studio we can get to christine and we can almost get to christine for the moment she's just wrapping up our newscast right now in fact i can i can tell you i think the focus of our newscast has been has been that of the fiscal cliff we've been talking about it obama is going to address it in some hours but for now though make a lot of how well i will get to pepe escobar now you know if she still do that newscast we can go to pepe escobar one of our favor of correspondents and we've been. always a lovely smart happy new year everyone here would have been anywhere you always seem to see where it is peppy always joins us from a different thing and we're united when i'm to that it looks very new where are you belong i. think there is something about it somewhere there he is you know what i ask if it's cards is not but it isn't kofi and i couldn't solve it the olds are stacked against his replacement with like me were of course talking about all the terrible problems in syria where is it going to go twenty thirty now. look it's so sad because it's very sad to see to everybody all over the

cbs 5 reporter christin ayers is there. chris christin. >> that's correct we have a massive scene out here along sixth street. a long scene. you can see multiple cruisers. this area encompassing about six blocks where we're being told shootings happened and multiple people involved in the shootings. multiple victims from what we're hearing right now. four people shot. one person according to authorities is in critical condition at this moment. we don't know the conditions of the other four currently. and information just coming in at this moment. i talked to a couple neighbors in this area that heard the gunfire a short time ago before we arrived on scene. they described hearing maybe a dozen shots and coming out and seeing people laying in the street. we're hearing four victim so far in this east oakland neighborhoods. a very large presence in east oakland. no word on whether authorities have been able to track down the shooters. christin ayers cbs 5. >> a bay area handyman held hostage beaten and forced to make repairs. w

i'm christine for you're watching our team. while much of this country today is still in shock devastated over the deaths of twenty children and six adults murdered at a connecticut elementary school friday morning newtown connecticut has been described as a picturesque a quiet new england town and there are no words to truly describe the horror of what happened or the sense of loss residents there are feeling president obama spoke to the community yesterday evening in an attempt to try to bring the country together in this time of crisis we can't tolerate this anymore these tragedies must and and to end them we must change. we will be told that the causes of such violence are complex and that is true no single law no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world or prevent every senseless act of violence in our society but that can't be an excuse for inaction surely we can do better than this if there's even one step we can take to save another child or another parent or another town from the grief that's visited tucson and au

it looks like we lost her i was just asking christine there she is live on capitol hill looks like we have her back christine nice to see you again i want to begin with asking you if you could tell us more about what's in this report. shahrir sorry about that bad connection there liz really as i was saying the goal of this report was these so-called enhanced interrogation methods were effective in terms of leading officials intelligence agents to information they needed and those on the inside of the report who have not really come forward and said who they are they have said very little that it wasn't very effective now as you mentioned in your introduction was this report may not be released for a very long time if at all there is some things that we do know in terms of what's contained in these six thousand pages the report by the way taxpayer funded within these six thousand pages there are some clues and dots we can connect. the senator dianne feinstein of california was asked by reporters about the findings in the report where we were so far and also how enhanced enhanced interr

live in san francisco, christin ayers, cbs 5. >> all right, christin. thank you for that. >>> here's some live pictures from orange county. right now students at csu fullerton have been in lockdown for areas as police comb the campus for an armed robbery suspect. the police chased a car with five robbery suspects from riverside county. three suspects have been caught and police believe one of the two others is at the school. police are investigating whether he's tweeting from campus and asking a friend to come pick him up. >>> and this is one of the other robbery suspects. take a look at this. after running from csu fullerton, he carjacked this silver car -- there it is -- and then took off. he led police into a chase in the watts neighborhood where he crashed the car. in fact, he ran right into a baseball field where the los angeles police chief was helping to hand out toys. the pursuit ended shortly after that. >>> a pickup truck plowed into a house, slamming into a crib where a two-year-old was sound asleep. here's a story where the pictures tell it

