. >> reporter: erica long's opinion of avas stun is from when her breast cancer occurred. >> reporter: twice you have had the appearance, twice you have gotten it with chemotherapy. >> and it has been eliminated. >> reporter: the fda believes most patients won't see the same results. four independent studies show it does not increase survival rates for most breast cancer patients. and it comes with the risk of significant side effects. based on those findings, the fda is recommending it no longer be used for treating breast cancer. this is the first step toward revoking the drug's approval for breast cancer. >> when it works, it works really, really well. the problem is, it really only works if a minority of patients. >> reporter: the drug manufacturer says it will request a hearing, challenging the fda's recommendation. the action does not affect using the drug for treating brain, colon, lung and kidney cancers. it was approved for breast cancer in 2008, when used with chemotherapy it showed great promise. but results of subsequent studies led to what the fda called a difficult decis

in the mud: southern california trying to dig out after a week-long monster storm, only to learn more rain could be on the way. i'm erica hill. also tonight, hitting the road. more americans are traveling this holiday season while at the malls, shoppers are in a spending mood. it was the congress everyone loved to hate. >> hell no, you can't! >> hill: but it also passed more landmark bills than any session in four decades. and the eight-year-old who is giving santa claus a run for his money. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> hill: good evening, katie is off tonight. the west is finally seeing a break in the clouds. but a week of storms has left a serious mess behind. runoff is still drowning over roads in some places while in other areas, residents are finding almost everything they own buried in mud. and it's all due to wave after wave of storms. a week of weather that dropped up to 26 inches of rain. in the mountains, some places saw more than 13 feet of snow. tonight, that system is losing strength as it heads east. though it

erica hill along with harry smith. a lot to get to including more on the life of elizabeth edwards who lost her long battle with canceriends who have known the family many years. both at the edwards' home this week to let us know how the family is getting along this morning. >>> also coming up and on a much lighter note we have more perfect presents for any budget. right? because we went from $100 to $50. >> yep. $25 now p. now we're at $25 or less. you'll have to take our word for it, even though we can't show them to you just yet. we will open these boxes in a few minutes and you will be so pleased. >> so pleased that you'll want to buy every single one of them. >>> first, though, we want to get you a check of the news. jeff glor standing by at the newsdesk, where it's nice and toasty. >> guys, i will pay you good money if you can score me one of those hats. >> all right. >> awesome. >> could be arranged. >> good morning, guys. >> you have wear it. >> i will. >>> good morning, everyone. >>> the white house is trying to win over democrats angry over the tax cut deal with made with republicans. vice president biden is

erica. >> slow and it go conditions this long stretch of red and yellow indicating slow speeds towards leverage to 43-37 trip pittsburgh no accident or incident here to slow traffic right near bailey road and along the will pass. as you make your way down concord we are in the green indicating speeds at 50 mi. an hour want to reach 242-680 split the yellow creeps back up indicating speeds at 30 mi. an hour. another slow spot we have for you san jose north down 1 01 a look at the traffic at a crawl gridlock conditions make your way toward san clara even 87 interchange is jam packed you can see the camera rocking and rolling indicating wind outside definitely a long-awaited here taking northbound 101 board down to 80 is an alternate as it is completely in the clear. slope behind schedule in san francisco across town freeways a bit more company then was on our last report. we don't have any accidents to report just out traffic make your way towards ups building its a good day for public transportation no problems to report their pre much in the clear threat the de ace train part and many still run

long trip. that's a quick look at your weather picture. ericaing. sure you want to relax, you want to have a good time. you're actually out of the office. but you don't want to be talked about at the water cooler. career experiod nicole williams is here to help guide us through the life safely. you get kind of excited but at the same time it has such a bad rap, the office party. >> it does. >> because there's always someone who does something. >> yes. >> and you just hope it's not you. >> you know. don't be that girl. >> don't be the girl. >> yes. >> but why does it get such a bad rap? just because there's always someone or is there more to it? >> no. i think it's just one of those parties that doesn't really feel like a party fwrangly because these are your colleagues. you see them day in and day out. so it feels like just this responsibility responsibility. >> you have to go. >> but, in fact, your holiday office party is a great opportunity for your career. to leverage this opportunity, this great get-together and make some great connections,

