starbucks' ceo asked baristas in the d.c.tomers. however, disappointed customers taken to twitter, saying look it hasn't happened on my cup not all baristas are doing it, one customer asking for a refund joking around their lack of participation will have us falling off that fiscalu,@i cliff. ellen braitman, bloomberg news. >>> :49. live doppler tracking rain just a little. >> just a little bit that's the key going to be a minimal storm compared to what we've been dealing with for the earlier parts of this month. good morning open up the weather window fromnzv our east bay camera towards san francisco, you can see off in the distance, looks hazer than it did earlier clouds on the increase, radar returns as we look into the clouds, no truth this is make it to the ground, if it does it will be in the form of sprinkles, a lot of evaporation going on. that is keeping temperatures down in the 30s as that water evaporates into the air it also cools it from sea ranch, fort ross towards occidental, guerneville, forestville that whole

the message baristas are writing on the side of certain coffee cups. plus, the deadline looms for the fiscal cliff. why some insiders think a deal will >>> president obama and senate leaders tomorrow head back to washington to try to reach a last minute deal, before historic tax increases go into effect next week. why some believe we will head over the fiscal cliff before washington takes action. >> reporter: the halls of power empty, although negotiators and the president are back at work. >> at the very least, let's agree right now on what we already agree on. >> reporter: an olive branch to the gop, and carrot to corporate giants. the administration now suggesting cutting corporate tax rates. the u.s. has among the world's highest. but closing loopholes that helped google, for instance, avoid $2 billion in taxes last year. >> corporations are a little concerned. >> reporter: gary is optimistic about a deal. >> i'd still rate it better than 50/50. >> reporter: what seems increasingly likely is to allow the country to go over that fiscal cliff, trigge

the message baristas are writing on the side of certain coffee cups. plus, the deadline looms for the fiscal cliff. why some insiders think a deal will not be reached in time. and a north bay restaurant closing for good after more than 30 years. why this restaurant has nothing to do with the economy. >>> president obama and senate leaders tomorrow head back to washington to try to reach a last minute deal, before historic tax increases go into effect next week. why some believe we will head over the fiscal cliff before washington takes action. >> reporter: the halls of power empty, although negotiators and the president are back at work. >> at the very least, let's agree right now on what we already agree on. >> reporter: an olive branch to the gop, and carrot to corporate giants. the administration now suggesting cutting corporate tax rates. the u.s. has among the world's highest. but closing loopholes that helped google, for instance, avoid $2 billion in taxes last year. >> corporations are a little concerned. >> reporter: gary is optimistic about a

baristas won't be forced to write anything on the cup. >>> regardless of the fiscal cliff, the new year will bring new laws. same sex marriage will be allowed in maryland. that is not not the only new law. we told you about 24 hour casinos and a new law allowing veterans showing their status on drivers license. and freezing a child's credit any time they want to protect them. >>> former president george h. p. w. bush is in intensive care tonight. he has a fever. he is alert and talking with medical staff. the 88-year-old has been in the hospital since before thanksgiving. his doctors say he is struggling with a fever that just won't go away. >> best wishes to him tonight. coming up, does the thought of opening your cell phone bill make you panic? >> $300 a month. >> well, abc2 working for you tonight. which plans are the best for families? >> and don't forget to down load maryland's most powerful news app. you can get maryland's most powerful radar even animated right here on your iphone. >>> and you relied on them decades. what you may have to say bye bye to in 2013. abc2 news is back

. >> they are the barista large mammals in the world. these northern white rhinos have spent most of their lives in a concrete area in the czech republic. them freedom,en but they are under constant threat from poachers. conservationists think this could be the solution, an unmanned drone designed to monitor tornadoes. each rhino will be tagged so the sensors can recognize individual animals and use on board gps to store an image, getting location coronets. -- coordinates. >> it allows us to put in whatever sensors we want. we can put in the regular cameras during the daytime and some imaging cameras for use at night, solar imaging. >> this is what the drone could help prevent. in the past two years the conservancy has lost four rhino poachers. their horns were cut off. the average wage is a dollar a day in the country. one rhinoceros horn can bring in $12,000. >> unemployed guys that are part organized crime are doing this. this is their reward. >> at the moment, this is all that stands between the poachers and the animals. no. 30 highl

