will go up on incoming above $400,000. >> the pacific northwest slammed by blinding mountain snow drenching rain and some damaging winds, knocked out power to thousands. kicked around on the ground! that's the way this game should end, that's the way the jets' season should end. ugly and a loss. jim boeheim a winner of 900 basketball games. >> and all that matters. >> we'll all miss him. that's a gross understatement. he's certainly one of the giants of the senate. >> richard engel and his crew are safe after they were kidnapped and held inside syria for five days. >> i hope we can laugh tonight after a horrible weekend. i just want the people in connecticut to know that we do not take what you're going through lightly and we are thinking about you here a lot, all of us. welcome to "cbs this "cbs this morning." students are going back to students are g school today in newtown, connecticut, except for the boyse boys and girls of sandy hook elementary.elementary. their new school at a nearby is town is not ready yet. investigators are still . trying to figure out what led to this massacre.acre. jeff gore is inlor is in newtown, connecticut, where two victims were laid to rest monday morning. >> reporter: good morning to you and good morning to your viewers in the west.n connecticu one week this week will be full of funerals and wakes. friday's in connecticut on monday the first two funerals were held for the victims of friday's 6-year-old shooting, 6-year-old noah pozner 6- and 6-year-old jack pinto. the state's and lieutenant ed one of th governor each attended one of you try their services. >> you try to feel their pain but you can't. some you try to find some words that you hope will be adequate knowing they'll be inadequate see and you see little coffins and your heart has to ache. >> reporte >> reporter: that heart ache will continue over the coming day days, as more funerals take place and as the holidays oach. approach.iddle in the middle of town here an ev ever growing memorial has become who a site for those who want to pay their respects of >> because i'm a dad of four en four beautiful children, four daug daughters and when i found out, it broke my heart and it's hard to to sleep it's hard to -- i havewhatsoev no emotion whatsoever. i i just i don't know how to how to feel. >> reporter: at schools across cr the united states those feelings of sorrow turned into anxiety, in ridgefield connecticut, 20 miles from newtown a suspicious person seen anxiety. at a train station triggered a ockdown o lockdown of all schools. for some teachers including arlington, chris mcallister in arlington, self-imp texas, the lockdowns were self-imposed. >> that door closes it's locked. i don't have to second guess. i put a piece of paper on my to window normally i keep it to theook side. remains >> reporter: sandy hook e r elementary school remains school closed.near crews are renovating an old school nearby. mo it will be ready whenever the ld students are. >> as a mom i could never send my kids back to that school. of >> reporter: julie pokrishak was to watch olivia in a play b saturday instead she'll be >> i'm buried on friday. >> i'm hoping other town also open up their schools and let the kids go there for a little down an while. i would love to see that school burned down and start new. want >> reporter: you never want anyone to set foot there again. >> i don't. >> reporter: several of olivia's >> r classmates also go to st. rose of lima church the church where that play was scheduled to be hurch wher held this weekend. olivia has a 3-year-old brother,brothe her parents have told him that olivia has gone to be with the angels.charlie? charlie, norah? >> jeff glor thank you. capitol on capitol hill yesterday sil the house and senate held moments of silence, and the talks is about new gun laws is getting louder with some members saying friday's massacre is changing the debate. nancy cordes is covering that part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you.t ofte it's not that often on capitol hill we see lawmakers have a complete change of heart on a t major issue but that's exactly what we're seeing with some of the the staunchest pro-gun democratsro-gun say they might now be open to be open changes in the nation's gun laws. >> shame on the nra!emonstrato >> reporter: as demonstrators marched on nra headquarters red in phone calls pour in to congressional offices. >> okay, so you're in support of gun control legislation? >> reporter: kentucky democrat john john yarmuth says most of the calls he's received are in favorre of new gun restrictions. as a democrat from a conservative southern state yarmuth avoided the issue for the past six years, but now he te wants to reinstate the ban on >> not assault weapons. >> nothing's going to bring back those 20 children and six very courageous educators, but we cane make sure that's our inspiration, battlecry and i on't be won't be quiet anymore. >> reporter: neither will manch senator know manchin of west virginia. vi like yarmuth he has a record of being pro gun rights. being he even fired on a piece of legislation once in a campaign ad. after friday's shooting manchin he purch says there must be a way to high-c limit the purchase of high bout the capacity magazines. >> this is not about the second . amendment or taking guns way. it's about having an intelligentn recent yea conversation. >> reporter: that conversation has dried up in recent years in ike the face of pressure from powerful groups like the nr national rifle association. the lobbying budget is 66 times amount the brady foundation spends to lobby congress.he in the wake of the shooting 57% stricter of americans now back stricter the high gun laws the highest percentagedecade in a deindicate even though 42%laws think new laws would have helped prevent the tragedy. manchin manchin has an "a" rating from the nra, though that could 's come change now that he's come out in favor of some form of gun control. control.hey were they angry?angry? >> not at all.al not at all. and i'm no. and they're families. children, they have children they have ink everyone grandchildren. you think everyone in america is hurting? not hurting, whether you're an or nra member or not, whether you're one of the, working for the nra? these are good people. >> reporter: so far most aying republicans are staying silent he gun is on the gun issue.ched out we reached out to more than two dozen of them they declined ourew interview requests. the the nra has also been silent they have not released a statement, norah and charlie, me they took their facebook and twitter pages because of all the you. messages they were receiving. >> with us now chicago mayor ayor rahm emmanuel, president obama's former white house chief of heart, staff. good morning. >> good morning. >> will this lead to meaningful a action, a ban on assault weapons and more? >> >> yes to all of those but to break it down there is no doubt i think right now all of us allll of us are citizens and residents of newtown, connecticut, and so n, that's number one. i think there's a genuine outpouri outpouring in the country for action t action, this type of event, this is the tectonic shift in at futures, that's number one. to have you have to have reauthorization of the assault weapon ban when i worked for president clinton we e fought fought to get passed t passed the house by one vote it was an attempt to pull it out of the and crime bill we got it done it was bipartisan when it passed.. second you have to deal with the clips and third, you also have l with to deal with the straw purchases, how guns flood into urban and other areas because urb the brady bill that does deals at stores and regular kind of st merchants almost 40% to 50% of the guns are done but straw purchases. you must deal with where guns seek into society. everything that deals in my view charlie and norah with the where you type of gun and criminal access is where you should go in a legisl sense of legislation, that area.to ask >> i want to ask you what led us to this point. as you pointed out the assault weapons ban expired in 2004. you were president obama's chief of staff and in 2009 according to "kill or capture" the book you were furious with attorney erence general holder who held a press conference in february 2009 saying the obama administration was going to push the assault weapons ban and the chief of staff sent word that holder needed to shut up on the guns. >> president obama always stood for getting this done number one. number two i passed the brady bill and assault weapon ban. it is very important we do that. the fact is in 2009 the president and entire government v was very clear as is the ttorney attorney general knows in all getting all the president's n done and legislation done and working work with congress to do that. >> i want to you explain that.t. were you worried about the political backlash of taking on and pushing for the assault weapon ban?didn't oba why didn't obama do that? >> first of all the president's on record is very clear on this it's clear when he was a state senator, clear when he was a u.s. senator, it was clear also as president, and he was dealing kno as you well know with a myriad and he of issues and pushing hard and so making sure also that we had theto do e funding to do everything we d needed to do in the justice department. >> but the brady campaign i mean the first year gave obama campa an "f" and there is a report in the "new york times" on sunday after the aurora shooting that the justice department went to the white house, i know you educe weren't there then with ways to expand background checks and to go there was a decision not to go assign that far. not to assign blame but politically how hard is it to take on the in ra. to p >> having passed the brady bill assa and the assault ban, the last rea time we really had gun control it is very hard. that's why what you have to access focus on is criminal access and s the type of guns and make it a law enforcement issue. when i worked for president clinton we had all the police pol chiefs in d.c. and that's why also i think now is the proximity to the vote is is ery, very very, very important and i thinkhink it' it's essential to have a vote of conscience, put it up. people know what happened here number one.er two number two is it has to be aboutpeople - people's, the type of criminal access to the type of gun which showed is why you showed earlier the n because type of gun because i think when people see that it's clear that gun is not for the streets, it's not for sports.eally a it's really a gun of war.erstand w >> i don't understand why peoplee who did not have the political will to go forward don't acknowledge it and say i've come around and some have including id not the president. no, the president did not do all he could and you know it and i is suspect he knows it but the nor important thing is it now time to stand up to the nra and to ma say to them as mayor bloomberg has said you are full of we have the courage to take you on now.e to >> first of all -- >> full of myth is what he said.at >> i understand that there is no doubt you have an event that's changed everybody's attitude. you saw that there. >> y >> conservative democrats, too? >> i t >> i think you're going to have a lot of people say okay what ld we should we do because you can't th take an event like this and say the status quo stays in place. that's number one. done? number two is what should be s and t done. focus on criminal access and the type of weapons is where you have the best prospect and public making it a public safety criminal activity. that's where you'll get going to progress. the last time it was passed in '93, the brady bill '94 the assault weapons ban, you haven'ton ban. had anything since and the ou closer you stay to that area whic which is the best process ma without making this about law enforcement. >> one is mental health and the climate other is a climate of violence is. and those two things are important in the gun debate.- >> there is no doubt but powerful charles, there are other earl hy emts of societyelements of society weapo where you have to make the typesort and the of weapons and the people with this is access. this is not a coalition that stays wi stays with the persuaded. it has to be built with the ich is unpersuaded which is what you're also also showing on the tv as people start to change their attitude they wil about what they will accept.ight. >> mayor rahm emmanuel good to for b see you. thank you for being here. >> thank you. now we look at the fiscal cliff and there are new signs both sides are closer to a deal ays with 14 days left to the deadline a new cbs news poll shows 51% of republican voters s f support higher taxes on families earning more than $250,000 a year, 60% of democratic voters are not ready to go along with cutting g cutting government programs. on monday the obama administration made a counter ffer t offer to republican leaders and major garrett is at the white house and major good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> we knew the president and the speaker had this hour-long meeting. what came out of it? what cam >> reporter: well many things it? norah.ter: we' let's do this in sequence, talk th about the timing.ld be the this could be the week and therefficials are officials i talked to who would not be surprised if some a deal announcement of a deal could s happen as early as tomorrow. t what are some of the concessions presiden president obama made. he made two big ones. historically he wanted to raise income tax rates on incomes at on inc $250,000 or higher.,000 he's willing to raise that ise threshold to 400,000 and told $4 republicans for the first time he would accept some reduction ction in in annual cost of living benefits for federal benefits among among those, social security. now there are still some difference differences. john boehner the house speaker has said no, let's have the tax rates, 39.6% by the way up from 35% on incomes over $1 million gap so there's still a gap there ander w the speaker wants a one-year d increase in the debt ceiling, the president would like two years but the two sides are clos getting closer the talks are very productive and this week could be the week. >> you expect then that now the you republicans will come back and pond or respond or the president will step up and talk about entitlement cuts in addition to coming together on an understanding about how much thee deal will be about the rates? >> those conversations are essentially charlie and norah hour by hour and one thing i t think is important to point out the president is not going to concede a couple things republicans would like him to give up give up. incre he will not increase the eligibility age for medicare and wants republicans to agree e-year another one-year extension in ness jobless benefits and wants more infrastructure spending at least $50 billion next year re in maybe more in the out years. republicans haven't agreed to all that so there are still the differences and hard lines the drawin president's drawing but these ons at conversations at the highest ontinue, levels continue and there is ope genuinely hope here at the white house and on capitol hill that this week could be the week to wrap it up. >> major, you think we could have a deal as soon as tomorrow t so that they could vote by saturday. >> reporter: we could have a h deal that's announced in broad parame parameters as early as tomorrow. i'm not predicting that. people the people i've talked to don't rule it out. many things have to come together but the atmosphere, i i will tell you norah and charlie,this. atmosphere of connecticut and the country, the president know a deal and resolution would do the c the country a world of good not just for its fiscal future but for a sense this town can get something good while the rest of the country is grieving. television reporter richard engel is free after five days of captivity in syria. he and members of his crew were seized at the syria/turkey border by a syrian group loyal to the government. they were freed unharmed. and one of his colleagues says hawaii senator daniel america inouye has been someone he's been always grateful for. he was the first japanese-american to be elected to congress and served in the senate for 50 years.erved he was a world war ii hero who lost his right arm fighting the german germans. 55 yea 55 years later he was awarded the meda the medal of honor and became well-known for investigating the water gate and iran-contra scandal, daniel inouye a great man, 88 years old. time to show you headlines headlin from around the world, charleston south carolina post says tim scott has been scott appointed to take the senate nted seat to replace jim demint. he will face an election in 2014. nasa deliberately crashed two space probes into the moon. the programs called ebb and flow were designed to wrap the discovere gravitational field. than the moon's crust is much thinner the than thought.s" says >> the "l.a. times" says traffic more deaths across the country are down except in california.umber that is the lowest number in ars. more than 60 years but traffic eased mo deaths in california increased 2.5%. more than 2.5%. nielsen and twitter are o teaming up to provide social tv ext fa ratings starting next fall. >> and the wall street surgeon eads looks at why too little sleep weight g leads to overeating and weight hat lac gain. lack of sleep affects different hormones in men and women. men men on short sleep felt more fel hungry but women felt less full. >> we don't know anything about good morning. we're off to a very clear cool start bundle up. it is cold outside. temperatures are actually pretty close to freezing in some spots. look at napa, 34 degrees. 34 as well in fairfield, concord and about 45 degrees right now in san francisco. by this afternoon, we are going to see some areas of sunshine, and temperatures mainly in the mid- to low-50s. it looks like cool start again tomorrow and then thursday, a chance of rain. day after day in newtown the clergy and women are there helping the survivors and giving families a chance to grieve. this morning we'll ask a minister what they're telling him about the tragedy and how he deals with his own grief. and more than 3 million americans own the same ar-15 rifle that adam lanza used on friday. >> so this is sprinkle i named her sprinkle because she loved sprinkling casings all over the ground. >> we'll ask john miller why so many gun owners are passionate about this military style weapon on "cbs this morning." 