with sam harris.you have a sense of how you're going to be received tonight? >> people get quite heated. >> reporter: the writer and scientist who has become famous, or some might say, infamous, for his ferocious attacks on religion. >> so, you don't think i'm only picking on islam, consider the catholic church. >> reporter: attacks he launched in "the end of faith." >> the problem i want to talk about is the problem of belief. >> reporter: in a series of public pronouncements, which have fueled angry debates on youtube. >> i know i'm going to offend some people in this room. >> reporter: all of this has earned harris a reputation that has made it necessary for him to travel with security guards and live with his family in an undisclosed location. but here's the twist. it not just the faithful who are furious with sam harris these days. it is also his fellow atheists. >> i just wanted to say that i'm very disappointed by your speech. and -- >> i imagine you're in good company. >> reporter: it all star

when they voted to stay on harry harry said harry go go ahead harry i think that what stephanie says about phil and proves my point that the nordic countries are doing a lot better than the southern countries spain and portugal are the next and next on the line might be france so the nordic countries are indeed doing a lot better so we might have a division inside a euro zone meaning that eventually we have to the euro's a weak and. being destroyed. what about you what about it due to. your role in hard to believe in if and what about that a week your own a strong euro rich europe poor europe i mean whatever it is it's always wrong when when it was introduced it was too strong later on it was too weak in later on it was too strong later on it was too weak and went that's goes up and down in a way like the weather when it was introduced if i remember correctly it was one point eighteen dollars later on it changed completely came down two point nine. then it was absolutely different so whatever it was it was never good so that's a thing but ok i am i think it's very something very inte

are you hearing the last word harry gets the last word go ahead. i'm dealing with this every day national parliaments lose their influence because their governments come home saying we were against it but there was a majority in favor and therefore we were overruled and that leaves parliaments with no instruments to change the policy of their own governments because therefore i gentlemen i'm going to have to jump in here i do not see the trials and tribulations of the lisbon treaty many thanks to my guest today in stockholm amsterdam and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk as. if. you live only next to the floor of the gaza strip. but also on the border of peace and war. they're responsible not only for themselves. but also for their loved ones. are ready to take any risk.

harry do you want to jump in here in a letter here in jersey and we'll hear a johnny b. i know make sense harris jump in and we are now in the middle of a debate of creating more instruments for the for the european commission to introduce european taxes there are examples on the table we are now in the in the debate of creating sanctions the european commission wants more instruments to get involved in the national economies sanctions where. economies and governments do not follow the european rules so we are right in the middle of a debate that we never intended to harm and we should have never answered it really is the enemy so it is there for monetary union without a political union. visionaries only involves understanding only follow a political union and now we're trying to to to to to to get political union accepted because we are facing problems with the monetary union that's that's reality it's no winner unit cohesion is nearly as well into what union the whole what you have it is wrong when your heart and your you want to your union is wrong european go ahead l

poor a little in there, harry. new year's resolutions and new year. >> you did make a resolution. >> i did. you know what mine is? to go see my mom more often. >> that's a good idea. would you tell your mother we said hello. i haven't seen her in a year or more. >> she loves you, harry. happy new year, all the best in 2011. >> wow. that's good. >> what you did say to put on the collard greens? >> red pepper vinegar. take vinegar and let the red pepper soak in there. >> is that too much. >> no, that's fine. >> that's going to be all right? because i didn't taste the collard greens yet. >> let me see how you like those the homhock-free kinds. this meal is actually vegetarian >> what do you think? >> you were right. >> you batted a thousand. you bat ad thousand today, good job. >> great. >> we're feeling very fortunate and lucky this new year's for these recipes go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. to your health. we're going to be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> talking

harry?the inspiration behind the campaign is a little girl named virginia o'han lin, tonight she will appear in the animated special "yes, virginia" here on cbs. here's a preview. >> if you see it in the sun, it's so. the "new york sun," they always tell the truth, don't they? i could write to them. >> well, yes, but newspapers are very busy and they don't have time to answer every letter, so you've -- >> thanks, papa. >> and we are lucky enough to have virginia o'han lin with us in the studio this morning. good morning. >> good morning, harry. thanks for having me. >> believe me, it's my pleasure. now, you must be one of our youngest guests. you're 8, right? >> um, give or take 100 years. >> and already so accomplished. in fact, you were a balloon in the macy's thanksgiving day parade this year. how was that? >> that was pretty cool. >> yes, virginia seems to be on its way to becoming a holiday classic. for those who don't know, why don't you explain the story. >> well, it's all about me tr

