the rally can last. >> herman cain presidential contain rolls on for now. he will decide in the next few days if he will keep going after allegations of an alleged 13-year affair. adele and bruno mars put snubs for taylor swift and beyon beyonce. we will all that and more "early" this thursday morning, december 1st, 2011. captioning funded by cbs boy, that's something to wake up to. >> stunning. >> it is. good thursday morning, everyone. i'm erica hill. >> not quite as good as rihanna's song. i'm jeff glor. chris wragge is off this morning. we begin in iraq. one month from today, all u.s. combat troops will be gone after

nearly nine years of war. this morning, at camp victory in baghdad the u.s. is handing over control and pausing to remember all of the troops who have died in the fighting. >> in 2003 as u.s. troops invaded iraq national correspondent jim axelrod was the first western reporter to get to baghdad airport. he is back in baghdad this morning with the latest. jim, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. what we are seeing here in bad t baghdad is the beginning of the long good-bye. 13,000 american troops still in iraq and they will begin reducing the number to zero by the end of december according to the agreement. we saw a ceremony today and seeing them all over the country. there was one in basra, for instance, where flags of the united states at installations that are being guarded by u.s. troops are coming down and iraqi flags are going up as the iraqi security forces begin to take

charge of security in a lot of places that had been guarded by u.s. troops up to this point. >> jim, in terms of the ceremony this morning, what exactly did we see and what exactly did we not see? >> reporter: we weren't even allowed at the ceremony this morning that involved vice president joe biden because as this is very reflective what is going on, the iraqis are taking control of places like camp victory which has been the command center for u.s. troops for all of these years, and under iraqi control now. western media actually barred from watching vice president biden deliver a message of friendship and partnership that he was trying to deliver to the iraqi reporters. western reporters not allowed in except the pool camera traveled from washington to vice president biden. you want to understand what is beginning to happen here in iraq as the iraqis take over, that's why we are broadcasting from this university in baghdad

instead out at camp victory where the vice president of the united states was earlier. >> clearly, jim, you are already seeing the changes and the iraqis really solidify their position as taking over control at this point. jim axelrod in baghdad this morning, thanks. joining is retired army general james spider marks was the officer for iraqi freedom in 2003. always good to have you with us. >> thank you very much. >> give us a sense this morning. jim laid out a little bit what is going on. but what happens now from a security perspective? in your estimation, how safe is iraq once u.s. troops leave? >> well, you know, up until the day the president that the announced that we would be departing iraq by the end of this month, the u.s. had been working very diligently on trying to establish a status of forces agreement which would have been the single document for immunity for soldiers on the ground so the united states

could stay beyond 2011. that failed so the decision was made to leave. i think the point is that iraq has made some incredible advances in terms of their security forces and their military forces, trying to secure their borders but there are still a lot of sectarian type violence and bad actors in iraq. the u.s. has always provided real glue over the course of the last couple of years to the iraqi forces, both security and military, so that they can stand up, get more mature and be ready to take on these challenges. so my point is iraq is still a dangerous place, iraq is in a -- is in very good shape moving forward, but the u.s., bear in mind, the u.s. is still going to be very, very close. there will still be a u.s. presence in kuwait which is just south of the board with iraq. >> talk yesterday from the iraqi prime minister the u.s. having a role in training iraqi forces. you touched on that would happen outside of iraq. you mentioned the u.s. as glue.

but for the american people, there was a lot of debate over the way that this was worked out. is there still going to be enough support in this country to support those efforts which are supporting iraq? >> well, i can't speak to domestic politics but i can tell you that the united states has a friend in iraq, although iraq didn't treat us like a friend. we could have walked into this discussion about a status of forces agreement and come out with a different conclusion and the fact that the prime minister is asking or at least has put on the table the possibility that the u.s. could continue to do training for iraqi forces indicates they understand how we can provide real value going forward. but these are discussions that are going to take place and we are going to be very close to developments in iraq. >> let me ask you. in terms of taking this u.s. military presence, though, out of iraq, what is the u.s. walking away from strategically in the region? >> iraq has oil.

iraq has an extremely educated work force and has a history and a magnificent future and it is a democracy in the middle of the middle east. you don't see many of those. if you were to compare what we are doing in iraq and what we are doing in afghanistan, we are going to stay in afghanistan until 2014 but leaving iraq right now. we have more to lose in iraq than afghanistan. >> spider marks, good to have you with us. >> thank you. moving to wall street. on wednesday you may have seen stocks scoring not just big gains but biggest one-gain gain of the year. >> the rally continues overseas this morning after the dow jones industrials soared 490 points. here to tell us what it means is cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis. good morning. >> good morning. >> we have seen rallies before. this is the biggest one, but we have seen these rallies before. is this one different? >> it's different because of the underlying reason behind it.