issues involving your commute official word with erica as well as a look to forecast with louisa in a moment. welcome back, using innuendo we did so long welcome back. here's a look get genes that light traffic conditions erika will be up in a moment. first forecast, a little break in all lanethe r >> a break from the wet weather today, that sets in at once again tomorrow. today we're going to see some partly cloudy conditions dealing with low bid of morning fog. we are expecting the reins to religious moving to the pitcher to mark. we will continue with what other for a good portion of the workweek. less than a quarter mile in santa rosa. osorno too bad, satellite, radar the system is making e d-line for the state bringing some showers toward norris. we're looking at streaming clout in the area. tomorrow, expect the storm to drop in from the north and bring us a dose of wet weather. currently, 44 santa rosa, napa, livermore. 50 san francisco, 46 redwood city and mountain view. cooler than yesterday. future cast into motion, it looks like the rain will set in early morning tomorrow. north bay stands the best chance of seeing rain. sant

erica, come on out. hi, ladies! >> hello, ladies. >> what took you so long? >> you're her >> all right.y. laura, she's very natural. she didn't want to have botox. she had her brows professional waxed. >> that lifted it. >> how do you feel? >> great. a young 40. >> 40-ish. >> now gretchen, you wanted to do botox. were you scared abouthe pain? >> i was very scared. >> what were you afraid of? >> just first of all needles. that was scary and i wasn't sure how the result wasoing to be. >> it looks great. it didn't look like you needed it, quite frankly. >> the greatest thing was i had bren my nose when i was younger and they filled in the bridge on my noseo make it normal! >> dr. linda franks actually used it t even out her nose. tre really corrected. >> how aut the blow-o. that looks good, too. >> anti-frizz formaldehyde-free treatment so it got rid of the frizz. gives her nice, sexy hair. but no formaldehyde. >> how soon did y see results from the botox? because sometimes that can take up to a week. >> well, i think it took like maybe two days and i felt like it was -- had settled in and

long the tax cuts will continue. jobless benefits are likely to be extended for an entire year. >>> time now for a look at what's coming up later this morning on "the early show." >> ericaill joining us now from new york. good morning to you, erica. >> good morning. good to be with you. boy, it's chilly over here. winter is officially in full effect. and really for us in new york it's nothing compared to the midwest where they are digging out from under the biggest snowfall of the year. much of the north and south were all bracing for bitter cold temperatures. this is my favorite shot the guy running in shorts. there is so much snow falling i can't tell if he has running tights on but i don't think that he does. anyway, good luck to him! [ laughter ] >> between going to bring you the latest on the weather and tell you no matter where you live how this can affect your wallet so stay tuned for that. there are new details this morning in that chilling hollywood murde case. the person of interest who shot himself, we'll bring you into the investigation. and from ohio a woman fights back refused to be a victim of stalking. she took action on her own, that actually led to her

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erica hill for this "early show" exclusive interview. >> some day when i'm awfully low of-which for the first time in 53 year, larry king is without a radio or tv program to host, ending his longtional farewell. >> instead of good-bye, how about so long. >> when we caught up with him, gone were the big stars and that famous background, a map of tiny lights. >> not even ten feet away from us, your old set. >> they're dismantling it? >> yeah. no one told you, did they? >> in this business, you wukt t walk out the door -- washington set, which is a duplicate of this set is going with the smithsonian. i'm very proud of that. >> and he has plenty to be proud of. some 50,000 interviews. the king of talk announced his cnn exit back in june and the timing was rough coming just weeks of a her he filed for divorce from his wife. the two later rec ck reconciled. you were headed to divorce. clearly the four of you were in good place thursday. >> we went through a rough patch, but we ironed it out pretty well. there was a big difference in our ages, that might have had something to do with it. but i'm not an expert on marriage. >> no. >> why do you say no so quickly? >> i'm kidding. there

long stretch and we have summer jobs early monday morning trying out. there's a slight chance of rain on tuesday and again on wednesday and thursday. erica? >> we do have any hot spots to tell about but if you're heading up north to this year chains are required said as the mill for interstate 80 between king bill and a downer like interchange. kossel highway 4 from tenrec and mount reba and highway 88 from hand station to pick its junction where you will need them but not quite yet for highway 50. we're looking at a nice and mtv told the bridge where the lights have been on for a good half an hour but it has not created much of a back up because it is clear coming from all approaches heading north from san francisco. the traffic is light near the esker and if you're headed towards and other bridges there is no back up at this time. now we're looking at some back up on the right- hand side of your screen where traffic is headed into foster city. it is about 40 minutes from and to and across the span and looking at conditions in walnut creek corp. northbound and southbound the six city looks good with no problems as you make your way to th