i asked seth what was the worst gift that seth's ever given anyone for christmas?and pans but i liked them. >> right. [ light laughter ] i'm a bit of a cook. >> jimmy: it doesn't even have to be for you. something seth's given anyone. >> not for you. >> not for me. i know what dad's given that's bad. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: what did he give? >> he gave my mom a pink cowboy hat. [ laughter ] she opened it and was really like, "really, are you serious?" and my dad's very confident. he's like, "it's a good looking hat." >> it's a great hat. >> it's a good looking hat. it's a functional hat. >> jimmy: yeah, a functional hat. >> the worst pink cowboy hat ever given. >> jimmy: how about a fish in a jar. a yarn -- >> oh, but it was such a hit. [ laughter ] it was such a hit. it looked like a doodie in a jar. [ laughter ] but, my mother loved it. >> she didn't love it. dad loved how awful it was. >> jimmy: everyone loved laughing at it. >> yeah, it was, it was -- yeah. >> it's not out. it didn't like -- it doesn't live on. >> no. >> jimmy: all right. so you don't get

boxing from seth may ham mitchell in dc. >> absolutely. love fighting here like i said the atmosphere was crazy. it was electric in there, so if i can bring back you know boxing peter son he did a great job i was so happy for him. i actually watched his fight, and i kept rewinding the part. it sent chills through my body. if we can bring back exciting fights to dc and maryland, that will be great i would love to be a part of it. >> you guys did your part on saturday night. seth mayhem mitchell the next american heavy weight champion we cannot wait for that day thanks for coming in. we cant wait to see more of these guys in the near future back over to you tony and alison. >> we always knew it. now everybody knows it. >>> well, it has been 200 years since the war of 1812 now you can soon hold a piece of history in your hand coming up a look at new coins, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the star spangled banner. >> plus you can cook like a pro have you ever wanted to make a flaming onion volcano. >> intentionally? >> that's right. ann

hey, seth, how's it going? (seth) ah, keeping outta trouble. you?o ask him yourself. hey, seth. detective beckett, nypd. hey, whoa. whoa. hey! (ryan) back alley. he's on the move! on the move! (tires squeal) stop! police! nypd! (tires squeal) nypd! get up against the car, right now! gun. it's a glock 17. you got a permit for this? sure do, ponch. i'm a cop. detective seth carver. narcotics. do me a favor and put me in the vehicle before you blow my cover completely, will ya? there's a battery that's relied on to help bring children holiday joy. of course, children don't really think about which battery makes their toy run, but, still, you'd never want to disappoint. duracell. trusted everywhere. but, still, you'd never want to disappoint. one look, and it's easy to see why his rings are worn by hollywood's biggest stars. now you can have a neil lane ring for the star in your life. presenting neil lane bridal at kay jewelers. - this scrollwork is a vintage technique, very intricate. - each hand-crafted ring is an original neil lane design with diamon

>> it was awful, seth.night and on behalf of everyone at american airlines, issue an apology to mr. alec baldwin. >> alec, are you sure this is the right way to handle this? >> yeah, yeah, keep going, keep going. >> so let me get this straight. you, captain rogers, want to apologize to alec baldwin. >> yes, he is an american treasure. and i am ashamed at the way he was treated. i mean, what harm would it do to let him keep playing his game? not any game, mind you, but a word game for smart people. >> but captain rogers, don't phones interfere with the phone's communication system? >> you don't believe that, do you, seth? would you really get on an airplane that flew 30,000 feet in the air if you thought one kindle switch could take it down? come on. it's just a cruel joke perpetrated by the airline industry. and we would have gotten away with it, but alec baldwin was

>> it's actually my momma as well. >> seth, do you have anybody?you know, as long as we're all on the -- on the mother train. >> confessional. your mother, too. >> yeah. actually, it's worth noting when my mother passed away last year, you did a very, very heartfelt, very much appreciated tribute to her on air. which is -- which remains a very precious thing. but, yeah. you know, my -- i mean, both my parents were unbelievably supportive. they were ex-hippies. and so, thank god, never wanted me to become a lawyer or anything like that. and -- and, you know, my mom used to call every monday morning after the show would air, after "family guy" would air, and would, you know, either rave about the show or say, i didn't think this was as funny as some of the other ones. i would always look forward to that call. i would always -- you do a show for millions of viewers. yet i would still always look forward to that call. mainly because she always genuinely got it. this wasn't just somebody from an older generation saying, i love it because you did it. no.