we have talked a lot here about the european crisis, the fact that europe's problems are overflowing into our stock market. well, yesterday came the news that a number of central banks, led by the federal reserve here in the united states, are going to be lending to europe's central bank. now what does that mean? europe central bank sends funds out to the banks of europe 37 the banks of europe are in crisis right now because european countries are in krcris right now. we want those banks to function which allows for a globalized system to function properly. that is why the feds are lending to the europe central bank. >> when you spell it out like that i imagine that will will not sit well with a lot of americans. jeff and i were talking about a lot of ways this seems like a band-aid. >> for some, some people look at it as another bailout of the banks themselves. there are risks involved here

and there are certainly issues down the road that could come out of this. for example, inflation. when our federal reserve gives money to the european central bank, that means that they are printing more dollars. that can lead to higher inflation. higher inflation can then lead down the road to higher taxes. those are two outcomes. the argument is made the entire financial system just like we heard the same argument back in 2008, and our financial crisis, the argument is being made this must be done. >> where does the dow go now? and other good news? >> we did get other good news as far as jobs-the-united states. the most job creation of the private sector in the year business activity is bouncing back. however, i just want to make the point, you said this, band-aid. this is a short-term solution for the banks of europe. the underlying countries in europe like italy and greece, the european union still has to deal with those countries and that is what the market is waiting for. >> for now, the dow continues

its ups and downs? >> volatility is here to stay. >> rebecca, thanks. turning to campaign 2012. herman cain holding a late night news conference in which he is holding the character of his assassination. >> but he says he needs to talk to his wife will staying in the race. jan crawford is here with more. >> reporter: cain is re-evaluating his campaign after a woman said they had a 13-year affair. some say it's a death blow to his campaign. he is still here campaigning and still drawing big crowds. telling new hampshire supporters not to give up, herman cain quoted legendary baseball player yogi berra. >> it ain't over until it's over. >> his fund-raising was fallen off and he must decide what to do with his campaign. >> i have told people over the

next several days, i and my t m team, but particularly to my family, we are going through a reassessment. >> we want cain! >> reporter: in ohio, cain didn't look like a candidate on the ropes. >> obama might raise a billion dollars, but the american people are going to raise some cain in 2012! >> reporter: on the campaign trail wednesday, cain held strong and struck a defiant tone. >> the establishment does not want herman cain to get this nomination. liberals do not want herman cain to get this nomination, but i happen to believe that the american people have a different idea about who ought to get this nomination. >> reporter: those people include supporters like veterinarian linda truman. >> i think he is telling the truth. i think he's a godly man and i think he is telling the truth. he's a leader and i love that in him. >> reporter: retiree dave

tuckerman echoing sentiments of others blame the media and political establishment. >> they totally are going to try to destroy the man. >> reporter: with you cain has slipped in polls with reports of sexual harassed two women in 1990s. the man who benefited from that is newt gingrich who is now battling with the top of the heap and mitt romney. romney and gingrich have started to mix it up. romney called gingrich the worst thing you can say about anyone, he is a life politician. gingrich said he is a lifetime politician and he works hard in his life to learn what makes america successful. a month till the iowa caucuses you can expect we will hear more of these things from these two going forward. >> we will talk about that and more with our political director john dickerson. good morning to you. >> good morning, jeff. >> herman cain, how long does his campaign survive and does it

survive? >> it's a tough hill for him to climb here. i think the big worry for the cain campaign is money. can they just keep the lights on and that is what he is assessing to do well in iowa. it costs money to keep that organization going. so it looks like it's day-by-day for cain and also part of what is at stake if he is thinking about leaving the race what is his exit narrative? you can see him there talk about being attacked by the establishment, by liberals so if he has to drop out of the race he can have a future career saying i tried to tell it the truth but the establishment and the liberals just came after me. >> john, you mentioned iowa. mitt romney wasn't going to play there at all after it tripped up its bid in 2008 but now he has his first ad out there. a start of a blitz there for romney in iowa? >> it is a bit of a secret romney is trying to run in iowa but under the radar. at the end of the campaign he would rush in there and maybe to

even steal a victory in iowa but never wanting to look like he was running too hard for fear of meeting expectations and if he couldn't meet expectations that would be a problem for him. now he is sending out ads in iowa and chris christie will be out campaigning for him later in the race. gingrich, romney, cain and paul, four-way race and now see if romney makes his campaign in iowa. >> does the romney campaign go after gingrich? >> yes. we heard in jan's piece talking about gingrich is a career politician. message of his ad is i was in the economy as a businessman. i know how to fix the economy. that is the contrast he will make. he lived in the real world with the real economy. gingrich is a creature of washington and the establishment and they will make that a little bit gently for the moment, hoping that gingrich is long history will be what ends up making him fall but they are prepared to do more if they have

to. >> speaking of going after newt ri gingrich, what about ron paul? >> ron paul takes the wood to newt gingrich going over his various flip-flops and challenging him as a true conservativ conservative. this is what romney hopes will happen, ron paul will go after gingrich. michele bachmann has been beating gingrich up on immigration. romney hopes they will all do his work for him. the challenge here now for gingrich is to say, well, i may have had some positions you may not agree with you but i've been a consistent conservative fighting for principles in the republican party my whole career and that is the most important thing. >> ron bawl calling newt gingrich a serial hypocrite. the next debate may be very interesting. >> it may be very interesting. >> them fightin' words. >> yes. looking forward to it.

