good morning. republican candidates take aim at newt gingrich and at president obama and their final debate before iowa officially kicks off campaign 2012 next month. barack obama will not have a leg to stand on in trying to defend a record that is terrible and an ideology that is radical. >> reporter: we are live in iowa and tell you what influential republicans are saying about the gop front-runner. >> colton harris-moore is expected to plead guilty after the robbery and theft that began in washington state and ended in the bahamas. tell you how long he might be in prison. today maybe be the biggest onel shopping day of the year.

it's free shipping day. we will help you take advantage of the best deals "early" this friday, december 16th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good friday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm jeff glor. chris wraggerchris wragge is offp should i start my holiday shopping morning? >> now you will do some serious shopping but not before 9:00 a.m. we have work to do before that. the final republican debate before the iowa caucuses. seven gop candidates taking the stage last night and one took the hardest shot from the others. >> national correspondent dean reynolds is in sioux city, iowa where the debate was held. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was easy to see who was playing it safe and absorbing

the breakthrough and much of the criticism. rivals to his right and left newt gingrich tried to maintain his front-runner status. >> i kind of get accused of saying language that is too strong, so i've been here editing. i'm very concerned about not appearing to be zany. >> reporter: zany was how mitt romney has characterized some of beginning riff's ideas but at this debate romney attacked him for asking iran to return a u.s. military drone it downed earlier this month. >> a foreign policy based on pretty please? you got to be kidding. >> reporter: gingrich after causing doubts about his conservatism laughable also went after the president. >> barack obama will not have a leg to stand on in trying to defend a record that is terrible and an idol that is radical. >> reporter: his tone seemed an attempt to highlighted one of the former speaker strengths that in the eyes of many republicans, he is best equipped

to debate the president. >> any of these folks would be better than barack obama in the white house? >> reporter: michele bachmann was the most aggressive. assailing gingrich for enriching himself as a washington insider eastbound then upgrading him for repeatedly claiming she doesn't know what she is talking about. >> i think it's outrageous to continue to say over and over through the debates that i don't have my facts right, when as a matter of fact i do. i'm a serious candidate for president of the united states. >> reporter: trying to recover from some poor debates, rick perry suggested it was good to be underestimated and likened himself to a rookie nfl quarterback. >> let me tell you, i hope i am the tim tebow of the iowa caucuses. >> reporter: right now though, the polls suggest he is a long way from the end zone! and it's gingrich who is closer to victory. that clearly unsettles a lot of the republican establishment. yesterday, the republican

governor of iowa terry brandstat, says he wonders whether gingrich has the focus and discipline to be president. and the magazine national review a long time conservative leader of conservative thought, said that the republican party might be blowing a golden opportunity to gain the white house back if they nominate newt gingrich. erica. >> not mincing words there, dean. more endorsements coming in this morning we are hearing about, correct? >> reporter: that's right. the governor of south carolina nikki haley, apparently is going to back mitt romney's candidacy for the white house. and that has three significant points. she is the governor so that brings a lot of political workers to bear for romney. secondly, she's a favorite of the tea party. the favorite of the tea party has not connected with romney before now. the third thing, if another

example of how the republican party establishment really has a problem with the idea of newt gingrich being the nominee. erica. >> dean reynolds in sioux city this morning thanks. we bring in chief washington correspondent and host of "face the nation," bob schieffer. good morning to you, bob. >> good morning. >> the establishment doesn't like gingrich but he is still carrying the front running baton. did he carry it well last night? >> he certainly at the very least, held his own. i think this nikk, i haley is south carolina is big. it's the tea party that doesn't like mitt romney and i think that is where his problems is. the problems with mitt romney is why we have these anybody but romney candidates come up. she is coming out for him in south carolina where gingrich has a substantial lead in the polls, in some ways i don't know how much endorsements counted but that may be as important as what happened in

iowa last night. >> is this a showing she is loved by the tea party in many ways is this showing mitt romney could be gaining ground as people look at the other options out there and each reason has risen -- >> it might and might not. i'm not convinced how important endorsements are but they certainly don't hurt. this whole thing in who in america -- anybody who follows american politics or anybody in american politics would think newt gingrich would hold the substantial leads in the polls, nobody thought about that. i think there are -- i hear a lot of talk in washington from republicans is this for real and could he get the nomination? a lot of people are convinced that he might. and they are not -- they are worried about that. >> but there was a little bit of a shift in tactic -- maybe not tactic. mitt romney started to speak more openly the last couple of days and attack newt gingrich more but last night the attacks

from romney were attacks on president obama. >> i think that is the significant observation. clearly, the romney people made pa strategic decision this week that they had to start going after romney. you saw jan crawford's interview where romney was talking about that gingrich is not a reliable conservative and all that kind of thing. and he said that in other interviews as well. but perhaps what he is trying to do is not saying that in debates to try to hold himself above the battle in the debate but make sure that gets out and that idea is planted. but, you know, clearly, they are worried about newt gingrich there's no question about that. it's, right now, i think it probably is the two-man race right now, although, jeff out in iowa there is a significant amount of support for ron paul. i mean, he just has a lot of support out there. >> he made some noise last

night. >> yes, he did. i think what would be kind of interesting to be if he should wind up second who winds up third and that won't look all that great, i don't think. >> romney is not third in iowa? >> yes, problems. >> i think if gingrich and romney finish 1, 2, out there, in any order, then i think they are are the front runners. if gingrich falls behind ron paul, that could hurt him. but who knows. i mean, nothing is any of us that would happen has happened this year so who knows. >> at the very least it it seems that the -- that anybody but romney candidates are exhausted at this point. it seems no one else can step forward. >> yeah i think that's probably right. >> let's say ron paul did finish second in iowa he does have a lot of support but on a national level, is that something that could carry him to the nomination? >> i think not. >> no way. >> i don't think any way that ron paul is going to get the nomination but if he finishes ahead of somebody he could hurt