you know, when it comes to being insecure, i'm sort of like seth. you know, i'm not really ever happy with what i do. especially being at the free throw line, missing four or five free throws in a row and, you know, we lose the game. there are times i would go home and just have a fit. >> i think that would be the common -- the most shocking thing that anyone would hear from a table like this is there's a tendency for people to look at a table like some of the people that are here and say they are -- they've made it. they have it. >> i want to be there. >> and i want to be there because their lives are great and what they don't understand is the amount of insecurity that drives you when you're 15, but it's still there when you're 48. >> quincy, you ever feel insecure. >> not a drop. no. let me just say something. i learned from a very early age, i started at 13. ray charles and i started from 14, 16, all the way. the prime rule back in the '40s was you have to be humble with your creativity and gracious with your success. we didn't think about money

seth mitchell. he did it. he earned it. it's his. the other one, mark my words, he is the soon-to-be heavyweight champion of the world. i'll let dan take it from there. >> vance, as you know, d.c. was a boxing town. just a few of the great fighters from the area we produced here in d.c. after a vacation from the spotlight, boxing is back because of these two gentlemen. lamont peterson, the junior champion. oscar day lajo jolla knows abou that. i'm going to start with seth. what was it like for you to fight and get a second round t.k.o. in front of family and p friends. >> for me, it was a surreal moment. i thought i could stop him, but i didn't think i was going to run through him. i thought it was going to take sevenover eight. i was elated. the crowd was happy. i wanted to set the stage. >> vance, i have to tell you this, he defers to lamont. look at this. >> stop the fight. he's killing him. stop it! >> when we were sitting down here, seth said you have to put the champ in the middle. you have to put the champ in the middle. i tol

seth doane, cbs news, new york. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight. for scott pelley, i'm jeff glor. i'll seal you tomorrow on the "early show." good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> this is 9news now. >>> we begin tonight with breaking news out of bethesda. that is where one person is dead and at least a dozen others are injured in a crash involving a metro bus and several cars. this is sky 9 video from the scene of rescue crews pulling people from the wreckage. the accident happened late this afternoon on rockville pike near the intersection of alta vista road and it closed in both directions. matt joins us live on the scene. matt. >> reporter: i'm told rockville pike will remain closed for several hours as the

seth doane.reporter: this remarkable video taken by cameras hidden deep in the jungles of thailand shows indo chinese tigers as they're rarely seen. the footage was made available only to cbs news by the wildlife conservation society-- the w.c.s. >> the first time technology has gotten videos on these cameras so we're watching the behavior of the animals as well. >> reporter: elizabeth bennett is with the w.c.s. which runs new york city's bronx zoo. there she spoke with us about the laser-triggered camera traps that captured these images. >> these are pictures of tigers behaving naturally completely away from humans. there's no humans anywhere near them. >> reporter: except for poachers who have contributed to a 97% decline in the worldwide tiger population. >> illegal wildlife trade is like water running downhill. you stop in the one place, it will go somewhere else. >> reporter: in the protected zone, the tiger population appears to be holding steady. while it continues its steep decline elsewh

seth doane on what he did to defeat it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, in just 12 days 160 million work could see a tax increase in their paychecks and nearly two million others are struggling to get by without a paycheck could lose their unemployment. the house today said the clock ticking toward that new year's day punch in the pocketbook when it turned down a bill that has been passed by the senate. that bill would have extended the 2% cut in the social security payroll tax and kept job benefits flowing. what happens now? congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill, nancy? >> reporter: scott, we are now official in a total stalemate and tonight most lawmakers are heading home for the holidays. >> reporter: the motion is adopted. >> reporter: house republicans doubled down on their risky strategy today voting to reject a two-month tax cut and to establish negotiations with a resistant senate. >> come back to washington! do your work! g

come on, seth! we're bankrupt. dare we speak ill of the great alec baldwin and we can't even take off on time. >> it was also reported alec baldwin slammed the bathroom door so loudly you could hear it in the cockpit. >> seth, words with friends can be frustrating. again, i just started playing the game myself, but when you think you're about to play jailers off someone's quiche, then you realize you don't have the "i," let me tell you, that will make you slam the bathroom door, too. >> still ahead on "way too early" why are you still awake? your e-mails and texts are next. everyone have their new blackberry from at&t? it's 4g, so you can do more faster. so, kathryn, post more youtube videos of your baby acting adorable. baby. on it. matt, ignore me and keep updating your fantasy team. huh? jeff, play a game. turbo-boosting now, sir. dennis, check in everywhere you go on foursquare. that's mayor dennis... of the water cooler. you're the best. liz, rock out to pandora. oh, no i'm an only child. and nick, you shouldn