terrell brown is at the news desk with a check of other headlines. secretary of state hillary clinton is on a history making visit to burma. at a news conference in the burmese capital today she said the u.s. will consider easing sanctions on the long isolated country if it makes concrete moves toward reform. wyatt andrews has more. >> reporter: secretary clinton is pushing burma leaders to do more to build a democracy opinion the burmese are asking for the secretary's support. she began the day meeting with thein sein. to improve relations with the u.s., the secretary called for elections, unimpeded by the army and an end to burma's military ties to near. high on the list of what the u.s. wants next from burma is the release of political prisoners. burma claims its remaining prisoners are all criminals but secretary clinton said more than

1,000 people are being wrongfully detained. burma, to its credit, has released some 200 prisoners. it's allowing limited press freedoms and has cleared opposition leader aung san suu kyi to run for office. she told an internet conference yesterday she sees the reforms as genuine but fears they could be undermined by hard liners. >> we hope that they are meaningful. i personally trust the president who -- but i cannot say that everybody in the government feels as he does. >> reporter: secretary clinton plans two crucial meetings with her tonight. without her decision to rejoin the political process, america's outreach would not be happening. a student pilot and his instructor crashed in seattle trying to take off. the plane veered off the runway and hit a vacant plane parked on the

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♪ welcome back to "the early show." half past the hour. about blind you, not that i'm complaining. >> absolutely not, no. >> i'm erica hill, along with jeff glor. chris is off this morning. the gender gap and the tech industry, probably figuring there aren't as many women as men. 1 in 8 software tech companies are women and that is it. a lot of people think that is

hurting american competitiveness and means american women are missing out on secure, good paying jobs. >> we will see what she is doing to get more women working along her in technology and engineer jobs. >> looking forward to that. before that, there is more legal trouble for penn state sexual abuse suspect jerry sandusky. on wednesday an unidentified man filed suit against him saying he is a victim as well. >> the man claims that sandusky molested him between 1992 and 1996. correspondent elaine quijano has more. >> reporter: in the first lawsuit filed against former penn state football coach jerry sandusky. identified only as john doe, said he was sexually abused more than 100 times over a four-year period. the alleged victim says sanduskened to hurt him and his family if he told anyone about the abuse. >> at that time, he was a promising athlete and sandusky

spotted him and spotted his promise and began to groom him, and that is what predators do. >> reporter: the now 29-year-old claims he met sandusky through the second mile when he was just 10 years old. >> it's an opportunity to throw out a rope to some kids and if they grab ahold, they could become champions. >> reporter: investigators say he used the charity to prey on his victims. in addition to sandusky his foundation and penn state university have also been named as defendants in the suit. at a town hall meeting last night at penn state, students were given the chance to ask questions and voice concerns about the scandal. >> sandusky was part of the penn state family. we all are. and i feel shame. >> reporter: in a statement released by. he acknowledges it took sandusky's recent arrest for him

to come forward. i never told what he did to me. i am hurting and have been for a long time because of what happened but feel now even more tormented i have learned so many other kids were abused after me. he is seeking $400,000 and feels sandusky belongs behind bars. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. >> the allegations at penn state and syracuse university are allowing other sexual abuse victims to sit down and tell their story. >> michelle miller sat down with one for the first time this morning. >> reporter: it is estimated 1 in 4 girls and 1 out of 6 boys will be sexually molested by the time they are 18 and the numbers reported on reported case. because most go unreported the numbers could be much higher. as we found out cases like those at penn state and syracuse are giving many victims the courage to speak out. >> i lived it!

i saw it! from the showers to the dormitory room! >> reporter: john sweeney says he kept a secret for 43 years but the day after former penn state coach jerry sandusky was arrested on child molestation charges, he broke his silence. >> they saw the penn state! they talked about the showers and this and that! it just brought home so many bad feelings! and that's what prompted me to come forward. it's just a horrible thing to go through. >> reporter: sweeney claims and assistant head master at his private boarding school in newton, massachusetts, sexually molested him while he slept in his dorm room. he was 11 years old. >> when i woke up and i screamed! what the "f" are you doing? and he fell off the bed pulling his pants up yelling at me, go it's lights out, it's lights out! >> reporter: sweeney says the man made number of other

advancements but when he told his parents they didn't believe him. a year later sweeney left the school and the head master was never charged. but school officials confirm he did resign in 1977 after being arrested in connection to a child prostitution operation. why so silent for so long? >> because i was so ashamed! i felt -- i felt that people would look at me different. >> reporter: that shame is shared by thousands of victims, but the investigations at penn state and more recently at syracuse university are having an impact on abuse crisis centers nationwide. two of the nation's largest abuse hot lines saw a spike of 1,500 more calls for help in the two weeks after the scandal broke. >> these kinds of high profile cases, what we have seen is that they do open the flood gates. >> reporter: liz roberts runs safe horizon, a new york organization that assists victims of child abuse.

