rusher had a very important ally, a man named frank meyer. meyer remains sufficiently respected and known among at least an older generation of conservatives that there is a frank meyer society here in washington which i'm going to be a little, a group of conservative leaders who keep his memory alive. they're going to be meeting on monday night, and i'm going to be speaking to them. meyer has been tribed by rusher as -- described by rusher as the intellectual engine of the conservative movement. he, too, was an ex-communist, as burnham was. but meyer was a conservative activist. a passionate conservative activist. rusher even told me that meyer had once been a militant communist. i, rusher, had been a militant republican. quote: they're not all that far apart except in what they believe. now, what rusher meant by that is that he had a tremendous attraction to and respect for, frankly, for political obsession. meyer was both intellectually obsessed, he had a house that was literally full of books. i mean, it's hard to imagine, hard to describ

he and meyer were allies who believe "national review" should behe and meyer were allies who believe "national review" should be as political as possible. let me say a few words about rusher at last two decade of the "national review" in the 70s and 80s, the intense discussions, arguments within "national review" that i have alluded to work primarily, not totally but primarily in the 60s as they were still feeling their way. in the 1970s rusher's focus is initially on the possibility of actually replacing the republican party with a new conservative party. i found a letter in which he said to a friend my problem -- in 1975 -- my problem with the republican party isn't that it is not conservative enough. it is that it isn't big enough. he wanted to win and republicans after watergate and the 70s were in terrible shape. and won't recite the details but thefts a lot of them felt they were back where they were in the 1930s, not only minority party -- russia wants to take this opportunity to start a new conservative party, not rigidly conservative but consciously conservative, one in whic

rusher had a very important ally, a man named frank meyer. meyer remains sufficiently respected and known among at least an older generation of conservatives that there is a frank meyer society here in washington, to which i am going to be -- conservative leaders who keep his memory alive. they are going to be meeting monday night and i will be speaking to them. meyer has been described by rusher is the intellectual engine of the conservative movement. he too was an ex-communists as burnham was. but meyer was a conservative activist, a passionate conservative activists. rusher even told me that meyer had once been a militant communists while rusher in bed in a militant republican. quote they are not all that far apart, accepting what they believe. what rusher meant by that was that he had a tremendous attraction to respect for, frankly for political obsession. meyer was intellectually obsessed. he had a house it was literally full of books. it's hard to imagine hard to describe. books were absolutely everywhere so extremely intellectual but a

since marisa meyer took over the company the stock is up 30%. some are looking for headlines in the report about plans she has specific plans, for this company. sam, we're not seeing that. what type of role is leadership in all of this do you think? >> i think leadership is very important because it gives you an idea what direction the company is headed. what is going to be their primary focus? is it cost cutting? is it margin expansion? is it new products? i think it was also a positive to hear that the revenues came in better than expected because if you recall the last couple quarters for the market as a whole we've seen better earnings numbers but the revenue numbers have been flat. now seeing good earnings and revenues i think people feel better. david: sam, when will all the revenues pay off in terms of growth in the the overall economy and bringing down the unemployment rate? >> david, i think we're starting to see that now. i describe this economy as low-flying recovery but it happens to be gaining altitude at this point and making it le

a guest earlier on this broadcast ron meyer jr.supports firing the speaker shared a rumor that he would resign his position this evening. anyone watching saw our skepticism and in the past few moments a statement from the speaker's office disputing mr. meyer. we shall see. for now stay with us as we head to hawaii to check on the president. yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. and we'll be right back. i'm herh my inner cowboy... instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! i've

to tell us more about how this worked out for her, we have lee ann meyers from england. of all, lee ann, tell us about the charity and how you're using this to raise money? >> the charity, which is a local hospital in saltsbury where my daughter was born 6 1/2 weeks premature. we're trying to send finds for new heated incubators. we've put a link on at the top of our facebook page for people to just click and donate. up to about 1500 pounds in just two days. >> why did you post that photo in the first place? >> i work at a home for disabled and we had a really bad snow day and a couple of us girls had a pretty hard time because we have to get to these people, and i thought, what can i do to cheer them up? >> are you just blown away when suddenly everyone was seeing this photo? were you suddenly embarrassed thinking, oh, my gosh, everybody's seeing me in my underwear. >> my husband came home and did one so i didn't feel so bad. his was a lot worse than mine, and you see the elderly people that have gotten involved. up see the guy with the frying pan, and these are all, li

