i'm sandra hughs and i will have that story coming up. >>> a health alert, attention deficit disorderts millions. >> i was tested for learning disability. >> for some the real problem isn't paying attention. it's their eyesight. >> the two eyes don't properly align. >> tonight at 11:00. >>> workers began to clean up the damage from the conservative party headquarters. students smashed signs after a demonstration over rising tuition costs. police arrested 32 people. 14 were injured including seven officers. >>> the stranded cruiseship off of the coast of california will be back in port in a few hours. a fire on board carnival's splendor took away power to the massive cruise liner. right now, tug boats are pulling the ship back to san diego sandra hughs reports that passengers cannot wait to get back on land. >> the nightmare carnival cruise is over. the team of tug boats gently guided the ship in to san diego's port this morning tugs have been slowly towing the ship from the waters off of mexico where it broke down on monday. for four days the almost 8500 passengers and crew have been

sandra hughes shows us the luxury cruise that turned into a test of endurance. >> reporter: the nightmare carnival cruise is over. passengers are filing off the splendor after a team of tugboats gently guided the disabled ship into san diego's port this morning. >> this is our first time, it can't be any worse than this. [ laughter ] >> reporter: for four days, the nearly 4500 passengers and crew had no air-conditioning, hot food, and just about everything that runs on electricity. >> the toilets weren't running. no lights. so you pretty much stayed above the top of the deck. >> reporter: there were two- hour lines for food like spam and pop-tarts, but despite the challenges, passengers say they pulled together. >> we made good friends, made new friends on the boat and we'll definitely hang out with them again. >> reporter: with no working elevators on the splendor carnival says getting more than 3,000 passengers off the ship could take hours. the cruise line has 75 buses available to transport guests back to long beach, where the cruise originated. >> they made the best of a worst situat

sandra hughes reports from the showroom floor. >> reporter: gm executive joel iwanick at the l.a. auto show driving chevy's new electric volt driving the entire way from detroit headquarters inch the car is electric. what we have is an on-board generator that uses a gasoline engine to generate electricity that runs the electric motors. >> reporter: the volt goes into production this month. california, new york, and texas buyers can buy the volt in december. it will cost about $33,000 with the federal tax credit. the los angeles auto show is really a peek into the future and the future looks green. more than 50 alternative fuels vehicles are on display. of them, more than a dozen are electric. but muscle cars are still cool, too. and luxury hasn't left town. this year, fiat which purchased chrysler is back in the american market for the first time in 27 years. and everywhere, slick, sleek, and exotic. and at gm, upbeat. >> we've turned the corner. this car really represents and is very symbolic of us turning a corner in terms of technology, in terms of the auto industry, not just g

sandra hughes, cbs news, los angeles. >> quite a story there. >>> apple is expected to announce todayt's won the rights to sell beatles albums on itunes. this would be the first time any beatles music has been sold on an internet music service. >>> in canada, a rodeo bull gone wild. the incident was caught on tape friday. a bull hopped the rail and into the spectators. four people were hurt before the animal was corralled. among the injured, a 53-year-old woman who suffered a fractured pelvis and broken jaw. >>> this morning on "the early show," a warning about growing bed bug scams. i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." ah, it's stinging a little bit more than usual! yeah, you'll get used to it. the longer you keep your high mileage car, the more it pays you back. get castrol gtx high mileage. it helps engines last longer by fighting the main causes of engine failure. i think a dime went up my nose. yeah, it happens. don't change your car. change your oil to castrol gtx high mileage. its more than just oil. it's liquid engineering. has never been easier. now you can mail

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sandra hughes reports. >> reporter: at the front of a parade of about 100, cody elisia was still flyingerican flag on his bike as he rode to his california middle school. >> i pledge allegiance -- >> reporter: earlier this month, a school official told the 13-year-old he had to take the flag off his bike because it could be offensive. supporters swarmed the small town of denair to escort him to school, including this veteran who was wounded while serving overseas. >> i want to give this to you. >> reporter: this is the week officials said the flag had to be removed from his bike, but cody refused. >> how does it feel to see all the support for you? >> reporter: the school explained that it had banned all national flags because of tension after a cin >>> the school banned all flags because of national attention. officials now say they made a mistake. cody will be allowed to keep waving his flag. sandra hughes, cbs news. >>> apple is expected to name it can sell the beatles on itunes. >>> in canada is rodeo bull gone wild. the incident was caught on tape friday. a bull hopped the rail and