i'm christine romans. for four years the gop blasted the obama economy. he made it worse, they said. his policies were ruinous. the recovery wasn't too slow because of the severity of the financial crisis, no, it was because of the man at the top. three reasons now why every day that argument by the gop is harder to make. first, the economy is picking up speed. gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the u.s. economy grew 2.7% in the third quarter, much better than the 2% originally report. next, housing is healing. home prices jumped 3.6% in the third quarter, the biggest year-over-year increase in more than two years, according to the s&p case schiller index and energy is booming. new drilling methods are generating jobs and growth. 1.7 million jobs created, 2.5 million jobs creed up over the next year and added up americans see better times ahead, why consume are confidence is at a four-year high. i know, i know, i know. it's not strong nup enough, i agree. it's fragile, you're right. just this week the organization for economic development dow

christine, happy new year. >> thanks for watching. i'm christine romans following fiscal cliff all day and night. ashleigh banfield returning tomorrow. "newsroom with suzanne malveaux" starts right now. >>> welcome back to "cnn newsroom." here's what's going on right now. ♪ >>> 2013 hitting right now in bangkok, thailand. we're looking at live pictures there as the celebrations and the fireworks exploding there. lots of picture-taking and a lot of excitement there. right now pope benedict holding a new year's eve mass at st. peter's basilica. they will celebrate the new year in six hours. a couple of hours ago folks toasted 2013 in new zealand. check it out. >> pretty cool. party started with fireworks with the auckland sky it tower. organizers were worried bad weather would be a problem, but everything turned out just fine. congratulations. the second major city to ring in the new year, sydney, australia. check it out. wow, that is over city harbor bridge. the show is huge. we are talking about seven tons of fireworks. happy new year

i'm christine romans in for john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin.th soledad o'brien starts right now. >>> good morning. welcome. our "starting point" this morning no plan in sight. republicans lashing out at speaker boehner over his deficit reduction plan. are lawmakers really going to let us go over the cliff? and a gruesome photo sparking outrage. should "the new york post" have put up this picture of a man moments before he was crushed to death by a subway train. it with you on the cover. we're hearing from t

my name is christine for you're watching our team. let's begin with a closer look at a shocking problem taking place inside the walls of the v.a. hospital veterans inside say drug abuse is so rampant that it's bringing people off the street to buy and sell drugs inside the hospital walls r.t. correspondent liz wall spoke to one of the veterans and brings us an inside look of a problem those in charge seem to be aware of but want to simply ignore. the department of veterans affairs administers health care to military veterans with an annual budget of over eighty seven billion dollars it's the largest department in the united states after the defense department at the v.a. medical center in washington d.c. it's no secret that if you want drugs you can get the. it's common knowledge this veteran doesn't want to show his identity was a drug dealing happens here on the second floor smoke deck outside the emergency room is another known hot spot for moment. just yet. but do you think some people come to the hospital to just to get drugs. of

christin ayers is there tonight. christin, who might that be? >> reporter: interestingly, it is lafayette's new mayor. he lives just a few feet from where the sinkhole was. however, he says he did not fast track the project. either way, by the time crews got finished with it, they had done it in nine days flight. it officially reopened at noon today. and you'd never know there was a sinkhole there that was 80 by 40 feet and 15 feet deep. the road collapsed in heavy rain when the drainage system underneath was overwhelmed by floodwaters. originally there were estimates that the work could go into the spring. but they brought in emergency workers and worked around the clock, finishing before christmas day. >> that's great, because this rain is coming now. it could be another major storm, you know. so far, it just sprinkles. but it could develop. and it would be nice to have a culvert that can handle the situation. and that one will. everything is clean. there's no debris that came down. so we're in good shape. >> reporter: interestingly, the const

right now there is a standoff which christine lagarde has warned u.s. lawmakers, they have a duty to solve. we sat down with her here in washington. >> christine lagarde, the fiscal cliff, how concerned are they about the ramifications? >> people around the world are concerned about it. it appears to be the case there was more concerned about the eurozone than the fiscal cliff. now things have changed and there is more concerned about the fiscal cliff. they asked about a resolution. >> what could the impact speed? we are looking at a time when the global recovery is fragile at best. >> of u.s. is 20% of the global economy. if the u.s. suffers as a result of a fiscal cliff, a complete wiping out of its growth is going to have repercussions around the world. probably half of that. if the u.s. economy has less growth, it will probably be 1% less in mexico, canada, probably less so in europe and japan. but there will be a ripple effects. >> are you worried about it? >> yes. of course i worry about it. the u.s. is a big chunk of the global economy. it has of