>> susie: marissa meyer is smiling tonight. yahoo's new c.e.o. delivered strong earnings after the market close, and shares of the web portal surged more than 5%. those results come at a crucial time for meyer who took the top job just six months ago, and wanted to prove to investors she is reviving yahoo. the company posted fourth quarter earnings of $0.32 a share, a nickel more than expected. revenues, came in at $1.2 billion, barely above analyst estimates. >> susie: that news could set the tone for trading tomorrow, but on wall street today, stocks struggled. the dow fell 14 points, the nasdaq rose four-and-a-half, the s&p 500 lost almost three points, breaking an eight- session winning streak. >> tom: tonight's "word on the street" is yahoo. nicole urken is a research associate at thestreet.com. she joins us from new york tonight. nicole, let's focus first on the core business, the underlying advertising business. interesting die cot me here, display aad revenue was down, number of ads sold for yahoo! properties was down but the price per ad

>> susie: marissa meyer is smiling tonight. yahoo's new c.e.o. delivered strong earnings after the market close, and shares of the web portal surged more than 5%. those results come at a crucial time for meyer who took the top job just six months ago, and wanted to prove to investors she is reviving yahoo. the company posted fourth quarter earnings of $0.32 a share, a nickel more than expected. revenues, came in at $1.2 billion, barely above analyst estimates. >> susie: that news could set the tone for trading tomorrow, but on wall street today, stocks struggled. the dow fell 14 points, the nasdaq rose four-and-a-half, the s&p 500 lost almost three points, breaking an eight- session winning streak. >> tom: tonight's "word on the street" is yahoo. nicole urken is a research associate at thestreet.com. she joins us from new york tonight. nicole let's focus first on the core business the underlying advertising business. interesting die cot me here display aad revenue was down number of ads sold for yahoo! properties was down but the price per ads we

what you should know is the max meyers that was made famous in that piece is our own max meyers, ournkfully he said we could come on today and say anything we want. >> dan, walk us through your trade. you have a trade even though you are cautioning investors to be very careful. >> i wouldn't buy or sell the stock here. this is adult swim here for the big boys. to me, when i was looking at the options market, in december when the stock fell off a cliff when ackman first disclosed his stake, volatility went to 150. now it's back around 650. it got bit up because it went around. the trade that i put on today when the stock was 44.5, i wanted to sell february options to buy march. i bought a february/march put calendar. they'll report q 4 earnings after february expiration, i want to make the bet the stock does not go lower than 10% between now and february expiration. then i have the opportunity to own the march put that i think will get bid up. this is going to be the next event where investors have any information. i basically paid $1.50 for the february/march 40 put. >> by the way, t

but yeah, it's a problem. >> chris meyers is a phoenix-based finance guy. he loves finding overlooked opportunities hidden inside accounting numbers. >> we have people who are tracking the wrong metrics in their business. maybe they're looking at what type of word of mouth feedback we receive. when in reality what they should be looking at is return to purchases for points. >> chris is a self-described numbers geek. he offered his number crunching software program to help the ritz brothers understand which numbers have the greatest impact on the value of the company. >> what they saw was that they were not utilizing their assets properly. and their assets being of course pat's time as a master craftsman. >> we were so used to getting our hands dirty that we were missing the point of what best served our clients and the company. >> their company is called sports and collector car center. until chris spoke up, they had very little interest in tracking their financials. >> we used to be, you know, you wait for the mail man to bring the bank statements to see i

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will mariss meyer deliver? hoping wall street's new ceo brings a turn around.xt. tracy: first, going to break, a look at today's winners and losers on the ins deck. we'll -- nasdaq. we'll be right back. ♪ twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. tracy: durable goods orders surges in december, and pent up demand for long lasting items 1 the strongest sign of recovery. we are live in a company in chicago that makes durable goods. what do they say? >> what is a durable good, you say? something that's supposed to last three years, things like chairs, for example, that you se

. >> it was hardly a normal morning for nelson mandela meyers. meyers was headed out to work going to catch his train when he said he heard tiny screams of a little girl coming from the other side of a fence on the playground. >> i was walking her voice sounded like a cat that would meow. it stuck to me so when i got closer to it it sounded so clear to me as help, help. >> when i seen her she only had a t-shirt on and it was wet. she had nothing else on. she was barefooted cold and shivering. the first thing that came to my mind is this is a crazy moment right now to see this child out here at this time of night. >> that little girl she was abducted from philadelphia's brian elementary school. surveillance video shows her leaving with this woman. police say the woman did not show an id but she did identify herself as tiffany. she told the girl's teacher she was taking her to breakfast and she walked out of the school. it is blaefed the little girl was blindfolded and take tone the house where she was kept under a bed and given some food. cops say

