one attorney said it was a great day for connelly and

i'm hanging with my pal, jennifer connelly right here. howard film. >> jimmy: it's a comedy. >> it is. >> jimmy: do you want to explain what "the dilemma" is? >> with vince vaughn -- [ in unison ] -- kevin james -- winona ryder. [ laughter ] >> jinx. >> jimmy: jinx, buy me a coke. >> this was really fun. it was very refreshing for me to be in a comedy. and my character, i really like her. she's sort of happy, which is refreshing for me, you know? >> jimmy: you're always playing dramatic. last time you and ron howard were together, you both won oscars. >> that's true. >> jimmy: "a beautiful mind." congratulations on that. >> that's true. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very, very good. >> thank you very much. it was great. i love ron so much. he's a phenomenal director. he's so talented, and he's impossibly nice and lovely to work with. >> jimmy: is it different on a comedy than it is on a dramatic movie? >> he was a bit more chipper, and you know, vince really likes to improvise, so you know, it kind of felt a littl

aid key witness who said connelly confessed to him. and a judge learned that the prosecution failed to disclose the witness received money and housing from the investigator earl sanders, sanders later becoming police chief. last year, he acknowledged payment but said he told prosecutors about it. this district attorney said it dismissed the case based on the current state evidence 22 years aflt fact in the in the death and unavailability of key witnesses we'll not be able to sustain our burden of proof at trial. there is a new direct attorney told me' proved this decision. >> and if he goes home and tries to makeup for lost time he believe there's may be other old cases. >> we're concerned that it's a pattern and nobody looked at it and there are other people in jail. >> now, prosecutors have three options, retry this case, appeal the ruling overturning the conviction or drop it, which they did. connelly is now 40 years old and soon has the sheriff's office processes papers he'll be out. >> and there is chp shut it down and threatened

as kron 4's christine connelly tells us, his selection came as a surprise to menry, including him. >>nk very encouraging to hear so many people backing this decision. >> reporter: he will focus on making the city more financially secure. he would serve as interim mayor till the election in november. he would become the first chinese-american mayor. serving in san francisco government since 1989. in that time he served as director of the human rights commission, director of public works and city administrator in 2005. board of supervisors president will term as interim mayor says lee will bring civility back to city hall. >> he has the greatest debt of experience of many of the folks we looked at. deep community routes and works with many of us. >> reporter: there are a lot of challenges he will face. >> the budget deficit of $400 million a that we will have to balance in the next couple of months and we have exploding costs that we will have to figure out. >> reporter: christine connelly, kron 4 news. >> before leaving his job gavin newsom shook up the power structure by naming the cu

kron 4's christine connelly spoke with the victims. >> reporter: this is edward and the check you see him holding will put clothes on his back. >> gas in the car. bills. clothes, i need clothes. >> reporter: his home was leveled thin intone explosion. he has been waiting months for assistance. >> i know the city counsel and the city are doing the best they can, the right thing and that's all i care about. >> reporter: $400,000 in donations poured into the sid city of san bruno. now that money is being distributed. the families will receive a $6,000 check. those with moderate damage $4,000 and minor damage $1,000. rick says he will donate the money he gets to charity. >> i have misgivings about taking money at this point. but i am going to dispurse it in whatever benevolences i can dream up. >> reporter: any left over donations will put in a fund and a discussion with residents on how to spend it. christine connelly, kron 4 news. >>> the parents of a woman killed in the explosion filed a wrongful death lawsuit against pg&e. jessica was at her boyfriend's home when the explosion happene

paul connelly of the tcc group. has foundation funding risen -- did it fall in the recession? what has happened for media coverage? >> foundation funding over the past four years has increased. it has been about $140 million of investment according to do research. we have also seen changes in the type of donor and founder. more individuals, such as wealthy donors starting propublica. there is another website, spotus, which collects donations to shed light on journalism. so it is not just the night foundation, mccormick foundation, but founders who are interested in democracy, civic engagement, such as open society institute, community foundations. they are supporting a similar project in san diego. so the pool of the founders and donors has expanded. >> some good news on the first row. [laughter] craig aaron, i saw you cringe a little bit when we said the most we support government funding. so what do you support? >> i think the government has a role to play. i do not think they are the only answer. whatever we do, the government will be part of the answer. we need to end this

