because there is no value in that copyright at simon and schuster random house. so and they're fighting and playing. the relationship to the commercial field. we do appear review. so we actually look to the commercial world for their advice of oregon. we can use that advice to help our nonprofit. >> when i was at random house, one of the most distinguished. they invented. the couple hundred thousand. this particular occasion it was about 300,000. it was the history of the spanish inquisition. don't worry about that. well, that was really actually in the end of the book said he recommended. a very tricky publishing. in just a mention one instance. i have told books and the library association. towboats. night and day. and i said, let me argue with my chairman about weather every book should be publishable. it can't be both. a said, these books, tell me what profit there were. came back again. lost $3,603,000 of those books. go away. go through the editors' choices. twenty-seven books of the new york times. that's the good news. now 367,000. published to that made

-- random house was the first one to go public. and then it went into the office and said we are going public and there will be a stock offer. everything will go up, then we'll go right down again. i am not advising anyone to buy stock, i'm just telling you what to do. and then when i was at simon & schuster, golf and western blot simon & schuster. it was already a publicly held company. i remember the director coming to me and saying, you know, they're not going to sell the trade edition. and i thought, they just brought here. stop telling me they're not going to tell me. it was very hard, 90% of the company was a textbook division. and as much as i didn't want to leave, i felt that the general books were being shortchanged and i was traveling up and down between the head of the boston office in the new york office, so i kept having to take the shuttle back and forth. last summer i was there, i realized i was traveling 100 miles a week. not really doing anything. so i resigned from the boston shuttle, not really from the rest. [la

because there is no value in that copyright at simon & schuster or random house. we are in there fighting and we are in there playing in and their relationship to the commercial field is arm's-length at best, but we do peer review to give our grants. we actually look to the commercial world for their vice fund where we are going in this new digital ground so we can use the device to help our nonprofit publishers. >> when i was a random house and jason epstein is one of the most distinguished and invaded -- when he was trying to tell me i often spent more than i thought was reasonable like a couple hundred thousand, while a lot of money. in this particular occasion it was around $300,000. he said, it was the history of the spanish requisition. he said this book will be around long after we are all dead. actually in the end all of the books he recommended actually were there in the end but it's tricky publishing. just to mention one instance, i had one year 12 books in the library association, 12 books and i had seven of them. corporate dog, the united states and fi

having a bestseller benefitted all the employees at random house publishing this year. according to abc news, due to the wildly successful novel "50 shades of grey," publisher random house is giving all of its employees an over $5000 bonus this holiday season. still to come, gas prices are tanking. a check on what's happening with prices at the pump during the holidays, later on. but first - is the latest round of unemployment data necessarily good news for the economy? bill moller explains - next, after this "in the know" message. it's called the labor report - the monthly numbers from the labor department. they are released on the first friday on the month. it's not just a number, but a collection of sometimes contradictory data. the numbers for november are now out. everybody is now chewing over them. let's talk with brent schutte. he is the market strategist for bmo global asset management. the two main numbers, jobs created and the unemployment rate, would certainly seem to be good news. but what is the interpretation as to the overall picture? > > sure. i think th

but another major publishing story was a merger between random house and penguin how that will come about the department of justice will have to say. penguin is in litigation how can they approve the largest publisher in american history? >> guest: also complaining against amazon they tried to sell to 12 as cheap as possible to sell the amazon can go. they really want to do that. now amazon has gotten into traditional publishing and will sign big-name authors. so now they compete on many levels and it creates all kinds of tension. >> guest: some of the names have not sold. penny marshall's book which i think was sold as six figures wildly underperform to in the new york operation has been getting some critical acclaim but barnes & noble and independent stores are not stalking the title. so with the shot graphics and those are selling well because those do well as the e-books but competing with the big six they're not worthy competitor yet to. that may change. >> host: according to the association of publishers' e-books sales are up 37% but the entire adult books are up 10 .4%. sarah weinm

