and my parents were like, you want to try it? and i was like sure, let's do

it. and over the years, they weren't ever like, if you break this rule, you're done. but it was kind of a more relaxed environment. but i had to stay true to who i was. do good in school. and as long as they were accomplished. i could continue to act. >> i do do good in school. i love to learn. >> you still live with mom and dad? >> i still live with my mom. i'm so lucky. i live outside of the smog in a small town far away from l.a. >> what's next? >> right now i'm still working on the show "secret life of an american teenager." and we'll see, i don't know. i would love to do another film. >> shailene woodley, a wonderful movie, a wonderful performance. thanks for coming in. >> thank you for having me. now here's erica. talk about a memorable year in showbiz, across the board, the people at "entertainment weekly" magazine are revealing their

favorites this year in this issue. i love this issue because it's so much fun. >> it's great, there was a lot of good entertainment this year. >> lou do you whittle that down? >> well we, we fight a lot. the whole cast gets together. we -- you know, we get, we -- i don't know. probably 100 nominations and we start whittling it down. we get it down to 15 and then we start fighting more about who is the top number one entertainer of the year. >> so the number one we can reveal, correct? >> yes. >> he's on the cover. >> daniel radcliffe. >> how did he out of the 15 you narrowed it down to, how did he get top billing? >> i would have to say it was dad radcliffe or adele, i would say those are the people who touched us the most. with daniel radcliffe, we thought nobody had had a year like him, ever. and probably no one will ever have a year like him. because of harry potter, he was in this movie that was one, it

grossed $1.3 billion. capped off a franchise that was nearly $8 billion. and he spent 11 months learning to dance so he could star on broadway in "how to succeed in business." and he was great. and then somewhere along the way he found time to shoot a thriller called "the woman in black" which is coming out in february. >> so he -- he did okay for himself. >> just an a for effort at least. >> and every time, we play adele so much here. just like gives you goosebumps. >> i don't think any singer these days touches us like adele does. >> and we had julia roberts on. she made this very good point that there's so much of her soul and so much soul in her music, that you feel like you really know her. there's more than a lot of musicians we feel a personal connection to her. plus she sold a lot of records. >> and people feel not only a connection to her. but there's something in all of her music that you can somehow

relate to. her writing is so raw and the emotions are so obvious that you can't help but do that. >> she's so young and all of those emotions are also new to her and she's able to articulate that, she's amazing. >> we watched "moneyball" together recently the other day and brad pitt is on the list as well? >> he is. he had two movies this year, neither giant commercial hits, but they weren't intended to be. one was "moneyball" and the other was "tree of life." this year was a tremendous artistic peak for brad pitt. and i feel like the conversation is starting to move a little bit away from his personal life, which obviously is fascinating and more towards his accomplishments as an actor. and i think as he ages he's becoming kind of an elder statesman of movies. >> because he's been at them for so long. >> who knows how long he'll want to do it. he keeps threatening. >> the cast of "bridesmaids."

how could you not -- they're so fantastic. even in the picture, i love them more and more. we have to roll through this. i want to make sure we get to voila davis. who had a couple of phenomenal years. >> she had a couple of phenomenal years. she's also been very respected and popular. in hollywood this year i think she kind of broke out. a lot of people know who voila davis is who maybe not before, because of "the help." it was an amazing performance. we actually had meryl streep write her essay. and meryl streep said something about her modesty is her majesty. which i think is just a great, great way to describe voila davis. and her work. >> meryl streep, by the way, about to have another big year, is having a big year, will have a big year possibly in 2012. >> absolutely. absolutely. she and voila davis are going head to head for the oscar. >> she wrote this lovely article. and that's interesting to me, in the issue you mentioned julia roberts wrote about adele, meryl streep write about voila davis. you had other celebrities write

about people. >> we went to celebrities and looked for people who had a personal or professional connection to that person. merri meryl is a peer of voila. and other people were just big fans. julia on adele. we had sandra bullock. we found out that she loves "south park." we had her write the piece on trey parker and matt stone. >> it's a lot of fun. and also today, your new tablet app is out? >> yes, "entertainment weekly" is on the tablet. you can read us on ipad and on the nook color and the kindle fire and all of those tablets and buy movies and download books. >> we will check it out. jess kagle, always good to see you, sir, happy holidays. by the way, a little earlier we talked about national belief day for the make-a-wish foundation. macy's, speaking of believing, the animated special "yes, virginia" airs tonight at 9:00, 8:00 p.m. central on cbs. and to learn more about the macy's believe campaign and make-a-wish, log on it our

website, earlyshow.cbs.com. and we'll learn more about a young woman whose wish is being grantsed today. >> and i'm going to cruise to ewf this afternoon. >> you may need a nap after that. >> and i may may watch cbs later on. >> hope your plan is as good for your day and your weekend, tomorrow, "the early show" saturday. for this afternoon and then watch cbs later on. and then a good plan, isn't it? >> i like it. hey, hope your plan is as good for your day and your weekend. tomorrow, "the early show saturday."

headlines... today, the oakland toddler who was shot in the head is expected to . good morning. it is 8:55. i'm elizabeth wenger with your cbs 5 headlines. today the oakland toddler shot in the head is expected to be taken off of life support. there is a memorial set for tonight to protest violent crime that is killing children. san jose is putting new firefighters on duty this weekend. the graduation ceremonies are this afternoon. a $15 million grant made it possible to hire the firefighters. and the oakland zoo is lit up for the holiday light festival and chopper 5 flew over hundreds of the l.e.d. lights earlier this morning. and highlights include candy cane themed rides and a reptile room with mistletoe. i'm not sure why they would

want to use that. we'll have more traffic and weather coming up, right after this.

good morning. we're still dealing with a stop and go conditions on the bay bridge. an accident in the center lane.

they are moving it over to the right shoulder at the skyway but traffic very slow and go through that portion. it is better once you pass there headed in oakland. there is road work scheduled until 1:45 this afternoon. elsewhere, as you work your way on 880 northbound near 98, reports of an accident blocking lanes. slow and go through that portion. the rest of 880 not too badly through oakland. and southbound golden gate bridge, and no delays and the bay bridge slow at the toll plaza. and here is your forecast. freezing in some parts as high pressure overhead is keeping skies mostly clear. haze below. temperatures are cold, 33 degrees in livermore. 38 in san jose. 46 in san francisco. by this afternoon, hazy sunshine. temperatures running up into the 50s. and also the 60s. but the weekend has changed coming our way. holding with nice weather through saturday, but by sunday a chance of showers and mohave

county skies and cooler temperatures. maybe a couple leftover showers come monday.