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not in this case, harry.ort of lend themselves to a case getting worked out. you've got to remember, overwhelming number of cases do end up getting worked out. only 4% go to trial. you look at this case, it's not one where the defendant is saying, it wasn't me. i wasn't there. i had nothing to do. i'm absolutely innocent. reportedly he has said to the police, yes, here's what happened, i grabbed her, i shook her, i banged her head against the wall. now he hasn't admitted to everything that the prosecutor says happened there. >> right. >> so you take away the notion of the defendant saying, i'm clearly innocent, and it sort of leads you to some conversations here. >> now, what would compel the prosecution to go ahead and accept a deal, if the defense is saying, you know what, all those things we agree with, all the things you just said, what would you tell the prosecution, well we'll go along with that? >> a couple of things come into play here. if you're a prosecutor, and i go back to my days as a prosecutor

this is what we love about harry smith.. happy holidays to you. everyone in the holiday spirit, are you ready for some weather? >> yes. >> all right. let's take a check and see. it is cold. very, very good. let's see what's happening all across the country, shall we? looks like pleasant conditions in the northeast. it's cold but not bitter cold like it has been. keep in mind lake-effect activity, upwards one to three inches. to be honest with you, that's nothing in the lake-effect world right now. considering it is going to be quite possibly the coldest -- or excuse me, the snowiest december on record in places like syracuse. we're very close to that record now. gusty winds in the northeast as we head sunday into monday. where this low goes will determine who gets walloped. a real good bet for new england with rainy and windy conditions up along the corridor stretching all the way from north carolina onwards again through maine. meanwhile we back out and take a look at the rest of the country. another storm brewing as a low

he's allowing nancy pelosi and harry reid to set the agenda. he has from the beginning.s. he didn't stand up and say no, take those earmarks out. let's roll the tape first. >> our earmark system what is called pork barrel spending in washington is fraught with abuse. it badly needs reform. i pledge to slash:#okx earmarksy more than half when i'm president of the united states of america. i'm not going to tell you what i'm going to spend, i'm going to tell you what i will save. we will go through the federal budget page by page, line by line eliminate programs that don't work. senator mccain talks about earmarks. no doubt the system needs reform and things we spend money on that need to be eliminated. >> sean: first bill he signs 9,000 earmarks into law. he said he would eliminate ear marks. nancy pelosi, harry reid put it in there. he didn't have the courage to say i won't sign this bill! he seems to have no strength. he seems weak! >> sean, again, i think the president has proved that when he entered into a agreement with republican leadership on most important seminole

i'm harry smith. >> good morning, everybody. i'm betty nguyen. >> we have had wild weather across the country in the last couple of days. i don't know if you've seen this picture. but this is a picture that was taken late saturday night at the metrodome as the roof there gave way. >> look at that. >> and the snow just came pouring in. they had almost hurricane-force winds, more than a foot of snow fell. this was the result. and now that game that was to be played between the vikings and giants is actually been moved to detroit. we'll have more on that in just a little bit. >> lucky that didn't happen during game time. can you imagine? >> not a good thing. >>> the latest ahead on the elizabeth smart case. ed smart, her father, is with us. they were in court on friday as brian david was convicted. >>> it's a miserable morning across much of the country. flooding in the northwest. driving rain in the northeast and worst of all, a blizzard in the midwest being blamed for at least four deaths. we've got team coverage of this stormy w

harris is a career prosecutor turned district attorney. she says her priority include cracking down on mortgage fraud, reducing the number of criminals who end up returning to prison as well as environmental issues and civil rights. she says she will not defend prop 8. when she looks to -- as she is looking to her next office there are questions in san francisco about who will fill her district attorney seat. she won't name a possible successor, but she says she knows what it takes. >> it should be someone who understands that there is an incredible amount of power that comes with this office. and for that reason, the officeholder must respect that power and not use it ever in pursuit of popularity. >> reporter: harris did say she is looking forward to working with her opponent, steve cooley. she has already gathered a transition team and will be sworn in january. about 250 people are expected to join her at delancey street tonight for her debated victory celebration. they all say it was worth the wait. live in san francisco, jean elle, nb

