sandra hughs reports from los angeles. kings speech about stammering king george xi, captured the most golden globe nominations with seven. >> how about 30? >> reporter: colin fighter, helena bonn cart and geoffrey rush got best actor nominations for their roles. black swan, the fighter, inception and the social network rounded out the category for best drama. >> people want to go on the internet and check out their friends. >> the social network about facebook's creation had six nominations including jessiizeenberg as the best dramatic actor. >> not you, not you and not you. >> reporter: the fighter had a best actor nomination for mark wallberg. james frank russo coe is nominated for 127 hours and blue valentine. natalie portman is up for best actress but has fierce competition. >> halle berry, frankly and alice. nicole kidman, radical. jennifer lawrence, winters bones. natalie portman, black swan. michelle williams, blue valentine. >> reporter: and the globes also honor the best in hot tv comedy. glee has the most nomina

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sandra hughes has the story. >> reporter: the house vote was not even close. >> the yeas, 250, the nays, 175. the motion is adopted. >> reporter: democrats pushed through a last-minute bill that would repeal the don't ask, don't tell policy on gays in the military. >> don't ask, don't tell doesn't contribute to our national security and it contravenes our american values. >> reporter: republicans had argued this is the wrong time to make this change in military policy. >> we should do nothing at this time to threaten the readiness of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who are at the tip of the spear fighting america's two wars. >> reporter: more than 13,000 service men and women have been discharged under don't ask, don't tell since it went into effect in 1993. former air force major michael almy was let go after commanders read his personal e-mails. >> this had a huge disruptive effect upon my unit, my squadron. the mission suffered. the morale suffered, the cohesion suffered. >> reporter: he served four deployments in the middle east and hopes to return. >> i want to serve with

sandra hughes, cbs news, highland, california. >>> meanwhile across the country thousands of travelers in the northeast hope for better news today. tuesday was another day of chaos thanks to the ripple effects of this week's blizzard. it could take all week to straighten out the travel mess. michelle miller reports. >> reporter: for 12 frustrating hours, passengers on this flight from vancouver to new york were stuck on the tarmac at kennedy airport, officials say there just wasn't any space at the gates. slowly but surely, more planes are taking off. struggling to make up for the more than 6500 flights canceled since sunday. >> i told my daughter i wouldn't leave until i saw the plane take off. >> reporter: it was another rough night for some 200 travelers at laguardia, some told they could be stuck here through the weekend. >> take it one day at a time and pretend like it's some expedition like you are going on a camping trip. >> reporter: the problem once a flight is canceled it takes 36 to 72 hours to match crews with planes again. >> they are all out of sequence. once you cancel f

sandra hughes tells us who made the list. >> reporter: the british drama about king george had seven. nominations for colin firth and jeffrey rush. >> people want to go on the internet and check out their friends. >> reporter: the fighter, inception and black swan. natalienatalie portman getting an oscar buzz. halle, nicole, michele williams. tied with six nominations each. >> not you, not you, and not you. >> reporter: both stars mark walburg along with colin firth, ryan gossling and others. >> bottom of the canal. >> reporter: johnny depp got two nods for his roles in alice in wonderland and the tourist and on the small screen "the good wife" is up for three globes. "glee" five nods. sandra hughes, cbs news, hollywood. >> the golden globes will be handed out on january 16th. >>> thank you for joining us tonight. 9 news at 6:00 p.m. starts right now. >>> from the first local station with news in high- definition. this is 9 news now. >>> the washington area tonight still shivering from the bitter cold with little relief in sight.

