mireya villarreal reports. >> reporter: they call their group the unicorns. six young girls are teaching themselves how to build a campfire, because they say it's the sort of thing they didn't learn in the girl scouts. >> i got jealous of what my brother got to do, because he's a boy scout. >> reporter: they decided they were more interested in what the boys were doing, so last fall they started participating in activities alongside a local boy scout troop. >> i really like competitions and i really enjoy competitive nature and also working in teams. so being in boy scouts gave me the opportunity to work with boys and girls alike in a competitive nature. >> reporter: they got so good at competing with the boys, this past spring they won second place in a major scouting competition with other boy scout groups. do you think that that maybe was hard for some of the boys to take? >> yes. i think they were all a little surprised that we could do the same things that they could. >> reporter: news of the girl's participation reached the boy scout's council which bar

here's mireya villarreal. >> nohemi gonzalez was a first generation mexican american with big dreams. her mother beatrice. >> she was called to have a different life. she wanted to have a career and a family. >> reporter: gin gon was one of 17 cal state long beach students studying this sem esther in paris. a friday night din we are other foreign exchange students, ended with gonzalez among 19 people gunned down at labelle equipe restaurant, half a world away. >> this really affects us profoundly. >> reporter: professor michael la forte called nohemi an extraordinary student. >> nohemi was something of a star. she brought joy, happiness, laughter. to everybody she worked with. >> reporter: for her family, there is yet another heartache. >> the fbi told us that it is going to take like three weeks or more to have the body back because she has to stay there for all the investigation. >> reporter: no hemi, gonzalez was just 23, her boyfriend posted on instagram, i lost the most important person in my life. she was my best friend and she will always be my angel forever. mireya villarreal,

mireya villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. >> glor: up next, retailers are ready to sell this holiday season but are people ready to buy? season but are people ready to buy? >> glor: it is november 1, the start of the holiday shopping season. the national retail federation predicts shoppers will spend 3.7% more than last year but some analysts are not so sure. here to explain is cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. jill, where is the consumer right now? >> seven years from the end of cie official recession, people are not feeling confident well. we have a recent cbs news poll showing 60% of americans who think the condition of the national economy is bad, and just 38% think it's good. because of that lack of confidence, there are many analysts who are predicting this could be a flat season from last year, maybe up just a little bit. >> glor: which is interesting because millions of new jobs created over the past year. the unemployment rate is at 5.1%, gas prices 80 cents cheaper than last year. people should have more money to spend, right? >> yes, and economists really thought

mireya villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. >> glor: up next, in this new job market, what companies are doing to keep workers from leaving. >> he was a profoundly psychotic mass murderer, so how was he granted u.s. government security clearance? a "60 minutes" investigation tonight. >> glor: on friday the labor department said the u.s. economy added 271,000 jobs last month, the strongest growth of the year. unemployment dropped to 5%, the lowest since 2008. in addition to rising wage, workers are also seeing some other perks, and for more on this we're joined by cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. jill, first of all, the labor market has shifted. >> reporter: absolutely. total employment is up 13 million from the recession low. the balance of power has shifted from employers back to workers finalliment as a result, when they polled h.r. managers, they say the number-one important thing is retention. 78% of firms surveyed said, we've got to keep these employees on board. >> glor: the question is how they are keeping these employees on board. >> reporter: of course salary is numbe

here's mireya villarreal. >> walking along a popular bike path the day after thanksgiving, evangelina mccrary and angelica blownt heard a muffled cry. >> i said it might be a cat. and she said no, it's a baby crying. >> reporter: the pair called 911. l.a. county sheriff's deputies dug into the hole and pulled out the infant girl. no more than 36 hours old, she was still wrapped in a hospital blanket. she wouldn't have survived much longer with the cold overnight temperatures, says sergeant margin jaramilla. >> any time you have a helpless newborn child who can't help themselves trk is frustrating. there is a safe haven dropoff at any hospital or fire station. >> whoever abandoned this little girl could face charges of attempted murder. jessie brew lives nearby. >> who would do some dumb stuff like that. that's why i'm saying, they need to catch this person. you need to go to jail. >> reporter: but amid the anger there is also relief. >> thank god, you know, we was there. for a walk and then we found the baby. >> reporter: the infant is now in protective custody and recovering. authori

but scott, we did find out benjamin golden has been banned for life. >> mireya villarreal in los angeles. mireya, thank you. remembering fred thompson, next. , >>> fred thompson died yesterday of cancer. the lawyer turned actor, politician, and tv pitch man was 73, and nancy cordes remembers. >> implicated attorney parkins. >> reporter: the year was 1973. thompson was 30 and serving as chief counsel to republicans on the senate watergate committee. he was the first to reveal in a televised hearing the existence of secret white house tapes. >> are you aware of any devices that were installed in the executive office building office of the president? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: thompson, a loyal republican, later said he had assumed the tapes would prove that president nixon did nothing wrong. instead the tapes documented crimes and cover-ups and led to nixon's resignation. >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> reporter: thompson's transition to acting was accidental. he was asked to play himself in a 1985 movie about a corruption case he won in tennessee. it turned

