i'm erica hill. tonight, chris christie gives his final answer. >> now is not my time. hill think new jersey governor says he won't run for president, just as a cbs news poll shows a big change at the top of the republican race. jan crawford has that story. chopper down. michelle miller on a frantic rescue effort in the murky waters of new york's east river. apple on the line. the tech giant shows off a talking iphone with some surprising answers. >> do i need a raincoat today? >> pelley: and i'm scott pelley from afghanistan where ten years into the war u.s. forces are fighting their way into new territory. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> hill: good evening, scott will join us from afghanistan in just a moment. but we begin with campaign 2012 and a big shift in the republican presidential race. a cbs news poll out tonight shows mitt romney and herman cain are tied for the lead favored by 17% of republican primary voters. rick perry, as you can see, ha

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of course, we invite you to come back here and join you for eyewitness news at >> hill: i'm erica hills christie gives his final answer. >> now is not my time. hill think new jersey governor says he won't run for president, just as a cbs news poll shows a big change at the top of the republican race. jan crawford has that story. chopper down. michelle miller on a frantic rescue effort in the murky waters of new york's east river. apple on the line. the tech giant shows off a talking iphone with some surprising answers. >> do i need a raincoat today? >> pelley: and i'm scott pelley from afghanistan where ten years into the war u.s. forces are fighting their way into new territory. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> hill: good evening, scott will join us from afghanistan in just a moment. but we begin with campaign 2012 and a big shift in the republican presidential race.

i'm erica hill in new york. in libya this morning, reports say moammar qaddafi who held an iron grip on power for 42 years as libya's unquestioned leader has been wounded and captured by rebel forces. we are also learning this morning that rebel forces have captured his hometown of sirte. we want to go now to cbs news correspondent charlie d'agata who is in london this morning with the very latest on this breaking story. charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, erica. yes, the information is come out of the reuters news agency, quoting colonel qaddafi has been captured, wounded in both legs. they are pinning that on an ntc official t follows weeks of fierce fighting in the battle for sirte, qaddafi's hometown. nato has been involved in that offensive, as well. also, we understand in the bombing of a convoy trying to flee sirte today, rebels have been celebrating across libya's news of the rumors anyway spreading. if qaddafi has been captured, it comes two months to the day since the fall of tripo

i'm erica hill, along with jeff glor.hot of west milford, new jersey. >> a collapsing tree. they are all over the northeast, we see scenes like this. >> even in our backyard from central park and across new york city, a number of trees down. the issue there being across the region, so many leaves still on the trees. this heavy wet snow and that makes for a major mess on a halloween morning. >> yes, indeed. nasty weather out there. >>> coming up, we will talk more about the occupy wall street protests. this is one of the obstacles they dealt with. the bad weather over the weekend. more winter weather, obviously, to come. many of the protesters stuck it out but a long, hard winter coming here. >> we will see if they have a future if the weather gets too bad. we will take a look at the costs involved. there is more and more talk about that. a lot of cities with very tight budgets now having to pay for extra police, overtime. other services to monitor the gathering so break that down for you as well. >> cities and states have

i'm erica hill in new york.ntinuing to follow the breaking news out of libya this morning. we know that rebels have said they have now moammar qaddafi's hometown of sirte. there have also been reports that moammar qaddafi had been captured. there are now reports at this hour that he is reportedly dead. again, reports out of libya that moammar qaddafi who ruled that country for some 40 2 years may in fact be dead. his hometown of sirte, which has been the last stronghold, has been captured. we want to go now to kitty logan on the ground there for us in tripoli this morning. kitty, what's the very latest. >> reporter: we didn't have confirmation yet. but colonel qaddafi has been captured or killed. but the people here in tripoli certainly believe that. you can hear behind me the honking of house of representatives, the celebratory gunfire. it's euphoria here. this is the moment that people have been waiting for. this is what they fought for for the past 8 months. this is what they wanted and this is the closure th

i'm jeff glor, along with erica hill. up, take you to the big michael jackson tribute concert in wales over the weekend. >> his three kids made a rare appearance. 50,000 fans were there to hear some legendary entertainers perform and we will bring you the highlights which includes another opportunity for you to dance a little. >> terrell brown was into his dancing. >>> ahead, incredible bike ride in california. hundreds of war veterans rode 480 miles in a week and most of them not experienced riders and many have been scarred by war. take a look at this event that raises events for wounded soldiers. a great cause and helps them get back on their feet by getting on a bike. >>> someone with rather someone rather unusual with us. tavi gevinson has been starting a blog and now turns it into an online magazine called empty rookie, written for teens and by teens. check in with her this morning and talk to her a little bit about that. she has gathered quite a group of fans including lady gaga. >> lady gaga like hers a lot. >>> g