that person is what i'm saying. >> and if he runs on his own after the fact? >> that is what they are all worried about a third party migt come up as when ross perot ran and bill clinton was elected. >> bob, always good to have you here with us in person. >> thank you. i enjoyed it. >> more bob this weekend. >> yes. on "face the nation." latest on campaign 2012. you can see bob on "face the nation" which is going to an hour long, well done on that bob. and more from bob. a special treat coming up here in a few minutes. another court hearing in the penn state sexual abuse case. two former officials there are accused of perjury ntings with the alleged attack by jerry sandusky. an important eyewitness is set to investigate this morning. armen keteyian is in harrisburg. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. normally, this hearing would barely attract any attention,

certainly nationally. the reason it has is the person who is expected to testify former assistant football coach mike mcqueary. since the sandusky scandal first broke five weeks ago, mike mcqueary was refused to discuss what he saw in march of 2002. >> i don't have anything else to say. >> reporter: that process will almost play out today in a harrisburg courtroom. mcqueary was a 28-year-old graduate assistant when according to a grand jury report he informed tim curley and gary schultz he saw a boy estimated to be 10 years old being sexual abusely abused by sandusky in the locker room shower. joe amendola said his client showered with the young boy but no sexual contact. >> jerry said absolutely not. never occurred. he said he was in the shower with the boy working out which

was his routine. >> reporter: only he had witnessed conduct curley called inappropriate and schultz testified not that serious. both indicted on perjury charges. as a key witness in a case involving dozens of sexual abuse charges against sandusky mcqueary has found himself the target of personal attacks particularly from amendola. >> what does he know? i don't know. but we will find out. we have enough inconsistent at this point to wipe him out of the case. >> mcqueary is said to be ready to tell his story, if necessary from beginning to end. >> reporter: the hearing is expected to start at 9:00 a.m. and, jeff as yet, it's unclear what other witnesses may be called. >> armen keteyian thank you very much. terrell brown is at the news desk with other headlines we are following you on this friday.

12 russian custom officials say this morning they see radioactive material out of moscow airport and found in the luggage of a passenger bound for iran. officials say the material could only be obtained from a nuclear reactor's operations and exceeded normal radiation levels by 20 times. japan's fukushima daiichi power plant announced this morning that the plant is stable, three plant reactors melted down after the march 11th snum tsunami. first debris from the japanese shore washed ashore in washington state. it's believed the debris field the size of california is headed to our west coast and may reach shore sometime over the mex year. a 250 million dollar settlement announced this morning in last summer's bp oil spill. bp will be paid by the maker of the blowout preventer that

failed to stop fuel spewing from the broken well. the money will go into the $20 billion fund to compensate victims. the crew of a russian fishing boat taking on water off the coast of antarctica may have to wait days for help. it is surrounded by ice and rough seas. for now, the crew is safe and throwing cargo overboard to try to lighten the load. a probe is headed for a mars moon but malfunctioned and expected to plummet down to earth sometime between january 6 and 19th. officials say the probe's toxic fuel will burn onto entry. it doesn't pose any threat but the question is where that will all happen. time for weather. now here's a look at what's going on outside your window.

. good morning. we are near 54, it has been a mild morning. you see the clouds, they will get thicker at times through the day and the cold front will pass by and a new airmass will kick in. in the mid 50s, cloudy, a breeze and cooler heading through this friday. 42 this morning, is not john mccain is in a war of words with a president shl candidate, not unusual, for the 2008 republican nominee, but this time his opponent is in russia. >> former russian president and current prime minister vaedladimir putin is running for his old job. whit johnson is here with more. >> reporter: this whole thing started when secretary of state hillary clinton criticized russia's parliamentary process and senator mccain took it a step further and taking shots at putin and putin fired back and

neither side appears to be backing down. amid russia's massive protests and vladimir putin's weakening power e arizona senator john mccain admits he picked a fight with the prime minister. tweeting last week. the arab spring is coming to a neighborhood here you. did you giggle at all when you sent that out? >> sure. you got to have a sense of humor. >> reporter: mccain said he respected an action but without the bizarre personal attacks putin delivered thursday on russian tv. mr. mccain was imprisoned in vietnam, putin said they put him in a hole for several years. anyone would go insane. back on twitter, mccain played it coy. dear vlad is it something i said? >> i just think it's a little strange, obviously, the leader of one of the world's largest and most powerful countries who would worry about what john mccain says. i have a pretty high opinion of myself, but not quite at that level. >> reporter: both the obama and bush administrations have had

policies to reset ties between the u.s. and russia. president bush famously said he found putin to be trustworthy when he looked the man in the eye and got a sense of his soul. john mccain's view? quite different as he explained during his 2008 run for president. >> i looked into mr. putin's eyes and i saw a k, a g and a b. >> reporter: he accuses putin of corruption during his 12-year rule and believes he will have to reform or get out of the way. >> this is in some ways amusing but i i think also an indication he is deeply concerned about these demonstrations. >> reporter: we did reach out to the russian embassy for further comment and told the prime minister spoke on tv and they will be saying nothing more. in march, putin will once again, run for president. back to you. >> it is fascinating stuff. whit johnson on capitol hill this morning thanks. still ahead this morning, the anniversary of the arab spring. the first protest a year ago

igniting a democratic revolution that not many predicted. plus the so-called barefoot bandit set for a guilty plea that could leave him locked up for a number of years. just how long? we will tell you that and also people in colton harris-moore's hometown whether he deserves it. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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♪ welcome back to "the early show." i'm erica hill along with jeff glor. ahead, the one-year anniversary of the arab spring the pro democracy movement that swept across the middle east mass protests spread by social media and leaving the collapse of ruler in libya, egypt. >> we will look into this revolution coming up. colton harris-moore the barefoot bandit goes before a judge to see how long he will be locked up for. john blackstone is in coupeville, washington, just north of seattle. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. later this morning in this small

town courthouse the barefoot bandit is expected to plead guilty to a strong string of break-ins and burglaries. his two-year run started on this island in the pacific northwest and ended on another island thousands miles away. harris-moore was captured in the baum bahamas in 2010 after crashing an airplane. he was known on the internet as a teenage thief police couldn't catch. a facebook page dedicated to him had 90,000 followers but on an island where he group, his fame is undeserved. >> he's a crook. he cheated people. he robbed from people and then to give him some kind of fame some kind of notoriety like he's a hero? totally wrong. >> reporter: some of his break-ins were captured on security cameras but by the time police got there, he disappeared