>> what survivors see in this story there were child victims who came forward and they have been believed and law enforcement is taking action, to hold the perpetrator accountable. >> pedophiles don't get stopped until they are caught or they die. >> reporter: attorney mitch garabedian has represented thousands of alleged child abuse cases. he represents john sweeney and five other alleged victims, all former students at the fessidan school. >> each and every victim has his or own coping mechanisms and when they can come forward, they will begin to heal. many victims, most victims, don't heal completely, but they will heal at least a little bit and gain at least a degree of closure in their lives. >> i just want people to be able, okay? to see me and say you know what? this happened to me. they can't hold this in for 43 years. they can't. >> and one thing that advocates

say would help uncover these cases sooner is stronger reporting laws. only 18 states require anyone who suspects abuse to notify authorities. >> wow. >> it's just heartbreaking too to hear he was 11 years old and goes to his parents. >> think about it. this was 1969. you know? authority figures, coaches, head masters of schools, priests, you know, they had our undivided trust. >> not much you could do. >> not much. and people weren't talking about it. >> bottle it up. >> half the battle is speaking out. >> michelle, thanks. >> thanks here is terrell brown at the news desk with a check of today's other headlines for us. the government looking at tightening standards for arsenic levels in fruit juices after an alarming report. the fda says apple juice is safe to drink and studies have shown it has generally low levels of arsenic but consumer reports found 10% of samples of grape and apple juice had more arsenic

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♪ we talk about the tough economy. the unemployment rate but there are a ton of jobs available in engineering and computer science but companies are routinely going overseas to fill those positions. >> why? one possible reason, not enough women are applying, so cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis joins us once again. >> it may seem surprising but it is true. one in every ten computer science yaugraduates is a woman

getting more females on the tech track is not only a priority for our recovery but also a priority for industry leaders. >> our economic trends are super clear. the technical roles are in demand even in what is a very current difficult situation for our country in unemployment there is a huge shortage of engineers who can build products like facebook. it is so exciting to be here in a room filled not just with women, but with amazing technical women. >> reporter: sheryl shanandburg facebook's chief operating officer. today her top priority is convincing more women to join her in the world of high tech. >> technology and having that skill is the key to impact, to a great career. these jobs pay more. there is more job security. there are more job opportunities. >> reporter: if you want to make money, go into technology. >> go into technology and if you want to change the world. >> reporter: the top engineer at

a top tech company makes about a hundred thousand dollars a year but women make up just 13% of the field. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: sandberg takes every opportunity to change that. >> are you learning math? do you like it? >> that's great. if america wants to stay in the leadership position it has in the economy that is incredibly tied to how educated our population is and how good we are in technology. >> reporter: do you think we need to revise our education system? >> absolutely. i don't think anyone looking at the situation could conclude anything but that our educational system is broken. we are not giving kids enough of a chance and we are not setting up our country for the success we need. the technology i think connect us i think can and will get that message. >> reporter: mo kudeki is stu

studying that. >> you always feel like, oh, i'm the weird one. >> i don't know if you've ever had the experience of walking into the wrong restroom by accident and you sort of have this instant full body shock of i'm not where i'm supposed to be! i think it's that same feeling when you walk into a classroom and you're the only woman there. >> reporter: jocelyn goldfein is director of engineering at facebook. >> once girls start seeing women as role models in these fields it's a lot easier to feel they belong in that room. >> reporter: she says the stereotype of a lone nerd in a basement doesn't help. >> we don't know what it's like to be a software engineer. most of the information we get is hackers into a basement breaking into the cia and starting world war iii. the real world of software engineers is incredibly collaborative. >> it's about what you can do and change the world. i know girls, that's what they want to do, they want to change the world. this is the tool that will get you there. >> reporter: but what sheryl sandberg would like to see most is more women competing for her

job. >> if we can get more women to stay in and lean into their careers, we can make a really big difference and make sure that the progress happens at every level of society. >> leaning into that progress could be happening now. 60% of college graduates who are women, not men. if you could get just a handful of those women to start pursuing these careers you could have a big progress and a big changes as far as the economy and more women getting into these careers. >> nice to see a role midodel le that. >> it is. >> thank you, rebecca. star athletes caught up in gang violence. >> one family's tragic story up next. ♪ stock up and save big at the petsmart holiday kickoff sale. save up to 30% on select kong® products

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♪ leaves still on the trees here. december 1st. >> how did that happen? >> very good question. i don't know. we should investigate. welcome back to "the early show," everyone. i'm jeff glor, along with erica hill. chris wragge is off this morning. a lot to get to this hour. we start with a story is becoming much too common the last thing you want to hear.