i'm erica hill in new york.ports that moammar gadhafi had been captures and now reports at this hour he is reportedly dead. again, reports out of libya that moammar gadhafi who ruled that country for some 42 years may, in fact, be dead. his hometown of sirte which has been the last strong dog hold has been captured. we go to kitty logan on the ground there for us in tripoli this morning. what is the latest, kitty? >> reporter: we don't have confirmation yet that colonel ga gadhafi has been captured or killed but the people in tripoli certainly believe that. you can hear behind me the celebratory gunfire. this is the moment that people have been waiting for. this is what that he fought for the past eight months. this is the result they wanted. this is the closure they needed to move things forward in this country. the national transitional council in libya has been waiting for this moment for the fighting to be over the gadhafi to be really truly out of the way. but as i say, i must emphasize these reports are no

i'm erica hill along with jeff glor. carl laggerlaggerfield, but i'm not sure. >>> if you didn't catch the interview last night on "60 minutes," we have more for you this morning. this is the first public interview since the madoff scam was exposed three years ago. we also have material that wasn't air last night of andrew's decision to tell the fbi what his father had. >>> justin timberlake stops by. his sci-fi thriller is called "in time." the time runs out when you turn 25, which means both of us are dead. you can bet time is not running out on his career though. that is not true. j.t. -- i can't call him j.t. can i call him j.t.? >> sure. our ghosts are back though, for "the early show." >>> before we get to that, the latest on the snow cleanup in the northeast and plenty of cleanup to do. the weekend storm is blamed now for at least 11 deaths around the region. >> this morning, no power in close to 3 million homes and businesses from maryland to maine and cbs news correspondent jim axelrod is in west milford, new je

. >> i'm erica hill. >>> after the arrest of a u.s. citizen accused of plotting iran's first-ever terror attack on american soil. cbs news accordance bob orr is in washington with us with the very latest. >> as you say, it's a bombshell case signaling serious new trouble with iran. the obama administration now is accusing iranian agents of planning and financing a scheme to assassinate a top saudi ambassador in the united states. they say the plot to kill saudi ambassador to the u.s. >> this conspiracy was directed from iran and constitutes a flagrant violation of u.s. and international law. >> reporter: eric holder accused quds officials of conspiring with manssor arbabsiar to plot the killing. he traveled to mexico to hire a hit squad he believed worked with a mexican drug cartel instead he linked up to a former undercover agent for the d.e.a. over six months the recorded conversations with arbabsiar and help them solicit $100,000 as a down payment for the murder. officials aarbabsiar hoped to kill jubeir at a restaurant. they want t

erica hill is off this morning. >> how about the baseball game? >> i have a huge contingent of the jarvis marks family. that is my family in st. louis. my grandfather was up all night and excited about this one. >>> let's begin with a big boost of stocks thanks to a european debt deal and better than expected growth in the u.s. economy. this morning, markets around the world gaining more ground as the dow jones industrials hit the 12,000 mark for the first time in months. alexis christoforous is at the new york stock exchange. two good news yesterday. why are investors suddenly so confident? >> i have three words for you, chris. european debt deal. after weeks of haggling and head-butting european leads finally showed a unified front and announced a plan to tackle their debt crisis and shore up their banks. this time, it wasn't all europe. a government report yesterday showed the economy grew at a faster clip than expected last quarter at an annual rate of 2.5%, because consumers and businesses spent more. while that may have eased fears of a doub

. >> i'm erica hill. >> three years delayed on that dreamliner. >> is that all? >> i wonder if they have vouchers. >> you would hope or maybe a free ticket. more on that and guess a sense of what it was like to be on that plane later in the show. >>> we do want to start this morning with this krog crackdown on the anti-wall street protests around the country. in oakland, california, the protesters are pushing back. cbs news correspondent john blackstone is there with the very latest. >> reporter: here in oakland, metal barricades and a line of riot police are now surrounding city hall plaza where the occupy oakland encampment was until police broke it down. over night, demonstrators showed they are not going away quietly. late tuesday, oakland police fired tear gas and what appeared to be a stun grenade at more than a thousand demonstrators after repeated warnings and orders to disperse. >> you must leave now! >> reporter: at least one demonstrator was injured after what appeared to be a tear gas canister cracked into his head. >> she shot tear gas into the crowd

