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>> >> our chief political correspondent jan crawford is in was& ingpwaston hingwithton with tha. good morning. >> good morning. >> rep>> rorteeporr: nter:ow h no front-runner, newt gingrich is pund ergoundeing rgoitheng the same runners to deal with. in gingrich's case a lot of qu plif e.life. married three times and having an affair with a younger staffer while he was prosecuting pent resiclindentton clifor nt unde r oaundethr oath with his extral relationship with monica lewinsky. in the past gingrich has side-stepped these questions but in saturday night's debate, he gave a direct answer. >> & np>> in my case, i've said i've made mistake assess times and had to go to god for fof gi venegivess anessnd and i'm also venegivess anessear&nd i'm also oldp68- year-old grandfather an nk p eoplthine hak peve topleo me hao i am i am now. >> reporter: rick perry took the opportunity to take a not so subtle shot at beginning ritual. >> if you will cheat on your wife and your spouse, why

business partner or why wouldn't you cheat on anybody for that matter. >> reporter: gingrich republican opponents were attacking him for pusi ng husinis cg hiongrs coessngre buss psineersoss pnalersonal ba >> we know he has taken over a hu ndrehundd mired lliomillnion do. his offices are on rodeo drive of of washington called k-state. he is the king of k street. >> reporter: michele bachmann says there is little different ma ssacmasshuseachutts settgoves g romney. >> if you want a difference, mi chelmiche baele chmabachnnmann conservative. it's not newt romney. >> reporter: romney made the biggest faux pas of the debate saying romney concealed his past support for an obama style medical plan. >> rick, he'll tell you what. 10,000 bucks? 10,000 dollar bet? p>> i'm>> i'm not in the betting business. >> reporter: at a campaign appearance in iowa on sunday, perry continued to hammer romney

on the back. >> the idea that -- make a bet wa swas a little out of the pord inarordiy.nary. [ inaudible ] have an extra p10, 000 10,0you00 you throw down on is very out of the ordinary. brush it off at an appearance in pnew hamnew pshihampre shire yester >> after the debate was over, an an d saand idsaid i was great. she said a lot of things you do pwel l.well. betting isn't one of them. >> reporter: president obama who, so far, has steered clear of disof dcussiscuingssing the go pr esidpresentiidenal tial field, t pfro nt-rfronunnet-rurnner gingrich t on "60 minutes." >> he is somebody who has been ar oundaround a long time and is g on on tv, is good in debates. >> and with us is also john dickerson, along with jan, our jan, when we look at the debate

pher e, therehe, the bets, the 10,00 wh ich whicmitth mitt romney said one thing he doesn't do very pwel l,well, this is really backfiri big-time for him. phow how is the campaign dealing with that fallout? >> reporter: you saw romney talking about his wife ann and tried to make light of that mo mentmoment but, of course, what happened is this is what all of mentmoment but, of course, what happened is this is what all of the what the other opponents are talking about, has gotten him off his message a little bit. pin in iowa, in these caucuses, with these republicans, i don't think it's going to make much difference at all. i mean, they know romney is a rich guy. pthe y kntheyow know he made a lot oy before he went into public service. this will come as no surprise to phim .him. we have elected rich presidents h.w. bush but the problem of him psay ingsaying that it came across a everybody is wanting to talk about. >> meanwhile, i'm sure newt g gingrich doesn't mind they are if he is continuing to rise in he the polls. in florida and iowa.

essentially ten days with the holidays left before iowa. so about ten days to get things done. john, anybody else who you see pu llinpullg ahing eadahead or mak in that time? >> well, there have been so many surges in the republican race, i guess it's still potentially possible, but, no. i think we have, you know, gingrich is at the top of these po llspolls and it's now up to rom to try and find some way to ron paul is also a key player. you talk to strategists and ppol lstepollrs,sters, they don't se paul racing to the top but in some states like iowa and the caucuses where he is well adamant about him. one thing to keep in mind in all of these polls a number of pe oplepeop sayle s theay ty cohey their mind is as high as 70%. still a lot of fluidity but bu t webut 'vewe've had such a cra primary season, you never know. maybe one of the dark horses co uld coulcomed come back. >> why stop now? pit keepit kseeps it exciting. what is newt gingrich's biggest

hurdle in terms of maintaining ma nymany have said to come to his pcam p?camp? >> newt gingrich is a big hurdle to newt gingrich because one of pthe the things that the romney camp is is now trying to argue, they ha ve bhaveeen beetaln talking ab baggage in the past. their argument is worry of the ne wt gnewtingr ginichgrich of the. which is to say he is volunteer vo lativolaletile and if you come accommodation about his past, he 's ahe's a nominee when gets in ag&he's a nominee when gets in insprace against barack obama, might say something that co mplecomptelyletely driveways hi co mplecomptelyletely driveways hi and phav e ashave as republicans to beat barack baarack obama will be hurt. ptha t's thatthe's the kind of boogi they are bringing up they are bringing up this week. the question is whether newt gingrich in these performances shpow people a calm, person, wh knows his brief and able to push pbac k onback on the idea he is too unpredictable. >> jan, in terms of mitt romney, the fact he is using a similar playbook as he did for the 2008

with iowa and some comparisons to mike huckabee. how much has changed in that campaign that could, in fact, signal a change in the outcome ar around? >> reporter: we are seeing romney spending time now in iowa and thinking he may make some kind of impact on that state for the reasons john just said. rom& ey promhas ney beenhas been polt the questhe tionquestion is that a a ceiling? pwe havewe h seeave n giseenngri gi and get a lot of that support and he is pretty far ahead. if somebody else were to come in and take some of gingrich's sup& ortpsup yoport you have the thr iowa feeling good as he goes in to nintoew new hampshire. a lot of time left and doesn't se em lseemike like much but a lot happen in three weeks. they will start to make gingrich use the thing that gingrich has said in the past to suggest he would be unstable that he wouldn't have steady hand on and in the white house. the problem with that, though, is that gingrich comes across