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want to give hats off to reporters caylee and natalee o'kneel the woodward and bernstein of oscar and meyer. they broke this through an investigative journalism technique known as lunch. they put this scam hitch wich in per inspecty saying if you buy a foot long every other week for a year it's a also of $100. it's the money you'll need to cover the med call bills from eating all those foot-longs. subway, it's over. i'm going to be keeping you honest but measuring every sandwich by the most accurate means possible the fruit about it foot. you are dealing with me now. you are dealing with me. of course, folks, pretty soon our sandwiches are going to be metric because america is finish. yesterday obama shredded constitution and nointed him self-gun snatcher the magnificent. jim? >> we'll make it easier to keep guns outs of hands of criminals by strengthening the background check system. we'll help scores hire resource officers. congress should restore a ban an military assault weapons and ten round limit for magazines. the jowrt of americans agree with us on this and by the way so did ronald

the secretary of state also scored an endorsement of "snl" seth meyers.nominated her for gq's list of hundred hottest women of the century. quote, i think somebody who is getting sexier every year is hillary clinton. every year she seems better at whatever she's doing. she'll have it locked down. >>> from the national endowment from the humanities that will provide new books for a community college library in his own district. well, hint. the title of the grant program is bridging cultures books help muslim journeys. and the congressman walter jones of north carolina asked a christian group to offset that donation with its own set of books. >> i respect all religions and all faiths, but i want them treated fairly. i think too many times the christian faith is not treated fairly. if they want to have books about the muslim faith, let's have equal books about the christian. i'd rather see the $150 million spent to remodel schools in craven county or build schools at craven community. >> well, there's been no outcry at that school over a lack of christian re

>>>ia yoo ceo melissa meyer has a habit of keeping executives waiting minute or hours for her. >>> and j.p. diamond said if only washington could reach a grand bargain to fix the fiscal environment, then the u.s. could have a booming environment. >>> before she was the princess of wales, this unseen photo of princess diana is being auctioned off. written on the picture "not to be published" probably because she's sitting so close to mr. russell. >>> and an college upset. and a fine for one of the most elite players. >>> plus, terrible timing for one truck driver trying to beat a train. and take a look at what happens when you fight a fire in near zero temperatures. you're watching "early today." >>> now to mother stories that caught our eye this morning. we begin with an amazing explosion of metal and debris in vermont. a store surveillance camera captured a freight train barreling through a tractor trailer at a rail crossing. the truck driver said he was distracted and failed to notice the oncoming train. luckily no one was injured. >>> now, to the windy city of chicago where frozen c

>> susie: marissa meyer is smiling tonight. yahoo's new c.e.o.arnings after the market close, and shares of the web portal surged more than 5%. those results come at a crucial time for meyer who took the top job just six months ago, and wanted to prove to investors she is reviving yahoo. the company posted fourth quarter earnings of $0.32 a share, a nickel more than expected. revenues, came in at $1.2 billion, barely above analyst estimates. >> susie: that news could set the tone for tradinmo

the author of the "twilight" books, stephenie meyer will join us and music from boys like girls.st is an emmy and golden globe-winning dancing star. her new memoir is called "the art of men." please welcome kirstie alley. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? >> i'm good. >> jimmy: very good to see you. you have never been here before, which is kind of crazy. you've been in the abc family, with all the celebrity dancing you've been doing and what not. >> yeah. >> jimmy: how are things on "dancing with the stars"? >> they're rough. >> jimmy: why are they rough? >> well, the first season i did it, people of comparable magnitude to my dancing skills. and this time, it is sort of like a dancing olympics. >> jimmy: the all-star season. >> yeah, it's crazy. but one thing that's funny is that i know that, i mean, you watch your show all the time, obviously, and i see that you have -- you like to name who the winner is going to be. >> jimmy: i prognosticate, yeah. >> and you pretty much didn't choose me, so -- >> jimmy: yeah, i didn't. >> no. >> jimmy: i chose gilles. >> i don't