i'm erica hill along with jeff glor.g. it is october 3rd. i better find the halloween costume. >>> a new study claims more than 2 million children may be at risk for major diseases because they have not had the right vaccination nations. dr. jennifer ashton is here to take a look at the new survey which shows 1 out of 5 parents have skipped shots and delayed them and we will take a risk what is the child to doing that and the other kids that they come in contact with. >> scary story potentially put their kids or other kids in danger. >>> the ten-year anniversary of the war in afghanistan is coming up this week on friday. you may not think of kabul, afghanistan, as a hub of rock 'n' roll. a group of musicians who usually perform behind closed doors, they held a festival in downtown kabul over the weekend and a risky place to play this kind of music. we will meet some of the players who say they have to express who they are, even if it puts their lives in danger. >>> the latest on amanda knox's appeal of her murder convict

i'm erica hill in new york.n now as we are following the breaking news out of libya bring in our security terrorism expert juan zurate. you are in washington, d.c. this morning. the latest, juan, we have been following a number of months the situation unfolding in libya. latest rebel forces have capture sirte the hometown of gadhafi. reports this hour unconfirmed by cbs news that he is, in fact, dead. what are your sources telling you? >> it's not clear yet what has happened but the report is flowing in from various sources are describing that gadhafi was wounded, if not killed, in the battle for sirte. frankly, the fact there was such fierce fighting in sirte to the very end probably lens credence to the fact that gadhafi was likely holed up there and his intercorps was trying to defend him until the very last. reports coming in still not confirmed that he was wounded and not killed and still trying to confirm that. >> we just put the picture up again here, juan. it's jeff glor now. the picture we are getting w

i'm erica hill. what you're looking at right there is actually our neighbor here at "the early show." the apple store. that has not stopped people from coming by and turning this into a memorial for steve jobs. it's open 24 hours so always a steady stream of people but today they came bearing more than their apple gadgets. >> exactly. i'm chris wragge. when i pulled up this morning along the side with construction there was some graffiti, i love you, steve, and spray painted on there. people are leaving their mark, leaving flowers and lighting candles. the one phrase we have heard over and over since the death of steve jobs announced he changed the world. >> hard to find anyone who would disagree with that. we begin our coverage with john blackstone who is outside apple's headquarters in cupertino, california this morning. john, good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: here at apple's headquarters the flags have been lowered to half-staff and people coming here to his nearby home and palo alto to

erica hill is off this morning. a visit this morning from bill o'reilly who has opinions on about everything, as you know, and we have a lot of things to talk about from the gop presidential race to abraham lincoln's assassination. the subject of his latest book. we will also get his take on the wall street determinmonstrators where they are headed coming up. >>> the top story this morning is about 30 minutes ago, new york city officials delayed a deadline for the protesters to leave the park they have been living in for weeks now. jim actxelrod is here with the latest. >> in this park, as dawn breaks over lower manhattan, so too the tension that had been building here breaks. the looming sense of confrontation between the police and protesters as the city had told the protesters at 7:00 this morning, right about now, they had to vacate the park and take all of their personal possessions with them as the city was going to come in and clean what is actually a privately owned piece of land. the protesters had felt tha

i'm erica hill along with jeff glor.will take a look at andy rooney rooney's last weekly essay for "60 minutes." >> we look back on his regular final appearance. he said what is on his mind. >> i tends to do that doesn't he? >> every once in a while. every sunday for a while in fact. >>> amanda knox stood up in a italian courtroom hours ago asking for her freedom, after nearly four years behind bars. >> translator: i am the same person that i was four years ago. the same person. the only thing that distinguishes me from four years ago is what i have suffered. >> family and friends say this though, is in fact a very different amanda knox than the one we saw when she was first charged with the murder her roommate. "48 hours" correspondent peter van sant has more with us from perugia, italy. >> reporter: good morning. a case where perception is everything, especially as beautiful as amanda. when this trial began, amanda was often seen as smiling and appearing carefree. her critics said she was sensitive and arrogant and her

erica hill, thank you so much. "the early show" of course starts at 7:00. >>> there are a few things worse than being lost and frightened especially when you have a child with you. >> listen to this dramatic 911 call. >> i'm really scared. it's really dark and we have a 3-week-old baby with us. >> relax, calm down. your husband is with you, right? >> yes. but my baby. >> well, believe it or not, there's a punch line here. mom and dad and baby and child couldn't find their way out of a halloween maze in massachusetts. it's a big cornfield. you hide in there and walk around. the manager and a police k-9 unit saved the day. the manager after they got out actually offered the couple free passes for a return visit. they silently declined. >>> you can get lost especially if you are a little short because you cannot see up. >> that's true. i have been lost in those mazes but but i didn't call 911 within. >> that's a little big there. >>> 6:52. they are fed up on wall street and at the big banks. >> we are just minutes awa