. >> reporter: the baristas are finished. >> somebody has to do it i guess.'ve worked on christmas and sometimes you get time and half. >> reporter: if you own a business no extra pay. but for max and tammy it's another day. >> it's not so bad. we'll be home by dinner time. >> i have to eat just like everybody else. merry christmas. >> reporter: they are pretty slow throughout their system except for those cable cars they're actually more popular on holidays. so some of those operators will be working until tonight. >> you see it right there from lorraine's shot the weather out there is frightful like the song goes and it's been a mess compared to yesterday. >> in the last 30, 40 minutes we've had the heaviest rain move through the bay area. i'm getting reports in fremont and san jose of extremely heavy rain. you can see these reds and yellows. we head out through the area. the rain pops in about half an inch per hour. that is significant rain. the rain has moved out of the milpitas area it's moved up into the hills. you have a break in sunny vale. the heavie

baristas at the 120 starbucks in washington, d.c. were encouraged by management to add a shot of bipartisanship to their drink orders and remind customers in our nation's capital to come together. >> wall street is typically quiet her this time of year, of course, this last week of 2012 was marked by investor concerns over congress' new year's eve plans and that looming fiscal cliff. so what impact does it have on your money? alison deans is with us, senior adviser at varick asset management. nice to see you. happy new year. do you have two plans for 2012, one that includes the fiscal cliff and one that doesn't? how do you prepare for the new year as an investor? >> pretty much. i mean, the outcome, if there is some type of healthy resolution to the fiscal cliff, even if they defer it for a week or two but come up with some healthy resolution, i think it bodes really well for global markets. if we wind up going into fiscal cliff and the world loses any faith in our government to accomplish anything that's helpful or relevant, i think

. >>> and one of the priciest cups of joe in the world comes courtesy of some supersized baristas.hey feed the beans to herds of el familiarities in thailand who digest them and pass them through their system, if you know what i mean. after that they collect the used beans. oh, come on. they're brewed into a blend that costs 500 bucks a pound. >> she's drinking it. >> oh, don't do it, don't do it. the price comes to $50 a cup. the makers say the process eliminates the coffee's bitterness. that sounds delicious. >> doesn't it? the business is gone, but i wonder how it smells. i bet it tastes like -- >> i know. got you. >> ashley morrison here in new york. ashley, good to see you. thank you so much. >>> before i throw up, let's take a break. your wednesday morning weather coming up. >>> and in sports, a ruling in the saints pay-for-pain scandal. former commissioner paul tagliabue lifts the players' suspension but not the blame. ene headache days a month, you miss out on your life. you may have chronic migraine. go to mychronicmigraine.com to find a headache specialist. and don't live

he says that baristas won't be forced to write anything but a customer's name on the cup. charlie with your nonfat triple skim extra hot latte -- you might have a little political message. >> they write megan on that coup. i ordered just coffee yesterday. >> it's high maintenance man. >>> from the fiscal cliff to the meteorological cliff. what are we looking at? >> another storm okay? here's what's going on. 41 in town. we're 30s outlying areas out to the north and west it's coming close to the freezing mark. just know maybe some of the roadways, the overpasses they could freeze up during the course of the morning. one shower moving into the northeast right along 95 and it will be into elkton during the course of the morning. there's a wind advisory for the entire state again winds could gust to around 40 miles per hour during the course of the day. it's 39 degrees but you know real feel temperatures feel like the middle 30s for most of the day. and here comes this wintery weather for saturday morning. saturday morning into saturday afternoon. 36 degrees moving out by sund

