second thoughts. new jersey governor chris christie seriously reconsidering a bid for the republican presidential nomination. people power. bystanders use all their muscle to save a young florida boy trapped under a car. and pay up. just when you thought it couldn't get any worse. a big bank hits consumers with a this is the cbs morning news for friday, september 30th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to see you on this friday. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen this morning. we begin with race for republican presidential nomination.

new jersey governor chris christie said for months he will not run for president. cbs news learned christie is seriously reconsidering. susan mcginnis in washington getting us started. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. he is still ducking questions about it, but it is possible that all of the prodding and pleading really does have governor christie thinking twice. new jersey governor chris christie steered clear of any presidential talk at a rally for louisiana governor bobby jindal. >> we want there to be more and more successful people in louisiana and america. >> reporter: republican insiders tell cbs news christie is seriously considering jumping into the gop race, putting the odds at 50/50. >> i've had a slow week, very low key. you haven't seen me around at all. >> reporter: the first-term governor repeatedly rejected growing calls for him to run. but this week supporters unhappy with the current gop field begged him to change his mind.

with the first primaries only a few months away, political analysts say christie will have to make up his mind soon. those already in the race are busy trying to break out of the pack. >> if you're prepared to go through the level of change i'm describing, we'll get to a balanced budget and pay down the debt. >> reporter: newt gingrich unveiled his contract with america thursday hoping the economic plan would give him a boost, and former utah governor jon huntsman is moving his campaign headquarters from florida to new hampshire which holds the first primary. as for georgia businessman herman cain, he's still trying to capitalize on his upset win at the florida straw poll last weekend. a new fox news poll shows him in third place behind mitt romney and rick perry, his strongest showing yet. primary season could start as soon as january. we could hear today that florida will hold its contest on january 31st, and that could spark a big reaction from states like iowa, new hampshire, terrell, that

have special status to hold the first contests. >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you so much. whoever the gop nominee is, the key issue of campaign 2012 will be the economy. vice president joe biden raised some eyebrows during an interview with a florida radio station. he admitted the election will be a referendum on the obama administration's handling of the economy. >> right now we are the ones in charge and it's gotten better, but it hasn't gotten good enough. i don't blame them for being mad. we're in charge, so they're angry. >> the white house agreed voters will be giving a verdict on the president's economic policies, but he also said the election is about more than that. meanwhile, during an interview yesterday with a florida tv station, president obama said this country has gone soft and lost its competitiveness. >> this is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft and we didn't have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades.

we need to get back on track. >> the president also said the u.s. still has the best universities, the best scientists and the best workers. the state department is blaming syria's government for the attack on u.s. ambassador robert ford who was harassed in damascus by an angry mob of bashar assad's supporters. he threw tomatoes and eggs at ford. they trapped him inside a building for three hours. ford was not injured. in italy amanda knox's lawyers hammered away at the prosecution's case as the appeal of her murder conviction neerd a close. a verdict is expected monday. her defense told the court there's no case against her since court experts deemed dna evidence unreliable. knox's lawyers and family members say she's been crucified by prosecutors in the media. >> amanda has experienced a huge negative character assassination, especially during the first two years of this trial. and people's perception of who

she really is not the real amanda that her mother and i have been talking about. >> if her conviction is upheld, knox will have to complete her 26-year prison sentence. the two men suspected of beating a giants fan at dodger stadium are scheduled to appear in court. louie sanchez and marvin norwood are charged with mayhem and assault. brian stow, the fan nearly beaten to death last march went outside the hospital yesterday for the first time in nearly six months. testimony continues today in the trial of michael jackson's lawyer. prosecutors say conrad murray delayed getting help and tried to cover up evidence that he had given jackson a powerful anesthetic. kendis gibson reports. >> bodyguard roberto alvarez was the first person to reach the bedroom after murray called for him. alvarez testified dr. murray asked him to do something before calling 911. >> he reached over and grabbed a handful of vials and reached out

and said, here, put these in a bag. >> alvarez testified he saw murray doing one-handed chest compressions on jackson while the children watched from nearby. >> paris screamed out daddy. >> reporter: the deputy district attorney showed jurors a vial of the anesthetic propofol. prosecutors also played alvarez's 911 call. >> we have a gentleman here that needs help. he's not breathing. >> reporter: jackson's mother appeared distraught while the 911 call was played. her son randy comforted her. she even left the court early. later the defense tried to challenge alvarez's time lines of events. >> do you think you could have performed all these events that are listed here in half a minute? >> that's what happened, sir. >> really? >> that's the time frame, sir. that's what happened. >> in half a minute? is that what you're saying? >> i'm very efficient, sir. >> reporter: jackson's family members have put on brave faces. >> la toya, was it another tough day?

