. ♪ ♪ anthony mason will take five to remember dave brubeck, a giant of jazz.tioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, they've never said it quite like this: the president's treasury secretary made it clear there is no room for compromise. republicans must accept an increase in tax rates for upper- income americans. negotiations on a budget deal haven't gone very far and there are just 27 days before that so- called fiscal cliff. that's the package of tax increases for most americans and budget cuts that will hit automatically unless the white house and congress find a gentler way to solve the crisis in the federal budget. here's how treasury secretary tim geithner put it on cnbc. >> is the administration prepared to go over the fiscal cliff? >> absolutely. again there is no prospect to an agreement that doesn't involve those rates going up on the top 2% of the wealthiest americans. remember, it's only 2%. >> pelley: by top 2%, he means individuals making more than $200,000 and couples taking in $250,000

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anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> can you name the five nba players with 30,000 points?k at one of the next elite ,, >>> new head football coach at cal replacing jeff tedford who was fired last month. just his third year, the bulldogs have the top ranked offense in the country scoring 51 points per game. he's 43 years old. he takes over a cal team that finished 3-9 last year. they have brand new digs and good talent. >>> curry is flourishing without ellis on the team. outscored detroit 49-7 tonight. warriors come out smoking. rookie harrison barnes right out of his nikes. golden state up early. game high 27. but curry is king. 22 points. 10 assists. four straight games with at least 10 assists. warriors win. >>> jim harbaugh has decided to stick with colin kaepernick. it was this fumble that was so decisive. i'm guessing that play will not get called again. >>> rams head coach thought the play call was questionable. it's still tucking at jim harbaugh. here's the top five. >> i don't know what they were trying to accomplish there. you learn from it. feels like somebody to

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and i'm anthony mason.ttack at the sandy hook elementary school that left 20 children and seven adults dead before the gunman killed himself. cbs news justice correspondent bob orr joins us now from our washington bureau. good morning, bob. >> good morning, anthony and rebecca. today is not any easier than yesterday. i'm afraid to say i don't believe we have a great deal -- a lot of new answers as to what really went on here. we do know at this point the investigators are very confident that one gunman carried out this atrocity. that's adam lanza, the 20-year-old man that we've been talking about. we know that he used three weapons that were apparently purchased legally and registered in the name of his mother. a couple of the wells were semiautomatic pistols, a glock 9 millimeter and a sig sauer. also a m-223. there were conflicting reports. first report says the gun may have been in his mother's car in the parking lot, but later that was called into question when some .223 casings, shell casings were foun

anthony mason will be talking with the members. >> reporter: in the 1970s no band was bigger than led zeppelin. the surviving members who were just honored at the white house sat down with us for a rare interview. howes was it to get back together after all that time? >> there's a lot of energy when we get close together, because there's a lot of expectation that goes with that. >> reporter: led zeppelin, later on "sunday morning." >> osgood: you probably know that friday is the end of fall. and some fear it could be the end of a lot more than that. bill geist will look into it. >> reporter: but with all the holiday festivities activities you may have forgot ebb an important date, this friday, december 21st, it's the end of the toward, remember? mark your calendars and live it up, ahead on "sunday morning." >> osgood: we'll meet the elliotts, chris and his father bob, for them funny is a family affair. we'll remember sitaarist ravi shankar, the music and the man. we'll have the tale of peter rabbit and more. but first the headlines, for the 16th of december, 2012. president obama will

o'donnell with anthony mason.e fi scalfisc clial cff dliffeadl deaine dlinwhene wh en fiscal cliff deadline when dr amatdramic iaticncre incases reas andes a dramatic spend sndinpendg ing cuts kick in. congressional leaders and vice president biden are struggling to avoid the fiscal cliff. congressional those negotiations continue this morning. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, good morning. negotia >> reporter: good morning to you, norah.morning. the negotiators do appear to mo they haveove appeared to move si gn closer to one ntlpsianother.gy panifirtcantly particularly on democrats have come way up from pthi thes isthissue issof president's ue of tax cuts. longstandingde mocrdemoats crathave s ha comve position that ce thewaome y bush taxupway froup fm rom the president's longstanding position that the bush tax cuts should expire for all household income over $250,000 a year. republicans have come way down from speaker boehner's insistence that that limit be set at a million dollars. and so if there's a