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ron meyer, thank you for saving the more expletive language. do any of you remember hal from 2001?can't do that. neil: guess what? hal's buddies are in vegas, and they're going after you. so is your fork, so is your tv, so is your toothbrush. so is your toothbrush. they're all ou [ roasting firewood ] ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go, it's the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel... of pepto-bismolo-go. neil: all right, well, that big electronics show wrapping up in las vegas, and the push to make things all internet has a lot of critics already saying this show is about all intrusive. look at this fork, it viates when you should slow down. obviously, this is an item i will not be buying. then there's this tooth brush that monitors your brushing habits and stores the info on the web. katrina says these gadgets are going to cost you your privacy. so you say we're overreacting. why? >> look, i think at this point in time we all have phones, tvs, cable boxes, ordering movies, hotel room orders, people already know a bunch of stuff

ron meyer, thank you for saving the more expletive language. do any of you remember hal from 2001? the pod bay doors, hal. >> i'm sorry, dave, i'm afraid i can't do that. neil: guess what? hal's buddies are in vegas, and they're going after you. so is your fork, so is your tv, so is your toothbrush. so is your toothbrush. they're all ouought i could ign, and i wished it would just go away. [rock music playing] it was my adhd. and like many kids with adhd, i didn't outgrow it. one of the issues i had was not being able to focus. i would ad and i would reread the same sentence. you'read it over and over and over again. and then, five minutes later, i wouldn't know what i just read. it wasn't sticking with me. it wasn't sinking in. and that, to me, was really frustrating. as i got older, i was still having that issue. and that's when i knew i needed to talk to the doctor. announcer: if you were diagnosed with adhd as a kid, you might still have it. find out more. take a quiz at ownyouradhd.com to help recognize the symptoms, like inattention, impulsivity, hyperactivity, then talk with

as for meyer and his team, they will be looking to put last week in's embarrassing home defeat behind them. >> there are compact teams, and they are very difficult to play against. we will have to produce a good performance because it is very hard to find gaps in their defense. >> a recent dispute has turned the heat up even more. duesseldorf as been accused of still owing money from a transfer. on top of that, dusseldorf added a cutback in october. conditions are perfect for an explosive derby. >> to tennis now, and the australian open with the women's final is open. the world number one retains her title. on sunday, a repeat of last year's men's final. now, the most dangerous ski race in the world is under way. downhill alpine races are currently flying down a slope in the austrian alps. the italian leads the way, but with many competitors reaching speeds approaching 140 kilometers an hour, there have been some spectacular accidents, like this high-speed crash. fortunately, he was not injured and was even able to walk away. good for him. the good news for you is we will be back at t

. >> all right ron meyer, thanks for joining us this thorng.oo. >> some republicans we hear that the president has not been leading, he's been awol, where's the democratic leadership? he said president forced them into it and they were all celebrating in their offices last night. >> ron meyer sounds like a guy who actually got a lot of sleep last night. >> all right coming up on "early start," finally, closure, in the infamous case of pardon for civil rights activists 40 years in the making. you can watch us any time on your desk top or mobile phone. >>> let's get you up to date. we're officially over the fiscal cliff but it may wind up being more of a slow tumble than a plunge because earlier this morning the senate overwhelmingly passed a plan that keeps the bush-era tax cuts in place for individuals earning less than $400,000 a year and couples earning less than $450,000. the house picks up the measure later this morning. civil rights activist known as the wilmington 10 have been pardoned by north carolina's outgoing governor. nine african-a

ron meyer, thank you for saving the more expletive language. do any of you remember hal from 2001?pod bay doors, hal. >> i'm sorry, dave, i'm afraid i can't do that. neil: guess what? hal's buddies are in vegas, and they're going after you. so is your fork, so is your tv, so is your toothbrush. so is your toothbrush. they're all ou at a dry cleaner, so is your toothbrush. they're all ou we replaced people with a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. it's debilitating when you try to talk, when you're trying to eat, when you're trying to sleep. i'm constantly licking my lips. water would address the symptoms for just a few minutes. the hygienist recommended biotene. it's clean and refreshing, i feel like i have plenty of fluid in my mouth. i brush with the biotene toothpaste and i use the mouthwash every morning. it's changed my life. it is the last thing i do before i walk out the door. biotene gives me that fresh confident

ron meyer, thank you for saving the more expletive language. do any of you remember hal from 2001? >> open the pod bay doors, hal. >> i'm sorry, dave, i'm afraid i can't do that. neil: guess what? hal's buddies are in vegas, and they're going after you. so is your fork, so is your tv, so is your toothbrush. supply costs... down... ...and down. just use your maxperks card and get a case of x-9 paper for only 1-cent after maxperks rewards. find thousands of big deals now... ...at officemax. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. neil: all right, well, that big electronics show wrapping up in las vegas, and the push to make things all internet has a lot of critics already saying this show is about all intrusive. look at this fork, it vibrates when you should slow down. obviously, this is an item i will not be buying. then there's this tooth brush that monitors your brushing habits and stores the info on t