the pulitzer win, not only did it sell 100,000 copies but his next novel will be published by random house in september of 2013 so it changed his career and sales trajectory. jennifer egan is another example. when she won the pulitzer in fiction for the goon squad, she was a midwest rider. in the wake of her pulitzer, she is firmly entrenched as one of the most sought-after riders in american literature right now. not a wording, the fiction prize this year sent a lot of shock waves and will be interesting to see if they repeat that in 2013 and if they will learn from that, quote, mistake and make sure an odder when the fiction prize. >> a lot of libraries will check their holdings to see if they have the book and if they don't they will order those books. it doesn't make a best seller but established a different realm. prizes our most important when a person is not that well known. suddenly established. curiosity about them. >> several members of congress have written books this past year including center rand paul, "government bullies," representative john lewis rose across that bridge ab

. >> i always insisted putting advertising in the random house books whether be for pharmaceuticals but when you take something like said james bond novel what is the car that he drives? what champagne does he drink? of course, you know, that. the aston martin that is of famous british racing car but that is in the book but if i would offer them the advertisement and ian fleming used to work the mine newspaper what is wrong with it? >> but the state's actually banned advertising. but it offended many writers. but what that has turned into you will find a corporate partners. i worked with to watch because if you take any opportunity then media works with partners with the of liquor they are looking for the market so you will find that type the support so that is really surprised. >> but that is not your. random house will advertise in your books author stage often by the same author. >> but the health care@ often by the same author. >> but the health care system and of their are any other ideas advertising, and museums, . >> the small business in administration would be a delightful fede

what is interesting is that a major publishing story is the impending merger between random house and penguin, and not simply that tober. how that will come about depends on what the department of justice has to say because of penguin is in litigation with them, how can they prove what would essentially create the largest publisher in american history? >> guest: they are complaining against amazon that amazon is trying to sell e-books as cheap as possible to sell candles and that's what they really want to do. they want to sell the kindle. one of the other developments this amazon has got into traditional publishing and is beginning to sign some big name authors, saying it is using its data. set in the sun is publishers on any levels and creating all kinds of tensions. >> guest: was interesting that amazon publishing of some of the names they felt to be big enough to sort have not sold. penny marshall, was sold for a very high six-figure amount, wildly underperformed end both the new york operation has been getting interestingly enough some critical acclaim from the problem is retaile

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random house rewarding its staff with a $5,000 bonus.body who's been there all year gets one thanks to the runaway success of "50 shades of grey." the ceo, bob, announced this last night or the night before at a cocktail party. he was pouring drinks. he said take the bonus and don't bother coming to work together. that's my kind of guy! >> now what exactly do you have to do for this $5,000? i'm sorry, all you have to do is be an employee? that's it? i think it's great. this is a great story. book publishing industry had a lousy year. revenues are down, employment opportunities in the business are down. it's shrinking. this was a little bit of good news. god bless the guy. >> i think it's really awesome that they're doing this for their employees and they're not even making them agree to be tied up and whipped or anything like that. so i think way to go -- >> that's what i was leading up to. >> really nice. >> guys, thanks very much. have a great weekend. sue? >> my, my, my, john carney. >>> in the next hour, the fiscal spliff. could pot

random house is a lot larger conan in their credit policies. penguin is very liberal.lder in this merger, has not been so kind to us. so we worry that snow white and might not be such a good marriage for us. we don't know which one is going to win out. do they want to just take her business away from us? and abandon us? or did they realize that they will fail if we fail? souvenir publishing industry does have a good question to answer as they go through this merger process is do you want your independent booksellers, your brick-and-mortar booksellers because i wouldn't even include urns and nobles in there, do you want them to survive? or do you just want to get weaker? we've always been at the forefront of anything that could help us in the technology world. we got the database together back in the early 80s and were one of the first to go onto a computer system. so we wrapped her mind around that project, they were able to make the story more profitable. but over the years, most recently is in order to diversify we started our own digital book on demand called the tr

