and meet the burrito boys, ben tracey introduces us to 17 -- seven teams who embody the spirit of the zone. >> they have nothing and we ask for so much, and they ask for so little. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening. jim axelrod is off tonight. i'm rebecca jarvis. with just two days left, senate leaders are still struggling to put together a last minute bp deal ahead of monday's midnight deadline for the fiscal cliff. failure could kick the country back into a recession. wyatt andrews is on capitol hill. >> reporter: today the halls of the senate were almost empty, as proposals got traded in private and over the phone. senate minority leader much mcconnell tried to sound upbeat. going to get a deal today sir? >> hope. so. >> reporter: house speaker boehner came to the capitol but left without comment. issue number one in the talks is amending the bush era tax cuts, which if unchanged will expire and raise taxes on all americans. starting tuesday, the average tax hike will be three to 5% per person. >> let's keep taxes exactly where they are on

ben tracey has the story. >> reporter: it began with a lengthy christmas wish list. >> i asked for and ipad, and an ipod. >> reporter: and a very frustrated dad. >> i went, this is too much and i didn't want to raise a spoiled child. >> reporter: michael johnson wanted to teach his 12-year-old son alex a lesson. >> i think at that age took everything for granted. kids don't think about having a house, having a car. having a bed. having clothes. having food. >> reporter: so johnson made a batch of breakfast bur re: tos, put them in the truck and took his son and his friend luke to see where the homeless live another streets of san diego. >> i was like scared because i thought they were all criminals and drunks and like addicted to drugs. >> reporter: but what they found was something different. >> they would all be like god bless you, and we're like god bless you too. >> reporter: the boys now a group of seven have been making burritos and taking them to the streets every sunday morning for more than 100 weeks. >> they haven't stopped, since -- these guys are the bottom. >> they have a

and meet the burrito boys, ben tracey introduces us to 17 -- seven teams who embody the spirit of the zone. >> they have nothing and we ask for so much, and they ask for so little.

so we asked ben tracey to find out. >> reporter: this is one of four ar-15s that gene hoffman owns.e internet entrepreneur has 11 other guns in his home south of san francisco. >> if you ask a golfer why he needs 15 clubs when you get away with seven he'll tell you, well, certain shots i like to use that other putter. >> you can kill someone with a golf club but it's hard to kill 20 people in a couple seconds with golf clubs. >> look, the right to firearms, the civil right to firearms is dangerous, and that's why it's a right. this is not something free or easy. there will always be people who misuse their rights. >> reporter: the ar-15 is often called the barbie doll rifle because it has so many accessories. >> you can buy one and a lot of different parts for it and hunt with it, you can target shoot with it. >> reporter: a survey by the firearms industry found 49% of gun owners who bought it did so for target shooting. 23% for hunting and 28% for protection. more than three million americans now own an ar-15. >> the ar-15 is kind of the mainline rifle these days. it's the most pop

for cbs "this morning," ben tracey, los angeles. >> ford ceo alan mulally along with jim farley. want to know what did you tell him, what was at risk here and what he had to do in order to take an old name and give it new life? >> well, clearly, neat to be here with jim because jim is known around the world for his experience on the luxury brands. to have jim lead the reinvention of lincoln is very exciting and, you know, all good companies have a tremendous luxury premium brand associated with them also. this is our chance to really bring -- >> a lot of money on the line. >> very important. as you can see from that new mkz we have a right product. >> what choices did you make, jim? >> we have to surprise people with the product. new mkz. a hybrid version, 45 miles per gallon. most fuel-efficient sedan in america. we have to innovate the experience. people expect to be treated differently especially after the great version. >> you talk about luxury is important. you mentioned fuel efficiency. where does that rate when people are buying cars that they look at fuel efficiency. >> f

for "cbs this morning," ben tracey, los angeles. >> i for one am hoping it's a girl.nsideration. it's a nice name. what are you think richard lewis? let me introduce you first. and then you weigh in. >> it's a pleasure to be on your show. >> he needs no introduction. >> one of the victoria's secret models was a fan. joyce, i love you. i'm monogamous finally. >> joyce i assume is your wife. >> i got married late in life. >> i know you did. >> so i got all the bad stuff out of my system. >> why did you wait so long? >> because i wanted -- i had problems and i knew it and i wanted to be healthy enough to -- in a lot of ways to piend s tos to find the right woman. we had a window for children. lick a three, four-year window. but to be in my 60s now and have a 9-year-old and make believe he made an ashtray. believe me nice ashtray, artie. i couldn't. my kids, my nephews have 14 kids and two great grandchildren. so i'm uncle richard. >> how many years have you been doing standup? >> 43. >> and you claim you've never told the same joke? is that true? >> no that's not true. i

as ben tracey reports, investors from china are putting billions of dollars into american business tohinese demand for u.s. products. >> reporter: scott meadows runs silenus vineyards in california. there's a reason he put the bald eagle on the bottle. >> that was a specific request from the owners in china. >> reporter: chinese investors bought it and now 90% of the wine from here, that's 9,000 cases, is shipped to china. what does the chinese want with a vineyard in nappa valley. >> there's a big demand for goods that are scarce. they're buying american-made products and sending their money back over here. >> reporter: and the jobs stay here. >> and the jobs stay here. >> reporter: they have invested $16.4 billion in the u.s. in the past decade. $1.3 billion in california companies, a record $560 million in just the past year. the chinese are also boosting the golden state's housing recovery. they've bought one out of every ten homes sold in the past year. >> compared to the high end housing like in beijing, this is not that expensive. >> reporter: di mi nebras meng student here. hi