shanna swan. welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm lesley stahl. we'll be exploring the world of science in this episode. later we'll bring you morley safer's story about the human genome patents being awarded to biotech companies and the proprietary control they now have over part of who you are. and then my report on a ubiquitous chemical called phthalates, which is in everything from perfume to children's toys, but which may also be causing birth defects. but first, steve kroft's story on the enormous amount of money being spent to treat people as they approach the end of their lives. how much money? well, in 2009, medicare paid $55 billion for doctor and hospital bills for patients as they approached the last two months of life. to give you some perspective, that's more than the budget for the department of homeland security or the department of education. and as we reported in 2009, most of those bills were paid for by the government with few or no questions asked and with an estimated 30% of the treatments having no meaningful impact. >> ms.

. >> seven swans a swimmin'. >> it's created an uproar, and this morning, we have the contestant herself. >>> and st. knick. amar'e stoudemire showing his heart is big playing santa for those down on their luck complete with a luxury limo ride and personal shopping spree. ♪ feliz navidad ♪ feliz navidad ♪ feliz navidad ♪ prospero ano y felicidad ♪ feliz navidad ♪ feliz navidad ♪ feliz navidad ♪ prospero ano y felicidad ♪ i want to wish you a merry christmas i want to wish you a merry christmas ♪ ♪ i want to wish you a merry christmas from the bottom of my heart ♪ ♪ i want to wish you a merry christmas ♪ ♪ i want to wish you a merry christmas i want to wish you a merry christmas from the bottom of my heart ♪ >> good morning, america, you're listening to the famous boys and girl s choir alumni harlem ensemble. they'll be sir nading us all morning. good morning, america. two days until christmas, "gma" never sounded so good. >> those guys are great. you can see ron tapping. they do a mean "feliz navidad." great to have them with us this morning. >>> also this morning, we are going to take a

seven swans a swimmin'. >> yeah that's -- i can't accept that. >> reporter: renee denied.those "12 days of christmas" the swans ain't swimmin' they're swimming. with the "g." that one lost letter cost durette nearly $4,000. cue online outrage, was the brave-faced durette robbed? it has happened before. this couple on fox's "million dollar money drop" guessed post its came before the walkman. wrong. they lost $800,000. "right," screamed the internet hordes. fox admitted a research error and offered them another shot. season one of abc's "who wants to be a millionaire," this guy guessed huron is the second biggest great lake. computer said he was wrong, >> david i'm sorry. it was lake michigan. >> it turned out, he was right. he came back for a do-over and went home with $125,000. game show gaffes are very, very rare. after the scandals of the 1950s when shows like "twenty one" were fixed to keep telegenic contestants in the mix, congress made it illegal to rig a game show. behind the bonhomie and banter, it's a tightly controlled medium. pat sajak chief of the persnickety p

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>> seven swans a-swimmin'. >> seven swans a-swimming. >> yeah, that's it.ppened. >> there no. i thought she said that. >> renee knew what happened as well. s it with a easy to do did it in the vernacular and left off the g in seven swans a-swimmin'. >> she didn't pronounce the g. she did not win. she lost it all and the other woman who said swimming was awarded the prize puzzle. like a good sport, renee our veteran did not protest it. she nodded along to pat sejak's lame explanation. >> you remember on wheel of fortune a few years ago it was regis philbim and kathie lee. no one could pronounce philbin's last name. they just kept going through and looking up on youtube. no one could pronounce philbin. >> if they are listening or thinkin' they will give her an equal prize glage he this be changein'. >> she was so friendly about it though. >> she is not from new jersey. can i tell you that much. [ laughter ] >> no camerota that is for sure. all right, guys. hey clayton, pay attention to this. take a look at what is happening in michigan sent in to me on facebo

. >> seven swans a swimin'. >> or so she thought.has to backtrack. >> seven swans a swimin' -- >> yeah, that's not. >> that's kind of how i speak, you know, being from florida and i had asked for the "g," so i knew it was there. >> judges said it violated the rules because it was spoken in vernacul vernacular. wheel of fortune hates southerners,. >> if you start to swing thele song it's seven swans a swimin'. >> do you know what happened there? >> no. >> definitely spun the tone of the show and the moments that i thought i had and i lost it and then it wound up costing me the show. >> well, the judges may be grinches, they didn't steal her christmas spirit. even if she sings it seven swans a swimin'. >> i had an absolute amazing experience. what kind of internet footprint i have. >> such a whirlwind i feel like i should be out, you know, whipping off a big hat. >> we reached out to the show's producers haven't received any response. other game shows have made controversial rulings before and invited guests back on. who knows. there's