seth greensburg and virginia tech, they love playing oklahoma state, already beaten them once this season. hudson scoring 18. tech with some defense. they win 67-61. hokeys are 11-3, acc play beginning next week. they take on wake forest. let's talk college football now. west virginia beats clemson in the orange bowl just got tougher. starting running back garrison sprained his knee in practice and will miss wednesday's game. he injured both the acl and mcl. it will require surgery. he'll miss six months because of that surgery. virginia playing auburn tonight and a good football game, chick-

seth doane, cbs news. >> wikileaks founder julian assange will be back in london this morning and wanted for questioning about alleged sex crimes. two lower courts have ruled against him. today, he'll ask britain's supreme court to hear his says. assange says the allegations against him are politically motivated. >>> washington, d.c. police are making sure dozens of occupy protesters stay out of mcpherson state park this morning. more than 30 were arrested overnight after refusing to leave. police had to use a cherry picker to grab some protesters from the top of a wooden structure they built. the structure was later torn down. >>> some unusual early snow in the southwest today. a winter storm that started sunday is continuing into this morning in new mexico with forecasts of up to 11 inches in some places. travel is hazardous on many highways and interstates with some of them now closed. snow could reach as far south as the mexican border.

we'll be right back with seth meyers!ouncer ] the only place to go for every guy on your christmas list with great deals throughout the store. walmart. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back, everybody. what happened -- i forgot to even tell higgins this, but grandma forgot her medication. [ laughter ] -- is what happened. but we're proud of grandpa, 'cause he's been taking this pretty well. he's watching football and drinking beer with cousin mel. he's, like -- he's, like, drinking beer and watching football. grandpa is, yeah. interesting. well, she forgot her medication. that's all. >> steve: then she -- >> jimmy: were you there? >> steve: walked into a snow bank. well, you told me about it. [ laughter ] i mean, grandpa told me. >> jimmy: no, it's all right, buddy. it's no buddy. >> steve: i mean, she was just there. >> jimmy: i know, i know, i know. i didn't mean to bring it up. sorry. >> steve: you know what i mean? >> jimmy: we didn't even know until christmas morning. >> steve: because you found her frozen

seth currie, -- curry. ellis to curry on the break. seth, the foul. warriors roll 107-96. >> i know a lot of guys that can do it one night. i want them to sustain it. and in the second half he took his foot off the gas pedal and let them off the hook. >> cal bears hosting ohio state. what a day for jennifer brandon, led the bears with 24 points. gets better. boyd, this time to caldwell inside. cal trailed by 14 with 5:00 to play. bears made a huge ron. brandon had a career high 24 rebounds and the putback but ohio state hangs on to win it by two. the buckeyes remain undefeated. across the bay, stanford women defeat princeton. sisters combined for 43 points. for the men, 20 points over san diego. now 9-1. >> the sharks have not been playing up to their expectations of late. and that turned the corner, winning their second straight tonight. oilers and sharks getting close up and personal. have -- great goal. edmonton answers. jordan, great move to get to the net. game tied. oilers up 2-1. watch the gate -- great patting by the sharks. pavelski behind th

seth doane is there with more. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, russ. yes, with hours to go until midnight, excitement here in times square has already reached fever pitch. for instance, this is lady gaga performing just feet behind me, and with relatively warm temperatures tonight, organizers say around one million people are expected to turn out. time zone by time zone, the world welcomes a new year. from the spectacular in dubai, to the almost-spiritual in tokyo. where they bid farewell to a 2011 that brought an earthquake and tsunami. new year's celebrations provided a break for u.s. troops in afghanistan, while at home, times square was prepped for the 1 billion who will tune in to watch the ball drop on tv. that dwelve-foot-wide, nearly 20,000-pound ball is about the weight of two pickup trucks. workers put finishing touches on the more than 2500 waterford crystal triangles. >> this is a celebration the whole world watches. >> reporter: organizer jeffrey strauss tells us the ball builds on an old custom for setting clocks. >> it's a maritime tradi

seth doane, cbs news, new york. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight. for scott pelley, i'm jeff glor. i'll seal you tomorrow on the "early show." good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most-watched entertainment news magazine in the world. arnold and maria, the timeline. are they getting back together? plus is beyonce about to give birth? why her baby could be here before the new year. then hollywood's older women with younger men. >> i am cher, after all. >> cher's boys club, val kilmer, rob, tom cruise. >> i loved him. he was amazing. >> halle berry and the ugly custody fight. >> mariah carey and nick

seth doane, cbs news, louisville. >> pelley: the u.s.mes more refugees than any country on earth. that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> new photos of jennifer lopez with her much-younger man. hugging, kissing. playing with her kids. why is she taking her romance public now? >>> why kim kardashian's soon to be exor is reportly claiming their entire marriage was a fraud. >>> then -- selena gomez. demi lovato, miley

