anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> dubois: and this is the "cbs evening news."scott pelley, i'm maurice dubois i >>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda m. macdonald >>> it's the latest consequence i a painfully dry winter. water restrictions are starting to trickle into northern california. good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm allen martin. mandatory water restrictions now cover one city and it may be a sign of what's to come for the rest of us. new at 6:00, brian webb is in folsom where people can now go where only the fish have been. >> it's like a needle in a haystack. >> reporter: folsom lake is so dry treasure hunters now trek the land where fish used to tread water. >> just pick this thing out and decided to knock around and have a little fun. >> reporter: i should be under 20 feet of law. instead this is what left of the lake looking more like the surface of the moon, below 20% capacity and 50% where it should be this time of year. the lake hasn't been this low since the late '70s losing 1700-acre square feet a day, drastic measures may be on the h

anthony mason reports. police make big gains in a city plagued by murder. dean reynolds on how they did it. and a family of six has been rescued after being stranded two days in subzero weather. john blackstone has the breaking news. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it was a remarkable moment in history today-- the first black president of south africa eulogized by the first black president of the united states. president obama spoke in soweto. the love was written all over the faces of the tens of thousands who attended. mr. obama urged young people in south africa and around the world to remember mandela and make his work their own. here's bill whitaker. >> reporter: hours before the memorial service, people started pouring into the huge soccer stadium. not even pouring rain could dampen their spirit. outside, a parade of dignitaries and celebrities were streaming in. more than 90 world leaders came to show their respect for nelson mandela. princes, prime ministers, three former and one

anthony mason on the best jobs report since the great recession. but what kind of jobs is the economy creating? an ice storm causes havoc in the middle of the country. manuel bojorquez is there. and allen pizzey on the years that made the man. >> for 18 of the 27 years he spent in prison, nelson mandela walked down this corridor everyday and at the end of that walk there was no freedom, there was this. >> reporter: with bob simon on the moment he was free. >> after 27 years, his head was high and his fist was clenched. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the south african government announced today that the state funeral for former president nelson mandela will be a week from sunday-- the culmination of days of memorial services. president obama will lead the u.s. delegation and he's invited the former american presidents to join him. mourners continued to gather today at mandela's home in johannrg died last night and at his former home in soweto. and for us, no one image captured h

anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> talk about taking a close look. >>> well, coming up on "cbs thisurity challenges for the sochi winter olympics in the wake of the russian bombing attacks. >>> plus, more on the faa drone testing, we'll look at the commercial potential and the big money involved. >>> and dr. david agus looks at the science of hangovers, hopefully the cure, too. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ,, >> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda m. macdonald >>> good morning, everyone. it's tuesday, december 31. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. final day of 2013. and we are going to kick it off with mr. lawrence karnow. >> then let's go big on this dame. 2013, winding down. looks like we have some clouds rolling through our skies today and looks like it will stay mild. no rain in the forecast just yet. will that change for the new year? we'll talk about that coming up. >> and the roads are nice and dry as lawrence said and everything is light, as well. of course, this is new

anthony mason is in new york for us tonight. anthony, what exactly is the fed doing? >> reporter: the fed will still be stimulating the economy, scott, but it's cutting back the amount from $85 in bond purchases to $75 billion next month. chairman ben bernanke said the fed can begin dialing down the program because it's working. >> today's policy actions reflect the committee's assessment that the economy is continuing to make progress but that it also has much farther to travel before conditions can be judged normal. >> reporter: in his final press conference as fed chairman, bernanke pointed to the economy's improving outlook. unemployment has fallen from 8.1%-- when the latest round of stimulus started in 2012-- to 7% today, a five-year low. 2.9 million jobs were created during that time. in all, since 2008, the fed's invested more than $2 trillion buying treasuries and mortgage- backed securities to keep interest rates low and money moving. and bernanke said his successor, janet yellen, who has yet to be confirmed by the senate, was completely on board. >> i have