harry? >> smith: what's the confidence level at the white house tonight to get the democrats onboard? >> reporter: they believe they'll come along but i have to tell you this, the democrats that our supreme talked to in the last hour or so say they are not on board. they don't like it a bit. >> smith: bill plante at the white house tonight. thanks. now, to another developing story. the founder of wikileaks may soon come out of hiding to talk to british police. more about that in a moment. but first, the uproar over the latest secret diplomatic cables posted on the wikileaks web site. officials fear the release of these documents could be a big help to terrorists. we have two reports tonight, beginning with national security correspondent david martin. >> reporter: if osama bin laden, wherever he is, needed a to-do list, he's got one now, courtesy of wikileaks: a secret state department cable listing sites around the world vital to u.s. national security and public health. >> i mean, leaking

harry. >>> thanks. in psychologist jennifer hartstein and "early show" contributor and cbs news legal analyst jack ford. good morning to you both. >> harry. >> good morning. >> jennifer, starting with you, what would prompt somebody to do something like this? >> it's a really interesting question that we're all kind of trying to figure out. she did admit there were some personal setbacks going on in her life, that she was potentially reaching out for some sympathy, that's one reason. clearly, something, much deeper than that is happening. did she have -- is this like a link to lots more trauma, a problem of lying that we can reach back into her past and, also find? we don't know. is it a psychotic break? i don't know. all of these questions really something really messed up with her reality testing and she doesn't have the skills to ask for the help she needs, which leads to the very big problematic behaviors. >> here's a person in public, right? >> uh-huh. >> then goes to the police would, have, you kn

>> harry, i certainly hope so. i know that the president brought this up specifically in the meeting yesterday. you have got millions of people that are out of work because of this great recession that we're going through. now is not the time to take their benefits away. that's money that they use to pay the rent, feed their children. to drive around looking for a job. an and we shouldn't penalize those that have fallen on hard times because like millions of americans they have lost their job. >> robert gibbs, thanks so much for your time this morning. appreciate it, sir. >> harry, thanks for doing it. >>> turning to the fallout from that massive document leak, julian assange, founder of wikileaks is on interpol's most wanted list. cbs news' elizabeth palmer is in new york this morning with more. >> reporter: good morning, eri a erica. he is on a wanted case for a case of alleged sexual assault in sweden. they want to question him. no charges laid and nothing to do with the thousands of documents leaked by wikileak

if not, they really need to apologize to harry reid. this is a horrible way -- let's put up demint's comments. this is a horrible way to go into a new congress, questioning another man's faith. we should be jamming major arms control treaties up against christmas. it's sacrilegious and disrespectful. this is the most sacred holiday for christians. they did the same thing last year. they kept everybody here until christmas eve to force something down everybody's throat. i think americans are sick of this. >> the white house will say in response to that is they've had the s.t.a.r.t. treaty for many, many months. they had time to work on it. the last one took three days. it was different. they can get it done. they don't want to. >> senator demint has said he wanted to read allowed the entire treaty on the floor. the argument you don't have enough time to get to it except you have time to read for 12 hours. >> that is offensive, the idea you would waste time like that. >> mika, i was talking about this yesterday, that this is one of the wa

harry. >>> thanks. in psychologist jennifer hartstein and "early show" contributor and cbs news legal analyst jack ford. good morning to you both. >> harry. >> good morning. >> jennifer, starting with you, what would prompt somebody to do something like this? >> it's a really interesting question that we're all kind of trying to figure out. she did admit there were some personal setbacks going on in her life, that she was potentially reaching out >>> up next, we're going to tell you about the new band on drop-side cribs and what you need to do now to protect your kids. this is "the early show" on cbs. my bliss? lips that feel quenched, restored, revived. my blistex? complete moisture. a rush of moisture lips can feel. and it feels great. discover bliss. discover blistex. - you went to kay. she'll love it. [chuckles] trust me. i know. - save on select diamond fashion jewelry at kay, the number one jewelry store in america. - i love it. >>> a year ago susan koeppen first broke the story of the largest cri

