they could call it pluto. pluto. perhaps... yes. tyson: her grandfather thought that was a splendid idea, so he wrote a note to the lowell observatory. the director at lowell liked it, especially because pluto's official symbol would be the overlapping letters p and l, the initials of the observatory's long-gone founder, the man who started the search for planet x, percival lowell. for most americans the name "pluto" didn't exactly conjure up affection. it was associated with a well-known laxative called "pluto water," a popular product that promised "relief from constipation in 30 minutes to two hours." its slogan: "when nature won't pluto will." but the name would soon get a makeover... and it would come from a young animator by the name of walt disney. shortly after planet pluto was discovered the fledgling disney brothers studio came up with a new character... (barking) a playful bloodhound named pluto the pup. walt probably wasn't thinking about constipation when he named mickey's new pal back in 1931. my journey would lead me

go, pluto! pluto forever!on: the new mexico legislature declared pluto was still a planet within state borders. man: ♪ no matter what it says on the chart ♪ ♪ you'll always be a planet in my heart... ♪ tyson: and illinois soon followed, spurred on by efforts led by the concerned citizens of streator. man: ♪ rock on, pluto! so i've got in my hand this... legislation passed by the 96th general assembly here in the state of illinois. yes. no one's got a problem with declaring march 13th pluto day, the anniversary of clyde tombaugh announcing the discovery. who could argue that? it's this part of the resolution that says when pluto passes overhead, (chuckling): overhead of illinois's night skies, that it be re-established with full planetary status. that's audacious. that's saying, "forget the scientists, this is illinois." yeah, this is streator. and don't mess with streator. and don't mess with us, yeah, there you go. tyson: back at the barbershop, the guys made it clear where they stand. barber: i still believe

it is about the planet pluto. wait. pluto, is it a planet or is it not? remember, it was demoted. >> it was depoeted. >> we'll talk about what its status is. >> good to have an update. >> let's check in with julie wright -- no, stacy first of all. >> i know we are. we're talking talking about wet weather. >> at least one road in upper marlboro is still closed this morning. that is where stacy is on water street. >> i know it is usually weather, then julie then me. i'll take a place out of turn and talk to you about a little bit of traffic. julie can handle the big picture. water street, we've got water. take a look. it happened overnight with all the heavy rains. it is closed down and if you are trying to access up this part of upper marlboro where the courthouse is via pep pen avenue you will be diverted. just in front of the large cones, there is the access road that take you into the courthouse. you did see a bus, the bus as it is called here in prince george's county come out of the courthouse from that entrance but there have been no cars down this r

and today's question comes from michael proctor who writes, how come pluto is no longer considered a planet? many people are upset about this. this is an ongoing controversy started about 12 years ago when there was first talk of hey, pluto doesn't meet some of the qualifications and we both looked into this one. i'll let tucker do most of the heavy lifting here to tell us about it. >> thank you. let's begin by saying the debate rages today because depending on which side of the fence you come on this one. all the way back to 1930 is

now somebody tells me pluto is not a planet it is not etched in stone.these guys start holding climate things over the teleconference that i know they are serious and don't want to travel. let's face facts. this is a nerd face. they go here to meet women. >> bill: hot women. >> exactly. global warming women. >> bill: they go there to meet women. do you have documentation on that, miller. >> as much as they do with that hockey stick thing. >> bill: it could be true because india and china it's tough to socialize with. >> go to resort during the day it's bad. get loaded and cruise chicks at night. >> bill: san francisco another is a la we place celebrating christmas in a way that is unlike any other place on earth. trying to get as many naked santas as possible to get into the guinness book of records who does not even have naked santa category. >> what happened to san francisco when did it turn into the island of the misfit liberals. who draws the short straw and has to go out and be with these morons seeing how many nude santas. that's the new kid at gui

we believe it will be about pluto. >> the good old classic. >> this is dean martin. or bing crosby?> dean martin. i got it right. thank you for v there was no question. >> one thing at a time, tony. >> let's check in with julie wright while tony regroups. >> the key to that sense is and since we have for place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. >> all how you interpret the song. >> we all have places to go which is why we don't want that during the rush hour. not an easy grow traveling northbound along i-95 headed up towards 395. this is the commute out in newington. it is bumper to bumper slow. the focal point of this northbound delay, it is stacking up in newington headed northbound up towards landmark. still going to find yourself on the brakes as you travel southbound 270 leaving germantown this morning from father hurley boulevard headed out to the lane divide. it remains heavy, slow and steady at this time. you will find that we do have accident activity to report on the inner loop of the beltway as you approach telegraph road. the accident activity now moved over t

