reynolds clear is a friend.he interaction we've had on the air. >> it is the same on the air as it has been off the air. >> sometimes to management's chagrin. >> but you are family. are you family and it's going to be the same -- you're not -- we'll just see each other on different schedules. but it's been an honor. it truly has. my brother, love you to death. seriously. but yeah, christmas, it will be interesting. you'll be here with just a skeleton. unfortunately the way our holidays work the executive producers and i won't be there. it will be empty. >> thank you guys for abandoning me on my last weekend here. >> this is family. this is what we do. >> reynolds, again, not saying good-bye to him at all, we spend more time off the air than we do

reynolds wolf standing by. he'll be here in a moment with the latest from there and all over the country. >>> and herman cain is out. so who's in the best position to take iowa and maybe even take some of his supporters? we've got new poll numbers out. going give us some clues. >>> let's get through some of the morning's headlines now. police in riot gear swept into a portland park kicking out occupy protesters overnight. a number of them were arrested. they had set up camps there after being kicked out of another park by police a few weeks ago. after police cleared the park, city workers came through, tore down all the tent. while they were doing that, the occupy protesters roamed the streets looking for a new place to set up. >>> one of the reasons that i ran for president of the united states was such that i could change washington, d.c., from the inside. plan b is that we are going to have to change it from the outside. [ cheers ] >> yeah. he moved on to plan b because plan a didn't work out so well, that i

no excuses. >> reynolds, thank you.at reynolds and i were going back and forth about a little earlier, and, of course, we would never call our teachers naples because it could get you suspended from school. what if you called your teacher something, you know, innocent. a 9-year-old in north carolina, he called his teacher cute, and this young man you're seeing was suspended for two days. you heard me right, folks. he wasn't fighting. he wasn't cheating. he didn't call the teacher a bad name. let him tell it. >> i told my friend she was cute. >> he called his teacher cute. maybe that is inappropriate. at least that's what the school district's spokeswoman was saying. he was sent home for what was, quote, inappropriate behavior. we're kind of making a little light of this. maybe there is another side to it and you should set some kind of a standard or a rule or whatever it may be and you shouldn't have that kind of, i don't know -- you should. think of your teach ner that way. >> you can't call your teacher cute? >> you c

i don't know if you know reynolds' history on this show. reynolds is a dancing fool.ing this up. you might think i'm selling this. >> i have no idea what he's talking about, haven't the slightest idea what he's referring to. >> reynolds is a dancing maniac but here to talk about championship saturday. >> the objective is to attract viewers, not repel them. we are keeping a very sharp eye on our game-day forecast. the first we have is very interesting. take a look at this on joe. joe, you know this is going to be a war. lsu and georgia, georgia dropped the first two games of the season against boise state in south carolina. this is a big one. what's interesting about lsu, they really just ravaged the team last weekend, didn't they, tj? who did they play? >> i think it was, what -- arkansas? >> i don't know. >> such a lopsided -- >> see how they do me, folks? >> we have a good time. >> yeah, should be a great game, indoors. everyone is worried about tailgating, nippy but just fine. another game, stillwater, they've got oklahoma and oklahoma state. that's an 8:00 p.m. ki

ahead next hour, where is ayla reynolds?offering a five-figure reward for helping to find a missing 20-month-old from maine. the latest on the case, straight ahead. >>> and five top republicans campaigning in iowa today, just seven days to go before the iowa caucuses. we will talk you there live, next. ♪ [ female announcer ] you use the healing power of touch every day. the healing power of touch can be even more powerful. with precise from the makers of tylenol. precise pain relieving cream works quickly to activate sensory receptors. it helps block pain signals fast for relief you can feel precisely where you need it most. precise. only from the makers of tylenol. [ male announcer ] icy hot no-mess applicator. wherever you hurt, it massages in icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. no pain. no mess. >>> sevgsen days and counting until the iowa caucuses. it's looks like a tight three-way race. all heading to the hawkeye state trying to do whatever it takes to put them over the top. >>> please bring her home to us. i want m

dean reynolds and jan crawford are in iowa. in north korea, extreme displays moumotion as the nation mourns the late dictator kim jong il. david martin on what new leadership could mean for the u.s. u.s. a threat from iran throws oil markets into chaos. jim axelrod reports. and seth doane on the men who opened our eyes to the unique beauty of snowflakes. >> every crystal was a masterpiece of design, and no one design was ever repeated. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. d> glor: good evening, everyone. i'm jeff glor. scott is off tonight. six days now before iowa's epublican caucuses. here are the headlines. romney and paul move to the top, santorum surges, gingrich appears to be sliding badly. a cnn/"time"/o.r.c. poll of republican voters out tonight has mitt romney leading with 25%; ron paul right behind at 22; rick santorum now at 16%; n ft gingrich at 14%, down from 33% a month ago; and rick perry in fifth at 11. s, dave two reports. dean reynolds is with the paul campaign. janegin