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 with jan crawford, who is following mitt romney. jan? >> reporter: jeff, mitt romney had been taking a low profile here in iowa, but today he was all in, and everywhere he went he got an enthusiastic reception from voters who are focused on one thing: taking the white ouse back from barack obama. >> i think to beat president omeoa,

. >> reporter: this is seth doane. in the season for shopping, the shopping bag plays a supporting role. where do you find all of these bags? >> we found a lot of them on e- bay. these we bought through our dealers. >> reporter: art dealers sell shopping bags? >> well, they sell it as art. >> reporter: unwrapping the story of this practical and pretty invention. later on sunday morning. >> osgood: albert brooks is known far and wide as a very funny actor and director. so what's behind his latest movie role as a very menacing bad guy? this morning mo rocca grills him on that subject and more. >> kid, i want you to meet mr. bernie rose. >> reporter: albert brooks is drawing raves as cold-blooded killer in "drive." >> my hands are a little dirty. >> so are mine. >> reporter: not what you expect from the man who usually makes comedies about the human condition. you said, "i like movies about failing." >> well, i like characters that fail because people fail. >> reporter: albert brooks on his characters and his success late

seth doane has the story of the man who was the first to show the world just how beautiful and elegantce crystal can be. >> reporter: in places like vermont this time of the year, the treetops really can glisten but even here when wintry nostalgia is part of the landscape, remember the for snow. wilson bentley was known the world over as the snowflake man. the first person ever to photograph microscopic images of snowflakes. they were delicate, stunning, and complex. >> people still find them lacy and afemoral and they speak to people in a beautiful way. >> reporter: wayne howe preserves the legacy of the on snowflake man in the old red mill. here is bentley's first microscope. a childhood gift from his mother and the camera that he engineer jury-rigged. >> when the snows came, he had a blackboard. it was actually a tray and the snowflakes would fall on that tray and with a feather, he would kind of rifle through and then he would pick that up with the edge of the feather because if he picked it up with his finger, it would melt. put it on the slide, a glass slide, put that under the m

and finally you have seth burrows. seth burrow stz rocket ship one. that's awesome. you cannot spell rocket ship without rock. >> exactly. >> here is my one question before i move on. what about personal opinion tweets that are disturbing? they got fired because they were talking about work. but what if your personal twitter is disturbing? like how to -- went to this great -- i was in a country and ate a dog. it was the best meal i ever had. >> so what if your personal twitter says to kill the man in canada. >> is that -- could they say, well, that affects your job and they can fire you then? >> i think that's the thing with social media now. if you are going to be on facebook or twitter, your employer will find out about it. that's why you should just be a meed yolker comic because your employer is yourself. >> what about this? a joke you make as a comic which will help you lose your day job. i am ruthless. i am going to make all the jokes i want. >> were you so worried working at subway. >> a lot of people ate fresh. i am glad i could provide. >> i'm not sure what

seth doane has details. >> reporter: an unmanned spy plane, allegedly belonging to the united states, was downed in eastern iran. that, according to iranian official news sources which reported that the american-made rq-170 was shot down and recovered with minimal damage. the aircraft is so secretive, even pictures are hard to come by. the pentagon is not commenting but the u.s.-led coalition in afghanistan said the drone may be a u.s. unarmed reconnaissance aircraft that had been flying a mission over afghanistan late last week, which it added the operators had lost control of. neil livingston, a terrorism expert, says the iranians already had a drone program and, if true, this recovery could help them further their technology. >> they could potentially reverse engineer this and learn a great deal about our technologies. >> reporter: specifics about the spy plane are hard to come by. we do know it's made by lockheed martin and is said to be equipped with stealth technology. spencer ackerman writes about high tech security for a magazine. >> this is a super secret stealth drone. it ex

seth doane, cbs news, burke county, georgia. >>> coming up later on "the early show," congress headse for the holidays, leaving taxpayers to face a tax jump at new year's. then pet therapy. new evidence that the best medicine might just be a dog. the singing and dancing amazing rita moreno live for her 80th birthday. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm drew levinson. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

seth doane, cbs news, louisville. >> pelley: the u.s.mes more refugees than any country on earth. that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >>> five female students are suing howard university because of what they say happened behind closed doors. those women accuse the university of ignoring their complaints that a staff member was sexually assaulting them. >> reporter: one of the hardest things she had to do was break the news to her patients. >> it was hard. it makes it real that they have to worry about it. >> reporter: that news, her nightmare, that her work study supervisor sexually harassed and assaulted her. >> he reached over and was hugging and was rubbing against me, he had an election. mercedes saw me crying, she asked me what happened. i told her, and she confided. >> when i saw it happened to her, i was like, okay, that's it. >> reporter: that's when the girls realized they weren't alone, three others have similar horror stories. all five