c-b-s-5 reporter christin ay >>> a you can bay area couple is thanking -- a young bay area couple is thanking anonymous donors for saving their dog. christin ayers shows us how strangers saved the dog and the family's christmas. >> come on, babe. >> reporter: it was two weeks to christmas when nick and lindsey anderson realized their dog escaped from the yard but they discovered when it came home hours later -- >> she started barking at the back door. and that's when we knew that she was hurt. she couldn't walk. she was dragging her paw. she was crying. >> reporter: shasta, doctors told him, had been hit by a car. her pelvis was broken in three places and surgery was going to cost $5,000. >> can't afford that. >> reporter: the andersons knew the only other option would be putting her down so they got on craigslist, hoping to find someone who could afford to take care of their dog. instead, they found a woman named mary. >> mary is an angel. >> guardian angel. >> reporter: who works to set up this fundraising site on giveforward.com. mary even spread the word on facebook urging total

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i'm christine for example and you're watching our t.v. while we are winding down two thousand and twelve and you know what that means lots of looks back at the last twelve months the best dogs worst most significant events and people of the year well here it are to you we decided to put together a list of our own of the most influential people of the year our intrepid producers put together a longer list of about twenty three people and every member of our news team chose their top five finalist was compiled from the winners and losers so here is our top five most influential people of the year or five german chancellor angela merkel not only is she the first woman to hold the top german political post she's also consider the de facto leader of the e.u. an organization that holds the economic fate of many countries and its so-called hands. number four is seventeen year old trayvon martin who was shot and killed back in february of two thousand and twelve in sanford florida and his death sparked a nationwide discussion about guns stereotyp

christine, if you can, let me know what you're receiving. what sort of things you're seeing coming in and how much is coming in. >> we started out, ashleigh, receiving a few hundred pieces of mail. and now it's in the thousands every day. it ranges from packages to letters to cards as you say. much of it is becoming express mail. that's how important it is for people to send their love and support to the folks here in newtown to help them cope with the tragedy. >> and not to suggest with that many pieces of mail that you've been able to see. the addresses, who they're coming to, who they're coming from, but can you give me a sense of -- is this from all over the world? is it primarily from here in the united states? and who are they addressing it to? >> some of these packages and letters are addressed simply to the school to the residents of sandy hook, to the first responders, or to families of individual children. they're coming as far away as sicily, england, australia, all over the world and every corner of this country. again, people ju

christine?> let's go beyond the headlines and look deep inside the numberses at, say, the unemployment rate. the underemployment rate. 40% of people who are out of work have been out of work for six months or longer. underemployment still high. 14.4%. some people call it the real unemployment rate. it's almost double what the headline number is. another big problem. let's look at the sectors that are hiring. retail jobs, 53,000. those retailers are hiring up for the holiday season. many of the jobs are temporary. it's hard to send a kid to college on the job -- many of these retail jobs. there aren't always benefitses. some place there are benefit ifs you look at the numbers, you can see business and professional services. 43,000 of those. computer systems analysts and related fields have very strong demand and good pay. let's look at the trend. the trend is important. two years of job growth. look how difficult it's been to stay above 200,000 jobs per month. it gets up there a month or two and

so, who better to explain that to us than christine romans? she joins us now.or us. >> it's one of the most ex pinsive in the dense and complicated tax code. it's the middle class's most cherished tax break. government snding on this deduction will reach $100 billion by 2014 making it the third largest tax break on the books. but who is it really helping? it tends to benefit the upper middle class families the most. these bars behind me show income and the circles show the average savings for those with annual income up to $40,000, the average savings is a whopping $91 a year, ali. for those earning more than $250,000, their savings is much more significant about $5,500. it's not helping to boost homeownership. 65% of americans live in a home that they own. it was up nearly 70% during the housing boom. in 2005 and 2006. now we're back to the same levels in the 1980s. yes, the great recession is partly to blame. we are stuck in this 64% to 69% range. ali, housing industry lobbyists are telling lawmakers, keep your hands off this deduction. you'll hurt home price