. >> and i'm anthony mason. here are a few of the stories we'll be looking at on "cbs this morning saturday." another big travel weekend and another storm brewing. how an area already dealing with ice and power problems is about to get hit again. >>> in sight but out of reach. a research ship trapped in the antarctic ice was close to being rescued. we'll talk with someone on board and talk about what went wrong. >>> a & e reinstates the popular "duck dynasty." >>> and there's a revolution brewing inside this machine. see how a robot can make a better cup of coffee than a barista, all that and much more on "cbs this morning saturday," december 28th, 2013. captioning funded by cbs >>> and welcome to the weekend. we also have some great guests for you here in studio 57 this morning. some consider him the greatest chef, daniel. >> and he's also in the food business. you probably won't recognize this machblt ed curry broke the record for creating the hottest pepper known to man. anthony's going to sample it. >> so ar

. >> and i'm anthony mason. here are a few of the stories we'll be looking at on "cbs this morning saturday." a major storm expected to disrupt travel for millions of-mile-an-hours from the west to the deep south. >>> this morning two astronauts begin spacewalks aimed at fixing a cooling station on the international space station. >>> also what's it really like inside the national football league. the journalist who ease yearlong access is was so unprecedented he even got a locker. >>> and on the last weekend before christmas we have the actual science behind giving the best possible gifts. all that and much more on "cbs this morning saturday," december 21st, 2013. captioning funded by cbs >>> and welcome to the weekend. we also have some very distinguished guests for you here in studio 57 this morning, including holiday music from one of new orleans' very best the one and only aaron neville sings in our holiday session. >>> and he became one of the most honored and accomplished chefs. >>> and on this holiday we

the subject of a new movie and anthony mason will talk with the man behind the music. >> music producer t bone burnett needed to recreate the folk scene for the new film "inside llewyn davis." what is it about producing for film that you find so satisfying. >> putting image and music together is very powerful thing. >> ahead on "sunday morning" collaborating with the coen brothers t bone burnett brings back the early '60s. >> osgood: it is sunday morning tradition we ring out the year 2013 by taking a look at those who left us in the 12 months gone by. ♪ so many remarkable people, musicians, statesmen, actors, advisors and friends. men and women who changed our lives. and left the world a better place. this morning we'll bid them farewell. the end of 201 in number of other ways throughout the morning, erin moriarty talks about going to new york city police commission ray kelly. reflects on 40th anniversary of the endangered species act. david edelstein has new year movie suggestions. first the headlines for this last sunday morning of the year december 29, 2013. a suicide bomber believe

anthony mason shows us why it took so long to become a hit.reservations and used by the nsa. oracle is in a battle with google accusing them of using the programming language without permission. we sat down with ellison in his compound south of san francisco. there we talked about his feud with google. >> i think mostly, the only problem i have trouble with are the google guys. >> really? >> yeah. >> larry and sergei you have trouble with? >> larry specifically. >> larry per se. >> why? >> because he makes the decisions over. there he runs that company. no one else runs that company. and they decided, let me be very clear. whether you program, when you write a program for someone, you use the oracle tool or oracle java tools for everything. at the very end you press a button that says convert this to android format. we don't compete with google. we think they took our stuff. that is a completely separate issue. >> does that mean you think they're evil? >> i think what they did was absolutely evil. >> and you blame larry page? >> 100% larry pag

anthony mason is here. >> glad to be here. two will share the largest jackpot in american history. $636 million. all picked the winning numbers. 8, 14 17 20 39 and mega ball 7. one was sold in atlanta and the other in san jose california. john black stone is in san jose. good morning. >> reporter: good morning norah and anthony. for california viewers just waking up now, if you bought your mega millions ticket from this store in san jose you better check your numbers. you could be hundreds of millions of richer. at least one winning ticket from the half billion plus jackpot was sold here at jenny's gift shop. last night local media caught up with the man he claimed he had just taken over the store four months ago. >> the lottery called me and let me know. i come and took a look. everybody here whoa. >> lottery officials say $336 million in tickets were sold for tuesday's big drawing. even while the odds of winning were lower than ever. >> apparently you've got a more chance of getting hit by lightning than winning. >> in fact

anthony mason on the best jobs report since the great recession. but what kind of jobs is the economy creating? an ice storm causes havoc in the middle of the country. manuel bojorquez is there. and allen pizzey on the years that made the man. >> for 18 of the 27 years he spent in prison, nelson mandela walked down this corridor

