conversation with best selling authors terry mcmillan her new one is "who asked you "mystery masser mikely connelly plus george saunders, author of 10th of december and pulitzer prize winning rick atkinson whose latest on world war ii is "the guns at last light" good books and the news, good and bad because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again on this last weekend before christmas. well as the controversy over whether the national security agency has gone too far and invaded privacy in its efforts to protect us from terrorist attacks, a panel of experts appointed by the president to study the nsa's programs made 46

. >> let's bring in john connelly. i want to ask you, what did ted cruz lie about on the senate floor? >> john connelly, thought he was on right track in life. the son of a new jersey auto mechanic, the first in his family to go to college when he enrolled in rutgers in 2009 but doesn't doesn't know what he'll do when he graduates he end of the semester. quote, i kind of did everything i was quote, unquote, supposed to be doing he says. the cost of a lost generation -- >> kind of bizarre that he's blaming law that was passed in 2010 on trends that go back well past 2007. a little over half of people my age, 25 and under, are actually employed full-time. and of those people, we've seen our wages decrease. we're facing stalled careers and at the same time we're straddling huge debt loads and mortgages and houses we can't afford. >> how did it make you feel when you found out the senator from texas, whom i understand you've never met and never had a conversation with. >> absolutely. >> how does he make he used your story

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happy birthday to actor jennifer connelly. bob barker is 90.ou have a great day, i'm richard lui, >>> she wanted to scream but she was like frozen. >> frozen with fear as an armed gunman storms into a bingo night filled with families to support a south bay high school. witnesses tell us how it went down. plus -- >> sparks fly and tires screech as a chase comes to a dramatic end in the east bay. >> how the families of young men missing from san francisco will renew their fight for answers. >> step outside, looking around at the bay bridge looking fantastic and much warmer. i didn't say warm. warmer. it's thursday, december 12th, this is "today in the bay."

here's margaret connelly. >> reporter: it will be a cold, dark christmas for nearly 200,000 people in ontario after an ice storm blew through canada, leaving hospitals and homes without power. at the center of the storm and from the city hardest hit is toronto's embattled mayor, rob ford. so far, unlike in recent months, he appears to be sticking to script. >> we're going to stay here every day, including christmas day, until every light's back on the city. >> reporter: ford says this has been one of the worst storms in toronto's history. >> it's a challenge. my heart breaks for these people. >> reporter: with paramedics and hospitals running overtime and warming stations placed throughout the city, the situation on the ground is improving, and with it, the mayor's image. mayor ford's tone handling the storm stands in contrast to his string of very public gaffes that have shown him dancing to a different tune. from his crack cocaine confession -- >> yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. but -- do i? am i an addict? no. have i tried it? probably in one of my drunken stupors. >> reporter: t

michael connelly has written 18 harry bosch mysteries. about the lincoln lawyer. mcmillan "how stella got her groove back" has new one ought "who asked you." george saunders writes short storiesi has new collection is the 10th of december. and it's on the "new york times" book review top ten list for 2013. finally our old friend rick atkinson who i knew when you used to be just a reporter now he is a pulitzer prize winner, finished his liberation trilogy, the guns at last night which focuses on western europe and the end of world war ii. his series "the army at dawn" we're honored to have all of you here. i was just sitting here, i want to talk about your books, but i was just sitting here thinking about the year that president obama has had. it's been just an awful year for everybody in concerned. he's gone off on vacation, terry, you have a book he ought to read while he's resting? he says he's going to sleep and get good ideas. >> i would say "all over but the shouting" it's a memoir. i think the title sort of says it all. >> schieffer: i know rick. i have read

involved in christmas watching it to its knees working on pt international and to feel like you're in connelly. well an hour to collect at the top knees during the country's deepest into been found on key states where to repeat vietnam association for victims of agent orange dioxin internally. the association proposed government to issue a decree on policies for agent orange dioxin victims and built of wood treatment and rehabilitation centers for the victims especially the homeless. the president in ben's son spoke highly of the association to keep men's open the last ten years and that that the association needs to call for more support from organizations can pin down and abroad. this year the association has raised more than thirty million us dollars. no treatment centers and houses and provide the east orange victims with free medical check ups and job opportunities. it is also establish relations with about five hundred organizations and individuals in the country and around the world. in other news now prime minister mian things it will hold a tt online conference that localities on the

that is both a moral outrage and another connelly inflicted ow -- congressional ly infected blow. the congress has extended benefits. it is sadly consistent with our failure to pass meaningful jobs legislation proposed by the president. it is, sadly, consistent with our failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform which is broadly supported by business, labor, farmers, farm workers and an overwhelming number of religious leaders and members of the faith community. it is, sadly, consistent with our failure to pass a farm bill which could give confidence to those in dire need of help putting food on their family's table that this congress will not abandon them. and ironically, mr. speaker, we do so at the very time that our nation celebrates a message of giving and hope. all this we leave undone. after passing a so-called , whose only mise virtue was it was slightly better than the draconian and irrational sequester, condemned on both sides of the aisle, mr. speaker, as unworkable, unrealistic and ill-conceived. and so a so-called compromise that will be tested in just a few sho

