. >> it's going to be a world record for missy franklin! >> i came here to become a legend. i'm now a legend. >> misty and kerry. three peat olympic gold! >> the applause still rains down on oscar pistorius. >> redemption for the united states! ♪ >> he's been waiting for this moment. >> allyson felix gets the gold! >> the london olympic games was the most watched event in american television history. >> wow. tears of sadness, tears of joy. lots to fit into one year. >> absolutely. a lot of tragedy from this year. let's hope that changes in 2013. >> i know. i think we were all watching the olympic highlights saying thank goodness there was that bright spot. it was such a hard year for so many people. we want to thank our producers who worked so tirelessly putting that together. our editors. >> great job, you guys. beautifully done. >> back with much more on a friday morning right after this. . you have a plan? first we're gonna check our bags for free, thanks to our explorer card. then, the united club. my mother was so wrong about you. next

missy franklin was in second.ust one vote behind douglass she is the fourth gymnast to have a victory since mary lou rett and. >> good for gabrielle. >> we will be back 11:00 p.m..

missy franklin also tried reaching out.re johnson helping at risk children score some major joy this christmas season. he gave 12 kids 80 seconds to go on a shopping spree at toys r' us and grab as many toys as possible. can you image how happy the kids are. the total tab more than 19,000 dollars. good for him and good for them. the time now is 39 after the top of the hour. coming up this may not be very good for your health. 159 pages of new regulations from the irs heading your way. it's all thanks to obama care. diane macedo explains. >>> it's not your imagination who you food you denied yoursel really tastes better. we will tell you why. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. >> 43 minutes after the top of the hour. headlines overseas. first

tim tebow placed a get well call to matt hardy in the hospital and olympic swimming sensation missy franklinway tried to place a call. she left a message and hopes to speak to the other person. it took two hours for tebow to get the call and he made the phone call to that kid. >> good for them. they made the teenagers' day and tebow is known for his generosity and his kindness so it's great to see. >> do we have time for this? you want to bet on a prophetic feline from fremont? according to mr. nuts, the next heir to the british throne will be a boy. he knows everything. the royal family announced prince william's wife kate was pregnant. there you go. kitty says it's a boy. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, december 5th, 2012. welcome to "cbs this morning." president obama comes out swinging over the fiscal cliff fight saying republicans are out of balance. >>> this year's flu virus is causing major problems.

think michael phelps and missy frankl franklin. here they are. williams -- >> the nine months olds are ordinarily relaxed in the water and swing a full length of the pool unassisted, no floaties, nothing except their swim diapers. >> wow. >> amazing. >> dad says since they were born in this olympic year. maybe it will keep swimming to the games in 2028. one stroke at a time, dad. calm down. but i've never seen a baby that young without any protection at all, just going. >> i have seen classes, infant swim. they teach the kids to flip over, especially in states where they have outdoor pools. florida, arizona, they teach them if they flip on their backs and cry for help. >> never seen that. >> 9 months old. >> i have never seen swim. this class teaches them to tread. >> swim better than willis. that is amazing. >> you got that right! >>> coming up, you cannot see, feel, or smell, a dangerous lesson for a school in atlanta. >>> and an eye-opening experiment about sleep deprivation. behind the wheel after our colleague stayed up for 36 hours straight

. >> reporter: even four-time olympic gold medal swimmer, missy franklin, couldn't do that at their aged eddie's parents say their secret is simple. just be calm around your kids. >> avoid the teaching. they've not learned to fear the water. they've learned to enjoy it. >> reporter: so, moms and dads out there, if you're brave enough to allow your baby to suit up and take the plunge, even the tiniest people might surprise you with what they can do. absolutely unbelievable. you know, i think they can swim better than i can. well, their father told us, he has high hopes for his little twins. he has a pair of swimming champions on his hands. and will encourage them to enter the 2028 olympic games. >> that's bold. lama hasan, thanks so much for that. i hope they can live up to all that pressure. >> very cute. >> well worth it. >>> coming up, jerry seinfeld is here, live. >> very good. >>> also, you remember these two. the very talented sisters. they are back, live. go nowhere. freeze it. unfreeze. there you go. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and

franklin roosevelt had two very long-term affairs. one with missy lehand ,-com,-com ma his personal aide and secretary and cook and dresser-rand undress her apparently too. what if we found out about fdr's misbehavior and what if we threw fdr out of office as the economy was recovering? all the way back to the french and indian war, very young george washington was writing romantic letters to a woman who was not mrs. washington. her name was sally terry fairfax, very attractive, older, sophisticated woman. what if washington letters have become public during the french and indian war or the revolutionary war? but just petraeus' e-mails became public and what if we got rid of george washington? bill clinton is not the first and not the worst in petraeus is not the first for the worse. in there ,-com,-com ma done that and there's a long history in infected pains me to say that even abraham lincoln visited a prostitute. i know, say it isn't so, right? but it happened. the details are sketchy and there's not a lot of letters written about this but here