a new movie about one of the all time great story tellers, anthony mason has a preview. >> charles dickens was a rock star in victorian england. >> the ship was gone. >> ray fiennes plays the author in a new film. >> if you like dickens. >> he made mistakes but i can't help but being drawn to his fury. >> later on "sunday morning" in this season of scrooge a look at his create or, charles dickens. >> osgood: chita rivera is a broadway legend, never never got the memo to slow down. mow rock cowill try to keep up with her ♪ >> hers is a career with legs. chita rivera has been acting, singing and dancing for over six decades. how would you describe your own dancing? >> explosive. alive. ♪ >> ahead on "sunday morning." chita rivera. >> osgood: how to describe obsessive pastime that stood the test of time. >> the crossword puzzle turns 100 this week. cause for celebration like dan, the raping american crossword puzzle tournament champion. >> i know almost every fact about yoxo ono because ono is a super famous person as well as a very useful set of letters. >> ahead on "sunday morning," 100 yea

anthony mason gets a taste of historic new york deli.urbank asks for the smart phones and other high tech devices are dumbing us down. and first here are the headlines for this sunday morning. the 8th of december, 2013. we hymns and eulogy south africas are remember the life and less situate of anti-apartheid hero nelson mandela. mark phillips is there. >> reporter: the regime of church in soweto has always been the center of south africa's liberation and struggle. today they sang for the man who led that struggle and the remarkable reconciliation that followed. >> the sunday service here began on a day december nationed as one of worship and reflection for nelson mandela and the prayers had extra meaning. there aren't too many churches in the world where the image of a terrestrial political lead search enshrined in stained glass along with heavenly figures. mandela catherine sony says is almost war shipped here. >> the man is money for his conscious. i am today where i am because of him. >> reporter: among the congregation, the u.s. amb

anthony mason reports. police make big gains in a city plagued by murder. dean reynolds on how they did it. and a family of six has been rescued after being stranded two days in subzero weather. john blackstone has the breaking news.

. >> and i'm anthony mason. here are a few stories we'll be looking at on "cbs this morning saturday." a dispute with a teacher turns deadly just miles from columbine and a day before the newtown anniversary. there's been another school shooting. we'll have details on the investigation. >> another big storm with winter still weeks away. we're tracking the ice and snow from the midwest to the northeast. >>> his final journey home. after a week of good-byes, nelson mandela's body arrives in his ancestral village on the eve of his funeral. >>> and prince harry completes a trek with wounded veterans. all that and much more on "cbs this morning saturday," december 14th, 2013. captioning funded by cbs >>> and welcome to the weekend. we also have some distinguished visitors here in studio 57 this morning fresh off his two grammy nominations. gregory porter is here to perform. his voice is compared to greats like lou rawls and marvin gaye. >> plus chef martin lever inton who got a psychology degree but followed his hear

today tastes so good. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning saturday," i'm anthony mason. >> and i'mho made the cut and who didn't. >>> then like santa, they only come around this time of year -- holiday cocktails. from eggnog to hotted toy yed to hot toddys and even been a great actor toor a long time and now some think bruce dern might win an oscar for his latest movie "nebraska". >>> korean war veteran merrill newman who was detained for more than a month by north korea is a free man. >> the first stop on his journey back home was beijing. seth jones joins us now. >> reporter: that's right, he made a brief layover here in beijing on his way home to visit his family in california. the north korean official state news agency says he was released on humanitarian grounds, after having apologized for alleged crimes committed back during the korean war more than 60 years ago. he spoke briefly with reporters gathered at the airport here in beijing earlier today. >> i'm very glad to be on my way home. >> i appreciate the tolerance that the dprk government has given to me to be on my way.

and anthony mason on the little bird that's become a huge star. >> it's pretty magnificent.tioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

anthony mason on the best jobs report since the great recession. but what kind of jobs is the economy creating? an ice storm causes havoc t middle of the country. manuel bojorquez is there. and allen pizzey on the years that made the man. >> for 18 of the 27 years he spent in prison, nelson mandela walked down this corridor everyday and at the end of that walk there was no freedom, there was this. >> reporter: with bob simon on the moment he was free. >> after 27 years, his head was high and his fist was clenched.