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[ laughter ] >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." we reported earlier how the newtown massacre might inspire congress to take on tougher gun laws. >> much of the new debate focuses on the rifle that adam lanza used on friday the ar-15. chip reid is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, nora and charlie. gun control advocates can't imagine why any law-abiding citizen would want or need a powerful military-style gun like the ar-15. among gun enthusiasts the followers number in the millions. more than three million americans own an ar-15, the most popular rifle in america. >> it's -- a fun gun to shoot. >> reporter: gun store owners say buyers also like it because it's the civilian version of the fearsome m-16 used in the military. its futuristic appearance has it playing a starring role in american pop culture. >> you tell me right now -- >> reporter: the gun of choice in movies and video games. >> you just see it and you want it. it's just the same reason why somebody stands on line for 25 hours to buy an apple iphone. >> reporter: it's a weapon that's been used in some of the worst mass shootings in recent history. it was an ar-15 that was used last friday that killed 26 people at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. last week, a man used one to kill two people at a shopping mall in portland, oregon. and in july, an ar-15 was used in the movie theater massacre in aurora colorado, in which 12 people were killed and 58 injured. through it all the gun's popularity has continued to soar. in fact, gun storeowner rick freedman says since friday's shooting, ar-15s have been all but flying off the shelf. >> i normally sell about 15 or 20 a month. i sold about 30 in the last three days. people want to make sure they can own them legally before they have that right taken away. >> reporter: and it's not just men. many women like the ar-15, too, including former republican presidential candidate michele bachmann who uses hers for hunting and target practice. >> my favorite is an ar-15 -- >> reporter: the ar-15 also has an enthusiastic following on youtube. >> so this is sprinkles. i named her sprinkles because she loves sprinkling casings all over the ground. >> reporter: for years, gun-control advocates have argued that the ar-15 and other military-style rifles should be banned. president obama, who had been largely silent on the topic of gun control, briefly made his views known during one of this year's presidential debates. >> share your belief that weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters -- >> reporter: many democrats in congress are planning an effort to try to ban military-style rifles. but gun store owners tell us no one should underestimate the passionate feelings of gun oernls it owners about the ar-15. they say next week there will be thousands upon thousands under the christmas tree. >> thank you john miller former deputy director, joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> what is it that makes the ar-15 so attractive to gun users? >> it's a very practical, well-made weapon. there's a reason that the u.s. military selected it. when i was in the lapd, i had sis, the special investigation section. they went after the bank robbers, heavily armed serial robber groups and when they came out of their cars against a heavily armed band of stick-up men, we used the ar-15, the cut-down model, m-4. when i went on training missions with them and fired that weapon it was -- about five pounds it has a great sighting system, you can improve on that with optics and lasers. but even without any of the fancy stuff down range from a target pretty far away something you'd have trouble hitting accurately with a handgun, you can put the round right there. it's an easy gun to shoot. there's one other element which is a lot of these mass shooters are involved in a fantasy and you know they dress up in the tactical gear, and they have the black outfits and all that stuff. this gun fits in with the fantasy. in all their video games and all their movies, this is what the hero is using. >> part of the reason we asked chip reid to do this piece and talk about this is the ar-15 was used at sandy hook, newtown, it was used in aurora it was used in clackamas. and this type of gun was restricted under the assault weapons ban in 2004. so is there a discussion now about whether there should be more restrictions on this gun, or can i go now and buy one of these myself without much of a check and pick one up? >> sure, you can. it's considered a rifle. so i mean you don't really need much to buy a rifle. you go through a quick background check. there's a backlash, though. dick's sporting goods the outfit that's closest to newtown, they've just -- and they're a very big gun dealer. they've just said that they're taking all the guns out of the stores. and when you go to their web sites -- >> their store near newtown, the web store, they're taking off, yeah. >> i'm just doing the web search now. when you go to the page where the assault weapons should be it's now blank. so we're seeing this backlash unfold here. and it's interesting. one quick update. on the computer hard drives you know, he smashed the computers, took out the hard drives, smashed them. that went from the state police to the fbi. i spoke to people working around that yesterday and they said they are so badly damaged. they're going to have a real challenge getting any data off that from the suspect. >> interesting. john miller, thank you. and when their school was invaded on friday the teachers protected their students. and the students helped each other. we're going to show you what one 8-year-old boy said to keep his [ male announcer ] this is bob a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? 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[ sirens ] >> reporter: but things got scary pretty quickly. >> they were about to announce something on the speaker. we heard gunshots. >> reporter: on the other side of the building the shooter was beginning his rampage. luke's teacher tried to protect her kids. so you're in the classroom, and mrs. mckenzie is -- is she calm is she excited? how was she? >> she was crying. >> reporter: mrs. mckenzie was crying? >> yeah. >> reporter: because it must have pretty scary. >> yeah. but then like our next door teacher said to come to her classroom. >> reporter: so you all went in there? >> yeah because probably the gunman was going to come in our classroom. >> reporter: fortunately for luke and his classmates the gunman never made it to their classroom. but even as they were ushered to safety at a nearby fire house, the kids were very scared. and luke bravely wanted to help calm them. >> they were crying. i was like, it's okay. my dad is a cop and he'll like help us. >> reporter: his dad, luke ramirez, is a police officer in the neighboring town of oxford. and he did come. he was one of the first responders on the scene. >> i saw my husband was calling. i picked up the phone right away. and i hear the terror in his voice telling me something terrible happened. you have to get here to the school. >> reporter: luke's mom, lessandra santana, said she prayed all the way it school. when she got through the mayhem at the fire house, she finally saw the most welcome sight imaginable. >> he was with my husband. >> he grabbed me actually and i said oh -- i said oh, you're finally here. what took you so long? >> reporter: it was the happy ending for the santana family. but for luke it's still sinking in. >> i'm glad i wasn't on the other side because then i probably wouldn't make it. >> reporter: no thought any 8-year-old should ever have to carry. for cbs this morning, i'm jim axelrod in newtown, connecticut. >> remarkable kid, huh? >> luke trying to comfort the other students. there will be funerals today for two more victims james mattioli and jessica rekos. with us is senior minister of newtown congressional church. he was in the room on friday as parents were told that their children had not survived. welcome. >> thank you charlie. >> can you characterize today -- i mean as these young coffins are put in the ground where newtown is and the people who are trying to deal with such a tragedy? >> well, i think we're in the midst of tremendous grief. you know i think we're in those really dark dark days of loss at the very early stages where all those feelings are so raw and emotion is just you know everywhere. and yet there's such a feeling, i think, amongst the community here of care and support and people reaching out and feeling the care of those beyond newtown who have extended just thoughts and prayers and all kinds of support up to us. so even in this very raw time, it's also a time i think of tremendous grace and care. >> reverend i know you have been counseling not just adults but also children. what do you say to them? >> well part of what you say to them is first you listen to them. and you just are with them. and try to see what it is that they are dealing with and what their questions are, what their concerns are. sometimes as adults with children we want to -- to givee them everything we think we would want to hear or talk to them in a way that we think with things that they need to know. and sometimes you just need to think about and -- and respond to the child the age of the child and what's appropriate for the child. and also what their actual needs and questions are. every child that i've encountered, even every adult is unique. so you want to be with them and present to them as an individual person in their own personal grief. >> the it is going to feel quite a bit cooler, clear start, no clouds, sun coming up this morning. we are seeing some temperature degree readings close to freezing. 34 right now in fairfield. 34 in napa and only 33 degrees in santa rosa. mid-40s if you are in oakland. by this afternoon, we are going to barely get out of the mid- to low-50s. and then, we got a good chance of rain thursday through the weekend. this is a tense time for teachers and students around the country. we'll take a look at america's first day of school after the shootings in newtown. you're watching "cbs this morning." i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. 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"where did everybody else go? the children go? we want to be there. we want to be with our kids." he said "nobody else was taken to a hospital." and then we said somebody -- you know, a very angry parent said, "so what are you telling us, they're all dead?" and he said "yes." >> reporter: yesterday connecticut governor dan malloy defended himself. >> there was a reluctance to tell parents and loved ones that the person that they were waiting for was not going to return. and that had gone on for a period of time well after there was any expectancy that families would be reunited. so i made a decision that -- to have that go on any long erer -- was wrong. >> reporter: there are two funerals and three wakes scheduled for today. now one week away from christmas. >> jeff glor, thank you. you know, i heard from another family, too, who was upset with the way the governor delivered the news. they took great exception, you guys, it the governor using the term "expired." they said that's what you say about milk that's what you say about food. and my response to them was, maybe the governor was in shock, too. you know, it's very difficult news to deliver. nobody knows the proper way to say it. but they felt that there should have been a better choice of words, and maybe better -- a better way to comfort them they felt, that they did not get that. >> yeah. i suspect the governor saying he'd do the same now. >> the poor families waiting for any word and the governor choked up trying to explain, he felt like finally he had to say something. clearly perhaps the words he chose were not the right words. but obviously it -- a terrible situation. >> impossible situation. >> yeah. >> yes. yes. you know they had great words of praise for connecticut state troopers. every family has been assigned a trooper, every family's been assigned a trooper that sort of gets them through. they said it makes them feel protected and loved. that's a very good thing. >> very good thing. a team of golden retrievers from chicago made a trip to newtown to comfort those affected by the school massacre. their first stop was a church where funerals will be held this week for some of the victims. residents can pet the dogs while they talk or they pray. their handlers say the dogs have a very calming influence. each dog carries a business card with its name, a facebook page and an e-mail so people can stay in touch. >> that's very nice. >> yes. president obama and house speaker john boehner are still in touch about the fiscal cliff. and there's new progress to report this morning from those negotiations. boehner is discussing the latest white house proposal with fellow republicans today. major garrett is at the white house. major, are we finally close to a deal? >> reporter: it looks that way and it feels that way nora, charlie, and gale. there is no timetable for announcing it, but there are people who would not be surprised that there was an announcement possibly as early as tomorrow and maybe voting this week on the final compromise to avert the fiscal cliff. now if you want all the underlying, really nerdy details, go to cbsnews.com. i have a piece that has them there. let's go over broad outlines. the president yesterday made two significant concessions. one, he had previously said he wanted income taxes raised for everyone making more than $250,000. he raised the threshold yesterday to house and senate republicans to $400,000. and for the first time the president said he would be willing to accept some reduction in future cost of living benefit increases for those who received federal benefits including social security recipients. republicans haven't brought on -- haven't embraced all this deal. there are still some divisions. republicans would like, for example, the president to said an increase in the eligibility age for medicare. the president won't do that. there's some more spending the president wants that republicans haven't signed off on yet. there isn't a full deal on the tax rates or income thresholds, but all of these differences hour by hour are narrowing. and the talks continue. and we could have a breakthrough this week. >> thank you. a man who lived in the white house for two terms is ready to star in his own documentary. former president bill clinton will be the subject of an authorized hbo documentary directed by martin scorsese. he social security mr. clinton remains a major voice in world issues. executives will not say if the film will include inside details of the monica lewinsky scandal. and queen elizabeth observed a weekly cabinet meeting. the first time a monarch has attended in at least 100 years. the queen took a seat next to prime minister cameron who presented her with a gift to celebrate her diamond jubilee. the woman blamed for botching the restoration of a painting in a church has reason to celebrate. you may remember celia jimenez created a sensation when she painted the picture of christ that looked more like a monkey. it went for more than $1,800 on ebay. the proceeds go to a catholic charity. >> worked out for her after all. and soon you'll be able to buy an easy bake oven that isn't pink. hasbro's offering new gender-neutral colors. a few weeks ago a 13-year-old, mckenna pope -- go, mckenna -- of new jersey, started a campaign because she wanted to buy one for her brother but it only came in pink and purple for girls. mckenna met with hasbro on monday. they showed her the prototypes. it will soon come in black, silver, and blue. the new colors will hit shelves next summer. and now we know what to get for charlie next christmas. we can pitch in. you have a favorite color, dear? 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>> they are coming out in full force here and it's a beautiful thing to see that the people of newtown really want to rebuild their community. for example, the families of the sandy hook elementary school who have children in the school who did not pass. they've set up the my sandy hook family fund. the families of the survivors in the community. this is a fund that will go toward paying for funerals, for living expenses for the families who have lost loved ones mortgages, bills in the future. the newtown memorial fund another fund set up by the community, by brian moriello, who says he wants it to be a foundation, something for the community to think about for its long-term future as well as the near-term issues that they face. the rotary has come out and set up a fund the united way has partnered with a local bank to set up a fund. they raised over a million dollars in just a matter of a couple of days to help these families. >> money is one way to send your support, but there are other ways. and i love that the teachers have set up this helping hand project. explain. >> it's incredible. so the teachers of newtown have come together and set up the my helping hands project. what they're asking teachers and schools across the country, even the world to do is to have their students cake white or light green paper, put their handprint on that paper, write their name on the paper next to their handprint, where they're from, and their school. and then send it to newtown. what the teachers of newtown are planning on doing with this is stringing them all together so that it's a sign for the community that there are warm hands and hearts around the world that are thinking about them at this awful time. >> yeah. one of the things that we kept hearing, nora, over and over again whether we were there is that they are so grateful that so many people care. that the outpouring of support has been so enormously helpful for them. so now you've got the school support fund to raise money to get the kids into school, which has also raised -- sandy hook school support has raised over a million dollars, and it just launched on friday night. >> $1 million. >> what will that do? >> what they're going to be doing is looking at the near term and longer term issues. they're putting together a coalition of local clergy teachers, members of the community to think about how they can spend that money in the future because really one of the things about this -- this awful incident is that if you have a hurricane, for example, or a tornado, there's a physical thing that the community says we must rebuild this. in this case there's physical issues, there's mental issues, there's grief. so the community itself as time goes on is going to have to think about how to best spend the money. the red cross is also there. they've deployed over 150 volunteers. they've been serving meals throughout the days and nights since the tragic incident. over 10,000 meals at this point. also people have come together around the country. ryan kraft for example, the former babysitter of adam lanza, put together his own drive to help the pta locally there. anybody who hasn't necessarily heard of crowd rise, it's a platform on the web where you can put together your own drive to raise money for a cause. that's exactly what brian kraft has done. >> so if you want to get more information about how you can donate your time or your money, what should we do? >> well, there is an emergency response line for anybody who is locally in newtown who's trying to figure out how to volunteer their time. that's 1-800-203-1234. and of course at cbsthismorning.com we'll be putting off this information. we not the country wants to help, and we want to help do that. >> we'll tweet a link to that as well. rebecca jarvis, thank you. >> thank you. so what was it like in other towns to go back to school? monday was a very nervous day for many students. and lee woodruff will tell us what she heard from teachers and administrators ahead. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. here are the headlines at 8:26. >> concord police are looking for a thief who rammed a car into a videogame store and stole thousands of dollars worth of electronics. alarms went off about 4 a.m. employees who found the karsay that some ipods and ipads were missing. >> apparently, recent rains are to blame for a sinkhole in the making. this morning, marsh creek road between deer valley road and pine lane in clayton is closed. a pipe under the road has failed. a potential sinkhole is now starting to form. there is no word on when the road will reopen. but we do know the big chill is on the way. so is weather and traffic after a break. good morning. well, the morning commute is in full swing. we're still seeing a bit of a backup as you work your way across the eastshore freeway. an earlier accident is cleared but slow at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are often. also delays for bart, downtown sf to east bay 5 to 10 minutes due to equipment problems. also an accident southbound 880 at hesperian is blocking lanes at 23 miles an hour at the scene. north 880 slow out of oakland towards the maze. looks like upwards of 30 minutes for that ride. looks like most of the east bay is seeing delays except the altamont pass, elizabeth. >> all right. well, it is looking good outside. but it is definitely feeling very cold. grab a jacket if you are about to head off to work or wherever you're going to this morning. look at these temperatures. santa rosa, napa, coming in a 33 and 34. lower 40s in san jose. 43 in mountain view. by this afternoon, we are going to see more sunshine, so pretty breezy conditions and temperatures in the low to mid- 50s. it is going to be an even cooler day on tap for tomorrow especially in the morning. we have some freeze advisories in effect already for the north bay and then rain returns to the bay area thursday through the weekend. 