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regulations, do we think that th atthat is going to be somehow me psuc cesssuccful?essful? an d ifand if the american people k that that's a recipe for success and a majority are persuaded by that, then i'm going to lose, but i don't think that's -- i don't think that's where the american people are going to go because i don't think the american people believe that ba sedbased on what they have seen before, that's going to work. >> reporter: why do you think you deserve to be reelected? what have you accomplished? >> not only saving this country from a great depression, not only saving the auto industry, but putting in place a system in which we're going to start lo werilowengring health care cost bankrupt because you get sick or somebody in your family gets sick. mak& ngpmaking sure that we have pref ormerefodrmed the financial syso we never again have taxpayer-funded bailouts and the system is more stable and secure, ending don't ask, don't

tell, decimating al qaeda, including bin laden being taken when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do and we're going to keep on at it. >> reporter: the president was also also asked by steve kroft about performance of president. mr. obama said he was being ju dgedjudged against the ideal ra ptha n agthanains agatinst the alter whi& h, pwhiof cch, oursof ce,ourse, hopes he'll be judged when the vo tersvoters go to the polls. jeff? >> bill, this meeting the president has today with iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki, what are we expecting from that? >> reporter: the end of u.s. tar&eporter: the end of u.s. inpmilvoitary im portimpoant rtanfor t fother th because it marks a promise ca ppedcapp afted aerfter nine yea. pbut ,but, look. pman ymany divisive issues that reman in u.s. relations with iraq. so this meeting is about putting som& lipsompe lipstick on the face

u.s./iraqi relations. lots of contentious eyes there pmal iki'maliski's appearance in the is standing on its own and that ap precappriateeciastes the help as given it over the past nine years. i think even more important is vin&ink even more important is phaving al maliki here sends a undue influence from iran or be a& a surge grogate for iran in the middle east. >> the u.s. troops in iraq couentinue to pack up and leave >> j im>> jim axelrod has more from bad. ghdad. >> r epor>> rter:epor theter: dep th defe nsedefense won't say exactly wh th e lathe st ulast.s. u.stroo. t fo r obfor viouobvisous security r. pbut but at this point, there's fewer than three weeks left before the pend end of the year and that, of

cou& cou&se,pcourse, is the deadline more proops cross over the border from southern iraq into northern 2008 every day. the& the&e aptherere are now somewhe 5,500 troops left in iraq oyed deployed among three u.s. bases still operating here. it is an enormous undertaking. one officer we spoke with called it the biggest low gistic opioneration under taken by the so far it appears to be going quite smoothly. >> it gives me great pride to be a part of something as big as this. >> reporter: the latest to be tu rnedturn oveed orver to iraq as 60 miles south of baghdad. cbs news visited calsue last it was essentially a truck stop, a a place for convoys moving from in stalinstlatiallaons tionfurts f to wardtowa therd the kuwait bordep for fuel and maintains. then a nine-hour drive from pcal suecalsue is under the control

ir aq iraq forces. the question now of course, is th ethe iraqis are going to be in arg& iraqis are going to be in ofpcharge of securing iraq. there is a range of opinions, obv& ouspobvly, iousamonly, gamong i to to find out whether the government is up to the job to ot hersothers not seeing u.s. trooo leave because they are so sure hersothers not seeing u.s. trooo leave because they are so sure the to that job. >> >> a broader level, jim, if you can sum it up, there is a prevailing iraqi sentiment in terms of towards the u.s. troops and what they have done there p>> repo>> rrterepor:ter: well, a r feelings there too. if there is a general sense, there is gratitude for toppling sa ddamsadd butam but a range of of mistakes made after that in the somewhat of the luster off of th atthat polish of having toppled saddam and that is where you begin to hear in the streets

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look at that name there, robert griffin iii, baylor university, he is also with us ahead this morning and looking forward to talk to him. >> very impressive kid. >> that, he is. first, new set of sexual abuse allegations against a leading sports figure there. police in memphis say bobby dodd long time leader of the aau is suspected of sexual abusing

boys, a separate story here. two alleged victims told their story to espn last week. >> that story on the heels of penn state. meanwhile, developments this week at penn state. at least five alleged victims are set to tell their stories in court for the first time. anna werner is in state college, pennsylvania. good morning, anna. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. you know, there are allegations that have been the subject of two grand jury reports and hundreds of new stories. tomorrow, jerry sandusky's accuser are expected to answer questions themselves about their allegations that he molested them. the preliminary hearing will be the public's first chance to hear directly from some of the young men who claim sandusky sexual abused them as children. jerry sandusky will be there to hear their testimony too and as his lawyer joe amendola says. >> he is dreading it. he has to sit in a courtroom with a couple hundred people. i understand it's going to be filled to capacity, including