all that rises up to the person that ran the elections was catherine harris. >> as of 5:00 p.m. today the unofficial certified results -- >> bret: catherine harris had been elected to position as florida's secretary of state. harris ran the election, imposed deadlines and certified the vote but was also the volunteer cochair of the bush campaign in florida. >> a difference of 1,784 votes. >> and she crossd that line. >> bret: david boyz was gore's lead attorney in the courtroom. >> moved from sympathetic to one side and maybe would shave decisions a little bit to where she was distorting the law and actively trying to prevent the votes from being count. >> she was under intense scrutiny as a republican. >> bret: john bolton, the head attorney for bush in palm beach county. >> while there might have been some advantage ultimately it wasn't going to make any difference in the final result. >> bret: her demeanor and expressions and even her makeup became a target for late night comics and saturday night live. >> as far as controlling the machinery of politics in florida, the majori

harry? >> smith: how many days do you think it will take the folks at laguardia to compensate for all of these days of backlogged flights? >> reporter: we spoke with the general manager here and he says it will take at least one full day if not two. keeping in mind that the airlines are on a completely different schedule and program. >> smith: all right, michelle miller at laguardia tonight. thanks. this blizzard was a big one, but luckily it moved through the northeast at a pretty good clip. tonight, what's left of it is centered over northern new england and it is beginning to dissipate. but even in its waning hours, the storm still left a mighty big mess. seth doane is in boston tonight. seth, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. as you can see, the snow has tapered off here in boston, but the wind is continuing to kick it up into two to three-foot snowdrifts. you know, there's been a lot of attention paid to the snow totals in this blizzard, but the real story here in massachu

harry? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, headlines...omorrow whether to charge people to drive into the city from the peninsula. if that happens politicians on the peninsula have a response, they are talking about charging $12 to drive south out of the city. >>> ins and outs of legal marijuana will be the focus of today's city council meeting. they appear to be favouring a zoning plan allowing a limited number of pot clubs. >> two names from the 49ers past may become a part of the football teams future including former quarterback joe montana, interested in building a luxury hotel near the new stadium planned for a site near great america in santa clara. traffic is weather coming up. stay with us ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning northbound 101, word of a car fire blocking one lane. as you can see it is slow approaching the scene but if you use 280, traffic moving better than we typically see. no bottleneck at all as you approach the 880 interchange. nice ride out of downtown san jose westbound 237, just your usual slow and go traffic as y

i'm harry smith. also tonight, if you think gas prices are high now, some are forecasting $5 a gallon, when "fill her up" will cost a fortune. reinventing detroit. in a city crippled by the great recession, new entrepreneurs see opportunity. and let it snow-- this town got 17 feet in less than two weeks, and they're hoping for more. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening. katie is off tonight. we begin tonight with the tale of two coasts, the east still digging out from that monster blizzard christmas weekend, and now the west, where another big rainstorm has landed. it comes just days after a week- long deluge, and along with it, new worries about floods and mudslides. bill whitaker is in waterlogged highland, california. bill, good evening. >> reporter: harry, there are 78 houses here encased in mud. residents had barely begun to clean up when this storm happened. the sentiment around here-- e

he used to have to stand side by side with nancy pelosi and harry reid. they led health care and he followed in health care and now i think it's going to be easier for him in many ways to carve out his positions and to lean on them. >> on the gay marriage issue, when he takes this position in favor of civil unions, not gay marriage, politics were different. today, barack obama is to the right on gay marriage of dick cheney and ted olson who won the bush-gore case. and young general race who he needs to motivate. on his ability to drive the agenda, you saw two different tactics, you saw on the tax cut working out a deal with the republican leadership. on the start and on don't ask, don't tell, working around the republican leadership and getting enough republicans on board. he is testing out in a test- driveway. gwen: loophole he could drive a truck through if he believes there could be action. he might change his mind but he is not going to go out there and force it. >> he seemed to be a more liberated president in this post-election period. after the fir