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>> i met with the mayor, i met with the chief of police. we had a very frank discussion about what was enough of a presence to make sure that parents felt that we were taking their concerns seriously without frightening, frankly, fourth and fifth graders who saw police standing outside of their building. but my greatest concern is that we are focusing perhaps this debate too much on how to fortify, make foretresses out of schools, which is really, frankly, impossible. >> reporter: what can you do? what can a school? there is only so much you can prepare for the complete unexpected. >> we do lots of simulations throughout the course of the year where both the principal and teachers were unaware of the emergency, the practiced emergency we're going to create. and we try to determine where any flaws in our thinking might lie or our resources. >> reporter: >> we want them to know what to expect when a fire drill comes and whether we have a-- and when we have a shelterring drill. it's a culture in the classroom of we're going to take care of each other. we're going to take care of you, and you're going to take care of each other. whatever comes comes, but we're going to be facing it together. >> i want everyone to get away from the hallway door and get down. >> reporter: the texas attorney general sent this training video to the state's 1,025 school districts and requested each of them to review emergency procedures. >> does everyone have their vests? >> reporter: harrison's superintendent says while necessary, such drills represent only a small part of a larger conversation. >> we can do more certainly to protect kids. and gun control would be at the top of the list to help with that debate. but at the end of the day i think we need to focus on how communities work together with schools to identify children that are disaffected. our belief as a school district is that all means all so that we all have a mutual responsibility for everyone's child. i think that's the answer. >> reporter: during dismissal on monday, this group of teachers stood outside their school, an extra step of assurance for parents picking up their children on what had to be a very long day for schools everywhere. >> at the end of the day, i got the sense that there was a relief there. when we dismissed the children, we dismissed them to their parents. and so, you know there was a lot of nods, a lot of, you know eye contact. that kind of gave you the message that they were happy that the day went well, and i think they got through the day and we got through the day. >> reporter: it was a big day to get through. >> it was a big day to get through. >> it was a big day to get through. you know, my sister is a first grade teacher in florida. and she was all ready for questions. she didn't get one question from any of the kids. makes me think that parents aren't letting their children that young see the coverage. >> i had the tv off all weekend. >> did you? >> of course except for watching a little cbs sneaking it in. but i think that that was the feeling yesterday when we talked to the teachers was, parents, it hadn't trickled down yet. they're ready next week the week after and in the months to come. and they realize that september 11 that was the situation, as well. questions came later. in harrison, they got together teachers, before schooled opened and talked about what they would say, they talked to school psychologist. they will be prepared. >> did they get a lot of questions there? >> the kindergarten teacher said no none. she said this is natural. she expected a few. she knows they will come. >> what about school security because we know in newtown, at sandy hook, they had all the right security measures. the principal had just done drills they were doing all the right things. what did they say about reviewing security procedures? >> mr. wolf said they are reviewing them as many schools r. as you said, you can't stop someone from blasting out the glass windows and getting in. you're never going to stop this. the issue is deeper. we have to look at some of the other issues and how we come together and try to stop problems as a communities. >> and you don't want the school to be a fortress either. thank you. thank you. every mass shooting reminds us once again of others like the columbine massacre or the horror in aurora, colorado. this morning, we'll show you how people involved in those tragedies reacted to the news from newtown. horrific acts of gun violence leave emotional scars that can last a life time hundreds of people in colorado were directly affected by the movie theater massacre in aurora or the columbine high school shootings. for them as john blackstone reports, each new tragedy brings a painful reminder of the past. >> reporter: 14-year-old kaleylan bailey lives in new hampshire. when she heard of the shootings in connecticut it was almost as if she was there. >> i went into the gym locker, girls locker room, and sat there and cried. >> reporter: this past summer kaylan was in the aurora movie theater when a gunman opened fire killing 12 people including kaylan's 6-year-old friend veronica mauser. after the shooting, we met kaylan and her mother heather. >> horrifying picturing in my head what i saw that night. >> reporter: you say not a scratch on her or wound that we can see. >> right. but mentally, she's going to be dealing with this for a really long time. >> reporter: now the massacre at newtown threatens to be a setback. >> kaylan calls crying from school where i thought she was safe. that she didn't have to hear about it. >> it's going to be hard. it's going to be a hard long road. >> reporter: while the whole nation can be shocked with each new mass shooting those who have been there before feel it intensely. in 1999, 13 people were shot dead at columbine high in little ton, colorado. daniel mauser, 15 years old, was one of them. his father tom, was in a business bhooeg learned of the newtown murders. >> i just got up and left the meeting in tears. went to my office slammed the door, and broke down. what else can you do -- >> reporter: but you didn't know these people. they're a couple thousand miles away. across the country. >> it doesn't matter where -- you know them in terms of what they're going to be going through. >> reporter: kaylan says she knows exactly what the young survivors in newtown will be feeling in the months to come. >> when you go through something like that when you're a child, you never get over it and it's never forgotten. and it's almost like your innocence is taken away from you. >> that's the one thing that you want your children to hold on to for as long as possible. >> reporter: in newtown now, a memorial is growing. an expression of a community's and a nation's pain. the same happened this summer near the aurora colorado movie theater. beside columbine high school a striking permanent memorial was opened in 2007 with names of the dead cut in stone. does this help? >> it does. i think it's a symbol of the healing, and i think of the community coming together. getting behind this. >> reporter: but while the memorial offers healing each new massacre brings new pain. >> i cannot deny that it brings it back, and that i have to deal with it. i do have to deal with it. >> reporter: even after 13 years. >> after 13 years. this will be for the rest of my life. i know that. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," john blackstone little ton, colorado. >> you spent ten years researching the massacre for the book "columbine." i'm pleased to have you here. >> thanks, charlie. >> people are rushing in trying to find motive, asking can, howwhy, how can this happen, we often get it wrong. >> we often get it wrong. after columbine three days later, we had it figured out. we, the media, public, everyone understand key things. >> you were there. >> yes, yes, i was there from the first afternoon. and at this point we had it all figured out. we knew that they were outcast, loner goths from the trenchcoat mafia who had been brutaled bullied by jocks and were doing this as a revenge act to get back at the jocks for doing it. everything i said is wrong. not one single element of that is true. definitely wasn't about targeting anyone. there were bombs trying to kill everyone. they were not loners or outcasts. they weren't at the top of the food chain, but they had quite a few friends, they had a very active social life. you look at the daytimers, and it's -- they're completely full. all these things were wrong. and that -- >> that narrative lived on, though, dave. it laid the groundwork for years. >> most people still think that's all today. i do a lot of high school and different events and ask people who what are the main things you know about columbine. and they say all those things. the thing is this week whatever we leave the public with is going to be with them forever. we're going to cover this nonstop for a week or two or something. then we go away and something else becomes the story. that closing point whatever it is, whatever ideas we left the public with, it's with us forever. if we've got something wrong, or big myths out there -- >> you're saying that's why it's so important for us not to jump to conclusions in this case? >> yes. >> what are your thoughts about this chemical case in newtown? >> this case, i don't know. what i can tell you though, is if you want to talk about -- there's three different types of killers that we have found in the shooters. and we can talk about what the three types are, you know i don't want to talk about what this one might be because we don't know yet. >> what are the three types? >> okay, there's three -- first is the most rare which is the sadistic psychopaths. they know what they're doing, don't care. they're not mentally ill. that's rare luckily. the second more prevalent but still smallish is people who are deeply mentally ill. we're talking about a total break with reality. and in the case that was true in vek and tucson, unfortunately. some of the notorious cases. but not usually. we want to be careful not to station ma ties people -- >> not mentally not a psychopath. >> yes. the sthirdthird is depression. deep, deep extreme depression. people who are suicidally depressed and angry. that's the one that shocks people -- and it doesn't sort of compute that a depressed person does this. but that's the one we're talking about. and it's a little more complicated. it's people who have gotten to such a point of helplessness and hopelessness. so they're lashing out in an irrational way. and often they're not sure exactly what they're trying to accomplish. >> in closing, you make the point that often they are berating themselves, and it's they are the people who have a low opinion of themselves. >> that is exactly it. that's it in a nutshell. >> all right. >> the book is "columbine." >> so much to discuss. thank you, dave. the main character in the "sopranos" was a depressed gangster. remember him? now the man behind one of the best tv shows ever has a new feature film. his name is david chase. he joins us next at the table to talk about "not fade away." $2,000 a year for -- >> people with longer hair than me. >> look at the coat. looks like you just got off the boat at ellis island. >> what? >> he kills himself down at that store six days a week plus friday until 9:00 with that psoriasis, and this is what you do? do? >> the movie "not fade away" is about music in the '60s, how it changed lives and defined a generation. it is a first feature film directed by david chase. he plays in a band himself long before he created television shows like "the sopranos." david chase, welcome. >> thank you. >> why did you decide to make this movie about this subject? >> i've always liked -- i've loved that music ever since those days. >> yeah. >> and it actually -- i was retracing my steps this week in the course of all this publicity. >> yeah. >> and i remember that when decided to do this was when keith richards fell out of the tree in hawaii and hurt himself. >> yes. >> and i remember -- it was a serious injury. and i remember thinking, it struck me, my god, keith richards is mortal. >> yeah. by the way this is keith richards' birthday. hello, keith. >> wow really? happy birthday. >> happy birthday, keith. >> it struck me that he was mortal and mick jagger was mortal, and they all were. and that -- >> they just don't know it. >> they don't behave like they are. that's what's great about. it they were still working. i thought, you know i wanted to memorialize it. >> you reunite again with james gandolfini. you have history together, you worked well together on the "sopranos." why did you decide how would be best for this emotionally closed father? >> i hadn't thought about him in the beginning. i wrote an entire script and was having trouble with. it i was about to quit. >> really? >> and go do something else. and for some reason i got this - idea to pick -- the scenes were written with the father. i got this idea to picture him as the father. once i did that and i read the scenes with him in mind not only did that part click in for me, the whole tone of the movie clicked in for me. i began to see the whole movie, how -- i began to see that it wasn't a silly teen comedy or party movie orring in like that ing inring in -- or party movie. >> it's not a silly movie. it's been described as autobiographical for you. yes and no. what do you mean by that? >> it's auto biographical in terms of my feelings at the time what i felt at that time about music, love, my girlfriend, the war, but death about -- you know. the events don't really parallel my life at all. >> uh-huh. >> but it is about the power of music, right? >> it's about the power of music. you know, the power of music but also the power of art in general i think. >> speaking of power of art, there is conversations taking place at this time about entertainment and violence and the climate that we have in this country. as a creator of entertainment, what do you say to those arguments? >> you know, i went to college i have a liberal arts background. all questions could be entertained i guess. that's what you learn. i guess that could be entertained -- i don't know how you answer that. but -- i'm not trying to be glib. people ask, well do these depictions of violence, do these movies and tv shows make the world a worse place somehow? and i -- and the other day i thought to myself, well, does mary poppins make the world a better place? where's the data on that? and if you could show me data on that, we could talk about the other. you expect that most -- the majority of human beings can tell the difference between reality and -- and wherever they are. and i think we have to make things for the majority not -- not run away from it because of some deranged individuals. >> so you don't think there's a culture at all of exalting violence whether in movies or video games? >> that's what i mean. that question is up for grabs. i mean a lot of people in my position would say i don't want to hear about it. >> no. >> but i do at least think about that. and you wonder, how is it ever going to be answered? >> david, may i say that i have finally forgiven you for the ending of the "sopranos." >> thank you. >> i watched it and -- and stevie van zandt was here one day. and i was saying talking about. he goes "well how did you want it to end?" all i could say was hmm, hmm, hmm. are you satisfied with it because i hear it stuck with you, too. >> do i like the ending, was satisfied -- >> no, i hear it stuck with you, how to end it how to end the show. >> it was a conversation as to what to do. but you follow your instincts. that was the instinct that came to me, and i talked it over with the writers. they all agreed. and -- i've made my peace with it. >> you've gone from to have movie. this is your first big movie. >> david, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> glad to have you here. "not fade away" opens in theaters tomorrow. it's does it for us. up next, your local news. see you tomorr headlines at 8:56. a bay area teen is und from the cbs studio in san francisco, good tuesday morning, i'm brian hackney with your local headlines. now at 8:56, a bay area teen is under arrest after he posted plans to copy the connecticut massacre. 18-year-old sergio cabada faces a felony for posting threats online. concord plus police are looking for a thief who rammed a car into a video game store and stole thousands of dollars worth of electronics. a man convicted of killing two people at the richmond toll plaza is expected to be sentenced today. 49-year-old nathan burres is facing the death penalty. burres shot and killed his ex- girlfriend, a toll plaza worker and her friend back in 2009. it is a crisp clear day across the bay area, looking picture perfect outside. definitely grab a jacket. it is chilly. santa rosa, napa almost at freezing. 33 in santa rosa. 34 in napa. looks like mid-40s in san francisco and oakland, closer toward the bay. going to warm up only toward the mid-50s by the bay this afternoon. still going to see some sunshine. and another cool day on tap for wednesday. then the rain returns, and the clouds return, thursday through the weekend. gianna has your traffic coming up next. good morning, final look at the roadways. you can see the backup has been through the 880, but not quite to mesa. still dealing with an accident south 880, blocking lanes in both directions as you work your way through there. 238 to the maze. looking good marin county. only 14 minutes on 580 to the golden gate plaza. have a great day, everyone. >> announcer: today! >> we are going to get holiday ready without breaking the bank. >> designer nate berkus will help us with beer mugs, burlap and baby photos. >> what's prettier around the table than a show-stopping binner >> dr. phil: how >> took two seconds and this saved you $2.50 a pound! budget-friendly pork roast! 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about a possible blackout months before the super bowl. >> on "cbs this morning." zbles that he how hard the city of new orleans parties, even their football stadiums blackout. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." we are learning new details about the end of an alabama hostage drama. fbi agents raided an underground bunker yesterday shooting and killing the kidnaper. >> the captive a five-year-old boy ethan is said to be okay. they had to move in because the kidnaper was growing desperate. mark strassmann good morning. >> reporter: good morning norah and charlie. ethan is waking up with his mother for a first time in the week but bomb technicians spent time in the bunker processing the crime scene and looking for improvised explosives. it began asended as violently as it began with a gunshot. >> he's a special child. by the grace of god he's okay. >> reporter: ethan spent seven days underground, the prisoner of jimmy lee dykes, just the two of them inside a bunker four feet wide six feet long and eight feet high. the standoff ended suddenly when the fbi's hostage rescue team distracted dykes with a pair of loud bangs and blinding flashes from stun grenades tossed inside the bunker. they burst through the door on top. the surprise factor was overwhelming and in seconds, ethan, a 5-year-old with asperger's was safe and dykes was dead. >> over the past 24 hours our communications with the subject deteriorated and we were certainly concerned. >> reporter: cbs news learned the fbi got concerned what they saw through a camera inserted into the bunker at some point during the standoff. dykes had grown increasingly agitated and began carrying a gun as he walked inside the bunker. commanders green lighted the raid for the rescue team ending a standoff that began last tuesday when dykes boarded a school bus full of elementary school and demanded two hostages. dykes shot and killed the bus driver and abducted ethan. the boy was taken to a local hospital shortly after the raid. relative told us he's been playing and laughing since his reunion with his mother. >> i'm a father. lot of these men and women that have been sacrificing tireless hours, they're parents as well. it's a relief for us to be able to reunite a mother with her child. >> reporter: agents believe that dykes kidnapped the little boy for attention. the 65-year-old retired truck driver had anti-government grievances and thought kidnapping the little boy would get him an audience to listen to the grievantsces. agents built a mockup to practice the rescue. ethan is back safe with his mother and just in time, tomorrow is his 6th birthday. >> norah, charlie, thank you. former assistant fbi director john miller is with us. good morning. how did fbi agents gain access to the bunker? >> they had been in conversation with him for days sent small objects down the pipe and developed a technique to give larger things that wouldn't fit down the pipe through the top door of that bunker and there was a process, i mean this is basically a storm shelter that's meant to be there if there's a tornado so it's got kind of a baton down the hatches on top. >> did they have a camera inside? >> they did have a camera inside and they were able to observe his movements, so yesterday as they watch them handling the weapon he was getting more and more irrational but they had an agreement to pass something through that top door that was too large to fit down the pipe and they created that opportunity and used that opportunity to get inside. >> what don't we know about what happened? >> what we don't know is some of the technical aspects, what the camera was how they got it inside and a particular technical aspect of those last moments, and the reason we can't get into that is these are techniques that they work very hard to develop, and that they may have to use the next time and between television and the internet, the next person, whoever that might be could research that. >> what you're saying john you noticed there was sophisticated stuff you saw going on that you can't say on television in order to save this child's life. this was top notch to save this child's life. >> they had contingency plan after contingency plan and contingency plan and they have a division at quantico that can custom make anything they need almost at a moment's notice. the toy department there is quite amazing. >> the most important thing you have to do in a raid is what? >> speed, surprise violence of action. when you have a hostage rescue you have only seconds so you have to have a tactical plan that includes the ability to get in and overtake your opponent before he or she even knows what's going on and that's what they did yesterday. >> john miller, thanks. it is the first federal enforcement action against a rating firm over the financial crisis. the government is suing standard & poor's. the late filing on monday the justice department accused s&p of giving high ratings to toxic assets. the bank's mortgages, the ones that helped fuel the 2008 meltdown. we're less than a month away from massive layoffs and cuts in spending at the pentagon and elsewhere. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. they call this the sequester and both signs long predicted it could harm the economy if the cuts are allowed to kick in. instead of working together to do something about it they resorted to the blame game a month before the deadline. republicans may be the party of spending cuts but on monday house speaker john boehner insisted the looming sequester was the president's idea. >> the president first proposed this sequester in 2011 and insisted that it be part of the debt limit agreement. >> reporter: unless congress acts the package of cuts worth $1.2 trillion will start to kick in march 1st, taking a $55 billion bite out of this year's defense budget and $27 billion from domestic discretionary spending. according to the congressional budget office more than 1 million jobs are at risk. defense secretary leon panetta had this warning. >> we are going to weaken the united states and make it much more difficult to respond to the crisis in europe. >> reporter: the cuts were designed to be so painful they would force congress to come one a smarter way to trim the deficit instead but it didn't happen. house republicans poind out they passed a bill to replace the sequester with cuts to federal worker pay, food stamps and other programs. democrats say that puts the burden on poor and middle class americans to pay for debt reduction. >> remember the american people still believe by an overwhelming margin that the rich should contribute to this. >> reporter: republicans argue democrats have no plan for replacing the sequester beyond eliminating tax breaks for corporate jet owners and oil companies. >> these aren't real solutions, mr. president. they're poll tested gimmicks. >> reporter: the cuts were originally supposed to kick in last month, but a last-minute deal pushed them off for two months. the president is meeting at this hour with labor leaders later this afternoon with business leaders and the subject, norah and charlie, is sure to come up. >> nancy cordes thanks. meantime house majority leader eric cantor will be outlining a new agenda for his party today calling for change. he wants republicans to focus more on issues like education and health care and spend less time talking about the deficit. congressman cantor is with us this morning. >> good morning. >> you've got a big speech today asking the republican party to change. is this about tone or ideology? >> what this is about is about making sure that we can express why we're doing what we're doing. we believe very strongly obviously in things like fiscal discipline and not spending money you don't have we also believe in that, because it helps people, in the same way we've got to address the plight of so many working americans right now, and those who don't have any work and say that yes, we've got policies that will help you in terms of giving you an opportunity for quality education, in terms of trying to help you bring down the costs of health care. we've got some real policies that we want to put to work to help people and that's what this is about. >> so on policy and on immigration reform will you today endorse the proposal put forward by senator rubio? >> well you know i really admire senator rubio and the kind of things he's standing for. i think he's moving in the right direction. we've got a lot of issues to weigh around this debate on immigration. obviously we're a country of immigrants and my grandparents came from eastern europe at the turn of the last century to flee religious persecution to come to america. >> forgive me, i didn't hear an answer yes or no. >> we're a country of immigrants so i said that i admire senator rubio, he's going in the right direction. we have things i believe need to be addressed from border security to worker programs and we need to be addressing the situation where you've got some children in this country that are here because of actions of their parents and know no other place than america as home so we've got a lot of issues and i believe we've got to work in an expedited fashion to address them but do so that we are as secure as a country of laws and that we can help our economy and move forward. >> there's this issue that seems to be going in republican party circles that the party has to rebrand and reform government jindal called it "the stupid party" senator rubio talking about immigration reform. is this a recognition that the republican party has not spoken to the american people about issues that concern them and how government can work for them? >> well i think it is more. it is explaining why we're doing what we're doing. i went to an inner city school a private school here in the district of columbia yesterday and sprung out of a desire to give the kids who are trapped in some of these failing schools a fair shot in actually quality education so their future could be better. this is why we're doing it. we're doing it to help the families of that school and all others around america who want a better future, and you know our party has always stood for the conservative philosophy of self-reliance, of faith in the individual accountability in government but what we're trying to do is to explain that these proposals of ours actually can help people and we'd love to see the democrats join us in trying to set aside differences and seeing if we can come together to actually get some relief to the millions of americans, frankly, who just want their life to work again. >> but some who look at the proposals, those on immigration and others that you make in the speech saying including some of your aides you're tweaking and re-branding. this is not a fundamental change that you're recommending. >> we've got some new policies in here, we've gotten some policies we've stood for such as empowering parents and giving them a choice for their children's education. we've got some proposals that will address the rise in health care costs as a result of the president's health care bill. we're trying to be constructive to help people again, charlie and hopefully we can bring folks together on both sides of the aisle, something that has not happened too often here in washington, so we can provide a path to a better future for more americans, and make their life work again. >> congressman cantor thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. the centers for disease control says senior citizens are dying at the highest rate ever seen from the flu. dr. william schaffner from vanderbilt university good morning. >> good morning. >> what is it that makes seniors so vulnerable? >> seniors are more frail than young, robust people and their immune systems are likewise frail so when flu strikes they're more likely to get the complications of influenza. >> doctor why is it that this year so many seniors are getting it and dying from the flu? >> norah, what's happened is this year's flu strain is a bit more virulent. it's more apt to cause serious disease, and so that's a nasty combination, a more virulent virus and seniors, of course, who are frail. so we are seeing complications, hospitalizations and some deaths in seniors. >> you have specific recommendations for elderly people if you start to feel sick and haven't had a flu shot right? >> absolutely norah. if you start to feel sick call your health care provider. they can prescribe an anti-viral, tamiflu is the most common and that can reduce the duration of the illness, make it milder, and you're much less apt to have the complications. >> for seniors and others how serious is this flu we're experiencing this winter? >> oh, it's serious but charlie, we have serious flu every winter. every senior indeed all of us should get our influenza vaccination each and every year. we should resolve to do it this fall for the winter season coming up. >> dr. schaffnor thanks. time to show you this morning's headlines around the globe. "usa today" says investigators are looking for an answer in the fatal bus cra crash that crashed sunday night. the bus failed more than one-third of vehicle inspections during the last two years. the "new york times" says there are claims involving the los angeles archdiocese. lawyers for victims say the church didn't release all its records on sexual abuses by priests. they alleged many names were removed, apparently violating a chunlg's order. in britain's "daily express" the european's law enforcement agency launched the biggest ever probe into soccer match fixing. 425 match official club official players and criminals are suspected. we'll have more from london later on "cbs this morning." "the washington post" says washington has been rated the worst for gridlock. the average driver there burns 67 hours and 32 gallons of gas each year sitting in traffic. and the "wall street journal" reports dollar stores are feeling the pinch. sales have slowed in part because of rapid growth. dollar general plans to open 635 new stores this year. family dollar stores will open about 500 all right. we have low clouds stretching well onshore even some high clouds cruising in overhead. our mount vaca cam showing you some clouds moving on by as we have a weak cold front approaching the state. not going to bring us any rain. it's going to bring us plenty of clouds throughout the day today. 40s across the board. by the afternoon, highs only in the 50s and maybe low 60s, breezy at the coastline. next couple of days going to be dry. we could see some cold showers, though, on thursday and friday. >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by kay jewelers. every kiss begins with kay. millions oll millions of dollars were spent on the superdome's electrical system before the super bowl and the lights still went out. >> all we know is we had an interruption in service that occurred. >> we'll show you how officials knew about a blackout threat for months. and the government is fighting a giant beer merger. we'll show you what a merger of budweiser and corona could mean for beer lovers all over america on "cbs this morning." >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by the u.s. postal service. schedule your free package pickup today. rk for one. that company, the united states postal service® works for thousands of home businesses. because at usps.com® you can pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. i can even drop off free boxes. i wear a lot of hats. well, technically i wear one. the u.s. postal service® no business too small. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] make your escape... twice as rewarding. earn double points or double miles on all your hotel stays through march thirty first. sign up now at hiltondouble.com. 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[ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ nom, nom, nom. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ we're still seeing brake lights along 880 from an earlier accident northbound near davis. we have lots of slow and go conditions both directions through there near oakland. so give yourself some extra time. not too bad past that area. you're clear towards the bay bridge. but, of course, the bay bridge backed up. but due to the metering lights on in a slow and go commute. golden gate bridge good no delays out of marin county in fact traffic quiet into san francisco. lawrence? >> all right. a lot of clouds out there right now, gianna. things going to try and break up a little bit toward the afternoon. still, it's going to stay cool outside today. you can see those clouds extending out over the financial district in san francisco. looks like it will break up a little bit toward the afternoon hours. still, 40s right now. by the afternoon, cooler than normal numbers only 50s maybe some low 60s and that's about it. breezy toward the coast. next couple of days should stay dry but by thursday and friday a chance of showers and some cold temperatures. that's loaded with spicy jalapenos, onion rings and gooey, pepper jack cheese. afterwards lindsay lohan said, "so that wasn't just me?" everybody saw that. she did. welcome back to "cbs this morning." new information suggests superdome officials were not surprised by the blackout that interrupted the super bowl. the "new orleans times picayune" reports the power outage may be connected to a recent upgrade of the dome's electrical system. >> a memo from october shows officials at the stadium and the local power company worry good a power failure. jeff glor has more news of the investigation. jeff good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that memo from october 15 3 1/2 months ago when the tests on the dome's electrical feeder showed decay and a "chance of failure." entergy, the company that provides power, also had concerns regarding the electric connections. this despite a million dollars in recent superdome improvements including $600,000 spent on that feeder system. >> all we know is we had an interruption in service that occurred. >> reporter: officially the superdome general manager says it's still too early to determine exactly what caused sunday's blackout. >> make a single file line -- >> reporter: two minutes into the third quarter, elevators escalators, half the stadium went dark. despite using limited energy off the power grid. the superdome's electrical system got that million-dollar upgrade last december. utility company entergy said some abnormality still triggered the partial system shutdown. "60 minutes sports" was rolling when the problem happened. >> uh-oh. >> we lost light. frank? we lost the a.c. >> reporter: what does that mean? >> that means that we have to do the bus time -- >> what's that mean? >> that means a 20-minute delay. >> reporter: law enforcement determined quickly it wasn't an act of terrorism or hacking. with so many systems used during the super bowl turning the lights back on was not easy. >> very complicated system. there's scoring equipment, telephone switches coaches' headsets. all of those things get affected. >> reporter: at a press conference monday, nfl commissioner roger goodell dismissed the idea that the halftime show was to blame. >> to say that beyonce's halftime show has something to do with it is not the case from anything we have at this point. >> the halftime show, as the commissioner said was running on 100% generated powerment. >> reporter: and despite the glitch, new orleans is still planning to make a bid for the city's 11th super bowl in 2018. >> the most important thing is to make sure that people understand it was a fantastic week here. we know that they have an interest in future super bowls, and we look forward to evaluating that going forward. >> reporter: next year's game will be played at new jersey's metlife stadium. and goodell says he and new jersey governor chris christie have already discussed it. >> he's already hard at work at that already. but i think that's the issue. you know, we always identify this as a potential concern. and it's something that we always have to do the proper steps to make sure we prepare for that. >> reporter: the memo released late monday shows one of the reasons officials ordered these tests last year was because of blackouts at a monday night football game in 2011. the place where that happened -- san francisco. not the first time the 49ers have seen in. charlie, nora? >> jeff, they had actually tested this new system, hadn't they, at the superdome? >> it had been in place. there had been one nfl game and two college bowl games there including the sugar bowl which is a big, big deal. >> what was the result of those tests? >> the real problems during those games. you guys were down there. you saw -- i mean everything was sailing smoothly this week, right? this was arguably the biggest tourist window that new orleans has ever seen the super bowl sandwiched around mardi gras season. mardi gras season is bigger than ever. it was smooth right up until it wasn't. >> jeff glor, thanks. 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what's the difference? >> that's a good question. you could probably fit this entire brew house at one of the brew tanks at anheuser house. >> reporter: they're that big? even bud wiser is owned by a belgian company anheuser-busch in-bev. it owns nearly 50% of the market with budweiser bull light, stella, and becks. >> bud light is brewed to give you everything you want -- >> reporter: now anheuser-busch in-bev is trying to get bigger by merging with a mexican company that brews america's most popular import, corona. a deal worth $20 billion. the justice department is hoping to block the deal adding it would lead to higher products and fewer products. butcher says the dealed hurt his industry by putting the squeeze on small, specialty brewers. >> there's a limited amount of shelf space out there. the big suppliers have influence over what goes into the set. if one supplier gets too big, then they ultimately can have the opportunity to limit that choice in the market. and that's bad for consumers. it's interesting that the justice department agrees with that view. >> reporter: port city is about to expand a second time. their niche, quality over quantity. >> this is among the highest quality strains of barley in the world. >> reporter: they're sold in three states and the district of columbia including this d.c. restaurant that sells only craft beers. 555 of them. there's not a bud or a bud light in sight. >> we've been steadily busy for going on four years now. here i think that the craft movement in general in the country is growing. >> reporter: and that growth can be seen as a threat to big beer. what we're seeing is, for example, in 2011 the company that owns budweiser scooped up the small brewing chicago named goose island. now their target isget is corona but that justice department lawsuit standing in the way could have this deal in danger. nor acharlie? >> so jan, if this merger were to go through as you point out, they could control between 70%, 80% of the market. do you think the justice department will succeed in blocking this merger? >> reporter: well, you know lawyers who follow these kind of cases have been really examining this one and saying it probably will go through eventually. what they're going to do is impose conditions on the company so that it won't be such an anti-competitive merger. of course, that's anyone's guess. right now, the company is really fighting the lawsuit some people say they're negotiating behind the scenes to strike a deal with the justice department. but what's interesting is that the justice department is seeing the potential anti-competitive effect of some of these big global beer mergers. this time at least, they're initially aggressively moving to try to stop it. >> it could mean increased prices for everybody at home. jan crawford thank coming up after poking fun at him for years, governor chris christie faces off with david letterman. and what if your daily health supplement isn't so healthy? 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>> speed, surprise, action. >> it is the first federal enforcement action against a rating firm over the financial crisis. the government is suing standard & poor's. >> we're less than a month away from massive cuts to spending. >> instead of working together to do something about it they resorted to the blame game a month before the deadline. >> on policy and on immigration reform will you today endorse the proposal put forward by senator rubio? >> i think he's moving in the right direction. >> forgive me i didn't hear an answer. did you say yes or no? >> the government is going after big beer. it could change the way drinkers buy a six-pack. >> you could probably fit this entire brewhouse into one of the tanks at anheuser-busch. >> people are still talking about the super bowl blackout. >> the company had concerns about blackout. >> i had $200 on last night's super bowl. yeah i bet on electricity. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. a 5-year-old boy is waking up at home this morning for the first time he was kidnapped yearly a week ago. the boy was grabbed off a school bus. >> yesterday the fbi raided an underground bunker and killed the child's abducteder identified as jimmy lee dykes. mark strassmann is in midland city oakalabama to show us how that drama unfolded. >> reporter: so far so good the little boy is back safely with his mother and bomb technicians spent the night in the bunker processing the crime scene and looking for improvised explosives. the standoff ended quickly and violently as agents distracted jimmy lee dykes with a pair of stun grenades overwhelmed him, went in through the top door killed him rescued the little boy. they were concerned by what they saw through a camera they had sneaked into the bunker. dykes had been agitated unstable. they thought the boy was in imminent danger. agents believe dykes kidnapped the little boy for attention. he had anti-government grievances and thought kidnapping ethan would get him an audience. mark strassmann in midland city alabama. robert menendez is speaking out. he spoke with cnn on monday. >> it's amazing to me that anonymous, nameless faceless individuals on a website can drive that type of story into the main stream. but that's what they've done successfully. no no one can find them, no one ever met them, no one ever talked to them but that's where we're at. so the bottom line is all of those smears are absolutely false. you know, that's the bottom line. >> just one last question -- >> menendez blames what he calls right-wing blogs for spreading the claims. this morning we're getting the first look at the failed main battery which forced the emergency landing of a 787 dreamliner last month. photos show severe damage and charring on the battery of the all nippon. the dreamliner continues grounded. it's unclear why the main battery overheat. the cost of filling up is emptying more wallets. the average family spent $2900 a year on gas, tying a record going back 30 years. in the meantime a new report from texas a&m says sitting in traffic cost the average american more than $800 in 2011. that adds up to $21 billion in wasted time and fuel. there's a new scandal shaking up the sports world. there's a probe into soccer matches that were allegedly rigged. it doesn't single out any particular team because the investigation is still ongoing but as mark phillips reports we know asian gamblers are suspected of fixing hundreds of games. >> reporter: the beautiful game as it's called just got ugly. soccer has been the victim of a worldwide betting scandal. according to a european police investigation, football as it's known in most places is fixed. >> we have uncovered an extensive criminal network involved in widespread football match fixing. >> reporter: the scandal is run, the police say, from the bookie shops of the far east. this one in singapore. the popularity of the game in asia has found the perfect partner in asia's other favorite sport, gambling. but it has arrangements with crime as i understandsyndicates around the world. the police have been keeping score. they found 680 games where the outcomes were bent by being. 380 of those in europe. the rest elsewhere in a total of 15 countries. at least 425 referees, club officials and players took bribes to affect the results. how does it work -- >> you see a guy ten yards out from the goal, he misses the goal. people say, bad luck or bad shot. the problem now is when this guy does that, the person on the stand all of a sudden says, hey, was it a bad shot or maybe somebody give him a few bucks? >> reporter: more than a few bucks. one anti-corruption body says the betting on sports amounts to about $3 billion a day. most of that on soccer. mark phillips, cbs news, london. a baltimore furniture company may be kicking itself over super bowl promise. gardners furniture told customers any purchase in the four days before the super bowl would be free if the ravens scored a touchdown on a kick return. well, you know what happened? jacoby jones took the second half kickoff all the way to the end zone. the company says it's keeping their promise. that will cost them $600,000. they're saying thanks, jacoby. appreciate it. >> exactly. >> new furniture. it's free! >> from free furniture to a free fall felix baumgartner jumped from 24 miles above the earth. turns out he was going faster than anybody knew. official numbers released number showed fearless felix hit speeds of 843 miles an hour 10 miles an hour faster than first thought. this moment of fear off the coast of maui was captured on video. four friends were paddling a canoe when a humpback whale came out of nowhere and lifted the front end. one of the paddlers called it just a love tap. this is, of course, breeding season for the humpbacks. there are about 10,000 of them around the hawaiian islands. no one was injured. >> whoa. >> look at that. and the whale is fine as well. what a sighting. >> beautiful picture. charlie, you probably wish you were there. >> i do. >> i know you do. >> right now. >> who doesn't? 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"usa today" looks at a new survey on what single people consider a must-have in a potential date or partner. listen carefully -- number one, for both men and women, teeth. that's important. always a good thing. just saying. >> yes. >> that's followed by grammer. like that, too. the survey also found 42% would not date a virgin. okay. and sense of humor is also very important. >> i like that study. in britain "the independent" reports women in paris can now wear trousers. a law dating back 213 years technically made it illegal for a woman to wear pants without a police permit. can you believe this? last week the ministry of women's rights declared the law null and void. >> what year is this? >> i know. >> 2013. >> 2013. >> let's go. the frenchman known as spiderman strikes again. al alain robert climbed the side of the famous had bana libre hotel with no safety equipment. yikes. he it says eernt wasn't difficult. he has scaled much taller structures like the golden gate bridge. this year is off to a freezing start for most of the country. if you're looking to escape the cold there's a relaunch of the 80 degrees tool which helps with travel preferences. we have the executive director good morning. >> good morning. >> we'll get to the hot spots to go to. first, how do you use the tool, what is it? >> basically think of it as your online concierge. >> the word concierge, arabella is always a good thing. >> always a good thing. recommendations will be personalized to you based on your interests. since we have beaches all over the world, we know that not every beach is the same. you might looking for a spa, you might be looking for something with the kids, i might be looking for night life. you can get a mccaws at the same time as you're going to go to rugged beaches. think of it as a nature safari plus the beach thrown in. the luxury lodges there cost $165 a night.great? >> pure beach vacation. if you're looking to kick back hanging on the sand with a book or maybe do a couple of yoga classes, this is the beach for you. there you can -- there are luxury lodges there, too. but really the great value is in the beach cabanas which start at $100 a night. >> for city and beach life you recommend oahu right? >> absolutely. it's perfect for urbanites looking to have night life shopping, et cetera. it's also great for families looking for a great value vacation. we found flights from about $400 to $450 roundtrip from both coasts, by the way. and lots of cheap and cheerful places to stay. places that won't break the bank. >> i'm thinking the prices have been reasonable. if you can get hotel rooms for $100-plus in these kind of resorts, isn't that a good deal? >> it's a fantastic deal. i would say better than value. you're looking at an excellent price point for your beach vacation. >> it fourth place is st. kits. you said history buffs like this place. >> history buffs like this place because it's a fortress a unesco protected heritage site. a great place to explore and get an understanding of the history. lots of sugar cane fields too, and old mills that have been decommissioned. so it's a beautiful island, first off, but it's also a great place to get a full resort experience that won't break the bank. marriott there, we found rates from $215 a night in march. >> and neevus is next door -- >> not so cost affordable. >> no. >> but pretty. >> very pretty. and you can do a day trip from st. kitts and experience it. go for lunch maybe hit the greens if you want a bit of a splurge. >> absolutely. >> florida keys. >> the florida keys. super easy to get. to i wouldn't say it's 80 this time of year but pleasant 70s. you fly into miami. again, you can get there for under $200 from the east coast. lots of quaint b&bs and inns all over the keys. not much more than $100 a night if you're looking to save your pennies. and there you get to go water sports, kayaking, it's a really great all-around destination. and quintessential experience, sunset drinks on duval street in key west. >> all right. >> the water shots are so pretty. >> yes. >> for people who want to go on vacation but don't really want to be around people. there are some people like that. i want to go vacation but i don't want to talk to none of y'all. what do you say? >> yes. we would recommend -- there are lots of sort of private islands that you can stay at. they're going break the bank a bit. but the other option is places like panama and belize that are less discovered. you can actually go and find a quiet patch of beach without as many people on it. >> all right. >> if only the book always came with vacations. arabella bowen, thank you very much. >> thank you. director ben affleck shows tension in "argo." there's no suspension whether he'll win the oscar for best director since he's not even nominated. bill whitaker shows why many in hollywood are left scratching their heads. regime ben affleck joined fellow nominees at the annual oscar lunch monday. he's won almost every major award this season for directing "argo." the golden globe, the critic's choice award, the director's guild named him best director saturday. it was perplexing that we wasn't nominated for an academy award for "argo." >> we got seven nominations including best picture. i'm elated. truly, genuinely thrilled. i don't get into worrying too much about what and didn't get what. you know, i've had many, many many, many many, many years watching from home. >> reporter: still hollywood is asking why. it can't be that at 40 he's too young and unseasoned. the first-time director of "beasts of the southern wild" is nominated, and he's only 30. on which party does this reflect the worst? the academy, ben affleck -- >> i think it's a little bit of a black eye for the academy. >> reporter: the "hollywood reporter's" matthew belloni says the snub may be why the other guilds are handing affleck directing awards. >> i think you're seeing a bit of a pity factor. people are looking at what happened with the oscars and saying how dare you up? ben affleck. >> reporter: at the golden globes "argo" won best picture and best director. affleck's friend and co-producer, george clooney, said the oscar snub is inexplicable inexplicable. >> i thought that he should have been nominated. you can't figure out what goes in the academy. >> reporter: if ben affleck is disappointed, he's keeping it to himself. >> you're not entitled to win anything. you're not entitled to anything in life. >> reporter: still "argo" has a good shot at winning best picture. meaning co-producer affleck might go home with an oscar after all. for "cbs this morning," bill whitaker, hollywood. >> you know we've been talking about this because "argo" seems to have the momentum going into the oscars. >> yes. and part of it, i think, is because he's handled it so well. don't you think, charlie? >> he certainly has. with charm and self-deprecation. >> what he said about the pity factor, i don't think it's the pity factor. we all liked the movie. thought it was really good. people like ben. it will be interesting to see what happens. >> there's a lot of good movies. i got to watch "argo" with you, on the edge of your seat. almost like boating on the bayou. >> i tend to talk to the screen. not always appreciated. a new book warns america is suffering from a lack of children. the author will tell us why he thinks we're about to go over a demographi have you ever thought of this question -- what happens when society doesn't have enough babies? a new book argues it can lead to economic, political, and cultural disaster. what? jonathan last is author of "what to expect when no one's expecting." i love the title, by the way. good morning jonathan last. >> good morning. thank you. >> is your message to america get busy in the bedroom, the best way to serve your country? >> let's put on some barry white, get drunk and make that decision. no, the message of the book is there's no example in recorded human history of a society experiencing long-term peace and prosperity with declining populations. that's where we're heading now. the american people have been below the replacement rate fertility since the early 1970s. that's going to put big strains on medicare and social security and slow down our economy like we've seen happening in japan and greece. >> i've always heard that we're overpopulated in society. >> in fact you know we're really not. we're actually -- the global fertility rate has been dropping for 40 years now. we're heading toward population contraction worldwide within the next 60 years. >> why is there, you call it demographic disaster looming? >> there's a big constellation of forces, to give you the short list. things like the creation of social security, decline in infant mortality, rise of contraception. the universality of college. some of these changes are very good. but even good changes can come with costs. >> your title is obviously kind of a play on the book that has been on the best-seller list for ages and ages the "what to expect when you're expecting," that every new mom picks up when she's pregnant. >> our bible. >> right. a play on that. some will read the book and say, wait a minute, women have been empowered by having less children. >> everybody's been empowered by having less children. having susan kidd a raw deal, right? -- having a kid is a raw deal right? it costs a lot of money. if you look at ideal fertility studies, most women and men say they want 2.5 children we on average have 1.9 children. people aren't reaching for fertility ideals in america. >> you use words like "disaster, calamity," why is it a disaster and calamity if we don't have more kids? you're looking at the overall picture. break it down. >> look at japan. japan is just further ahead of us down this demographic road. in the 1980s, japan looked like it was going to rule the world. they were buying up the manhattan properties the japanese bought rockefeller center, toyota had outstripped general motors. we were all wearing sony walkman and talking about how we had to learn japanese. at the height of their powers japanese demographers were warning the japanese people, the fertility rate was too low, they didn't have the demographics to sustain their economic success. in the 1990s, the japanese economy hit a wall and it's still there today. and you have some really dire consequences. they have generational warfare. last week the japanese finance minister said that it was important for older japanese people to "hurry up and die." we would like it avoid this sort of thing in america, i think. >> what about the threat of overpopulation on our earth? the environmental consequences of that. that is a real concern, isn't it? >> it is. but it isn't an either/or sort of situation here. if you look at the economic research pioneered by julian simon, it shows that increasing population leads to increasing in technological advance. it's like commodity prices dropped worldwide over the last 100 years. the american environment miserable during the 1970s. we had acid rain smog. our rivers and lakes terribly polluted. 40 years later, population has increased by 50%. the environment is much smarter and more sustainable. >> jonathan, your last chapter is "how to make babies." do you doubt that people don't sflm. >> you know, a lot of people -- it's a complicated subject. >> i know. it is a complicated subject. it's more than just having sex. you have a bigger plan in mind. thank you, jonathan last. >> thank you. and gabby giffords made a plea to congress last week to do something about gun violence. this morning the young man who helped save giffords remember him, writes a note to self. daniel hernandez jr., next on "cbs this morning." 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[ siren ] >> more than one ambulance. we have about a total of ten people, maybe more. oh, my god. >> gabby giffords has been hit. >> on a bright and chilly morning in january, your entire life will change. it will be less than 19 seconds, but in that time a young man armed with a semiautomatic weapon will shoot 19 killing six and injuring 13 others. including your friends, ron, gab, and gabby. you run into the gunfire trying to help people using the skills that you've learned and in the end you'll be credited with saving gabby's life. this will be the worst day of your life. it's going to be painful. it's going to be long. and it's going to be scary. but you're going to be okay. through this tragedy you will find your voice. public service and helping your community is not defined by one job or one profession. but it's instead about finding what drives you, finding your passion, and using that to help others. >> we are grateful to daniel hernandez. >> you'll be praised by a president, meet your heroine, face your own mortality. >> you made the night, but we decided you are a hero. >> when they call you a hero you're finally going to realize that you don't need to be a doctor to help others. [ applause ] >> wow. go, daniel. interesting he said at the age of 5 he knew that he wanted to help people. boy, did he. all these years later. >> he knew in an instant rather to run he ran toward gabby to help her his mentor. >> remarkable story. >> i remember when it happened, too, he said he didn't think about it. he just reacted. he saw somebody needed help and went in. and to think that all that damage happened in 19 seconds, i also felt was very interesting. >> what's nice about the series is people, "notes to self," talk about how they viewed life when they were young and what they expected of themselves and how they see themselves. then we get to see where they are today. >> where they are today. >> the reflection was one of the most important things, and that's what the "notes to self" do. daniel's book is "they call me a hero." it goes on sale today. that does it for us. up next is your local news. we'll see you tomorrow right here on "cbs this morning." see you then. -- captions by vitac -- >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald and good morning, everyone. 8:55, i'm frank mallicoat with your kpix 5 headlines on this tuesday. a north bay woman is behind bars this morning accused of killing her mother. police say the woman showed up at a neighbor's home in sebastopol yesterday morning holding a knife and covered in blood. her mother nancy franzen was found dead inside her home. her daughter julie has been arrested. oakland's district attorney could file charges today in a fatal shooting in the city's first friday street festival. an 18-year-old man was killed last friday on telegraph avenue and a suspect was arrested on saturday. three other people were injured in that shooting. and today the fate of california's medical marijuana industry is at stake in arguments before the state supreme court. the key question: can local governments ban dispensaries? this will be the first time the high court considers whether such bans are illegal under california state laws. weather-wise, beautiful day but a little bit of rain coming, too, right? >> we have some showers, not today. still lots of clouds toward ocean beach. temperatures in the 40s. toward the afternoon, we'll keep the numbers on the cool side. it's going to be breezy too especially at the coast 50s and 60s. rain talked about as we head in toward thursday and friday. could see some cold showers then. we are going to check your "timesaver traffic" coming up next. you can't move the tv there. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. why would you want a tv in the closet? 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as it is, it copkeeps getting m heartbreaking. >> the first of the victims laid to rest. >> the funerals will continue for days. >> you drop your kid off and -- you don't see them again? honestly, that's really life now? >> authorities hope to soon interview two survivors of the massacre. >> police are analyzing the evidence, and that includes adam lanza's home computer. >> what kind of kid was adam lanza? >> just quiet. >> what can be done about people like him? >> the answer is very little. >> the massacre has reignited the debate over gun control. >> mayor bloomberg stepped up the call for new laws. >> why is the murder rate around the country? i'm an american, what's the question? >> president obama made a new fiscal cliff offer. taxes will go up on those making more than $400,000. >> blinding snow, drenching rain, damaging winds knocked out power to thousands. >> all that -- >> kicked around on the ground. that's the way this game should end. that's the way the season should end! >> jim boeheim is the winner of 900 basketball games. >> and all that matters -- >> hawaii's daniel k. inouye died of respiratory complications. >> he's one of the giants of the senate. >> on cbs this morning -- >> i hope we can laugh tonight after a horrible weekend. i just want the people in connecticut to know that we do not take what you're going through lightly, and we are thinking about you here a lot, all of us, even though we're -- thinking about you here a lot, all of us, even though we're -- [ applause ] captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." students are going back to school today in newtown, connecticut, except for the boys and girls of sandy hook elementary. their new school in a nearby town is not ready yet. >> investigators are still trying to figure out what led to this massacre. jeff glor is in newtown, connecticut, where two young victims were laid to rest on monday. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: nor agood morning to you. we are one week away from christm christmas. here in connecticut, it will be a week full of funerals for the victims of friday's shooting. in connecticut on monday, the first two funerals were held for the victims of friday's shooting. 6-year-old noah pozner and 6-year-old jack pinto. the state's governor and lieutenant governor each attended one of the services. >> you try to feel their pain but you can't. you try to find some words that you hope will be adequate, knowing that they'll be inadequate. and you see little coffins, and your heart has to ache. >> reporter: that heartache will continue over the coming days as more funerals take place and as the holidays approach. in the middle of town here, an ever-growing memorial has become a site for those who want to pay their respects. >> because i'm a dad of four beautiful children, four daughters. when i found out, it broke my heart. and it's hard to sleep, hard to -- i have no emotion whatsoever. i -- i don't know how to feel. >> reporter: at schools across the united states, those feelings of sorrow turned into anxie anxiety. 20 miles from newtown, a suspicious person at a train station triggered a lockdown of all schools. for some teachers including chris mcallister in arlington, texas, the lockdowns were self-imposed. >> that door closes, i know it's locked. i don't even have to second guess. i put a little piece of paper on my window that normally i would keep it to the side. >> reporter: sandy hook elementary school remains closed. crews are renovating an old school nearby. it will be ready whenever the students are. >> as a mom, i know i could never send my kids back to that school. >> reporter: julie pokrinchak's daughter olivia was one of the 6-year-old victims. she was looking forward to watching olivia, who loved musical theater, play an angel in a church play saturday. instead, olivia's funeral will be held at the same church, and then she'll be buried on friday. >> i'm hoping that other towns are going to open up their schools and let the kids go there for a little while. and i -- i would love to see that school burn down and start new. >> reporter: you never want anyone to set foot there again? >> i don't. >> reporter: several of olivia's classmates also went to st. rose of lima church where that play was scheduled to be held. olivia has a 3-year-old brother. her parents have told him that olivia's going to be with the angels. nora, charlie? >> so tough. jeff glor, thank you. and on capitol hill yesterday the house and senate held moments of silence for the victims in newtown. the talk about new gun laws is getting louder with some members saying that friday's massacre is changing the debate. nancy cordes with more. >> reporter: good morning. it's not that often on capitol hill that we see lawmakers have a complete change of heart on a major issue, but that's exactly what we're seeing with some of the staunchest pro-gun democrats, saying they might now be open to changes in the nation's gun laws. >> shame on the nra! >> reporter: as demonstrators marched on nra headquarters, phone calls poured in to congressional offices. >> okay, so you're in support of gun control legislation? >> reporter: kentucky democrat john yarmuth says most of the calls have been in favor of new gun restrictions. as a democrat from a conservative southern state, yarmuth says he avoided the issue for the past six years. but now he wants to reinstate the ban on assault weapons. >> nothing's going to bring back those 20 children and six very courageous educators. but we can make sure that's our inspiration, battle cry. and i won't be quiet anymore. >> reporter: neither will senator joe manchin of west virginia. like yarmuth, he has a record of being pro-gun rights. he even fired in a campaign ad. after friday's shooting, manchin says there must be a way to limit the purchase of high-capacity magazines. >> this is not about the second amendment to our constitution or taking guns away. it's been having an intelligent conversation. >> reporter: that conversation has dried up in recent years in the face of pressure from powerful groups like the national rifle association. the nra's lobbying budget is 66 times the amount the leading gun-control organization, the brady foundation, spends to lobby congress. a new cbs news poll shows in the wake of the shooting, 57% of americans now back stricter gun laws. the highest percentage in a decade. even though less than half, 42%, think new laws would have helped prevent the tragedy. manchin has an a rating from the nra, though that could change now that he's come out in favor of some form of gun control. were they angry? >> not at all. not at all, no. and i'm -- they're family, they have children, they have grandchildren. you think everyone in america's not hurting? whether you're an nra member or not, whether you're one of the -- working for the nra, these are good people. >> reporter: so far most republicans are staying silent on the gun issue. we reached out to more than two dozen of them. they declined our interview request. the nra has also been silent. they have not released a statement, nora and charlie. they also took down their facebook and twitter pages for a few days because of all the messages they were receiving. >> thank you. with us, chicago mayor rahm emanuel, president obama's former white house chief of staff. good morning. >> good morning. >> this change of heart, how sustainable is it? will it lead to meaningful action, and is meaningful action a ban on assault weapons and more? >> yes. yes to all of those, but to break it down, there is no doubt i think right now, all of us, all of us are citizens and residents of newtown, connecticut. that's number one. i think there's a genuine outpouring in the country for action that this type of event is -- you know, the tectonic shift in attitudes, that's number one. you have to have when reauthorization of the assault weapon ban, when i worked for president clinton we fought to get it to pass the house by one vote. i remember there was an attempt to pull it out of the crime bill. we kept it in and finally got it done. it was bipartisan when it passed. second, you have to deal with the clips and the straw purchases, which is how guns bled into urban and other areas vie at brady bill that deals with stores and at regular kind of merchants. almost 40% to 50% of the guns are guns through store purchases. and you must cover and deal with that kind of -- where guns seep into the rest of society. so in that comprehensive faction. everything in my view, charlie and nora, with the type of gun and criminal access is where you should go in a sense of legislation, that area. >> i want to ask you about what led us to this point. as you pointed out, the assault weapons ban expired in 2004. you were president obama's chief of staff. and in 2009, according to the book "killer catcher," you were furious with attorney general holder who held a press conference in february of 2009 saying that the obama administration was going to reinstitute, push the assault weapons ban, and that you went sent word to justice that holder needed to shut up on guns. >> let me say this -- no, president obama always stood for getting this done. number one. number two, i passed the brady bill via assault weapon ban. it is important we do that. the fact is, in 2009 the president and the entire government was very clear to say this, as the attorney general knows, in getting all the president's legislation done and working with congress to do that. >> i want you to explain that. were you worried about the political backlash of taking on and pushing for the assault weapons ban? why didn't obama do that? >> no, because -- first of all, the president's record is very, very clear on this. it's clear when he was a state senator, it was clear when he was also a u.s. senator. it was clear also as a president, and he was dealing as you well know with a myriad of issues. and he was pushing very hard and making sure also that we had the funding to do everything we needed to do justice department. >> the brady campaign in the first year gave obama an "f." an "f." there was a reported in "the new york times" on sunday that after the aurora shooting -- i know you weren't at the white house then, but that the justice department went to the white house with ways to expand the background check system in order to reduce the risk of guns falling in the hands of mentally ill people. and there was a decision made not to go that far. what i guess i'm trying to ask, not assign blame, but politically, how hard is it to take on the nra? >> first of all, having fought to pass the brady bill and the assault weapon ban, the last time we really had gun control, it is very hard. that's why what you have to focus on is criminal access and the type of guns and make it a law enforcement issue. when i worked for president clinton we had all the police chiefs in d.c., and that's why i also think now the proximity to the vote is very, very important. i think it's essential to have a vote of conscience. put it up, people notice what happened here, number one. number two is, it has to be about people -- the type of criminal access to the type of gun which is why you showed earlier the type of gun because i think when people see that, it's clear that gun is not for the streets, it's not for sports. it's really a gun of war. >> i don't understand why people who did not have the political will to go forward don't simply acknowledge it and say i've come around, as some have, including the president. >> no -- >> no, the president did not do all that he could, and you know it. i suspect he knows it. but the more important thing is, is it now time to stand up to the nra and to say to them as mayor bloomberg has said, you are full of -- we have the courage to take him on now? full of myth is what he said. >> i understand that there is no doubt, you have an event that's changed everybody's attitude. you just saw that there. >> you think conservative democrats, too? >> i think you're going to have a lot of people say, okay, what should we do? you can't take an event like this and say the status quo stays in place. that's number one. number two, what then should be done? that's why i believe a focus on criminal access and the type of weapons is where you have the best prospect in making it a public safety criminal activity. that's where you're going to get progress. the last time it was passed in '93, the brady bill, '94, the assault weapon ban. haven't had anything since. the closer you stay to that area which is the best process about making this about law enforcement -- >> and one of the things is mental health. the other is the climate of violence. the two things are important as the gun debate is. >> right. no doubt. but -- there is a powerful force, there are other elements of society which is why you have to stay in the zone about law enforcement and the type of weapons and the type of people's access to the weapons. and that is where -- that is where you'll get the political support and the public support to build a broad coalition. this is not a coalition that stays with the persuaded. it has to be built with the unpersuaded which is what you're also showing on the tv as people start to change their attitude about what they will accept. >> all right. mayor rahm emanuel, good to see you. thanks for being here. >> thank you. and now we look at the fiscal cliff, and there are new sign that both sides are closer to a deal with 14 days left until the deadline. a new cbs news poll shows 51% of republican voters favor higher taxes on families earning more than $200,000 a year. 60% of democratic voters say they're not ready to go along with cutting government programs. monday the obama administration made a new counteroffer to republican leaders, and major garrett is at the white house. and major, good morning. we knew -- >> good morning. >> we knew the president and the speaker had this hour long meeting. what came out of it? >> reporter: we'll talk about the timing. this week really could be the week, and there are officials i've talked to who would not be surprised if some sort of announcement of a deal could happen as early as tomorrow. what are some of the concessions president obama made? he made two big ones. historically he's always said he wanted to raise income tax rates on incomes $250,000 or higher. now he's willing to raise the income to $400,000. he made another concession, telling republicans for the first time he would accept some reduction in annual cost of living benefits for federal benefits. among those, says. now there's still some differences. john boehner, the house speaker, has said no, let's have the tax rates, 39.6% by the way, up from 35% on incomes over $1 million. so there's still a gap there. and the speaker wants a one-year increase in the debt ceiling. the president would like two years. but these two sides are getting closer. the talks are very productive. and this week could be the week . >> all right. you expect now the republicans will respond or the president will step up and now talk about entitlement cuts in addition to coming together on an understanding about how much the deal will be about the rates? >> reporter: those conversations are essentially, charlie and nora, hour by hour. and one thing i think is important to point out, the president is not going to concede a couple of things republicans would like him to give up on. he will not so far increase the eligibility age for medicare. and he wants republicans to agree to another one-year extension in joblessness benefits. and he wants some more infrastructure spending, at least $50 billion next year, maybe more in the outyears. republicans haven't agreed to all that. there are still differences, hard lines the president's drawing. but these conversations at the highest levels continue, and there is genuinely hope here at the white house and on capitol hill that this week could be the week to wrap it all up. >> and major, so you think we could have a deal as soon as tomorrow so that they could vote by saturday? >> reporter: we could have a deal that's announced in broad parameters as early as tomorrow. i'm not predicting that, but people i talked to don't absolutely rule it out. many, many things have to come together. the atmosphere -- i will tell you, the atmosphericis about connecticut have added a new dimension to this. the president and speaker know a deal and resolution right now would do the country a world of good, not just for the fiscal future but for a sense of this town can get something good while the rest of the country is grieving. >> thank you very much. tv reporter richard engle is free after five years in syria. the nbc news chief correspondent and members of his production cree were seized and blind folded on the syrian/turkey border thursday. they were set free on monday after a fire-fight between kidnappers and rebel forces. all the hostages were unharmed. >> and one of his colleagues says hawaii senator daniel inouye was the type of american america has always been grateful for. he died at walter reed army medical center after a short illness. he served in congress for 50 years. he lost his right arm fighting the germans. 55 years later he was awarded the medal of honor. he became well known for his roles in investigating watergate in the iran contra scandal. daniel inouye, a great man, was 88 years old. time to show headlines from around the globe. "the charleston post and courier" shows that jim scott will be the south's first black senator in modern times. south carolina's governor, nikki haley, who appointed scott, says she chose him for his conservative values. scott will face an election in 2014. the "washington post" says nasa dleb ratley crashed two space probes into the moon yesterday. ebb and flow were to map the gravitational field. they discovered the moon's crust is thinner than nasa thought. the "los angeles times" says traffic deaths are down the country except in california. more than 32,000 people were killed in accidents last year in the united states. that is the lowest number in more than 60 years. but traffic deaths in california increased more than 2.5%. "usa today" reports nielsen and twitter are teaming up to provide social tv ratings starting next fall. it will measure the social interaction of its users around certain television shows. and the "wall street journal" looks at why too little sleep leads to overeating and weight gain. a new study suggests that lack of sleep affects different hormones in men and women. men on short sleep felt more hungry, but women felt less full. >> we don't know anything about lack day after day in newtown, clergy members are there helping family members grieve. pthis morning we'll ask a minister what they're telling him about the tragedy and how he deals with his own grief. and more than three million americans own the same ar-15 rifle that adam lanza used on friday. >> this is sprinkles. i named her sprinkles because she loves sprinkling casings all over the ground. >> we'll ask john miller why gun owners are passionate about this military-style weapon on "cbs this morning." 