it's got playstation games. that's an exclusive, and the ability to control your home theater with this tablet. it's got an i.r. remote built in. so, it's $499 for 16 gigs to start, plus you can pop in a sd card to double the memory if you like. and, finally, digital cameras -- very popular at this time of year. this is the cyber-shot wx9. it, despite its small size, packs a lot of punch. it has a 16.2-megapixel sensor, five times optical zoom, hd video recording, and even some advanced features -- things like background de-focus, which is popular on, you know, slr, more high-end cameras. it's got 10-frame-per-second burst mode and even a 3d sweep panoramic mode, which is a lot of fun to play around with. so it's usually $199 for this digital camera, but you can find it for as low as $149.99 around black friday and cyber monday. so, there you have it -- a great selection of games and gadgets for the holiday season. for "teen kids news" in los angeles, i'm marc saltzman. >> that's it for this edition of "teen kid

♪ ♪ owww. [ nick ] buy the playstation 3d display and get a ps3 for just $100.buy. [ woman ] playstation. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now. but hurry -- the offer ends january 3rd. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! >> al: we take a look at the giants and the cowboys. giants reeling, the cowboys lose to arizona today. the giants gate big break and away we go to arlington next sunday night. >> cris: two games in the remaining four for these two football teams. and that's probably going to end up deciding it. it's nice the way the nfl has set up the schedule this year with all the divisional games at the end. let it come down to what happens on the field and we'll see. but for the cowboys today, really disappointing loss for the giants. i thought they played their guts out. i thought they had a good chance to beat the packers. >> al: game tied near the end. aaron rodgers led green bay to a field goal. giants have two games with dallas, they have one game with w

♪ ♪ owww. [ nick ] buy the playstation 3d display and get a ps3 for just $100.buy. [ woman ] playstation. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now. but hurry -- the offer ends january 3rd. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! >> al: we take a look at the giants and the cowboys. giants reeling, the cowboys lose to arizona today. the giants gate big break and away we go to arlington next sunday night. >> cris: two games in the remaining four for these two football teams. and that's probably going to end up deciding it. it's nice the way the nfl has set up the schedule this year with all the divisional games at the end. let it come down to what happens on the field and we'll see. but for the cowboys today, really disappointing loss for the giants. i thought they played their guts out. i thought they had a good chance to beat the packers. >> al: game tied near the end. aaron rodgers led green bay to a field goal. giants have two games with dallas, they have one game with w

that led to the brand of adventure with blockbuster movies and video games, the titles made for playstation iii in recent years have been remarked as some of the best. uncharted 3 drake's deception marks the best in 2011 crafting a tale where nathan drake, a descendant of sir francis drake journeys around the world for a 16th artifact. the complexities of the story go beyond a simple quest in one of the most impressive games in memory. trilogy released in the fall also stands out especially with its usage of move controller and sharp shooting peripherals. looking ahead, twisted metal at the top of the list with its eighth edition in the history but very first for ps3, dating back to its origins in the mid-90s, the longest playstation exclusive franchise and the lego harry potter series marking years 5 through 7 where collecting, exploring and solving puzzles have become the expected themes among volumes of lego games over the years. movies and games come completely on one disc with tech and hybrid, where a 3 in 1 package of tag tournament games are joined with a full length 3d computer comp

. >> every once in a while that happens for legitimate reasons that the playstation three that is not something that's hard to find right now so it's not as if they are out of playstation three. >> brad says it's about the bottom line. they think they sold too many items like these detailed discounts. and best buy says, we have encountered the situation that has affected redemption of online orders. you may remember this story from last year when, due to the computer glitch variety of online retailers is oversold on number of things. but they made good on the deal because according to experts, legally they had to. >> they broke deals with their consumers. they advertise the deal and told consumers they could count on the deal. >> and antique brass explains under california law they are obligated to one of those deals especially when it comes to black friday. >> with the consumers lost his opportunity. and when they lost that they gained the right to seek it. >> legal experts say that does not supersede california law and of the difference between the sale price they were promised and