connelly convicted of a drive by that killed two people and injured 11 others. the key witness said he confessed to him but last month, a judge overturned this conviction after learning the prosecution never disclosed the witness, who since died received money from lead investigator earl sanders, sanders later becoming police chief. last year add misting giving payments but said he told prosecutors about it. the district attorney says it dismissed the case reluctantly. based on current state of evidence 22 years after the fact and the death of key witnesses we'll not be able to sustain our burden of proof at trial. and the new district attorney told me he personally reviewed this case and approved dropping it. connelly's attorney tells me he believes there are other cases during that era, late 80s and early 90s when authorities suppressed evidence to incriminate innocent people and many may still be in prison. >> thank you. >> and a pit bull attacking a 10-year-old boy captured this morning. animal control is investigating whether the dog was released to attack

two of us believe the second shot hit governor connelly. the other person was nelly connelly, who was right beside him. i'm in great faith in believing the second shot hit the governor and third shot hit the president. >> there were two mistakes the warren commission made, they did not call sam kinney, or emory roberts the shift leader. because sam kinney had to keep his eye constantly on the presidential limousine. and sam all three shots find their mark. and emory saw all three shots find their mark. unfortunately, they weren't asked to testify. >> lisa, it must have been difficult keeping up with facts like these and trying to separate facts from some of the silly stories out there. how did you do it? >> it was a lot of long days. jerry and i talked about this a lot. i'd read something or read reports and i'd say jerry, this contradicts what you are telling me or what clint is telling me. and i came to realize that these were the guys that were there. and their memories are so vivid and so clear and as i would talk to other agents, they

. >> reporter: national fisheries institutes john connelly calls the actions of u.s.hameful. >> what we have is a fake food safety scare designed by a special interest group that wants to limit its competition. >> reporter: and connelly says changing those rules could spark a larger trade war with the vietnamese and chinese. so for now, u.s. farmers like townsend kaiser say they're struggling to hang on worried the catfish market its family farm helped build from scratch might become the one that got away. mark strassmann, cbs news. >>> coming up, an update on gabrielle giffords' remarkable recovery. also, the future of computer giant apple. steve jobs announced he's taking a medical leave of absence. and five time grammy nominated singer james blunt performs his new song live in the studio. all that and more coming up this morning on "the early show." that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com captioning funded by cbs

as christine connelly reports, the numbers alone don't tell the whole story. >> hotel draw as huge crowd when it advertises 250 job openings. >> the trend is clear. we saw 12 straight months of private sector job growth. >> reporter: december' unemployment rate was 9.8%. it was the steepest one month drop since 1998 and the lowest unemployment rate in 19 months but that doesn't mean there are new jobs out there. employers created 100,003 positionings, that's not enough to make up for the worst recession of our life times. it was the result of two equal factors. 297,000 people reported finding jobs last month. 260,000 said they had given up looking. >> still got a lot of folks looking, struggling. we got a big hole. >> it could take two years to get the jobless numbers down and another three years to reach normal levels near 6%. >>> another very cold night with fog expected tonight. tomorrow morning, dense fog and drizzle. delta patchy fog. noon hour temperatures struggling to warm, especially in the inland valleys. 3:00 chilly inland and low 50s for the bay area. we have been seeing fog

christine connelly, kron 4 news. >> reporter: in san francisco, one of the key question s if the police chief wants his officers outfitted with tasers, why aren't they knit up to the police commission. last year they denied the chief's quest. he will request it again next month. dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> reporter: at stanford university, police are advising women to walk in pairs after a woman was acusted monday -- accosted monday evening. the woman says a man came up from behind her. the man fled towards the field after that. the woman ran to this tower here and called for help. police also reminding students there are more than a hundred of these all over campus. >>> the warriors battle back from the fourth against the hornets but could they get the win? highlights ahead and the 49ers aren't the ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ ♪ and watch day-time dramas at the bus stop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv s

