. >> let's go to a man who has covered this story extensively, vinny politan. if he didn't do anything to stop this, which appears to be the case, does that hurt his credibility as a witness? >> it's an argument the defense is going to make. my goodness, if a grown man, 6'4", 240 pounds sees this happening and doesn't do anything, doesn't call police, logic tells you, it didn't happen. on the other hand, would he make it up? how is his life better? >> is it incumbent on the defense to say why he would make it up? >> i think. i think that's the only way to convince the jury he's making it up. he's not the only witness. every one of these victims are also witnesses. they are adults now. they can talk about what happened to them when they were children. so he's in the sandusky case, he's more of a corroborating witness than a primary witness in the case. >> let me ask you about the ten alleged victims, many of whom are expected to testify, what kind of defense strategy can they come up with to deal with the onslaught? >> there's just one. mcqueary is the witness.

thanks for joining us this morning, vinnie politan. >> thank you. >> bianna, over to you. >> thanks,an. >>> another story making headlines. victoria's secret is famous for super models. today, the nation's biggest lingerie retailer is facing an entirely different type of bombshell. the company is under fire because child labor may have been involved in producing some of its famous underwear. cecilia vega has the latest from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. so many of us will rush out to finish our holiday shopping today. the new allegations about one of the best known lingerie makers might make you think twice about where some popular products are coming from. these are the images of perfection and glamour victoria's secret are known for. models seen strutting their stuff at the annual fashion show. ♪ behind the sexy underwear line lies another kind of secret. according to bloomberg news, the cotton used to make the underwear may have been picked by the hands of children on a poor farm in west africa. >> we found foster children that could be abandoned, of

today, we acknowledge tony and vinnie by placing their names on this rock with the honorable names of all those who have gone before them and have given their lives for the people of san francisco. may god bless all those whose names are on this memorial tablet and may he especially bless our two new heroes as we inscribe their names today. amen. >> thank you, father green. i'd now like to ask mayor of san francisco, ed lee, to say a few comments and before i ask mayor lee to come up, i can't thank you enough on behalf of the san francisco fire department, i believe, on behalf of the perez and valario families for your outstanding and continued support of all of us during a really difficult time. mayor lee? mayor lee: thank you, chief. good afternoon, and to the perez family and the valario family, again, thank you very much, on behalf of our city and county of san francisco. i want to also acknowledge, of course, our commissioners from fire and chief of police and members of our general hospital and all the people that work together, people that i we recognize tony's sacrifice. this

well, stores like urban outfitters are betting their reputations on the muscle and wits of guys like vinny. part of a global ups team that today delivered 300 packages a second. >> internet really changed the way we do business. a lot of people ordering online, a lot of different companies offer free shipping. discounted prices. many, many people take advantage of that. myself included. >> reporter: but if you are paying your own freight, brace yourself. you send a five-pound package from new york to l.a. tomorrow, upa and fedex say it will get there by christmas eve but you will pay around $140. in exchange, your gift will get a ride on a couple of the 549 jets ups flies, it will be scanned around 23 times while it rides some of the 155 miles of conveyor belts at their monster hub in louisville, eventually catching a lift on one of the 93,736 goody-laden vehicles buzzing around the globe. but all the horsepower, jet power and computing power means nothing if the weather turns grinchey. and that's why on nights like this, the hopes and dreams of children everywhere rest on the shoulders of

. >> dave: you have a laser eyeanu came out and put vinnie to shape. -- shame.his guy by throwing the ball. all the money is off. >> dave: that is half of thesto. >> you never bet on someone tha. >> dave: the holiday footballchk show story told. >> they said thomas' career has. >> dave: whose hasn't cooledfor. >> one of my sons threw a shoef. >> dave: i never quiteunderstoo. >> it was the week that bush ha. >> dave: he thought it wouldbe . >> he did think it would befunn. he is the vice president of nike. >> dave: not the greatest talks. let's get to it. >> paint the worth of thepick--. when i was in south carolina. we would give out t-shirts for a big promotion for the car dealership. i was young and i had a giant afro. , a white man's afro. the lone ranger was working for the chrysler corporation, dodge and he was the spokesman. he had come to charlotte to open up the dealership and i was going to be the disk jockey. >> dave: it was clayton mooreths career he thought he may be the lone ranger. >> he stood erect and he had thh you other than as the loa lone ran