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sandra hughes, cbs news, los angeles. >>> former president george w.ys the worst moment of his presidency came when he was accused of racism after hurricane katrina hit new orleans. in 2005 with the city under water and residents desperate for help, rapper kanye west and actor mike myers took part in a televised event during which west blasted the president. >> george bush doesn't care about black people. >> more than 1800 people died during the katrina crisis and mr. bush admits it was not handled well. but, in his memoir due out next week he says while he suffered a lot of criticism, quote, the suggestion that i was racist because of the response to katrina represented an all-time low. >>> straight ahead your thursday morning weather and, in sports, how sweet it is, the world series champion san francisco giants get a hero's welcome. e. caltrate soft chews because they have 20% more calcium per chew than viactiv or for the delicious flavors like chocolate truffle and vanilla creme? mmm. -mmm. -mmm. [ female announcer ] hard to say really. new caltrat

sandra hughes reports. >> reporter: money did not buy victory for california republican meg whitman. >> tonight has not turned out quite as we had hoped. we've come up a little short. >> reporter: she spent $142 million of her personal fortune running for governor but lost to democrat jerry brown. >> -- build for the future. and that's what it's all about. >> reporter: whitman, the former ceo of ebay hoped to have a political celebration tonight but voters went with experience over the political novice. jerry brown has already been california's governor back in the 1970s and '80s. >>> in new york democrat cuomo claimed victory for the race for a job once held by his father but republicans made gains in at least eight states, including pennsylvania and ohio, two political battle grounds. in south carolina and early endorsement from sarah palin boosted her to victory, the state's first woman governor. a record 37 governorships were on the line. with more going republican, the gop will gain an edge in congressional redistricting and the 2012 presidential race. sandra hughes, cbs news, l

sandra hughes has a preview. >> i'm ready. are you? >> reporter: california's campaign for governor is the most expensive one in u.s. history. republican meg whitman has spent $142 million of her own money. but polls show the former ebay ceo is still running behind state attorney general jerry brown. >> if we're going to get people to work, we've got to create some jobs. >> reporter: jerry brown was already governor 35 years ago, when he served two terms, and polls show he has the upper hand to get his old job back. meg whitman isn't giving up. >> do you want to get california moving again? >> reporter: a record 37 states will vote for governor on tuesday. and republicans believe they can make major gains in as many as 12 states. some of those races made national headlines, sometimes for bizarre reasons. in california, meg whitman's former housekeeper, an illegal immigrant, stole the show. >> you don't me, and i don't know you. >> reporter: in rhode island, the democrat, frank caprio may have sabotaged his own campaign when he learned

and sandra hughes the fbi searchs for him they wonder if he is elderly at all. >> neatly dressed in a sport coat and hat he carry as briefcase. the fbi calls him the geezer bandit and he was robbing banks all over southern california until last week when he hit a bank in bakers field. the crime started in august of 2009 with a robbery in san diego. he committed ten robberies and before moving to river side in june of this year. the fbi says he has been pulling off all the robberies in the same way he did in bakers field. >> during the robbery, the geezer bandit went into the bank, presented -- presented a note, made a demand for cash to the teller and displayed a weapon and threatened the teller with a weapon. >> he was a folk hero. he has a painful on facebook with 2000 -- a page on facebook. the description calls him a white man in his 60s or early 70s. but there is one nagging question about the geezer, what if he is not. >> our agents and taskforce officers are giving every consideration to the fact that he may be younger, that he may be wearing a mask. >> he may not be one at all

sandra hughes has the very latest. >> reporter: the nightmare carnival cruise is over. a team of tugboats gently guided into port. tugs have been slowly tugging it from the waters off mexico where it broke down on monday. for four days the crew has been without water, food and everything that runs on electricity. passengers have been telling horror stories. >> people getting upset and frustrated by the toilet situation. couldn't flush, part of the smell issue. >> reporter: there were two our lines for food like spam and pop tarts, but passengers said they held together. >> by and large, people had been nice to one another. there was almost a comradery among the passengers. >> reporter: with no working elevators, carnival said getting all the passengers off the splendor could take hours. they promised to be ready for hotel and flight reservations for the passengers. >> we will be providing assistance. >> reporter: splendor was scheduled to tour the mexican river a for seven days. carnival has apologized and promised to reimburse. >> a spsh person said it could take five

