. >>> liz taylor's treasures. massive diamonds and other jewels rake in millions at the auction of a one of a kind collection. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, december 14th, 2011. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> we begin in washington where congress remains in gridlock this morning. the latest flash point an extension of the payroll tax cut which is now headed to the senate now, the measure passed the house in a mostly party line vote last night. the president has promised a veto, but the bill seems sure to die in the democratic-led senate anyway. it would extend the social security tax cut and extend long-term employment benefits and prevent a cut in medicare payments to doctors. democrats want a more generous tax break and longer unemployment benefits but john boehner says the gop has done its part. >> we've passed a large bill that contains many of the priorities of our caucus and the white house. we have worked to find common ground. the white house says

. >>> auction of liz taylor's jewelry collection made a record setting 115 million dollars among theg purchases christie's in new york last night pearl necklace sold for a price of more than 11 million dollars. a 33 carat ring sold for nearly nine million purchased by a private buyer from asia. part of the proceeds will go to taylor's aids care foundation. >>> next, the new national restaurant ranking that snubs our local food mecca. we'll be right back. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] on the network they deserve. like the powerful droid charge by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. >>> the creepy christmas card with a possible political message. then, you may not be able to imagine life without the internet now. believing what you see online is another story. we'll explain when you join us at 4 and 5 later today. >>> san f

. >> >> you get your chance next week to on a piece of liz taylor's estate. new york will present her most iconic jewels, clothing and other accessories in an auction starting next tuesday you can bid on her tiara, wedding dresses, shoes and big diamonds, including this 33 carat rock from husband richard burton. christie's is selling paper cut-outs of taylor's jewels for $25. the total collection is estimated to earn more than 30 million dollars. >> paper cut-outs? >> $25 seems expensive for paper. >>> next, friday perfect pet. >> mike will introduce us to a pair of . >>> twitter is getting a makeover. the redesign is supposed to make it easier to navigate and offer more features that will customize the experience. as with any tinkering to a widely used service twitter does risk alienating some of the its users. the san francisco company now has more than 100 million users. >>> today at 3:00, how to fight cabin fever when your kids are out of school for the holidays. then michael finney as a checklist to help you died if it is worth it to hire somebody to ins

will go up for auction next week. >> reporter: liz taylor is eyeing her own auction.to get in at christy's. she's watching your back if the clothes off her back go up for bid from her beaded versaces. or maybe you would prefer to own her tiara, the one given to her by husband number three, film director mike todd who said -- >> elizabeth, you are my queen, you must have a crown. >> reporter: you can even bid on her wedding dresses. she wore yellow the first time she married richard burton. the second time she married him, her fifth husband. but she never ran out of diamonds. >> it is the size of a cherry. >> reporter: richard burton gave it to her. >> she would call it her baby. >> reporter: she even wiggled it at larry king. most people have a jewelry box. what did she have? >> she had a jewelry room. >> reporter: kristi's created a mock- mock-up. the ping-pong diamond from a match she played with burton. >> elizabeth, if you beat me by ten points or more, i buy you a diamond. >> reporter: she won, he bought her three. looking for something cheaper? imagine flipping

liz taylor's a collection smashes expectations. >> it is four-o'clock in london. broadcasting to be worse around the world. welcome to newsday. >> heyman has opened fire at a busy market in the belgian city of liege, killing four people before turning the gun on himself. 120 people were wounded. police said a the attacker was known to them for a previous weapon and drug offenses. matthew price reports from liege. >> they ran for their lives this afternoon, away from the bustling square where the killing started. a city center under siege. faster, she shouted, ron, as the most vulnerable rushed to safety. >> i saw one man shooting people. some explosions. two or three. all of the people were running from there to here. >> seconds later, this was the scene. the gunmen threw three hand grenades into the crowd. one at a bus stop. several people died. more than 100 were injured. >> i saw all of the people lying down, bleeding. i stopped to see if i could help. >> by now, and they the gun man, 33-year-old nordine amrani, killed himself. he had convictions for armed to d