joining me is christine brennan, sports kol oumist and mike wise who writes. christine, simple question. was bob costas out of bounds in proesed his political concerns? >> actually i do not think he was. what i think should have been done is the term kmonltary, howie, should have been put on the screen the way it is for mike wise and me and make it crystal clear that this next 90 seconds is an opinion piece. but i do believe that -- and i know mike feels this way too about columns and sports. sports is a reflection of our society much mar than it is the escape, the sports section. so with that in mind i would say to have these national conversations, whether it be about concussions or domestic violence, which i would make this case, this could have been more about that, whatever it is, steroids, penn state, that's where sports is taking us, and i think bob is one of those leaders in that area. >> by his own admission though, he took this polarizing issue and tried to deal with it in 90 seconds and that was a bloodbath. >> yeah, i wish he would have taken out a

mark zandy and christine romans.congress does not trip us up, we're on the way to an economic renaissance in our country. >>> we are on the road to an economic renaissance. i want to you think about the united states economy like a runner along this road. full economic recovery and prosperity is the destination, the economy right now, that's warming up with a nice jog, getting ready to break into a full sprint. gross domestic product, the broadest measure for the economy grew by an annual rate of 3.1 over the summer, more than double the rate of the previous quarter. spending by americans was the single biggest factor in that growth and more americans are spending their money to buy a home, pushing prices upward across the country. the median price of an existing home shot up 10.1% in november year-over-year. we've seen home values rise six months in a row as more americans get back to work and take advantage of those low mortgage rates. bottom line here -- our runner, the u.s. economy, is just starting to break a sw

of course, christine, the u.s.formation war going back and forth, has been going back and forth over the past few years. >> all right, reza sayah. you'll continue to follow it for us. thanks. >>> the fiscal cliff debate hitting a new low. 28 days tax hikes and spending cuts will create a lot of pain for nearly every american if a deal does not get done. republicans offering up a counterproposal to the president that calls for $2.2 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade. it includes $800 billion in tax reforms. $600 billion for medicare reforms. and $600 billion in spending cuts. but it does not contain tax hikes for the wealthiest americans. so the president immediately dismissed it. and if you want to know just how far apart the two parties are, this should clear it up for you. >> i think we're going over the cliff. >> it's unfortunate that the white house has spent three weeks doing basically nothing. >> what we can't do is kind of figure out what works for them. >> the president's idea of a negotiation

christine romans is going to love this.ientists and technology experts are in demand, students with those majors would pay less than students majoring in disciplines like history, philosophy, or even english. i don't know how i feel about that. the idea is to steer kids towards fields where there is the most need. they'll take up the idea during the next legislation. >> it's innovative, but for humanities majors like me, is it fair to pay more to study that stuff? but, you know, you have to -- >> i'm sure they'll debate this. >>> head to our blog, c cnn.com/earlystart. >> so if the faa's ban on smart phones in the air have you frustrated, you have an ally in washington. surprising frank comments from the head of the fcc just back from vacation, comments from the fcc coming up. >> and you can't go back. there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone level

christine?ess up to one ounce of pot, but can you buy it legally? >> reporter: you cannot buy it legally today. that's one of the odd things about this program. you won't have the legal growers, processors, and retailers for another year at this point. so at this point, you still have to go to the black market to purchase pot in washington state. >> yeah, and the black market, the distribution, the sale and distribution is still, it's still an illegal -- it's still not a legal enterprise. >> reporter: correct. >> and enough big employers in washington state, boeing and cosco, they've banned their employees, miguel, from smoking pot. will this new law change anything? can workers still get fired for testing positive? >> reporter: yeah, no. the simple answer is no. if your employer says you can't smoke pot and if you get tested and are positive, this doesn't change that. and there are rules reminding students it is not legal to have pot and smoke pot on campus. >> and the dui law, they'll have to

