she is also an energizer bunny. watch her come up here. [applause] they are pour into sleep with their bunny's tonight. -- they are going to sleep with their bunny's tonight. it is time to turn it over to carlos, and he will finish the program we have for you today. and this is probably the first time you're going to hear this. we have a raffle on friday afternoon that you have to be present to win. it will get all kinds of tickets. the prizes are listed in your program, and they are not out. you might want to start thinking about that and see what you can do to get those tickets for the final raffled, because you have to be there to be able to win it, and remember that marriott cheese will be there. -- mariachies will be there. hope to see you there. here is carlos, president of the latino association. >> i am going to do my welcoming remarks to our morning, so i will keep this brief, because i think it is exciting to good of all here, but tomorrow you were in for a very dynamic show. in this conference is -- belongs to all of us, and it

she is also an energizer bunny. watch her come up here. [applause] they are pour into sleep with their bunny's tonight. -- they are going to sleep with their bunny's tonight. it is time to turn it over to carlos, and he will finish the program we have for you today. and this is probably the first time you're going to hear this. we have a raffle on friday afternoon that you have to be present to win. it will get all kinds of tickets. the prizes are listed in your program, and they are not out. you might want to start thinking about that and see what you can do to get those tickets for the final raffled, because you have to be there to be able to win i

i feel honored that we call it those in the know or good friends of mine call at this time energizer bunnyhe book that somehow kept going all these yeersz. i will tell you up front it was a book i thought that may be they wouldn't publish. my very first book was women of the silk. i knew that i was writing about something that was a little bit different because i didn't know about the women of the silk until i wanted to write something telling their story much the second book is the test book for us writers you hear that a lot where the publishers are wondering if the author has a second book. everybody here i feel sitting here all of you have one book in you. whether it's a family story or your story whether it's ancestors whether it's your history you want to write about. but it's the second one that's hard. i felt that when i turnod the computer and thought, now i have to write book number 2. i had in mind that i wanted to write something very different from women of the silk that was strictly about the feminist chinese women during the turn of the century and i wanted to write about my

he has been the energizer bunny of ideas floating around. he has tremendously large shoes to fill -- left a tremendously large shoes to fill. we really want to thank you on behalf of all of the staff for this great opportunity to work with you, learn from you. regardless of what you were doing, you made it fun. so, we thank you very much for that. best wishes to you in your journey ahead. >> on behalf of the commission, we fl everything being said. it -- echo everything being said. we have a small plaque for you here. thank you for all of your hard work and support in the community. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, monique. i have enjoyed the last few years tremendously. before i came to work here, i did not know much about the port. with the merchants in daily working on the war, have become very proud of the community and benefit district. i look forward to continuing to work with counsel. thank you very much. i am very flattered. [applause] >> thank you. are you done with your report? >> no. did you want to stand for kevin? >

. >> i like the energizer bunny. >> just seeing them live and in person.an't imagine how big they really, really are. >> reporter: this is mickey's hand. kung fu panda's face. and this is spongebob's foot! mayor bloomberg, this is a tradition that never gets old, does it? >> it never gets old. whether you're young or old or in the middle, it's always new. >> brings memories of watching the parade when you're little. just wishing you were able to be there. >> every year coming to see the floats beforehand knowing what is happening the next day, everybody is excited and this is the real start of the holiday season. >> that was wcbs hazel sanchez reporting this morning. i've got turkey on the brain, guys. i'm sorry. >>> this morning, on "the early show," from meals to wheels to the best shopping deals. the latest on today's thanksgiving celebrations. all that coming up on "the early show" this morning. i'm terrell brown. and this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ ... why is that? they give me 5% cash back at department stores this quarter. but only on up to $300 w

you know jump off, i was samurai's garden, i said it was an energizer bunny. danville shoes samurai's garden the end of last year. they had the danville theatre which is a nice theatre and they were doing roamioand juliette and there was me in the middle of a balcony. it was a nice audience when i walked in my brain was exat that timic, look at the people here. it's almost as good as last years. i said who did you choose last year. and the year before. and told me. i said do you realize they are dead already? >> i'm alive and shouldn't i pull in a little more? [laughter] to go off, thank you for coming. >> my pleasure. i just this month read your book dreaming water. and i was -- i'm very glad to have read it. i'm wondering 2 things. there seems to be more of an advocacy voice in terms of the discrimination of being you know an asian american. and secondly, warner's disease. i'm wondering how you got into writing about that? and the characters were wonderful. >> okay. your first question, first. you know to be totally honest, when i sat down to write dreaming