one area of life that seemed to be off limits to many gangs, organized sports. >> a new investigation finds a growing connection between gangs and sports with athletes getting caught up in senseless gang violence at times. our chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian has more. >> are you? you are what? >> he was a special kid, even when he was little. danny had a heart of gold. >> reporter: as a senior at compton high school, dannie farber was a popular, positive force. an all city-wide receiver he led his team to its first championship in 2008 and dreamed of one day playing for usc. >> he wanted to live life and not really be fearful. >> reporter: so it was on memorial day weekend 2009 that farber sat down to dinner at this compton fast food restaurant. with surveillance cameras running a young black male approached farber and his

girlfriend. >> he walks up straight to the table and says where are you from. >> what does that mean in this neighborhood? >> he was a gang banging on him. he thought he was a gang banger. i don't know why. dannie gets up with his fist and says what? and that's when he started shooting. >> reporter: when it was over, farber had been shot three times at point blank range. collapsing as he stumbled to the door. >> i lifted up his shirt. i didn't know what to do and i seen the bullet hole in the middle of his chest and i knew he was going to die. >> reporter: after an eight-month investigation, police arrested 21-year-old arlen watson, a known member of the kripts on first-degree murder charges. detectives think farber had been mistaken as a rival gang member and breaking a mother and stepfather's heart. >> i can't believe this. all i was saying like this is like a nightmare.

got to be a nightmare. >> back then it seems like your whole world just comes to an end. >> reporter: in the end, farber was an innocent victim at the intersection of gangs and sports, a place sergeant brandon dean, a supervisor in the l.a. sheriff's department gang unit, lives almost every day. >> a lot of times what happens with these athletes they get automatically lumped in with whe wherever they grew up. >> scott decker, a professor at kr cripple nolg. >> game membership in division i athletes is a significant problem. the kind of crimes that gang members are most likely to be involved in are the kind of crimes that ought to concern athletic directors, police chiefs, university presidents and coaches. >> reporter: the study was based on a survey of 130 top athletic programs.

while the vast majority of college athletes are not involved in gangs, it found that nearly 20% of the 87 campus police chiefs who responded reported direct knowledge of a student athlete who retained gang membership while at their university. >> it's a recognition that says we need to pay attention to the problem more systemically so that it doesn't get out of control. >> reporter: as part of a special report in this week's "sports illustrated," cbs news and "si" went to compton, california, the birth place of hundreds of blue chip recruits over the years. today more than 84 active gangs totaling more than a thousand members. if you want to get away from that -- that pull, how hard is it to remove yourself? >> extremely hard. >> reporter: it is? >> extremely hard. >> there we go. good job. >> reporter: dominguez high head football coach keith donorson counters the lore of the streets.

>> we have the kids to pick a side. you either are going to play football or be a gangster. >> reporter: by focusing his players on family, football. >> even gangs are considered own family, so we what we try so create is a family type atmosphere with ourselves. kids that don't have a family, we are actually their family. >> reporter: yet, sometimes, despite two protective parents, you simply find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time. like dannie farber. his senseless killing, a stark reminder of the influence of gangs. danger more than ever universities would be wise to see. armen keteyian, cbs news, compton, california. >> donnyetta and kitam hamm have children in compton high school. their son is a star football player with a 3.8 gpa and now

being recruited by a dozen elite schools. they join us this morning. good to have all of you with us. kitam, junior, give me a sense. i know you knew dannie farber. what is the pressure like on you as an athlete to be involved in a gang? >> the pressure for me is very hard, because like it's very hard because like everybody wants -- everybody wants you to be a part of a gang and stuff because you're a big-time athlete and stuff. basically, exposure to the game and you also is very hard. it's very hard basically. >> i would imagine too there is probably a little bit of fear on your part in doing everything you can to stay out of that because could that make you a target? >> yes. because like if i turn a gang down, they will basically like -- like they will want to pursue me. >> it's a very thought for any parent. donnyetta, i know you and your husband have worked very hard to make sure everybody knows you have that strong family unit the

coach was talking about and that this is a family not to be messed with. how do you send that message, though,donnyetta? >> we stay together as a family. when you speak of him, you speak of more than just one person. my husband is known by his vast name in every neighborhood that we go into and when we get to any neighborhood that we have moved into, we just let them know exactly who we are and who our children are, and if you mess with one, then you got the mother and the father there and we always try and deal with it in the right way, but, you know, then speak. if it's a violent situation that might be taking place, then we just try and make sure that, you know, we steer away from that. if it's something we feel like we can't handle, then we have to go to the authorities but, most of the time it just takes somebody having the courage to talk and let them know, you know, that this is going to change your life and mine if you keep going in this direction.

>> such an important point. so many lives are affected by this. kitam, sr., you have a unique perspective. you were in a gang and were one of the bloods. you got out. that is not an yaeasy thing to . what brought you to that decision? >> what bruought me to that decision is i wanted to be a family person and i wanted to be around to raise my children. i also know having a father in a home is very important. that would be one of the main reasons why my son will be able to succeed is because he has two parents at home and, you know, with having experience in being in a gang, i'm able to instruct him and let him know exactly on how things operate, you know, within most gangs. most gangs operate pretty much the same. the difference in them being in just a different neighborhood or a different color, but the overall rules still apply and,

you know, with it being so hard to exit the gang, the easiest part for me was to simply move myself out of the situation, you know? again, just stay with my family, you know, stop hanging out and stop hanging with the same crowd. >> sure. and to have that courage that your wife spoke about. kitam, junior, you have these incredible offers before you which you have clearly earned with your record both on the field and in the classroom. as you prepare to finish your senior year to move on, are you concerned at all about what happens when you leave your school? >> yes. yes. right now, i want to go to like a big named school and a good football team. i just want to be a part of something new. >> you're well on your way with quite a support system behind you. kitam, donnyetta and kitam jr.