. >> [inaudible] meyers. >> thank you. >> michael meyers, [inaudible] i wonder, commissioner, if you would comment with respect to the changed progress of welfare reform policy. [inaudible] did not come -- [inaudible] now in your current policy is encouraging -- [inaudible] with respect to the change in social values. [inaudible] now family is redefined. >> right. >> you can't have a situation where you are -- [inaudible] and defining parents of parenting and family with respect to father being a head of a household. the second thing i want to talk about is the work requirement and the context of massive unemployment and movement for the wages. >> sure. i'll do both. i'm glad you raised the about the issue of the father in the house. the other way we sort of pry -- try to tackle the single parent family issue we concede a little bit on marriage and say, let's work with the dad with employment programs, with programs that make the child work enforcement program a little more giving and understanding. we bring them to the system and promote it and fund parenting programs. the idea we c

this was sent to us by ken meyer, lexington park, maryland. we appreciate that. now let's talk about looking outside live, clear as a bell. this is our live michael and son weather cam. temperatures are falling pretty quick now, 34 downtown, dew point in the teens, pretty dry air mass. wait till next week. we'll see dew points below 0. so again this is a good time to think about adding moisture back to your home so you can breathe at night on tuesday and wednesday. winds out of the southeast at 6, turning to become southwest later tonight. temps, 30 in alexandria, 34 downtown, but 29 in bethesda and reston 28, 31 fairfax and springfield. so most of the burbs even inside the beltway are below freezing this hour and they'll continue to fall. it will be a cold night everywhere. breezy and colder tonight. dress for the teens, a nice weekend ahead and that's in the context of it being january, okay? we're not talking 60s but very nice and a deep freeze next week. we're talking a deep freeze. for the inauguration temps in the 30s, a couple snow flurries possible late,

. >> reporter: president obama joe biden was sworn in today by sonya society meyer -- sonya sotomayoris ceremony was small and private. both being sworn in on the steps. covering all the knowledge for you with chris chris. >> that's right. we're just hours away and thousands of security officers will be out waiting to welcome about 700,000 people expected to cram the mall watching president obama make history the second time around. president obama wrapped up his second term in washington. >> after we celebrate. let's make sure we work as hard as we can to pass on an america. also in our feature future. >> the institution of the united states -- the constitution of the united states. >> it was over in less than a minute. they require the swearing in on the 20th of january because the day where they will do it again for the public. on the national mall, security is set along with miles of sensing. >> you can see the preparations here on the national mall and here behind me, they will be having that happen for the inaugural ceremony. >> reporter: they won't be as big as the one to four

ron meyer, thank you for saving the more expletive language. do any of you remember hal from 2001? open the pod bay doors, hal. >> i'm sorry, dave, i'm afraid i can't do that. neil: guess what? hal's buddies are in vegas, and they're going after you. so is your fork, so is your tv, so is your toothbrush. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could switchgrass in argentina, change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. neil: all right, well, that big electronics show wrapping up in las vegas, and the push to make things all internet has a lot of critics already saying this show is about all intrusive. look at this fork, it vibrates when you should slow down. obviously, this is an item i will not

ron meyer, press secretary for american majority action. and robert costa, national review, washington editor and cnbc contributor. mr. meyer, you are relentless, you won't take no for an answer. what's your take on the boehner story now? >> my take is that before this conference, we definitely had 20 members who were willing to do this. the fact of the matter is that i think boehner in the conference tried to convince people that he would be hard on spending, but i'm not sure that's the case. i think the point is that speaker boehner will lead the house gop out of the majority in 2014. we will lose the 2014 election, lose the house if boehner is speaking speaker. he's less popular than nancy pelosi. he just signed an agreement that has $41 worth of tax hikes for every $1 of spending cuts. it actually delayed the sequester. >> i get that. i'm just giving it one cheer for stopping the recession. that's all it did. let me go to bob costa. robert, what are you hearing about the boehner story. how much trouble does he have, plan a, plan b, now

