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story. then its on to a change of pace for steve martin, a master of the art of comedy, who more recently has turned his talents to art of a very different sort in broad brush strokes he talks about his change of focus with our rita braver. >> reporter: given steve martins background, you might think you would choose a show biz setting for his new novel. >> oh, no, im getting happy feet. >> reporter: but his latest book is all about art. why do you think art is a good subject for the d...

encrypted poison pill, that is ready to be dumped if wikileaks is provoked and may include documents on bp and guantanamo bay. malini wilkes live in washington with more on this very disturbing story. >> reporter: thats right, jamie, this is a massive 1.4 gigabyte heavily encrypted file that is labeled, "insurance" and posted on wikileaks web site, since july. but, now, julian assange is finally talking about what is in it for the first time and seems the idea is, if assange gets into ...

different sort in broad brush strokes he talks about his change of focus with our rita braver. >> reporter: given steve martins background, you might think you would choose a show biz setting for his new novel. >> oh, no, im getting happy feet. >> reporter: but his latest book is all about art. why do you think art is a good subject for the drama of a novel or a play? >> theres a lot of sex, you know. in art. theres a lot of naked women and men. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, st...

the crime or another false lead. we talk to a detective looking at at the case, that story and much more early this saturday at at the case, that story and much more early this saturday morning december 4th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs good saturday morning, everyone. welcome to "the early show" im rebecca jarvis, to my left a very special individual, we are thrilled to have you here with us today, james brown, of nfl today. you probably know him as j.b. >> good to be here indeed....

residents in western new york got a bitter taste of the seasons first big snowfall. hundreds of travelers were trapped in their cars wednesday night and into thursday after waves of lake-effect snow swept across the region forcing authorities to shut down several miles of the regions most traveled throughway. nbcs kurt gregory has our report. >> reporter: a sure sign of winter. lake-effect snow in western new york. more than a foot of snow and counting as some communities near buffalo ...

time for hanukkah. ♪ in the air sometimes faith saying a-yo ♪ ♪ spin the dreidel the new holiday version lighting up the internet "today," december 3, holiday version lighting up the internet "today," december 3, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. im matt lauer. >> im meredith viera and i think we have been officially one upped. >> who are those guys? >> theyre good. more video just ahead. also ahead, so...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to "today" this thursday morning. im meredith vieira. >> im matt lauer. los angeles police are insisting the death of a man allegedly connected to the murder of ronni chasen does not mean the investigation is over. >> police were at an apartment house to serve a search warrant to a man labeled a person of interest in the case. the man pulled out a gun and shot himself. the latest from the scene straight ahead. also ahead, an a...

and i mean all of us accountable for it. >> stopping all the looming tax hikes. cutting spending. would in fact, create jobs and get the economy moving again. so looking forward to the conversation with the white house over extending all of the current rates. i remain optimistic. >> sean: as you can see, the bush tax cuts were at the top of the agenda today. as of now theyre slated to expire at the end of the year and both parties have drastically different views on how to proceed. dem...

partisan rival this is town had it figured out. the president would limit the rich peoples tax cuts to a temporary deal. the middle class would get their tax cut made permanent. the jobless people would get their full extended benefits. and we wouldnt risk a second cold war by killing the deal with moscow over nuclear weapons. well, lets put it this way, the holiday spirit hasnt arrived as fast as the christmas advising. the entire republican caucus signed a letter that says nothing, n...

online on this cyber monday and just how easy it to get them. also, good-bye to a very funny man. >> i am serious. and dont call me shirley. >> oh, how he made us laugh. leslie nielsen died at the age of 84. and good morning, everyone. we coach everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend. george, it was sad to wake up to the news of leslie nielsen. >> it sure was. he made that "airplane" franchise. was. well get into that. also, were taking a closer look at that wikileaks release. s...