. >> every once in a while that happens for a real reason but a playstation 3 isn't something that's hard to find right now. it's not as if best buy is out of playstation 3's. >> reporter: brad says it's about the bottom line. he thinks they sold to many items like these at deep discounts and wants to get back the losses. in a statement best buy said due to overwhelming demand we have encountered a situation that has affected redemption. >> it's either in stock or out. >> reporter: you may remember this story from last year when a variety of online retailers over sold limited black friday deals. the only difference, those retailers eventually made good on the deals, because according to expects legally they had to. >> they broke deals with their consumers. deals they are obligated by law to honor. they advertised the deal. >> reporter: the former united states attorney explains under california law they are obligated to honor those deals. >> when they lost was opportunity. they lot of the opportunity to seek deals elsewhere and when they lost that they gained the right to seek redres

generator rex for the playstation. >>> while buying for kids remember those who are less fortunate this holiday season. to donate to the 13th annual kindertime toy drive drop off new unused toys at local walmart stores or fire stations in baltimore and anne arundel counties. you can also donate used instruments. the toy drive is partnering with the bso kids program. donate through december 22nd. details at abc2news.com. >>> newstime 4:50. in new york city people are flocking to the largest mistletoe. it's in the flatiron district and organizers there talked about it on a dating web site. it's for a great cause. every liplock organizers now donate a dollar to operation smile, a nonprofit donated to helping kids with facial deformities. >>> 6.é÷interesting story from california, free weed for those in need. you heard that right. a medical marijuana dispensary is going out of business so they are having a pot giveaway. a lot of dispensaries have been forced to give up shop there. there's plenty of opportunities for patients to re-up and get their hands on the weed. >>> new york city firefi

but a playstation 3 is not something that it is hard to find right now. so it's not as if best buy is out of playstation 3s. >> reporter: brad says it's about the bottom line. he thinks the retailer sold too many items like these at deep discounts and is trying to recoup its losses. in a statement, best buy tells us, due to overwhelming demand of hot product offerings, we have encountered a situation that's affected redemption of some of our customers' online orders. >> either in stock or out of stock. >> reporter: you may remember this story from last year when due to a computer glitch a variety of online retailers oversold limited black friday deals. the only difference, those retailers eventually made good on the deals because according to experts, legally they had to. >> they broke deals with their consumers deals that they are obligated by law to honor. they advertised the deal. they told consumers they could count on that deal. >> reporter: and former u.s. attorney anthony brass explains under california law, they are obligated to honor those deals

buy is out of playstation 3s. >> reporter: brad says it's about the bottom line.e thinks the retailer sold too many items like these at deep discounts and is trying to recoup its losses. in a statement, best buy tells us, due to overwhelming demand of hot product offerings we have encountered a situation that has affected redemption of some of our customers' online orders. >> reporter: last year due to a computer glitch a variety of online retailers oversold limited black friday deals. the only difference, those retailers eventually made good on the deals because according to experts, legally they had to. >> they broke deals with their consumers, deals that they are obligated by law to honor. they advertised the deal. they told consumers they could count on that deal. >> reporter: and former u.s. attorney anthony brass explains, under california law, they are obligated to honor those deals, especially when it comes to black friday. >> what the consumers lost was opportunity. they lost the opportunity to seek deals elsewhere and when they lost that, they gained the

the there's actually a really good argument the video games too because sony used to market their playstation three as an all around computer not just a video game their c.e.o. was even quoted as saying as such and these computers are actually have were actually originally bought by the u.s. military and professional researchers and scientists too and clustered together and used as super computers and they were much cheaper and much faster than anything else they could buy and then all of a sudden playstation and sony pulled the rug out from under him and said you can't do this anymore so hopefully. that kind of evidence what will convince the copyright office that this is this is a smart move for consumers and it should be allowed because again it's not actually this obvious to a copyright it just has to do with getting around the firmware that they set up and you know it will market in the end it won't harm their business why i guess i have to you know wait and see what happens but in the meantime it definitely seems like they've been doing everything they can to go after people as i mentio

