george clooney and noah wylie are both in the running. >> don't give me the crap! you're pirating the software! i trusted you! >> you may remember wylie played a young steve jobs in the tv movie "pirates of the silicon valley" in 1999. the movie is due to start filming next year. >>> a holiday window at macy's union square trying to get you thinking about furry friends. the san francisco spca is partnering with macy's once again with adoptable puppies and kittens in the 25th annual window display. it's open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. most days. all the puppies and kittens will be available for adoption until new year's day. it was voted one of the top ten places to press your nose against the glass sochlt go do it. >>> 5:# 5. blue ribbon team commissioned to balance the budget and save the government from economic collapse probably won't scott mcgrew joins us. who can do it? >> probably nobody. they haven't failed yet. they are close. if they fail to reach a bipartisan agreement to get the financial house in order, all kinds of bad things happen. including massive

george clooney and noah wylie are both in the running. >> he took our stuff, bill. >> i believe you. >> there may be some similarities. they are due to start this year. they are looking for a screen writer. apparently he wants the guy who wrote "the social network." >> i saw him in that. he was outstanding. >>> if you're looking for a pet as a gift, head to macy's at union square. >> they are partnering with macy's once again with adoptable puppies and kittens in the window display. the adoption center is open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. they will be available for adoption until new year's day. get on down there. the window displays was one of the top ten places to press your nose against the glass. very cool. >>> speaking of holidays. pier 39 kicking off the holiday season. janelle wang with the tree lighting ceremony. this year the tree has a multicultural twist to commemorate christmas, hanukkah and kwanzaa. >> we have a lot more coming up on kw"today in the bay." >>> the occupy movement is on the move. >>> and back in court, the former bart officer found guilty of involuntary man

after a couple successful steps in the water he falls in like wylie coyote looking down and going op! you know jesus must have cracked a smile when he saw him falling. >> at least inwardly steenchts that just physical comedy. what is funnier the old testament or new testament. the old testament has harsh words for joke tellers. >> also it has funny stories. abraham and sara when they hear sara is going to have a baby it says abraham fell on his face laughing. she laughs. god says why did you laugh. sara said i didn't laugh. god said yes, you do. they have a baby and named him isaac which is hebrew for he laughed. >> the religions don't giggle much together though. can laughter -- can laughter or mirth as you say can that be in prayer? >> yes, because you know if we're in a relationship with god in prayer, any relationship can use humor and levitt. you can be joyful in prayer about things you are grateful for and smile about things that make you laugh at yourself. i think to share your joy and laughter with god is very appropriate like in any relation shim i try to talk about that in t

>> by the time they reached high school, the crowley quads had a high profile in their hometown of wylie, texas. >> sit! >> in addition to service projects like training guide dogs, they've racked up a slew of accomplishments in academics, athletics, art, music, and scouting. >> ♪ time grabs you by the wrist... ♪ >> but they made history when they became the first set of quadruplets to be admitted to the american mensa. that's an organization for super-smart people. >> the only standard for being extended an offer of membership is to achieve a score in the top-two percentile on either a mensa-provided intelligence test or submitting prior evidence of a standardized test. >> and she should know -- natalie qualified for mensa when she was just a child. >> and the test wasn't even that scary. everyone's saying "i.q. test, oh, my goodness. do they, like, hook you up to, like, sensors or something?" no. >> no, it's just finding patterns and -- >> word association -- "what is cold?" "winter." "good job." >> one of mensa's goals is to help people who might feel isolated by their intelligence. >

george clooney may have a bigger name recognition but wylie portrayed a younger steve jobs in a movie in 1999. >> i can't believe this is happening to me, so crazy. >> a big night and big year for taylor swift. she took home all three awards she was nominated for at the american music awards last night including artist of the year, the biggie. she said she was especially happy to win for favorite country album because she wrote and produced that album herself. she also won artist of the year at the country music awards. >> she was on "60 minutes." i stayed up to watch that. she is amazing. she is 21. and so mature and so smart and so talented. >> i know. >> and beautiful, too. >>> all right. talking sports now, the 49ers got a win against the arizona cardinals. >> they did. the offense was not at its best. nothing new. place kicker david acres had two field goal attempts, blocked and missed a third. but patrick willis got a pick off arizona. it was a good game. final score, san francisco 23, arizona 7. they have won eight in a row and they are sitting at 9-1. >>> the raiders have a on

actor noah wylie? and horses and goats and that sort of thing. thanksgiving day they give all of their animals special vegetables and then the whole family enjoys a vegetarian thanksgiving dinner. so there are people who will not be having turkey. >> i respect the health reasons behind you know, the vegans and they don't eat animals, so the antibiotics and hormones they feed them -- >> and especially if they're abused. >> i get it. i couldn't do it but i respect the discipline. good luck to those folks and their delicious tofurkey. >>> speaking of turkey, we did a piece on the frying of turkeys, which is extremely popular, and i swear it is the best way to eat your turkey. >> i can't wait. >> our old friend william shatner has done a very funny kind of a psa talking about the dangers of fried turkey. get this, 1,000 fires each year with deep fryers involved. $15 million in property damage every year because people just don't know what they're doing. so together with state farm shatner did this kind of

. >> well, it has an unbelievable cast, jordan sparks, paul wylie and kurt browning, i'm skating in itg the awareness to the show. >> steve: absolutely. speaking of the awareness, as one of new york's finest drives by, it's kind of hard to hear. scott, this is very personal for you because this is to create awareness about cancer. >> there are over 14 million cancer survivors in the united states alone. it's really -- this show is about celebrating life and really putting a spotlight on survivorship and the fact that cancer is no longer a death sentence. it's actually very treatable and more research is being done and there are miracles happening every single day. so we're there to kind of celebrate survivorship. i'm a cancer survivor. dorothy hamill, my cashoos a cancer survivor. and to really show people that really the best cure for cancer is still early detection. be in touch with what's going on with your health and let's watch an ice show and be thoroughly entertained. >> and we can be inspired and give hope to people like scott who are out there and just showing everybody to fig