let's go out now to tracy with kriss proctor. >> kriss, congratulations.ough season for you guys, but to get this win over army has to make up for it a bit. >> yeah, just the sweet satisfaction of beating army, it will wash all your sorrows away. >> how about for you and teich and all these seniors, your final football game to go out this way. >> so proud of these seniors. they put their hearts on the line. every day they come out and work. we had a rough season, but they battled back. >> what will you miss the most? >> just the brothers. the brotherhood. day in and day out seeing all these guys. it just means so much that we got this win. >> we wish you the best. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> our congratulations to kriss. the coaching carousel picked up speed today. jim mora jr., his first job on the level. which school in your minds made the best move, and which is a little curious? >> i think not only one of the best schools, but one of the best conferences has been the pac-12. i think arizona hiring rich rodriguez was an outstanding out of the pa

let's go out now to tracy with kriss proctor. >> kriss, congratulations.ough season for you guys, but to get this win over army has to make up for it a bit. >> yeah, just the sweet satisfaction of beating army, it will wash all your sorrows away. >> how about for you and teich and all these seniors, your final football game to go out this way. >> so proud of these seniors. they put their hearts on the line. every day they come out and work. we had a rough season, but they battled back. >> what will you miss the most? >> just the brothers. the brotherhood. day in and day out seeing all these guys. it just means so much that we got this win. >> we wish you the best. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> our congratulations to kriss. the coaching carousel picked up speed today. jim mora jr., his first job on the level. which school in your minds made the best move, and which is a little curious? >> i think not only one of the best schools, but one of the best conferences has been the pac-12. i think arizona hiring rich rodriguez was an outstanding out of the pa

did kriss kringle like this?feet high and using 800 tons of stand and 16 sculptures worked for three days to make the work. the artist said he did it to send a message of world peace. >>> this morning, on "the early show," advice on how to make the christmas gift returns hassle-free. good stuff. i'm terrell brown. and this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ [ female announcer ] introducing kleenex cool touch tissues. the only tissue that actively releases a cool sensation to soothe a sore nose on contact. kleenex cool touch tissues. a cool new way to soothe. i love it. not wash. power wash. ok. whoa. [ female announcer ] life comes with headaches. excedrin extra strength gets rid of them fast. in fact, for some, relief starts in just 15 minutes. excedrin. for life's headaches. >>> good morning and welcome to 9news now. i'm mike hydeck. andrea roane is off today. mr. howard bernstein is off today. we'll start with olga. how was your holiday? >> pretty good. yours? >> feeling the chill this morning? >> feeling the food a

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. >> kriss kringle here for you. >> our first question comes from emily. emily wonders if the popular poinsettia plant is toxic to humans or pets. i have always heard warnings related to pets. >> we found the answer at the american society for cruelty of animals and the american florists. ohio state university tested all parts of the popular holiday plant and concluded the poinsettia is nontoxic to humans and pets. the poinsettia is not meant to be eaten and can cause degrees of discomfort. they agree to keep it out of reach of young children and curious pets. i think it's an irritation issue, not a poison issue. >> good to know. the next question from ann in reston, virginia. is there a way to get a letter from santa postmarked from the north pole. >> the postal elves will postmark them. place the envelope you want postmarked in a larger envelope and mail it to 4141 postmark drive in anchorage, alaska. any letters you want postmarked by the office mailed by tomorrow, december 10th. we'll have this information on our website, go to www.nbcwashington.com an

here's more with eric and kriss -- >> that's katie we like her.les woman accused of tacking fellow black friday shoppers with pepper spray -- of attacking fellow black friday shoppers with pepper spray will not face charges. shoppers were pushing and screaming and getting shoved on to boxes as they looked at video games. prosecutors now say the woman may have used the pepper spray in self-defense. 20 people were injured in the incident. >>> 5:48. we've seen music, movies even video games move into the cloud. the next step may be putting yourself in the cloud. jonathan bloom reports on a local company using robots to let you be everywhere at once. >> i've been a virtual assistant for a couple of years. >> reporter: faith is a real person at home now in illinois. and also here at the network conference in san francisco while she greets customers at an office in mountain view. >> she is working for us also for three other companies, including microsoft at the same time. >> reporter: meet the new face of virtual. they are called anybots unrent one for

like this one, kris jenner, kriss kringle, the matching ties and head bands.hristmas card from days of yore. you can almost smell the leather. as long as we're going way, way back, this isn't a card but a very festive photo of a very young justin timberlake, complete with garland around his neck, a jacket that shines brighter than the moon. and a christmas box that he's holding higher than he did for his snl video with andy samburg. ♪ i'm going to get you something from the heart ♪ ♪ i'm going to get you something special, girl ♪ ♪ it's [ bleep ] in a box >> i think he's funny. speaking of our videos, can we talk about my favorite one of the year, it's the honey badger. let's watch just a little bit of it, shall we? >> the honey badger has been referred to in the guinness book of world records as the most fearless animal in the animal kingdom. what is that? oh, it's got a cobra oh, it runs backwards. the snake's up in the tree. honey badger don't care. honey badger don't give a [ bleep ]. it just takes what it wants. >> it goes on and on like that. i know it's

like this one, chris jenner, kriss kringle, the matching ties and head bands.ard from days of yore. you can almost smell the leather. as long as we're going way, way back p this isn't a card but a very festive photo of a very young justin timberlake, garland around his neck and a jacket that shines brighter than the moon. and a christmas box that he's holding higher than he did for his snl video with andy samburg. ♪ i'm going to get you something special, girl ♪ ♪ it's a -- in a box ♪ it's a -- in a box babe >> i think he's funny. speaking of our videos, can we talk about my favorite one of the year, it's the honey badger. let's watch just a little. >> the honey badger has been referred to gi the guinness book of world records as the most fearless animal in the animal kingdom. oh, it's got a cobra. oh, it runs backwards. the snake's up inh

