tebow.omething is happening here. the power of prayer, the hand of god? for millions of fans, something is happening here. for others, not so much. >> i hate tim tebow. >> reporter: last year, comedian john oliver of "the daily show" summed up the content many more secular americans and plenty religious fans too have for tebow on a rant caught on tape and posted online. >> if i was in a room with tim tebow and bin laden and i had a gun with one bullet in it, i'd shoot bin laden. i'm not a monster. but if i had two bullets, i'd shoot tim tebow first. >> reporter: there are websites devoted to hating tebow. every sunday, when he plays, twitter erupts with his fierce critics and fervent supporters. >> there are many americans now who don't like hearing about religion. when they hear someone like tim tebow speaking so enthusiastically about his christian faith and thanking jesus after games, it really puts them off. >> reporter: this man studies religion and sports. >> many people go into the sp

everyone is tebowing tonight and we mean everyone. >>> good evening. it is good to be back from iowa and the big abc news debate. and what a debate it was. in the wake of all the drama on that debate stage this weekend, today the two front-runners took the campaign to a new and seismic level of punch and counterpunch. and leading off our coverage tonight is abc's jake tapper. also just back from iowa, tracking this pivotal day in the campaign. hello, jake. >> reporter: good evening, diane. what a day. gingrich is surging, and romney needs to stop him. so romney is attacking gingrich, and he is not turning the other cheek, newt gingrich. it is on. even mitt romney's wife wasn't crazy about his proposed $10,000 bet with rick perry. >> i'll tell you what, 10,000 bucks -- $10,000 bet? >> reporter: democrats and his republican opponents are using the wager to depict romney as out of touch with regular folks. >> that would not be a number i would have thrown out. >> reporter: and, today, romney's number one rival suggested romney is not only out of touch wit

we talk about tim tebow later.elieves in god, expressing it and people in the sports world mock him and tell him to shut up. if he put on earrings and had tattoos and got arrested for shoots himself in the leg, we'd probably praise. >> i'll tell you how it changed. i believe whether he believes in god or not isn't the point. he is positive, has a great attitude. great shape. >> role model. >> i have no interest many in my sons being like tim tebow. none. but he has a great attitude. for himself, he drive himself to a level that is fantastic. i know other people that do it also. whether it's god or whether he believes in buddha. >> sean: we make fun of people with values and morals. if a guy says he is 28 and we would laugh at him. >> i'm sad you would laugh at him. i'm sad that you as a parent wouldn't want tim tebow a role model for your kids. most people watching tonight would want a tim tebow to be -- >> sean: i would. >> i didn't say he wasn't a nice guy. >> outstanding guy. >> i also don't buy a car without dr

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tebow fumbled, his teammates did, too, repeatedly. the patriots capitalized on every mistake, building a fourth-quarter lead that even tebow's magic couldn't overcome. >> they have the touchdown with green-ellis. the. >> reporter: the broncos' drive to the playoffs stalled today, but tebow maniacs are keeping the faith. tony guida, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: and this is the "cbs evening news." later on cbs, "60 minutes." thanks for joining us this sunday evening. i'm russ mitchell at the cbs broadcast center in new york. scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org "there was just black i couldnt see 2 feet in front of me" . >>> tonight, the bay area homecoming for soldiers. >> it was just black. i couldn't see 2 feet in front of me. >>> a fiery bay area tonight. see how one man ran towards danger to try to save a life. >>> it's not even a done deal, but just the possibility of a bike lane on the bay bridge already has a hefty price tag. cbs 5

tebow's routine has taken place everywhere. two students were suspended for tebowing after 40 class mailths -- mates blocked the hallway. it's reached that level of cultural saturation, to a skit on saturday night live. a website two months old has taken tebowing worldwide, people everywhere posting pictures of themselves on one knee. in afghanistan, the south pole, even underwater. >> he's down for the touchdown. >> tebow gave the faithful an early gift, slipping free of what looked like a short tackle to score the game's first touchdown. his miracle ended there. he fumbled. his teammates did too, repeat edly. the patriots capitalized on every mistake, creating a lead that even tebow's magic couldn't overcome. the bronco's drive to the playoffs stalled today but tebow maniacs are keeping the faith. tony, cbs news. >> we'll be right back. amazing flips at the x-games. but did you ever wish you could do the same... with your car? >> we've all seen skate borders do amazing flips at the x games but do you ever wish you can do the