. >>> a tragic and to the search for missing child in indiana. 39-year-old michael pluto or has reportedly confessed to beating nine-year-old elian lemmons to death with a brick and dismembered her body. she was it -- she was a trusted family friend who was babysitting. neighbors say they can't believe it. >> how could you sit in that trailer knowing what you did and what is in your household when everybody is out here walking and calling her name, praying to god that she comes home alive. >> he's being held without bail. a motive is still not clear. >>> a frantic scene at the mall of america. here's a video one shopper posted. you see some people throwing chairs at each other. a fistfight breaks out in the court followed by a series of scuffles all are on the mall. police think the fights may have been fueled by rumors that reference little wayne and drake were at the mall. >>> a florida congresswoman hopes to pass a new anti-hazing bill in the wake of a multistate scandal. the proposal was put in the end to hazing rituals like the one that led to robert champion's death last month. champ

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if there was aliens they would have taken the kardashians and put them on pluto. >> i agree. wouldn't we know by now? >> i have seen "the fourth kind" have you seen that? this movie is sick. it was so real because it took like real footage and crossed it with re-enactment and it made me a believer. >> that's frightening. >> is that weird? maybe. >> you want to believe. >> i do. >> you find life here on earth empty and you are soul less inside and you need the extra being which you probably look like bill to be in this bizarre universe. bill, if you had a bizarre version of you would it be successful? >> and you would be an nba center. two problems with this. one, "water world" sucks. number two, i feel the government could spend money on things. mean -- meanwhile, i have a pothole near my refrigerator. forget about that. >> i think it is a scam for the government to get more money. besides, earth rules. who cares the other planet. i dare you to come down here and talk to me about it. i will kick your alien butts. >> sends your letters to him. >>> do plain looking gentlemen ha

. >> they are becoming the guardians of pluto krasy.conomy. they have the income inequality that is resonating with people across the aisle. that's what republicans are afraid of. >> i don't think this is really -- >> i top the get john's thoughts on that. do you agree what frank is picking up on is actually in some measure a slight shift in the tide? >> yes, it is. in fact having those words come out of frank's mouth should be considered a victory by those folks in all those occupy wall street occupy portland and occupyç l.a. all those protests and movements that they are making an impact. the message is getting through. desperately trying to figure out how to change the conversation. >> do you agree with that? >> i do. i think they can go a step further and sort of get off the closed mindedness of looking at this as a liberal versus conservative and look at it as a democracy versus olegarchy. you can look at it as a restorative movement saying something is out of balance and something is perfectible in our more perfect union and that

>> and in those textbooks, they are still reading about the fact that pluto is planet. >> reporter: it's slow. >> taking a trip through glooog. >> once classes wind down, on dean's zune, powers up. >> using my text to answer calls and answering e-mails and doing my homework on my computer. >> if you have a choice, would you pick up a book or an ereader? >> pick up a book. the feeling of paper when you're reading it and being able to actually like underline and like oh, i'm like this, i don't like this. you can't do that with your kindle thing. >> reporter: so perhaps the classroom of the future may just be the classroom of the past. pryia david-clemens, cbs news, mountain view, california. >> laptops and tablets and other high tech tablets are still on millions of christmas lists and we heard about that incident on black friday where a woman pepper sprayed other shoppers on her way to grab an x-box. brings up the question why are consumers so obsessed with buying stuff? >> the average american has $10,000 in credit card debt and 70% of us live paycheck to paycheck. joining us is james ro

pluto has been downgraded. >> lots and lots of planets. >> the size of the planets that are being foundy, the size of the earth. >> exciting stuff. expect to find tvs or jewelry in a pawnshop but not this. this priceless treasure. how one soldier's military medal ended up in this store. [ female announcer ] help i need a holiday party idea. mmm... pillsbury crescent wrapped brie just unroll, wrap the brie and bake. it's so easy. now this might even impress aunt martha. pillsbury crescent wrapped brie. holiday ideas made easy. >>> an army sergeant told her son she wouldn't be home for christmas. said she was stuck in afghanistan. but then -- >> hi, you! >> she surprised her son. it was amazing. in the meantime it was a surprise waiting for sergeant kristy sexton at home. they even put the word army in green lights across the lawn. you can find a lot of things in a pawnshop but one prized possession getting a lot of attention in a michigan store. here is the report. >> reporter: the phone has been ringing off the hook inside a to z outlet in holland. >> i see so much every day or week. >>

>> well, the banks are pluto and capricorn. >> why? how?, okay. hold it up. this is kind of interesting. >> that is really interesting. >> okay, sure, yeah. >> can we get a shot of that maybe? a tight shot. >> it's interesting. >> everything has its own sign is. >> the occupy wall street thing is here to stay. the difference between the have's and have not's will continue. a kind of public forum of discussions, so to speak between now and march 2015. that is background music but things will continue to get better and what we all need to hear. by the way, no problem about december 21st. the world is not going to end, despite the rumors. >> i was going to ask you about the mians. i was just on the mian rivera. i'm glad i got out before 2012. >> the earth is going in front of a black hole. it's in the center. the center of the solar system is 26 degrees sagittarius. we don't really know what that means but the dalai lama said greater enlightenment. look back a hundred years and look where we were. >> it will not imimplode? >> it will not. i th