would you please welcome scott mcintyre, scott, so glad to have you here. doing great.nk you. what made you decide you wanted to even try for american idol? >> you know, it was a crazy thing, it took me a while to actually decide to do that, but more than entertain week after week, more than do what i love which is music i wanted to show people someone less than perfect in the world ears eyes like myself with a disability could actually reach for their dream and make it happen. >> mike: you certainly did and did inspire people. but there's a part of the story that people watching american idol never knew. in august of 2007, you had to have a kidney transplant. >> i did. you know, this is something i never talked about on american idol. i wanted to compete and enjoy making music, but in-- when i was 19 years old i was graduating from college, i graduated a little bit early. >> mike: a little bit early, you graduated at 19. >> just a little bit. >> mike: graduated at 19. >> and i really felt like, you know, it was a testament to overcoming my disability to do that and so

coming up, former "american idol" contestant scott mcintyre, he performs one of his original songs.tay with us. ♪ ♪ >> i'm so blessed to be here. i have the time of my life. there is no words to describe it. whatever happens... >> the nation has spoken. and the person through and into our top 12 is scott. [cheers and applause]. >> gov. mike huckabee: he was the first legally blind finalist on "american idol." paula abdul called him an inspiration for his commitment and talent. and he has a solo career now and has a new cd, heartstrings and he's also the author of the book "by faith, not by sight." please welcome scott macintyre. glad to have you here. >> how are you. >> gov. mike huckabee: doing great. what made you you decide you wanted to even try for "american idol"? >> you know, it was a crazy thing, and took me a while to actually decide to do that. but, more than entertain, week after week and more than do what i love which is music i wanted to show people that someone less than perfect in the world's eyes, like myself with a disability could reach for their dreams. and make i

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scott mcintyre here the finalist on "american idol" who is just amazing.and his father after years of alienation came back together and restored their relationship it is a very powerful thanksgiving weekend show and folks will enjoy and i think be inspired by it. >> governor i have got to ask you where you go. do you always travel with a stack of books behind you or are you at a book signing. >> if no one buys them i have them behind me that and a it's shameless promotion. of course it is. >> great thanksgiving book. check out governor huckabee's brand new book "dear chandler, dear scarlt out on book shelves now. >> there you go. >> left in the dark for weeks after super storm sandy hit. why did the long island power authority just bill its customers as if the outages never happened. >> college says it's forced to gut back faculty as a result of obama care. the law's latest casualty. will more jobs be at risk as a result of the president's signature achievement? come on in, stu. with verizon. hurry in this saturday and sunday for great deals. likehe lucid

scott peters leads brian bilbray by about 1,300 votes. congressman mike mcintyreeads opponent david rouzer. we'll see if more votes trickle in. fiscal cliff remains in focus. business leaders are urging them to work together for a deal. becky, do we assume that the market is going to be reacting to fiscal cliff negotiations between now and the end of the year? >> well, it's probably mostly going to be fiscal cliff. it could be the rise of europe every once in a while. if you looked back at last week, the dow and the s&p had their worst performance for the week than they have since the week of july 4th of the dow is now down for three weeks in a row and it's the first time that's happened since the dping of may. so the market is sitting up and paying attention and certainly the fiscal cliff is the driving factor. over the weekend on the talk shows the kind of things that we had heard. it sounded like people were maybe more amenable, the rift between the two parties wasn't quite as wide. as you laid out in your last segment, there is a big difference between raising