conversation with best selling authors terry mcmillan her new one is "who asked you "mystery masser mikely connelly plus george saunders, author of 10th of december and pulitzer prize winning rick atkinson whose latest on world war ii is "the guns at last light" good books and the news, good and bad because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again on this last weekend before christmas. well as the controversy over whether the national security agency has gone too far and invaded privacy in its efforts to protect us from terrorist attacks, a panel of experts appointed by the president to study the nsa's programs made 46 recommendations including some that would rein in the agency. the former number two man at the cia, michael morell is on that panel he joins us this morning. mr. morell i must say a lot of official washington was surprised when, number one, that the recommendations were unanimous and that you, as a long time user of information collected by the nsa said, yes, may be t

top of their cars all of them would only show the government not the full helping of no problem connelly the way to cope with problems. the effect of market development. when dr consumers even creepier as a result the kind of restriction not the kind people that came before alpert that you have to stop people from the lighthouse be there to make and the people it into her left . when done now to get the prize. we find out how will they didn't understand the cost of living today we have people that treat to get the price of two years' worth of classes. but the look of the gap. then the price might be three hundred to five hundred and eight. i'm thinking ok we can keep it for school but the action only choose one or two programs based on the tap on the ancient overwhelming encounter with high praise for granted that idea. so in the wake him up. maybe it could cost about five thousand us dollars pre schools are too much burden for children and they are providing to the level of musical education. children nowadays are always exhausted from attending preschool. so there's no need for childre

chris connelly has the story. ♪ doe, a deer, a female deer >> reporter: she gave it her all.llow every rainbow rating of 18 million viewers. leading "saturday night live" to stir up a spoof. ♪ clean and bright >> reporter: but elsewhere, on social media, some greeted her performance with a hater-ade shower. >> you brush him aside the way you do all of them. >> reporter: critics included kym karath from the original film. this one showed a picture of a board. ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ >> reporter: it can't be easy for anyone to be compared to the iconic jewelry andrews. for that matter, haters gonna hate. underwood fired back. plain and simple, mean people need jesus. they will be in my prayers tonight, citing a biblical verse, urging raersd to rid themselves of malice, envy, and slander. >> she was probably curious of what people thought of it. >> reporter: she got a lot of love as well, from cameron diaz, who tweeted, you did an amazing job, and from anna kendrick, yes, girlers bust out that belt again. maybe she will. who would have the fortitude the take on

chris connelly showing us some of the most memorable ads of 2013. >> reporter: everyone loves it whenains of stevie knicks for budweiser. or when will ferrell ron burgundy gets giddy over the glove box in a dodge durango. or jeff gordon for pepsi maxx. undercover on a revved-up test drive. >> who do you think you are? >> reporter: or jean-claude van damme rocks with volvo trucks. but in 2013, kind of lacking in watercooler-worthy commercials. what made for a delightful or disastrous ad, depended on your point of view. >> what made ads buzz-worthy this year, they were longer. they had better narrative. they used viral pranks to get people to share them with each other online. >> reporter: like this much-buzzed about kmart commercial. >> you can ship your pants. >> i can't wait to ship my pants, dad. >> i just shipped my pants and it's very convenient. >> very convenient. >> reporter: appealingly funny or appallingly vulgar. this geico humpday spot make you laugh. >> guess what today is. >> it's humpday. >> reporter: or long for the gecko. >> looking a little more business-like might he

>> john connelly thought he was on right track in life.on of a new jersey auto mechanic, first in his family to go to college when he enrolled in rutgers in 2009. but he still doesn't know what he'll do when he graduates at the end of the semester. quote, i kind of did everything i was, quote, unquote, supposed to be doing, he says. the cost of a lost generation. >> kind of bizarre that he's blaming a law that was passed in 2010 on trends that go back, you know, well past 2007. only a little over half of people my age, people 25 and under, are actually employed full time. and of those people, we have seen our wages decrease. we're facing stalled careers. and at the same time, straddling huge debt loads. houses we can't afford. >> is how did it make you feel when you found out the senator from texas who i understand you have never met and never had a conversation with, is that correct? >> absolutely. >> and how does it make you feel that he used your story in an effort to defund obamacare and distorted totally your situation? >> i feel like

chris connelly with the new bosses saying, good morning angels. >> reporter: seaside marina del ray,dy to dress up and raise a glass on an evening out. no surprise that mingling with the well-heeled is a high-heeled gaggle of gorgeous young women for whom this gathering of the wealthy is a target-rich environment. but they aren't looking for a hot car or home in the hills. they're after these rich guys' wallets, not to do well, but to do good. there's christina at the front. kristen at the board. lindsay, too. >> one for 100, two for 150, and three for 200. >> reporter: and this is a benefit for charity, so they're in sell mode. while rockin' their je ne sais quoi, noodging these once-reluctant donors to hand over their precious credit cards and give till it hurts so good. do they really get these attendees to dig a little deeper? oh, yeah. what, in particular, led you to make such a generous donation a moment ago? >> i'm a sucker for a pretty face. >> reporter: a trio of crusading glamour goddesses, fighting for what's right. remind you of anything? but these aren't charlie's angels