>> susie: marissa meyer is smiling tonight. yahoo's new c.e.o.delivered strong earnings after the market close, and shares of the web portal surged more than 5%. those results come at a crucial time for meyer who took the top job just six months ago, and wanted to prove to investors she is reviving yahoo. the company posted fourth quarter earnings of $0.32 a share, a nickel more than expected. revenues, came in at $1.2 billion, barely above analyst estimates. >> susie: that news could set the tone for tradin

lisa meyers, nbc news, washington. >>> when we come back, tonight's the night for fans of one of the biggest british imports since the beatles. >>> thought you might have been walking on stilts. >> do you think we should say something to your mother when she gets here? >> no. >>> back now with a reason a lot of folks across the country are dressed to the nines tonight, party guests on the list, dinner in the dining room, tea and drinks to follow on the couch, all to celebrate the return of a tv favorite. we get more now from nbc's lady michelle franzen. >> what should we call each other? >> well, we could always start with mrs. crawly and lady grantham. >> reporter: "downton abbey," the british series where the old world of privilege and place collides with the new, casual society. >> when i'm with her, i'm reminded of the virtues of the english. >> but isn't she american? >> exactly. >> reporter: the finale of season two drew nearly 5.5 million viewers here in the u.s., one of the top-rated shows for pbs. and tonight, in season three, grandmama, martha levinson, played by shirley ma

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and golden globe award winner jennifer lawrence was hosting and during the clip, we see that seth meyersou know, it's not what you hear firsthand, it's what you hear second hand that really makes all the difference. take a look at the clip. >> there is this big controversy at the golden gloefz. the best picture went to "fargo." "fargo" didn't even come out this year. >> it went to "argo," not "fargo,". >> i'm pretty sure it was fargo you know who directed it? the affleck duck. true story. kim kardashian and kanye west, they have scabies. >> they're having a baby. >> there is some controversy going on. kim is still married to chris christie. >> no. kris humphries. >> i'm pretty sure it's chris christie. you know, he is furious about it. okay? he was so mad he threw a roller coaster into the ocean. >> no! that was sandy. >> my ex-wife sandy? >> no, all right! >> sometimes i feel like i'm the second hand correspondent here. >> the second hand correspondent. we're working on you. >> i know. this is exciting show. we're happy to be here. >> two days in a row we're doing. this. >> i love the l

kelly meyers says you just go with the flow. >> eat a lot. definitely hit the hole in the walls. drink a lot. that's always fun. walk around. definitely hit up red fish grill, one of our favorites. get some charbroiled oysters. just have an awesome time! >> reporter: don knapp, cbs 5. >> all right. that's the plan. but anyone looking for a room in the big easy is probably out of luck. new orleans tourism officials say hotels about about 85% booked. but after this weekend, the city's hotel rooms will be virtually sold out. new orleans officials say they expect a lot of super bowl guests to stick around for mardi gras the following week. >>> and we've got a couple of rooms from the cbs 5 team. we've got you covered all week with everything super bowl xlvii. dennis o'donnell is there along with vern glenn, michelle griego and mike sugerman. well, he's making his way across the country. >>> still ahead, a remarkable recovery you have to see to believe, how a little girl survived a sharp object sliding straight through her skull. >>> and we're getting a good look at this year's super

we'll hear from former chief of chairman of the chief of staff general richard meyer and the growing it. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> good morning. it's thursday, january 24. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now about 4:30. let's check the weather. it was rainy this morning. >> very warm and moist in the atmosphere right now. we can still see more showers outside. our high-def doppler radar is pick up on that rainfall now. expecting a chance of more rain on the way today. we could see more as we head in toward the weekend, more coming up. >> a lot of roadwork. but a bright spot, the san mateo bridge at the limit between hayward and foster city. we'll check overnight roadwork where it could slow you down coming up. >> thank you. >>> we're covering breaking news right now in the north bay. >> water main break in marin county. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is on the scene in kentfield with the latest.

we spoke about your change of heart to alexis baden meyer with the organic consumers association and i want to play for you what she says and then have you respond. there's no evidence that genetically modified food is safe to eat in the united states we don't safety tested we consider it substantially equivalent basically the same as normal food and there are no safety tests done so you're saying there's no evidence that g.m. is are not safe she's saying there's no evidence that it is safe to talk a little bit about you know how we get past this and you know if what you say is correct show the people that it is in fact safe. well what you're saying is actually not correct there's been tens of millions of dollars worth of tests done and tested on every new product that reaches the market in a year these tests are all done independently and that done by independent scientists so that's simply not true and the point is that you can ask for evidence that something is. it's safe and it's very difficult to to prove a negative or the point is if we can do all of the tests and there's been