i'm christine you're watching r t. starting off this hour yesterday in a vote of ninety eight zero the senate passed the national defense authorization act of two thousand and thirteen after five days of debate and hundreds of amendments considered many which in the senate were proud of the progress made and of the bipartisan support the bill had something rather rare these days on capitol hill the bill now now heads to a house senate conference committee where it will be discussed and differences between the house version of the bill and the senate version will be hammered out however what exactly is written in those six hundred eighty eight pages well some of it might surprise you archies was won't explains the national defense authorization act or the n.c.a.a. as it's commonly known as stablish is the budget for the u.s. military but the massive bill also has many other provisions with major implications for your freedoms and last night the senate unanimously passed the defense spending bill and a ninety eight zero

right now there is a political standoff, which the head of the imf, christine largarde, has a duty to stop. >> the fiscal cliff -- when you talk to people around the world, how concerned are they about the ramifications of americans going over this cliff? >> people around the world are concerned about it. it used to be the case that they were more concerned about the eurozone than the fiscal cliff. now things have changed. they often ask about it and its resolution. >> what do you think the impact could be globally? we're looking at a time when the global recovery is fragile at best. >> the u.s. is about 20% of the global economy. if the u.s. suffers as a result of the fiscal cliff, a complete wiping out of its growth, it is going to have repercussions around the world. if the u.s. economy has two% less growth, it will probably be a 1% less growth in mexico, canada, in europe, and japan. there will be ripple effects. >> are you worried about this? >> yes. of course i worry about it. the u.s. is a big chunk of the global economy. it has often been a driver of growth. to have that large

if we get more people to speak out about it, we can make a change. >> in san francisco, christin ayers, cbs5. >>> a bmw was pulled overnear brancrofh. but the driver took off as officers approached the car. it slammed into another car killing a 21-year-old woman. the driver of the bmw ran, but officers caught him. >> did not appear to be very much under the influence, he was able to exit his vehicle and flee seen. that would show he is coherent. >> police are looking for a passenger of the bmw. >>> a pasadena chase means murder charges for two gang memberrersessers, 22-year-old darrell williams and 21-year- old brittany washington. they broadsided a mini van carrying the boy. >> a long distance live saving injury knee brings an abused german shepherd to california. shawn bennett on the people who stepped in to help. >> meet thor. >> if you leave a dog to die, that dog is not worthy and you can see he is worthy. >> reporter: the bog may have been abused and was weary underweight. >> he wayed 46-pounds, he should weigh close to 100. >> reporter: thor is struggling to eat. teresa says he

christine actually had a chance to speak to folks about the microlevel of what it means to us despiteaggling on the hill. what did you find out? >> i found out people are really nervous about where this is going because it affects them right now. i talked to a woman with a b.a. in accounting, she has six kids, the youngest is 11. she's been out of work since april, and she's terrified that on february 29 she's going to lose her extended unemployment benefits. you've been looking for a job for more than six months now. are you optimistic or pessimistic that things will turn around? >> i think things will turn around. it's going to take time, but i believe it's going to happen. >> and you need the government to help now so that can happen? >> yes, i do. i still have bills to pay, and i need help. i need help. >> she is selling her stuff and she's looking at two 401(k)s that she's hoping not to have to raid, but she thinks things are looking better next year. and that's what's interesting. when you look at this, 43% say they're optimistic about the year ahead compared to 24%. they think,