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when i say i'm enjoying watching tebow, i'm enjoying watching tebow.don't enjoy listening to him. i'm one of the few people i guess that can separate the sports from the politics. i'm tired of the politics. i'm tired of the focus on the family talk. tired of all that crap. i don't care about that. tim tebow is 7-1 with the bizarre skills set. people are like me, they don't care about the stuff off the field. watching him play is neat, kind of weird. >> say i don't want him to zip it at all. i want us to be able to have an honest dialogue on who focus on the family is. and why he get a pass on. i also like watching tebow, too, a little stat. he's last in the nfl in q.b. rating in the first three quarters of the game. and first in the fourth quarter. that's amazing. >> what matters is the score on the scoreboard at the end. you say, dave, you wrote, there is something noxious about him being manufactured as a leader. look, there are all kinds of showboats in the nfl and other sports leagues who were famous for different things. whether it's -- you know,

i was fascinated by the phenomenon of tim tebow. something extraordinarily compelling about him to watch, even if you're not a football nut. he's a fascinating character. why is that? >> i think it's really the words you used, character. he's got a ton of it, and that's what impacts people and affects them. he won a high school state championship here in florida where i lived. he won two national championships at university of florida. you get the feeling if he's on your team he's going to give you a chance to win the championship. i think that's the phenomenon. >> from a technical point of view, how good is he? what makes him special? >> well, what makes him special is his will to win, his drive, his desire. he's not a polished nfl quarterback yet, but he's a winner. he's the guy that's going to make the play that you need to win the game. the other thing that he does is he inspires belief in his teammates. he's a strong runner. he's an athletic quarterback. he's a powerful guy, but all of that really kind of falls underneath the t

tebow, tebow, tebow, tebow. outrage, outrage, outrage, outrage.trage. you don't want to miss this. if you don't want to miss this, you are probably a sad person and are no longer on my christmas card list. outrage! ♪ ♪ york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcome back to "the five." tebow again coming under ail tack by critics. this time he was mocked on our favorite, "saturday night live." listen. >> they are going to thank the most important person in my life. lord and savior jesus christ. i could not do it without him. thank you, jesus! ♪ >> hey, everybody. >> jesus! he has risen. >> no, no, no really. just a quick visit. i, jesus christ, am the reason you won the last six football games. >> i knew it! >> easy! buddy, leave room for the holy ghost. >> greg: i like the skit, the one i thought was much better was before it on the muslim brotherhood. did you see that? >> kimberly: no. >> greg: oh! it didn't happen. they didn't do that. actually, i would say this, if you are in the public eye, cute thing to do. debate over whether there is too much re

it is tebow, your power ranks oh, the patriots are there, packers and then tebow he is like a force of nature all by himself. down 10-0. he was terrible the whole game. >> yes. >> fires it at 59-yard kick for the kicker to tie it no way right. >> solid. >> tebow must have touched his leg before he kicked it. >> it is not just good all tebow nothing to do with the defense. and they force a fumble here tebow must have made that play. >> no, team sport. >> now it is a 51-yard field goal and touched by tebow, and the broncos are 7 and 1,. >> alison, alison i don't know if you understand this at the beginning of the season broncos were 1 and 4, 1 and 4 going down in flames they put tebow in, he is unconventional. >> that is being kind. >> yeah. >> now 7 and 1 under him. >> well, then i think it is tebow. >> it is tebow but the team they rally around him. >> he makes them all look good. >> like tony he makes everybody better around you. >>> just saying. >> thank you. >> 7 and 1 first place i am glued to the tv. >> here is what is great, when they are down 10-0 that is the one you want to

tebow fever. tim tebow led the denver broncoses out of obscurity and in the nfl. and many athletes give credit to higher power. many are asking if god ising for his team. >> he had his doubt are in high school. and winning national championships in college he had doubters. they say he doesn't have the mechanics to be a successful nfl quarterback and now he's winning in the pros he has a doubter. and considered his heart and faith. >> since he tock over as starting quarterback. the team turned its season around and winning sevenout of the eight games and winning in dramatic fashion and california coming back after starting poorly. what is it? >> he might have explained it last summer. >> i am not going to be perfect. i am going to mess up every day. that is what grace and faith is all about. getting back up when you get knocked down and continue that journey of faith and continuing to try to improve and get better. >> tim's credits are not limited to those who put down his game. he is awn kniling down to pray in the games and that habe moxed by opponents and tebowi

tebow fever. tim tebow led the denver broncos out of obscurity and into the thick of the nfl playoff race and while many athletes give credit to higher power when their team wins a game. tebow has many asking if god is really rooting for his team. >> first and foremost i'd have to thank my lord and savior jesus christ. >> when he was winning in high school he he had doubters and winning in college he had doubters. they say he doesn't have the mechanics to be a successful quarterback and now that he's winning in the pros,'s doubters and never considered his heart and his faith. >> if you believe, you know, unbelievable things can sometimes be possible. >> since tim tebow took over as starting quarterback of the denver broncos, halfway through the season the season turned its season around winning seven out of eight games and often winning in dramatic fashion, coming back late in games after starting poorly. >> what is it about their quarterback's ability to bring his team back. he might have explai