members of his family and friends, who are going to listen to some of these young men say horrific things occurred between them and jerry. >> reporter: and cbs news has learned that a key prosecution witness is also scheduled to testify. mike mcqueary. he is the former penn state assistant coach who told a grand jury that in 2002, he saw jerry sandusky in a locker room shower on the penn state campus sexually assaulting a young boy. according to the grand jury report, he says he saw a boy he estimated to be 10 years old with his hands up against the wall, raped by a naked sandusky. but a local newspaper report sunday raised new questions about whether mcqueary may have told a different story back then. "the harrisburg patriot news" quoting a source says after the stent mcqueary went to a father's home where a family friend dr. jonathan dranov was also present. the newspaper says dranov said

choir mcqueary heard sex sounds. the paper said drranov said he asked mcqueary several times if he saw anything sexual and several times mcqueary said no. at dranov's home on sunday, a woman declined to comment. >> we are not opening the door! good-bye! >> reporter: mcqueary also declined to speak. now, one person who will not be testifying tomorrow is sandusky himself. this will be a probable cause hearing where the prosecutors have to establish the charges against sandusky. by the way, jeff, no cameras in the courtroom tomorrow. >> anna werner in state college, thanks. terrell brown is over at the n news desk with check of other headlines. a moscow a large crowd of

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in 17 years on the supreme court justice stephen breyer served his share of controversial cases. he said when the high court decides an issue and we accept it, that says a lot about america. >> he discusses that and much more in his book "making our democracy work: a judge's view." now available in paperback. nice to have you with us this morning, sir. >> thank you. >> you do bring up interesting point even when there is so much discussion, heated many times over certain decisions, people follow. what is put out there? they don't riot. >> yes.

>> no backing up. >> why do you think that is? >> it's a question of history. i mean, it's a very good question. why should americans enter a democracy due to nine unelected judges. it's worse than that. these nine elected officials can do thing that affect their lives and they can be very unpopular. they are supposed to be unpopular some of the time because the constitution gives rights to people who are unpopular the same as people who are popular and they might be wrong. >> but we do follow those rulgs. >> yerulings. >> yes we do. people, gradually, over time, go back 150 years and you'll see people didn't follow it when the supreme court said northern georgia belongs to the cherokee indians. the president of the united states sent troops to evict the indians. when some of us can remember, you can't, but i can remember. >> what do you say? >> i can remember when

desegregation began to take place and in little rock, the governor stood in the schoolhouse door and it took president eisenhower to put 1,000 paratroopers, 101st airborne on airplanes and send them to little rock where they escorted those black children into the white school and gradual, over time, people have learned that even though we on supreme court are human and, therefore, may be wrong, even though it's still better to follow a rule of law than it is to shoot each other in the streets. >> and you have a habit of asking your audiences which cases in history they dislike the most. >> i do ask them that. that's true. >> the response it? >> the response it -- well i don't mind what the response is. i give them a choice. are you very much against abortion cases and what do you think of prayer in schools or what do you think about bush versus gore? i get responses from the audience. i know. i was dissent in that case but i

heard senator reed say and i suspect he didn't like the opinion. he's a democrat leader, right? here is an important case. very unpopular with half the country. and probably, in my opinion, you see wrong but five thought it was right. i said the most remarkable thing about that case is something not often remarked. despite that, people did not go into the streets and shoot each other. they did not riot. they did not. now, i'm talking to a college audience and sometimes -- see, i know what you're thinking. you're thinking too bad, they should have riots a little bit and then i say before you make that judgment definitely, turn on the television set and watch what happens in countries that substitute violence -- >> we can disagree, but we respect. >> which is so important. so much talk these days about liberal justices and conservative justices and everything has seemed to become so political in this country. how political really is it when you all sit down and you're doing your job or when you're in

the lunch room together and you're doing these? i mean, is it really a political gathering? >> no. i want to explain that here. i want to say that's not the right word. 40% of the time, we're unanimous. 5-4s is about 20%, 25%. i say what is it? is it politics? no. no, i don't think it's politics. not politics. is it ideology? that isn't quite right. if i think i'm doing this because aim adam smith free enterprise or a troublemaker, that isn't right. you said you grew up in san francisco. i lived there a while. you sort of begin basic beliefs what is the country like, what is the law like and how they can relate and people come with basic views and that difference of philosophy is what you

sometimes see accounting for decision. it's not politics. >> no, it's not. >> justice breyer, we thank you very much for coming in. we have a segment coming up that you may be interested in as well. you went to stanford. unfortunately, andrew luck did not win the heisman but the man who did win the heisman irks rub it in. >> not only did he win the heisman, he thought about law school. >> that's exactly what i was going to say. i just met him. >> robert griffin, iii, we will talk to him about the heisman and recent supreme court decisions. no. he's coming up. ♪