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the baristas are busy. >> somebody has to do it i again.i've worked on christmas and sometimes you get time and a half. >> reporter: if you own a business no holiday pay. but for max patel it's not so bad. >> it's not so bad. we'll close early and we'll be home for dinner. >> reporter: we met blue at the powell street turn around who works for his christmas dinner. the fmta says they're pretty slow throughout their system today except for their cable cars they're actually more popular on holidays so some of those operators are working until midnight tonight. lorraine blanco. >>> charles during has died. he won a tony award, and earned two oscar nominations as well as an actor's achievement award. >>> he is wanted for questioning in belice where john mcafee is >>> as the rain continues tonight, east palo alto residents are seeing a newly renovated levee -- >> reporter: despite the rain, san fransiscito rushed today. >> hopefully it'll be bring a will the of freshness to the valley. take out the dirty and bring the new for the new year. >> re

the baristas are busy. >> somebody has to do it i again.d on christmas and sometimes you get time and a half. >> reporter: if you own a business no holiday pay. but for max patel it's not so bad. >> it's not so bad. we'll close early and we'll be home for dinner. >> reporter: we met blue at the powell street turn around who works for his christmas dinner. the fmta says they're pretty slow throughout their system today except for their cable cars they're actually more popular on holidays so some of those operators are working until midnight tonight. lorraine blanco. >>> charles during has died. he won a tony award, and earned two oscar nominations as well as an actor's achievement award. >>> he is wanted for questioning in belice where john mcafee is spending christmas and looking to stay more permanently. >> the temporary fix to protect a levee that failed over the weekend. [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half that's not h

what we know, she was a barista in alaska.killed her, stored her body in a shed, and then, brooke, he went to new orleans, he took a two-week cruise. then he went back to alaska, he took a picture of koenig, she's dead, of course, but he took a picture, pretending she was alive, used that picture, sent it to the family to try to extort money from them. so investigators, they kept track of that, they tracked him down in texas, that's where he was using her debit card. >> we have some sound, george. let me -- let's roll the sound and talk on the other side. >> absolutely. >> i thought it was smart, i would do it -- i would let them come to me. just remote area. remote area that is not anywhere near where you live, that other people go to as well, you might not get exactly when you're -- not much to choose from in a manner of speaking, but there is also no witnesses really. nobody else around. >> what is he talking about? >> there he is, explaining it very calmly. >> back in july. >> thoroughly. yeah, he takes people out to place

barista lot error of optimism as we get something done but based on the view, a lot of traders are taking this optimism as a sign that should necessitate caution. instead, just because this mandate of the election was really for a compromise, for obama to move to the middle, both sides move to the middle and very far apart. dave: we also have the debt ceiling negotiation coming up. after what we saw with plan b i don't know of negotiation fits but is that price into the market? >> i don't think so because i don't think anybody thought we would get a replay, there is an inability to govern. if that is the case we could have another fiasco and we know what happened in fall of 2011 and i am not sure if quantitative easing can save that. we are looking at something if the fiscal cliff the goal of an alternative minimum tax. i don't hear many people talking about it but it is an ominous sign for quarter 1 and gdp growth and risks to economic growth if we don't get something done. liz: let's review. with a week left the nasdaq up 17% over the past year, the s&p 500 better by 15%, russell 2,000

coffee baristas are -- they've been told to write on coffee cups to say "come together." so they're writing this handwritten message saying come together as a way of encouraging politicians to come together and get this fiscal cliff cliff thing done. no word yet on when people get extra lattes, where they can write get your lazy ass off vacation. >> willis likes that a lot more. >> i womdzer if there's enough room. >> if you're looking for love, you better have a good credit score. take a look at this. ♪ >> okay, yeah. we're not going to say we're going after those guys, but it's the credit score guys. "the new york times" is reporting that credit scores is huge and that could be at the top of the list. they interviewed people across the u.s., and a newspaper discovered a low credit score is a deal breaker in search of love. so if you don't have your act together, take care of that and maybe you'll find love. >> can you imagine, hi, how are you? what is your credit score? >> 420. no, mine is a lot higher. >> we want to show you this next footage. anyone who has ever had t