. >>> auction of liz taylor's jewelry collection made a record setting 115 million dollars among therk last night pearl necklace sold for a price of more than 11 million dollars. a 33 carat ring sold for nearly nine million purchased by a private buyer from asia. part of the proceeds will go to taylor's aids care foundation. >>> next, the new national restaurant ranking that snubs our local food mecca. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] martinelli's gold medal sparkling cider is the perfect choice for holiday gatherings. martinelli's is non-alcoholic, festive like champagne, and tastes great! martinelli's: since 1868. >>> the creepy christmas card with a possible political message. then, you may not be able to imagine life without the internet now. believing what you see online is another story. we'll explain when you join us at 4 and 5 later today. >>> san francisco foodies will fan a new restaurant ranking hard to digest. >> open table has released the top 100 restaurants in the u.s. based on 10 million reviews. >> french laundry [ unintelligible ] there's not a single san f

tavis: you mentioned liz taylor, she passed away earlier this year. >> she was the same age as i was, we could not read or write. once upon a midnight dreary while i ponder weak and weary over many of clinton's curious volume of forgotten lore. there became a tapping as if someone gently tapping at my chamber door. she loved edgar allan poe. we would go on the porch in the rain and she would read edgar allan poe to me. i have a weaker brain. i am severely dyslexic but i also have brain damage because my father used to knock me out. i don't use my eyes, i use my years. if i listen to you, i know you inside out. if i lucky you, i get confused. if i don't play them for two weeks, i forget the courts. i can still hear them and to sing them, but i can't play them. i have learned to type 20 times. tavis: how do you learn your lines? >> she used to read the edgar allan poe and i read it back to her. another kid was supposed to test that day and he could not test the they came to the little rascals and said, we need somebody who can learn the lines quickly because he has to test with of the l

. >> >> you get your chance next week to on a piece of liz taylor's estate.ew york will present her most iconic jewels, clothing and other accessories in an auction starting next tuesday you can bid on her tiara, wedding dresses, shoes and big diamonds, including this 33 carat rock from husband richard burton. christie's is selling paper cut-outs of taylor's jewels for $25. the total collection is estimated to earn more than 30 million dollars. >> paper cut-outs? >> $25 seems expensive for paper. >>> next, friday perfect pet. >> mike will introduce us to a pair of begin me pigs. . >>> twitter is getting a makeover. the redesign is supposed to make it easier to navigate and offer more features that will customize the experience. as with any tinkering to a widely used service twitter does risk alienating some of the its users. the san francisco company now has more than 100 million users. >>> today at 3:00, how to fight cabin fever when your kids are out of school for the holidays. then michael finney as a checklist to help you died if it is worth it to hire so

. >>> and among the reasons liz taylor always seemed to look like a million bucks, her jewels, whicht went for a record $116 million at auction here in new york. among the 80 items from her collection, a single diamond given to her by richard burton that went for $8.8 million. that was less than the pear-shaped pearl once owned by british and spanish royalty. that went for close to $12 million. up next tonight, stay-at-home dads, military moms and now after a long deployment, together again on the home front. >>> as we watch the scenes of americans coming home from military duty overseas, many of those pictures show dad returning. of course that's far from the whole picture. a lot of women are coming home to dads who have been holding down the fort while they have been gone. our report tonight from nbc's mark potter. >> good morning! >> reporter: at a home in ft. bragg, north carolina, it's the start of another busy day. >> up and at them. get a move on. >> reporter: stay at home dad tim blake wakes his four kids. >> make sure you wear a coat today, okay? >> reporter: and gets them r