were much cheaper and much faster than anything else they could buy and then all of a sudden the playstation and sony pulled the rug out from under him and said you can't do this anymore so hopefully. that kind of evidence what will convince the copyright office that this is this is a smart move for consumers and it should be allowed because again it's not actually this obvious to a copyright it just has to do with getting around the firmware that they set up and you know it will market in the end it won't harm their business why i guess we'll have to wait and see what happens but in the meantime it definitely seems like they've been doing everything they can to go after people as i mentioned earlier you know we've interviewed johan our show before he was famous the first caliber of the i phone and then it was the x. box and so anyway after him with everything that they had it legally so i get exactly that case is funny because you know they used to allow that like a year before they went after him that was legal and they were actually bragging to their customers that they could do this so.

playstation vita.with of these in a while from sony from playstation and plays a lot of games and has interesting touch inputs and ways to interact with it and plays movies. the question is everyone who has iphone that does all of that stuff is there room for a standalone hand-held gaming console or are we past that point? >> does that replace the php? >> it does. >> you can use this with your playstation 3? >> can connects to some playstations but also a standalone screen. >> march, something cool i'm told is coming out from apple, oh, look. it's the ipad 3. >> i would put money on that. the ipad 1 and 2 came out in the march/april time frame. apple hasn't said anything but a pretty good bet they are keeping to the same schedule on these. >> what will the ipad 3 have that we think we know of that the ipad 2 doesn't? >> i think a higher resolution screen is the safest bet and let you watch hd movies and fit more stuff on the screen and other tablets have high resolution screens now. maybe a better came

pridget, was in criminal court back in september where he was given probation in the theft of a playstation from a private home. police are now looking over that case to see if it has any connection at all to the shooting. he grew up in foster care and was working to get is live back on track. reporting live, i am j miller, wbal tv 11 news. >> thank you. jurors heard testimony from the father of a boy at the center of a bullying case. we have more on today's proceedings. >> they are done here for the evening. the big bombshell that came out of court is that the young man admitted to lying because he did not want to have to go back to school and be delayed again. -- and be bu8l -- bullied again. the 10-year-old special needs students, his parents say was bullied, -- special needs student, who his parents say was bullied, he said his father abused him so he did not have to be sent back to elementary school. the student also said while attending two different elementary schools, he was beat up, even choked. his father said he immediately told school administrators of the abuse on behalf of his

it's for playstation 3, xbox 360 and pc. >> now let's talk about some super hero games.'s been popular? >> yeah, well, without question batman arkham city. this is the sequel to a two-year-old game. you play as batman, the cape crusader as well as, with a code in the box, you can play as cat woman. from the moment bruce wayne dawns the mask on a snowy building, it's the most engaging, cinematic game of the year. it's so great. it's an open-ended game where you're, you know, taking on all kinds of missions. you have some familiar faces like joker and two face and mr. freeze and the riddler. it's just so well done. it's a combination of combat, puzzle solve, ak kro battics, using gadgets. then you unlock a detective mode where you use forensics to solve the puzzles and challenges in the game. just a real fun, immersive, super hero themed game. >> wow. okay. i guess you can add your own little, you know, bam, pow, shazam sound effects. >> right. >> okay. then there's been a lot of buzz about the new uncharted game. school me on that one because i'm unfamiliar. >> we'll scho

but a playstation 3 is not something that it is hard to find right now. so it's not as if best buy is out of playstation 3s. >> reporter: brad says it's about the bottom line. he thinks the retailer sold too many items like these at deep discounts and is trying to recoup its losses. in a statement, best buy tells us, due to overwhelming demand of hot product offerings, we have encountered a situation that's affected redemption of some of our customers' online orders. the only difference, those retailers eventually made good on the deals because according to experts, legally they had to. >> they broke deals with their consumers deals that they are obligated by law to honor. they advertised the deal. they told consumers they could count on that deal. >> reporter: and former u.s. attorney anthony brass explains under california law, they are obligated to honor those deals especially when it comes to black friday. >> what the consumers lost was opportunity. they lost the opportunity to seek deals elsewhere and when they lost that, they gained the right to see