to feel bad about it. >> seven swans a swimming. >> do you know what happened there?ned as well. it was easy to do, because you kind of did it in the ver knack cuellar and left off that. >> a terrible decision to rob that poor woman of her victory. won't be watching anymore. >> on twitter, that's cold. shame on "wheel of fortune." you got to be kiddin'. it has been an american tv staple for nearly four decades. like all successful game shows, there are rules. >> the show has been on for a long time. i'm sure they have had situations like this before. if anybody knows the rules of the show, it is pat sajack. >> fact, right answers called wrong because they were mispronounced, no. >> what is wimbledon. we have to take some money away from you, reid. i am informed you very clearly said wimbleton, not wimbledon. >> renee was up $8,000 and could have won more. when you are playing a game for money, the rules -- >> after gold finger played the wrong ball out of a rough. >> we are playing strict rules so i'm afraid you lose the hole and the match. >> can be both strict and c

outliers, black swans.districting the 2008 economic crisis. he has a new book out called "anti-fragile." let's start with a couple of examples so people understand what you mean. you're saying some systems, you apply this in an amazingly comprehensive way to all of life, but some political systems are fragile and some are anti-fragile. for example, you say switserland is anti-fragile. why? >> fragile is something that doesn't like disorder. doesn't like volatility, variability, if something happens, it breaks. probably very fragile place needless to say would be saudi arabia or before arab spring was egypt, same regime for 40 years. something robust doesn't break, doesn't care. something anti-fragile never wastes, has political volatility, never wastes an error. improves from error to error. >> that's important. there's fragile systems like saudi arabia, egypt before the crisis, then there's robust systems which are better than fragile but anti-fragile for you are those that actually view change and volatil

the most expensive are the swans, at $1,000 each.same price as last year -- the maids a-milking, ladies dancing, lords a-leaping, pipers piping and drummers drumming. the minimum wage did not go up, so neither did hiring lords and ladies. but calling birds, swans, geese, french hens, gold rings and the pear tree all cost more. counting everything, each time it's mentioned in the song, the total for the set is $107,300, plus shipping and handling. > tt's our rogr for now. i'm bob abernethy. you can follow us on twitter and facebook and watch us anytime on the pbs app for iphones and ipads. there's always much more on our website as well. you can comment on all of our stories and share them. audio and video podcasts are also available. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, scenes from the golden temple in india, where sikhs celebrated the birthday of their founder guru nanak. ♪

reporter: when she was on the road. >> seven swans aswimming. >> that's not -- yeah. >> renee, deniedbecause in the 12 days of christmas, some thing swim n is swimming, with the g. that one leftout letter cost her nearly $4,000. the online outrage, she was robbed. this couple on fox's million door money came before the walkman. wrong. they lost 800. the internet hordes offered them another shot. >> and on who wants to be a millionaire, this guy is the second biggest -- computer said he was wrong. >> david, i'm sorry. >> turned out he was right. came back for a do-over and went home with 125 grand. game show guests are very, very rich. after the scandals of the 1950s when shows like 21 were fixed to keep contestants in the mix, congress made it illegal. with the game shows, it's the tightest controlled tv show. >> it was easy to do. you did it in the very nag char and left off the g in seven swans aswim n. >> you're harsh, pat, harsh. >> that's rough. in san francisco a driver was charged with reckless driving after knocking over a light pole at at&t park. police say the unlicensed dri

even if she sings it seven swans a swimmin'. >> i had an absolute amazing experience. been and what i've done and what kind of internet footprint i have. such a whirlwind i feel like i should be out, you know, whipping off a big hat. >> we reached out to the show's producers and haven't received any response. technically rules are rules. other game shows have made controversial rulings before and invited guests back on. who knows. there's a lot hoping renee gets a do-over. >> myself included. she was robbed. >> nice lady. i agree. >> all right, john, thank you. >>> time for weather and over to ginger. >> the other part of that big storm i didn't get to talk about was the severe weather. on christmas day you could have isolated tornadoes and damaging winds here along the gulf. that's something i wanted to note. speaking of the gulf and all the way down into florida, brrr, is it cold this morning. look at some of the plants there in florida being protected because of the freeze warnings that were on from yesterday through today and we're already seeing that again this mo