margaret connelly is standing in times square. the crowd has been gathering all day. how cold is it out there? >> reporter: jake, it is freezing here. there were snow flurries earlier. there is also a very strong security presence. you can see a lot of nypd here. they have been here all morning. they have started to close down the blocks to times square and you have to check the subway access to see what still might be open if you're still going to try to make your way down here. they are checking for large bags. they do not want large bags or packages in times square. you can see the police searching everyone as they come in in certain entryways and also, no alcohol is permitted but there are still lots of people here, a lot of people have been here since very early this morning. we have someone here from connecticut. she got here on the late side, around noon. grace, what are you here to see today? >> miley cyrus, of course. she's the big one we came to see. but it will be interesting to see her performance and everything. >> reporter: how about new year's resolutio

. >> host: connelly was his close friend. >> guest: secretary of the navy and a john kennedy, but essentially kennedy, kennedy's presidency is only really understood well in the electoral context that you would understand well and i understand well. kennedy had been elected by a smidgen. some say he was not elected at all. 119,000 votes on the official record. texas, tiny, tiny number of votes. you know, a few tens of thousands in the large texas electorate. look, kennedy during his full term worried about that reelection. it did not matter that things were good. he remembered how close it had been. he needed taxes. that is why he was there. >> host: i want to go back to because i did not give enough time to talk about your discovery of the broad recording. i want to get back to that. the entire basis, as i recall, the house investigation that concluded in 1979 was the fact that there was a microphone that was stuck open of a dallas police officer recording the events there and that this recording was saved but lost to history for a time, and they claimed that it was four shots. because of th

chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> are you going to check any of them out. >> i want to see anythingith julia roberts. what is it called. >> august osage county. >> they were on gma. >> we did that in "insomniac theater." it got mixed reviews. >> really? i think she is fabulous. >> check it out. >> i haven't seen a movie in years in a theater. >> it's time. popcorn and the whole thing. >> are you free tomorrow night? >> yeah, dloets it. >>> frustrating wait. hundreds of thousands of storm survivors are -- while crews work overtime. >> i'd rather be home with my family and kids but there are kids here who have no pow fwler as subfreezing temperatures and more snow make it more miserable. >>> health care hangups. medical insurance customers filled with doubt even after getting help in person with obamacare enrollment. >>> it's hard to believe they could be so inefficient with something so important. >>> the frustrating problems, the website glitches and more advice to those who need coverage. >>> later, gourmet leftovers, expert culinary advice on how to turn the christmas day ham in t

chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> you know, from what we understand, there are some sources that are saying his co-stars are so upset about this they don't want the movie to go on. it was supposed to be released in july 2014 but there are sources telling "the hollywood reporter" the film maybe delayed but not scrapped in my gut feeling is they will go ahead and you may hear the cliche, when they say that's the way he would have want it but i'm sure it is. >> sad story. >>> now the other major story we are following the fatal train derailment in new york. investigators will be going over the so-called black boxes to find out if speed, faulty equipment or some other factor could have caused the crash of the metro north train. neighbors rushed there after they heard the loud bang. >> it woke me up. i heard it from the top of the hill. i come down and it's devastating. >> i heard a screeching noise. like a subway car. like that. and within seconds, the ambulance and the fire trucks started coming past my window and i knew something big happened here. >> a big boom. it woke me. so. bu

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. >> pretty creative, margaret connelly. >>> so where are the best deals? we'll ask our experts in a few moments. >>> and the more we learned about the hackers and target stores the more difficult we learned how it was to track the spe spenders, the breach didn't compromise the unincrypted pin data. >> it is interesting, target is saying there is no evidence that pin data was compromised. but then you have this report that just came out saying in actual fact, that may not be true. in fact, these hackers may have gotten access to people's pins, as well. it is so difficult to figure out the corporate spin, what is true and not true. but if these hackers did actually get access to people's pins, it means they can go directly to an atm and go directly straight to people's bank accounts. they can check the balance on people's accounts and use that to figure out how much money they can use without anyone noticing. my advice to people is simple. if you shopped at target between november, it is crucial you check your statements. sometimes the hackers will test the

connelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you to our three panelists. one might be forgiven looking at this panel, and the theater of it, frankly if democrats had had the chance to put together the three, panel of three doctors, i guess we could ask you to wear your white coat. and i guess we could find three doctors, i know we could, who would praise the plan. but the idea and this doesn't in any way disparage the value of your opinion, or your experience, but the idea that your experience is to be generalized as universal is false. and it's a false premise and it custodies service, in my opinion, to this discussion. none of you are policy experts. and none of you universally speak for your profession. you are asked at one point one of our colleagues how difficult it is to sign up. well, if we're going to go through anecdotal experience i can tell you that i and my entire staff must go on the exchange, on obamacare. all of us signed up. met the deadline. [inaudible] i know there was an accident. if you're under a certain age in my staff the average pre