. >> very, very rich liz taylor fan will soon be able to bid on her fabulous jewels. >> and britney spears celebrates a new decade of life. manuel gallegus is here with a look at entertainment news. ♪ >> reporter: britney spears hits the big 3-0 today. the pop star and mother of two is said to be planning a spectacular birthday bash for herself in mexico where she's touring. word online is that her boyfriend jason tray wick's present might be an engagement ring. >>> the boss will be the keynote speaker at the 2012 south by southwest music festival in texas. bruce springsteen will cake off the event in march which features more than 2,000 musical acts from around the world. >>> tom cruise kicked off his promo tour for "mission impossible -- ghost protocol" in tokyo. the star picked japan as a gesture to his fans there after the nuclear crisis and earthquake and tune there. >> i -- sue ma tsunami there. >> i want you to know we care for you. >>> christie's in new york is about to auction off her most prized possessions. starting today her jewels and wedding dress are on displace. >> a hallma

. >> reporter: liz taylor is eyeing her own auction. she is eyeing her jewels.et in at kristies. she is watching your back as the clothes off her back go up for bid. from her beaded versaccis. maybe you'd prefer to own her tiara. the one given to her by husband number three, film director who said. >> elizabeth, you are my queen, you must have a crown. >> reporter: she wore yellow the first time she married richard burton. her fifth husband, she wore a kaftan. she never ran out of diamonds. >> it's the size of a cherry. >> reporter: richard burton gave it to her. >> she would call it her baby because she wore it every single day. >> reporter: she even wiggled it at larry king. most people have a jewelry box. what did she have? >> she had a jewelry room. >> reporter: they created a mockup creating all of her jewelry boxes with her labels. for instance, the ping pong diamonds from a match she played with burton. >> he said, elizabeth, if you beat me by ten points or more, i'll buy you a diamond. >> reporter: she won. he bought her three. looking for something a li

. >> liz taylor is eyeing her own auction. she's eyeing her jewels.the line of people waiting to get in at christie's. she's watching her back and the clothes off her back go up for bead from the beaded versaces. >> the do like the chorus line of caftans. >> or maybe you'd prefer to own the tiara given to her by husband number three, film director mike todd who said -- >> elizabeth, are you my queen, you must have a crown. >> reporter: you can even bid on her wedding dresses. she wore yellow the first time she married richard burton, a hippie caftan, second time she married him, her fifth husband. >> by that time she'd run out of the white. >> reporter: but she never ran out of diamonds. >> it is the size of a cherry. >> reporter: richard burton gave it to her. she would call it her baby because she wore it every single day. >> she even wiggled it at larry king. >> most people had a jewelry box. what did she have? >> she had a jewelry room. >> reporter: christie's created a mock-up -- ping-pong diamonds from a match she played with burton. >> he said

christie's auction house is about to auction liz taylor's jewelry.one of the world's biggest stars and the men who loved her. nbc's anne thompson has received an advanced look. >> reporter: she once said it's not the having, it's the getting. and no one got jewelry like elizabeth taylor. >> oh, what a divine necklace. >> reporter: her diamond, sapphires, emeralds and more diamonds are up for auctions. the diamond and ruby necklace, earrings and bracelet her third husband mike todd presented poolside in the riviera. >> she immediately put it on and squealed with delight and started doing laps in the pool. >> reporter: the most stunning jewels came from actor richard burton, a man she married twice, including this 33 carat diamond ring. >> so this wasn't an engagement ring? >> no. she owned this over 30 years and wore it almost every day of her life. >> reporter: she were jet setters, leading lives often more captivating than what they did on screen. and the jewelry reflected that. >> richard burton had some competition for this pearl. >> yes, he did.