anthony mason on why that sent markets to new highs. surveillance of americans has gone too far.s the conclusion of a report released tonight by a presidential commission. major garrett has the breaking news. a change in guidance on blood pressure may mean that fewer people need drugs. elaine quijano reports. and chip reid goes for a ride on the snowball express. speeding joy to families of the fallen. >> nothing brings me more joy than to see him happy. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs eng

we'll hear from anthony mason. >>> plus the seaworld backlash. are cancel appearances at orlando's seaworld. >>> and mo rocca marks the 100th anniversary of the crossword puzzle. >>> that's it for "cbs morning news" on this wednesday. i'm anne-marie green. thanks for watching. have a great day. thanks for watching. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com december 18th. i'm michelle griego. >>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda m. macdonald >>> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, december 18. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm brian hackney. frank is sleeping peacefully this morning. >> he is! lucky him! right? >> lucky him, lucky us to be here today. >> true. [ laughter ] >> hey, guys. we have some changes coming our way in the weather. in fact, check out our hi-def doppler radar. yeah, we have some moisture that's making its way across our skies, most of the showers staying away from the bay area but we have a big change in the weather, coming. we'll talk about it coming up. >> thank you. and i have a big list of overnight roadw

here's senior business correspondent anthony mason. >> reporter: the auto industry was headed for a disastrous crash in 2009 when the government made the controversial decision to take over general motors. >> one of the first decisions that i made as president was to save the u.s. auto industry from collapse. >> reporter: taxpayers would invest $49.5 billion to keep g.m. afloat. with the sale of the last of its g.m. stock today the government's made back $39 billion-- a more than $10 billion loss, saving chrysler cost another $1.2 billion. but steve ratner, the car czar who headed the president's auto task force, said in "sunday morning" interview in 2010, it was worth it. what would have happened if we lost g.m.? >> you would have lost jobs a million jobs instantly. it would have been an economic disaster. >> reporter: in all of its bailouts to wall street and detroit, the government has recovered $432.7 billion after paying out $421.8 billion-- a profit for taxpayers of nearly $11 billion. a study by the center for automotive research out today found that if g.m. had failed, it would have co

anthony mason knows. >> reporter: despite the mob scene at the malls, the enticing deals, and even someres opening on thanksgiving day for the first time ever, the holiday weekend was not as merry as many retailers hoped. the mood over this holiday period then was what? >> well, it's okay. >> reporter: craig johnson was out surveying stores for his firm customer growth partners. >> overall it was kind of a muted holiday. very hot thursday night but things quieted down very rapidly so it was only so so. >> reporter: and after the weak business on black friday, johnson estimates sales this season will be up only about 3%. >> and that's very anemic growth and the reason is that real disposable income, the latest reading year over year is only up 0.9%, which is minuscule. >> reporter: online shopping has been stronger. u.p.s. expects to pick up more than 32 million package this is cyber monday, about a million more than last year. a survey by i.b.m. benchmark found the average online transaction was about $128 over the four-day holiday weekend and that 23% of online shopping was done throug

. >> santana's conversation with anthony mason ahead of "cbs this morning." >>> your realtime captioner condition after a fire at their home in san francisco's alamo square neighborhood. it broke out a little before 9:00 last night on baker street. neighbors tell us the injured men had been remodeling the house. >>> two newark families were burglarized on christmas eve. someone broke in and stole nearly everything under their trees, also taking electronics and credit cards. police are still looking for the thieves. >>> the future of city college of san francisco could be decided today. a judge will hear arguments for two injunctions aimed at keeping the school from losing its accreditation. if the arguments fade, accreditation will be terminated next july 31 impacting tens of thousands of students and faculty. >>> stay with us. traffic and weather coming right up. >>> good morning. we do have one accident out there. it's not causing much of a delay but heading out of concord, southbound 242 by concord avenue, an accident there is blocking the slow lane. traffic is so light, it's really