pridget, was in court in september, where he was given probation in the case involving the theft of a playstation in a private home, and police are looking at that to see if at that had any connection to the shooting last night. -- and to see if it had any connection to the shooting last night. >> thank you. a man is behind bars after a home invasion, and it ended when they opened fire on the suspect. a woman woke up to find the man inside your home, wearing a mask and holding a gun. police say the man robbed the woman, and when police arrived on the scene, he refused to drop his weapon. he is now being held without bail at the baltimore detention center. and being found guilty, a baltimore man will go to jail for the rest of his life. kelly shird got life in prison plus 20 years for killing craig bouie, who was home with children when shird broke in and shot the father. >> tonight, the wbal tv and radio family remember a man whose voice was heard on the air for many years. ron smith died after a short battle with cancer. with the wbal microphone, ron smith got responses from his listeners. he wo

and hackers breached sony's playstation network accesss the personal information of 70 million use earnings. some mega mergers and buy-outs had mergers. microsoft bought skype for $8.5 billion. google she would out 12.5 billion nor motorola cell phone business. at&t hoped to create the largest wireless company in a merger with t-mobil but the justice department filed to block the merger. millions of blackberry users had to make do without e-mail or text during a three day outage in october that spread to nearly every continent. blackberry maker research in motion offered customers $100 worth of free apps as a consolation. >> the worldwide outages we experienced this week were unfortunate. we restored full service as quickly as we could. >> reporter: netflix lost hundreds of thousands of subscribers after raising prices and attempting to rename its dvd name. it must now get clear consent from users before sharing material. its privacy controls will be subject to independent review for the next 20 years. news corps british paper news of the world was caught in a phone hacking scandal issued i

. >>> the new sony playstation before it hits the market. lot of buzz.volutionize handheld gaming. first thing i noticed is the 5- inch screen. oled technology is the best on the market. graphics were impressive. it's built for serious, hard core gaming. the most popular titles will be available. the blending the of real world around with you the game you are playing in real time. front and rear cameras. it is touch screen and has dual joysticks and the standard buttons. it has wi-fi build in and 3g sell phone service from at&t so you could always be connected on the go. you can't use it on the phone. you can play multiplayer games. if you have a ps3 and this it goes hand and hand. you can play a game against someone as they play through their play station. it is on preorder now, comes out in february. it's a great high-end portable gaming device. lately the ipod touch and iphone took over gaming. we will wait to see if it could compete. gabe slate. the 49ers and raiders are searching for answers. hear from both head coaches and monday night football had

brand of add ad vent you are in the world of movies, the title is made exclusively for the tony playstationave been remarked as some of the best. heading into the new year, drake's deception stands out as one of the very best with 2011 with the apex of development. nathan drake, a descendant of sir francis drake, journeys around the world for a 16th century artifact. but it goes well beyond a simple quest in one of the best games. it also stands out especially with its usage of the move controller and sharp shooting peripherals. and looking ahead, twisted metal is at the top of the list with the eighth edition in its history but it's very first for the ps 3. dating back to its origins, it is the longest running exclusive franchise. counting the years moving forward is the lego harry potter series now marging years 5-7. meanwhile, movies and games come together completely on one disk with tech and hybrid. for a 3-1 package which are linked with a full length 3d compatible film. and after a decade of time had passed between the original marvel versus cap con two which came out in february, th

. >> especially for the likes of soeb sony which just launched its latest playstation hand held gaming device in tokyo. it will be launched later in the u.s. in february. that could be a focus here as a lot of companies focus on domestic demand with the yen hurting their exports. but generally, a lot of the focus will be coming from europe this week. we'll keep track of how that plays into japanese stocks. for now the nikkei just marginally lower this monday morning. back to you. >> thanks a lot for that. and here's a quick look now at what's happening on japan's business front this week. on tuesday, the cabinet is expected to approve a fourth supplementary dget and trade data due out on wednesday. the balance slipped into red in october for first time in two months. the bank of japan will wind up a regular policy board meeting on the same day and auto production is due out on thursday. friday is a holiday for us here in japan. let's turn to the u.s. serve housing related data will be out this week, housing starts and new home sales for november will be released on tuesday and friday.