into the woods. local newspaper reporter jackson holtz has been following harris-moore since his first brush with the law at 15 now holtz has written a book and now suggested the barefoot bandit now 20 wasn't a master criminal. >> criminals don't leave behind evidence and colton left a slew of evidence behind. >> reporter: including taking his own photos sometimes? >> yeah. so now famously colton took self-portraits of himself that police recovered on a stolen camera. >> reporter: but posted hi business fans on the internet those smiling photos helped create a myth which then grew ith the airplanes. although harris-moore had never taken a flying lesson he stole at least five planes and crashed each one. >> he learned how to take off pretty well, landing was a different story. >> reporter: but holtz says there is a less romantic side to his life. >> there was lots of domestic violence. he grew newspaper a troubled environment. a very terrible life.

>> reporter: some in this area are hoping the judge today will take that into consideration before passing a sentence that could be as long as ten years. >> some counseling. something to help the guy get another start in life. >> reporter: keep a close eye on him at the same time, i would guess? >> put armor around him. >> reporter: but others say trouble at home is no excuse for the trouble he caused on these islands. was this one of those places you hear about? >> you never locked your door you never locked your car. you didn't worry about it. >> reporter: now several of harris-moore victims are expected to be in court this morning and there is a possibility they will be repaid for their losses. harris-moore was signed a movie contract, $1.3 million movie contract for the right to his life story. he can't profit from that. all of the money will go to his victims. >> john blackstone thank you very much. time now for a check of your weather.

. it is a beautiful start to the day. looking at the forecast, a cloudy day. right now on t.v. hill, it is down to 50. it will be a breezy and cooler day than the past few. the temperatures in the low 40s by dinner and 32 overnight coming up new clues in the hunt for a serial killer suspect. >> a woman's remains are found on new york's long island. we will tell you how the woman may be connected to this case. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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there are new anti-government protests in syria, egypt and bahrain part of the uprising that began one year ago this weekend. hard to believe it's been a year. >> seriously. it began small and sparked a pro democracy wave across the middle east and transforming eight countries right now as elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: more than the protests, this is a revolution.

it swept across the arab world, powered by the pinned-up anger of millions who were suddenlily no longer afraid. >> it's the most important period in the history of the arab people throughout the 20th century and into the century. demonstrated their ability to get -- dictatorship through civil uprisings. >> reporter: those civil uprisings quickly became a tsunami. citizens roaring for freedom. first in tuand in egypt. people declared this a mubarak free zone. they pushed back and the only place in egypt where true freedom of expression. a strong man like i didn't want's hosni mubarak fought

back. but video of the abuse went viral thanks to computer young savvy activists and fueled the fire and they went galloping in to intimidate protests in tahrir square where a faltering regime and so was the decision in late january to fly fighter jets over the crowd. i don't know if you can hear me. those are -- aircraft. one by one, the dictator mu bar mubarak ended up sick behind bars and gadhafi in libya was caught by armed rebels after 42 years of iron rule and his corpse put on public. in the oil rich monarchies of the gulf, especially bahrain, saved the jobs of the world

heads of state so far but even they have had to make concessions. >> again, it's a matter of time. opposition is ruthlessly suppressed in bahrain and elsewhere in the gulf region but i think the voices of dissent and it's going to be very difficult to maintain the political order. >> reporter: after the week of extraordinary violence leading up to these elections, there was some speculation that people would be too afraid to turn up and vote while clearly not. in egypt and tunisia building fall, the elections went smoothly. the big winner religious parties, including the muslim -- it's payoff for years of underground grassroots organizers. >> this is the most brotherhood coming out party. this is the moment they have been waiting for such a long time and all of the evidence they are going to dominate the results, so for them there's a

kind of confidence and a calmness about what is going on now. >> reporter: confidence and calm not shared by western governments as they try to calculate the fallout of this seismic shift. it's really too early to tell but we do know some of the muslim politicians elected are fundamentalists. the majority are moderates and they say they are committed to democracy. >> i think political islam has been evolving and it's also multifaceted. we can't talk of one mislamist view. what we are seeing now is a political slam that is pretty much part and parcel of the process. >> reporter: the revolution that began a year ago isn't over. these days shaky cell phone video showing another arab dictatorship trying to -- the

u.n. says over 5,000 civilians killed as one of the last strong man in the region cling to power. you have to wonder if he has been watching the news. now, as i said in my story, this thing is far from over and big worry around the world that what looks like a push for democracy at the moment could evolve into maybe pockets of war. >> that is the concern around the world. this has had also a very significant impact on the united states and u.s. relations in the region, correct? >> reporter: definitely. the state department is having now to build new relationships with a whole new generation of power brokers which is hard work. one thing we can say for sure this seismic shift is going to put pressure on and complicate u.s. support for israel. erica. >> elizabeth palmer in baghdad this morning, thanks. up next would you say today is the most peaceful time of

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we hear about ongoing wars and the threat of terrorism and seems like a surprise to hear someone say this is the most peaceful era in history. >> it does feel like a bit of a surprise. harvard professor steven pinker explains his controversial theory in his new book "the better angels of our nature." >> it's a world of 7 billion people and violence certainly hasn't gone down to zero and what the news media do they cover the violence wherever it occurs. all of the parts of the world that are far bloodier than they

are now, there aren't camera crews there filming the people who aren't dying of violence just old age. if you don't look at the numbers, you get a misinterpretation. >> with each generation you have better access to communication and information. >> absolutely. not only can we send a helicopter with a film crew to any trouble spot in the world but now anyone with a cell phone, they can broadcast color footage of bloodshed wherever it occurs so we are very aware of it. >> you say we are no longer obsessed with a culture of honor. what does that mean? >> this is the idea that to be a man, you have to retaliate against any insult with violence and that is the way you defend yourself. now it makes a lot of sense in an environment that by anarchy, you can't dial 911, you can't press a lawsuit. it's only a reputation for toughness that prevents you from being a bunchpunching bag and