anthony mason looks at the new unemployment numbers and what they mean to the recovery. out as a prank involving the british royal nomily. .ow someone caught up in it is dead. mark phillips reports from sndon. and secret santa savesch

i'm rebecca jarvis. >> and i'm seth doane in for anthony mason.oks at some of the country's other great spots to ring in 2013. >>> then something to look forward to for next year. it could be a real blockbuster year for the movies and we'll preview some of the most anticipated films of the coming year. >> plus, it's been delighting kids for 60 years now and it's still going strong the children's classic "charlotte's web." >> i always love thad book. >>> first coming up this half hour, the negotiations to head off the fiscal cliff. there appears to be new optimism that a deal could be struck. we're going to get more from our chief white house correspondent major garrett who's at the white house. major, good morning again. nice to see you. where do things stand? >> good morning. well rebecca, the president said yesterday he's modestly optimistic as did the senate democratic leader. let's face reality. optimism and hope don't equal a bill and as of yet there's no bill. they're said to work today to try to compromise and what's the real sticking point

. >> i'm anthony mason. top story this half hour a trial here in new york is breaking a great deal attention to a deeply insue lar religious sect. a fundamentalist group of hasidic jews. cbs "this morning" senior correspondent john miller has been following the trial. he's here with a revealing look at the satmar sect. >> fascinating case pap case that's being watched closely anthony not because of the allegations that a trusted community leader sexually abused a young girl he was assigned to help but also because the trial has pulled back a veil concealing the inner workings of a community. the trial is opening a window into one of the insue lar and secretive sects in the country. weberman is accused of sexually abusing a girl from his community when she was 12 years old. he's a member of the satmar sect of hasidic jews. it sits next to one of new york's trendiest neighborhoods but the satmars live in a world apart shunning many aspects of modern life and following strict biblical laws. >> for an investigat

as anthony mason shows us now it's magic. >> reporter: the face may not be familiar.is has starred in some of this century's biggest blockbusters. when you sit in a theater and you look up and see gollum, do you think that's me? >> yeah absolutely. ou're a liar. especially because gollum's face is designed around mine. can't you tell? >> you don't have any friends. reporter: in the lord of the rings trilogy serkis stars as the conflicted creature gollum. reprising his role in the new film the hobbit serkis again uses the gutterral voice he discovered in his kitchen. >> i actually watched one of my cats cough up a fur ball. when a cat coughs up fur balls he goes (making a sound) like that. which i began to use. so that became the voice of gollum. >> reporter: serkis was hired originally just to provide the voice for an animated gollum. but his physical performance on set was so convincing that director peter jackson went off script. >> we started to look at andy and thinking, is there a way that we can get what he's giving us actually in the film? >> reporter: so jacks

i'm norah o'donnell with anthony mason. charlie and gayle are off. the deadline for the fiscal cliff is less than 24 hours away, and there is no deal yet, but members of congress will be back on capitol hill this morning, so we will have all the news from washington in a moment. but first there is breaking news on the condition of secretary of state hillary clinton. >> she's in a new york city hospital this morning being treated for a blood clot. doctors say it's related to a concussion that has kept her out of the office for the past three weeks. margaret brennan is in washington with the latest. margaret, good morning. >> good morning to you. secretary clinton is taking anti-co-ag lands to thin out the blood clots. doctors will report lid monitor her for at least the next 48 hours. >> welcome to the secretary of state. >> secretary of state hillary clinton was admitted to new york presbyterian hospital on sunday after doctors discovered a blood clot during what was termed a follow-up exam to check on her recovery from a recent concussion. clinton's

anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs morning news," an updatehe growing crisis in syria. we'll get reaction from secretary of state hillary clinton who's holding talks. >> plus a groundbreaking way to treat alzheimer's disease with a brain pacemaker. >>> and the latest problems for the boeing 787 dream maker. we'll hear from peter later. >>> that is the morning news for this thursday. as always i appreciate your watching. i'm terrell brown in new york city. thank you, everybody. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com decemb >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> hi, everyone. good morning. it's thursday, december 6. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is just about 4:30. let's get a check on the weather with lawrence. good morning. >> good morning. we are finally drying out around the bay area. looks like nice weather to come although foggy too. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and 101 and 92 slow because of roadwork. i'll have more about your morning drive in just a

esd here's senior business correspondent anthony mason. >> reporter: a 220-year-old financial institution is being bought by an upstart kid of a company from atlanta, the intercontinental exchange, or ice, a derivatives trading firm founded only a dozen years ago. an icon of american capitalism since 1792, the new york stock exchange long dominated the financial landscape, but the big board has seen its influence erode in recent years. how long did you work opt floor here? s. 30 years. >> reporter: 30 years. when veteran trader it ken polcari started on the floor in ade early 1980s, that he was one he eome 3,000 traders. >> the energy that was in the building, that really drove kind of the personality of the place, ite market, the excitement of it. >> reporter: today, the floor is considerably quieter as electronic trading has eliminated the middle man, the number of traders has dwindled to fewer than 700 and the s y.s.e. now also faces tougher re aetition. >> there are 12 other exchanges, which are public transparent exchanges. >> reporter: the nyse has seen exchshare of trading and the

here's anthony mason. >> reporter: the u.s. economy ndntinued to add jobs in november, despite worries about a looming fiscal cliff in washington and the effects of a k perstorm in the northeast. >> thank you very much. or reporter: at chobani, the greek yogurt maker based in new york, c.e.o. hamdi ulukaya has been hiring. how many employees do you have? >> close to 2,000. >> reporter: the turkish-born ulukaya started chobani just four years ago. since then, greek yogurt sales re g exploded. chobani is now nearly a billion- dollar business. >> think we're going to be over 5,000 to 6,000 people by five years. >> reporter: so another 3,000 or ll000. th yeah. >> reporter: nationally job f owth has been steady but slow. so far in 2012 the economy has added an average of 151,000 jobs a month. >> we are creating more jobs but the pace of that hasn't really thanged much in the last two years. >> reporter: this chief investment strategist with the the blackrock says the economy is caught in a circle. >> one reason the job market isn't

i'm anthony mason that and i'm rebecca jarvis. >> take a look at this.calls himself sandy claus. he's a guy from brooklyn who decided he had to do something to salvage christmas for kids whose homes were hit by sandy. >> michael started out with money out of his own pocket but when word got out what he was doing, posted on facebook the contributions starting pouring in. >> great important work from sandy claus, helping to restore faith in the human spirit. >>> but first our top story this half hour people's faith are always tested during times of tragedy, and this year at christmas coming on the heels of the newtown, connecticut, horror it's a difficult season for many. >> so many are mourning. the rev right hand calvin butts and president of sunni college. and rabbi and. good morning to you all. thank you all for being here. let me start with you. first i think it would be easy for a lot of people's faiths to feel challenged after what happened in newtown last week. what do you say to people like that? >> well, it is true that you're challenged. all of

i'm anthony mason. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. coming up in this half hour a mystery on the la met mars.as made an important discovery and our guest has some ideas what that could be. >> a cop bis boots for a barefoot man. what inspires us to do kind things for total strangers while others walk away. >> he may be a meat head but a son-in-law who gets along with his wife's folks may be the key to keeping his own marriage happy. turn the volume up on this one. >> but first our top stories this half hour today is world aids day. the white house is observing the occasion by hoisting a giant red ribbon. in india students took to the streets holding up a banner with the theme getting to zero. there was a martin philippines calling on the government to increase funding for aids health and social services. the u.n. estimates 34 million people live with hiv and says an end to the epidemic is in sight. >> several hundred people in new jersey remain out of their hopes after an 76 car freight train derailed sending hazardous gas taryn. dozens of people were sickened from the fumes. four tank cars pl

then anthony mason will take five to remember dave brubeck, a giant of jazz.tioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, they've never said it quite like this: the president's treasury secretary made i