howard stringer the same guy that was ahead when sony faced all of those severe hacks to their playstation network he still managed to make homer to take home four million dollars despite getting hit with a fourteen percent cut due to losses so yeah i think if the cat is out of the bad guys it's not the piracy epidemic that is killing hollywood employment it's the c.e.o.'s of those major production houses that are doing it news corp viacom disney sony all these companies are guilty of the same actions you can say bankers on wall street are doing despite the fact that most of these companies organizations have weathered the recession they're still not hiring and they're hoarding those profits for the big wigs so it's not some random kid streaming a video that's taking away jobs the entertainment industry it's the c.e.o.'s that want more produced by fewer people now as congress drags its feet over the copyright infringement legislation it's given several groups and companies and have time to learn the real effects of sopa and warn others against it and as outcry has been slowly growing just

>> all the game consoles, x-box 360, playstation 3, wii, would think sales would taper off, x-box justember they cut the price you could get one for $200 similar deals on the wii and playstation 3. good year for games. >> dan ackerman, thank you for breaking it down for us in a way we can understand. >>> this week marks egypt's first election. the party that led the revolt not doing well empty polls. >> with less than a year until the presidential election which one will capture the blue collar vote. we'll talk to the rnc and dnc, next. almost tastes like one of jack's als. fiber one. h, forgot jack cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, ts is pretty good. [ male announcer ]alf a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. congratulations. congralations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire binesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the people inside them. congratulations. because when you add verizon to your co

by attaching the playstation move to the camera, we can move projections to screens in real-time.se perspective on the projection and allow viewers to look around virtual corners, bend walls, create a new wall or remove the wall altogether to view vast expanses of the world. this is nothing but a white backdrop. >> why doing this? are they saying this could be the future of movie-making? is this more cost-effective than cgi technology? >> it's just cool as heck. that's what it is. >>> pop-up gerbils, take one. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> steven, i know how much you love pet videos. >> i like dog videos. i don't like cat videos. >> well, there is a dog in this video. >> i like that. >> and a cat. >> oh. >> you're lukewarm on this? >> yes. >> there's a bulldog barking and you see the little head of the cat popping up over the edge of the stairs. >> dog versus cat. dog wins this nine times out of ten. >> in most realities, yeah. this one might surprise you. >> the cat took the passive approach. i'm just going to walk away and defuse the situation. and then talk behind your back. [ dog barking ] ♪ >>

he had seven playstations, xboxes, like, guitar, like, things and -- what is all this [ bleep ]? -- it's he and i and three dogs, he needs a mancave -- >> jimmy: he does. he has no rooms in the house? >> well, no, he does, but -- i just -- he has to read scripts and watch -- what do you need? >> jimmy: he needs to have a room. he's like a dog. he needs a little house. >> i know. he -- like, was complaining, like, that we were getting on his nerves. i'm like, i was sleeping and -- >> jimmy: well, do you snore? i mean, what are you doing when you sleep? you never know. even a tent in the backyard would be a nice thing. >> i give him -- here's what's changed when i got married. espn. like, it is his life, like, first of all, hey, babe, can we just watch a little, you know, 15 minutes of, you know, espn red zone? >> jimmy: right. >> now, it's morning, come in, we turn it on, watch espn. we go to bed with it. highlights are, like, two hours. >> jimmy: you never melt a real man before. you were going out with the french model guys. you know, you have to watch espn every 30 minutes, som

sony's new playstation, vidta, went on sale this morning.illy weather, the store opened a little bit early today. our own business and tech reporter, scott mcgrew, showed us the vita yesterday morning. it is ha a touchscreen and better graphics. it can also use cell phone and wi-fi networks. unfortunately for u.s. gaming fans, the vita won't be available in the states until february. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay," still to come. people are spending more on christmas gifts this year. where are they getting the money? we'll have some tips to make sure you don't go too far into debt coming up. >>> a view of the golden gate bridge, fogfree at least around the golden gate. chilly temperatures. i ll let you no he what you can expect for the rest of your saturday forecast when we come right back. o >>> welcome back, 7:45. the sun is slowly coming up and slowly warming us up around the bay area after another chilly morning. 45, san francisco. 29, gilroy. 37, san jose. look at the inland valleys, fairfield, 30 degrees. 34, livermore. 31,