tebowing.merican lexicon, tebowing. i got in on the act down in new orleans. with the saints. we were, posing, i was there for a buddy's wedding. it is taking off. everybody is tebowing. >> he's not the only one to have done that in the game though. >> he made the most famous. >> i have seen it before. a wonderful gesture. >> this is the thing. we're tebowing. you go, tim. >> this i'm not into, in the huffington post, a pink pony strip club will be turned into a church. that's just me. in west virginia. i don't like it. there is a west virginia minister. plans to turn the house of sin into a house of worship. remember this is, a place you may remember, 2003, powerball lottery winner was drugged, robbed of $500,000 in cash. vacant since it lost its liquor license. this minister is going to need $795,000 to turn the house of sin into a place of worship. i don't like that. >> it's going to become a church. you support that. >> church, separate. >> dollar to the girls, dollar in the plate. same pri

tim tebow. the question is, will tebow's luck eventually run out or is this divine intervention? i'm way too old for doing this. >>> good morning, this is "way too elderly" the show that prays for a new time slot each and every morning. i don't know how willie gets up for doing this. i can. i'm glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius/xm radio. shoot us an e-mail at waytooearly@msnbc.com or tweet us at williegeis1 or do what jason paul does text the word "awake" followed by your response to 622639. is no one here? we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes is your cram session for this monday, december 12th. a lot going on including a wild college basketball brawl between cincinnati and xavier that resulted in the suspension of eight players. that video is coming up. >>> plus, after getting kicked off a flight last week, alec baldwin makes a guest appearance on "snl" as an americans airline pilot to make a heartfelt apology to himself. we'll play you that later in the show. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here a

therefore tebow, if judy is right that religion, what happens to tebow when he practices christianityogger called it tebow syndrome. they just can't stop foaming at the mouth. >> let's examine the book review of hundred percent american thomas r. pegram. a review read, imagine a political movement created that moment of terrible anxiety, shrouded in a peculiar combination of manipulation and grass-roots mobilization. it's ranked dominated by christian conservatives and self-proclaimed patriots. and a agenda nationalism and moral regeneration with a whiff of racism going through it. no, not that movement. apparently the professor is trying to compare the ku klux klan which is the topic of the book to the tea party movement. >> if ever i have read anything less fair and more bigoted i'm not aware of it. >> jon: we have to take one more break. when we come back an unexpected interruption during the nightly interruption during the nightly news. forty years ago, he wasn't worried about retirement. he'd yet to hear of mutual funds, iras, or annuities. back then, he had something more import

that is until it was tebow time.lain it all. >> reporter: by any earthly yardstick, tim tebow is at best a mediocre nfl quarterback. in fact he has one of the worst passing records in the league. he got sacked. >> tebow in trouble. >> reporter: his throws were wobbly. >> tebow with a pass. >> reporter: going to nobody or worse to the wrong team. >> it is picked off! >> reporter: yet in the final minutes, tebow and the denver broncos pulled off a come-from-behind victory, their sixth in a row. even nonbelievers are calling miraculous. >> first and foremost i would look to thank my savior, jesus christ. if you believe, unbelievable things can be possible. >> reporter: while tebow's pastor says god is the reason for this winning streak, tebow has never claimed that. and anyway, it is tough to prove. however, scientists say tebow's secret may be something else. look at this play, after the receiver, thomas, missed a pass. tebow gave him some encouraging words. and look at his press conference where he gives credit to eve

>> eric: they weren't praying over tebow.up with the -- don't. if it wasn't for tebow, they wouldn't be praying. >> eric: absolutely. >> dana: 40 of them. gathered in the hallway, they have been doing it all week and teachers told them we get it and knock it off. they didn't. they kept doing it. disrupting the school. i have been for tebow the whole time but i think students were wrong and it was the right thing to do. i am for empowering the administrators and teachers for taking action to make sure the students are doing what they are supposed to do, go to class. >> andrea: typically they give them a warning but the articles we got, they didn't even get a warning. the teacher said get up from the floor and they were just suspended. >> dana: that is not how i read it. >> andrea: they said they didn't get warning. i think suspension is harsh. >> greg: the war on christmas is now replaced by the war in tebow. what would be great for sus someone in florida had to take down a tebow tree. >> bob: what if all the kids blocked the