and jr., appreciate you joining us. >> you make the choice, the gang or my family. i'm going with the family. >> me too. terrell brown has more news at the news desk. just outside baghdad this morning, vice president joe biden says u.s. troops are leaving iraq with their heads held high. the remaining 13,000 u.s. combat troops will be out of iraq by the end of the month. at several bases in iraq today there were official handover ceremonies. herman cain says he'll decide by next week whether to continue his campaign for the republican presidential nomination. he'll meet with his wife tomorrow to discuss theal latest allegations of sexual misconduct. cain denies having a 13-year affair with a georgia woman. reverend billy graham is in a hospital and in stable condition. he was admitted yesterday with a congestion and cough and slight fever. he may have pneumonia. a spokesman says graham is in good spirits. a san francisco city law

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three news story. number ten is the death of osama bin laden broke. you remember late at night and a lot of people didn't really hear the story, know what was going on. >> because it was late on a sunday night. >> that's a big reason why this ended up on the top ten list. as soon as people heard the news they wanted to hear the details and the details of the story were a surprise too. people sort of thought he would have been caught in a cave somewhere. here he was in this home in pakistan, a compound near a military base. >> the way it trickled out seemed to spark people's attention. you get one detail one day and the next one day and it conflicted so that is probably why he was number ten. >> number nine, the japan earthquake another huge story this year. i think what is interesting about the japan earthquake was the fact people really wanted to see the photos and the video. you know? last year, you might remember, the bp oil spill was number one

on our list and it was the same kind of a thing where, as the story unfolded, people turned to their computers and turned to their phones to look at the images of what was going on there. so we saw a lot of searches for those kinds of things. >> we have a list of some megacelebrities here that follow that. >> celebrities always make the list. pop culture is very big. jennifer aniston, first time on the top ten list. >> is it really? >> i'm surprised. >> even after "friends" and her hair is one of the most searched things on yahoo! and why she is on the list and she has a couple of boyfriends this year and a perfume. "american idol" has been on the list ever since we compiled this data. lindsay lohan, i don't think a surprise. we always see spikes for lindsay lohan when she in court and she was in court a lot this year. jennifer lopez first time on the top ten list and credit that to "american idol." >> surprising. >> she got divorced this year

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a few surprises at the grammy nominations concert last night. lots of music' announcements happening on cbs. rapper kanye west the most nods and singer adele and bruno mars up there as well. ahead we will take a look would who is now vying for the top awards and who missed out. welcome back to "the early show." half past the hour. i'm erica hill, along with jeff glor. wragge is off today. >> do you think adele will perform? >> i don't know. the voice surgery issue. >> bridget moynahan is with us. she is going to tell us about the new season of "blue bloods." and other things she is working on including a well-known camp for sick kids that paul newman started a while back. >> amazing organization too. more on that. first, turns out the way we listen to music has changed radically not in the past

decades but the past few years. pick your music. >> the internet has done so much for us. right now the music industry focus is online. our other bridget carey of c-net.com is here. >> it used to be simple you buy your music and own it and now so many things you can do. >> there are essentially three categories here, right? >> yeah. first, start with what we know. you go to itunes. you buy your song. and that involved going into amazon to buy your song and now you can go to google music and buy your song and you don't have to save it on your computer and save it on google's computer and access it from any computer. let's move on to the music you don't own. streaming radio like pandora. it is one of many that are gaining popularity where you just basically create a station, kind accustomed to you. let's say you like the beach

boys. pandora will make a personalized station that likes the beach boys and whatever artist you say like. now, it basically you have no control over what is being played it's just giving you what you like. >> pandora. but also spottive continues to get a lot of attention here. >> yes, it has blown up because it got linked with facebook recently so seeing more of it. think of it as a netflix for music. you don't own the songs but you can tap into millions of songs for free and pay them any time. you're the deejay and you pick what songs. >> you have to pick each individual one or it -- >> you go in and get an album. looks like it's stored on your phone or your mobile device but you don't own is so you can't burn the songs. can you stream them and listen to them whenever you want. >> exactly. you can tap into them. a free model you can only tap into it if you're at a desktop

and laptop and you have to put up with advertising but if you pay you can get rid of the limitations and ads and take it to your mobile phone. >> how much is spotiff? >> you have to link it to your facebook account now? >> yes. the thing about facebook you can see what your friends are listening to. we used to comb through our friends cd collections and now clicking on their names and seeing what they are listening to. >> how does it change the rest of the digital music services? >> it raises the bar and makes things more fun. the other day they made an announcement they have apps essentially and made other people be able to create apps so let's say you're rocking out to beyonce's song. now you can go to rolling stone app and say, well, what do they think about the beyonce album or go to a lyrics app and see what is being played and what the