joining us at the table, executive editor at random house and pliltser prize-winning historian john meacham, best-selling presidential historian doris kearns goodwin, and ferris professor at princeton university and author about president eisenhower evan thomas. >> what a great way to start it because dwight eisenhower, you always see presidents rise, you see presidents fall, and over the past four, five, six seven years i have found myself going back and reading ambrose's "eisenhower" over and over again. talk about -- let's start with eisenhower right now, my favorite president. it may change after i read your biography. >> exactly. or after we hear from meacham. >> or hear that he would kick dogs instead of go golf. but talk about eisenhower derided as dull and worthless and now we look back and say, my god, what he did over eight years pretty unbelievable. >> one of the great shots of all time was the kennedys on eisenhower. to make jack kennedy look young and vibrant, you had to make eisenhower look old and dull. that stuck. but what people didn't realize was that with a hidden hand, a

random house is a lot more draconian in their credit policies. penguin's very liberal in their credit policies. random house, who will be the majority shareholder in this merger, has not been so kind to us. so we worry that snow white and satan might not be such a good marriage for us. we don't know which one's going to win out. do they want to just take our business away from us and abandon us, or do they realize that they will fail if we fail? and so the new york publishing industry does have a big question to answer as they go through this merger process. do you want your independent booksellers, your brick and mortar booksellers? because i would even include barnes & noble in there, too, do you want them to survive, or do you just want to get bigger? we've always been at the forefront of anything that could help us from the technology world. we got the database together back in the early '80s and were one of the first to go on to a computer system. so once you got -- that was, we wrapped our mind around that project, then we were able to make

random house is a majority shareholder in this merger and has not been so kind to us. so, we worry that snow white and satan might not be such a good marriage for us. we don't know which one is going to win out. do they want to just take our business away from us, and abandon us, or do they realize that they will fail if we fail? and so, the publishing industry does have a big question to answer as they go through this merger process. do you want your independent booksellers, your brick-and-mortar booksellers, and i put barnes & noble in there too, do you want them to survive, or do you just want to get bigger? we have always been at the forefront of anything that could help us from the technology world. we got the database together back in the early 80s and we were one of the first to go on the -- and we wrap their mind around that project and we were able to make the store more profitable. but over the years, most recently in order to diversify, we started our own digital book on demand business called the toy bookmakers, where we make books, literally physically mak

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[applause] life, death and hope in a mumbai under city published by random house. and robert a.er," the years of lyndon johnson volume four published by albert a. knopf. and domingo martinez, "the boy kings of texas," published by lyons press, an imprint of pequot press. and the late anthony's shadid, "house of stone," mmr of home, family and the lost middle east, published by houghton mifflin harcourt. the winner of the 2012 national book award for nonfiction describes a world that couldn't be any more different from the world that we are enjoying here tonight. and yet it's a world that our world depends entirely upon. the subject of this book has been patronized and romanticized and eagerly ignored in previous work. in this book, they appear in all of their complexity. the villains and the sometimes villains along with the sometimes heroes. the s rafay behind this book reminds us all that good listening is an ethical act. stylistically, this book pretty much in dense a new genre of nonfiction writing because the author rivals the great novelists in developing characters and pl

random house had its holiday party on wednesday night and the ceo promised all employees a $5,000 bonus to celebrate a profitable year thanks to publishing "50 shades of grey" by e.l. james. the cheering went on for minutes. this book has topped "the new york times" paper back best-seller list for 37 weeks. ebooks have been best sellers for even longer. >> i think that deserves a little round of applause from random house. whatever happened to the holiday bonus? >> apparently the holiday party is back. it might be a potluck party, maybe just drinks in the office but the holiday party is back and that is a good sign. >>> on deck -- you got to pick one stock -- apple, google or microsoft. which one of those three should be pick? >>> and could the fiscal spliff save us from the fiscal cliff. why the big money in marijuana could be the perfect solution to all of our problems. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just

random house is promising each employee a $5000 bonus to celebrate a profitable year. much of the company's success could be linked to the wildly successful 50 shades. the first of the book has been on the best seller for 37 weeks already. the e-books have been in the top 5 for even longer a very trilogy. >> i read all three in maybe two weeks. >> they should send you a bonus. >> i like that idea. >>> this is going to be a million dollar weekend weather wise. a lot of sunshine, looking very good outside. a lot of sunshine over the bay. looks like a beautiful afternoon. the temperatures still a little bit on the cool side in some spots. only 55 degrees in santa rosa. 57 in concord and 59 in san jose. plenty of sunshine after patchy fog early on. still through the afternoon, mostly sunny skies and should be pleasant this afternoon. need to watch out for chilly temperatures and patchy dense fog, and a much warmer weekend, especially sunday with the offshore winds. sunny and dry. the jet stream lingering to the north will continue to lift so the rain line staying well to t

