researchers from brigham young university say materialistic couples with more money have more problemsouple who is don't believe money is that important scored higher on marriage stability tests. >>> when both members of a couple are melitis lick the relationship is in more trouble than one is. the study appears in the latest journal of couple and relationship therapy. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> we'll be warm tomorrow. temperature coming in at 72 degrees. it will be more like it was today. we'll have a few more clouds. tuesday, still more of the same. looking good as we go into thursday and friday. >> have a good one. we'll be back tonight at 11:00.

in blue, brigham young university, established by and for mormons. brigham young's fans are out in force, and they say that while religion is becoming more accepted, there's still a gap between mormons and mainstream america. >> i think the mormon religion is getting more well known. people know more about the church. as far as being more mainstream, i think people still consider as different and not christian, but i think they appreciate our values and what we do for the country. >> if romney becomes a candidate, even the president, does that change things forever? >> i do not know if it will change things forever. people will still have their perceptions. they may just think romney is weird if they think we are weird. >> weird is how to many republicans saw mitt romney's religion when he ran for the republican nomination four years ago. he tried to tackle the problem head-on. >> i believe that jesus christ is the son of god and the savior of mankind. that the four years on, his faith is still alive. a close family friend speaks. >> as long as people

in blue, brigham young university, established by and for mormons.he fans are out in force and they say that their religion is becoming more accepted, there is still a gap between mormons and mainstream america. >> i think the mormon religion is getting more well known. people know more about the church. as far as being mainstream, people still consider as different and not christian. i think they appreciate our values and appreciable we do for the country. >> if mitt romney becomes a candidate, even the present, does that change things forever for monism? >> i do not know it will change things forever. i think people will still have their perceptions. >> mitch romney tried to tackle the problem head-on. >> i believe that jesus christ is the son of god, and a savior of mankind. >> for years on, the debate is still alive. this is a close family friend. >> as long as people recognize him as the turnaround guy, the governor, businesses, more monism is every bit a part 0 pimm and he will not shy away from that. >> at this point, on the other hand, -- it

in blue, brigham young university, established by and for mormons.he fans are out in force and they say that their religion is becoming more accepted, there is still a gap between mormons and mainstream america. >> i think the mormon religion is getting more well known. people know more about the church. as far as being mainstream, people still consider as different and not christian. i think they appreciate our values and appreciable we do for the country. >> if mitt romney becomes a candidate, even the present, does that change things forever for monism? >> i do not know it will change things forever. i think people will still have their perceptions. >> mitch romney tried to tackle the problem head-on. >> i believe that jesus christ is the son of god, and a savior of mankind. >> for years on, the debate is still alive. this is a close family friend. >> as long as people recognize him as the turnaround guy, the governor, businesses, more monism is every bit a part 0 pimm and he will not shy away from that. >> at this point, on the other hand, -- it

brigham young university researchers studied more than 1700 married couples nationwide and found less materialistic couples were more likely to have a happy marriage. couples who say money isn't that important scored up to 15% higher in terms of communication, conflict resolution and responsiveness. the study found affluent couples were more likely to describe money as a source of tension. >>> it is 4:53. let's take a look at the question of the morning. >> ok. here it is. according to a new poll, what is expected to be the most popular celebrity themed costume this halloween? is it lady gaga, charlie sheen or amy winehouse? let's think about that and you can post your response on facebook.com/wusa9. we'll be back with the answer in the next hour or so. >>> welcome back. 4:56. howard here with your weather first. we're looking at live doppler 9000 hd. pretty hefty thunderstorm from mclean but around great falls headed toward potomac and rockville, could be a little hail with the core of the storm over the potomac river that crosses into maryland. we'll be watching that for the short t

i later attended university of washington and brigham young university in utah. either degree in english and computer science. i am a very happy english major who decided the nice to pay the bills in time to time. the joke i heard is what's the difference bring a large pizza and an english major? the pizza can feed a family of four. [laughter] so i got a double major was working as a programmer when i got the call to be a jeopardy. thanks to jeopardy, i do have a second act and i'm a writer and it's been great. >> do you know the answers to the questions are where you just tired of? >> i get asked that all the time but i've got to say can it's like the worst conspiracy theory ever. i don't know if you've ever quit a job where getting like 60 k. an hour or something, but the kind of job it is very high retention. a lot of people told me that was an easy question. if you're going to come it after you can save some time, i've heard it. but there are always easy if enough and there never easy if you don't, i guess. [inaudible] >> i promise i didn't. i did not throw j

according to researchers have brigham young university, they studied 1,700 couples and found those who's author says that materialistic people may spend more time looking for new things rather than focusing on the relationship. >> and they might be more in debt, and debt makes couples unhappy too. >>> all right. 30-year fixed rate mortgages at 4.2%. 15-year fixed rates at 3.5%. a five-year adjustable adjusted at 3%. mortgage rates are hovering around record lows. so is now the time to refinance in? this week's smart is the new finance, if you have a mortgage rate with an interest rate above 5%, you need to refinance. rock bottom rates can spell big savings for homeowners. how big? consider a house that's $200,000. three years ago, maybe a 6% mortgage rate was common, and the payment was about $1,100 a month. take the same house, refinance it at 5.5% maybe a year ago. your cost would be $1135 a month. refinance today at 4.2%. the mortgage payment is only 2 $978 a month. that is a savings over a year of a good amount. lower payment, and you would save $79,000 in interest over the life of

and a study by byu, brigham & young university says that girls especially who play video games with theirir parents. so there are positive benefits to this when it's done in moderation. >> that's the way to bond with your teenage daughter. >> come on, janie, we're going to play grand theft auto. >> i'm thinking more like tennis. >>> jeff glor has one more check of the headlines for us this morning. >> police are confronting occupy oakland. protesters this morning in northern california, take a look. officers were sent before dawn to kick out about 300 demonstrators who have been camped out in downtown oakland. some protesters threw rocks and bottles and police responded in some cases by daerg down tents and firing tear gas. >>> in florida, for the first time since casey anthony was acquitted for murdering her daughter, caylee, jurors' names were released in the case. >>> the tragic death of indianapolis 500 champion dan wheldon last week has stirred more concerns of on-track safety. cbs news correspondent cynthia bauers reports. >> one thing he was worried about going into this race was a

group of mormon scholars, group of evangelicals, co-chaired by myself and a professor at brigham young universitybert millet, and we have had a lot of good discussions of the sort that you would never have, say with scientology or the jehovah's witnesses or hare krishna. >> interesting that you talk about the definition of a cult, and it's us versus them, and the fact that they don't engage in dialogue and smart conversation. do you think that jeffress was behaving like a christian here? >> well, i don't want to judge his christian commitment. but i do think there's a tendency among evangelicals who want to draw lines and are willing to use language like "cult" in order to put down another group, when really they ought to be spending some time asking the other group what they believe, and exploring the issues. i think there's a real danger in, you know, the bible teaches us that we should not bear false witness against our neighbor. we need to tell the truth. if we're really in a struggle for the truth these day, then it's very important that we make sure that we're telling the truth about other