. >> reporter: he made off with laker season tickets, playstation 3, autographed steve nash jersey and ipad. he remembered he installed a find my ipad app. >> a map comes up on my a computer screen and with a blue dot. >> that blue dot showed it was a couple doors down inside the gated westwood community he lives in. a sheriff's deputy tracked the ipad to a home. a loud pinging sound coming from the device helped. >> walking through the house being escorted by the suspect's brother, i hear what sounds to be an ipad ring tone, so i asked the suspect, oh, what is that noise that i'm hearing? >> reporter: he was busted. deputies also found more than 40 christmas presents stolen from a san diego family three days earlier, a stolen ipad saved christmas for these kids. >> i feel great about the new story to see the kids get their christmas gifts bang. >> rob joins us with the weather. gone through a dry spell but a little bit of rain possibly in the forecast? >> i think it will bring us enough wind to improve the air quality. looking for wind, probably going to want to stay north of san fran

xbox sold something in the range of 1.5 million units compared to just over a million for the sony playstation. so a big jump but still big numbers and the wii is third at 750,000. it used to be at fordable accessible console but the xbox pulled ahead largely with these new streaming media services. let's start with the new look. a lot of folks used to an xbox haven't seen this of before. once you install the update which comes out today, this is the new interface. it's like their phone and like their tablet so they are trying to make their console have the same screen and layout of the interface as the over devices. it's a big step. it's going to take getting used to. the metro has social, video, games, musicing an apps. >> it has a lot of new features like voice commands, right? >> they are going to use the connect hardware that device that lets you do motion gestures with your hands and bodies and talk to it and tell it what to do. so let's say you want to watch a movie, say xbox, movie, martin scorsese and it will search across all your available sources that it knows about and find any mo

we need to remember the reason for the season and just focus on not playstations and ipads and fur coatsre important. >> i like that message. i would also say it's the end of the year and if i can make a play. it's the end of the year, which a lot of people do charitable giving at the end of the year. charities that my family supports, one that i really feel strong by is partners in health. started in haiti. they do development. amazing development work around the world. partners in health. they have a model of solidarity that i think is really inspiring. they're very efficacious. so people should check it out if they're considering annual giving. i want to thank my guests today. matthew dutch, princeton professor, emory slaughter. john mcwhorter of the root.com and karen hunter, thanks guys. that was gate. we are taking off for christmas. we'll on be on at 7:00 eastern time. our look back at the year 201. our chance to weigh in on all the stuff that happened before we launched our show. in the meantime, you can find us at up with chris on facebook. up next is alex witt and we'll see you

sony playstation was number one back in 2002. >> nice to see you. cause. even serious people tell a joke or two. tell you who is the king of comedy in the nation's capital. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. look at grover norquist up on stage there. it burns! it's singeing me. it's the sun. get out of the office more often, with chili's $6 lunch break combos, featuring texas toast half sandwiches. chili's lunch break combos. >>> it's a great cause and a great way to raise money having people make fun of themselves and laugh at each other and kind of, you know, what happens at the improv stays here, i hope. all right, here it is. here it is. what did the merge bullet say to the father bullet? let's have a bebe! come on, let's have a bebe, right? nice, clean fun. come on! >> when you get married, things change. you experience new things like abstinen abstinence. >> who would have thought that newt gingrich would have lasted longer than kim kardashian and chris humphries. >> they have been truly outstanding. if there is a close equal, it would b