words are to the song so you have no more excuses you don't know what the words to the song are. >> you're paying $1.20 for itunes song. >> not that you wouldn't pay that? >> see, this is good for people who are tired of paying for every song. maybe every month you want to pay a fee to access as much as you want. >> bridget carey, thanks. >> good to be here. one group online is millilineals are more likely to be influenced by people they don't think when buying things. >> we asked some young consumers whose advice do they rely on more? the anonymous online views or their friends like mom and dad. >> i like to look at the reviews and i do trust my parents' comments as much. >> you always listen to your mother but at the same time, when i'm clicking through and scrolling through reviews, i mean, you have to take, you know, a general, you know, consensus into account. >> well, the reviews i'd have to

say a lot more are updated rather than your parents because, you know, they were a different generation. >> you want to make sure you have something that is a good quality. i don't think people would lie about that, online especially because it's anonymous and who cares? friends. i tend not to listen to reviews. >> i probably put out a status message in my facebook asking friends who have -- who have actually purchased and for them to tell me what is it like? >> a combination of all of them. i mean, there is nothing better than getting a lot of feedback from different things, especially if it's a big purchase. it could be anything. >> here to tell us what makes this new generation of consumers tick is jason dorsey, the author of "y-size your business." thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> we heard some of the people there. some of the things are coming out from this bizarre voice poll, the purchase influence. the people that we trust the most and it's broken down into categories. mainly family and friends take the edge here. they trust them more than the random people online.

>> yeah. but what the study show that was so powerful is that 44% of millenials trust unknown consumers more than family or friends and that got a lot of attention because we weren't expecting that. people we don't know who just posted something online, yeah! that's the one we trust! >> amazing the one woman we spoke to said, well, yeah, i mean, nobody would lie online because they are anonymous. i look at that and say how do i know the company is not putting them up there to put in a good review? >> the good news is people do lie online. we know that. >> no! come on! >> you mean it's not true? >> i'm 6'4" online. they are looking for the number of reviews and quality of the reviews. we think if we see enough of them there is accuracy and truth, right? >> which i think some of that is true. >> oh, my gosh, companies say we didn't get five stars. if you got all five stars, we think it's fake! we need to see some negatives and that gives you a chance to

respond and turn into a positive. >> so we not only trust people -- if we are reading this wide range reviews, we trust them and it affects our purchases. >> absolutely. if you do it right it gets us to make a comment as well. oh, this is great. i'd change this next time. companies are using those reviews to innovate and taking responses from consumers and coming up with new products and services which is powerful. >> new products and services you think that would fall into the social media category. interesting the study found people aren't likely to seek opinions from the social media despite the one guy say i would put an ad out on facebook. why are we so reluctant? >> the study says 22% of millinials go to the internet. there is a difference the younger you get. >> sure. >> but still social has a free for all. it's like is this all legit? we feel a sense of authority if somebody put it on a site that is run by a company and they have a chance to respond.

there is the idea it is more true. you go on facebook and you see all sinds of stukinds of stuff. >> who knew. >> the younger you go, we didn't include it in this service the more validity social has because it's more normal. think about it you're in a store and looking at a tv and going i want to buy that tv. we are not going turn to the person next to us and say what do you this think about this tv? no way! what do you do? you take out your phobe and go -- phone and read the reviews. >> now i realize i've done that. very interesting! >> jason, thanks so much. secretary of state hillary clinton is in the long isolated nation of burma and pressing for democratic reforms after meeting with the country's president. clinton says u.s. is willing to

lift economic and other sanctions as burma moves forward. >> any steps that the government takes will be carefully considered and will be, as i said, matched because we want to see political and economic reform take hold. >> secretary of state clinton met today also with burma's human rights leader aung san suu kyi. john hinckley who tried to assassinate president reagan may testify today at a hearing to determine if he should have more freedom from the mental hospitals where he resides. the government says he lied about a recent visit to a movie. instead he went to a barn barnes&noble book store and looked at books on reagan's assassination. at an online auction yesterday the rare first issue of action comics brought 2.16

million dollars. in 1938, it cost 10 cents. over the years we have seen bridget moynahan in a string of block busters and lights up the small screen on cbs on thursday nights on "blue blood."

bridget moynahan is here this morning to talk about that and a little bit more. >> good morning. >> second season. how is it going? >> it's going great and better than the first season so we are all really happy. >> which is where you want to be, right? >> absolutely. >> because first season was fantastic. it's a great character you get to play because there are so many different layers. like most working mothers, you know, can see themselves in it. it must be fun for is an as actor as well to splor aexplore these each week. >> we all have so many different layers. this year i think they are able to talk about it more. >> tom selleck, how is he doing? >> he's doing good. >> good? >> yeah. >> what is the number one question you get? what is it like to work with tom selleck? >> that and what about his mustache? >> epic legendary mustache!

arguably the most famous mustache in the world. >> it is. it could never go anywhere. >> we want to talk about the charity that you're working with as well because we both think this is such a great cause. >> the hole in the wall gang. it was started by paul newman in 1988 and at that time they were serving 2 8 children and this year they will reach about 20,000 through the camp and the year-round programs and the outreach programs. >> for people aren't familiar with the hole in the wall gang camp, give us a sense. who are the kids that get this opportunity? >> they are kids who have different kind of illnesses from cancer to sickle cell, met bolick disease and get to sense the freedom from their sickness or however long they are there and just be a kid again.