. >> what about this gift from random house to all of its employees.retty nice. >> yes, call it 50 shades of green, if you will. random house, which is the publisher of "50 shades of grey," the lascivious adult novel that's been all the rage this year, the company has seen major uptick in large part because of the book and soars. the ceo announced this week at the holiday party that every one of the employees will get a $5,000 bonus this year. that's really great news especially in the world of publishing, which has been sort of on a downward death spiral. >> that's really nice for them. well, great. thank you very much. morgan brennan. >> in today's one-minute play back. governor chris christie on "the daily show" the universal telethon for hurricane sandy victims and about meeting the boss bruce springsteen back stage. >> he came up, put his hands down. shook his hand. i tried to be cool. i wasn't. then he said, come on, give me a hug. i said, all right. i hugged him. >> did he go, come on, stop. >> no. you know, that's always hard to judge, right? w

random house has had other big hits as well.oing to be issued in the next paycheck and here's a little factoid for you. apparently the first book in the grey series was originally published by a really small publishing house in australia. i did not know that. >> and i just realized that i read two of those books, "gone girl" and the grisham book. if those employees want to parlay their bonuses, i guess they won't have to go to a casino anymore. zynga wants to offer real money gambling. >> right. >> so what are the chances that that's going to happen? >> well, weap don't know at thi stage but you have seen how zynga's stock has dropped. they want to try their luck with real money in the u.s. its applied for a license from the nevada gambling regulatory but it also comes as zynga struck a deal to offer poker and casino games for real money in the uk and that's going to start neck year. and if it is a new avenue of growth it would be good. because its own growth has kind of stalled on lackluster interest, like with mafia wars 2 is

premier sponsors, barnes & noble, thanks guys, random house, the ford foundation, leadership sponsors, clinton meyer book publishing papers, a division of central national, coral graphics, penguin, and sponsors amazon, google, harper collins, stephen king, and deborah wiley, thank you. [applause] now for something special. i'd like to acknowledge in our audience the winners of our fourth annual innovation and reading prize funded by the lavender foundation. if you are worried about the next generation of book lovers, just listen to this list and again hold your applause until i'm finished. we have with us tonight 15 year old lily-white from coral gables. she started a giving library in a homeless shelter where kids could take as many books as they wanted that they within own, not borrow. in chicago, reading against the odds enhance the critical thinking skills of adult literacy learners by introducing them to challenging, intellectually challenging books at the library in colorado, a group of teenagers calling themselves the interesting readers society produced unique books for televi

c-span: how did you get random house to buy the book? >> guest: well, i didn't--we didn't have an agent, and i had talked to jim and kate lehrer. jim writes books all the time, and i asked him one time, 'how in the world can you be so busy and write those books, one right after another?' and he said, 'well, i try to write at least two pages every day of my life.' and i said, 'how can you do that?' he said, 'well, if i'm on an airplane, i do it on the airplane. if i'm at home, i do it there. if i'm at my office, i do it there.' and he said, 'you can do that. you can--anybody can squeeze out time to do that.' and i took that to heart. and then i talked to kate. kate has also published two or three books. and i said, 'well, kate, who have you used as an editor? who--who--what do you--do you recommend somebody?' and she said, 'yes, there's this woman at random house that i think you'd like. why don't you call her?' and i did. and it was kate medina. and she came to visit me, and we talked about the possibilities. and, frankly, i wasn't sure