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how about you? any sleep? >> not much. >> you've been so happy. i don't think we've seen a grin come off your face. >> not many people get a chance to say they won it and i get a chance to win it for baylor university. >> we watched you last night on the nfl. you said this is unbelievably believable. what does that mean? >> first of all, i had to get that line correct, otherwise, it would have been all messed up. i said it because it helped set up the rest of the speech. unbelievably. when good things happen, you say this is crazy and i can't believe it's happening. and still hasn't sunk in for me. it's believable because we worked hard for it. you know how you feel when you finally get that recognition you finally deserve and it feels good. that's why i said it was unbelievable. >> you were described as one student athlete. you have a package. you're not only talented on the field but you're a smart guy. also your dedication and goodness as a person. that must be a wonderful thing

to hear for you, but also for your family and for your parents. i know that that really goes into who you are today. >> yeah. both of my parents are ex-military so discipline was a big thing for us. if you say you're going to do something, you make sure do you it. he is a great guy and giving me water before the heisman ceremony. that was crazy! but he is really pressurive of what i've been able to do, but him coming to baylor university has really helped us out and him supporting the football team has helped us rise up. >> you mentioned your parents. i think they are in the studio. can we get a shot of mom and dad? there they are. hi, guys. >> good morning, mom and dad. >> proud mamma and papa there. did you get the sock thing from your father? where did that come from? can we get the grand reveal on your socks now? you wore the superman socks on heisman night. yesterday was elmo socks. today, santa. >> i like that. >> dad, he would not wear these socks and you would not catch him ever wearing a pair of socks

like these. it's something i started in high school and i continue to do. >> what is your favorite pair of socks? >> the superman socks from the other night. but, you know, my favorite character like scooby-doo, i have all of those too. >> you like the action figures? you collect action figures? >> do we have those? i think we have a few. >> we went shopping. we happen to work next door to a toy store. >> captain america. >> spiderman. >> were you a comic guy? >> i was not a comic guy but a cartoon guy and superman. >> we have total armor superman. >> is it legal for me to take these? i don't think so. >> that's a good question actually. >> open them and then -- >> ncaa? i don't know. >> great to have you with us. >> we have to say good-bye. >> good luck to you, my friend! >> yes. congratulations! >> thank you. still ahead, health is a huge success. how do you follow up on that? >> we will ask her.

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i want to interview you about what it's like to work as a maid. i'd like to do a book of interviews about working for white families. >> welcome back to "the early show." i'm jeff glor along with erica hill. that was a clip from "the help" a breakout movie from the summer and getting oscar attention right now. it is based on the best selling nolf that the great book kathryn stockett wrote. nobody was interested in that book for a long time. she believes it was a story worth telling and i understand it paid off. >> we are looking forward to talking to her in a moment. also ahead, five women who probably have some of the most fun you can on day time television and get paid for it. the hosts of "the talk" are with

us with a special week of shows. we are looking forward to having them with us. >> i am going to be badly outnumbered. >> seriously outnumbered, jeffrey. yes! >> wow. >> terrell is outnumbered too. >> i'm going to have to hang around for that one. good morning. president obama made the case for his re-election during an exclusive interview on "60 minutes" last night. a cbs news poll finds 41% of voters think mr. obama has performed his job well enough to be reelected and 54% don't think so. yesterday, the president defended his economic policies, but he says he understands the frustration. >> i would be surprised if the american people felt satisfied right now. they shouldn't feel satisfied. we've got a lot more work to do in order to get this country and the economy moving in a way that benefits everybody. >> mr. obama says if voters believe that lowering taxes for

the wealthy will fix the economy, then he'll lose. one of the president's potential opponents, mitt romney, is taking heat after offering to wager $10,000 during saturday night's debate. critics say romney is out of touch with the average american. romney tried to make a bet with rick perry who accused romney of making changes to his book. >> you raised that before, rick. it was true then. >> and it's true now. >> rick, i tell you what. 10,000 bucks? 10,000 dollar bet? >> romney made light of the bet attempt in new hampshire yesterday. he said his wife reminded him that gambling was not his strong suit. >> ann came up and gave me a kiss and said i was great and she said a lot of things you do well. betting isn't one of them. >> romney and republican front-runner newt gingrich campaign today in new hampshire. australian surfer says he is the luckiest guy on two legs after a too close encounter with shark. it happened yesterday off a town

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didn't need help finding an audience. the novel on the best seller list two years and the film released on dvd is a blockbuster and generating plenty of oscar buzz. >> but it almost didn't happen. author kathryn stockett received about 60 rejection letters before receiving help from a publisher. the movie is on dvd now as well. kathryn stockett, good morning. >> thank you for having me. >> 60 right? >> 61 was the lucky letter. i finally got hooked up with my agent susan raymer and i saved all of those letters. i try to take them around the united states to show other writers how important it is to stick to it. >> not using them on dart boards? >> no. i cherish them. that taught me so many lessons about editing and going back to make your work better and sticking to it. i'm very stubborn, by the way. >> that comes in handy. how much did it change when you said you went back and did some editing?