sandra hughes, cbs news, los angeles. >> major drug companies are now developing drugs with companion diagnostic tests and submitting them to the fda for approval. >>> a mostly positive day on wall street. here's a look at closing numbers. dow slipped 11 points. s&p inches up a point. nasdaq also up 6. let's go to new york, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >>> the victims of bernie madoff's $65 billion ponzi scheme are getting some of their money back. the trustee who is recovering money for the burned investors has reached a settlement with the businessman. jeffrey pickauer's estate. he had been the single biggest beneficiary of the madoff fraud. he drowned last year. after suffering a heart attack at his mansion. >>> washington is cracking down on debit fees. they proposed a 12 cent tax. currently, banks charge at least a dollar for each transaction. and lower revenues go by up to $2 billion. the proposal is still being debated. cash is still king, especially this weekend. a consumer reports survey found the majority of people who plan to shop the fin

sandra hughes has a look back at edwards' often stormy life in the spotlight. >>> reporter: elizabethdwards was best known as the wife of a famous politician. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: but she was also a lawyer with an impressive resume' and a devoted mother. in the final years of her life, she became most identified with her private battles. first her health and later her troubled marriage to john edwards. he was running mate to john kerry in the 2004 presidential election. the day they conceded defeat, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. after chemotherapy, surgery and radiation, she thought the worst was over. >> i seem to be cancer-free, knock on wood. >> reporter: yet soon after her husband launched his campaign for the 2008 presidential race, doctors told her the cancer had returned and could not be cured. in spite of the news she joined her husband in the decision to proceed with the campaign. >> it's important that the american people have the opportunity to have a president like him. and i can't deprive him of that. >> reporter: she worked as a trusted campaign adv

sandra hughes, cbs news, highland, california. >>> a man gets the ultimate revenge on spammers. we'll have that in two minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, able to log on the internet >>> we're moving on to the next step in making the whole worl wi-fi. soon you will be able to log on the internet while watching the boats on san francisco's waterfront. at&t says it's part of the plan to move beyond hotels and coffee shops into public spaces. besides the embarcadero, they say they will add wi-fi across the country all the way to times square. >>> speaking of the internet, we all hate spam. but one san francisco man is actually making a living off of it. on the consumerwatch, julie watts introduces us to a lawyer who is taking spammers to court and he is actually winning. >> reporter: he is and making a living at it. in any given day it's estimated there are 200 billion spam messages going out to e-mails around the world and most of them promise cheap drugs, free sex, too good-to-be true offers. now one san francisco man is fighting back but get this not everybody is on his side. >> you know, t

sandra hughes, cbs news, los angeles. >>> 5:49 now. time for christmas, a new library for you ereader. google has launched its own internet book store with about 15 million titles. the mountain view company also has deals with some 4,000 publishers to carry new releases. google may also start offering millions of out of print titles if it wins a federal court case. >>> a popular bay area santa claus has been fired for telling naughty jokes. the "chronicle" reports john toomey who had worked at the macy's in union square for 20 years was let go on saturday after some parents complained when the santa asks older people who sit on his lap if they're good and they say yes, he reportedly says, that's too bad. and when they ask why santa is so jolly, he says, it's because he knows where all the naughty boys and girls live. he has reportedly been saying this joke for years. so far, macy's isn't commenting. >>> some call it the liar card. others hire detectives. the sneaky thing he could workers are doing forcing companies to take action. >>>

sandra hughes, cbs news. >> the edwards family said today, today we have lost the comfort of elizabeth's presence. but she remains the heart of the family. we love her and will never know anyone more inspiring or full of life. as was 61 years old. >>> within the past 30 minutes antioch police say they identified a man who hit and killed a homeless woman with his truck. he was arrested at 8:45 outside a drugstore along with the suspect vehicle. they say seven hours before that he had got into an argument with shelley davis in a produce store parking lot on cavallo road. they say surveillance video shows the two struggling inside the truck. as she then either jumps out of the truck's cab or is pushed out. >> the vehicle backs up, accelerates quickly, hits the victim hard with the front end, knocks the victim down. the vehicle proceeds through the parking lot and it appears that the victim is under the vehicle for some time. >> police say the suspect has confessed to hitting tha woman. he has a criminal history convicted of assault with a deadly weapon in 1994. >>> a man from east oakland i

