the image on there, kiran?it doesn't. >> well, some people are saying that is an image on the piece of candy of the virgin mary. we say all the time people see what they want to see. he thinks that's the virgin mary and baby jesus on a piece of holiday candy. he's not sure if he's going to sell it. >> this is why these stories annoy me -- >> because they put it on ebay? >> yeah. the grilled cheese, come on. if, you know, the lord wanted to come to you in an edible food item, would he then want you to sell it for your own profit? i don't know. >> the lord speaks to people in different ways. >> you're right. >>> julian assange out on bail today but not completely free. we have an update coming up. during its first year, the humpback calf and its mother are almost inseparable. she lifts her calf to its first breath of air, then protects it on the long journey to their feeding grounds. one of the most important things you can do is help the next generation. at pacific life, we offer financial solutions to accomplis

i'm kiran chetry. >> i'm john roberts.leaks, breaking news in the search for julian assange. we may know where he is. why isn't he under arrest? >>> they shed tears. well, tonight, cleveland is prepping for the return of lebron james. it is the first time back since deciding to, quote, take the talents to south beach. we are live in cleveland with the preview. >>> the hoff live here talking about his new reality show. >> you know what's amazing is the air. i feel -- i feel calm. >> you feel calmness? >> yeah. reminds me of another place i went for 28 days. >> shut up. it does. i agree. >> i'll tell my sammy davis story when he said to me, you wear the hat of success really well. don't mess with the hat. it can be taken away. that's been taken away when i mess with it. >> you know what -- >> every day it is like something fantastic happens and i kind of get in my own way. >> the entire hasselhoff clan will be here talking about their reality show. that will be later on this hour. >>> up first, new developments in the search

i'm kiran chetry. >> i'm john roberts. good morning to you.york was slammed with three feet of snow. hundreds of people stranded after part of the new york throughway shut down. traffic moving again this morning but the storm is not over yet. >>> november jobs report due out at the bottom of the hour. we'll have christine romans breaking it down for us. >>> boo him all you want. lebron james back in cleveland in a miami heat uniform, we'll have the highlights and the hostility from the crowd. >>> have you ever experienced thundersnow? >> it's a good situation in everything. >> aah! >> what was that? >> oh my gosh. >> welcome to buffalo. the new york throughway reopened a couple of hours ago after drivers had to endure cold and hungry hours. they were stranded in the buffalo area when the freeway shut down. cars and 18 wheelers, moms and truckers all of them stuck in three feet of snow. >> i just want to be home. they're all home from a snow day and i have been working for -- i'm up for over 24 hours. i want to go home. >> from the official thr

kiran, joe? >> interesting.id get her to answer one of your questions about how she viewed the conditions. thanks so much. >> persistence pays off. >> exactly. >>> well, she didn't say much to the mainstream media, but christine o'donnell left her mark on 2010 with one memorable quote. it's the quote of the year according to one new list. >>> could it be a real life da vinci code? the hidden symbol discovered in the mona lisa's eyes. join the jaguar platinum celebration ! come celebrate exciting cars that are stunning to look at, exhilarating to drive and worry free to own. celebrate this holiday season with the gift of platinum. jaguar platinum coverage: five years or 50,000 miles of complimentary scheduled maintenance, and no cost replacement of wear and tear items. visit your jaguar dealer during the platinum celebration for a $599 lease offer on the 2011 xf. ♪ >>> 22 minutes after the hour right now. she was the most talked about candidate of the year even though she didn't win, of the midterms, at least. >>

kiran is a good password.e not words. word-like. qwerty doesn't count. change your passwords. >> no one does this. >> capital and lower and numbers and symbols or just have a folder in you e-mail that says passwords and write them and e-mail them yourself. not a good idea. don't do that. >> how do you know i did that? >> kiran's like -- i didn't -- i read your e-mail. i hacked your password. >> i had so many passwords i'm hitting the forgot password button. >> i do it all the time, too. i try to change them all the time a great password. >> you need a number and symbol. >> dollar sign instead of the "s." >> thank you, john. >> you underestimate the sneakiness here. >> sneakiness. very good. >> thanks. >>> well, he said that if cliff lee signed with the phillies he would wear a speedo to cover spring training. sports writer yesterday cliff lee announced he was the newest member of the philadelphia phillies. will the sports writer make good on the bet and bare those legs? we'll ask him next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announc