>> a little bit here and there. over the course of several years with that much rejection, yeah, you question everything! >> how long was it? over the course of how many years, those 61 letters? >> three years. >> three long years. >> it's worth it. glad it worked out in the end. >> you think it worked out? >> i think it worked out pretty well. >> i'm glad it was the journey for me. i think an instant win that -- i like the struggle. >> you got to work for something. >> there you go. >> this all started. you started writing this after september 11th. >> i did. i was in my apartment downtown which funny enough i share with the director and screen writer of the movie. i became so homesick and started to think about dmitry who was woman who worked for our family over 16 years. she died and this was, in a way, a love letter to her. >> it's well documented you fought. again, the stubbornness.

you fought aggressively to have him direct the movie when they said we need a big name hollywood director. >> that's right. >> if you did this all over again, you'd do it the same way, i assume? >> absolutely. but they asked me for the screen rights. we were really good friends. i knew he was talented but he had never done a studio film. when he asked me, of course, i said no. and then, eventually, he talked me into it. i just really -- i had two conditions. >> did you send him rejection letters? >> yeah, yeah! i wanted it to be film in mississippi because, otherwise, you know, some producer would do it up in hollywood or vancouver? can you imagine? making vancouver mississippi? >> not mississippi. >> no. i wanted oklahoma tctavia spency minuny minny. >> it's not my vision you say. >> i'm sure tate would have

appreciated that. we all would have cocktails after. we shot in greenwood, mississippi. a darling little town and really hasn't changed so much from the '60s. >> there was so much when this book came out. it was like a flood. i felt like i heard it bit from everybody, from my mother, from my girlfriend. you would see it talked about on the tv and even wrybody was hap when the movie came out. but a bit of abacklash too. >> i did. i write in a dialect for the african-americans. i'm white taking on the story of someone else and i get that. like i sort of understand why that would be unnerving, but, at the same time, i think it's so important as a writer to try to imagine what it feels like to be someone else. >> speaking of writing. you have your next book. you're working on it.

ongoing there. >> it was due in january! >> last january. not next month! >> no, last january. i had a meeting with my publi publisher and i thought this is where she will say where is that book you promised? instead all she did was talk about "modern family" and "glee." finally, i was the one that said it's not ready! it's not ready! but i'm working on it. it takes place during the roaring '20s in oxford, mississippi. >> ole miss? >> yeah. >> still working on it? not giving us a date? >> no. not a title either. it's about a group of women who have no marketable skills. we, as women of the 2 thousa000o to college and prepare ourselves for the world. these women did not and the men fall away so they have to find a different way to earn a living. >> i'm intrueinged! one of the these days, we will get to read it.

>> i hope so. >> go for it. you go first. >> lovely. thank you for coming in. >> nice to have you here. congratulations on all of your success. >> thank you. >> it's great. great story you point out of perseverance. a little struggle goes a long way. >> thanks. ahead an experimental drug is extending the lives of women with breast and ovarian cancer. >> one of them will tell us her story. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. stick around. w.

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♪ in this morning's "healthwatch," a promising cancer drug for women and now being tested on patients who have a genetic condition that makes breast and ovarian cancers more common. >> bill whitaker has a story of a patient who has a stunning turnaround. >> reporter: tina roark describes herself as a cancer survivor.

>> this time last year, i wouldn't dream i would be sitting here today. >> reporter: she has been battle is breast cancer since 1999. she was 37. >> my son would have been in first grade and he graduated this year. i didn't think i would be able to see it. >> reporter: chemotherapy led to remission but five years later the cancer came back with a vengeance. >> i had a lot in my spine, in my bones and my back. >> reporter: tina is one of the five to 10% of women with breast or ovarian cancer who carry mutations of bracco gene. they are tumor suppressors so a damaged gene puts a woman at high risk for the disease. not only did tina test positive for the mutation, so did nearly every woman in her family. cancer struck nine relatives over four generations. did you think you were going to die? >> yes. i was prepared to die. my life was not worth living

because it was just constant pain and agony and doctors. >> reporter: when chemotherapy was no longer working, tina's doctor learned of a drug trial at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles for end-stage cancer patients genetically predisposed to the disease and giving hope to the hopeful. in march tina joined the study under dr. audeh. she takes 16 pills a day. throughout the body, cells are constantly replicating and repairing themselves. cancer cells replicate so fast that mistakes occur, causing dna damage. the pill targets the cancer cells and blocks the enzyme they need to repair their dna. the result, the cancer cells die. in this international trial of about 3 un00 patients, 30% to

40% are responding. >> it's very difficult to say cure with anybody who has advanced cancer. >> reporter: but remarkably in the past nine months, tina's tumors have shrunk 64%. >> well, it's always amazing to see a drug that really doesn't have a lot of side effects produce responses in people who have very advanced cancers. >> reporter: tina travels from arkansas every month and nervous iawaits test results. >> everything is stable. it's very hard to find any sign of cancer on your skin any longer and certainly no sign of it in your blood. >> wow. >> so we will just keep going. >> all right! that's good! it's amazing. every day is wonderful! it's a god-send. it's a blessing. >> reporter: and she is now looking forward to her son's next milestone. what was that like to see him graduate? >> it was a beautiful day! it was a beautiful day! now i'm going to wait and see him graduate college. i'm going to see him walk across that stage!