sandra hughes, cbs news, los angeles. >> reporter: major drug companies are now developing new drugs with companion diagnostic tests and submitting them to the fda for approval. >> that's nice. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,, >>> coming up on eyewitness news at 6:00. the wintry weather. >>> we're uncovering new information about the man accused of the crime. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, no good deed goes unpunished. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> a billion dollar idea is budding. i'm pat warren, coming up on eyewitness news. find out what some top city leaders have in mind for the baltimore convention center. and first mariner arena. >>> check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> wjz at 6:00 starts now. >>> hello, everybody. i'm denise koch. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about tonight. >>> more snow on the horizon. that's what we're keeping our eye on. some side streets and sidewalks are still covered in snow, after yesterday's storm. will we see some more snow this weekend. wjz has first warning weather. bob turk and mete

sandra hughes made the less. >> i'm your king. >> reporter: the british drama about king george vi, hadhe most golden globe nods with 7. >> actually quite good fun. >> reporter: that includes nominations for collin firgt, helen obonham carter. and geoffrey rush. >> people want to go on the internet and check out their best friends. >> reporter: the others include associate network, the fighter, inception and black swan. natalie portman plays a ballerina in black swan. and she's already getting buzz for oscar nods. but she's already facing tough competition. >> reporter: tied with six nominations each, facebook flick, the social network. and the gritty boxing drama, the fighter. >> reporter: both stars up for best actor, along with collin firgts, jess ranko, and ryan goz lin. >> where is the bottom of the boat? >> bottom of the canal. >> johnny depp also got two nods for his roles in alice in wonderland and the tourist. and on the small screen -- >> you are piercing the fifth amendment right. >> reporter: cbs'sed" goodwife" is up for three golden globes. "glee" his five nods. and amc dra

sandra hughes says why the reform still has a heartbeat. >> reporter: the virginia attorney general challengedffordable care act in u.s. district court arguing congress lacked authority under the constitution to require all americans to buy health insurance. u.s. district judge henry hudson agreed. in his ruling he wrote ... "the unchecked expansion of congressional power to the limits suggested by the minimum essential coverage provision would invite unbridled exercise of federal police powers." >> reporter: the ruling is the first significant legal setback for the demonstration's health care plan but because this part of the law wouldn't go into effect until 2014 the judge did not stop it from moving forward. parts of the health care law are already in effect and the white house didn't seem defeated by this decision. >> our belief is that the health care act is -- will go forward and that it is constitutional, tatum proves peoples' lives, and particularly, this is the basis, as i said, of the provision that allows us to finally address the lingering discrimination against those who have a pr

i'm hugh jidette and i say let's keep borrowing and stick our kids with the tab. >>> sandra endo is backm washington with stories trending on the internet. sandy, good to see you. what are you following at this hour? >> hey, tony, pretty interesting stuff at this hour. trending today on youtube. youtube is now letting you decide what is perhaps promoting terrorism on their site. now, this is a very popular video-sharing website as you know. and viewers already right now can flag videos for removal for reasons such as nudity and cruelty to animals. this is a new category. and some congress members as you know, tony, called on youtube to take down videos posted by alleged terror suspect. it is not used to incite violence, but say it's really hard that each video before they're posted. as you can imagine, there's millions posted each day. it's hard to say what promotes terrorism and what's free speech. so that's certainly a very big talker online today. >> are you following this mona lisa story? >> yeah, i was going to say. they say it's her smile, but now it may all be in her eyes. an ital

sandra hughes, cbs news. >>> and we will have much more on the life and legacy of elisabeth edwards a little later this morning on "the early show." >>> the president's tax deal with republicans is not sitting well with fellow democrats. one key lawmaker said after a meeting last night the white house shouldn't count on democratic votes to get the deal through congress. meanwhile an angry president obama is defending the agreement. preeti arla is in washington with the latest on this. preeti, are the democrats so mad there is a chance they could torpedo the bill? >> reporter: well, it's hard to say, betty, but it's certainly a possibility. senate majority leader harry reid says his party has a lot of work to do and may be trying to come up with changes to make this package more acceptable. house democrats are fuming over the white house's new tax cut proposal. >> a bad deal that wasn't skill fully negotiated. >> reporter: members emerged from a closed-door meeting tuesday night eager to vent frustrations. many are angry the plan president obama worked out with republicans would extend

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