>> very tough day. >> reporter: the trial could last as long as six weeks with more difficult testimony to come. kendis gibson, cbs news, los angeles. we go over -- well, over space. overseas an experimental chinese spacecraft is orbiting earth, the latest milestone in china's program. the unmanned 8.5 ton module named heavenly palaced was launched yesterday. they plan to follow up by launching an unmanned supply ship to practice. if you were worried about an astroid hitting earth, nasa has good news. the sky mapping project has found far fewer asteroids than expected passing close to earth. none of the giant rocks like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs will be a threat for centuries. for new music that's over 200 years old by ludwig van beethoven. take a listen. ♪

beethoven composed the string quartet in g open pus 18, but discarded it a year later and wrote a different movement. scholars have pieced together part of the original music. first lady michelle obama as you have never seen her before, plus a dramatic ravine rescue and survival story in southern california. this is the "cbs morning news." or wrong way. every baby plays by his own rules. and they need a diaper that lets them do it. new pampers cruisers with 3-way fit adapt at the waist, legs and bottom ♪ with up to 12 hours of protection for all the freedom to play their way. pampers. it's time to play. hershey's bliss. one square inch of incredibly smooth rich chocolate. one square inch of joy...

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we go to florida here. just released dash cam video show police and bystanders lifting a car to free a 6-year-old boy. he tripped and fell wednesday in front of this moving car. injuries were not life-threatening. similar to the incident earlier this month when people lift add burning car off a trapped motorcycle rider in utah. a 67-year-old man's vehicle skidded off a mountain road near los angeles on friday.

a passenger was killed, but david lavo survived by drinking creek water and eating bugs. no one found him but he was rescued last night because his family conducted a search. >> we stopped at every ravine. and looked over every hill. my brother got out of the car and we kept screaming. the next thing we heard dad say help, help. and there he was. >> he was airlifted out by helicopter and is hospitalized with bruises and a broken collar bone. cbs money watch. traders in asia feeling better about the european debt crisis but increasingly worried about the u.s. debt crisis. hang seng lost almost 2.5%, the nikkei was flat. on wall street, the dow jumped 143 points. the nasdaq lost almost 11. now to bank of america and its plan to start charging customers who use debit cards for purchases. since b of a is this country's

biggest bank in the u.s. >> reporter: a lot of us are used to banks and their fees. this one is causing quite a stir and it's not hard to understand why. >> for many of us, it's as good as green. >> how often do you use your debit card for purchases? >> maybe three or four times a week. >> three to five times a day. >> regularly, daily. multiple times a day. >> reporter: but for bank of america customers, that convenience will soon cost you cash. starting next year, a $5 fee for using the debit card to make purchases. there won't be any fee for atm transactions as long as you're using their machine. they're trying to recoup losses from the card act which limited their ability to raise interest rates and charge overdraft fees. this week another new regulation takes effect that lowers the amount the bank can charge merchants from 43 to 24 cents.

all consumers know it's just another hand in their pocket. >> we have credit cards from bank of america that they gave a lot of interest from us. now adding it on. when does it stop? >> i'm going to have to seriously consider pulling my money out of bank of america and looking for another alternative or bank that won't charge this monthly fee. it's ridiculous. >> doing that might prove difficult. wells fargo and chase are also testing the idea in select markets. analysts think it's only a matter of time before others follow suit. >> all right, ines ferre, thank you very much. we all love a bargain. take a look at this. wearing a gray baseball cap and sunglasses, that would be first lady michelle obama. she went incognito on thursday. she pushed her own card around. casually dressed secret service agents were with her. the first lady was recognized only by the cashier and apparently the person who took this picture, an ap photographer. in sports, getting ready to