it allows tim tebow to throw it deep down the field on the sidelines. excellent throw by tim tebow. gave them a chance to score that touchdown and get the crowd back in the game. >> jim: and dumervil's hit on brady also got the crowd stirred. and gronkowski to the 30 yard line. >> phil: you start the game. you talk about communication. it's a blitz by the denver defense. nobody is covering gronkowski. a couple times we've seen that today. >> jim: and champ bailey frustrated with that one. he was one of the defenders. and gronkowski got away from him and others. picked up 38. >> phil: pretty nimble for a big, tall -- about 6'5", 6'6." he can surprise everybody. >> jim: he's nimble and you can't bring him down. ridley met harris. making the tackle. >> phil: more importantly, the clock. denver needs two possessions. >> jim: seven minutes to go. they're not huddling here. >> phil: this makes it easy on them. he has his eye on the play clock. he's going to let it get down there. snap it around five seconds. >> jim: brady hit his last seven passes. make it eight. fernandez to the sideline

and another come back for tebow. we will talk about the impact this young athlete is having on the nation. and him. alec baldwin turns up on "saturday night live," after getting tossed off the plane. was the appearance an attempt for hollywood to help hollywood. "the five" starts right now. >> well, well start with a brand new eye popping poll on the president. 41 percent of americans now think he should get a second term. the majority, 54 percent, want him gone. last night on "60 minutes," he bass asked why the membership should re-elect him. >> i think that ultimately, the american people as frustrated as they are, are going to say to themselves, you know what? this guy is on our side. he is fighting for us. because i am. >> i lying the delivery. what else do you like? >> i didn't like the divery, it is disingenuous. you look at his speech on wednesday in kansas he was fire and bridge stone about raising taxes on the wealthy because they are causing everyone else's problem and he is all quiet and he is fighting for

[ laughter ] just seems like -- as you know, tim tebow -- tim tebow and the broncos lost this weekendbrady and the patriots. [ cheers and applause ] well, you gotta wonder. you gotta wonder who the lord favors more. i mean, he gave tim tebow six wins in a row. but then again, he gave tom brady gisele, you know? so, you gotta -- [ light laughter ] [ scattered applause ] figure out which way it goes, there. and nba superstar, chris paul, attended his first press conference as a los angeles clipper last week. you know -- [ scattered cheers ] well -- well, you know something -- he said something that caught the reporters -- off guard. take a look, here. take a look. >> i'm excited to be here in l.a. with this unbelievable franchise. you know, there's so much history behind it. [ laughter ] >> jay: yeah, nobody -- [ applause ] what history? and listen to this -- because the clippers obtained chris paul, some people are trading in their laker tickets and getting clipper tickets. yeah, you know who did that this week? kobe's wife. yeah, she traded in -- [ audience ohs ] [ rim shot ] got rid

tebow, trying to create more magic. on fourth and suspect, he's running backwards, keeps going and going, trying to find a miracle. not this time. pat's win, 41-23 to clench the afc east. >>> also history, the packers perfect season. aaron rodgers and company fall to and company. the chiefs shock the packers, 19-14. green bay still top in the league at 13-1. >>> colts finally get their first victory hosting the titans. donald brown reversing course, finding daylight and going 80 yards for six. colts win 27-13. they now 1-1337. >>> in san diego, chargers surprising the ravens. philip rivers finding malcolm floyd for the score. chargers win to hold on to playoff hopes. >>> bad day for eli manning, giants lose, 23-10. they fall to 7-7. finally, back to denver for the best play of the day. a monkey riding the field around for halftime. if tebow had one of those guys, the broncos would have beating new england. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> how is that for a good way to start off your

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tebow couldn't keep up with tom brady. >> but the broncos loss hasn't dampened tem tim tebow fever.h the co-author of his memoir and why so many people are fascinated with the denver broncos quarterback tim tebow. >>> first, a lot of fascination with the republican presidential race. >> wyatt andrews has more. >> reporter: former speaker newt gingrich leads massachusetts governor mitt romney in most of the polls in iowa but when romney won the of "the des moines register. >> "the des moines register" this morning, endorsed mitt romney. i have to get your reaction. >> well, i'm actually delighted because the manchester union leader which is a reliably conservative newspaper endorsed me "the des moines register" did not endorse me and i think that indicates who the conservative in this race is. >> reporter: gingrich stayed away from criticizing mitt romney. >> i'm not going to comment on governor romney. >> reporter: instead he stepped up his criticism of the judicial system. gingrich's attacks on what he calls out of touch activist judges is getting a response from the conservatives