> in 2011 we've seen an extraordinary number of security breaches, financial institutions, sony playstation, the state department. what's embarrassing here, of course, is that this is a security think tank, and you'd think they would do a better job protecting their own data. julie: sure. and according to the hackers' online postings, i guess the group decided to play robin hood, so they voted to contribute to different charities, cancer and aids research, the american red cross, wikileaks and, my favorite, the tour project which is a software that enables online anonymity. >> that's right. julie: now that they've donated to all these charities, one guy saw charges of $700 going to these charities but didn't know it was actually these hackers that took the money. what happens to these people's money? >> well, it's a real hassle for them. i mean, it's likely that the credit card companies will end up footing the bill, but i think what anonymous sometimes misses even when they're trying to be a bit clever like that is their attacks do cause real harm to real individuals. it's snot just the co

the sony playstation 2 was number one back in 2002. >>> just ahead, a little something funny is happeningke or two. we'll tell you who the king of comedy is in the nation's capital coming up. you are watching "the early show." you're w g "the early show" on cbs. look at grover norquist up on stage there. it burns! it's singeing me. it's the sun. get out of the office more often, with chili's $6 lunch break combos, featuring texas toast half sandwiches. chili's lunch break combos. >>> here are some of the jokes that the politicians made that usually stay behind the scenes. >> it's a great cause and a great way to raise money having people fake money of themselves and laugh at each other. kind of, you know, it happens at the improv states here, i hope. >> here it is. here it is. what did the mother bullet say to the father bull sunset let's have a bebe! come on, let's have a bebe, right? nice clean fun. when you get married things change, you experience new things like abstinence. >> who would have thought newt gingrich's campaign would last longer than the kim kardashian marriage? anybody?

it is as if they're at the playstation or wii and now they're joining in the revelry or in the combat. very dangerous stuff. and it's dangerous for "occupy wall street" too because this can happen there just like it is in the competition. martha: we'll talk about that in a moment. you have a lot of things in the mix. likely for a lot of folks, alcohol is in the mix. you also say this is sort of the same phenomenon that happens with looters, with people who go out looting in the streets? >> exactly. you know the opposite of this is the bystander effect where people do nothing even though someone is being beaten. we know from that, if someone takes action, other people will follow. well, here if you've got a sea, a wave of people starting, people do tend to get kindled by other individuals. they will follow, like a massive tsunami. so that is what you see happening kindled, no doubt by alcohol but also by this belief that they too have won a great victory, a great war. it's a game. but they don't feel that. martha: the perspective is sort of out of whack to say the least. you were makin

soldiers remember the days when burger king were there and go to the pk, the store exchange and buy playstations and things like that, those sort of memories. ultimately this is the final chapter in the military history the u.s. has had here in iraq. what does it mean going forward? it means this is symbol of iraqi sovereignty, the biggest base in iraq firmly in their hands. they waved good-bye to the americans with vice president joe biden here yesterday and now they feel that the americans are finally out. iraqis yet again even closer to being fully in their own sovereignty, part of their own sovereignty. back to you, jenna. jenna: a lot of equipment and people to move over next couple weeks as we fully leave that country. dominic, thank you for that story we'll continue to watch. jon: we're also watching from the fox extreme weather center dangerous weather across big parts of the country. we begin in flagstaff, arizona. heavy snow there falling, snarling traffic overnight prompting warnings for drivers. roads are icy and slick with wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. flagstaff getting five i

the playstation as a touch- screen, wi-fi and gps, and sony believers and it will become the dominantplayer, selling for $250. >>> items from mostly from michael jackson's final home will be sold at auction today. the auction is responsible for the sale. the auction house was also hoping to sell the headboard the bed where jackson died but it was removed at the request of the family. >>> a marine asked his boss's wife for a date. yesterday he asked first lady michelle obama to be his date to the marine corps ball next november. it happened while she was attending a toys for tots event in washington. he is heading back to afghanistan next month, preparing the body of dead soldiers for returned home. mrs. obama told she would be love to attend the ball with him, but she first needs to check with the commander in chief. >>> a family in ohio certainly in the holiday spirit. take a look at their home. they've covered it with some 80,000 lights. just about every inch of the house, front and back, is covered. the tradition started a decade ago. >> all my friends are like, your dad is so craz

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