harris is live with this story. harris? >> i'm over at the web wall.we watch news coming in. i'm at foxnews.com. if you ever want to know more what we're covering right away you can. steven hayes is featured in the box down here. if you click on this it will take you to the blog from our reporter laura ingle inside the courtroom. just about half hour ago we found out steven hayes got the death penalty in this case. jenna was talking about the petit family, the doctor was only survivor in all of that. his wife, his 17-year-old, and 11-year-old daughters killed. the man at the heart of the case, steven hayes in a courtroom today telling courtroom members my actions have hurt so many people, affected so many lives, caused so much pain i'm tormented and have nightmares what happened in that house. remember, he is getting the death sentence. what does the judge say to him. may god have mercy on your soul. death is your penalty in all of this. if you want to read more about this you can go read the blog on foxnews.com. get through it from the front page or h

right now harris is celebrating her big win.lking about her plans once she takes office in january. david stevenson live in the city. >> you can see some of the pamela harris supporters gathering in the ballroom. they are just coming in, even as harris and supporters are celebrating tonight, supporters say she is facing a tough challenge. harris declared victory in the race for attorney general, becoming the first woman and first african american and indian american to hold the post. >> we are here at delancey, straight. the home of the original smart on kline leader which is mimi silver and the whole delancey family. humbly and with happiness declare that we won this campaign for attorney general, and -- >> reporter: harris today planned to focus on mortgage fraud. but political observers saying bringing invasion to the office will be difficult because the state has no money and they same coming up with new programs is going to be very tricky. it'll be a case of doing more with less. for now harris says she plans to exit the of

and "black swan," too, harry.but "black swan" and "the fighter" also had a fair amount of nominations as well. >> does "the fighter" nominated for best actor, best supporting actor, christian bale, mark wahlberg, a couple of different nominations for best supporting actress. >> mm-hmm. >> and that -- >> director. picture. it really swept. and a lot of those. >> that is a huge deal for mark wallburg, which has been like his labor of love to get this thing made over the last half dozen years or so. >> and he was a little bit of a surprise. christian bale is not only we knew, i think christian bale is the favorite. wahlberg a little more of a surprise. definitely exciting for them. >> you should talk a little bit about the swan, because this is a movie that's getting a lot of buzz, a lot of attention, maybe not necessarily the most accessible of all films. natalie portman is blow-away in this movie. >> yeah, and it's from jared aronovski who did the wrestler. it's set in the world of ballet. and she's amazing. milla

harry? >>> all right. now to politics. president obama has a tentative deal with republicans to extend all the bush era tax cuts for two more years. it is part of a wider agreement that fekts nearly every american and also breaks a longstanding promise by the president. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. the president did campaign on a promise. and had no leverage and had to settle for in order to get tax cuts for the middle class, had to settle for this and extends unemployment benefits. >> i know there's some people in my own party and in the other party who would rather prolong this battle even if we can't reach a compromise but i'm not willing to let working families across this country become come lat real damage for political warfare in washington. >> reporter: proposed compromise extends the tax cuts for every american in every income bracket including the wealthiest for a 13-month extension of unemployment benefits for americans. ther

harry? >>> thanks.l punch to your next holiday party, how about a festive twist to some classic cocktails? award-winning mixolist char let voicy here to try out very tasty drink recipes. good morning. >> good morning, harry. >> we'll start with punch, old-fashioned punch, right. >> old-fashioned kicking off christmas with a hot gin punch. the type charles dickens wrote about in "christmas carol" and all. >> that the basic ingredients? >> hendrick's gin, your favorite. madera wine. we have pineapple, cinnamon, clove, and fresh crit truss, lemon, orange. >> do you bring it actually to a boil or kind of staep it on the stove? >> you want to staep it, let it sim mr 20 minutes or so on the voerve so the ingredients marry nicely. don't cook it too much. >> a bit of honey, as well. >> some honey honey. >> merry christmas. >> and to you. a wonderful greeting for your guests at christmastime. the aromas. >> it's great. when you put that on the stove and can smell it all through the house and it warms you up and