>>> and the energizer bunny of bears. outruns animal control. see the chase that kept going and going and going. >>> we'll kick off today's show with video that demonstrates the true power of a camera. and gayle has the story for us. >> that's right, beth. we know that the occupy wall street protests have been going on for multiple weeks now. but check out what happened in oakland and what somebody caught on tape. >> that is kind of weird that you actually are not showing your name. why is that? >> interesting. >> so was that guy concealing his name because he agrees with the protesters? >> no. what cops do is they cover up their name so when people are shooting video, you know, they don't want to be identified. >> complete os sit in case something bad happens they can't identify the guy in the video. >> when a cop stops you you can ask them identify yourself, show me your badge. the cop was saying i have the right to remain silent, so they went to his superior, the lieutenant. >> is it against policy for cops to hide their badges? >> the lieute

. >> and where's like the energizer bunny. >> with nine lives for sure. >> thank you, feldy. >>> andtoday. i guess you revealed earlier that may not last as long as we like in. >> that is like a one-day bump in the road. what is good is that we have been forecasting a nice weekend. it looks like it's still going to be a real nice weekend. >> good. >> and that is good as last week. >> i love when you put that spin on it. >> you like that? >> yes. >> and that is about hope, shawn yancy. >> half full. >> i'm not in the weather business but the hope business. >>> beautiful out there and that is turning into a nice evening. the temperatures are dropping off. let's look at temperatures right you in. 54 -- temperatures right now. 54 in mes ines. in the city -- manasses and in the city, 58 degrees; frederick in the lower 60s and martinsburg at 61 degrees. you get the idea. if you look back to the west, columbus is 57 and that is a little, eh, where we are, too, today. if you look to chicago, 39 degrees there right now and that is the colder air and that will touch us as we get into friday an

i have my energizer bunny. we are telling you to change the batteries on your smoke alarm and the carbon monoxide detector. good news. anything else you want to change, now is the time to do it. it is good news. winds calm. so it is 31. doesn't feel too bad because we don't have too much winds. it is going to be a little warmer in pittsburgh, so for all the fans heading to the game, it will be a high of 60 and after the game k -- after kickoff dropping into the 40's. good luck to our ravens as they take on the steelers and take them down tonight. that's my good luck to them. another check of the weather when we come back. >> i like it, ava, thanks. >> after spending months in libyan prisons and joining the rebel fight, matthew van dike is back on american soil tonight. >> he touched down last night, and sheldon dutes has more on the writer's homecoming. >> matthew van dayke walked out of the airport term nan natural to hug his mother. our interview was briefly interrupted for the moment matthew's girlfriend had

the energizer bunny. >> last night, you can watch them as they are blown up around the museum of natural history. there kermit. buzz lightyear is back, kung fu panda and sonic is new this year. >> flashback for me. good morning, everyone. happy thanksgiving. >> i'm erica hill along with jeff glor. chris is getting his turkey ready to cook. >> look good news yesterday. >> we talked so much about the weather on both coasts, how it could cause a lot of problems and didn't appear to cause many at all. we will bring you the latest on the thanksgiving travel and the big buildup to black friday or thursday as the case may be. >>> terrell brown is here at the news desk with other headlines. >> good morning. >>> no signs of survivors after a twin-engine plane crashed in arizona. six people were on board the plane and it went down in the mountains east of the phoenix after taking off from an airport in mesa. cbs' tara mergener has our report. >> reporter: a web cam trained on the mountain recorded the moment of impact. seconds later, there was a larger plogs. >> explosion. >> i looked up and i saw

. >> smurfs, the energizer bunny. >> i saw them last night. you can see them as they're being blown up at the museum of natural history. kung fu panda. >> apparently sonic the hedgehog is a big traction. >> new this year, i think. >> my first sega genesis game ever. >> flashback. >> quite a flash back. good morning, and happy thanksgiving. >> i'm erica hill, with jeff glor. chris wragge is sleeping in because he's cooking turkey later this morning. >>> weather on both coasts, we talked about how it could cause many problems. didn't appear to cause many at all, happy to tell you that. we'll bring you the thanksgiving travel and buildup to black friday. >>> terrell brown is over at the news desk with the morning's headlines. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you. no survivors after a twin engine plane crashed in arizona. six people, including three children were on that plane in the mountains east of phoenix after taking off at an airport in mesa. >> reporter: a web cam train recorded the impact. >> i look ed up and saw this fireball