>> reporter: some time next year, about 100 more patients will be accepted into the trial. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> researchers say the future cancer treatment really lies in target of therapy like this one. they also point out the study has not determined still how long the drug will be effective in any one patient. up next, more americans are skipping a trip to the mall and doing their holiday shopping on the internet. >> that's me. >> webbing. .com. >> you got it. we will show you how to shop securely online when "the early show" continues. announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by prevacid 24 hour. t we want and sleep soundly through the night. prevacid®24hr prevents the acid that causes frequent heartburn all day, all night. go to prevacid24hour.com for a $4 coupon. ♪

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online sales so far up 15% over this time last year. shoppers have sent more than $24 billion online. >> however the comfort of buying from home also has risks like fraud phishing, identity theft. senior editor bridget carey of c-net.com is familiar with all of them. not because her identity has been stolen but because she is well versed to know these things. >> you will help us keep the grinch at bay when we do online shopping. jeff mention the phishing and they look like amazon but they are not. how do awe void those if they look so real? >> we are more apt to follow for them because they are posing as amazon and we are doing more online shopping now so you think it's real like normal times of the year. they are saying, hey, something is wrong with your account or,

hey,, you know, your deliverly didn't go through. you click on the link and takes to a site that is like amazon but it's gobbly gook. you quickly answer with a password so do not click inside of an e-mail. open up a new window and type in amazon.com manually. >> i always look at it and even if i do follow anything i always make a check the ur bar. >> always do that. >> they can switch one letter or out anything. other red flags we are looking for here. auction sites? >> you go to ebay because you have to have the must have gift and sometimes they don't have any gift but want your money. if you through the whole auction they come up with a story i can't accept your money because i'm in another country. can you wire me the cash from western union? red flag. if you ever feel unsure about something, contact the seller. right away you won't get their contact information until you make a bid but make a small bid.

if you can't contact them by e-mail or phone retract your bid and don't give them any money. >> if you click on this, you'll get $1,000. >> i didn't get that payout. i kid. this one, i've always wondered whether or not he should do this. a lot of reputable retailers will say why don't i save all of your information so the next time you come back, it's easier? there are sites i shop on all the time and i thought, sure, it's easier. >> it's a little check box. let me remember your information for you. you fill it out again. convenient. but really in case your information gets stolen and how convenient is it now for the bad guys to have your credit card information filled out? >> better to take the extra 30 seconds to enter your credit card information each time? >> how much time are you saving? >> no matter what site it is, don't have them save it. one thing we see a lot on special clothing shopping sites is the personal shopping assistant will come out and start chatting with you and the window will pop up. >> new thing after customer

service. a window pops up can you help you today? sometimes when we have a problem we get so worked up we want them to fix it and send them our password and credit card and fix my problem. hold your horses. because you just gave someone who is outsourced your information and you wouldn't walk into an actual store and go to the clerk, here is my information and credit card information when you're checking out so don't do it online. >> be careful where you do your shopping. if you're using wi-fi you want it to be secure so don't do it in a public wi-fi spot like in a coffee shop. >> free wi-fi stops. coffee shop and mcdonald. someone in that same wi-fi can tap into your computer and see everything. if going to a free wi-fi is your only way to get free internet access download something called hot spot shield and it will give you one extra layer of protection. >> always your credit card over the debit card as we know. nice to have you. good tips. remember those for when you're buying my gift later. >> i bought a lot for you

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♪ >> a new table we brought in even for this. >> just for the occasion. >> unbelievable. welcome back. i'm jeff glor. erica hill is here. the table is in. the buzz is in the building. >> because the ladies from "the talk" are with you. here with a special week of shows from new york city. we will get the scoop on that and much more because if you know one thing, you know you can never know what to expect. >> i'm completely overwhelmed right now. >> overwhelmed, outnumbered. he is not feeling insecurity in his manhood at all right now, ladies. >> one hour of being abused coming up here. >> a dream come true, jeffrey. first, terrell brown with a check of the headlines. >> i'm getting out of here right

after this! occupy wall street protesters will try to shut down the busiest ports along the west coast from los angeles to vancouver. they were able to shut down the port of oakland last month. they are called wall street on the waterfront and rallying on what they say is unfair working conditions but they don't have the support of the powerful long shore men's union. on new year's day the city's minimum wage jumps 3 dollars more the federal men to $10.24. a large rally in moscow this morning in favor of putin's run for president. supporters rallied in front of kremlin chanting and giving speeches praising putin. putin has a new opponent now. the russian tycoon who owns the new jersey nets of the nba says he will challenge putin in the presidential election next

march. more than 25,000 people protested in moscow. they say the election was rigged. the demonstrators called for new elections for parliament and an official investigation has been ordered. manuel noriega is back in his home country now. he'll serve three 20-year sentences for killing political opponents in the 1980s. noriega was previously imprisoned in the u.s. for drug trafficking and in france for monday laundering. japan put a new spy satellite into orbit this morning and launched without an hitch by a rocket on a southern island. the satellite apparently will be used to keep tabs on military activities by north korea. while americans have been spending more in stores this holiday season, they are spending less at the movies. holiday romance new year's eve topped the weekend box office part of a weak $77 million total for the weekend.

the worst weekend in more than three yests. the sitter" at number two and" the twilight saga" number three. in scotland, two giant pandas at the edinburgh. >> reporter: were ready for their close-up. they arrived from china and met the media this morning. their names in english are sweetie and sunshine. they go on display on friday. the pandas will live at the zoo for the next ten years. one more time, everybody, on the count of three, let's get an

every weekday the cbs day time program "the talk" takes a lively look at everything that is going on. all this week "the talk" will do that from new york. >> we are cracking up already. julie chen and sara gilbert and sharon osbourne and sheryl underwood and aisha tyler are all here. >> tyler! it happens so often, i don't hear it any more. >> you started off on the wrong note! >> jeff was doing really well. >> for the record, it was correct on the imprompter. >> julie is back and five seconds calling you back already! >> he was flustered by her good looks. >> i'll take whatever you're throwing at me.