christin ayers was at the consulate today. >> i'm so heartbroken and sad. >> reporter: the news came as activists were preparing for this candlelight vigil at san francisco's indian consulate, honoring a 23-year-old new delhi woman who had been brutally raped. her death added fuel to a growing fire, triggering outrage in new delhi. today's gathering in san francisco, somber by comparison, but punctuated by the same demands. protesters are handing over a petition to the indian consulate, demanding more security on public and private buses, including surveillance cameras and gps tracking. >> this is not okay. women have to speak out. >> reporter: she grew up in fear in new delhi, certain that as a woman, she could be attacked any day. >> every day, i thought i'll be raped. i'll be dead. i'll be murdered. i may not come home. >> reporter: activists claim not much as changed. they claim incidents of rape have increased 17%. >> i think it's a turning moment. if we get more women to speak out about it and make a difference, i think we can make a change. >> reporter: in san francisco, chris

it was outside a home on christine court. shortly after the explosion police were able to find and arrest the teenage suspect responsible. they were in their suv. and that suv was located right here just a couple blocks from the explosion in the college park high school parking lot that's on viking drive in the suv police found another explosive device that had not been set off. meanwhile today's pipe bomb incident that we were telling you about just a couple miles south but also in pleasant hill. here's that location. pleasant hill elementary. again this bomb did not go off. police are not sure if the two pleasant hill pipe bomb incidents are related. >> the woman convicted of stalking then murdering a bay area nursing student is on her way to state prison. giselle was sentenced today for the murder of michelle lay killed back in may of 2011 her body was found four months later near the border. family members finally got their chance to speak to the woman who murdered their loved one. >> we're glad some form of justice has b

live in clayton, christin ayers, cbs 5. >> bay area crab fishmen have won their fight.he 11 day crab strike is over. crabbers will head out tomorrow. they refused to collect their traps after brokers tried to pay them less than $3 a pound. >> prices are lower a little bit. got a lot of fresh crab. hopefully more people can come into the restaurant and come in and enjoy. >> dungeness should be back in stores and menus on thursday or friday. >> a contractor famous for fixing big problems has been tapped to fix that giant sink hole in lafayette. c.c. myers. heavy rains helped create sink hole after overwhelming the area's drainage system. the sink hole is 50 feet deep, 80 feet long and 40 feet wide. >> they're going to route the storm water around the failed pipe. once they achieve that they'll clear out the creek, establish a stream bed on the bottom, then they'll bring in a bunch of really big pipe. 10-foot diameter pipe. >> you remember cc myers, they fixed the eye bar on the bay bridge when it broke. they're looking to have this project done by christmas. i was out the

christin ayers explains how oakland police will be out in force separating the naughty from the nice.rter: it happens frequently where chelsea adams works. >> there's a bunch of little teenagers that will come and hang out and hit all the stores. i've not seen an extra police presence. >> across the country you see an increase in crime during the holiday season. >> strings of thefts and muggings have spiked over the last several weeks the latest robbery happened minutes before we got to this location a woman was walking out of the trader joes in rock ridge when two men accosted her taking her groceries and purse. >> holidays are desperate times. and a lot of desperate people. >> desperate people and a diminished police force. oakland police booked fewer than people. >> this isn't always about arresting people. it's about intervention and prevention. >> cruisers, undercover officers and bike cops partnering with private security guards. >> i notice they have guys out in yellow jackets too that make me feel even safer. >> all at a time when the city is pushing a new campaign urging oakl

live in antioch, christin ayers, cbs 5, we are following a developing story in the east bay. police are investigating a shooting at the pittsburg-bay point bart station. now, bart authorities say they got the first call just before 7:00 tonight. they found the victim in the parking lot. he was taken to john muir medical center in walnut creek with life-threatening injuries. bart police have not released any information on the victim or possible suspects. the shooting investigation caused major delays for bart riders. >>> crime in oakland is out of control. but tonight, health is on the way. a former big city police chief has been hired to offer the city some solutions. cbs 5 reporter linda yee on the man who brings coast-to-coast credibility. >> reporter: 127 homicides in oakland so far this year. the highest in five years. some people are afraid to just go out. >> i work in east oakland. and it's really scary going to work and coming out every day. >> reporter: the mayor and the police chief agree. crime is out of control. >> we have to try something different. >> reporter:

live in pleasant hill, christin ayers, cbs 5. >>> she killed her friend in a jealous rage over a guy. today, gisele escobar received her punishment. the judge sentenced her to 25 years to life. esteban killed 26-year-old michelle lee, a nursing student. she showed no emotion in court today. >> maybe she will never feel remorse. >> michelle lee and gisele esteban were high school friends but esteban mistakenly believed her old classmate was involved with her ex-boyfriend and the father of her oldest child. >>> in san pablo, a little girl has been orphaned. police found them inside. edgar was dead. blanca died shortly afterwards. police told me earlier tonight that they hope witnesses will come forward. >> oftentimes a person will say, you know, i heard something, but they think it's not significant. they don't call and we really want them to call because those insignificant teams, that they believe are insignificant, are very significant to us. >> both victims were 30 years old. their four-year-old daughter was not hurt. she is now with child protective services. >>> investigators say

christine? >> chain cpi would change the way the federal government calculates inflation, which could stave federal government $300 billion over the next decade if implemented. the consumer price index measures how much they go up by tracking a basket of goods that americans typically buy. this is important because it's used to calculate cost of living adjustments and social security. checks pay a little more each year in line with inflation as calculated by that consumer price index. now, one potential flaw in the system, consumer price index assumes people don't change their basket, if, say, the price of meat goes up. in other words, they don't switch from meat to chicken because the price of beef has gone up. they don't switch from, say, arugula to, i don't know, iceberg lettuce. it doesn't account for how behavior changes. chain consumer price index creates a chain basket of goods to measure inflation more accurately. it's measuring how people react to price changes not simply the fact that

christine romans with more. >> merry fiscal cliff-mas.unching this story for so long. when i don't have to say fiscal cliff one day it will be like christmas all over again. stocks, triple digit decline for the dow jones industrial average. a major sell-off in part, because world markets saying they are very concerned about what happens with the fiscal cliff. the fallout felt in the economy. tax refunds could be delayed. a lot of people could pay higher taxes if there is not an amt patch. that's bad. payroll processors are furious and scrambling to figure out what to do. gift giving has soared among people trying to get out of higher taxes next year, and early stock dividends payouts. companies are paying early stock dividends because they think investment taxes will go up next year. paying those out early. also watching here the run on gun guns this has against phied. walmart is running out -- i think 1,200 locations they sell tactical rifles like the one used to kill the teachers and students in connecticut, they are running out of them

cbs 5 reporter christin ayers on how the weather is turning the investigation into a race against time. >> reporter: a soggy search for clues in the hills of monte sereno, the sprawling mansion in the affluent community, the scene of a homicide early in the morning. >> to this happen in this type of community... >> reporter: police have not identified the victim but say he lived here with his wife. the man who owns the home is a prominent south bay millionaire, who once owned mountain winery. he apparently had ties at one point to a spiritual group, called the foundation for spiritual awakening. around 1:30 this morning, the woman who lived here called police, saying the place was being ransacked by intruders. she was injured, but not seriously. her husband, authorities say, is dead. >> certainly we are wondering about what would cause the suspect or suspects to pick this particular residence and commit this crime. >> reporter: authorities combed the property for clues today in a rainstorm, fearing wet weather could hamper their investigation, washing away signs of a possible home inva

reporting but not live, christin ayers, cbs 5. >>> a developing story right now for netflix users, the popular video streaming service is suffering a major outage. the company tweeted an apology, saying the problem is being caused by amazon's web services. a spokesman told the wall street journal the outage stretched, quote, across the americas. >>> saying farewell to a beloved american actor. how holiday is remembering the career of jack klugman. >>> a terrible christmas for another community dealing with a deadly shooting. the ambush attack on volunteer firefighters and what we're learning about the gunman. >>> and the clean of england with a high-tech twist on her holiday message. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, w him as a >>> some of us knew him as oscar madison, one half of the odd couple. others knew him as quincy. today we learned jack klugman died in los angeles. he won who emmies as the messy sports writer who drove felix crazy. but his stage film and television career spanned more than five decades. he passed away at his home with his wife at his side. jack klugman was 90 years old. >>> t