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time for a check of the national forecast. storm clouds moving across the great lakes and into the northeast. the midwest and west coast are mostly clear. later today, look for temperatures well below normal from minnesota to pennsylvania. the southwest remains very warm with 100-degree highs. there will be scattered storms in southern texas. in sports this morning, baseball play-offs start today with the american league divisional series. western division champs texas rangers were on the home field practicing thursday. they play the wildcard winner tampa bay. new york hosts detroit tonight. the yankees open with 19-game winner, cc sabathia on the mound. detroit is pitching 24 game winner justin verlander. tigers manager jim leland say they got it done despite the doubters. >> i'm proud of myself because i never wavered, i was supposed to be fired ten times this year, only one year left on my contract. usually you're setting up here having this press conference

because you have good players. in boston, manager terry francona is waiting for the team to decide if he'll be back. red sox players cleaned out their lockers thursday at fenway park. the general manager says francona is not to blame for the historic collapse, but the red sox haven't picked up his two year contract option. in college football an upset in pittsburgh. running back ray graham picked up 22 yards and scored two touchdowns against 16th ran bed south florida. the panthers' ground game won it 44-17. an italian baseball club said it reached a tentative deal with los angeles lakers star kobe bryant. there is no confirmation on that. he'll reportedly will be paid $3 million to play the first 40 days of the season. several nba stars are considering playing overseas until the contract dispute is settled. when we come back, it may sound fishy, but scientists are saying some fish may use tools.

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here is another look at this morning's top stories. cbs news learned new jersey governor chris christie is considering a run for the republican presidential nomination. republican insiders tell cbs news the odds of christie running are at 50/50. amanda knox returned to an italian courtroom this morning. a verdict is expected on monday. now to one of those, from the everything you know is wrong file kind of stories here. we've been taught that only humans and our primate cousins use tools. turns out other species do, too. amazingly the list now includes fish. here is mike sugarman of cbs

station kpix in san francisco. >> this is something you have never seen before. few humans ever have. uc santa cruz biologist giacomo bernardi describes it with infectious enthusiasm. why not? he spent the last 15 years trying upwards of 4,000 times to capture such a moment, one no human has ever captured before. >> that was one of those eureka moments where you finally get to see exactly what you are hoping for. so that's that was quite special. >> reporter: this video he took in the south pacific, shows an orange dotted tusk fish of the wrasse taking a clam to a rock, banging it to busting it open, using the rock as a tool. humans had no evidence that fish could use tools before. >> this was one of those very lucky moments. that made up for all those hundreds of hours of cold dives

where we couldn't see anything. so that was really nice. humans use tools and 50 years ago anthropologist jane goodall discovered chimps do, too. that took a bit of wind out of our sails, we weren't as special as we thought. now bernardi brought back evidence from the waters of the south pacific that fish do as well. >> bringing it down all the way down to fishes, opens a new way of looking at these animals that we consider quite unsophisticated behaviorally and not doing all that much. but, in fact, they do very, very precise things. >> wrasses are quite smart and good eating, too, popular especially in the asian cultures. bernardi caught his prey with this, a point and shoot camera in an underwater case. imagine if it didn't work of if he didn't press the right buttons. but he did. his name will be listed among other pioneers like goodall in scientific history. >> having my name associated with such an icon is huge.

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it's the best start of the week. meteorologist, tim in for marty. >> definitely a little cool out now. it's dry, and it looks like it's going to be a nice day yesterday, nice afternoon. we can look for the same today. it's going to start feeling like fall, heading in to the weekend. ts in the use around the area -- 50s around the area. 48 oakland. as we look at what is going on arnold the area, what we will going to be dealing with is the low pressure responsible for the widely scattered showers out of here by tonight in to tomorrow. what we will see here as a result, we will see temperatures getting up to

around 77 degrees, intervals of showers in the afternoon. 50 tonight, little rain early. other wise mostly cloudy. inquiry launch the united states senator from iowa is looking in to public housing agency, how it used stimulus funding. more volume, this weekend's nascar races in dover expected to increase traffic on the bay bridge. barbara mc cull ski is inducted in to the hall of fame in santa falls new york. home invasions with a twist. the disguised criminals are using in the break ins. bank of america wants you to pay to use your own money. we will explain the new way. live in concert, elton john opens the joe that is sure to be filled with tourist. more news, first warning weather and first traffic

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