a group of private businesses came up with the money in the hopes of finding ayla reynolds. the 12-month-old disappeared from her father's house in waterville. it's the largest reward in maine's history. >> i pray that the person or persons who have young ayla reynolds that, they please keep her safe and return her safely to us. >> reynolds was last seen wearing green pajamas with white polka dots and the words daddy's princess across the front. when she disappeared, the toddler had her arm in a soft cast. reynolds' family is cooperating, and police do not have anyone connected to the case in custody. >>> police in virginia have finally caught up with the man accuseded of killing two people on christmas eve then abducting a toddler. 27-year-old jamal clemons was arrested late monday afternoon in richmond. he faces charges of abduction, robbery, and murder. clemons shot two people to death before stealing an suv, left running with a 2-year-old strapped in his car seat. the boy was found unharmed a few hours later and was later returned to his family. >>> a woman accused man a

also reynolds wolf is here. he'll be along -- >> wait a minute, that car is going the wrong direction. the white one is going downhill, the black one uphill. there will be some nasty moments for some of you traveling during the holiday season. we do not recommend that on this "cnn saturday morning." >>> all right. well, when the folks in virginia go to the polls this march to vote for a republican candidate they will not see these two names -- newt gingrich or rick perry. both of them have now failed to come up with enough valid signatures to qualify. let me bring in our athena jones on the line with me now. how could this happen? >> reporter: well, as the republican party from virginia has said, after verification, the virginia republican party has determined that newt gingrich did not submit the required 10,000 signatures, and does not qualify for the virginia primary. only a couple days ago gingrich was in virginia, holding rallies, trying to make sure he got those 10,000 signatures. it's clear his campaign t

after completing rehab, reynolds filed court papers to regain custody of her daughter. the day before ayla was last seen. police say both parents are fully cooperating in the case, and say they have no suspects yet, but they are certain ayla was taken from her home on that friday night. >> we believe that someone was involved in taking her out of the house, and that's where the focus of this investigation has turned. >> reporter: two days after ayla's disappearance, trista reynolds tells various media outlets, including hln's nancy grace that she worried her daughter was not safe with her father. the day after ayla's mother gives these interviews, justin writes a letter to law enforcement. he says he has no idea what happened to his daughter, nor does he know who's responsible for her disappearance, adding, i will not make accusations or insinuations toward anyone until police are able to prove who is responsible for this. meanwhile, the search for ayla widens. police received nearly 200 tips. civilian volunteers joined state, local and federal authorities in over 80 se

after completing rehab, reynolds filed court papers to regain custody of her daughter. papers were filed the day before ayla was last seen. police say both parents are fully cooperating in the case, and say they have no suspects yet, but they are certain ayla was taken from her home on that friday night. >> we believe that someone was involved in taking her out of the house, and that's where the focus of this investigation has turned. >> reporter: two days after ayla's disappearance, trista reynolds tells various media outlets, including hln's nancy grace, that she worried her daughter was not safe with her father. the day after ayla's mother gives these interviews, justin writes a letter to law enforcement. he says he has no idea what happened to his daughter. nor does he know who's responsible for her disappearance. adding, i will not make accusations or insinewuations towards anyone until police have been able to prove who's responsible for this. meanwhile, the search for ayla widens. police received nearly 200 tips. civilian volunteers joined state, local and federa

we'll have an exclusive interview with ayla reynolds' mother in just a moment. let's get the latest from nbc's ron mott outside the house in waterville, maine where the little girl was last seen. ron, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, savannah. good morning to you. it's been 13 days since ayla reynolds disappeared from her dad's house here behind me. in that time authorities have searched the neighborhood and surrounding areas looking for the missing 20-month-old toddler but have not found her yet and will not give up. for the 12th consecutive day police searched in and around the home of missing 20-month-old ayla reynolds and they're not giving up. the reward for information is now $30,000. police say they've received nearly 400 tips and investigators are looking into every one of them. since ayla disappeared, her father justin dipietro has not spoken to the media. on wednesday he released a statement saying, it's important that the public hear it from me personally that i have no idea what happened to ayla and that i'm not in hiding. dipietro told police