sometimes it can be carried over and if people have to defend themselves with their fists or guns. >> stalin hitler ma low. >> there were violent decades of the 20th sentry and earlier centuries as well. the european war and there were bloody episodes. the 20th century, of course has a hundred years and the second half of the 20th century has been unusual in how little war fare there has been. the old fashioned sense of two armies fighting on a battlefield and if you look at rate of death in war fare since world war ii it's a jagged trajectory downward. >> the tale of your book is "the better angels of our nature." what are the better angels? >> i stole the phrase from

abraham lincoln. the parts of human nature that pull us away from violence. this long debate are humans basically violent or peaceful? the answer, of course, is both. the parts of human nature that pull us away from violence are better angles including things like self-control. if you're insulted maybe you count to ten instead of whipping out your dagger. empathy, you feel other people's pain. reason. in instead of thinking of every contest is something you have to win, you think, well, how can we both get out of this and solve the problem of the contest we are now in instead of prevailing at all costs? >> great to have you here. >> thank you. >> thanks for coming by. >> professor steven pinker thank you very much. >> you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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. does not feel like the 16th day of december. we have hit the day high already and. i have the temperatures up and the next time we talk, at the top of the hour, could be 48 or 4949. cloudy, the prees, it is going to be cooler than the last two days. the high was about 58 early on. over to traffic control, good morning. >> good morning. not that bad out there. we have some problems, an accident on # 95 south bound, another one on 995 south bound, the big problem is on 97 south

bound at route 50 and the accident with a 13-minute deplay. as far as delays, there is the beltway speeds, in the 40s, not anything major. same for 95 south bound, at the beltway, there is a live look outside, 50 at 97 where we have that extent. the traffic report is brought to you by the pest control, we have the professional wild life and animal control. back to you. today the u.s. military will make their case on why a maryland soldier charged with leaking adults to wikileaks should go on trial. >> he went to school in montgomery county, he will be 24 tomorrow when he goes to a hear to see about the court marshall. he handed over video and secret

documents to wikileaks. that hearing should last a week. he has been in solitary confinement, back to you on t.v. hill. more on the sam sex couples getting health care, spouses of couples in same-sex relationships will get benefits if they were marriedtroke legally in another state. is there a serial killer on long island and more on the tips to go from being a boy to a man. a bit of a breeze on top of the federal hill at

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♪ to have the hour and, boy if that is not going to make you want to get up and start your day, i don't know what will. maybe jeff glor will. good to be with you. >> nice of you to say that. it's also friday. >> we love friday. >> we do. ahead this morning you'll meet an -- a -- a -- good thing it's friday! >> i flustered you! >> you did! aspiring singer and songwriter who may have a disease that her hearing away. but she is a part of the make a wish foundation. it turns out these two have a

lot in common and we will bring you their story ahead. also ahead here, former education secretary bill bennett is in the studio with a new book. he says too many men don't know how to be men. he'll tell us how today's men are falling short and why tim tebow might be the ideal role model. first, latest on a serial killer mystery in long island something we have been covering on "the early show." on tuesday, police found the apparent remains of a jersey prostitute who disappeared a year and a half ago. >> the search for that woman has led to the discovery of ten other bodies. "48 hours" correspondent erin moriarty has been following this case and joins us. >> we have more pieces to the pullsle. if not for gilbert, police might not have known there is one serial killer on the loose of long island targeting sex workers but no one could find shannon, until this week. it took more than 18 months and

massive efforts by man and machine, but police on new york's long island this week think they finally found shannon gilbert, a 23-year-old woman missing since may 2010. >> we have this day at approximately 9:14 a.m. located a set of skeletal remains. >> reporter: gilbert was a catalyst for what has become long island's largest homicide investigation. late last year, police searching for her stumbled instead upon the bodies of four other women. more searches led to more bodies, ten in all. suffolk county police chief voiced what everyone feared. >> we are looking at that we could have a serial killer. >> reporter: shannon gilbert, a new jersey escort van issued after making a panic 9:0011 call and running from a gated home in a beach-front gated community. the client is not a suspect

because other victims are linked to the sex trade, gilbert's family feared she had become number 11. investigators criticized for not acting fast enough when gilbert disappeared, continued to search for her, until tuesday morning. >> i got the word. they said we found her. we believe it's her. >> reporter: the body believed to be gilbert's was found in a marshy area half a mile from where she disappeared leading investigators to theorize that she drowned. >> she went into a area hysterical, upset, overcome by the elements and she expired. >> reporter: friends and family refuse to believe that. they say the 911 call and the fact that her clothing and purse were found far from her remains, suggests foul play. >> we will wait until an autopsy is performed to, you know figure out what happened to her. >> reporter: whatever an autopsy

determines, it's a tragic end for a young woman who once hoped to be a singer. shannon gilbert sparked an investigation and for a brief moment, caught our attention. and the truth is we may never know exactly what did happen to shannon gilbert after this much time, the medical examiner may not be able to exactly pinpoint the cause of death. i mean, the body if that is in fact, her, has been out 18 months. >> you point out in your piece of how her family is convinced she could be one of the victims. they talk about the 911 call and talk about the place where she was found. but investigators, law enforcement not convinced. >> why are they convinced she is not? >> number one, even i don't believe she's number 11. i don't think she's a victim of the serial killer but she could have been murdered because she was afraid of something that night. >> sure. p>> i think the investigators say why she is not the 11th for obvious reasons her body was found under very different

circumstances. at least four of the bodies of the serial killer the victims of the serial killer were wrapped in burlap they were dismembered and that was not the way shannon gilbert's remains were found but it is i think a little irresponsible for the police to say she absolutely drowned before there has even been an autopsy conducted. >> in ten seconds, any closer at this point investigators to finding the serial killer? >> clearly not. the police commissioner dormer said one serial killer and yesterday the prosecutor said it's more than one. i think that says a lot. >> it does. we will be learning more of course this weekend. erin nice to have you with us. >> five minutes past the hour. here is terrell brown at the news desk with a check of today's other headlines for us. the white house announces the wirnss today for this year's race to the top and education program to help young children get ready for kindergarten. nine gaits will share the grant