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we have the glamour and passion of liz taylor and burton. they married twice and divorced twice.easy to do. a 33 ct diamond sold at auction in new york for nearly $9 million. it's three times what it was expected to fetch. >>> then there was the 55 ct pearl. burton paid $37,000 for that back in 1969. imagine what $37,000 was back then. taylor later fashioned it into

. >> coming up, liz taylor's jewelry sold last night for more than $115 million.council has now agreed to cover a large portio >>> good morning, everyone. it's 8:25. get you caught up with some of the bay area headlines now. the santa clara city council has now agreed to cover a large portion of proposed billion dollars stadium for the 49ers in santa clara. last night councilmembers unanimously approved an $850 million funding. national football league will fund $150 million in the deal. today the nfl owners will be briefed on that santa clara proposal. >>> a couple of hours from now state lawmakers will hold a hearing on how university police respond to student protestors in response to recent controversies involving pepper spray and other use of force at protests at uc-davis and berkeley. >>> the bay bridge western span could soon become a work of art as part of a sculpture. an artist wants to install 25,000 l.e.d. lights on the bridge's cable and have them flicker to resemble waves. the plan still needs caltrans' approval and, oh, by the way, $7 million in priv

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there's a line outside of christies because a lot of people want to see liz taylor's jewels. >> they're believe. >> her clothes, too. >> lots of her personal items. i mean, people are lined up like crazy. they have this thing now. >> what is this? is this her purses? >> they show you what her -- her jewelry was just unbelievable. but you can actually sort of figure out what it's like to wear it. >> because it's paper jewelry. not worth millions. >> not worth the paper it's printed on. however, it's -- i don't think this is life size. >> can you wear it? >> you can't get it around your neck, hoda woman. >> split it. there. that's beautiful. >> i don't think it will go around your neck? >> hey, hey, hey, hey. i'm right here. >> you have a bigger head than i do. >> i have the biggest -- iave the biggest head circumference of anyone at the "today" show. >> ever. >> except willard. his head is definitely bigger. hard to find hats. anywho. >> this is called little black dress wine. >> ten bucks in stores. >> cheap. all righty. we have got garry. it's time for him. and we will be back after th

. >>> soon, you'll have a chance to slip into liz taylor's shoes. hundreds of items that belonged to the late actress, will be auctioned off at kristy's in -- christy's in new york. the collection also includes her portrait by andy warhol and a monkey necklace that michael jackson gave her. the auction starts monday. >>> don't forget your four- legged friends this holiday season. according to a new survey, more people are planning to splurge on their pets this christmas. they plan to spend $50 or more on puppy treats and spa days. many say they sign their familia -- pet's name on family greeting cards. >> there are stockings on our fireplace for the pets. but no spa day for anybody. >>> a frosty start to the beautiful sunny day. >> bob has the first warning forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,, >>> here's a live look outside right now. that's a beautiful shot. full moon. >> already? >> wow. >> that is one incredible thing. you can see some real estate up there. >> sky eye chopper 13 is in orbit. >> that is a beautiful shot. it's going to be a chilly nigh

. >>> talk about bling, liz taylor fans can bid on her famous jewels. >> and happy birthday britney.anuel gallegus has those stories and more this morning's look at entertainment news. ♪ >> reporter: britney spears hits the big 3-0 today. the pop star and mother of two is said to be planning a big birthday bash for herself in mexico where she's touring. word online is that her boyfriend jason trawick's present might be an e endangerment-- engagement ring ♪ >>> the boss will be the keynote spoker at the 2012 south by southwest music festival in texas. bruce springsteen will kick off the annual event in march which features more than 2,000 musical acts from around the world. >>> tom cruise kicked off the promo tour for "mission impossible -- ghost protocol" in tokyo. it's a gesture to his fans there at the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. >> i want you to know how much we love you and the world is thinking of you and we're here. >> what happens now? >> reporter: ghost protocol opens in the u.s. december 21st. >>> fans of taylor can now own more than just her films. christie's he

it seems as if ever possession like this 500-year-old pearl comes to a great liz taylor story attached. >> she almost lost it and they found it in her pup pip's mouth. >> reporter: only thing more glittering than her diamonds were the flash bulbs, jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening, in tonight's truth, a look at why republicans are better off if they avoid questions that generate this answer. >> ask osama bin laden and the 22 out of 30 top al qaeda leaders taken off the field. >> women's groups ask the question of betrayal after allowsing the so-called morning after pill to be sold to girls 16 and under. >> this is why we need more women in leadership. >> those stories and more in a packed hour ahead. let's get you up to speed with the news you need. deadly violence today at the university already infamous as the scene of mass murder. virginia tech, 33 mats kerr massacred in 2007. today shots rang out again, a frightened campus immediately lockdown. a gunman approached a campus police officer in his