reynolds, thank you, kind sir.nd it is a major setback for two republican presidential hope fumfuls. the former house speaker and the governor. neither will have their name on the ballot on super tuesday at one state. what in the world happened? stay with us. [ indistinct conversations ] nice, huh? yeah. you know what else is nice is all the savings you can get on cruze and traverse over there. oh! that's my beard. [ chuckles ] it's amazing. ♪ [ male announcer ] this holiday, chevy's giving more. now very well qualified lessees can sign and drive a 2012 cruze ls for around $199 a month. ♪ >>> as we get closer to the bottom of the hour, a look at stories making headlines. in cuba nearly 3,000 prisoners will be set free. prisoners over the age of 60, women, and sick inmates are among those to be released. president reuel castro cited the upcoming visit of pope benedict as the reason for the mass pardon. also newt gingrich and texas governor rick perry, neither of those names will be on virginia's republican primary b

dean reynolds has the high lights. reports of conflicting accounts from the same witness in the jerry sandusky sex abuse case. unanimous werner reports the latest. rare photos of women on china's death row. celia hatton shows us how they shed new light on beijing's approach to execution. and basketball brawl. bow cynthia bowers has the blow-by-blow of a rivalry that got way out of hand. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. captioning sponsored by cbs russ mitchell is off tonight. the 12th republican presidential debate last night was also the next-to-last debate before the first votes are cast in the iowa caucus, which is 23 days out. dean reynolds in des moines has more on the high-stakes free-for-all. >> as the latest king of the republican hill, newt gingrich came under attack, but mitt romney took a lot of punch, including some of the self-inflicted variety, for example, when he challenged the truth of an attack by rick perry, romney offered to put money on the table. >> rick, i'll tell you what, $

we'll bring in our reynolds wolf. reynolds, ten hours of rain sitting there and being dumped? >> i don't care where you are on the planet. you have that much rain falling with that much intensity, it's going to pile up and cause problems. that was certainly the case in manila in the philippines. there wasn't even a direct hit. whenever you have a landfall like that, it's always going to be a flooding situation. obviously, this situation, it was the rain. here is the center of the storm. you can make out that deep convict. if you look at the outflow, searching over 1,000 miles, clear down to way through the philippines, but notice this one element right here that's moving through, that goes through manila. that is the thing that spawned all the heavy rainfall again and again. it's the outer band that came sweeping through there. wind was not a factor at all. you had the flash flooding and the mudslides and the huge loss of life. unfortunately, those fatalities are probably going to go over over the next several hours and the next several days. wind is certainly a big component

jeff. >> glor: dean reynolds, thank you. in north korea today, an elaborate, staged funeral for the country's late dictator kim jong il. david martin reports on the drama and what it means moving forward. >> reporter: as the funeral procession came into view, wales of grief went up from mourners who lined the route. the grief not felt outside north korea. just across the border in south korea, they actually celebrated with fireworks. although his people called him their heaven-sent leader, kim jong il was seen by most of the world as the dictator from hell, an autocrat who developed nuclear weapons while his people were starved of both food and freedom. whether genuine or staged, the grief was a tribute to the personality cult built up around him during his 17 years as supreme leader. "the snow is endlessly falling like tears," said this soldier. "how could the sky not cry when we've lost our general who was a great man, from the sky." his son and heir-apparent as the next supreme leader walked alongside the hearse. young, i

russ. >> mitchell: dean reynolds in des moines, iowa. thanks a lot. roere is more political unrest inight throughout russia. oue largest crowds in two ruptios have come out to protest what they're calling corruption by the government, including ballot stuffing. charlie d'agata has latest. >> reporter: tens of thousands >> reporter: tens of thousands packed the streets of moscow in the biggest antigovernment demonstrations russia has seen for 20 years. they shouted, "putin is a thief" and "russia without putin." they accused vladimir putin and his united russia party of and rigging the elections last weekend. "they've already stolen everything there was to steal," says this demonstrator. it was the same story in dozens of cities throughout russia. the demonstrations were largely peaceful. but a few scuffles resulted in a dozen arrests in st. petersburg, putin's home town and his biggest power base. >> on the one hand, yes, the people are furious and angry with the way the election was conducted. on the other hand, i think it's more to send a message to