money, washington, california minnesota, ohio, north carolina maryland, delaware and rhode island and massachusetts. congress is expected to vote on a budget deal. if ratified the keeps the government from shutting down at midnight. democrats signed off after house republicans dropped restrictions on travel and sending money to cuba. it's the end of the road for the ford ranger. because of falling sales, the last ranger will roll off the line at the ford plant in st. paul today. with that the plant will shut down. it's been opened since 1925 and build more than 6 million vehicles. company officials say many of the 800 workers will transfer to other facilities. a huge bear thought he found the perfect place to spend the winter. the 500-pound beast made himself comfortable in an elderly man's basement in a basement. the bear was awakened when the cable repair man went down

there. >> i heard a growl. what is that noise? i grabbed my tools and ran out of the basement! >> i bet. the bear took off and finally tracked down after a long chase. the homeowner says he now keeps his basement door locked. i hope they gave him ambient to get back to sleep. time for weather. now here's a look at what's . good morning. a nice day's start. it has been, let's say it this way -- as warm as 58 at 5:00 a.m. over the area, the cool front in the area, the temperatures are dropping and downtown, it is 47 in baltimore. west minister, bellaire, columbia, low to mid 40s. announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by macy's.

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author and talk show host bill bennett believes we have a major problem in american society. men don't know what it means to be a man. you've been saying that for a while now. >> only when i talk to you, jeff. >> the former education secretary has written a book of man focusing on traditional qualities like honor, duty and integrity. bill bennett joins us this morning. >> i was interested in your previous guest mr. pinker had nothing to say about honor but it still matters. >> it still matters in what you see is the measure of a man. how are man failing today? >> in achievement, education, we have flipped with the women. somebody said you go girl and they went they did it!

and they have done great. they have done terrific but men are falling behind. the best evidence is again the statistics in terms of men working and getting married, men not even seeking -- >> look. can we mention the marriage numbers? by the way? the marriage numbers are in 1960, 72% of men were married. today, it's 51%. >> yeah. >> do you think that is significant? >> it is significant. i think it's the commitment that grounds men. now, culture has changed. boys used to be raised with the expectation that someday they would have to provide for a woman and children. they don't have that expectation any more. women can provide for themselves so a culture signal has changed. nevertheless when you look at the culture and the condition of men and you talk to women the most interesting thing about this boom the response i've gotten from womenship i'm a conservative guy, i thought people would say this old-fashioned stuff. women have said you don't know the half of it. guys living in their basement and playing video games and guys cannot measure up and not make a

commitment. a lot of that is the problem. >> but where -- you talked about the shift in culture norms and women doing more and women providing more for themselves and not needing to be taken care of. is there more to it? >> oh, sure. >> there has to be. >> when you don't have men in the lives of children, boys don't learn what it is to be a man. the greek word imitation you point it out, you see it. a lot of people neuropsychologists think there is a problem with drugs. not illegal drugs necessarily which used to be my job. >> prescriptions. >> but the ritalin and drugged up kids may make for pacifyssiveity in boys we don't like. >> tim tebow, a good model? >> oh, certainly. why do the detroit lions want to make fun of tim tebow? >> a number of people do. he seems to be a lightning rod for criticism. >> no, he is. look. i think this underscores something in fairness and honesty. if he were a muslim people

wouldn't be criticizing him. he could be deathly afraid to criticize and it with no not be perfectly correct but because he is a christian and a professing christian and a publicly rofessing christian he is fair game to be criticized but he doesn't seem to mind it much. >> speaking of critical. you've been critical of newt gingrich. the debate was last night. you talk about -- you've been rather critical of newt gingrich. is he a real man? >> you take a man from his actions as far as i'm concerned he did a lot of good and did push bill clinton to sign welfare reform and did get the contract with america. his life has been up and down. a lot of mistakes there. i think he is now answering for them feeling the heat in iowa. i think, by the way, the biggest thing is not the marriages, that's over. i think that debate is over. i think the biggest thing is this money from fannie mae and freddie mac. it's a big problem. >> you didn't say whether you think he's a real man or not. >> i don't know. i don't know him well enough. i know him pretty well.

i think he's a mixed blessing. >> good for the republican party because a lot of people think we don't want him to be our guy. >> yeah. well i think -- again historically, he has been good for the republican party. whether he would be a good president, i don't know. he has got to be the smartest guy in the room. something i know about. sometimes he is the smartest guy in the room but there's a certain idio sing crassy about newt that concerns me. i want it to be about the big issues that the country is confronting. >> big bennett good to see you. >> can i say something about christopher hitchens? he was left and i was right. i hope as the big atheist is was, he is in for a big surprise. >> a wonderful debater. >> nice to have you here. rest in peace. ahead, she dreamed of a duet with her favorite singer and the make a wish folks are making that wish come true. their sistery is just ahead. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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we have been talking about macy's and its believe campaign which is in the fourth year to support the make a wish foundation. >> how good do these stories make you feel? >> i love them. >> michelle miller has a story of an aspiring musician to play a duet with her favorite singer-songwriter. ♪ >> reporter: music has always brought comfort to 18-year-old andi heath. >> i love music. it can be the truth form of one's self. for me to really have something special that was mine and cathartic. >> reporter: she is a survivor having lived through open heart surgery during infancy. she is now dealing with a

debilitating disease. one that could take her hearing. ♪ >> i think the reality of the fact that maybe she would wake up one day and put on her headphones and say nothing was devastating and so, i mean what do you do as a parent? you just hold your child and you cry with them. you know? it was -- it was a good morning process. >> knowing that there was a little bit of an expiration date, i guess, that was kind of the final push. ♪ the hill becoming by ♪ >> reporter: three years ago, she pushed herself to write songs and play the guitar drawing inspiration from one of her role models pop artist michaelson. her music has been featured on top music tv shows. ♪ take me the way i am ♪ >> reporter: and commercials. ♪ i just want to be okay

be okay ♪ >> reporter: ingrid story telling style inspired andi to tell the story of her own life. thanks to the make a wish foundation, andi's wish to make and play music with her idol is about to come true in the music hall in new york city. >> hi andi! i'm ingrid. nice to meet you! >> i was just like shell-shocked. >> are you really? by me? my magnificent presence? >> reporter: back stage, andi played one of her songs. ♪ a girl and hold you tight gets away ♪ >> that was sweet! >> thank you. >> reporter: then they sing together. ingrid's very first song that andi fell in love with. ♪