. >> reporter: senior vinnie chesser says he would not have taken economics by choice. and if he hadn't, he would be treating this holiday season much differently. >> i would have just probably blew a bunch of money. and probably would have regretted it. >> reporter: in dundalk, the economy has been hit especially hard and school administrators say some of the students are expected to help support their families. here financial literacy training isn't just about helping children in the future, it's also helping families right now. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> tom: a little later in the program, some last minute tips on explaining the basics of giving in kids and cash. we saw a quiet day of trading ahead of the long christmas weekend. but the buying was enough to pull the s&p 500 into positive territory for the year. let's take a look at tonight's market focus. with less than a week left in the year, the s&p 500 has been able to get back into the green year to date. first, today's activity of the index. the trade started out moving higher and c

. >> reporter: senior vinnie chesser says he would not have taken economics by choice. and if he hadn't, he would be treating this holiday season much differently. >> i would have just probably blew a bunch of money. and probably would have regretted it. >> reporter: in dundalk, the economy has been hit especially hard and school administrators say some of the students are expected to help support their families. here financial literacy training isn't just about helping children in the future, it's also helping families right now. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> tom: a little later in the program, some last minute tips on explaining the basics of giving in kids and cash. we saw a quiet day of trading ahead of the long christmas weekend. but the buying was enough to pull the s&p 500 into positive territory for the year. let's take a look at tonight's market focus. with less than a week left in the year, the s&p 500 has been able to get back into the green year to date. first, today's activity of the index. the trade started out moving higher and c

. >> reporter: senior vinnie chesser says he would not have taken economics by choice. and if he hadn't, he would be treating this holiday season much differently. >> i would have just probably blew a bunch of money. and probably would have regretted it. >> reporter: in dundalk, the economy has been hit especially hard and school administrators say some of the students are expected to help support their families. here financial literacy training isn't just about helping children in the future, it's also helping families right now. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> tom: a little later in the program, some last minute tips on explaining the basics of giving in kids and cash. we saw a quiet day of trading ahead of the long christmas weekend. but the buying was enough to pull the s&p 500 into positive territory for the year. let's take a look at tonight's market focus. with less than a week left in the year, the s&p 500 has been able to get back into the green year to date. first, today's activity of the index. the trade started out moving higher and c

the pacific ocean over the weekend dr robert jacobs research associate professor at the peace in st vinnies the plant operator tepco is keeping a lid on just how severe the situation is. we're talking about tepco tepco is the company that knew that there were three nuclear meltdowns within two or three days of the tsunami and took three months to speak about it publicly and admitted publicly the credibility of tepco is not at a very high level and unfortunately there are only source of information about what's happening at the plants and the secondly there's a crack in the building where the water is being filtered sandbagging the crack in the wall is the kind of remedial step that just indicates the scale of the difficulty of responding to these problems by tempo if it's a sandbags that are going to keep this strontium ninety out of the scene and that's not really very encouraging. today to toxic threat off special report explains the plight of unspoiled amazon rain forest and that's most people who are dying because of tons of industrial waste dumped by an oil times. has it downgraded dip

vinny, a ups driver for 25 years, is crisscrossing northern new jersey today, as his company delivers 300 packages every second. >> 35% to 40% more volume in stops and some of the residential areas. >> reporter: a positive sign that holiday business is better this year. >> we have a lot more orders going out. people seem to be buying more. >> reporter: the busy shopping season, breaking a three-year trend that helped sink the american economy. >> consumers, i think, have shown a lot of fatigue when it comes to being so frugal. they have cut back on spending over the last three years. and that's really created this enormous pent-up demand for cars and home appliances and home electronics. >> reporter: holiday consumer spending is expected to be up nearly 4%. consumer confidence rose nearly 6% today. much of it because americans are feeling better about their jobs and their homes. today, the number of people filing for unemployment dropped to the lowest rates since spring of 2008. economists now expect december to be the sixth-straight month america will add at least 100,000 new jobs. p