>> "entertainment weekly" said last week, the week before, "the talk" is finally findings its voice thanks in part to aisha and sheryl. it was a great thing to read. >> it's a good feeling when sara gilbert first came up with the idea of the show. you have a great idea. and then you put it on paper and then you put it on television and you kind of find your way. we all learned on the air kind of how to, you know, fit in with each other, do our jobs and it was we found our -- it was like sea legs. when we came on, sheryl was filling in as a guest host for a couple of days. and it was like cinderella, the glass slipper fit. >> all of a sudden, all of our opinions started coming out stronger and it was just this magical fit. it's really true. >> it's been a little almost surreal in the sense it just -- it did. sometimes things just feel

really organic and we were talking about it that the show worked so well that even when one of us is gone, it still works but when we are all five together, there is something that is really electric. >> but it was one of those things that was instant. it didn't take time to kind of see will it work, will it not? it just happened. >> in all seriousness, it always sounds cliche like my mother, how did you know? you know when you meet that person. the same way it works. this is your baby, you're one of the executive producers. is this ultimately where you guys are right now? is this kind of where you saw it in the beginning? >> i think, you know, whenever you have a vision of something, what it actually becomes is something different than what you picture and when something works, it's better than you even pictured. so that's how i feel. i feel really blessed with what the show is becoming and with these co-hosts and, you know, i just -- it's exceeded -- i'm amazed it ever made it on to any

kind of videotaped at all. >> she acts like she doesn't have a web series on cbs. 25,000 dollars started out and here, go make you a little show, sara. >> i was like, i'm not putting it on the web! >> you know what is fun? i think from what aisha and i bring to the show and what we are learning from these three ladies, it kind of gives us the security to go ahead and just shoot some good jokes up there. but everybody is getting some good jokes. we get to lay back and watch julie in a joke. sharon hit a joke and sharon hit a joke. already go to commercial. we are already doing it. >> very much a team effort. it's not -- it's, okay, this is a good place for aisha or sharon or sara to weigh in. i'll let her do that because i think it will work. >> a good point. it's not like we are trying to get our shots in. i think we are excited when someone else gets their shots in and tee something up and all of a sudden, sara will ding it and you say that is so great!

>> it's like finding your rhythm with each other and nobody trying to jockey for position. nobody is trying to be well, i got all of the lumps on that show, you know? it's like it's a team. >> but the thing that is mae amazing, i feel like we have awesome co-hosts. it's funny. >> it takes a day or two to get the rhythm down. >> we do seemingly go through segments. >> it's like a dance we have learned. the five of us know how not to step on each other's toes. >> you see it in the couple of minutes here. where in new york do you come from, julie? >> it's christmastime. don't get me wrong. i love southern california but when there is palm trees on december 25th, something is not right. santa in shorts and sunglasses. >> with a surfboard. >> yeah. and no shirt. we talked about it as a dream of ours and presented it to our

executive producers and they crunched the numbers and they were like, okay, let's try it. >> i think we're getting our money's worth or cbs is, because, you know, we just did howard stern. we're on "the early show" and getting press out there. the word is out. we're in "the daily news" today. it's special. the shows will look different and special for the holiday season. >> we want to talk more about the new york aspect of this and save that for after the break and have special things we want to show. you have a lot of fun but you talk about a lot of serious topics and what is out there and happening right now. i know jerry san dundusky is happening at penn state and affected all of you for different reasons. i don't know who wants to start. >> i'll say this. i have a specific relationship to the college because my husband is really related very close. everybody in his family went to penn state. his father played at penn state.

you know, i mean, played for joe paterno and my husband went to football camp with jerry sandusky and people who know penn state know that the people who have a relationship with the college, it's very intimate and passionate because one thing joe paterno established there was this culture of ethics even bigger the football program was ethics to moral principals and so devastating for people who love the college. i think as the victims, what happened to the victims is so tragic and then the larger disappointment of a college really letting down everything it stands for, i think, is what has been really painful for us as a family. and i think for a lot of americans and people who care about the college. it's -- this is going to take a long time to recover from. >> yeah. it was -- look. even if aisha wasn't with us that week, we would have talked about it but aisha took us inside the story that everybody was talking about, you know, in the country and you really gave, at least me, insight into like, wow. it's so easy for us to stand back and judge.

and you had to walk a fine line because your husband was like devastated when the news came out so you made us see both sides and we got to talk about it with, you know, i feel like more knowledge. >> i felt like sheryl brought personal, you know, history to it that was so moving and so brave of her and i think that gave another angle to it that we were really lucky that she was so forthcoming. >> but i think it's the way you all embraced me when i came on board that gave me the confidence to speak about something that most people would be ashamed of and, you know, i i think that is what makes this show great. we can have fun and be good girlfriends and talk to celebrities and talk about products but when you get to special about something and somebody out there is going through the same thing and they say she is going through it and getting comfort and support from her friends, then i can go to somebody and talk about it. >> for me, it was just a case of nothing to do with cbs, just my

own personal opinion. >> here we go. >> dirty old pity fire! >> you got to get the word right. you would have thought it was us that didn't get the word right! >> the adventure of the king's english. >> speaks the king's english. >> get the word out. >> your opinion. >> my opinion. >> i think we still have pedia in our fridge but not in the file pedia lyte. >> genitalia! >> it's not 9:00 yet! >> sharon wanted to see whatever words she could get out there. >> we have sun singular lion. >> i love it. i love it. >> anything that is off limits? for any of you? >> clearly, no. >> ask sharon.