. >>> "fifty shades of grey" is turning into green for random house employees. thanks in part to the hugely popular book and its sequels, every employee from editors to warehouse workers is getting a $5,000 bonus. woo. not bad at all. >> 5,000 shades of grey. >> a lot of satisfied readers. >>> when we come back, baby swap. a careless hospital mixup that has two new mothers fighting mad. >>> and gone from the gridiron, an nfl staple may soon be getting the boot. hd 8. ♪ you are my sunshine, my only sunshine ♪ ♪ you make me happy . your mom trusted. children's tylenol, the #1 brand of pain and fever relief recommended by pediatricians and used by moms decade after decade. so ditch the brown bag for something better. like our bacon ranch quesadillas or big mouth burger bites, served with soup or salad, and fries. starting at just 6 bucks, at chili's. ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ >>> president obama and the first lady and their daughters belting out christmas carols with neil patrick harris and a host of other entertainers. the sing along followed the lighting

he was able to get random house to agree to bring back two of my older novels and i know that the coming availability in kindle is what i should be happy is developed. it least and the long-term economic sense. but i would be lying if i told you that the new electronic edition will give me as much pleasure as the new prospect of copies to be inscribed and those at my desk, the one with one copy of everything that i have published them, being extended a couple more inches. but let me let me give the up-to-date view. by this point, it may surprise you to know that i own and use a candle. there are things i like about it. because i can't figure out how to annotate, i use it only for pure pleasure reasons. mostly novels, often old ones. last year i found myself contentedly reading pandemic and faulkner. sometimes while sitting in a rocking chair. the electronic lion making peace with the low-tech way out. i expect as the years go by i will rely more and more on this electronic box. i have floaters in my eyes, those maddening specs that sometimes dance around when the read. and i find the lig

>> chapter 14. >> congratulation to everyone at random house. enjoy it. so well deserved., it's friday. bring on the puppies. this video from youtube, nine adorable golden retriever pups. we like to give you a smile on fridays. this is put up in hopes of finding new homes for them. needless to say -- >> they don't have a home? >> -- it worked. every, single one of them has now been adopted. we had to give you that. >> romping through the snow. >> a little eye candy for everybody on a friday morning never hurts. >> okay. that's a little golden? >> honestly, it's like -- is there a fan blowing their hair? all right. >>> and finally, guys, we need to do the pop quiz this morning. you ready, josh? >> yes. i brought my own instrument. >> all right. thank you. ♪ >> i wrote that. >> is that the new "gma" theme? >> congratulations. it's the new theme song. >> all right. here's the pop quiz. jess, get ready. what's the hot, new color for 2013? pantone just revealed it. and we've got your answer. just ahead. and hit it, jess. >> fuchsia? ♪ >> teal? >> there you go. >> what was the o

[applause] life, death and hope in a mumbai undercity, published by random house. and robert a.he passage of power, the years of lyndon johnson, volume 4, published by alfred a.k november, and domingo martinez, the boy kings of texas, published by alliance press. and finally, the late anthony shadid, house of stone: a memoir of home, family and a lost middle east published by haughton mifflin harcourt. [applause] the winner of the 2012 national book award for nonfiction describes a world that couldn't be any more different from the world that we're enjoying here tonight. and yet it's a world with that our world depends entirely upon. the subject of this book have been patron hissized -- patronized and romanticized and eagerly ignored in previous work. in this book they appear in all of their complexity. the villains and the sometimes villains along with the sometimes heroes. the earth nothing mying behind this book reminds us all that good listening is an ethical act. stylistically, this book pretty much invents a new genre of of nonfiction writing pause the author -- because th

i initially approached the palace when i got the assignment from random house and wrote a very polite letter and got a very polite letter back saying we appreciate your interest and a lot of people are interested in writing about the queen. we have a hard time choosing somebody but fortunately i had a group of people who helped enormously with the diana book. some of them had worked for her. some of them were her relatives and they became my advocates. and went to her senior officials at buckingham palace and said yes she's an american, but she has a body of work that shows that she writes fair and balanced books and it would be a serious book. it would be a theory -- thorough book. after six months they briefed the senior press people and she gave them permission to give me their cooperation which was very helpful. >> pamela, orange california, good afternoon. >> good afternoon. it's a pleasure to be able to see and hear her. i've enjoyed her entire body of work but especially this seminal research that she has done on this fabulous figure in our lives. i think she has pretty much an