janet bodnar, thanks for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure, kiran. >> john?e nominations are coming up. we'll take you there live. >>> plus, remember this youtube sensation? with the fellow in the car saying, whoa. double rainbow. well, it was viewed by millions of people and not the number one viral video of the year. we'll tell you what is coming up. that are stunning to look at, exhilarating to drive and worry free to own. celebrate this holiday season with the gift of platinum. jaguar platinum coverage: five years or 50,000 miles of complimentary scheduled maintenance, and no cost replacement of wear and tear items. visit your jaguar dealer during the platinum celebration for a $599 lease offer on the 2011 xf. ♪ >>> time for a look at the stories that got us talking in the newsroom. chernobyl. radiation hot spot and soon to be tourist hot spot? the government opening the site to visitors next month. yes, we are serious here. see the reactor that blew up. tour the village that is are abandoned. the government claims that radiation returning to normal level

hi, kiran. how are you? >> do they know what you want? real cue. >> i take the kids once a week and they really like it. so -- >> how often do you take you? >> just every now and then. very rare. very rare. i only drink saccharin when i'm there, right? the popular artificial sweetener, the government removing it from the list of hazardous substances. it is in popular diet sodas and chewing gums. a re-evaluation found it's not hassardous. >> told it's potentially dangerous and then today, never mind. >> you remember back in the day they said it could cause cancer in mice and others said they had to take such large amounts it was impossible in humans. >> i can't figure it out. dangerous one day. not the next week. forget it. >>> more high school seniors now choosing pot over cigarettes. that's one very disturbing find in a new report released by the federal government on kids today and drugs and after years of declines, the feds say the use of ecstasy on the rise again even as young in the eighth grade. >> unbelievable. >>> it's more than j

kiran chetry has the story for you. >> he made up his mind and you could tell, he was going to die.y concern was how many people was he going to take with him? >> reporter: cameras were rolling, recording every chilling moment. 56-year-old clay duke, first, spray painting a "v" on the wall and then pulling out a handgun on bay county school board members. >> you may leave. you may leave. the women can leave. six men stay. everyone else leaves. >> reporter: then, in a bizarre moment, ginger littleton tries to stop duke, hitting him with her purse. >> no. >> reporter: at that point, school superintendent knew things were about to get worse. >> he came up over towards the backside of it and started saying somebody's going to die in here. you know? that i'm upset. i'm mad. you fired my wife. my wife lost her job. my family -- he was just rambling. we didn't know what he was talking about. >> reporter: he tried to reason with duke, not knowing the gunman was about to snap. >> listen. just listen to me for a minute. i don't want anybody to get hurt and i've got a feeling that what you wan

. >> i'm kiran chetry. >>> buffalo buried.stand still for miles after upstate new york was slammed with 3 feet of snow, hundreds stranded after part of the new york state throughway shut down. and some cold and hungry drivers actually spent the entire night stuck in their cars. and it's not ovet.

i'm kiran chetry. >> i'm john roberts. thanks so much for being with us.king about this morning. >>> the midwest taking an absolute beating, a monster snowstorm.

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i'm kiran chetry. >> good morning, i'm john roberts. a lot going on. deep freeze, a dangerous mix of

american morning's john roberts and kiran chetry spoke with daniel roth of how high unemployment haspact on the unemployed and that brings us to our "a.m. extra." >> the principle is that you remember what it's like to be in the work force, network, know the people that you know and you're constantly in touch with them. out of work for a few months, a few weeks, you are still calling people, still in the habit of going to work. that habit erodes after a little while and your connections erode and the connections to technology start eroding. >> perishable skills, basically? >> absolutely. the tougher it is for employers -- employers start to think this person out of work for a while. why would i bring them in? their skills are rusty. they don't know all the people they're supposed to know. why don't i move this person internally? a lot of employers say i poach now and start to take people from other companies. would i rather have someone working somewhere else? the employer kept them on. they must be really good. >>> we have been waiting for rnc chair michael steele to make a decision

kiran, focused on the news here. i'm drew griffin sitting in for kyra phillips this morning. here's the stories. your safety and the nation's security. the senate will be debating a new nuclear arms treaty with russia. it is one of president obama's top priorities but republicans say hold on. it shouldn't be decided by this lame duck congress. >>> home for the holidays. america's service men and women are streaming through u.s. airports receiving a hero's welcome as they should. we're going to go live to an airport that is rolling out the red carpet for them. >>> and then this. >> larry: it's -- not very often my life i've been without words but -- i am -- i don't know what to say except to you my audience, thank you. and instead of good-bye how about so long? >> cnn's larry king wrapping up 25 years and cnn's prime time and our own king of talk received a star-studded sendoff. >>> this morning, millions of americans wablging up to some welcomed news. the taxes will not go up next year. in fact, uncle sam will be allowing most of us to hold on to a bit more of our money. here