harry? >> thank you very much.now here's erica. >> thanks. >>> congress is scrambling to find compromises on issues that directly affect your wallet. including those bush era tax rates as time is running out before the end of the year. all this comes as members of president obama's deficit cutting commission fly to find votes to send the recommendations to the senate. cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes has the latest this morning from capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: erica, good morning. republicans have drawn a line in the sand saying nothing else will get done in the senate until an agreement is reached on extending the bush era tax cuttingcuts. the president is sounding optimistic. >> ups and downs to the process but i'm confident we can get it done. >> reporter: long hours before closed doors last night. republican leaders say they're making progress on a promise on the bush era tax cuts. >> we are going to extend the current tax rates. we are not going to raise taxes on anybody. we're ju

like senate majority leader harry reid, aka the albino ray sin w raison who stole christmas. >>> the tax cut is law. the drama on capitol hill is by no means over. the focus is turning back to the senate where lawmakers are debating s.t.a.r.t. today and will be coming in for a rare saturday session to take up don't ask, don't tell and dream act. democrats are scrambling after republicans outplayed them on the omnibus spending bill. news correspondent and nbc's capitol hill correspondent luke russert is joining her. we've got both sides of the hill covered. kelly, first to you. what happened last night with the omnibus spending bill? >> harry reid thought he had agreements privately with enough republicans to pass the 1$1.1 trillion bill which would fund the agencies of government through the whole fiscal year. it was a very biggs project. something they worked on for other than a year and also inclusive for 6400 earmarks and many defend them as important. so he thought he had the votes. well, mitch mcconnell had been working his side very hard and it turns out they didn't have the ne

basically trying to make the sounds that would actually help empower harry reid and the democrats in the senate to get a slightly better deal as the bill was moving toward passage in the senate? >> lawrence, i'm not sure what the motivations were that were -- that was the motivation. people on my side of the aisle in the house are frustrated. they didn't like the process, they didn't like the final outcome, they didn't like the compromise. i did -- and i think for the people i represent and the people of the state of nevada, this is the way you balance it, it's a far better deal than we would have if we don't have anything at all. i'm all for it, and i'm all in, and i'm going to do everything i can to see that the house votes the senate version an we get this thing done. i can't imagine starting next year if we don't do this, what's going to happen to the people that i represent. >> when you speak to the people you represent over the holidays, and some of them, obama voters are discouraged by what they think is an obama defeat in giving up on this top tax bracket in this negotiation.

>> harry reid nailed it. folks, this is why harry reid won re-election i mean he will not back down and having to work after christmas may be a shock to the washington establishment but i don't think that any americans are going to be crying for them this year. joining me now is former congressman tom tancredo. tom, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks. >> who's right and who's wrong in this? should it be the senate schedule or should it be the work of the people? >> i think i tell harry, me thinks thou thus protect too much. they were hyperbollic. it's 'tis the season to be jolly and in washington it's always the season to be hyperbolic. both sides do it. both sides employ it to pull this little you know dust-up over the christmas holiday thing. >> who started it, tom? tom, who started it? you've got the s.t.a.r.t. treaty out there. you've got don't ask, don't tell. you've got finances. and here are the republicans when you've got 15 million people out of work. here are the republicans crying about, t

harry? >> good. the latest over wikileaks, computer hackers are carrying out more revenge attack against the website's opponent and now sarah palin says she is among the victims. cbs news correspondent mark phillips is in london and has the very latest. mark, good morning. >> good morning, harry. what this amounts to is, is a cyber insurgency. a counterattack by wikileaks supporters on the internet against those who have been trying to shut the controversial website down. they call it operation payback and it has some prominent targets. sarah palin has been one of wikileaks' most vocal critics now may be one of wikileaks' supporters' victims. trying to reach palin's official website this morning produced this response. basically, no response. the palin website would appear to be another target of the hackivist campaign against opponents of wikileaks. the palins say their credit card accounts have been disrupted, too. in an angry e-mail palin says this is what happens when you exercise the first amend

bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. the white house is signaling it will accept some minor changes in the deal but they say there's absolutely no give on the big items and the president is suggesting that there could be some severe economic consequences if it doesn't pass. >> this agreement would boost economic growth in the coming years and has the potential to create millions of jobs. but if the framework fails, the reverse is true. americans would see it in smaller paychecks that would have the effect of fewer jobs. >> reporter: but 54 defiant democrats in the house say they won't support the current deal the white house reached with republicans. >> we were told yesterday by the vice president this was a take it or leave it deal. we are saying, leave it. >> what unfettered greed on their part to do something which benefits a very, very, very few. >> reporter: the biggest sticking points for house democrats, the extension of the bush era tax cuts for families making more than $250,000 a year. and the agreement on the