this newly-released interrogation video, shows keyes in anchorage, being questioned about a missing baristashe is seen putting her hands up. he zip ties her hands and leads her away. telling police he killed her, and then left for a cruise out of new orleans, before asking her family for ransom. but keyes didn't just reveal the details of that brutal attack. he also revealed that he's a serial killer. >> there is no one who knows me, or who has ever known me, who knows anything about me, really. they know -- they're going to tell you something that is not going to line up with anything i tell you because i'm two different people, basically. >> reporter: fbi special agent jolene golden interviewed keyes over a period of months. >> he talked about the rush he got out of it. the adrenaline and the high from doing it. >> reporter: keyes told her he killed at least eight people, including a couple in essex, vermont, four others in washington state, and one more on the east coast, with a body hidden in new york. he told stunned agents, he left kill kits or caches buried in several states, filled

was arrested last march and charged in the death of a 18-year-old woman in alaska, a coffee stand barista who he abducted and later killed. the abduction was caught on tape. it generated a lot of news coverage including here on "happening now." he was busted because he used the woman's debit card. once in custody he began to tell police about his crimes. he confessed to killing more than eight people since the year 2000, often relying or flying to random cities and renting cars and removing his cell phone battery to avoid detection. he claimed to barry things used in future crimes. the fbi found two of weapons stashes. authorities in alaska where he was being held were planning to interview him next week but at 6:30 sunday morning israel keyes was found dead in his cell. no word on the cause of death or he left a note. there will be autopsy while the fbi continues to investigate his decade-long killing spree. back to you. jenna: rick, thank you. gregg: turning to one of the nation's most infamous serial killers. more than three decades after john wayne gacy was convicted of killing 33 peo

. >>> starbucks is urging action asking baristas in his washington, d.c., cafes to write the word "come together" on the cups. >> a new york newspaper facing backlash after it published the names and addresses of local gun owners. >>> a busy shanghai shopping center a shark tank exploded. >>> the windy city of chicago will sport america's most expensive parking meters. >> what do you think about that? >> too much. >> all that -- >> smith catches, shoots puts it up, puts it in at the buzzer! j.r. smith with another game winner! >>> what is your favorite app? >> scrabble. >> sometimes i want to yank that out of your hands. >> and all that matters. >> an endangered thin backed whale watched up on the breezy point section of queens. >> on "cbs this morning." >> i know he's smiling but that medal hanging around his neck there's a 40% chance he'll hang himself with it. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm jeff glor with rebecca jarvis. huge winter storm is making its final stop in the northeast, after causing damage and travel problems coast to coast. >> more than 3

police say the man who confessed to murdering an alaska barista also planned to kill her boyfriend. before israel keyes committed suicide in jail he told investigators he new samantha koenig's boyfriend was coming to pick her up from work but he later changed his mind about killing him. police say keyes also confessed to seven other murders across the country but they don't yet know the i.d.'s of his victims. >>> 7-year-old austin sigg is returned to a courtroom. he is accused of killing and kidnapping jessica ridgeway. he also attacked a jogger who escaped. a judge ruled sieg will be tried as an adult. >>> lindsey lohan will be arraigned on charges stemming from a car accident in june. a judge could send the "mean girls" star to jail on a probation violation. jenna: from lindsay lohan we'll turn to foreign policy. united states will now join more than 100 countries that have recognized syria's opposition coalition. the president, president obama announcing it to barbara walters in an exclusive interview set to air on 20/20 on friday. >> we made a decision that the syrian opposition

this thursday and friday, baristas in the d.c. on all paper cups. starbucks chief executive howard schultz wrote to employees saying customers and workers, quote, have a responsibility to send our elected officials a respectful but potent message. there are about 120 starbucks stores in the d.c. area, really they're all over the place in d.c. >>> retailers were hoping shoppers will spend big today because early figures show holiday sales slumped to the lowest levels in three years. analysts are blaming hurricane sandy which hit just before the peak shopping season. folks are also a little more cautious about opening their wallets, concerned about tax hikes as we near this so-called fiscal cliff. >>> first, a tornado. now a blizzard warning. we'll break down the complex weather forecast next as part of the south starts to clean up after yesterday's storms. >> it is a wonderful school. i don't know what we're going to do with the kids when it is time to come back. this is a dangerous situation with all the roofs off, and the windows