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[ laughter ] >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." we reported earlier how the newtown massacre might inspire congress to take on tougher gun laws. >> much of the new debate focuses on the rifle that adam lanza used on friday, the ar-15. chip reid is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, nora and charlie. gun control advocates can't imagine why any law-abiding citizen would want or need a powerful military-style gun like the ar-15. among gun enthusiasts the followers number in the millions. more than three million americans own an ar-15, the most popular rifle in america. >> it's -- a fun gun to shoot. >> reporter: gun store owners say buyers also like it because it's the civilian version of the fearsome m-16 used in the military. its futuristic appearance has it playing a starring role in american pop culture. >> you tell me right now -- >> reporter: the gun of choice in movies and video games. >> you just see it and you want it. it's just the same reason why somebody stands on line for 25 hours to buy an apple iphone. >> reporter: it's a weapon that's been used in some of the worst mass shootings in recent history. it was an ar-15 that was used last friday that killed 26 people at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. last week, a man used one to kill two people at a shopping mall in portland, oregon. and in july, an ar-15 was used in the movie theater massacre in aurora, colorado, in which 12 people were killed and 58 injured. through it all the gun's popularity has continued to soar. in fact, gun storeowner rick freedman says since friday's shooting, ar-15s have been all but flying off the shelf. >> i normally sell about 15 or 20 a month. i sold about 30 in the last three days. people want to make sure they can own them legally before they have that right taken away. >> reporter: and it's not just men. many women like the ar-15, too, including former republican presidential candidate michele bachmann who uses hers for hunting and target practice. >> my favorite is an ar-15 -- >> reporter: the ar-15 also has an enthusiastic following on youtube. >> so this is sprinkles. i named her sprinkles because she loves sprinkling casings all over the ground. >> reporter: for years, gun-control advocates have argued that the ar-15 and other military-style rifles should be banned. president obama, who had been largely silent on the topic of gun control, briefly made his views known during one of this year's presidential debates. >> share your belief that weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters -- >> reporter: many democrats in congress are planning an effort to try to ban military-style rifles. but gun store owners tell us no one should underestimate the passionate feelings of gun oernls owners about the ar-15. they say next week there will be thousands upon thousands under the christmas tree. >> thank you, john miller, former deputy director, joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> what is it that makes the ar-15 so attractive to gun users? >> it's a very practical, well-made weapon. there's a reason that the u.s. military selected it. when i was in the lapd, i had sis, the special investigation section. they went after the bank robbers, heavily armed serial robber groups, and when they came out of their cars against a heavily armed band of stick-up men, we used the ar-15, the cut-down model, m-4. when i went on training missions with them and fired that weapon, it was -- about five pounds, it has a great sighting system, you can improve on that with optics and lasers. but even without any of the fancy stuff, down range from a target pretty far away, something you'd have trouble hitting accurately with a handgun, you can put the round right there. it's an easy gun to shoot. there's one other element which is a lot of these mass shooters are involved in a fantasy, and you know, they dress up in the tactical gear, and they have the black outfits and all that stuff. this gun fits in with the fantasy. in all their video games and all their movies, this is what the hero is using. >> part of the reason we asked chip reid to do this piece and talk about this is the ar-15 was used at sandy hook, newtown, it was used in aurora, it was used in clackamas. and this type of gun was restricted under the assault weapons ban in 2004. so is there a discussion now about whether there should be more restrictions on this gun, or can i go now and buy one of these myself without much of a check and pick one up? >> sure, you can. it's considered a rifle. so i mean, you don't really need much to buy a rifle. you go through a quick background check. there's a backlash, though. dick's sporting goods, the outfit that's closest to newtown, they've just -- and they're a very big gun dealer. they've just said that they're taking all the guns out of the stores. and when you go to their web sites -- >> their store near newtown, the web store, they're taking off, yeah. >> i'm just doing the web search now. when you go to the page where the assault weapons should be, it's now blank. so we're seeing this backlash unfold here. and it's interesting. one quick update. on the computer hard drives, you know, he smashed the computers, took out the hard drives, smashed them. that went from the state police to the fbi. i spoke to people working around that yesterday, and they said they are so badly damaged. they're going to have a real challenge getting any data off that from the suspect. >> interesting. john miller, thank you. and when their school was invaded on friday, the teachers protected their students. and the students helped each other. we're going to show you what one 8-year-old boy said to keep his classmates calm. that's next on "cbs this morning." 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[ sirens ] >> reporter: but things got scary pretty quickly. >> they were about to announce something on the speaker. we heard gunshots. >> reporter: on the other side of the building, the shooter was beginning his rampage. luke's teacher tried to protect her kids. so you're in the classroom, and mrs. mckenzie is -- is she calm, is she excited? how was she? >> she was crying. >> reporter: mrs. mckenzie was crying? >> yeah. >> reporter: because it must have pretty scary. >> yeah. but then like our next door teacher said to come to her classroom. >> reporter: so you all went in there? >> yeah because probably the gunman was going to come in our classroom. >> reporter: fortunately for luke and his classmates, the gunman never made it to their classroom. but even as they were ushered to safety at a nearby fire house, the kids were very scared. and luke bravely wanted to help calm them. >> they were crying. i was like, it's okay. my dad is a cop, and he'll like help us. >> reporter: his dad, luke ramirez, is a police officer in the neighboring town of oxford. and he did come. he was one of the first responders on the scene. >> i saw my husband was calling. i picked up the phone right away. and i hear the terror in his voice telling me something terrible happened. you have to get here to the school. >> reporter: luke's mom, lessandra santana, said she prayed all the way it school. when she got through the mayhem at the fire house, she finally saw the most welcome sight imaginable. >> he was with my husband. >> he grabbed me actually, and i said, oh -- i said, oh, you're finally here. what took you so long? >> reporter: it was the happy ending for the santana family. but for luke, it's still sinking in. >> i'm glad i wasn't on the other side because then i probably wouldn't make it. >> reporter: no thought any 8-year-old should ever have to carry. for cbs this morning, i'm jim axelrod in newtown, connecticut. >> remarkable kid, huh? >> luke, trying to comfort the other students. there will be funerals today for two more victims, james mattioli and jessica rekos. with us is senior minister of newtown congressional church. he was in the room on friday as parents were told that their children had not survived. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> can you characterize today -- i mean, as these young coffins are put in the ground where newtown is and the people who are trying to deal with such a tragedy? >> well, i think we're in the midst of tremendous grief. you know, i think we're in those really dark, dark days of loss, at the very early stages where all those feelings are so raw and emotion is just, you know, everywhere. and yet there's such a feeling, i think, amongst the community here of care and support and people reaching out and feeling the care of those beyond newtown who have extended just thoughts and prayers and all kinds of support up to us. so even in this very raw time, it's also a time i think of tremendous grace and care. >> reverend, i know you have been counseling not just adults but also children. what do you say to them? >> well, part of what you say to them is first you listen to them. and you just are with them. and try to see what it is that they are dealing with and what their questions are, what their concerns are. sometimes as adults with children, we want to -- to give them everything we think we would want to hear or talk to them in a way that we think with things that they need to know. and sometimes you just need to think about and -- and respond to the child, the age of the child and what's appropriate for the child. and also what their actual needs and questions are. every child that i've encountered, even every adult is unique. so you want to be with them and present to them as an individual person in their own personal grief. >> the reverend math good morning. temperatures right now are in the let's say upper 40s. we started out -- at 5:00 it was 53. we slipped to 48 by 6:30 and here we are. it looks like there's maybe couple of showers. it's not a main part of our forecast, which is partly sunny, breezy and mild with a high of 58. quite obvious you look at radar and there's a this is a tense time for teachers and students around the country. we'll take a look at america's first day of school after the shootings in newtown. you're watching "cbs this morning." i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. 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"where did everybody else go? the children go? we want to be there. we want to be with our kids." he said, "nobody else was taken to a hospital." and then we said, somebody -- you know, a very angry parent said, "so what are you telling us, they're all dead?" and he said, "yes." >> reporter: yesterday connecticut governor dan malloy defended himself. >> there was a reluctance to tell parents and loved ones that the person that they were waiting for was not going to return. and that had gone on for a period of time, well after there was any expectancy that families would be reunited. so i made a decision that -- to have that go on any long er -- was wrong. >> reporter: there are two funerals and three wakes scheduled for today. now one week away from christmas. >> jeff glor, thank you. you know, i heard from another family, too, who was upset with the way the governor delivered the news. they took great exception, you guys, it the governor using the term "expired." they said that's what you say about milk, that's what you say about food. and my response to them was, maybe the governor was in shock, too. you know, it's very difficult news to deliver. nobody knows the proper way to say it. but they felt that there should have been a better choice of words, and maybe better -- a better way to comfort them, they felt, that they did not get that. >> yeah. i suspect the governor saying he'd do the same now. >> the poor families waiting for any word and the governor choked up trying to explain, he felt like finally he had to say something. clearly perhaps the words he chose were not the right words. but obviously it -- a terrible situation. >> impossible situation. >> yeah. >> yes. yes. you know, they had great words of praise for connecticut state troopers. every family has been assigned a trooper, every family's been assigned a trooper that sort of gets them through. they said it makes them feel protected and loved. that's a very good thing. >> very good thing. a team of golden retrievers from chicago made a trip to newtown to comfort those affected by the school massacre. their first stop was a church where funerals will be held this week for some of the victims. residents can pet the dogs while they talk or they pray. their handlers say the dogs have a very calming influence. each dog carries a business card with its name, a facebook page, and an e-mail so people can stay in touch. >> that's very nice. >> yes. president obama and house speaker john boehner are still in touch about the fiscal cliff. and there's new progress to report this morning from those negotiations. boehner is discussing the latest white house proposal with fellow republicans today. major garrett is at the white house. major, are we finally close to a deal? >> reporter: it looks that way, and it feels that way, nora, charlie, and gal there is no timetable for announcing it, but there are people who would not be surprised that there was an announcement possibly as early as tomorrow, and maybe voting this week on the final compromise to avert the fiscal cliff. now if you want all the underlying, really nerdy details, go to cbsnews.com. i have a piece that has them there. let's go over broad outlines. the president yesterday made two significant concessions. one, he had previously said he wanted income taxes raised for everyone making more than $250,000. he raised the threshold yesterday to house and senate republicans to $400,000. and for the first time, the president said he would be willing to accept some reduction in future cost of living benefit increases for those who received federal benefits including social security recipients. republicans haven't brought on -- haven't embraced all this deal. there are still some divisions. republicans would like, for example, the president to said an increase in the eligibility age for medicare. the president won't do that. there's some more spending the president wants that republicans haven't signed off on yet. there isn't a full deal on the tax rates or income thresholds, but all of these differences hour by hour are narrowing. and the talks continue. and we could have a breakthrough this week. >> thank you. a man who lived in the white house for two terms is ready to star in his own documentary. former president bill clinton will be the subject of an authorized hbo documentary directed by martin scorsese. he social security mr. clinton remains a major voice in world issues. executives will not say if the film will include inside details of the monica lewinsky scandal. and queen elizabeth observed a weekly cabinet meeting. the first time a monarch has attended in at least 100 years. the queen took a seat next to prime minister cameron who presented her with a gift to celebrate her diamond jubilee. the woman blamed for botching the restoration of a painting in a church has reason to celebrate. you may remember celia jimenez created a sensation when she painted the picture of christ that looked more like a monkey. it went for more than $1,800 on ebay. the proceeds go to a catholic charity. >> worked out for her after all. and soon you'll be able to buy an easy bake oven that isn't pink. hasbro's offering new gender-neutral colors. a few weeks ago, a 13-year-old, mckenna pope -- go, mckenna -- of new jersey, started a campaign because she wanted to buy one for her brother but it only came in pink and purple for girls. mckenna met with hasbro on monday. they showed her the prototypes. it will soon come in black, silver, and blue. the new colors will hit shelves next summer. and now we know what to get for charlie next christmas. we can pitch in. you have a favorite color, dear? 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>> they are coming out in full force here, and it's a beautiful thing to see that the people of newtown really want to rebuild their community. for example, the families of the sandy hook elementary school who have children in the school who did not pass. they've set up the my sandy hook family fund. the families of the survivors in the community. this is a fund that will go toward paying for funerals, for living expenses for the families who have lost loved ones, mortgages, bills in the future. the newtown memorial fund, another fund set up by the community, by brian moriello, who says he wants it to be a foundation, something for the community to think about for its long-term future, as well as the near-term issues that they face. the rotary has come out and set up a fund, the united way has partnered with a local bank to set up a fund. they raised over a million dollars in just a matter of a couple of days to help these families. >> money is one way to send your support, but there are other ways. and i love that the teachers have set up this helping hand project. explain. >> it's incredible. so the teachers of newtown have come together and set up the my helping hands project. what they're asking teachers and schools across the country, even the world to do, is to have their students cake white or light green paper, put their handprint on that paper, write their name on the paper next to their handprint, where they're from, and their school. and then send it to newtown. what the teachers of newtown are planning on doing with this is stringing them all together so that it's a sign for the community that there are warm hands and hearts around the world that are thinking about them at this awful time. >> yeah. one of the things that we kept hearing, nora, over and over again whether we were there is that they are so grateful that so many people care. that the outpouring of support has been so enormously helpful for them. so now you've got the school support fund to raise money to get the kids into school, which has also raised -- sandy hook school support has raised over a million dollars, and it just launched on friday night. >> $1 million. >> what will that do? >> what they're going to be doing is looking at the near term and longer term issues. they're putting together a coalition of local clergy, teachers, members of the community to think about how they can spend that money in the future because really one of the things about this -- this awful incident is that if you have a hurricane, for example, or a tornado, there's a physical thing that the community says we must rebuild this. in this case, there's physical issues, there's mental issues, there's grief. so the community itself as time goes on is going to have to think about how to best spend the money. the red cross is also there. they've deployed over 150 volunteers. they've been serving meals throughout the days and nights since the tragic incident. over 10,000 meals at this point. also people have come together around the country. ryan kraft, for example, the former babysitter of adam lanza, put together his own drive to help the pta locally there. anybody who hasn't necessarily heard of crowd rise, it's a platform on the web where you can put together your own drive to raise money for a cause. that's exactly what brian kraft has done. >> so if you want to get more information about how you can donate your time or your money, what should we do? >> well, there is an emergency response line for anybody who is locally in newtown who's trying to figure out how to volunteer their time. that's 1-800-203-1234. and of course, at cbsthismorning.com we'll be putting off this information. we not the country wants to help, and we want to help do that. >> we'll tweet a link to that, as well. rebecca jarvis, thank you. >> thank you. so what was it like in other towns to go back to school? monday was a very nervous day for many students. and lee woodruff will tell us what she heard from teachers and administrators ahead. ,,,,,,,, good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. hello, again. it's 8:25 on december 18th. a nice start to your tuesday morning. let's go to marty. >> skies have clouded up a bit. right now temperatures are fairly mild. 58 is going to be the high. partly sunny skies. there's a cup ouple of -- couple of showers sneaking out of the valley ue meandering around the #9 5 corridor. if you see a sink l, -- a sprinkle, that should be about it for the day. here's sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. good morning. still busy on the roads. 295 northbound, that one reported at the beltway. another one still there on 100. 100 eastbound at route 2. accident at crest wick at providence. another one in the city, hellen at east monument. 95 southbound slow, 35 between white marsh and the beltway. speeds in the 20s on the beltway. there's a look at a problem on 95 southbound direction left lane closed for an accident there. this traffic report is brought to you by mazda motor corp.. the new cx-5, the best highway mpg of any suv in america. preventing tragedies like the newtown shooting, this morning school chiefs in maryland are taking steps to keep our schools safe. mike schuh has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. even before education , students safety is an educators highest priority. now howard and baltimore county outline what they're doing to keep their students safe while they admit a deranged killer could pop up anywhere. security procedures have been reviewed and communicated. not all schools have buzzer locks on the front doors but they're looking to install them at all schools. attendance has not been effected. more kids are being dropped off in person by their parents. i'm mike schuh reporting. back to you. sgrsz thank you. -- >> thank you. this morning investigators are trying to determine the cause of a 2 alarm fire. it broke out last night in the 200 block of ash wood road. two children escaped after they noticed flames at the rear of the house. a woman is facing charges after a security breach at a city school. the woman forced her way into the national academy preparatory school carrying a birthday cake. she did not have permission and during a fight with a staff member she pulled out a knife. the staff member suffered minor injuries. today maryland stay police have welcomed new members to the force. 