anna werner reports. >> we're going this way. >> rockefeller center is this way. >> reporter: for thisy, a drop in oil prices made a trip to new york for christmas possible. >> that's perfect. >> i think we have a greater expense budget now to come into the city. something that i really wanted to expose my 11-year-old to. >> reporter: but for people whose jobs depend on oil production, the talk is of layoffs and tough times ahead. in seminole, oklahoma, brian adams runs a sandwich shop, where sales have already dropped 30%. >> almost every check in this town one way or another is affected by the oil company. >> reporter: local oil company owner melvin moran says just under $60 a barrel, most of his wells will not be profitable. >> every day lately the prices have been dropping. it seems like it's a free fall. we're hoping the floor will come soon and we're hoping the price will come back up >> reporter: bernard winesteen energy expert at southern university. >> when you see a drop in price in a relatively short period of time and at the same time you see a global economy that's pretty

here's anna werner. >> reporter: in waxahachie, texas, at her small roadside food stand, 47-year-old kathy jones told us she's been trying for five years to raise herself above minimum wage. sounds like you've been struggling. >> i have been. yes, i have. do y'all want french fries? >> reporter: her high school education only got her fast food jobs, so now she works seven days a week here just to break even. >> just doing the best i can right now to just, you know, to stay afloat. pretty much what i make, i put it right back out. >> reporter: how was the economy back then? >> restaurant owner jonathan evola pays his kitchen help up to $13 an hour, nearly twice the minimum wage in texas, but he can't keep pace with the cost of living, up 11% since 2008. >> my employees need more than what i'm even able to give them to pay their current bills. and i pay above average for what, in my industry, people get paid. >> reporter: paul stevens is city manager. as you look around your community, who are the people who you think may not be recovering yet? >> i think many of those people that are

anna werner on plunging oil and gas prices. good news for many americans, but not for all. >> take a shot at letting the ruler rule! >> axelrod: and jericka duncan introduces us to an unusual pastor with a gift for growing his flock. >> i just know what we do, which is love god, love life, love people. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axelrod: good evening and merry christmas. scott's off tonight. i'm jim axelrod and this is our western edition.; it was once famously said that any society that will give up a little liberty to gain a little security would deserve neither and lose both. whoever thought benjamin franklin's words would be used to describe a seth rogen-james franco movie? but after a remarkable nine-day back-and-forth, in which an embarrassed and embattled sony pictures pulled the movie "the interview" after threats of 9/11-style violence, the film was shown in theaters today. ben tracy tells us how a sophomoric comedy is now being hailed as an affirmation of one of th

anna werner on plunging oil and gas prices.d news for many americans but not for all. >> take a shot at letting the ruler rule! >> axelrod: and jericka duncan introduces us to an unusual pastor with a gift for growing his flock. >> i just know what we do, which is love god, love life, love people. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axelrod: good evening. and merrst

anna werner on plunging oil and gas prices.d news for many americans, but not for all. >> take a shot at letting the ruler rule! >> axelrod: and jericka duncan introduces us to an unusual pastor with a gift for growing his flock. >> i just know what we do, which is love god, love life, love people. captioning sponsored by cbs

you give the people what they want. >> reporter: for cbs this morning, anna werner dallas. >>> the cdc will monitor a lab technician after a possible exposure to ebola. the agency says an experiment used a live virus that was handled without proper protection. the sample was moved into a lab where the technician was working. >> former president h.w. bush remains in a houston hospital. a spokesman said the 90-year-old was hospitalized after having shortness of breath. he had a good day wednesday. pope >>> pope francis recently made a revelation. he told new parents he was baptized on this day, christmas, 78 years ago. >> the pope also talked about gifts this season. he asked the world's catholics to become missionaries of joy. he urged people not to worry about that holiday rush but, quote, think of all the good things that life has given you. >> joseph kurtz is the archbishop of louisville and the archbishops. thank you. >> merry christmas. >> to you as well. >> thank you, thank you. >> why is joy crucial to our lives? >> well, don't you think people recognize the joyful person and wan

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who ran the enhanced interrogation program about what they say the senate report got wrong plus anna werneroma city with why a judge is being asked to intervene over a blown call in high school. a high school football game. they are serious in oklahoma. and criticism over low paid workers to a struggle with technology, walmart's ceo lays out his plan to turn around the company. the news is back in the morning. we'll see you at 7:00. >> sounds like you got a good show. okay. all starts at 7:00. >> one more thing. the ladies of "the talk" will be here, too. >> the ladies of "the talk"! they're always fun. sounds good. >> i think so. >> see you then. >>> there's some new rules now for america's big banks. here now is kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank and michelle. regulators want to avoid a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis in which banks, shareholders and taxpayers paid dearly for some very risky bets by large financial institutions. the federal reserve is proposing new regulations to require banks to set aside more capital to prote

as anna werner reports, fans are happy, and so are the filmmakers. >> reporter: one of the stars of "the interview" seth rogan surprised those waiting to see the movie in los angeles. tickets were sold out in this theater. >> dave. >> tim. >> reporter: "the interview" was also released. sony's deal with microsoft and google makes the film available online on various platforms and on the website seetheinterview.com. s sony said it was always planning to release the video. >> we haven't heard the last of the streaming partners that are going to be joining sony. we have yet to hear from netflix and itunes, many others. stay tuned. i think this streaming list could get longer. >> it's the first rule of journalism. you give the people what they want. >>> the agency says an experiment used a live virus that was handled without proper protection. the sample was moved into a lab where the technician was working. >> former president h.w. bush remains in a houston hospital. a spokesman said the 90-year-old was hospitalized after having shortness of breath. he had a good day wednesday. >>> well,

anna werner is at the site in oklahoma. >> they were defeated by the pirates in that local final quarter but they say they would have won were it not for the officials dropping the ball in the game's final moments. down a point and with a little over a minute left in the game, trojans' quarterback patrick mckofman unleashed this 58-yard touchdown pass. you're walking down the field, you're watching him, and what are you thinking that moment? >> we did it. >> reporter: dedid it. >> we just advanced to the playoff finals. >> reporter: as the play unfoeltded the coach got too close to the field and bumped an official. according to the book the trojans should have been penalized but the referees instead called the touchdown back, wiping out the trojans' lead and their playoff hopes. >> i felt like family members taken away. >> reporter: the trojan school district is asking the judge for the final minutes to be rerey played, if not the entire game. you do have anybody looking at you and saying look, don't be whiners. it's football? >> yeah. but it's kids. >> reporter: they say these called sh