i'm erica hill, along with chris wragge. little rain and foggy in your eyes this morning. >> it will burn off. >> there you go. it's marine layer. >>> ahead this morning, dr. conrad murray's lawyers, you know what? never mind. which marks a very important shift in strategy at the manslaughter trial for michael jackson's former doctor. the defense had argued that jackson could have swallowed a fatal dose of a powerful sleep drug on his own. >> but now they are dropping that claim. turns out there is no science to back it up so we are going to look that claim and also hear testimony from another doctor who says better medical treatment could have saved michael jackson's life. >>> we want to get you more on this which is unraveling at this point. the man accused hacking the personal e-mail of scarlett johansson and christina aguilera among other stars will be back in court tomorrow. >> he is facing 21 years behind bar. cbs news national correspondent ben tracy hat story. >> ready? together! >> reporter: celebrities make their l

i'm jeff glor, along with erica hill.ting married tomorrow. elizabeth edwards died last year after a long battle with breast cancer but had the perfect time to plan a wedding with cate. >>> if you're putting your wedding or anything else on one of those social networking web sites, double-check the photos before you post them. turns out you should have the right picture. we know it's important to help get a job interview, maybe your roommate. maybe you're looking for love. did you know a bad photo could reportedly sink your chances even if it's on someone else's r website. what to look for in that profile shot. >> apparently, yours stacks up well. >> i cheated. >>> retailers are so spooked about the tough economy they are getting in the christmas spirit ten days before halloween. >> the good news here, it means big sales for you. big incentives to buy. they hope. business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is here to tell us where we can find those deals. i mean it does seem, i have to admit, a little early. >> it

i'm erica hill with jeff glor. >>> just ahead, an apartment fire in boston.oy was trapped to the third floor of a building with his grandmother. she said at one point, she just could not hold on to him any longer. >> how great is this story? the firefighters below told her to drop the boy, so she did. one of the firefighters caught him. then they rescued the grandmother and everybody else in the building. we are going to speak with that hero fireman in just a bit with his catch of a lifetime. >> so nice to have a happy ending to a story like that. >>> but first, we want to continue following this. tributes pouring in this morning for dan wheldon, the indy 500 champ that died at the indy 300. >> bill shock is here with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, jeff and erica. the relation that racing has lost one of its finest has many people asking if his death could have been prevented. an autopsy has confirmed it was blunt head trauma that killed indy car superstar dan wheldon. his death has left the entire racing community stunned. from outside the indianapol

i'm chris wragge, along with erica hill.nt joe biden shook up some democrats over the weekend saying he wouldn't rule out running for president in 2016. if you know the vice president he happens to say things that get political people talking. >> joe biden, the wife of the vice president, is with us this morning. we will see what she has to say about her husband's political future. you're looking at the pictures about the work she is help refugees in east africa. we crossed path in the refugee camps when i was over there and we will talk about new efforts she is behind. >>> look forward to that conversation. >>> a look of growing concern among the millions of americans who are out of work in this tough economy. the latest cbs news/"the new york times" poll 41% of the unemployed are not confident they will find another job. >> 54% say their finances are bad and spending their savings and cutting back on necessities and borrowing money and 20% threatened with foreclosure and conviction. here are some of the voices now of the u

i'm erica hill along with chris wragge.eping upon us. >> they're not creeping. they're here. >> i had a feel. it isn't enough to have low prices this year. sth all good news for us, by the way. now stores want to match the other guy's low price and then even give you a little more money. they have to do it now, though. two months before christmas. there's a lot of money on the line. stores do 40% of their business through the year during the holiday season, which is great news for you. >> also, if video games are on your christmas list, go ahead, i know they are, think about this. recent studies show that about 10% of americans that play video games are addicted to them. that's right, addicted. the same way people get addicted to drgs or other pleasures. this morning, we're going to look at the signs of video game adekz and show you parents how to set boundaries so your children don't get sucked in. >> and sometimes we need to set the boundaries for the parents, too. >> have fun, dad. i can't ever get the wii away from him.

