other states, i mean it could happen in new jersey or new york or arizona, should we this idea be expanded and do it nation wide? >> two sepate store stores, i understand yawn thon's point to fix the crick lim. >> that is not my point. >> it is your point. johnathon did you go to public school? did you go to public school. did you go? >> i went to public school. it makes no difference. >> you are successful and you are an example of the american public school s system, johnathon. you can't say it is it a mess. some of it is darn good. >> you and john present a false choice. raise taxes or all kids are savages. >> that is not a false choice. wait a minute. you interrupted everybody. you irptrupted every person on the show like a one man band here. i work wit these kids every single day and i understand what i am talk being. the time you lose them when they -- kid no, sir bermuda. >> shortening the school year you add poverty and incarceration and gangs. >> i think we are overlooking. >> wayne, i know johnathon wouldn't dare interrupt you at this point. what about other. what about other way

arizona or missouri, pull out those tickets. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back. it is christmas time in new yorkity. the rockefeller christmas tree lit up nice and bright. temperatures on the east coast little chilly, but out west, it's not so much the temperatures, it's more so the rain. we could see up to a foot of rainfall across portions of northern california. we are looking for temperatures to start off in the 40s and 50s and basically stay in the 50s as we go into this afternoon, but that rain is going to stick around for several days. and again, 12 inches of rain is not out of the question in northern california. lynn? >> unbelievable. dylan, thanks so much. >>> well, this just is not a good week for "two and a half men" star angus t. jones. after saying he doesn't want to be on the show anymore, it looks like he may get his wish. "e" news is reporting jones will exit the show after the conclusion of season ten. jones is reportedly shocked by the media frenzy saying he's never been the one to get attention. this guy usually does. >>> charlie sheen is looking out for his one-time co-star,

laughner will serve out his federal sentence or if pima county prosecutors will try to seek the death penalty. dan springer, fox news, tucson, arizona. >>> new york is still digging out from that nor'easter that dumped more than sexismes of snow, including areas recovering from superstorm sandy and let's turn things over to gary. >> reporter: the storm is really still there in the northeast and that is moving along, though. again, i can't reiterate this enough. d models have done a wonderful job tracking the storm and keep in mind, it's been just a little over a week since sandy pummeled the area and some of those folks who got their lights on with the lights back out, and everything is now covered in snow. rick leventhal has the latest from staten island. >> reporter: recovery efforts across the northeast slowing to a crawl. as snowfall and additional power outages continue to trouble areas affected by sandy. state officials suffering sticker shock after seeing the first estimates of overall damages. >> and this storm will cost the region $50 million in damage and economic loss. the state of new york, about $33 million in damage and economic los

one in new york when chris lee, he is sending videos or photographs of his shortlist top left office in upstate new york, was replaced by the democrat kathy hogle. and the third, when arizona seat open up after congressman giffords stepped down after the horrible shooting. she was replaced by congressman barber. the democrats won all three of those special elections, and each and every case they said they won because of medicare. did somebody say medicare? at what was, medicare. and then what the democrats had was, and we're going to use that as a template for winning in the twinkling election. didn't work at the congressional -- 2012 election. women look at the exit polls and we see why people voted and how they voted, sometimes it's not so civil. the exit polls have some very strange results. i'll get into a couple of these. is the country had in the right direction or sears off on the wrong track? right direction, 46, wrong track 52. keep that number in mind. wrong track, 52. what kind of job has barack obama done as president? approved or disapproved? i have improved your -- here. be approved is 54%. did you notice that? 54% for the president approval. i haven't seen t