♪ my first love ♪ >> reporter: as it turns out, music isn't the only thing these two have in common. >> what is your favorite color? green. >> me, too! >> yes! what is your favorite kind of cookie? >> chocolate chip cookie. >> me too! >> i tried being a vegetarian. >> so did i! it was nice to meet you. thank you for playing me your music. >> reporter: a dream fulfilled, is not yu for andjust for andi but her entire family. >> the wish means a lot because i feel like we never would have been able to provide this for andrea, you know? to have the opportunity to see her laughing and happy. >> we want to ask andi to come up and sing a song for us before we finish the sound track. what song would you want to sick? >> i don't know. >> preverllyferably one of mine! ♪

>> i think it's just been absolutely so much more than i could have ever hoped it would be. ♪ ♪ you take me the way i am you take me the way i am ♪ >> ingrid's manager were so impressed with andi's songs and put two of them on itunes today. >> i will download them as soon as we are done. if you would like to help grant wishes like andi's it's easy top stop by your local macy's and write a letter to santa. so far this season macy's has received more than 805,000 letters. that's more than $805,000 to the make a wish foundation. to learn more about the believe campaign and make a wish foundation, logon to our website

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. 25 minutes after 8:00. starting the end of the week warm. >> it is about 20 warmer than it should be this time of the day, but we are down 11-degrees from 3 1/2 hours ago. here is a look at the graphic, we have this cold front in the area and as we speak, it is sitting off to our east and it was 58 in the morning show, now 47. a prees, cooler. here is a look at traffic. good morning. >> hello, a mild friday morning drive. eu7 south bound at route 50, an accident that is causing a delay back to general highway

and one on 97 north bound at 32. the speeds on the beltway, mid to upper 40s, 95 at full speed and beyond, there is a look at the accident on 97 at 50 to the right shoulder. this is a report brought to you by the dick's sporting club base camp. it is a place to trust to supply you. a pretrial hearing today for bradley manning, the soldier that is said to have leaked reports and documents to wikileaks. >> good morning. he was educated in montgomery county and will learn his fate at fort m e a d e. he will be 24 tomorrow and heading to

court. that hearing should last a week. he was arrested last year and has been in solitary confinement every since. the fbi is trying to track down a woman that is robbing bangs here. she has done that near john hop kins hospital, also. if you have information, call the fbi hot line. a missing little river man was found dead in the reservoir in montgomery county. he worked there and had not been seen since early in the month. an occupy is being conducted to determine how he died, but no signs of foul play. noter dome -- notre dame, an exboyfriend charged with her

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welcome back to "the early show" on a friday morning. i'm jeff glor along with erica hill. did i mention that already? >> is it friday? >> it is. >> all day. >> chris wragge is off this morning. coming up here 575. poetry for pedestrians in new york city in the middle of the hustle and bustle. you're seeing poetry offering a safety message and a little bit of humor at the same time.

some very cool little signs you might see if you're visiting new york. we will tell you all about that coming up. the award season off to a pretty exciting start in hollywood. the nominations for the golden globes and scene actors guild awards came out yesterday morning. movies like the silent film "the artist." and "the help" getting a lot of attention. all of it is helping to shape the oscars race ahead. how about some oscar predictions? those nominations coming out next month so we will do a little preview for you. first today might be the number one online shopping day of the year. bigger than cybermonday because it's free shipping day. >> more than 2,000 online retailers are participating. but you may have to read the fine print. there is always a catch, isn't there? here to help us find the catch is personal finance expert regina allow lewis. they think this could be a

bigger online shopping day than cybermonday which was huge this year. >> using 2010 as a proxy, cybermonday was a $1 billion online day. free shipping was 942 million but cybermonday grew 16% and free shipping day, 61%. >> wow. >> perhaps the best indicator of all fedex projecting they will have a record day on monday shipping 17 million packages historic in their 40 years. what we are essentially buying today will ship on monday. >> we are doing the real deal? >> it is the real deal. you have to read the fine print. all i have to do is have one item that ships free to qualify to be part of free shipping day. >> but this is the other thing too. that is part of the fine print. make sure everything is shipping for free. how much of a promotion is this? we are so used to getting free shipping on so many things. >> we are but the clock is running out so it does matter. if it's going to start to happen, come monday tuesday standard shipping goes away. if i'm an e retailer i'm willing

to absorb the cost but i have to pay the fedex and u.p.s. of the world money. i'm less likely to absorb that. >> who is doing it today and what to look out for? >> a lot of names. best buy maycy's and 2,000 retailers. a lot of times you are going to see it kicks in if you spend $75, a hundred dollars. so if you have two 50 dollar items to buy you are better off finding one site so you do meet the threshold. >> what else to look for? >> select items only. you put things in your cart and they say some of those ship free and some don't so watch for that. >> you may still have to pay a little bit of shipping. nonsale merchandise? what do you mean? nonsale merchandise maybe the only thing ships free? >> the prices may not be the best today. one of the things that happen is people tend to spend more when free shipping is thrown at them. they say i'll spend more on the item. it also takes out the hurdle of something called abandon shopping carts where you run

into free shipping and then people quit. so i talked to a couple of different e tailers say discounts 35% off today and could go up so look at the total cost. what would twould cost you if you bought it later and ship it to get it here on time. >> you might not get on sale but free shipping and maybe on sale tomorrow but not free shipping. >> as soon as this day is over i have a list and i'm getting some free shipping. >> hustle. >> always nobel prize to see youice to see you. >> but i'm getting free shipping. here is terrell brown at the news desk with a final check of today's other headlines for us. mitt romney picked up the endorse. of south carolina governor haley this morning. she is a tea party favorite and her weight is critical in that state. romney last night focused attacks on newt gingrich. michele bachmann accused gingrich being a washington