san francisco prosecutors decided not to retry connelly after a judge overturned his conviction in a 1989 drive by shooting that killed two people. the judge said a prosecution and police failed to tell the defense their star witness was being paid as part of a witness protection program. prosecutors say the length of time since trial and the fact the key witness died left them no option but to drop this case. >> and california patrol announced arrests of several people in the deadly shooting of a 24-year-old killed a year ago today. he was found dead inside of a car on highway 80, shot in the head with what investigators believed to be a semi automatic hand handgun. and. >> there is a a pit bull that attacked a boy this morning was found. the boy is going to need surgery. abc 7 news camera was there when the pit bull was captured and you can see it's a struggle with both the dog and owner. abc 7 is live at the humane society tonight with the story.. >> savage, the pit bull is in custody. his owner will have to decide whether to have him euthanized or face a dangerous dog hearing the

i spoke to kevin connelly in beirut. >> this latest round of political maneuvering disintegrated whenezbollah walked out in a disagreement over the status of how they should handle the u.n. tribunal looking into the assassination of his father. they're blaming senior figures in hezbollah for the killing. there is a deep sense of anger at the moment. given the root cause of the crisis, some say he should emerge as the loser. his supporters have taken to the street. hezbollah could be seen as the winner. we've seen the her ariri supporters on the street and symbolically blocking the main highway to damascus and syria. syria is one of the main power brokers in the region that backed hezbollah. they are talking about the date of rage when he becomes prime minister. they are also talking about staying on the streets until the demands are met. there is not a clear path with anyone can see for hariri supporters. >> it has below winds up with more influence, what does that mean? -- if hezbollah winds up with more influence, what does that mean? >> it will give power over the lebanese leaders

paul connelly is the senior vice president of the tcc group and he manages the challenge fund for journalism, one of the largest sources of grants for journalism. now on the back row, crank aaron is the senior director of the free press, a group working to increase government funding for the media. frank frankle is a journalism professor at stanford university. next to him is ron dellens, the mayor of oakland. he has served 14 houseyears.

one-hit the president, one hit governor connelly and the third shot hit and killed president kennedy. >> that is correct. >> now you know that is contradicted by the warren commission. they concluded that for shot hit kennedy and connelly and the second shot missed, struck a bystander in the third shot killed in. >> i recognize that the two of us believe that the second shot hit governor, and the other person who was sitting right beside them when he was hit, so i think i am pretty good company in believing the second shot hit the governor and the shirt -- third shot was a fatal into the president. >> there were two mistakes the warren commission made that they did not call sam kinney who was the driver of the follow-up car or amory roberts a shift leader, sam kinney had to keep his eye constantly on the presidential limousine and sam saw all three shots behind their mark. emery saw all three shots behind their mark. unfortunately they board asked to testify. >> we said must have been amazingly difficult, keeping up with facts like these and trying to separate fact from some of the si

here's chris connelly. >> reporter: it's not only star-crossed romance that holds the attention of celebrity-minded magazines. on a parallel track, the ups and downs of celebrity bodies and diets keep readers enthralled, too. in the celebrity weight loss world, there are the big success stories, like valerie bertinelli. the sitcom sweetheart who used jenny craig to lose 40 pounds and rocked this bikini. >> i've been given an opportunity to, i guess, be the poster child for getting your [ bleep ] together. maybe? >> reporter: but putting on a few, or maybe more than a few, gets everyone talking. it even gets celebrities talking back. celebrity diet and fitness sagas pull their weight at the news stand. that's why editors at "us weekly" offer a 23-page package in their january 10th issue. why is the first of the year a good time to do an issue like that? >> new year's resolutions. this is the time of the year when everyone's resolution is to hit the gym, to get in shape, to eat better. so, it's a natural. >> reporter: why do people like reading about this stuff? >> it gives them motivation. the best

prosecutor as announced the decision in court today and connelly now 40 listened. also, at the hearing were family member who's thanked his lawyer outside of the courtroom. one attorney said it was a great day for connelly and justice. >> they try to reconnect with the family and makeup for lost time. he's been in jail 18 years for a wrongful conviction chls he's got to rescind his life. >> the new district attorney told abc 7 news' proved the decision not to retry. prosecutors say length of time and the fact the key witness died left them no other option but to drop the case. >> governor brown is ordering thousands of state workers to turn in their cell phones in his first order brown is calling for 48,000 phones to be turned in by june 1,est maifting it will save california $0 million a year. >> this is money this is millions of dollars. we want to put out an order saying we want to cut this cell phone use in half. because we're going to look for waste. not just cutting programs but looking for making government leaner more effective. >> employees who are require