new jersey or new york and the new jersey area. damaging winds, really bitter cold temperatures, and driving snow, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to hunker down in the dark overnight. >> former arizonaby giffords, will be inside a tucson courtroom today, to watch the man who shot her receive his sentence. jared lee loughner is expected to get life in prison when he goes before a federal judge today. he murdered six people during a shooting rampage in january of 2011. giffords and 12 others were wounded in that attack. >>> president obama is a clear winner, but the race, it is still undecided in florida. the state's 29 electoral votes are still unclaimed this morning. but they aren't, of course, make or break this time around. president obama still holds a razor-thin lead there. >>> you are looking and hearing the angry reaction to a new round of austerity measures in greece. the cuts are required for greece to keep getting bailout funds, but they also mean slashing people's paychecks and pensions. about 70,000 people protested outside parliament before lawmakers approved these cuts. >>> so he is tweeting again. the former democratic congressman, anthony weiner, posted his first twee

urban, suburban or rural prestinket, a dozen states including florida, pennsylvania, colorado, ohio, new york, massachusetts, wisconsin, south carolina, montana, tennessee, hawaii, arizona, rhode island and my own commonwealth of virginia encountered significant but avoidable barriers to casting their ballots. this is not a republican or a democratic problem. this is truly a national bipartisan challenge. it's not a crisis, and to quote president obama, it's one we have to fix. one that -- the senior citizen who may not have had the stamina to stand in line for five hours or the young working mom waiting to vote, worried about the fact that she won't get to the front of the line in time to pick up her kids at daycare. the experience of our constituents on election day amounts to a modern day poll tax on all americans that must be eliminated. 1 years after the 2000 presidential election exposed the deep structural problems that plague our decentralized voting system, our troubles appeared to have worsened, not improved. voting machines, malfunctioning machines showing their age, a shortage of paper ballots, absentee ballots that failed to reach civilian and military vote

news time to come out to arizona. god knows, we could not predict the director of the cia would resign this week and the worst hurricane or storm to hit new york for 100 years hit two weeks before. i am really proud of the election coverage, which was on the tail end of the storm coverage. and i was proud of the storm coverage. you have hundreds of people reject as a one of the great things for e students to look forward to. when you are with a terrific news organization. i love what i saw here in terms of the broadcast being put on and everybody putting on what as one of the greatest facilities i have seen. the spirit -- you will see it and the local newspaper -- how important it is we are still public servants. i think so much of what happens in a news today, people forget that. they forget -- you are here as a public service. that is an important part of what we do. the idea that everybody of the hundreds of people that work at cbs news during the crazy week of hurricane sandy has an example -- each has their own story of difficulty at home. all of them came right to work and ran into the story. that is what happens time and time again in t

news time to come out to arizona. god knows, we could not predict the director of the cia would resign this week and the worst hurricane or storm to hit new york for 100 years hit two weeks before. i am really proud of the election coverage, which was on the tail end of the storm coverage. and i was proud of the storm coverage. you have hundreds of people reject as a one of the great things for e students to look forward to. when you are with a terrific news organization. i love what i saw here in terms of the broadcast being put on and erybody putting on what as one of the greatest facilities i have seen. the spirit -- you will see it and the local newspaper -- how important it is we are still public servants. i think so much of what happens in a news today, people forget that. they forget -- you are here as a public service. that is an important part of what we do. the idea that everybody of the hundreds of people that wor at cbs news during the crazy week of hurricane sandy has an example -- each has their own story of difficulty at home. all of them came right to work and ran into the story. that is what happens time and time again in the

news time to come out to arizona. god knows, we could not predict the director of the cia would resign this week and the worst hurricane or storm to hit new york am really proud of the election coverage, which was on the tail end of the storm coverage. and i was proud of the storm coverage. you have hundreds of people reject as a one of the great things for e students to look forward to. when you are with a terrific news organization. i love what i saw here in terms of the broadcast being put on and everybody putting on what as one of the greatest facilities i have seen. the spirit -- you will see it and the local newspaper -- how important it is we are still public servants. i think so much of what happens in a news today, people forget that. they forget -- you are here as a public service. that is an important part of what we do. the idea that everybody of the hundreds of people that work at cbs news during the crazy week of hurricane sandy has an example -- each has their own story of difficulty at home. all of them came right to work and ran into the story. that is what happens time and time again in the news business. you cannot predict w