. >> shepard: all of this liz taylor excitement dragged the markets down today. >> direct correlationhat. unfortunately italy having to pay nor for their debt up to 7%. dow down 131 points. been down 360 points. gold down 2.6%. that's a big number for gold to be down. fourth steepest decline on record. >> a date is not a trend make but a lot of people have been predicting volatility in the gold market. >> it had to happen. it was only going up. it has got to go down he. >> shepard: it's balloon boy in that way. eventually comes down. sometimes not so great when it does. >> i thought so. >> shepard: gerri willis part of the best team in business. airs over weekday afternoon 4:00 in oxford on the fox business network. some employers are now offering an extra incentive to get employees to lose weight. we will tell what you that incentive is and why the experts say it could help all of us in the long run. plus, it happens every year, some mystery donor drops off a big wad of cash or a diamond ring in one of those red salvation army kettles. well, it's happened. and wait until you hear abo

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and liz taylor's jewelry.ll tweet it out later. >>> i want a screen play too. sag awards. you're really hearing a lot about this this year. mostly because they can be an indicator even though we've laughed them off. a great indicator of the oscars. so that being said, this year the help which scores four sag nominations. i think you're going to see there at the oscars. this was not the type of film that was getting lots of oscar chatter when it first came out. yes, it was very good and there is some great in it but it is not part of the big oscar season push. that late november, december push. got four nominations, the most of any film. the artist, that silent film that just came out a couple weeks ago came in second with three nominations. both of those films got nods for best ensemble which pretty much means it is going to be best picture nomination come oscar time. and i think you're going to see, have huge presence with the golden globe nominations as well later. on also, a big surprise. bridesmaids. peopl

and liz taylor's diamond sold for nearly $9 million., clothing and memorabilia will be auctioned later this week. >>> a dog lost for eight years is back home. petunia recently found in california 2700 miles away from her home in virginia. animal control workers were able to find her, thanks to a microchip. hmm. not the normal house pet, a baby seal found crashing on the couch of a new zealand home. it crossed a road and entered through a pet door and climbed up the stairs in the living room, and it was caught and released back in the wild. it looks comfortable there, frankly. >>> and the most bizarre christmas card of the year. the mayor of san juan puerto rico posing with the leopard biting the neck of an antelope, and it is a is, may christmas illuminate your dreams. [ buzzer ] >> i don't -- i don't like take a bite out of christmas. i don't know. that wraps up this hour of "jansing & company." i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. i will see you back here tomorrow. when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief? try bayer

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>>justine: we will talk about liz taylor later on this hour i want to let you know right now some informationt in to the kron4 newsroom, the ex penn state coach jerry sandusky had just arrived at the courthouse in pennsylvania to face his accusers and the child sex abuse case. he faces more than 50 criminal counts. what will happen today is a part of the pre- trial hearing and the judge will determine if there is enough information to take the case for. we will provide updates all morning long on kron4. right now we want to go live to the port of oakland where protesters seem to have vacated the area. we will keep you updated on the situation there when we come right back. @Ñ [music] >> mark: our top story, occupy protesters claim victory this morning after sitting out the port open for the second time in less in two months. he w the maps in a moment it was sunny this afternoon and we have highs near 60 that will be nice and once again as we head into the overnight freezing cold weather to blanket the bay area. let us get to the maps. these are the temperatures that have been registered in th

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