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of course random house did publish. we brought the paperback rights about ten years later. to start with, of course, when whitaker chambers was -- when he published witnessed there really was no concerted movement. there were a few people that spoke about anti communism, and there were a few people that spoke about free-market economics and a few people who spoke about traditional values, but there was not the movement and they really did not know which other. there was no support, of course, as there is now. when a witness was published it certainly caused a sensation, but it was not because it was a conservative versus a liberal bloc. it was a book that was a spy story for one thing as well as being a great piece of literature. it was, i think, an instant best-seller and stayed on the list for a long time. it was not because there was a conservative movement. the conservative movement evolved over the next, well, 20 or 30 years and perhaps still evolving. the national review was founded in 1955. of course that brought a lot of people together. interestingly, many of the p

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joining me, nbc's tom brokaw, presidential historian doris kerns goodwin, executive at random house, jon meacham, david brooks of "the new york times" and our political director and chief white house correspondent, chuck todd, all coming up next. . and we get back up. strength and determination are human too. so are dinner dates and birthday cake. introducing the new weight watchers 360 program. built for human nature so you can expect amazing. ♪ on top of the world right now ♪ join for free and expect amazing. because it works. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> coming up reaction to my roundtable, you just heard the president lay out his big agenda items for the second term, immigration, economy, energy, middle-class tax cuts, not to mention gun control. can he realistically get any of them done given washington's track rec

many say the publishing industry is dying random house published e.l.and it is profiting big time, it's tond "the new york times" best seller left for 37 weeks and counting. >>> another twist in the hp economy saga. "the wall street journal" reports that auditing wasn't all deloitte did for that company for autonomy. the uk unit of deloitte was in charge of signing off on autonomy's financial statements also before hp bought the company in 2011. but deloitte was also paid significant fees for other work it did for autonomy like due diligence work on a potential acquisition and to many observers the multitasking is potentially an industry problem. >>> let's take a look at stocks to watch this morning. we'll start with the first one, we'll look at enbridge which at this point is not doing a whole lot. it's indicated up 0.3 of a percent. enbridge has raised its dividend by 12% and it sees strong growth in its outlook for next year. next on the list which is coming up now is cooper. cooper fourth quarter profit rising 27% on continued contact lens sales. so

i had a nice advance from random house, but divide even a nice advance by 15 years, and it doesn't work out very well. i got fellowships to supplement, which helped a lot. and i did teaching jobs, some lecturing and some writing to help subsidize this project. but i'll never do this again. i i mean, 15 years is too long to spend on one project and it's not cost-effective work. c-span: was it worth it? >> guest: well, right now--since people seem to be enjoying this book and talking about it and it's getting reviewed a lot, right now i feel it was worth it. if you'd asked me two years ago, i would have said, 'no way.' it's just too long. it's too hard. a friend of mine, who was a biographer as well, said that biographies are a little like marriages, you really have room for only one or two in your life. and i've had two. i think it might be time to do something else. c-span: did you have support from the national endowments of any kind? >> guest: i did. i did. i had the national endowment for the humanities on this project and on the alice james project as well, and the guggenheim founda

random house announcing it is giving every single worker who has been there for at least a year from way to the warehouse workers a 5,000 dollar bonus each. this is for several thousand employees. they want to be sure. >> bill: i want to say i read the book. >> did you really? >> i read the book on my trip to turkey. i took it with me. carol could not believe it. >> peter: you read "fifty shades of gray". >> it is pure porn. >> is it? >> it's pure porn and it's not even good porn. it's badly-written porn. >> you are a connoisseur of good porn >> bill: exactly. i know good porn when i read it or enjoy it. >> peter: now i kind of want to read it >> bill: i can give you my copy. >> rock and roll hall of fame announcesing inductees, donna summer. >> not rock and roll. >> albert king? >> blues. >> public enemy? >> not rock and roll. >> heart? >> rock and roll. >> rush? and randy newman? >> not rock and roll. two out of 5. 2 out of 5 ain't bad. >> you are in for a show. nasa says for the meet or shower called the geminis, it broke up long enough. it will be bright enough after about tep p.