it's all free of charge. they provide these services to these kids free of charge and what is great about the camp is they also service the siblings and the parents which is, i think, unique. this kind of illness affects everybody and sometimes you feel so alone on what to do or how you're going through things and your peers can't understand, but people when are going through the similar thing are able to support you and so they really -- they handle the whole -- >> we saw a picture there. you've been volunteering too. >> i have. i went up to the camp' got to hang out with some of the kids and meet some of the parents and climb a rock wall. >> so you got to go back and be a kid in the camp too. >> i did. this boy here was so fantastic. he actually had one leg and he pulled himself up the wall just from his arms and got all the way up there and did the zip line and there was just a wide

range of kids who were going through so many challenges in their own life. then they were pushing themselves and each other even farther and so you just kind of jump in and become part of the energy and the vibe. >> it's quite an experience. it brings home a lot of lessons you want to share with your son and just makes you think about the way you do things and talk about things. >> yeah. it's a win/win for everybody. so great if people could get more involved and you can go to hole in the wall gang.org and they have a lot of opportunities on how you can participate. >> great organization. nice to have you here. >> good luck with your little guy as well. >> thanks. >> see you soon, bridget. you can see "blue bloods" at 3q

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the nominations for this year's grammy awards are in and leading the pack with seven of them is kanye west, including song of the year. >> there were a few surprising snubs, though. correspondent lee cowan has the list and announced at last night's live concert. ♪ >> reporter: one night, one hour. this year's grammy galaxy was an ek electic mix from lady gaga to the bold moves of rihanna. both in the running for the best album of the year. ♪ >> reporter: but it was kanye west who got the most nods, seven in all. ♪ >> reporter: followed closely by bruno mars, the foo fighters and british sensation adele. ♪ we could have had it >> reporter: there no winners

last night but a chance for those nominated to remind the recording academy they have made up but a chance to remember past artists. ♪ when the night has come >> reporter: like niche ashford and jerry lieber and a cast carrying tribute led by usher. ♪ >> reporter: but beyond those who were nominated, there were those who didn't make the top list. neither taylor swift who won last year, nor tony bennett, who was the oldest person to ever hit number one this year, made the cut for best album. whatever suspense was built up will have to wait until february when the winners of the 54th grammy awards are officially announced. ♪ in the corner of the bar with my high heels on ♪ >> reporter: lee cowan, cbs news, los angeles.

>> joe levy is here with his grammy nomination predictions. today the big reveal. how did joe do? >> i did good. >> not too bad. i didn't take too many risks. i went with adele and a safe bet. she got plenty of nominations in the major category. >> she did. six of them. how do you think she will do, though, on grammy night? >> i think great. did you hear the cheers in the room last night when they announced her nominations? everyone is pulling for her. she's got this great story, not only as the album about heartbreak and getting over it but now she has had vocal surgery. the big story is she going to be able to sing at the grammys and voters are going to be thinking about that leading up to this. >> she she will be there regardless, just a question of whether she sings or not? >> that's right. whether she has recovered enough to sing at that point. >> bruno mars, six. surprised? >> very happy to see bruno mars get six nominations. i am surprised he got six. i'm not surprised he got multiple nominations. he is a multiple threat. he's a great singer and great

song writer and great producer and last year nominated for work he did for celo and others. >> he had like seven nominations last year? >> i'm not sure seven but he was up there. >> he is how old? >> 26. >> 26 years old. >> goodness! goodness! >> there were also -- we can't forget kanye west who leads the pack with seven nominations. >> the story there he has two albums that are eligible. his own and with jay-z the big chatter why didn't he get record of the album of the year nomination. some voted for both. >> has he said anything about not getting that nomination? >> i think he's a little too smart to jump on it right now. plenty of him to type on twitter and tell us what he thinks ich we like bon iver?

>> he is a folk artist with a lot of atmosphere and backdrop. song of the year? record of the year? he has six nominations and three in the major categories. he collaborated with conyea so there is kanye's touch yet again. >> one could argue his previous album was better than -- >> i would argue that. i think we both agree the previous bon iver -- his second album. grammys are always doing stuff stuff like that. >> they are up? ing a few people, too. tony bennett as we mentioned. because he has been around a while? >> i think a major story this year is that there are no old guys in the big category. paul simon had a good record and tony bennett had a record that hit number one. none of the major categories for them. taylor swift has three grammy but none in the major

categories. you don't have to be old to be snubbed by the grammys. >> that seemed like maybe the biggest surprise of all of the tight. >> especially after her recent wins in the last couple of weeks. >> all i can think maybe there is a little bit of taylor fatigue. she has won so much, maybe they are just ready to take a pause, a taylor pause. >> she is, what, 21? >> yeah. >> speaking of the young state farm. this is jessica.

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he's free! the guy held in the disappearance of the missing american tourist in aruba back in the usa. and the woman's boyfriend is outraged. >> i'm kind of shocked by it. then, the woman who claims to be herman cain's mistress. her first live tv appearance. >> i can't make this stuff up. and what happened to marie osmond's