lobyist and rakeing in big bucks from freddie mac. >> he was taking $1.6 million to influence senior republicans to keep the scam going in washington, d.c. that's absolutely wrong. >> gingrich the former speaker of the house, was quick to shoot down bachmann's claim. >> what she just said is factually not true. i never lobbied under any circumstance. >> gingrich who is atop the polls in iowa said he never changed his positions because of money in favor of breaking up freddie mac. >> author christopher hitchens passed away last night. he wrote "god is not great." he was 62. one of the founders of the tea was arrested for trying to get a gun on a plane. there is he in the black coat racing out of a courthouse in

queens, new york trying to do evade reporters after arraigned yesterday. he was taken into custody at laguardia airport after showing security a locked gun box. in it, there was a pistol and 19 cartridges of ammo inside. he has a license to carry in california but not in new york. he is expected back in court january 12th. arizona sheriff joe arpaio says his department discriminates against latinos is nothing more than a political attack. a justice department report says his department is guilty of racial profiling and a range of civil rights charges. arizona was in a blanket of fog yesterday. this aerial video shows the fog. kind of creepy. covering the cars on interstate 10. didn't phoenix just have a recent dust storm

. a look outside the window, sunshine out there, an interesting past 3 1/2 hours. that is when we hit the day time high at 50 minutes after 4:00. we are in the upper 50s, now at 47. this is the forecast, the current temperatures, cloudy, a breeze, cooler through this day than in the last few. overnight, the temperatures about 32, tomorrow with sunshine, a high if you're tired of waiting in line at the mall to see santa, here is the good news. you can visit him glvert of your own home thanks to cyberspace. >> santa is going high tech. with a list of the sites is bridget carey of c-net.com. start with one people know is norad where you can track santa. for those not familiar. >> it may help santa. >> they absolutely help santa. you can see him here. >> norad is another abbreviation

for the north american aerospace air command and tracking santa since the '50s. now with google earth you can make it easier and logon on christmas eve and see where he is when he hits midnight at different part of the world. >> which is important. that is reminder it's getting close to the time for you to go to bed. if you don't go to bed, santa can't stop in. something else for kids. some kids are kind of scared to maybe go and sit on santa's lap. you can actually skype with santa now? >> yes. santa is on skype. if you don't know what skype is, it's when you have two web cams and a live conversation online. he has a little help from companies because he is very busy right now. so sometimes different sponsorships will help him set up those appointments. for example, one in san dustin resort in florida has santa talking to kids from wednesday and friday 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. and you can just set up an appointment.

although it's getting close to christmas so it might be hard to get an appointment at this time. >> it is his busy season but he is tweeting. i've heard the elves help with the twitter too? >> exactly. he has a twitter account. he is micro blogging as it gets closer to christmas. >> i got santa on twitter here. i'm off christmas shopping for my wife. that is nice of him. what should you buy mrs. claus? is santa on facebook? >> he is. of course, he is on facebook. he has to keep that naughty and nice book totally accurate. >> he has a long list of friends. there are also different apps you can put on your smart phone if you parents out there have smart phones that can help your kids interact with santa as well. >> yeah. of course, santa has apps. i think he is getting better to programming now. what it does is helps the parent connect to the north pole so santa can send a text message or a phone call to a particular boy or girl and if they have been

naughty or nice. >> you can check it out. i'm not sure if you're familiar with what is called the holiday hot line. my sister gave me the numbers years ago and my son knows all about it especially if he is watching right now. every now and then we check in with the holiday hot line and this would be easier for us to stay in contact with santa and let us know how our kids are doing. >> weston is a frequent caller to the hot line? >> he doesn't know. >> santa is also on youtube. he has a youtube now. okay? >> what kind of things does he put up there? >> his elves are combing twitter who puts #02 santa and he'll turn a personalized message back to you and helping them out with a marketing company called 02. >> he is busier than ever! >> unbelievable. bridget, thank you very much. >> that is a man. >> i will go follow him right now. moving from santa to the silver screen. many of this year's biggest

films picked up nominations for the golden globe and scene actors guild awards. ♪ ♪ a tropical heat wave the way i'm moved at i'm cruising i certainly can you really don't have a clue do you? tim, tim, mom is cheating on you. >> chf those filmswhich of those could be an academy award winners? dave karger is back with us. the artist from sags. what kind of a chance does this have snichlts the front-runner right now. fun to see. i saw this at the cannes film

festival in may and talking my friends's ears off about it since and now it's exciting because they can now see it since it opened on thanksgiving day. it's not a done deal to win best picket at the oscars but i think the one to put your money on right now. a delightful film. >> you don't want to talk about it too much because you don't want to spoil it. >> let people discover it. >> so the artist is at the top, what is behind it? >> i think "the descendents" will get a lot of acclaim from the academy because people love the cast and it got nominated for best cast at the screen actors guild award. other movies that got that was "the bridesmaids" and "midnight in paris." a tough category this year. >> you never know what is going to win that one. i think "war horse" is going to get a lot of nominations and a lot of the technical categories and best picket. >> you were surprised that "war

horse" did not get a nomination yesterday from the golden globe. do you think he'll be snubbed by the academy? >> i don't think so. 80 journalists vote on that and academy awards people work in the industry. can i see him getting a nomination over woody allen for "midnight in paris." >> ryan gosling is getting recognize next for three different movies this year with different awards. "the ides of march." it got a lot of attention. i did -- -- crazy, stupid love." and also "drive." >> i can't recall anyone getting three best actor nominations from critics groups for different movies in the same year. it's so impressive. >> and different genre.