harry? >> bill plante at the white house this morning, thank you very much. also in washington, john dickerson. john, good morning. >> good morning, harry. >> what can you tell us then about this deal and some of it is sort of back room stuff around it as doing an end run around congressional democrats between the president and the leadership of the republicans to say, here's our quid pro quo, we will extend these tax, go with extended the taxes if you extend unemployment insurance. >> there's a lot of back room dealing going on. that's the shape of it. republicans get what they want, extension of all rates and in return the white house will get an extension of unemployment benefits and also a host of other tax cuts. the white house likes to call them the obama tax cuts for lower and middle income families for a year to help them through the difficult economic time. >> democrats are -- their noses out of joint about this. >> very much so because they want the president to stand up and fight.

and ran against harry reid and harry reid was given up for dead and she made possible for him to win his race. thank you, sharon. >> i am going to give this to the entire democratic party. because in defiance of the american people, they rammed through a number of big government, big spending, high tax, anti-growth poli >> tough competition. among several people. snapped by the jaws of victory. paladino as well. he really, every time he opened his mouth, it got worse and worse for him but he rest of us >> worst politician, mike castle of delaware. the ultimate sore loser. a career politician, who ran for the republican senate nomination, against a nov is, christine o'donnell. o'donnell won. get this. castle then refused to endorse o'donnell, the party's nominee. he denounced her to the press. mike castle, worst politician of 2010. okay. most defining political moment. pat? >> bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. which became barack obama's katrina moment. and brought him down to a point, when he has never yet come back. >> eleanor? >> oh, i don't think it was anywhere near the katrina

i'm harry smith. also tonight, the road to recovery: fewer americans are applying for jobless benefits than at any time in two and a half years. is the economy finally regaining momentum? plus... >> either you push forward with the things that you were doing yesterday, or you start dying. >> smith: we say good-bye to 2010, and to those who left us. ♪ stormy weather... captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening. katie is off tonight. it is fast and furious-- the winter storm that slammed into the pacific coast yesterday is heading east tonight. after rolling over several western states, that system is now pummeling a huge area from the southwest up through the plains, and it's leaving a path of destruction. homes flooded, trees toppled, and bill whitaker reports, it's making for a miserable holiday week for millions. >> reporter: from the pacific to the mississippi, winter weather is wreaking havoc.

david stevenson looks at her future. >> reporter: kamala harris declared victory. becoming the first woman and african-american/indian american to hold the post. >> i come to you with happiness. i declare that we run -- won this campaign for attorney general. >> reporter: even as harris' supporters celebrated they say bringing innovation to the office will be difficult. >> the idea of coming up with new programs is not deputy is doing more with less. >> i was sure a lot of luck. >> reporter: critics say she will leave behind a mixed legacy. >> i think the strength of kamala harris as district attorney is to bring the office into the 21st century with technology and things like that. at the same time there were problems with backlogs in cases. >> i am very proud of the work that we have done at a state. recognizing what we do here can change the rest of the country so that california builds the rest of the country. >> reporter: she beat out the steve cooley by just 7500 votes. today is the last day that california counties can turn in their vote tallies to state off

harry? >> elaine quijano in chapel hill, north carolina, thank you. joining us are two friends of the family, jennifer palmieri and glenn bergenfield. we thank you very much joining us this morning and please accept our condolences. jennifer, let me start with you. elizabeth from everything we read was clearly in charge in these last weeks and days of her life. what did she want most and what did she want others to get and understand? >> uh-huh. well, she really wanted to not just -- she wanted to leave behind a message to not just her family and friends and we were grateful to be able to have time with her the past few days but for the people that she had met along the way that read her books and that's why she wanted to most the message she did on the facebook page which was to, you know, even at the end of her life to reassure people that she still felt that living a life that was filled with hope and really believing in resilience gave meaning to her life and she said to me, as you know,