as sandra hughes reports for wjz, even lawmakers on capitol hill are debating whether the policies goter: the holiday travel season gets underway this weekend could bring more delays than usual. a protest called national opt out day is gaining ground on the internet. it urges passengers to refuse full body scans in lieu of pat downs which take more time. some air travelers say the screening is needed. >> i say pat me down and ones that don't want to get patted down, don't put them on a plane with me. >> reporter: even if a small number of passengers take part in the protest on the busiest travel day of the year, there could be big disruptions. it's part of a wider controversy involving the new transportation security administration's screening measures that are considered too invasive by some americans. >> if i had to take the choice, i'd opt for the pat down. it's bad to worse. >> reporter: the tsa bowed to pressure from pilots allowing them to pass security if they show two photo ids, one from the government. the tsa is trying to reassure flierers that the new screening methods are

sandra hughes has the story from los angeles. >> reporter: the reyes family sees new hope this thank. year ago they were happy to have a roof over their head at the union rescue mission in downtown los angeles. >> last year we were looking for just a turkey, somebody to literally give us a turkey so we could cook it. that's what we were -- that was our hope and we got it and that's what we were thankful for. >> reporter: antoine lost his job as a middle manager with a grocery store chain 20 months ago. then they lost their home. >> we exhausted everything. we sold everything that we had. >> reporter: but this year, the reyes clan is house hunting. dad has a temporary job and they hope the economy is turning around in time for them to finally catch a break. >> i think right now everything for suskind of going good right now. i'm really surprised at what's happened in the last month. >> reporter: the need is acute at the mission. all 1,000 beds are full and at the mission's early thanksgiving dinner only 4 turkeys were donated. local families usually give hundreds. officials here say th

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but sandra hughes talks about a woman who cooked a whole new business inside her apartment. >> erin sinclaire, sells and ships all of her products right from the kitchen of her studio apartment of the. >> sells three parts. a sugar shrub and soap. >> a view on ivy scent. >> coaxing you tube memorials. these are all natural. >> that is called knight in shining armor. >> heavenly. >> reporter: she's discovered the sweet smell of success, after a dark time in her life. this had hit her hard. when she got her pink slip. >> i took the last $500 out of my account and bought this first batch. >> and that was the last $500 to your name? >> to my name. >> reporter: the recession focused erin like nothing else. and now she's glad it did. >> i'm actually making more now, as a business owner, than i did when i was teaching. >> reporter: but she's not stopping here. >> in five years, i hope to have my company on the shelves at seforea. right now, aarin sinclaire is focusing on what her fans have requested. a sulfate-free shampoo and ivy conditioner. >> i don't think her teaching dayless are -- days are ov

sandra hughes breaks down the new study for wjz. >> reporter: it's called whooping cough, because of this. the long cough. and then the whoop that follows. health officials are urging everyone to get vaccinated against the disease, especially older adults. but a new study is questioning that strategy. >> blanket vaccination campaigns may not be very effective. >> reporter: mathematicians at the university of michigan analyzed data from europe to figure out how whooping cough spreads. they found that kids are much more likely to catch the illness from another child, not an adult. >> although we've known for a long time that kids have contact with other kids, we didn't really realize how intense that contact is. >> reporter: so far this year, health officials in california have dealt with almost 6500 cases of whooping cough. and 10 infant deaths. >> reporter: children under a year old cannot be vaccinated. and they're most susceptible to whooping cough. and of the young children who can be vaccinated, 10% of parents don't do it. >> if you get parents to vax night their young kid -- vac

but as sandra hughes reports, a new study says adult vaccinations might not make much of a differencecalled whooping cough. because of this. the long cough and then the whoop that follows. [ children coughing ] >> reporter: health officials are warning everyone to get vaccinated against the disease, especially older adults. but a new study is questioning that. >> blanket vax seen -- vaccines may not be effective. >> reporter: they analyzed data to figure out how whooping cough spread. they figured the children are more likely to catch the whooping cough from another child, not an adult. >> reporter: although we realized kid his contact with other kids, we didn't realize how intense that contact is. >> reporter: so far this year, health officials in california have dealt with almost 6500 cases of whooping cough and 10 infant deaths. >> reporter: children under 1 year old cannot be vaccinated. and they're the most susceptible to whooping cough. and of those who can get vaccinated, 10 percent of parents don't do it. >> if you can get parents to vaccinate it, we can control this disease.