you look at the true measure of an actor being able to be recognized in all of these different roles. >> my fee fear he had so many different good performances he might get oscar nominated for one of them.ar he had so many different good performances he might get oscar nominated for one of them. i'm worried about "drive." >> it definitely is violent. plus he can break up fights? soho. >> he is kind of a superman. i'm a total ryan gosling fan and admitting it on tv. >> "albert nobbs"? >> they play women who had to pass as men in 1800s in dublin to keep jobs. glenn close's architect albert nobbs looks out of a hotel. look at her. such an amazing look. this is a character that glenn close played on stage in new york 30 years ago. >> wow! >> it really stuck with her and

she co-wrote the screen play and produced the film and an important project to her and she got nominations from sag and the golden globes. >> "ginners" came out this summer. christopher plummer plays a man who, after his wife dies decides to come out of the closet as a gay man at age 75. amazing performance and the clear front-runner for the oscar for best supporting actor. it is on dvd so if you didn't get a chance to see it you can check it out. a quirky film. a dog that talks in the subtitles in the movie and it's fascinating and fun and very sweet. >> one of the dvds i have at home ready to go. maybe this is the week. >> good date movie. >> i'll tell my husband. dave nice to see you. >> you too. ahead, new york city transportation desk. >> we will show you how it's using poetry to protect

pedestrians. how about that folks? >> wow. perf [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $79.99 a month for two years with a 2 year agreement. it's an amazing holiday deal. but don't wait. it's only available for a limited time. so go to verizon.com/superoffer to sign up. act now and we'll add a special bonus -- $300 back.

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♪ new york has huge crowds during the holidays and with good reason. but that also gives city officials a major job of keeping the streets and the sidewalks safe. >> this year, the department of transportation decided to get creative and "the early show" contributor karen winter brill is here with that story. >> they did. i guess you could call it curbside poetry. new york city's d.o.t. is hoping it's catchy enough to get your attention. the holiday season marks the peak of tourism in new york city. streets are grid locked and the sidewalks become pedestrian traffic jams with an extra 4 million pairs of feet. >> it's mayhem out here. you can't cross the street. you can't cross where you want to cross. you have to walk one block over

and come back. hectic. >> you have to be very careful. you just go with the flow. >> everybody i see is a jaywalker! >> reporter: measures already in place to combat overcrowding include relocating crosswalks to the middle of city blocks and barricades set up along sidewalks and plenty of police to direct foot traffic. now, this city known for the art, is turning to poetry, to protect its pedestrians. >> car stops. bike lane. cyclists enter. unwanted door prize. >> reporter: it's ancient japanese rhythm most of us learned in elementary school. five syllables in the first and five in the second and five more. why use poetry specifically in a safety campaign? >> well, it's a great visual way. it's a great compelling way. a new way to get our messages across. >> reporter: as commissioner of new york's department of transportation, jannette sadik-khan has been broadening the appeal of the city's walk

ability. she has created pedestrian plazas and installed countdown signals at crosswalks and narrowed her focus to better street signs. >> we are 1.3 million street signs and ubiquitous and people don't look at them any more. >> we have so many signs. plenty of messages are point blank. this is an adjunct to those instructions. >> reporter: local artist john morse created the signs. >> my goal was to present something small, visual and perhaps slightly offbeat that would catch their attention inside this crazy, large mix of what is going on the streets of new york. >> reporter: but in this city that is constantly on the move few people appear to stop and take notice. did you notice the sign as you were walking by? >> no, i did not. >> reporter: you didn't? >> no. >> reporter: you walk in this neighborhood a lot? did you notice this sign? this new sign?

>> no, i did not see that. >> reporter: now that you've seen it, what do you think? >> i think that's great. >> us new yorkers are not paying attention to what we should be paying attention to. >> my aim is to reach the distracted pedestrian the long pushing baby cart the businessman who is working on his smart phone. >> we actually try everything we can to reduce traffic fatalities. we have 4,000 people that are seriously injured or killed on the streets of new york every year. we are doing everything we can to make our streets as safe as they can be so we continue to be the world class city that we are in the 21st century. >> these signs are now on 144 street corners thorough new york city. the campaign started two weeks ago and the response is positive. every sign counts when it comes to street safe and it's art too. in case you missed it. >> jeff and i do that.

bobby ghosh of "time" magazine started a sock campaign i started to them. . for the sock battle, glor is bringing his beloved bills, but bobby has got skills. >> you got socks? >> this is to -- these are the socks that she is talking about, by the way, there you go. awesome. i think yours is better than mine. mine was cbs news tweets hit us up online today and merry christmas. >> i like that very much. >> i think the three of us have a future. you got the number to the d.o.t.? >> i'll get it to you. >> up next next year? holiday, maybe we could rate cars. >> i'm in. i'm in. >> holiday highway coupe for hallmark? >> i don't know what i have left. >> i have given you people everything i have! >> you've given a lot, though. it's a lot a lot. >> we're done. >> i have to do some christmas

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. it is five minutes before 9:00. weekend, warm. >> that is a beautiful, can we go back to that shot? that is a beautiful picture. >> it is nice -- it really is. in the upper 50s this morning and now about 47. i think we will be stable there. should be about 42 by dinner. cloudy skies, a breeze and cooler, not -- the forecast is on track, totally expected. that will lead us to what was expected this weekend, that is beautiful. 44, sunshine tomorrow, the same forecast on sunday. the seasonal temperatures, the normal is 45 and monday, back to 53 and tuesday with clouds

and 50 and wednesday, showers in the mid 50s. the soldier from goam dpoam county accused of leaking classified documents to wikileaks will appear for the first time in court today to determine if he should stand trial. here is more. >> good morning. he was born and got his education in montgomery county, he will be 24 tomorrow when his hearing will be in the second day. he is a army analysts that gave over classified video and secret documents to wikileaks and that hearing should last a week. he was arrested last year and has been in solitary confinement every since. >> the baltimore county police are investigating the death of a teen hit by two cars. he was walking yesterday down parkville and one car hit him and sent him into on coming

traffic and another car hit him. they are trying to determine who is at fault. a man was driving a car that could have been used in a an armed robbery. the 19 took off and then hit a police cruiser in baltimore county and then got out and pointed a gun at the police officers in that chase and they shot him in the leg. when they tried to stop a driver on york road, a driver took off. he hit a taxi cab with three elderly women. four people were taken to the hospital to be checked out. exciting news for maryland, half a billion dollars will be shared with grant money from the federal government. maryland's share of the money will be used for early child

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