. >> chris, kriss kringle may have something to have for them. after the break. that's next on "now." [ female announcer ] applying lip balm over... [ record scratches ] ...and over [ record scratches ] probably isn't giving results you want. discover neosporin® lip health™. shown to restore visibly healthier lips in just 3 days. neosporin® lip health™. rethink your lip care. [ both ] ew, i do! let's see what i pull up here. oh, this is a good one. ♪ grandma got run over by a reindeer ♪ really? ken. ♪ walking home from our house christmas eve ♪ ♪ you can say... i had the right of way! oooh...man. turning off the music. sorry, nanna. [ male announcer ] get low prices, every day, on the latest smartphones starting at 97 cents. save money. live better. walmart. ♪ and just let me be [ male announcer ] this is your moment. ♪ your ticket home ♪ [ male announcer ] this is zales, the diamond store. >>> welcome back. you are still wait for president obama to make a statement on the payroll tax cut before he jets off to hawaii for a vacation. before break

a new poll finds 84% of adults believed in santa when they were kids and a 57% say kriss kringle is aner: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by macy's. >>> this morning, we continue our series on this year's kennedy center honors with barbara cook, a legendary broadway voice who is still entertaining us at the age of 84. >> not long ago, one reviewer called her the greatest singer in the world. she sat down with julie chen to talk about her brilliant career in music. ♪ isn't it rich isn't it clear ♪ >> reporter: over half a century, barbara cook has taken the american songbook and made it her own. ♪ ♪ in my career >> i've always sung. i don't remember ever not singing. i was born, i breathed, i sang, i think. ♪ i think about you >> reporter: known as one of the greatest vocal interpreters of time. ♪ i think about you >> reporter: cook is constantly improving her craft. ♪ this can't be love because i feel so well ♪ >> reporter: getting better with age. and experience. ♪ this can't be love >> i think five years from now, i sing better than i do now. ♪ my hair is not in the sky ♪

. >>> the latest on the european debt kriss and the new sign it is spreading across the continent, even here to the u.s. >> a top credit agency is threatening to take action against almost all the countries that use the single and correspondent mark phillips is in london with more. good morning, mark. >> good morning, rebecca. the last thing the eurozone countries would have wanted in this crucial week when they create stability through new rules for how the currency works, the standard & poor's warning that it may down grade the warning of the healthiest economies like germany and france only makes their problems worse. the markets took the news predictability, but they started slipping. this just after they had rallied that germany's angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy had come up with the plan to keep tighter checks on countries which were borrowing too much, which is what has created the problem. the s&p threat is another huge incentive to europe to do something. >> after all, it is a positive thing that s&p have come out with this because it has turned the screws a little bit more. i

palm beach, when kriss kringle, to what of our wondering eyes appeared? santa in arrears.to the ground in full view, after kid after kid got lined up. he got his beard stuck in the rope. magically removes his beard in a struggle to get to the ground. surely horrifying too many people in that mall. eventually, he would get down. and out came santa's helper, who said all would be well. >> he's not going to be a navy s.e.a.l. >> cross that off the list. s.e.a.l. >> cross that off the list. good-bye. done done done,done,done almost done. done done do done done,done,done,done,done done done done ♪ [ male announcer ] only subway has a deal this flat-out delicious -- the $3 flatbread breakfast combo. a toasty flatbread breakfast sandwich and a 16-ounce cup of seattle's best coffee or 21-ounce fountain drink. all for only $3. gives you a 50% annual bonus! so you earn 50% more cash. according to research, everybody likes more cash. well, almost everybody... ♪ would you like 50% more cash? no! but it's more money. [ male announcer ] the new capital one cash rewards card. the card fo

he's been kriss-crossing the state.f that politics lives and this is probably the way to go? >> i think the iowa republican party would tell you that. they still want to see people here campaigning. but santorum is winning in part because so many of the candidates have fallen flat. i'm not sure if it's proof of that or not. we'll have to see what the results are on tuesday. >> anything can happen in just the next 48 hours. erin mcpike, thank you. happy new year. >> thanks. same to you. >>> coming up, a refresher course on the iowa caucuses. how they work, why there aren't any voting booths, and how they became so important. >>> after iowa, the candidates head to new hampshire. mitt romney has a commanding lead in the polls. he's campaigning in the state. good morning to you, ron. how is that event going? >> reporter: hey there, veronica, it's just wrapping up and romney just left to a pretty good applause. he's going back to iowa today. he'll be there through the press corps and it seems that his itinerary has surged. i