>> reporter: seth doane, thanks. exit polls in today's parliamentary elections in russia show prime minister vladimir putin's party in first place. but with just 48.5% of the vote, that's down from 64% four years ago. opposition party leaders this evening are accusing putin's ruling party of ballot box stuffing and other irregularities. >> mitchell: iraqi officials say a pair of bomb explosions killed six people today, with u.s. troops due to be withdrawn from iraq by the end of the month, many questions remain about iraqi security. elizabeth palmer in baghdad this evening and joins us now. liz, you just arrived back in baghdad yesterday. your last visit was a year and a half ago. how have things changed since then? >> reporter: well, the city feels pretty good. it's a bustling. there are traffic jams. people are out and about in the streets, and the shops are well stocked. that being said there is still only between five and six hours of electricity a day here. there are no signs of u.s. troops, in fact, they were d

>> you don't believe that, do you, seth?lly get on an airplane that threw 30,000 feet in the air if you thought one kindle switch could take it down? c'mon! it's just a cruel joke perpetrated by the airline industry. we would have gotten away with it, but alec baldwin was just too smart for us. he really is something, seth. >> greta: baldwin actually did apologize to the fellow air travelers last week. there you have it. the best of rest. coming up, snl goes "on the record." it's must-see tv. stay tuned. this was the gulf's best tourism season in years. all because so many people wanted to visit us... in louisiana. they came to see us in florida... nice try, they came to hang out with us in alabama... once folks heard mississippi had the welcome gn out, they couldn't wait to get here. this year wagreat but next year's a be even better. and anyone who knows the gulf knows that winter is primetime fun time. the sun's out and you can go deep sea fishing for amberjack, grouper and mackerel. our golf courses are open. our bed and

first of all i just have to mention, seth meyers, being in a role where you're married to jessica bielmayor toyed seth meyers. >> no, really. >> only through the magic of cinema. >> stop it. >> if you thought "avatar" was impressive wait until you see seth meyers married to jessica biel. i get it. >> i mean, she is so beautiful. that was, you know, anyway. >> i kept saying after each day to jessica, let's walk around with your fake pregnant belly and walk around town and get sighted together. >> yeah, yeah. >> jessica, this is your second movie with gary marshall, seth, your first. what is that like working for this comedy genius? >> he's first of all the nicest man in hollywood. >> ever. >> and he's great. he just, like, has fun doing movies and it's really fun to be onset and he just takes care of his actors. >> makes it fun for everyone. he really helps you to understand what's funny, how to be funny, how to be charming and funny. which is really hard. it's difficult. >> he lets you really be yourself. >> very comfortable. >> are you guys pro new year's eve going out or do you think

good morning to you, seth. how tight is security expected to be there in times square?d morning, rebecca. you can see people are starting to come in here and security is already tight even though we certainly haven't seen the crowds that we are expecting tonight. there are barricades erected all around times square and actually blocks around times square as well. people, revelers will be stopped about a block away and have to go through a metal detector and police will make sure they not carrying alcohol and not wear backpacks. once allowed in here, thousands of police officers, some in plain clothes, patrolling through the crowds and aided by cameras. take a look. three cameras by our live shot pegs here on the top of the tower here and police across the street. you can see one of these mobile command towers which will give police more of an aerial perspective of the crowd. with the relatively warm weather here, they are expecting record turnout. around a million people here. >> lots and lots of people. it's nice to see they are keeping security tight. seth doane in ne

golden state may not have seth curry available.e is trying to recover from a sprained right ankle. if he can't play point guard, ellis will take over. ellis has his own problem with the sexual harassment lawsuit, but mark jackson does not seem to be worried. >> everybody faces adversity. the committed teams and great teams are the ones with great leadership, responds to it, happens it, and makes the proper adjustment, and we're looking forward to doing that. >> and later in the show we'll have more nfl highlights, including the patriots' big comeback and cam newton's record-setting day. that's your toyota sports report. >> look forward it to. >> coming up. the president returns to his childhood home for the holidays. what is ahead for the presidential vacation. >> only minutes left until christmas. we'll see where santa is right now, coming up. >> this is abc-7 news at 11:00 extra. >> good evening. >> in tonight's headlines, bubble -- bundle up. forecasters predict another freeze overnight, especially in the east bay and central va