i'm chris wragge along with erica hill.er the place. a mess on this monday morning. >>> coming up a new drive to help you understand the food nutrition labels. critics say when you compare one food to another to decide which one is healthier the information could make your head spin. literally make your head spin. >> i've seen it happen in the grocery store. >> it's a terrible sight and looked a study say there would be a new label and much easier. >> one could hope. that is ahead. >>> also ahead, one of our favorite guests on "the early show." a guy who tries hard even though, in his words, sometimes the cake wins. billy gardell is a funny co-host of the hit show "mike and mol molly." and a popular name on the stand-up circuit. how his family life inspires his own comedy. >> two funny guys there. >>> first, in this economy, food stamps have become a life line for millions of more than americas. the government is spending more than $70 billion on food stamps lo alone. >> people are buying and selling the benefits online. cb

. >> i'm erica hill. only a three-year delay. >> you have to feel horrible for the families waiting at the airport. >> we'll have more comedy. >> we're taking off. >> we will have more on that this morning. we do want to begin, though, with this growing crackdown on anti-rally protests around the country. john blackstone is there with the very latest this morning. >> good morning. >> here in oakland, metal barriers and riot squads now have closed off city hall plaza to anybody entering. this is where the "occupy oakland" camp was set up until yesterday morning when it was broken up by riot squads. overnight the demonstrators showed that they're not going away quietly. late tuesday, oakland police fired tear gas and what appeared to be a stun grenade and more than 1,000 demonstrators after repeated warnings and orders to disperse. >> must leave now. >> reporter: at least one demonstrator was injured after what appeared to be a tear gas canister crashed into his head. >> shot tear gas into the crowd. >> rep

i'm erica hill along with jeff glor.e sold you about a south pole researchers from new hampshire. she was flown to new zealand after a possible stroke she may have suffered back in august. excuse me, i need a little water. >> earlier, we spoke with renee-nicole douceur. she just got to the hospital in new zealand. >> thank you for joining us on the phone. how are you feeling? >> feeling great and waiting for my diagnostic testing and it's a quarter to 1:00 in the morning right now. find out what has happened and where do we go from there. >> renee, were you still experiencing symptoms when you were on the plane ride over? >> yes. i still experience the same symptoms i had at the pole which were vision impairment and sometimes difficulty with my speech, as well as what i always call the scrambled satellite signal where you have -- see, i have a tough time talking. missing pixels or whatever. i basically was on a sedative to kind of take the chill out and on the c-17, once i arrived and finally got off to christ church, i

i'm jeff glor along with erica hill.as a corporate symbol. >> you think of the other corporate symbols, they morphed over the years. this has remained the same. it changed color and size, but that's about it. earlier this year, "time magazine" did a segment on evolving logos. in the case of cbs, some companies get it right the first time. >> we sent our congratulations to the cbs president for requesting the symbol and bill goldman for designing it. >> we want to get you to the latest headlines. we are following the breaking news from libya. we have betty from the news desk with more. >> good morning. this morning, the u.n. secretary-general says the death of moammar gadhafi is a historic moment for libya. gadhafi was apparently killed as government troops stormed his hometown. in the words of the prime minister, we have been waiting for this moment for a long time. kitty logan is in tripoli with more. good morning, kitty. >> reporter: good morning. there are scenes of jubilation here in tripoli as the official news came

captioning funded by cbs >>> good tuesday morning, i'm erica hill. nice to have you with us. >> i'm chris wragge. good morning to you at home, as well. >> it er going to be great. >> can you believe it's 25 years? >> no. >> met fans are still living that one. >> bill buckner both turning it into a positive on that 25th anniversary. we'll talk to them a little bit about that. >>> kick it off with politics this morning the latest cbs/"new york times" poll now shows republicans are leading the pack. even after eight debates and a few more, which we know are to come on the calendar. cbs political correspondent jan crawford is in washington for us. as we mentioned, herman cain now in the lead here. 25%. romney follows by 21 and rick perry slipped to sixth place now with 6% support as we see gingrich move up. walk us through these numbers, jan. >> what's striking about this poll is how big of a hill rick perry is going to have to climb if he gets back into this race. he led his our poll one month ago and now his numbers almost flipped with herman cain. the

i'm erica hill. >> i'm jeff glor. a lot of people are interested to see this interview on "60 minutes." >> he spoke to him about this biography and revealing moments. we have a little preview for you. >> that's all coming up very soon. >>> right to our top story. the killing of moammar gadhafi. this morning his burial is on hold and still a lot of questions over how the long-time dictator died on thursday. cbs news correspondent ebiz bth palmer is in tripoli with the latest. liz, good morning. >> good morning, jeff. a few more details and some new amateur video available this morning. presumably taken by one of the rebel fighters who was on the scene at his capture. we should warn you, though, it does contain some graphic images. >> the violent death of a violent dictator. gadhafi's final moments face-to-face with his captors pleading for his life. the end came just outside his birthplace of sirte. he was shot by revolutionary forces who broke their promise to keep him alive to face trial. but few seem to regret. liby