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. >> what are you going to call it vinnie and see what time he gets done at the cigarette factory. >>g. >> i'm kind of surprised you didn't eat him, fatty. >> oh, a fat joke to a pregnant lady. how original. you've gotten so much funnier since your dui. >> who is chelsea handler. she's 36. she authored four "new york times" best sellers. best buds with jennifer aniston. two hit shows on the e network. her talk show alone earns her 3.5 million. >> look at all these people. >> are you there chelsea is going to have a very outspoken side. >> matt roush for tv guide magazine points out when the show premiers january 11, it joins whitney, the nbc show created by whitney cummings. >> tv is doing very well by these outspoken women. maybe chelsea and whitney could work. look how well it's working at cbs with "2 broke girls." >> i don't know if i can do this. >> you can do this. girl at the prom do this all the time. >> i have a feeling the show is going to keep the network censors on their toes. nbc standards and practices recently yanked a line from the script as they looked it up online. no

. >> vinnie. you got something you want to say to me? >> you never told nobody.t going to say nothin' to nobody. >> you said you weren't gonna tell nobody. >> i knew you were too good. >> jimmy: oh, man. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: not supposed to tell anybody. the fugazi. >> yeah, the fugazi. >> jimmy: you guys, tracy morgan's new movie "the son of no one" is in theaters on this friday. [ cheers and applause ] mario batali's serving dinner after the break. stick around, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ we've saved people a lot of money on car insurance. feels nice going into the holidays. ohhhh.... will you marry me? oooh, helzberg diamonds. yeah, well he must have saved some money with geico. reminds me of the gecko mating call. really? how does that go? shoo be doo be doo. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. wait a second... with olay challenge that. new regenerist wrinkle revolution... relaxes the look of wrinkles instantly, and the look of deep wrinkles in 14 days. ready, set, smooth... regenerist. from olay. [ female ann

. >> stay away from vinny. >> honestly, this is the best time of my life. >> and which celebrity do younone of them. a survey done by home goods finds number one is the friendly jennifer aniston. if she's not available, our favorite royal is kate middleton. and far as cooking the meal, paula dean topped the list. >>> the discovery channel showed mid busters fired a cannonball that ended up in someone's home in almeida county. thankfully no one was hurt. >>> and here is more proof that my hometown of cleveland rocks. this year's inductees are guns n' roses, the red hot chili peppers and the beastie boys known for being a pioneering influence for rap. if you have never been to the rock and roll hall of fame it really does [ bleep ]. i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. i'll see you back here tomorrow. ♪ and he said no way try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first, it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? it's proven to relieve

jersey shore star vinnie -- [inaudible] made a surprise cameo this week as a guest lecturer at columbianiversity. [laughter] i would -- i don't know what the tuition to columbia is this year, but i wouldn't like to think about it for too long. [laughter] where he traded in his traditional fist pump for a hardy high-five with captivated coeds. now, there's more and more of this story, but i want to read you one significant quote from tim rich, a 33-year-old graduate student. quote, if he brings more people into the sociology department, who cares? [laughter] >> well, i think the phrase sociology department -- [laughter] says it all. >> now, earlier lee had refer today and quoted lionel trilling who said something untrue and ghastly which is that conservativism was a nervous intellectual whatever. >> there was no conservativism, just -- in yeah, that's right. it was like -- >> mental gestures. >> an irritable mental gesture. [laughter] but lionel trilling is a 50-foot-tall giant compared with the sociology department at columbia university. [laughter] >> you know, i've got -- i looked at

vinnie ponorati, a u.p.s.re volume in stops in some of the residential areas. >> reporter: a positive sign that holiday business is better this year. >> consumers, i think, have shown a lot of fatigue when it comes to being so frugal. they have cut back on spending over the last three years. and that has really created this enormous pent-up demand for cars and home appliances and home electronics. >> reporter: holiday consumer spending is expected to be up nearly 4%. consumer confidence rose nearly 6%. the number of people filing for unemployment dropped to the lowest rate since spring of 2008. economists now expect december to be the sixth straight month america will add at least 100,000 new jobs. plus, houses are holding their value better, and builders are back at work, encouraged by record low interest rates. but even with all that optimism, economists worry that the hard times are not over. the biggest threat, more washington brinksmanship that shakes consumer confidence. jim avila, abc news, new york. >>