so the most recent attack, his last victim, we know samantha koenig, a barista in anchorage, alaska.ll her. then, suzanne, he took a two-week cruise, went to new orleans, took a two-week cruise to return to alaska, to return to anchorage to take a picture of her, pretending she was alive, to then use that to try to extort money from the family. that's how investigators caught him in texas. >> that's unbelievable. how is it that this man was able to travel, to take cruises, to get on planes, to carry out these methodical killings? >> well, that's the thing, you know. this is something that he would scope out and, again, he had kits all over the country. he did everything to just get out of the way. not to get caught. we know after he was caught in texas, and through the course of several conversations, with these detectives, we also learned that he was connected to the murder of bill and lorraine currier in vermont. he went into their neighborhood to try to find a home that would be easy to break into and he chose theirs. listen to his plan, his approach in kidnapping them and then ki

israel keys was charged with the murder of 18-year-old barista.himself on sunday, police say he confessed to at least seven other mrds, to in vermont, four in washington state and one somewhere on the east coast. keys also told investigators that he buried supplies he planned to use in future crimes and agents found two stashes, one in eagle river, alaska, and one near lake falls reservoir in new york state. >>> dash cam video of police intuition in action. officers pulled over a car for an expired plate and hear something coming from the trunk. this is the moment they discover 22-year-old shawn bloomer. the gas station clerk had been kidnapped and stuffed in the trunk. this incident happened in august but this video is just now being released. two men and a woman who were in the car charged with robbery, kidnapping and endangerment. >>> a colorado mother holding her 2-year-old daughter is hit and pinned underneath a car. officers and good samaritans respond, listen to this, by lifting the car off of them. police say they improperly crossed the bu

coffee baristas are -- they've been told to write on coffee cups to say "come together."dwritten message saying come together as a way of encouraging politicians who are in d.c. to come together and get this fiscal cliff thing done. no word yet on when people get extra lattes, if there is's enough space to write "get your lazy ass off vacation and get this done." [ laughter ] >> willis likes that a lot more. i can hear it in the background. >> i wonder if there's enough room. >> no, i don't know about that. >>> okay, ladies and gents, if you're looking for love, oh, boy, you better have a good credit score. take a look at this. ♪ so hot right now that our designer sun glasses be fogging ♪ >> okay, yeah. we're not going to say we're going after those guys, but it's the credit score guys. "the new york times" is reporting that credit scores are huge and that could be at the top of the list. maybe after looks and personality is credit scores. they interviewed people across the u.s., all under the age of 40, and the newspaper discovered that a low credit score is a deal-break

. >>> new chilling surveillance video showing the moment when a barista came face-to-face with her killerds as if she's being held up. he makes her turn off the lights and climb through a window before tying her hands behind her back, chilling. the f.b.i. says he then sexually assaulted and he killed her. he's confessed to her murder and as many as seven others before he committed suicide in jail over the last few days. >>> it was touted as a dream. but another nightmare for the future of flight, the boeing airliner forced to make another emergency landing. a mechanical problem forced the pilot to land in new orleans much the latest problem happening on the same day regulators ordered inspections for the entire fleet of 787 jets for a possible fuel line problem. >>> it's the moment brian has been waiting for. angel aless sandra kicking off the victoria secret fashion show in a $2.5 million bra. ♪ >> gretchen: the models strutted their stuff on the runway while rihanna gave the musical background. >> steve: where are her wings? >> gretchen: bruno mars and justin bieber also performed. look

if it they go to starbucks, they'll get the message loud and clear from their barista. this will be will d.c., is this parts of virginia. they will voluntarily where "come together" to urge politicians to get a deal done on the fiscal cliff before the end of the year. and i wasn't very surprised because howard schultz has been very outspoken. we sat down earlier this month to talk about the fiscal cliff and the risks to u.s. businesses, to the world economy and to the average u.s. citizen if we don't have a deal, if we don't get it done. i want you to take a listen to what he fold me. >> the real difference today versus perhaps any other time in history is that this single issue has a seismic effect on the rest of the world, that we have never been as connected and the domino effect of a bad outcome here will have significant negative consequences domestically and around the world. not the least of which will be the level -- fracturing of confidence in the united states of america. >> seismic and significant. very powerful words. how could this play out for americans if