anthony mason is here. what's the significance of this? in the state, which michigan does supposedly, protects your pension, if the city files chapter 9, federal law can precede that. the court has said they're in deep trouble and everything needs to be looked at. >> what's the chance of reversal on appeal? >> there is definitely going to be an appeal. the city is allowed to proceed with this bankruptcy. they intend to have a plan by january. it likely will include some cuts to pensions. >> how did it get this bad, anthony and where does it leave the people of detroit? >> he said they've been marching their way here for 60 years. that's true. the population of detroit once the fourth largest city decline by 63%. the tax base erodes it was mismanaged and ends up like this. >> there are a number of other cities across the country that face shortfalls. do you think you'll see other cities starting to declare bankruptcy? >> i don't think it's anything anybody wants to do detroit's situation is particularly dire. but this is a noose that's tigh

. >>> anthony mason gives us a sneak preview of it is a story you'll see first on "cbs this morning." find a photographic history of the modern world. how many pictures are in this archive though? >> well the image collection manages about 11.5 billion images. >> bill bonner is in charge of the vintage collections that includes some of the earliest color images. >> these are autograms. this was the first commercially successful process and it was introduced in 1907. >> and some of the most exotic photographs like this 1919 picture from the solomon islands. >> it says mrs. johnson and chief magapate before the trouble started. >> what was the trouble, do you know? >> i don't know, and that's troubled me. >> nearly a thousand of these photographs have been collected in a giant three-volume book. >> and i went through every single story ever published. >> this man said the "national geographic" played an important role. its photographers showed us the way the world lived. >> they were ambassadors of the sort, weren't they? >> absolutely. they represented in a sense this little pioneer sp

anthony mason is with us now. anthony, good morning. >> good morning, jeff. good morning, anita. rock 'n' roll photographer but she was one of the best. >> that's good. yeah. >> reporter: on a cold december morning, lynn goldsmith is trying to capture patty smith. >> she's my favorite to photography. >> since the 1970s she's taken hundreds of pictures of the rock star and poet. >> oh this i love too. this is a very weird moment. unfortunately i was with her when she fell off the stage and we had to go to the hospital. >> reporter: goldsmith shares her backstage tales and remarkable port foal yeo "rock 'n' roll icons." u2's bono, deborah harry and michael jackson who got shy on her. >> i put on james brown and started dancing. i did my famous slidestep and of course he outdanced me. one of my favorite memories in life will be dancing with michael in the tunnel of love. >> she's been taking pictures since she was a kid growing up in michigan and florida. >> it's almost like i have to do that to breathe. >> what made you pick up a camera? >> my father was a very serious amateur phot

charlie rose is off, so anthony mason is with us as we end 2013. >> they're already hung over in australia. >> happy new year to you. >> happy new year to you. great to be here. >> we're going to talk about 2013, of course, today but we begin with the weather because much of the country is finishing the year in a dangerous deep freeze this morning. the temperature in northern minnesota dropped to -- get this -- 27 below overnight. single-digit lows stretch all the way to chicago. and on top of that, snow is making things tough for drivers around the upper midwest. >> meanwhile, the northeast is shivering in bitter windchills. it feels like 6 degrees in boston this morning. and more snow is coming just as utilities in maine finish a week-long effort to restore power after last week's ice storm. meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm is monitoring the cold and the storms this morning. megan. >> norah and anthony, the new york storm begins in the midwest and quickly tracks eastward as it joins with a low pressure system from the atlantic, it will deepen, bringing more snow pot

>> i'm norah o'donnell with gayle king and anthony mason. charlie rose is off.pics. >> the attacks yesterday and this morning killed more than 30 people in volgograd, about 400 miles from the olympic site of sochi. elizabeth palmer is in london. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well the russian government is clearly worried. it's already released video of the president and the prime minister discussing this bombing. and president putin has ordered increased security across the country. but of course it's these pictures that are going to grab all the attention. volgograd's main railway station where the blast from the first bombing was actually filmed by a security camera and then the debris less than 24 hours later from another bomb aboard a volgograd bus. no one has claimed responsibility but the main suspects are chechen rebels. their leader has called on his fighters to stop the sochi winter olympics from going ahead. this fall russian president vladimir putin lit the olympic torch and promised the safest games ever. but with the opening ce