. >> he found us in the parking lot of vinny's. >> we are all good friends of that. >> you have no ideaah, he found us and joined machineries to sponsor. they said we want to help new a big way. >> wonderful so it's the navy s.e.a.l. foundation? if people would like to get involved, go to nsw kids.com and we appreciate you being with us. you're doing a wonderful thing. >> thank you. >> now we turn to debbye turner bell back at the news desk with another check of the headlines. >>> congress votes today on extending the payroll tax cut for two months. house speaker john boehner said the republicans have decided to accept the bill and extend unemployment benefits through january 29th. >>> powerful storms hit the south are now moving into new england. winds as high as 60 miles an hour battered rome, georgia, yesterday. cars were overturned and the wall of a building collapsed. overall, at least seven people were injured. >>> a federal judge has ruled south carolina cannot enforce key parts of its tough new immigration law. among the provisions blocked, one that required police to check the

can i welcome chef vinny transom.uses. thanks, josh, by the way. about 250 houses this year in the competition. and they brought a few of them here. i want to get right into the zoom in here. this stuff is so incredible. you can't even believe it was edible. so, tell me a little about this one. this is the winner. this is michael, new kingson, pennsylvania. >> 2011, one of our top ten. and notice the detail to the artwork. >> this is pasta. i can turn it around so you can see it. when you're drying pasta to look like grapevines, you're doing something here. >> and all of the flowers are gum paste. >> and they're hand-painted, right? can you see the flowers in the front. >> absolutely. precision detail. >> this one, heather lewis. >> my christmas box. she was our grand prize winner last year. if you notice, a lot of the outside panels are vanilla and chocolate fondet. >> how do you bake around a globe? >> low and slow. >> this is another use of pasta. i have to get to this, while the gang is chewing on a cookie. don't

>> he found us in the parking lot at vinnie's. >> of course, where all good things. >> yeah, you have, yeah, he found us and his sponsor kind of came along and said, we want to help you in a big way. >> wonderful. so, it's the navy s.e.a.l. foundation. >> navy s.e.a.l. foundation. >> if people would like to get involved go to nswkids.com and we appreciate you being with us. you're doing a wonderful thing. >> thank you. >>> and now we turn to debbie turner bell back at the newsdesk with another check of the headlines. good morning. >> good morning to you. congress ended its standoff over ending the payroll tax cut. the senate voted by unanimous consent to keep the tax break through february 29th and minutes later the house went along with it. the bill extends long-term unemployment benefits. the plan had to be slightly changed before the house would accept it. >>> powerful storms now moving into new england. winds as high as 60 miles per hour battered rome, georgia, yesterday. wall of a building collapsed. overall, at least seven people were injured. >>> and a federal judge has ruled s

vinny and vicki! please. we're not lost. we're just misplaced. time. do you know the true local time? i have another idea. let's ask george to climb a tree and... oh, no. i left george in the tree. george! where are you? george? george wished he could think of a way to get the branches back on the tree. he needed something sticky, really sticky. like... ah... mud! (hooting excitedly) (grunting) ah! (chatters "there.") another great monkey invention. (chattering contentedly) (gasping) the tree-wrecking man was coming back. and he'd probably want to keep on wrecking. ha-ha! (hooting happily) you are one crazy monkey. i haven't run like that since... hey! where's my lopper? (chatters "lopper?") that thing i was cutting branches with. (chattering) george? can you hear me? george! (hooting happily) george! oh, thank goodness i found you. oh, i'm sorry i left you in that tree. (gibbering anxiously) oh. dr. greenbean. nice to see you. huh? sorry we're late. we've had a rough day. tell me about it. first this monkey ran off with my hat, and now my tree l

can i welcome chef vinny transom.a in north carolina. they have about 250 houses. thanks, josh, by the way. about 250 houses this year in the competition. and they brought a few of them here. i want to get right into the zoom in here. this stuff is so incredible. you can't even believe it was edible. so, tell me a little about this one. this is the winner. this is michael, new kingson, pennsylvania. >> 2011, one of our top ten. and notice the detail to the artwork. >> this is pasta. i can turn it around so you can see it. when you're drying pasta to look like grapevines, you're doing something here. >> and all of the flowers are gum paste. >> and they're hand-painted, right? can you see the flowers in the front. >> absolutely. precision detail. >> this one, heather lewis. >> my christmas box. she was our grand prize winner last year. if you notice, a lot of the outside panels are vanilla and chocolate fondet. >> how do you bake around a globe? >> low and slow. >> this is another use of pasta. i have to get to this, wh