that's fun. >> thanks, reynolds.ou knew a lot more about it than i did. >> who knew. >> happy new year to you and bear cubs. >> perhaps you're traveling, may want to tote your laptop. have you to be careful wherever you are. hackers can target with a fake wi-fi hot spots and take your personal information. watch out. >>> all right. if you're using wi-fi to make an internet connection at the airport, you could also be connecting to hackers. ted rollins has details in this week's on the go. >> waiting for their flight, often pass time going online. wi-fi networks in airports have made that easier than ever and dangerous. >> i will go and set up a fake wi-fi. once they connect to it and start surfing the internet, now what i'll do is grab their traffic. >> we launch a fake network, lax free wi-fi. people start connecting to it. evans shows how a hacker can track what i was doing on my laptop. >> they go to their bank, it will grab banking information, facebook, if they are writing love letters, i can grab all that. >> e

steven reynolds is running as the nominee for the oregon progressive party if you look at the oregon progressive party's platform on their website it's virtually a mirror of what the demands are for act occupy wall street there's this extraordinary opportunity there's going to be an election for congress for the united states house of representatives in january and there's a candidate for the progressive party who's ballot qualified so again instead of camping out in some park go knock on doors for stephen reynolds give stephen reynolds five bucks give him ten dollars so he was excluded from these debates because these media companies aren't taking him seriously but more importantly they don't expect him to spend a dime on media advertising i mean how much is a thirty second commercial during the five o'clock local news it's a lot of money and that's where all that special interest money goes it goes through the campaigns and they get spent on media ok occupy wall street tea party. people coming together were shared needs and values and expressing themselves in the form of democracy

an ongoing situation as i bring in reynolds wolf. just a mess there. tropical storm, we're kind of accustomed here we here about hurricanes, with a tropical storm we don't feel so threatened. here it was the rain, flash flooding. >> to be honest, there isn't a huge surprise when you have one of these things. any kind of tropical system we have that hit the united states, be it hug organizatioo, whatevee problem flooding. they bring rain, wind, but the issue in manila and philippines you've got high elevations in the areas, you have a tropical storm that pushes through we have what we refer to as orographic lift. it enhances rainfall makes it heavy. hurricane watch steep rain, the ground can only hold so much. the sheer weight of the rainfall absorbs in the soil and gravity then mudslides. the last couple of hours with the system, what's amazing if you look at this tropical system, the center of circulation. let me get that back here a second. the center of circulation is actually right here. it's amazing. you take a look at manila right here. basically

. >>> and coming up after the break, the search for missing toddler ayla reynolds.ere authorities concerned even before she went missing? >>> and the kansas college student who disappeared after leaving a chilling voicemail for her sister. >>> also this morning, the new york city firefighter who leapt from a burning building while on fire. that and more when we come back. s>s>s>s@ >>> asian markets rebounded today after the sell-off that followed the death of north korea's dictator. tokyo's nikkei average picked up 40 points today. hong kong's hang seng gained ten. in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow fell 100 points yesterday. the nasdaq index was off 32. >>> at&t is hanging up on t-mobile. the television giant is now admitting defeat after government opposition to its acquisition of the wireless carrier. they have to pay the breakup fee of 4 million bucks. >>> a victory for apple in the courts. the u.s. international trade commission agrees hpc infringed on an apple patten in the smartphone. it's not sure which htc phones used that technology.

i love it, reynolds. >> i'm going to go cry for a little while. >> don't cry yet. want you to see this. a christmas parade. check this one out. >> okay. >> does it look normal to you on first glance and to everybody looking? christmas parade, these are the folks in oregon. one particular neighborhood postponed what they do, though, they have their own oount unique parade. if you can't tell, these are golf carts and lawn mowers all decked out. creative or -- >> i would say it's creatively crazy. i say it's disturbingly beautiful. it is beautiful to see, but then when you realize they're on lawn mowers -- you know, i think the best way to look at it is they're celebrating the season and doing it the best way they know how. it's not like you're cutting grass this time of year, anyway. you're improvising, adapting and rocking with the season. >> tradition started with one guy three years ago. >> reynolds. >> thank you, buddy. >>> first, you give the gifts p.m. tomorrow, you'll receive this, as well. then what do you do? you return a lot of that stuff. gift returns are