this upscale restaurant in georgetown the reservation list for a weekday dinner is fall connelly's the right side of the same table mrs clinton you know who is now secretary of state came many times just a lot of people come from the hill and big big law firms while one in seven americans rely on food stamps at me shelvey shard citron now an average couple isn't shy to shell out what most couples make in a month on a meal with the tax and intemperance of a six hundred dollars range or whatever it may be and some nights we do as many as forty fifty. and people love it at a time when most are struggling to survive it seems like the lucky in washington are living it up preassure there are t. washington d.c. . you know with good to have you with still ahead this hour teaching a separatist lesson schools in india that is that kashmir to find warnings to close if they choose to make up for lost time and. thank. their eyes on this super fast new hovercraft capable of speeding travel whatever the weather. now a tool of iran's nuclear scientists going ahead despite many key powers including rus

this upscale restaurant in georgetown the reservation list for a weekday dinner is fall connelly's the right side of the same table mrs clinton you know who is now secretary of state came many times just a lot. people come from the hero and big big law firms while one in seven americans rely on food stamps at me shall be shared citron now an average couple isn't shy to shell out what most couples make in a month on a meal or the types of attributes of the six hundred dollar range or whatever it may be and some nights we do as many as forty fifty. people over at a time when most are struggling to survive it seems like the lucky in washington are living it up preassure there are t. washington d.c. i will later this hour we'll show you how want to vent and russian is rewriting the rules of winter travel. and this pond skater can spice up the cold season for you with speeds of up to one hundred fifty kilometers per hour through land i snow and even mud. well before that a russian journalist at a white house briefing has caused something of a media stir with a question some half compared to

connelly. >> talk about good timing. thank you for appearing for before the committee today. did the bush administration make mistake in creating the tarp program? >> no, i don't think so. it was unfortunate that we had to created and we did that have the tools to otherwise deal with this crisis but i think they were right to take the actions they took. i am proud of those members of congress from both sides of the aisle who stood up and supported it. i think we needed this. it is unfortunate we had to do it but i don't think we have much choice. >> at the time that tarp was greeted by the secretary of the treasury, mr. paulson, where they're not calls them and subsequently for the nationalization of the banking system in the united states? >> yes, there were. >> did tarp call for a market- briton private-sector alternative to those calls? >> yes, i believe it did. >> despite heated rhetoric about big government takeover, actually would it be fair to say that tarp represented precisely the opposite? >> i agree them . >> there were concerns that tarp was going to be this and l

. >> jimmy: i forget which ones we were doing, it was me, you, kevin connelly, scarlett johansson andand then jimmy showed us the one where they kept saying turkey!" and like nobody knows what i'm talking about, nobody thinks i'm funny, and then i'm like, "and then there was this beauty pageant gal, she dropped her baton and it was so funny," and no, nothing. and we searched like, "jimmy fallon found this for me," like nothing -- >> jimmy: why would that be on youtube -- videotaped us watching it. i forget which ones it was, i look at them all the time. they always change. but i have one for you, a new one. >> amazing. >> jimmy: it's a new one, i don't know if you've seen this one. here's some tips. show of hands, who's going to go streaking tonight after the show? anyone? [ cheers and applause ] so if you're going to go streaking, rule number one, if you're gotta be naked, two, you got everybody to video tape you, three, you should look out for plexiglas walls. >> going streaking -- [ laughter ] >> he got back up. he got back up. he deserves a medal. he got back up. >> jimmy: that is

connelly's watching genets crazy last night in his start game for the cardinals.t hundred one winds makes at 802 because what you can't is taking down a 90 game win streak. : 31 points a career high 9 rebounds g now battered and the cardinal celebrate 71- 59. >> i've never seen things as letter crazy even our freshman year. it was packed but nothing like this. playing at someone's home court a packed house it was priceless, so valuable for the way team. >> nothing new on the nfl general manager fred to but forty-niners did make news. a ray macdonald later in the wallet by 5 grand. it was fine but the league for this hit on sam crawford and the first quarter of the game against the rams. he drew 15 yd penalty the league said that the necessary striking. again ray macdonald the offensive linemen little later in the wallet by five grand jury had to finish up of the arizona cardinals coming up this weekend. college football will it stop? no. we just keep on going sun bowl against the miami hurricanes what has happened to the hurricanes' program? tommy reese 34 yd play