mireya villarreal l s that story. >> reporter: edward caban says he picked up that passenger at around 8:00 p.m. on friday night. he says the passenger was intoxicated, he wouldn't wear his seat belt, and he also couldn't give him clear directions, and that's when the ride got rough. >> you've got to give me directions. >> why do i have to give you directions? >> because my -- >> my address was in the -- >> no, you didn't. you refused to. >> reporter: the uber passenger becomes belligerent. then the video seems to show him falling over in the back seat. >> you're too drunk to give me directions, man. >> no. >> i'm kicking you out. >> i'm giving you the directions right now. >> no, that's it. >> the next thing i know i've just got fists flying at my face and i just -- i reached for the pepper spray. >> reporter: the man swears and pummels caban, yanking his hair. a law enforcement official tolls our los angeles station kcbs that the passenger, 32-year-old benjamin golden, is a senior marketing manager for taco bell. >> the only way that i felt i was going to get him to stop beating me w

in orange county, california was captured on video, and mireya villarreal is following this. >> let me tell you something, you little [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: this is what happened during uber driver edward caban's last ride on friday night. he had just asked this apparently drunk passenger to get out of his car. >> it was terrifying. i just got blows to the side of my head. and i'm, you know, fumbling with the pepper spray. >> [ bleep ]. you [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: passenger benjamin golden, a marketing executive for taco bell, was arrested by costa mesa police and charged with assault and disorderly conduct. taco bell fired him tonight, saying it "offered and encouraged him to seek professional help." caban picked the 32-year-old passenger up from a bar. from the beginning he says the man was belligerent and refused to give him a drop-off address. have stopped if i didn't spray him. me. start strangling me. >> get out of my car. >> sir -- >> get out of my car or i will call the police. >> reporter: it appears golden is about to leave. >> let me tell you something

an assault on an uber driver in orange county, california, was captured on video, and mireya villarreal is following this. >> [bleeped] >> reporter: this is what happened during uber driver edward caban's last ride on friday night. he had just asked this apparently drunk passenger to get out of his car. >> it was terrifying. i just got blows to the side of my head. i'm fumbling with the pepper spray. [bleeped]. >> reporter: passenger benjamin goldman, a marketing executive for taco bell, was arrested by costa mesa police and charged with assault and disorderly conduct. taco bell fired him tonight, him to seek professional help. caban picked this 32-year-old passenger up from a bar. from the beginning he says the man was belligerent and refused to give him a drop-off address. >> i donon feel like he would have stopped if i didn't spray him. i was afraid he was going to started strangling me. >> get out of my car. get out of my car orally call police. >> reporter: it appears gold season about the leave but then this. riders agree the a code of nduct, and there is a rating system to keep d

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mireya villarreal has the story. >> reporter: in and out wants you to eat their hamburgers.wants you to eat their buggers too but wants his company to deliver them. >> if you think about it, 85% of the restaurants in this country don't deliver. for almost all of these merchants, it's something new to them. >> reporter: in-in-out isn't biting. they demanded doordash stop delivering their feeds, and accusing them of trademark infringement. >> they're putting so much time and energy into it. >> reporter: another burger seller welcomes the service. megan dwyer says doordash has opened the door for new business. >> we found rather than saying no to incremental sales volume and introducing a whole new set of people to our brand, that we would rather work closely with these third party delivery companies to ensure that people are getting the best product possible. >> reporter: they sent over six months building partnerships with doordash and other companies, including amazon prime and caviar. but they want quality control, too. >> we want to make sure that the hot bags that they're

mireya villarreal has the story. >> reporter: in-n-out wants you to eat their hamburgers. tony shuh wants you to eat their buggers too but wants his company to deliver them. just a few clicks on the app and the food is on its way. >> if you think about it, 85% of the restaurants in this country don't deliver. for almost all of these merchants, it's something new to them. >> reporter: in-n-out isn't biting. they filed a lawsuit, demanding they stopped delivering their food, siteing certains and accusing them of trademark infringement. >> they're putting so much time and energygynto it. that's what sets these restaurants apart. >> reporter: another burger seller welcomes the service. megan dwyer says doordash has opened the door for new business. you guys have decided to go in a completely different direction. why is that? >> we found rather than saying no to incremental sales volume and introducing a whole new set of people to our brand, that we would rather work closely with these third party delivery companies to ensure that people are getting the best product possible. >

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for "cbs this morning," mireya villarreal, los angeles. >>> look. i think also people should expect that, you know, in the time it gets delivered to your door there is a drop-off in the temperature and the bun may get a little soggier, don't you think? >> i don't want a cold burger. >> yeah. >> so -- >> you should go to the store. >> i hear the point she is making but i still don't want a cold burgerer >> that may mean you have to go to the store and get it. >> probably. >>> another first to the team at o-search. they are tagging and tracking sharks in the gulf ofof mexico. jeff glor shows us how it could >>> burglarers music my k-cup filter is back. now you can make a athing, even a piece of home. the single serve-make-all-your-favorites exactly-how-you-like-it machine. feel a cold sore coming on? only abreva can heal it in a a few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. it penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells.. don't tough it out, knock it out, fast. abreva. your nfl loyalties will