random house says the workers will get extra money next week. party. the shade series has topped the best seller numbers for weeks. >>> and we're learning that dallas cowboys jerry brown was killed in an accident. he was the passenger in a vehicle that hit a curb in dallas early this morning. police have arrested the driver, josh brent, on suspicion of intoxication manslaughter. more on this developing story with don lemon at the top of the hour. that will do it for me, cnn news room continues at the top of the hour with don lemon, first. dr. sanjay guptaok

that's the christmas bonus being handed to employees at publisher random house.f gray" and $55,000 for christmas bonus. gretch, over to you and a couple of special guests. >> gretchen: this next story is an emotional one and the perfect one for the christmas season. five years ago, doctors told our next guest that he would never walk again. on christmas eve, he was involved in a deadly rather cash. older driver spun out of control, crashing into his family's suv, can iing both his father and his brother, 17-year-old girlfriend. brock was left paralyzed from the waist down. but he never stopped living his life and believing that he would walk again. and now in two weeks, guess what he's gog do? he's going to walk down the aisle unassisted at his own wedding. joining me now this morning, brock muler and his fiance, haley frank. i'm honored to meet you both. what a wonderful story with a tragic beginning. i know you went through immense pain in losing these two people that were so close to you and then you were so injured. but you say it was your mental capacity tha

random. >>> san francisco's improving housing market is proving to be a bust for some people living in rent controlled apartments. an increasing number of them are seeing ellis act evictions even during the holidays. cbs 5 reporter joe vazquez explains. >> i have lived here since 1975. >> reporter: 63-year-old robert davis vietnam veteran bluegrass musician received a letter. >> the owner of the building intends to perform extensive renovations. >> reporter: telling him he has to leave his apartment. he says he is finding it impossible to find a new place anywhere in the city especially considering he has been under rent control for so long. can't anyone help him relocate? >> if you are homeless and you're a drug addict, perhaps they will help you. but if you like me and paid your rent every day for 40 years and been basically a good guy, there is no help. >> reporter: his landlord is ee investigating davis employing the ellis act, a warning man dade by law that gives renters a heads up that the landlord is planning something different with the property. the ellis act restricts landlords fr

. >> ama: along with random acts of kindness, the project helps people with hunger, housing, and employmenteeds. >> the at&t is decked out in orange and black, fitting as fans enjoy a special giants memorabilia sale today. proceeds from the sale and auction will good to support the giant's community fund. >> get ready for more snow in the sierra. here's video from the tahoe cam. lots of snow already, and more is expected. snow will fall tonight and snow levels will continue to drop over the next few days. and check out this snow. a viewer sent this photo of snow near -- mt. -- which is 2500 feet. >> leigh: last night we talked about south lake county could see snow. we were right on that. if you have been in the north bay, marin county, all day long, even sonoma county, napa county, the low-level moisture moving in and wet pavement on the golden gate bridge and also a lot of fog developing. so tricky travel this evening. we'll do the same thing tomorrow morning as well but you have to deal with moderate rain. live doppler 7hd picking up a little bit of this low-level moisture. not picking u

the suspect set his house on fire and started shooting at random before committing suicide. two others are in the hospital in saturday frack tri-- satisfactory condition. >>> a family spokesperson said the 88-year-old former president is surrounded by his family. bush was moved to intensive care on sunday. he has been in the hospital for a while for complications related to bronchitis. >> aide few low energy days and things started to snowball from there. >> mr. bush is now on a liquids own diet. his children have all been frequent visitors at the hospital. >>> they are making their way back to washington d.c. for fiscal negotiations. carla campbell has more on the deadline. >> reporter: timtim geithner says has of now they will reach their debt ceiling on monday and they have to make an accounting move so they will not hit the ceiling. they are warning he will have to take extraordinary measures, including once that affect retirement accounts. there have been fiscal negotiations but there has been no movement. today there could be and the president gets back from hawaii and