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reporter: when she was on the road. >> seven swans aswimming. >> that's not -- yeah. >> renee, deniedbecause in the 12 days of christmas, some thing swim n is swimming, with the g. that one leftout letter cost her nearly $4,000. the online outrage, she was robbed. this couple on fox's million door money came before the walkman. wrong. they lost 800. the internet hordes offered them another shot. >> and on who wants to be a millionaire, this guy is the second biggest -- computer said he was wrong. >> david, i'm sorry. >> turned out he was right. came back for a do-over and went home with 125 grand. game show guests are very, very rich. after the scandals of the 1950s when shows like 21 were fixed to keep contestants in the mix, congress made it illegal. with the game shows, it's the tightest controlled tv show. >> it was easy to do. you did it in the very nag char and left off the g in seven swans aswim n. >> you're harsh, pat, harsh. >> that's rough. in san francisco a driver was charged with reckless driving after knocking over a light pole at at&t park. police say the unlicensed dri

seven swans a swimmin'. >> yeah, that's -- >> reporter: or so she thought.n as she drops her g, pronouncing swimming swimmin'. >> yeah. can't accept that. >> that's how i speak, you know, being from florida. i had asked for the g, so i knew it was there. violating the rules because it was spoken in vernacular. >> reporter: judges said it was the twitterverse lit up with outrage. "wheel of fortune" hates southerners. "wheel of fortune" game show cheated a contestant. >> if you start to sing the song, it's seven swans a layin'. >> reporter: even the other contestant couldn't believe what happened. >> do you know what happened? >> no. >> kind of spun the tone of the show and the momentum that i thought i had and then wound up costing me the show. >> reporter: while the judges may be grinches, they didn't feel our christmas spirit, even if she sings it seven swans a swimmin'. >> i had an absolute amazing experience. it's been so fun to see where i've been and what i've done. and what kind of internet footprint i have now. it's been such a whirlwind, i feel like

changing course would be a complete disaster no this ladies and returning yes the country takes a swan dive into george osborne's play a game whole. so as we said in the first story there's a black hole of debt in the banking sector around the world there's a black hole of debt taking over the world and because of this we keep on like some sort of magical sort of ancient ritualistic people were throwing all of our wealth into this black hole. you know like that got the heads of you know those ancient. incas. down there throw money down to the book truth into the ok go so into this black hole like speed getty you know that's what they say what happens if we if you get too near a black hole you just basically turn into speed getty so our global economies and our jobs and our wealth are like spaghetti going into this black hole and so g.d.p. numbers are always again this goes part you know part parcel with the oh the continuous revelations of yet more bad debts well there's a continuous downgrade of our economies over and over so this is happened in the u.k. philip investec steep economis

seven swans a swimming. >> reporter: or so she thought.nouncing swimming swimmin'. >> yeah. >> that's how i speak, you know, being from florida. i had asked for the g, so i knew it was there. >> reporter: judges said it was spoken in vernacular. the twitter lit up with outrage. "wheel of fortune" hates southerners. even the other contestant handed the win couldn't believe it. >> you ddo you know what happen? >> no. >> it cost me the show. >> reporter: while the judges may be grinches, they didn't feel our christmas spirit, even if she sings it seven swams a swimmin'. >> it's been such a whirl wind, i feel like i should be out with big sunglasses and a hat. >> blown away. >> come on, she guessed the letter. you knew what she was saying. >> you could hear it. >> bad call. i got two letters for you, pat, bs. i think it's the wrong call. i'm calling pat sajak out here. >> pat and vana are listening, i'm sure. >>> coming up next, getting feisty on christmas eve. that that's the nog talking. up next -- >> demi moore has more demands in her high

can term black swans into white swans and this one's can understand. it still primitive. we are working with an old stone toolkit of mathematics and it's time to get beyond it and the computer shows us ways to get beyond it. the computer it is not even the answer however we are very good at -- and knott someday there will be mathematics that can cope with is very simple ways of the stock market and what it can do. any other questions or should we leave you all? wade, the microphone is making its way. >> i'm sorry, what is your state about mathematics right now? >> mathematics is the equivalent of the older ones toolkit. the older one stone toolkit was extraordinary useful and translated us to homo sapiens. without it we wouldn't be where we are today and it has hung around for 750,000 years without very much changing. but in every tool is also elimination. every tool is a tool with which you will someday make the tool that will make that tool not obsolete but put it in a small corner of your toolkit. modern mathematics and the stone toolkit of science and it is just begin

s not even begun yet yeah and the line going up the student debt is like the swan dive the spaghetti as i said into the black hole this is the no alternative this is off bailing out the banks dive into the black hole go past event horizon just more like a reservoir dogs when they've got to assume the pointing guns at each other said mr pink and mr blue these are competing black holes of debt trying to kill each other in george osborne is that sacked pokey kid chris penn is in the movie he's organizing the reservoir dogs to go blow each other's heads off the crispin and george osborne as chris penn and reservoir dogs to block all version now i did bring out the chaos of athens as relevant to this black hole of debt i see you have a headline over there max about about greece oh yeah talk about grace you know when when they remember when. former leader of greece cancelled a referendum. we said this was after he made a deal with john paulson the hedge fund manager and lloyd blankfein they had a meeting with happened rails in greece right before the collapse and before he really did allow