we're back with chris connelly in new york and the whole gang.." congratulations, aaron. >> thanks a lot, george. a great way to start the morning. >> i'll bet it is. early morning out there. it will be you all against "the king's speech," for so many of the honors. how do you rate that? how do you handicap it? >> i love "the king's speech." it was a great year for movies. i'm vocationally biased. i think it was the year for the screen play, too. i'm so happy for everybody involved in "the social network," the whole cast. my recommendation for anybody who wants to get an oscar nomination, is work with david fincher. it was a triumph of team work. >> eight nominations, in all, for your film, aaron. >> yeah. >> you made a movie about the guy who does the work. hollywood likes to make movies about visionaries. you made a movie about a guy who sits in a room and works really hard. what was special about that for you? >> i think it was the people i got to sit in a room with and work really hard. and, you know, i love -- audiences responded to this mov

chris connelly went behind the scenes at the annual "us weekly" celebration weight loss edition to find> reporter: it's not only star-crossed romance that holds the attention of celebrity-minded magazines. on a parallel track, the ups and downs of celebrity bodies and diets keep readers enthralled too. in the celebrity weight loss world, there are the big success stories. like newlywed valerie bertinelli. the sitcom sweetheart who used jenny craig to lose 40 pounds and rock this bikini. >> i've been given an opportunity to -- i guess be the poster child for getting your [ bleep ] together, maybe. >> reporter: but putting on a few, or maybe more than a few, gets everyone talking. it even gets celebrities talking back. celebrity diet and fitness sagas pull their weight at the newsstands. that's why editors at "us weekly" offer a 23-page package in their january 10th issue. why is the first of the year a good time to do an issue like that? >> new year's resolutions. this is the time of the year when everyone's resolution is to hit the gym, to get in shape, to eat better. so it's a natural.

we sent our chris connelly there to take a closer look at the big winners. and any surprises.nd chris is up bright and early. in fact, he's never been to bed. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, robin. it's the same thing with the golden globes. is it a harbinger of the oscars or because of the champagne, is it the award show equivalent of a business convention booze cruise. well, this year, the good news was, a little bit of both. holding on backstage -- or twirling out front. who gets the final word on your outfit as you leave the house? which child do you trust to tell you that you look good enough to go? >> my girls are always happy about me getting dressed up. my boys think i look silly. >> reporter: "the social network" had it with four globes. best drama, screenplay and director, and score. capping a night that jesse eisenberg saw as surreal even before the night began. >> you know, it's overwhelming. it's hard to relate this incredible experience to making the movie. >> reporter: but this facebook saga didn't have a monopoly on the nerdtastic. "black swan"

caller: michael connelly -- crowley would really add a lot to a show. quite well. host: thank you for the call. "what should he stay in the state of the union -- say in the state of the union?" address from a number of -- bought based -- advice from a number of people. should they sit together? caller: it would be a good start. i wanted to comment on the lady who said the indian was making a curse to america. he was a native american and he gave a blessing to america, and he gave a blessing to his son who is serving his country in vitriol -- mental health goes a long way to victory all. -- vitriol. i do not know how everyone gets so much hatred. it is at yourself. the thank you -- thank you. host: thank you. 19 members of the house and senate are backing the splat --l try to do anything to make america forget that they got their clocks cleaned in november." carl says, "the dems want this seating together so the world won't see this show which takes place when one side set and one side has the president speaking." that is the reason for this. joe from florida. good

connelly of west virginia.rly bob sutter. we used to work together when i was on the foreign relations committee and great to see you on the other side of the table. let me ask you, bob, understanding serious, serious human rights issues in china and lots of other issues that we are concerned about that have been enumerated here, in your view given the fact that since richard nixon we have had a level of relations with the head of state of that country not with standing, is it a mistake for this administration to receive the president of china? >> thank you, congressman. it's great to be here. i think what you find is that we have a very complicated and interdependent type of relationship. we have so many priorities. we have to balance them, and as you've indicated, every president that we've had since nixon has done this, and so people can object in various ways and have very good reasons for this, but obviously the public and they determine no, this is the best way to go. we may be at a cross roads now and ha