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i'm erica hill along with jeff glor. specifically flying and you're a member of different mileage programs because you don't want to miss out on the miles no matter which airline you fly on keeping track of them can be a pain at sometimes. >> using them can be a pain! >> more travelers are turning to websites that take basically all of your mileage and loyalty programs and put them in one place you can see them and keep track of them and now when they are going to expire and not sitting well with some airlines. a couple of big airlines are trying to put a stop to these sites. why? we will take a look what is at stake and what is at stake specifically for you. >> trying to make more in fees? >> whoever ever do that? why would you say an airline is trying to make money in fees? like they were going to charge for you a blanket or something. >>> a hollywood ending for bill clinton's president celebration. he turned 65 in august and had an event in hollywood. lady gaga a marilyn monroe moment. we will more on that in a few mi

i'm erica hill, along with chris wragge. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. >> good to see youn following this story for the last few months, the investigation to that operation known as fast and furious and now prompting congress to probe deeper who knew what at top levels of government and when. and new revelations this morning around the controversy surrounding this program which allowed dangerous weapons to walk into the hands of drug cartels. >> cbs investigative correspondent cher atkinson first broke the scory and in washington with the latest for us. >> good morning. a rare look at the inner workings of the government's undercover operations. a you go dealer comes forward with a fascinating story how u.s. agents began letting guns walk across the u.s./mexican border more than four years ago. >> reporter: he was working a gun show in early 2006 when a young hispanic man bought a half dozen semiautomatic rifles paying $1,600 cash. >>ed asked for more and he said i'll take them all. >> reporter: i suspected the buyer was trafficking for a drug cartel. he notified atf, the

i'm chris wragge along with erica hill. talk about hard labor. was nine months pregnant. then seven hours later, she gave birth to a healthy 7-pound daughter. her doctor gave her the go-ahead to run. i want to meet this doctor. this guy needs to have his license -- no, i'm kidding. she's run several other marathons. it's just an amazing story to think you can run. >> it's a great story. she was 39 months. it's not really nine months, it's ten. she was almost at ten. >> i don't care what it is. that is amazing to run a marathon under those conditions. >>> also ahead, if you can't believe how much you or your kids spend on text messaging, there may be an alternative for you. it turns out charging for texts may soon be as outdated as the old rotary phone. >> what's that? >> we'll take a look at the free service from one tech giant which would combine texting and instant messaging. of course, we want to know if there might be a catch. >> there's always a catch. >>> first, we usually think of fire fighting as a man's job. but there were female firefig

i'm erica hill along with jeff glor.s morning. >>> just ahead, dewey bozella's remarkable story. we first brought it to you last week. >> we love him. he spent 26 years in prison for a murder he did not commit and acquitted two years ago. all that time he worked on his dream to become a pro boxer. overthe weekend he fulfilled that dream and beating his opponent more than half his age. there he is. he is here to tell us about that exciting night and what is ahead next in his life. >> looking forward to that interview coming up. >>> another dream realized as well. when missouri senator claire mccaskill decide is it was time for her it to lose weight she did something fairly modern and nontraditional for a lawmaker. she turned to twitter for a little support and it worked. she has lost 50 pounds in five months! and we are going to check in with her this morning just before her morning workout to find out exactly how she did it. >> now she is going to box dewey bozella. >> exclusively right here on "the early show." >> will

i'm erica hill along with chris wragge.mething called god hits law says when you reference hitler, you automatically lose the argument. hank williams jr. may have lost that on monday. >> now the country star may never hear on country night football. >>> first, amanda knox goes home after four years in an italian prison. we have a look at her state of mind. >> you've probably heard about madison paxton. she kept a video diary throughout the ordeal. >> in some ways, it's easier psychologically to be filled with despair. does that make sense? and i am seeing that in amanda now. she's suffering a lot. she's been suffering this entire time. but this looks really good, this is a good sign and her face, she's very, very worried and very scared. for her own safety, she cannot let herself assume that she'll get out. she's learned it really doesn't matter. she did not think for a single moment she's not going to be convicted. it's not that she didn't take it seriously, it's just that this is so, so huge to comprehend. if people can s