anthony mason joins us live in new york with the big show. good morning. >> reporter: good morning., national security analysts on what the terror attacks in russia mean for security at the upcoming olympics. plus, 30 times stronger than steel, 50% lighter than kevlar, we put the new bulletproof suit to the test. and the best day of the year to get a new car and how you can get the most bang for your buck. the news is back if the morning. we'll see you all -- into us is back in the morning. we'll see you all at 6:00. >>> time now 6:51. an accident on the ski slopes sends a former formula 1 race car driver to the hospital. the latest on michael schumacher's this morning. >> reporter: we are live in oakland. jahi mcmath's family running out of time and options. the effort to keep the oakland girl on life support before the hospital can legally remove her from the ventilator. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. in the russian city of volgograd. this time, a bla on a trolleybus

that it died in a hospital in belgium he was seventy six kids in the chain of congolese rumba ask anthony mason a ladies' his high pitched vocals the famous across africa. i mean. at ten and a squash will respond in nineteen twenty seven mph and one the nineteen sixties to the twenty first century interesting aside to help bring in the quran and the team's national music scene in the city will cool gadgets he knows who you are goofy yet so little knuckle this area you'll soon be seeing you it will be a suitable sites for what you watch all of those hospitals will be looking to cut the cd which will take to the fold of the movie belongs to the critical of the gospel to the fuel. golf trip. in nineteen seventy it became a fast african musician to the fall and the price and the music color and. he passed away on saturday in belgium has been told. we carried it as ham country at a state funeral in concert sing it up in a dead at the age of seventy six. if i need is across the globe have been speaking up about eight so it's been a world aids day francis issued an appeal and has some interesting univ

anthony mason is with us. >> good morning.t they have a growing number of followers eagerly awaiting their next review. 44-year-old james thatch is a children's author who loves to make people laugh. when you saw this posting on amazon for a state-of-the-art tv for nearly $40,000, the writer in him couldn't resist. >> i went straight down to the reviews to see who would buy $40,000 and they were all joke reviews and i thought, i could do that. >> reporter: in his mock review he described the length he went to to afford the tv. >> we bought this after selling our daughter amanda into slavery. we got a refurbished, without a remote. >> reporter: it encouraged 600 other users to chime in with their own sarcastic comments. it's a practice known as amazon bombing, something the online retailer has been known to quietly encourage. >> amazon found out people are using their site as a publishing platform and makes it more than just a store. it makes them an electronic town hall. >> reporter: according to amazon nearly 8,000 users foun

. >> is that annoying to you anthony mason?ed to try to reinvent myself. >> cross words when i do them sometimes i feel like my brain is being pulled in all directions. it's got to be good for you. >> you look vaguely familiar. >> welcome back. >> i wanted to be here today. >> did someone not give me the pink memo? i feel left out. look at your ties. >> we compare notes. >> could you guys let me in on the little club in the near future? >> women are the fastest growing segment of business travelers but that has hotels paying some attention. >> the women's floor is on the 11th floor of the property. >> charlie wants to know how he can get a room on floor 11. >> oh, don't you believe that jan. >> i'm losing my voice now, too charlie. did you kiss me and i don't sleep train's interest-free for 3 event ends sunday! it's your last chance to get 3 years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster serta icomfort even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry, sleep

anthony mason is with us. good morning. >> good morning.s. the runaway success has the music industry wondering if the new pub lipsity is no publicity. >> posted on social media at midnight last friday the pop diva announced the release of her fifth solo album titled "beyonce." the new album was such a closely guarded secret, even her most diehard fans were caught by surprise. it arrived without a tv blitz. there were no leaked singles. she bypassed all the traditional ways of generating buzz for new albums. >> i don't want anybody -- i want this to come out when it's ready and from me to my fans. >> keith calf field is associate director of charts for billboard magazine. >> sometimes all the height doesn't necessarily work. sometimes the less you know about something, the more you want to find out about it. clearly people wanted to find out about beyonce's album. >> throughout the weekend fans lit up twitter with 1.2 million posts during the first 12 hours of the album's release. even katy perry and lady gaga got caught up in the excitemen