10 dogs have graduate from the k-9 unit. they trained over the last couple of months. the k-9s were all hand selected. stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. up next, how some schools across the country are stepping up security. residents in colorado,,,,,, welcome back to "cbs this morning." schools opened as usual across the country on monday morning. as you can imagine, the newtown shooting was on the minds of many. >> many teachers from westchester county shared the details of getting back to work after a very difficult weekend. >> reporter: when students returned to school on monday, educators prepared to take tough questions from children and offer comfort to anxious parents. >> i'm sure that it was very hard for them to walk away or drive away with all the wonderings that they had. >> reporter: schools in harrison, new york, embraced a quick return to routine. >> kids need to be with other kids in a place that feels familiar and comfortable. i really think the best thing that can happen to susan kidd to get back into the arms of teachers that care deeply about them, that know them. to be w their frienith their fr should be childhood. >> i think kids feel great about being in a routine and feeling that school was normal, as it should be, and they were still going to have recess and things were going to be in place. >> reporter: near pittsburgh, a district received a court order over the weekend to arm its school police. a scene played out at schools across the country. >> there were police posted outside the school. was that giving parents a sense of security flae? >> i met with the mayor, i met with the chief of police. we had a very frank discussion about what was enough of a presence to make sure that parents felt that we were taking their concerns seriously without frightening, frankly, fourth and fifth graders who saw police standing outside of their building. but my greatest concern is that we are focusing perhaps this debate too much on how to fortify, make foretresses out of schools, which is really, frankly, impossible. >> reporter: what can you do? what can a school? there is only so much you can prepare for the complete unexpected. >> we do lots of simulations throughout the course of the year where both the principal and teachers were unaware of the emergency, the practiced emergency we're going to create. and we try to determine where any flaws in our thinking might lie or our resources. >> reporter: >> we want them to know what to expect when a fire drill comes and whether we have-- and when a shelterring drill. it's a culture in the classroom of we're going to take care of each other. we're going to take care of you, and you're going to take care of each other. whatever comes comes, but we're going to be facing it together. >> i want everyone to get away from the hallway door and get down. >> reporter: the texas attorney general sent this training video to the state's 1,025 school districts and requested each of them to review emergency procedures. >> does everyone have their vests? >> reporter: harrison's superintendent says while necessary, such drills represent only a small part of a larger conversation. >> we can do more certainly to protect kids. and gun control would be at the top of the list to help with that debate. but at the end of the day i think we need to focus on how communities work together with schools to identify children that are disaffected. our belief as a school district is that all means all so that we all have a mutual responsibility for everyone's child. i think that's the answer. >> reporter: during dismissal on monday, this group of teachers stood outside their school, an extra step of assurance for parents picking up their children on what had to be a very long day for schools everywhere. >> at the end of the day, i got the sense that there was a relief there. when we dismissed the children, we dismissed them to their parents. and so, you know, there was a lot of nods, a lot of, you know, eye contact. that kind of gave you the message that they were happy that the day went well, and i think they got through the day and we got through the day. >> reporter: it was a big day to get through. >> it was a big day to get through. >> it was a big day to get through. you know, my sister is a first grade teacher in florida. and she was all ready for questions. she didn't get one question from any of the kids. makes me think that parents aren't letting their children that young see the coverage. >> i had the tv off all weekend. >> did you? >> of course, except for watching a little cbs, sneaking it in. but i think that that was the feeling yesterday when we talked to the teachers was, parents, it hadn't trickled down yet. they're ready next week, the week after, and in the months to come. and they realize that september 11, that was the situation, as well. questions came later. in harrison, they got together, teachers, before schooled opened and talked about what they would say, they talked to school psychologist. they will be prepared. >> did they get a lot of questions there? >> the kindergarten teacher said no, none. she said this is natural. she expected a few. she knows they will come. >> what about school security because we know in newtown, at sandy hook, they had all the right security measures. the principal had just done drills, they were doing all the right things. what did they say about reviewing security procedures? >> mr. wolf said they are reviewing them as many schools r. as you said, you can't stop someone from blasting out the glass windows and getting in. you're never going to stop this. the issue is deeper. we have to look at some of the other issues and how we come together and try to stop problems as a communities. >> and you don't want the school to be a fortress either. thank you. thank you. every mass shooting reminds us once again of others like the columbine massacre or the horror in aurora, colorado. this morning, we'll show you how people involved in those tragedies reacted to the news from good morning. we have a little fog that has tried to form. that dense fog yesterday blew out during the over night but started reforming a couple hours ago. clouds in the area now. there's a bit of area trying to scoot our way. pretty nice day. partly sunny, breezy, a high temperature of 58. we're already right now a little bit above 50. 33 over night.,,,,,,,,,,,, horrific acts of gun violence leave emotional scars that can last a life time hundreds of people in colorado were directly affected by the movie theater massacre in aurora or the columbine high school shootings. for them, as john blackstone reports, each new tragedy brings a painful reminder of the past. >> reporter: 14-year-old kaylan bailey lives in new hampshire. when she heard of the shootings in connecticut, it was almost as if she was there. >> i went into the gym locker, girls locker room, and sat there and cried. >> reporter: this past summer kaylan was in the aurora movie theater when a gunman opened fire killing 12 people, including kaylan's 6-year-old friend veronica mauser. after the shooting, we met kaylan and her mother, heather. >> horrifying picturing in my head what i saw that night. >> reporter: you say not a scratch on her or wound that we can see. >> right. but mentally, she's going to be dealing with this for a really long time. >> reporter: now the massacre at newtown threatens to be a setback. >> kaylan calls crying from school where i thought she was safe. that she didn't have to hear about it. >> it's going to be hard. it's going to be a hard, long road. >> reporter: while the whole nation can be shocked with each new mass shooting, those who have been there before feel it intensely. in 1999, 13 people were shot dead at columbine high in little ton, colorado. daniel mauser, 15 years old, was one of them. his father, tom, was in a business bhooeg learned of the newtown murders. >> i just got up and left the meeting in tears. went to my office, slammed the door, and broke down. what else can you do -- >> reporter: but you didn't know these people. they're a couple thousand miles away. across the country. >> it doesn't matter where -- you know them in terms of what they're going to be going through. >> reporter: kaylan says she knows exactly what the young survivors in newtown will be feeling in the months to come. >> when you go through something like that when you're a child, you never get over it, and it's never forgotten. and it's almost like your innocence is taken away from you. >> that's the one thing that you want your children to hold on to for as long as possible. >> reporter: in newtown now, a memorial is growing. an expression of a community's and a nation's pain. the same happened this summer near the aurora, colorado, movie theater. beside columbine high school, a striking permanent memorial was opened in 2007 with names of the dead cut in stone. does this help? >> it does. i think it's a symbol of the healing, and i think of the community coming together. getting behind this. >> reporter: but while the memorial offers healing, each new massacre brings new pain. >> i cannot deny that it brings it back, and that i have to deal with it. i do have to deal with it. >> reporter: even after 13 years. >> after 13 years. this will be for the rest of my life. i know that. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, little ton, colorado. >> you spent ten years researching the massacre for the book "columbine." i'm pleased to have you here. >> thanks, charlie. >> people are rushing in trying to find motive, asking can, hwh can this happen, we often get it wrong. >> we often get it wrong. after columbine, three days later, we had it figured out. we, the media, public, everyone understand key things. >> you were there. >> yes, yes, i was there from the first afternoon. and at this point we had it all figured out. we knew that they were outcast, loner goths from the trenchcoat mafia who had been brutaled bullied by jocks and were doing this as a revenge act to get back at the jocks for doing it. everything i said is wrong. not one single element of that is true. definitely wasn't about targeting anyone. there were bombs trying to kill everyone. they were not loners or outcasts. they weren't at the top of the food chain, but they had quite a few friends, they had a very active social life. you look at the daytimers, and it's -- they're completely full. all these things were wrong. and that -- >> that narrative lived on, though, dave. it laid the groundwork for years. >> most people still think that's all today. i do a lot of high school and different events and ask people who what are the main things you know about columbine. and they say all those things. the thing is this week whatever we leave the public with is going to be with them forever. we're going to cover this nonstop for a week or two or something. then we go away and something else becomes the story. that closing point whatever it is, whatever ideas we left the public with, it's with us forever. if we've got something wrong, or big myths out there -- >> you're saying that's why it's so important for us not to jump to conclusions in this case? >> yes. >> what are your thoughts about this chemical case in newtown? >> this case, i don't know. what i can tell you, though, is if you want to talk about -- there's three different types of killers that we have found in the shooters. and we can talk about what the three types are, you know, i don't want to talk about what this one might be because we don't know yet. >> what are the three types? >> okay, there's three -- first is the most rare which is the sadistic psychopaths. they know what they're doing, don't care. they're not mentally ill. that's rare luckily. the second, more prevalent but still smallish, is people who are deeply mentally ill. we're talking about a total break with reality. and in the case, that was true in vek and tucson, unfortunately. some of the notorious cases. but not usually. we want to be careful not to station ma ties people -- >> not mentally, not a psychopath. >> yes. the sthithird is depression. deep, deep extreme depression. people who are suicidally depressed and angry. that's the one that shocks people -- and it doesn't sort of compute that a depressed person does this. but that's the one we're talking about. and it's a little more complicated. it's people who have gotten to such a point of helplessness and hopelessness. so they're lashing out in an irrational way. and often they're not sure exactly what they're trying to accomplish. >> in closing, you make the point that often they are berating themselves, and it's they are the people who have a low opinion of themselves. >> that is exactly it. that's it in a nutshell. >> all right. >> the book is "columbine." >> so much to discuss. thank you, dave. the main character in the "sopranos" was a depressed gangster. remember him? now the man behind one of the best tv shows ever has a new feature film. his name is david chase. he joins us next at the table to talk about "not fade away." ,,,, [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. 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[ female announcer ] make new traditions $2,000 a year for -- >> people with longer hair than me. >> look at the coat. looks like you just got off the boat at ellis island. >> what? >> he kills himself down at that store six days a week plus friday until 9:00 with that psoriasis, and this is what you d do? >> the movie "not fade away" is about music in the '60s, how it changed lives and defined a generation. it is a first feature film directed by david chase. he plays in a band himself long before he created television shows like "the sopranos." david chase, welcome. >> thank you. >> why did you decide to make this movie about this subject? >> i've always liked -- i've loved that music ever since those days. >> yeah. >> and it actually -- i was retracing my steps this week in the course of all this publicity. >> yeah. >> and i remember that when decided to do this was when keith richards fell out of the tree in hawaii and hurt himself. >> yes. >> and i remember -- it was a serious injury. and i remember thinking, it struck me, my god, keith richards is mortal. >> yeah. by the way, this is keith richards' birthday. hello, keith. >> wow, really? happy birthday. >> happy birthday, keith. >> it struck me that he was mortal and mick jagger was mortal, and they all were. and that -- >> they just don't know it. >> they don't behave like they are. that's what's great about. it they were still working. i thought, you know, i wanted to memorialize it. >> you reunite again with james gandolfini. you have history together, you worked well together on the "sopranos." why did you decide how would be best for this emotionally closed father? >> i hadn't thought about him in the beginning. i wrote an entire script and was having trouble with. it i was about to quit. >> really? >> and go do something else. idea to pick -- the scenes were written with the father. i got this idea to picture him as the father. once i did that and i read the scenes with him in mind, not only did that part click in for me, the whole tone of the movie clicked in for me. i began to see the whole movie, how -- i began to see that it wasn't a silly teen comedy or party movie orring in like th r party movie. >> it's not a silly movie. it's been described as autobiographical for you. yes and no. what do you mean by that? >> it's auto biographical in terms of my feelings at the time, what i felt at that time about music, love, my girlfriend, the war, but death, about -- you know. the events don't really parallel my life at all. >> uh-huh. >> but it is about the power of music, right? >> it's about the power of music. you know, the power of music but also the power of art in general i think. >> speaking of power of art, there is conversations taking place at this time about entertainment and violence and the climate that we have in this country. as a creator of entertainment, what do you say to those arguments? >> you know, i went to college, i have a liberal arts background. all questions could be entertained i guess. that's what you learn. i guess that could be entertained -- i don't know how you answer that. but -- i'm not trying to be glib. people ask, well, do these depictions of violence, do these movies and tv shows make the world a worse place somehow? and i -- and the other day i thought to myself, well, does mary poppins make the world a better place? where's the data on that? and if you could show me data on that, we could talk about the other. you expect that most -- the majority of human beings can tell the difference between reality and -- and wherever they are. and i think we have to make things for the majority, not -- not run away from it because of some deranged individuals. >> so you don't think there's a culture at all of exalting violence whether in movies or video games? >> that's what i mean. that question is up for grabs. i mean, a lot of people in my position would say i don't want to hear about it. >> no. >> but i do at least think about that. and you wonder, how is it ever going to be answered? >> david, may i say that i have finally forgiven you for the ending of the "sopranos." >> thank you. >> i watched it and -- and stevie van zandt was here one day. and i was saying, talking about. he goes, "well, how did you want it to end?" all i could say was hmm, hmm, hmm. are you satisfied with it because i hear it stuck with you, too. >> do i like the ending, was satisfied -- >> no, i hear it stuck with you, how to end it, how to end the show. >> it was a conversation as to what to do. but you follow your instincts. that was the instinct that came to me, and i talked it over with the writers. they all agreed. and -- i've made my peace with it. >> you've gone from to have movie. this is your first big movie. >> david, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> glad to have you here. "not fade away" opens in theaters tomorrow. it's does it for us. up next, your local news. see you tomorrow here on cred"c this mor,,,,,,,,,,,,,, hello again, it's 8:55. i'm jessica kartalija and let's head to marty for conditions. >> let's look at forecast. we will add sun at times. 58 degrees going to be the high temperature. breezy and mild. 33 partly cloudy overnight and tomorrow another day. well above normal which is in the mid-40s. 53. partly sunny skies. jess, take it away. school systems here in maryland are taking precautions to avoid a situation like the one in newtown, connecticut. mike schuh is on the story. reporter: good morning. even before education, students safety is an educator's highest priority. howard and baltimore counties are outlining how they are keeping their students safe. not all schools in those counties have buzzer locks on the front doors, but they aric look at installing them at all schools. administrators say attendance has not been affected and more kids are being dropped off in person by their parents. i'm mike schuh reporting. thank you. this morning investigators trying to determine the cause of a two alarm fire in baltimore county. fire broke out last night in the home of 200 block of ashwood road. firefighters say two children escaped after they noticed flame. no injuries were reported. the massive fire on the eastern shore sends 21 people to the hospital. the fire broke out in cambridge. meerch the occupants jumped from the three story building. two firefighters also suffered minor injuries. the caught of the fire is under investigation. today a man is in the hospital after a shooting in west baltimore. last night officers on patrol heard gunshots coming from the 1700 block. that's where they found the man suffering from a gunshot wound and was transported to the hospital where his condition is still unclear. no word yet on a motive for the shooting. in baltimore county, police make an arrest in a shooting outside a popular towson bar. 26-year-old francis cang got into a fight with people at the charles village pub. he pulled out a gun and fired into a crowd of people. he is facing attempted first-degree murder charges and held without bail. baltimore city firefighters spread some holiday cheer to sick children at the ronald mcdonald house. firefighters presented t-shirts and toys to 40 children last night. some kids got the chance to use the fire hose. the firefighters have been visiting the ronald mcdonald house for the past seven years. stay with wjz 13 maryland news station. and of course news and weather any time by logging on to wjz.com. still looking a little bit foggy out. there not as bad as yesterday. stay tuned for your complete forecast that's coming up today at noon. have a good one. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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