>> anybody else? >> i remember once, thif in the first season, julie, i think you were saying, no talk for me. >> oh, for me personally, conveniently whenever -- although just on howard stern, i think i spilled my guts. >> i love it. >> i personally have not looked at my e-mail or cell phone yet. jules, are you crazy? what were you doing is in the great thing is we have a topic two of us say i'm not comfortable with and two of us are and it conveniently works. conveniently when it's a sex thing, what is is that that? oh, we have to go. >> what do you think, julie? >> i hear my mother calling me! >> control room. i can't. no. screaming at me and go to break. >> everything before the show. >> that's why i say that. >> don't you feel also -- i think because it's such a supportive group and we are all sort of encouraging everybody

feels forthcoming and don't feel they will be judged or pointed at do you know what i mean? it seems like they are not really girlfriends but we really get along so well, yeah, tell that story. like we kind of feel each other out. >> i feel like the only time i censor myself is when i i think i might hurt someone else's feelings. you think oh, people are watching. >> i say, just say it! >> clearly honest, brutally honest. >> we will continue that brutal honestly after the break here. much more with the ladies from "the talk" coming up after this.

back with the women of "the talk."

i'm still sitting here. >> su hayou have a limited amou space back there. >> and i'm not very graceful. >> tricky wheels. >> tricky wheels indeed. we are back with julie chen, sara gilbert and sharon osbourne and aisha tyler and sheryl under wood. >> we got the talk sandwich. many of you know sara gilbert is a vegan and they don't eat cheese but we knew if it was acceptable for sara to eat, it would just be a bowl of steam but they did compromise. >> that was really nice. >> yeah. >> they did. >> at carnegie deli, not many sandwiches without meat. >> no. i think one called the arm. an arm with bread.

>> this is small, by the way. >> yes. >> i don't even understand. you'd have to unflock that to get that in. >> they have a saying if you can finish it, they have made a mistake. >> right. >> but congratulations on getting your own sandwich. that is very cool. one big thing happening this week, you are in new york for a week of shows. what are you looking forward to most? >> i've been trying to get donald trump to come on "the talk" since we have been on the air. every now and then i'll run into him every now and then. i know he's busy and his line is, whatever you need, julie, i'll do it for you. whatever you need, i'll do it. but then he is busy! >> i love whether julie does her impressions. >> he is busy, you know? we brought the show to new york just for him and he is coming up. no, not just for him. i'm looking forward to having

donald, you know, take a seat at the table. >> i want to see what his hair looks like. i will take one of these sticks and see what is under there! >> i need to know. >> she's naughty but i like her. >> "men in black" a tiny man in there! >> one exciting thing is i think we have been a little nervous about the show, not nervous in a negative way but excited energy. but there's so much stuff going on outside of the show. they cast that incredible. just being here in new york. it's such a great city. l.a. energy flip-flops and tank tops. energy is broadway and stilettos so we will have a fabulous new york week. >> i'm excited for the talk at the top of the show. our bread and butter where we gel so that will be fun to have the new york energy. >> we have a live audience in l.a. and we feed off of the reaction from the live audience

in our studio. there's no audience in the country like a new york audience. you know instantly if you're falling on your face or, you know -- >> what do they say? if you make it here, can you make it anywhere. >> but if you flop here, they will eat you alive. and then we will deserve it. >> you end up in arm wich at carnegie deli. >> we have been going to radio city music hall for the christmas spectacular. i know you guys have kids. take your kids. they changed it. >> what age? will they get it? >> we loved it. >> charlie is 2 in three months and he was standing on the chair dancing and he loves the 3d portion. the rockettes are in lock step. it's a machine there. >> maybe you need to send a message to hugh jackman that i'm coming. >> are you going?

>> yeah. >> people who haven't seen our show yet. sheryl loves men. men love sheryl. >> i'm excited about this! i like the socks. i'm checking out the socks. >> you like those? i need a polish on the shoes. >> those are mary poppin socks. >> those are cute. >> they are green, though! >> kind of hood. michael jackson had his socks. >> i love robert griffin. rg-3 is the man! >> i love the socks! >> we are going to meet you after the show and try to -- he gets away without sheryl pulling a finger, saving it for later. >> a little souvenir. >> samuel jackson is coming. oh, my gosh! >> you're never going home, are you? >> never, never. they could pay me -- maybe not.

but i got to meet donny osmond. come on! donny osmond! >> we always know like we can never get jaded on this show because sheryl is so enthusiastic that we just wait for sheryl to go, oh, my god! >> every story line she is like that is the guy in the basement when the girl came in! >> it's lovely because i think, you know, you kind of every day you're make ago show and you're meeting people and you can get kind of jaded but enthusiasm with our show. we love our show and i think that embodied in everybody's expression but sheryl is the cheerleader. >> can i say happy birthday to my sorority sisters? it's dionne warwick's birth today. high five. >> can you get her some cannabis? >> just joking!

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