dean reynolds, cbs news, ely, minnesota. >> pelley: in the presidential campaign, republican herman cain says he'll tell us tomorrow whether he'll keep running. allegations of sexual harassment and a 13-year affair have him droping in the polls. he's due to open a campaign office in his home town atlanta tomorrow. and that's where we find jan crawford tonight. jan? >> reporter: after spending the week campaigning across the country and reevaluating his bid for the white house, herman cain is back home in atlanta tonight, and it is decision time. he's going to be talking with his wife and family tonight. then he'll meet with top donors and some of his most loyal supporters tomorrow morning, then he's going to come here to officially open his georgia state headquarters. i'm told by some of his most loyal supporters that he will also be making an announcement. and he said today he'll be making an announcement about what the next steps will be in his campaign. those donors and top

family services removed ayla from her mother when reynolds was in rehab.yla went to live with her father, justin dipietro. last week he put her in her pj. a day before reynolds secretly went to the courts and filed for sole custody. >> i trusted him to keep her safe and now she is missing, and i don't know where she is, and i blame him right now, because he did not protect her the way that he was supposed to. >> reporter: police have not named a suspect and say ayla's mother and father are cooperating. for his part, dipietro issued a statement this week saying "i have no idea what happened to ayla or who is responsible." >> everything is open. we're not discounting anything. we're looking at every lead that comes out. >> reporter: since ayla disappeared two vehicles, including one registered to dipietro have been processed. police indicated other unidentified individuals were at the home the night ayla went missing. thursday police also said dipietro's whereabouts were unknown. >> when we see one of the other parents absent, that raises a question for all

. >> you know as well we're big sports guys, me and reynolds both. we started this "morning passport" a while back -- >> it's been nearly a year-and-a-half. >> you've added so much to this show, some elegance that reynolds and i just cannot bring. we appreciate it. it is always interesting, always a pleasure. we are saying bye on the air but we don't have to say good-bye. >> well good-bye, good luck, and i know t.j., you are a star in every way. >> thank you so much. >>> still got a little work to do here though. mike young has made it his mission to help more than 100 rescued dogs. he's not helping in the way you might think. you will you a meet this pilot's very special cargo. take a look. >> my dog's name was conan. he was a german shepherd. we paid good money to have the cancer treated. he was finally well from the chemo but his kidneys failed and that's ultimately why we had to put him to sleep. now i'm on pilot and paws which is a website that people have dogs that have to be transported. these are rescuers who pull them from high kill shelters

romnrawford says mitt romney hopes less is more, while dean reynolds follows the santorum surge. dr. jon lapook with a surprising example of how exercising when you're old really does keep you young. >> i keep my mind active, my body active. keeps mps me young. i think it makes me look younger. >> glor: and anna werner on a teenager who faced death by celebrating life. >> i look at that video and see he's not sad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor, scott is off tonight. we begin with the latest good news about the economy and new signs that the job market is ealing. today the labor department said in the past month unemployment claims averaged 375,000 per pek, the fewest since june, 2008. for perspective, at the height of the recession in 2009, more than 600,000 american were applying for unemployment each apk. today's news triggered a rally on wall street. the dow closed up 136 points. ore now from national romrespondent jim axelrod. >> reporter: the help-wanted sign is up at the ambrose group, >> r

dean reynolds with republican ron paul, confident that he'll finish in the top three in iowa. and "on the road" with steve hartman. a drama teacher's lesson's on life. >> i like to think i've made a difference, okay? nkay, i think i've made a difference. 've made a difference. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, you might say president obama needs a 333 plan. that's how many days he has to convince american voters that he should be reelected. 333. he's up against some tough new numbers tonight. take a look at the new cbs news poll. the president's job approval rating is 44%, and that poses a big challenge because, according to the gallup poll, no president since truman has been reelected when his approval rating was below 48%. then we asked this question. does president obama deserve to be reelected? more than half, 54%, said no. the weak economy is largely to blame. in a "60 minutes" interview with steve kroft today, mr. obama compared himself to a captain in a storm. >> no matter how well we're steering the s

dean reynolds takes us where the jobs are, in america's fastest growing job creator. lucy craft shows us the wreckage im the fukushima nuclear plant and find the world came closer to catastrophe than we knew. bill whittaker goes into the operating room where hot chemo baths are a promising but controversial way to fight cancer. and steve hartman's on board as captain sullenberger sits in his cockpit for the first time since the miracle on the hudson. >> the airplane is in an amazingly good shape considering we landed in a river. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. ev's the strongest evidence yet that the economy is headed in the right direction. today came word that the country added 120,000 jobs in november, more than expected. the unemployment rate dipped to 8.6%, that's down from 9%. it's not all quite as good as it tems. it turns out that half of the unemployment rate drop is from people who gave up looking for oork. but the increase in hiring puts an exclamation point on a week of strong economic